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Me dino had to slam on the brakes and stopped a scant few feet of crashing headlong into a concrete barrier that ended a pullover emergency parking lane or whatever you call it. .
In the process I caught sight of the trucker's shocked expression in his big rear view mirror.
So now he decided to look. Bravo, you schmoe! At least I know you didn't mean it!
The local media has a nickname for that area~~Malfunction Junction!
During the Eighties there on that junction, I barely missed an entanglement with a car spinning out in front of me on an overpass in the rain.
Two years later in another rain storm, another car spun out in front of me at what appeared to be precisely the same spot. Due to the slick pavement, all I could do was take my foot off the gas and pray.
I glimpsed the faces of a male driver and a male passenger. Both had their mouths wide open. Most certainly both were screaming their heads off.
Their car was spinning beside me when it's rear smashed into a concrete guardrail. Me dino kept driving. Stopping to check on them on an overpass in the rain would be suicidal in that kind of traffic.
I avoided Malfunction Junction during rainstorms after that. Years later when that trucker ran me off the road it was a bright and sunny day.
I call I-459 the shorter longer drive because you have way better odds of avoiding traffic jams usually due to wrecks.
a single family home
now has 16 people in it
all members of the same extended family, 3 generations
the city has been called, they only came when the family was setting up a pool in their front yard
Historically, there was a very popular practice known as "boarding" where people would rent out rooms in their homes to strangers to stay there. It was an easy way for families to earn some extra income. This practice was largely outlawed by the hospitality industry as they worked to put in place taxes and laws governing where people could stay long-term. In my opinion, I'd like to gut these regulations - which include water use charges and all kinds of other taxes - and allow boarding again as a sanctioned activity. We have a housing crisis in many parts of this country - including my area - and this could help to address part of that need and do it immediately.
I spent several years in Greece, and it was very common there to have the same family - different generations - living in the same apartment building. It wasn't uncommon for the grandparents to live on the bottom floor and their children (and their children) to live on the floors directly above them. It's very practical as it allows for simple ownership transfers between generations and it emphasizes extended family bonds and familial responsibilities to care for one's parents in old age. I respected that practice.