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Not Asking For Directions Costs $$$

On Labor Day weekend, 91 percent of travelers will reach their destination by car. Some of those drivers will inevitably get lost and a new study suggests lost drive time costs men $3,000 or more in gas over their lifetime.”That does not surprise me, a girl will stop and ask for directions. A guy has too much pride,” says Spokane driver Evette Pitchlynn. The newly released study sheds light on male and female driving habits. British insurance company, Seila’s Wheels, claims that one in 10 male drivers refuses to ask a stranger for help. More than a quarter of men polled say they would wait at least half an hour before asking for directions/Tania Dall, KXLY. More here.

Question: Are you too proud to ask for directions as soon as you realize that you’re lost? Is your spouse?

Hogs Take Over Downtown Coeur d’Alene

On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson gives us an idea what downtown Coeur d’Alene looks like when 400 Harley-Davidsons are ridden there for the state H.O.G. rally. These beauties were lining both sides of Sherman Avenue, from 4th to 7th streets late Friday afternoon. The riders rode from the county fairgrounds downtown Friday. They’ll spend the Labor Day Weekend enjoying one another’s company at the fairgrounds.

Question: The biggest, ahem, motorcycle I’ve ever driven was a Honda 50 more than 40 years ago. How about you?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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