05-20-2007, 04:31 PM
circa 1971
Imagine cruising westbound on the upper deck of the Oakland/SF Bay Bridge at 6:45AM on an otherwise absolutely beautiful summer morning at about 60 mph on your finely tuned orange Honda CL450 motorcycle. As you exit the Yerba Buena tunnel the glorious vista [can I use that word?] that is the skyline of The City greets you, basking in the glow of the sunrise as it glimmers over the Oakland hills behind you. Suddenly, something seems terribly out of place. Something is amiss. There are large signs on both side of the bridge's roadway. You take this road, well travelled, almost every weekday. You know something is just not right today. There is a warning. What can this possibly be? Is this some sort of sick, cruel joke? Surely this can't really be happening.
"ROLL UP WINDOWS: SANDBLASTING AHEAD"
...and you instantly remember you forgot to order roll up windows on your motorcycle. Wait; roll up windows weren't even available on motorcycles. There's fast moving traffic all around you. There's no place to stop, no place to turn around. You must keep going. There's another set of signs. What do they say? Maybe you misread the first signs... You're hoping you misread the first signs.
"ROLL UP WINDOWS: SANDBLASTING AHEAD"
You didn't misread the first signs.
Anyone know anything about sand blasting?
According to the signs, you should roll up your windows...
Imagine cruising westbound on the upper deck of the Oakland/SF Bay Bridge at 6:45AM on an otherwise absolutely beautiful summer morning at about 60 mph on your finely tuned orange Honda CL450 motorcycle. As you exit the Yerba Buena tunnel the glorious vista [can I use that word?] that is the skyline of The City greets you, basking in the glow of the sunrise as it glimmers over the Oakland hills behind you. Suddenly, something seems terribly out of place. Something is amiss. There are large signs on both side of the bridge's roadway. You take this road, well travelled, almost every weekday. You know something is just not right today. There is a warning. What can this possibly be? Is this some sort of sick, cruel joke? Surely this can't really be happening.
"ROLL UP WINDOWS: SANDBLASTING AHEAD"
...and you instantly remember you forgot to order roll up windows on your motorcycle. Wait; roll up windows weren't even available on motorcycles. There's fast moving traffic all around you. There's no place to stop, no place to turn around. You must keep going. There's another set of signs. What do they say? Maybe you misread the first signs... You're hoping you misread the first signs.
"ROLL UP WINDOWS: SANDBLASTING AHEAD"
You didn't misread the first signs.
Anyone know anything about sand blasting?
According to the signs, you should roll up your windows...