My apologies for missing yesterday's HDQ. I spent the day hobbling around the house alternately clutching a cane, or a crutch, as my mood demanded. It seems that one of my knees took exception to a session on the bike o' pain (aka the exercise bike), and I went all wonky on me. I told it to shape up or ship out, got out the hobbling assists, and took some ibuprofen.
This morning I woke to find my knee much happier, but the muscles that run along the back of the leg, behind the knee and to regions beyond, were evidently jealous at all the attention being focused on the front of the knee, and they steadfastly refused to allow my knee to bend without pain.
I had a little chat with THOSE muscles, as well, and now although they're pouting and insisting on feeling irritated, they are at least allowing my knee to bend without pain.
I will admit to glaring at my innocent knee, and muttering dire threats should it decide to make a fuss, but thus far it has maintained an attitude of servile docility. It had better, that's all I'm saying.
So! HDQ a day late (again). Let's try: have you ever had a driving ticket? And was it deserved? This question is courtesy of Mr. Katie, who was driving less wise than he should have yesterday. Ahem.

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One late dark night, driving the 30 mile commute home from high school, I was happily speeding along when the car that had just passed me going the opposite direction pulled a Dukes of Hazzard turn around and those lovely blue and red lights atop it started spinning.
77 in a 55 zone. I was lucky and the policeman wrote it for 65 in a 55. Ah well, we were all young and dumb once.
I've only been driving for about 4 years. I scraped a parked car a couple months after getting my license. I was trying to park and the parking lot I was in SUCKS and I was driving a minivan. I was pulled over about a year after I got my license. But I got off with a warning :)
While I was speeding, I think the only reason that I received the ticket then (since I had a clean record) was due to me sporting green hair in a more conservative portion of the country. I've always attributed it to me not being "normal" and more "deserving" of the ticket due to that fact than my speeding.
I have been stopped with a warning since then, but no tickets.
The Dept of Trans. in Tucson does goofy things with construction constantly.
Anyway, in answer to your question. Nope, never had a ticket. I almost had a fix it ticket a couple of weeks ago due to dead tail lights. But the cop that pulled me over was very nice, even as we both got soaked by a rude semi (who didn't get over) and let me go.
Like... one time, my friend went to pick her husband up after a bachelor's party at 2AM one Friday night/Saturday morning and was pulled over. The cop made her take a sobriety test because the "only reason a woman travels alone that late is because she's drunk" and threatened to give her a DUI even after she passed. Since moving away from rural hell, though, I have to say I've met nice cops that really just want to give me a ticket instead of a tour of their backseat. :)
And I totally sympathize on the knee thing - shredded the meniscus in both of my knees my senior year of high school. Despite surgery, they still give me a heck of a time.