>Up here in the Great Northland, a Grasshopper is someone who refuses to wait
>in line at those freeway on-ramps with traffic light controls, and veers
>around the vehicles ahead of him (yes, it is usually a him), driving over
>the grass side median and up to the front of the  entrance ramp.

Is this for real???  Freeway on-ramps with traffic light controls???  How
do they work/what purpose do they serve???  Do you use those South
African flamethrowers to deal with these grasshoppers???

Uh, is this a Friday thing or perhaps I have been living in the wilds of
rural Maine too long and I should get out more???

Here in Maine rush hour traffic is five cars backed up at the light.  And
in Hampden (pop 6,700) a recent hot, divisive political issue was the
addition of a third traffic light to town roads.  My wife says things are
too crowded these days and it is time to get out of the big city.......

Happy Holidaze to all!

Tony

Anthony L. Mourkas
Hampden, Maine, USA
1984 Vanagon Westfalia
1991 Jetta Eco Diesel