How about them car washes

There are two more going in soon- I’ve worked on the site plans for some of them. Before long all of Springfield will be one giant car wash

I was really excited when Gem of India first closed and they put up a sign saying a new Indian restaurant was coming.

Now it's going to be a car wash.

This is just more ranting about an old subject, but the motorcycle scene in Springfield is annoying. I typically drive by the Eagle Stop on Battlefield at least twice a day, and if it's after dark there's always dozens of them.

Tonight, when I was driving by, there was one doing a wheelie down Battlefield while some others were completely blacked out, running through the red light at Battlefield and Kimbrough as a group while traffic had to sit and wait.

And, of course, couldn't find a license plate in the group because, why would you if the SPD isn't allowed to chase you?

Why aren't they allowed to chase them?

If you're in a motor vehicle and you see a pedestrian crossing the street (in a crossing zone), how 'bout you fucking stop. Same goes for right turners...you stop behind the line.

They're almost impossible to catch, easy to injury or kill if the bike contacts the cruiser and the bike becomes a missile if/when the idiot wipes out. Basically, cops don't chase motorcycles because it's difficult and dangerous.

I saw a couple guys doing motorcycle wheelies a couple months ago over by Karai ramen. Idiots.

Seriously? Thats fucked

Yeah, this. Most cities now won't chase motorcycles because they're too fast to catch and if you do chase them, they end up splatting into something.

So, I get the police department's reasoning. But, they know they can't be chased, so they have no reason to get a valid license, plates, insurance, or follow any traffic laws.

However, when one of them eventually does become a meat marker, I'm supposed to feel all sad even though they traumatized the family they ran into and straddled them with a bunch of bills to pay because they don't have insurance.

I live on a pretty busy two lane road here in town. I won't say which, but it's a 30mph road that's very narrow with no shoulders where everyone does 45+ because it's a long stretch.

I couldn't tell you the number of times someone has passed me on this road, which is completely illegal and very dangerous.

Two days ago, someone passed me because I had the gall to be going the speed limit and there just happened to be a cop right behind me, who immediately pulled them over.

It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while there's karma.

Where can I get some raw peanuts in the shell in this area? I'm really craving some boiled peanuts in this fall weather. Yum Yum! I'd like to boil them myself but would settle for buying boiled peanuts. Is there a restaurant with them?

What are boiled peanuts like? Never tried them.

They’re Kind of a southern thing. They’re good, soft and salty.