Okay ... just what the...?
Okay, I'm used to seeing some fairly odd things on the highways and byways. And I'll be one of the first to admit that I have a tendency to sing along, 'air conduct', drum on the steering wheel [while still keeping control of the wheel I want to add], etc to the music playing on the radio or the CD player. And as much as I'm not thrilled with folks 'sharing' their music with me [playing so loud that 'my' car rattles], I can deal.
But today was a first.
As I'm cruising down the street in 'The Mighty Almond' [blue 2004 Chevy AVEO nicknamed after the 'Blue Diamond Almond' brand - long story there, better left for another time], I hear much loudness coming from somewhere in front of me. No biggie. Then I start to see movement about three cars ahead in the lane on my right side - a little red car with arm waving type movement. Again, no biggie so long as the car stays in it's lane. It's usually someone else 'air conducting' or swearing at their cell phone. Just normal stuff. It *does* looks like both arms are waving, but I could be wrong.
Pretty soon everyone is coming to a stop at a stop light and the Almond is beginning to vibrate. To head things off at the pass, I roll all the windows up before coming to a stop. Just because 'you' may like your music, there's no bet I will. At the stop light I find myself along side the arm waving little red car. And here scariness ensure.
The driver, someone who may well have been in his 30's when the Great Dead first hit the music scene, is playing something massively loud and drumming on his steering wheel and dashboard. With drumsticks. Snare drum sticks. With both hands. Okay - odd, but... okay. Until he starts driving off and is still drumming. With both hands. And continues to do this until he is out of sight. Drumming, if you will excuse the expression, to beat the band with both sticks flying all over the dash board, playing his invisible drum set.
I know I should have called this one in, but it floored me so much I never got the license number, car model/make, anything. I probably could have just described it to the cops as 'the little red car with the guy air drumming', but by then he'd turned down a side street and was gone.
But you can bet I'll be looking out for that 'little red car' in the future. And going in the opposite direction.
But today was a first.
As I'm cruising down the street in 'The Mighty Almond' [blue 2004 Chevy AVEO nicknamed after the 'Blue Diamond Almond' brand - long story there, better left for another time], I hear much loudness coming from somewhere in front of me. No biggie. Then I start to see movement about three cars ahead in the lane on my right side - a little red car with arm waving type movement. Again, no biggie so long as the car stays in it's lane. It's usually someone else 'air conducting' or swearing at their cell phone. Just normal stuff. It *does* looks like both arms are waving, but I could be wrong.
Pretty soon everyone is coming to a stop at a stop light and the Almond is beginning to vibrate. To head things off at the pass, I roll all the windows up before coming to a stop. Just because 'you' may like your music, there's no bet I will. At the stop light I find myself along side the arm waving little red car. And here scariness ensure.
The driver, someone who may well have been in his 30's when the Great Dead first hit the music scene, is playing something massively loud and drumming on his steering wheel and dashboard. With drumsticks. Snare drum sticks. With both hands. Okay - odd, but... okay. Until he starts driving off and is still drumming. With both hands. And continues to do this until he is out of sight. Drumming, if you will excuse the expression, to beat the band with both sticks flying all over the dash board, playing his invisible drum set.
I know I should have called this one in, but it floored me so much I never got the license number, car model/make, anything. I probably could have just described it to the cops as 'the little red car with the guy air drumming', but by then he'd turned down a side street and was gone.
But you can bet I'll be looking out for that 'little red car' in the future. And going in the opposite direction.