Tandem Vincitur

copyright 1996, Dean Isaacson

It was a beautiful morning. I walked out the door and stood on the porch, surveying the landscape and breathing the morning country air. The farmers weren’t spraying the money this morning, so the air was pretty fresh. I was getting ready for my morning jog.

“It is so good to live in the country,” I thought.

Just then, my dog Jenny, no scratch that - our kids’ dog, but that’s another story - came up to get her early morning ear scratch. Now, here comes Spot, the cat. He’s jealous and wants attention too. Actually I didn’t spot (no pun) him in time and I made the wrong move. He’s big on protocol.

“You blew it Mr. Isaacson. Next time stay to form or you will lose again.” I could hear him say in his thoughts.

“Good-bye, your majesty,” I replied.
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During my travels, I have come across many amusing signs. Sometimes I get the photo and sometimes I miss. This photo was taken in Butte, MT. I have tried to understand what this means.

What is “local traffic”? Vehicles near the sign have the right-of-way over vehicles farther away? The area is populated with with motels and the sign is directly across from a truck stop. So the best I can figure is that local plated vehicles have the right-of-way over the out-of-state plated vehicles.

What do you think?