Life in the "fast" lane?

Sometimes I wonder where the simple life ever went to, or if it every really existed at all, being only a figment of my imagination. It seems like everybody's always in a hell of a hurry nowadays, no matter what they're doing. Even on our roads and highways, if the speed limit is 70 mph, most people will go 75, and even then you stand a pretty good chance of getting passed by someone who is probably running late for something extremely important, such as a new "rollback" price at Walmart on a flat screen television. I really don't want to go that fast anymore, even though I did just a few years ago. I would also like to go back to doing just one thing at a time, and put an end to this foolishness we call "multi-tasking", such as sending text messages and talking on a cell phone while driving. I realize that "money is time" and "time is money", but why is there never enough time to do something right the first time, but evidently plenty of time to come back and do it again later? People are even in a hurry to relax anymore, as if the last camping spot at the lake will be settled by a tribe of angry cannibals if you don't get there fast! I really don't "fit-in" with today's speedy, multi-tasking, multi-lingual, hybrid car driving, sushi eating society, and I have no immediate plans for changing myself into a more "modern" type of man anytime soon. I still like the "old ways" better, at least in most aspects of life, when multi-tasking , (which wasn't even a term), consisted of such simple things as fishing and drinking beer, or drinking and driving, and if you could drink and drive AND listen to the radio, you were considered to be "multi-talented". (At least by many of the other kid's in your 5th grade class)! I say "go ahead on" to the fast-paced society we live in! "It's a broken yellow line, and you can pass anytime"! I'll be here in the "slow" lane, smiling, and leaving a ridiculously huge carbon footprint in my old truck.