After a traffic light failed causing a mile-long backup, a citizen stepped in to direct traffic and received a ticket for his trouble. Wasn’t there an old song that went “It is better to ticket one little candle than to let it stop drivers from cursing the darkness?” BTW, this is a good one: “South Pasadena Police Chief Joe Payne said he did not have the man power needed to staff officers at Fair Oaks and Huntington Thursday and that is safer to allow traffic to back up.” In other news, a new synonym for “moron” has been found.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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