{"id":252,"date":"2007-07-14T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T01:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2008-11-28T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:07:43","slug":"road-tripping-around-tucson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Tucson Road Trippin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driving around Tucson, I see things that make me think.\u00a0\u00a0I thought I&#8217;d share some of them with you.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1005\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1005\" title=\"road_11\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/road_11.jpg\" alt=\"Chateau de Garbage\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau de Garbage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a crazy guy&#8217;s house.\u00a0 He lives in what would be, if it weren&#8217;t for him, a nice neighborhood.\u00a0 According to one homeowner I talked to,\u00a0city police won&#8217;t cite the fellow because the subdivision is county, not city.\u00a0 The county sheriff has some other excuse.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Mr. Crazy keeps piling garbage (carpet remnants, mostly) higher and higher.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not my problem, thank God, but I drive through this neighborhood a couple of times a week, and I think I&#8217;ll keep an eye on the situation.\u00a0 I bet some of the neighbors are ready to kill this guy, if that&#8217;s what it takes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1006\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1006\" title=\"road_2\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/road_2.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, trooper, fuck you!\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hey, trooper, fuck you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Courage.\u00a0 And foolhardiness.\u00a0 All on one rear window.\u00a0 I wanted to catch up with him and ask him what the cops did to make him so mad, but decided it would be better to stay two car-lengths back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1007\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1007\" title=\"road_3\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/road_3.jpg\" alt=\"Mullet arm\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mullet arm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This may not show up well, but there&#8217;s this arm thing people do.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried it, resting my elbow on the windowsill and letting my forearm hang, and it isn&#8217;t comfortable.\u00a0 Or natural.\u00a0 Are some people built differently?\u00a0 Like double-jointed at the elbow?<\/p>\n<p>I keep my camera in the car now, and I&#8217;ll\u00a0look for other interesting things to show you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving around Tucson, I see things that make me think.\u00a0\u00a0I thought I&#8217;d share some of them with you. 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