[Coco] Greetings from Manila

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Sun May 4 21:15:27 EDT 2008


Hi Roger,

Your old rusty Pinto will blend right in here. Many cars here are old 
rust-buckets, especially taxis. Maintenance seems non-existent. Use of the 
vehicle's horn is the preferred warning method to say "I'm coming through, 
get out of the way"

Worrying....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Greetings from Manila


> At 12:29 AM 5/4/2008, you wrote:
>>Hello to all my friends.
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>>For example, line markings on the roads appear to be for decoration
>>only, and have no effect on either the flow or direction of traffic.
>>Frightening for someone who comes from the ordered traffic conditions
>>of country Queensland, Australia.
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> How funny.  I bet the road rage is crazy there.  I'd love to see an 
> experiment done where somebody gets in a little U.S. car like an old rusty 
> Pinto or Gremlin and just haul butt through Manila and see if they can 
> make it to the other side without being shot.  Priceless stuff.
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