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Started by Michael, June 09, 2009, 04:52:39 PM

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Michael

I love these types of lists, so let's start one!


mightyace

... your favorite author is Rand-McNally.
My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace

I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!

njroadhorse

your carry-on is filled with maps of where you're going

you carry at least two memory cards in your car

you refuse to go to Breezewood

you have tested how your camera would fit when test driving a car
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

BigMattFromTexas

You allways go back home for your camera even if your going to Walmart*

Ian

-you LOVE Breezewood  :-P

-you to take road trips

-begs for shotgun seat

-likes old signs

-likes new signs

-checks the Aaroads forum daily  :cool:

-knows every US and interstate (future, historical, current)

-has a road related topic most of the time in your mind  :pan:

ian
UMaine graduate, former PennDOT employee, new SoCal resident.
Youtube l Flickr

mightyace

- you even know where Breezewood is  :sombrero:

- you're on a first name basis with the local DOT even though you're not a DOT employee.

- you pay for used signs instead of simply stealing them.

- you know the difference between Clearview, FHWA (Highway Gothic) and other sign related fonts.

- you have ever been used in place of a GPS.

- you don't think of a musical instrument when the word trumpet is mentioned.
My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace

I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!

74/171FAN

you have scared your friends while driving behind them while taking photos(yes I was actually videotaped once while doing this) ;-)
I am now a PennDOT employee.  My opinions/views do not necessarily reflect the opinions/views of PennDOT.

Ian

Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you pay for used signs instead of simply stealing them.

Whoops I guess I'm not a road geek then  ;-)
UMaine graduate, former PennDOT employee, new SoCal resident.
Youtube l Flickr

Scott5114

When numbering a list or outline instead of going


1
      a
      b
      c
2
      a
      b
      c


...you go....


1
      101
      201
      301
2
      102
      202
      302

uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

SSOWorld

#9

  • you dispise I-99
  • you say things like 3DI, BGS, etc. - and know that they mean
  • your starting point and destination is the same and you don't have any meaningful stops
  • you don't take the direct route
  • instead of coins or stamps, you collect interstates and counties <-- note the links ;-)
  • you create a personal website, and at least one page contains a list that describes exits on a freeway
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

Alex

- you were giving directions to your parents when you were 10

- you knew all the Interstate highways before you could drive

- you drive hundreds if not thousands of miles just to get a new counties or clinch new roads

- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago

- no matter where you are, you can simply close your eyes and take a roadtrip in your head

- you are able to convince your SO to appreciate your love of roads

- you pick up on the local movements of an area road network you've only recently started driving (hello Mercer Merge in Seattle).

US71

Your screensaver is highway shields  :sombrero:
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

njroadhorse

- You have helped a charter bus driver get out of traffic

- Bud Shuster is your public enemy #1

- GPS users are your public enemy #2

- When driving I-95 in NJ, you have sworn loudly about the nonexistant direct connection to the NJTP

- You have written angry letters to the DOT over cancelled projects

- You can figure the highway scheme of Greensboro out.
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

Chris

- you try to name all the German interchanges when you cannot fall asleep  :sleep:

Michael

Some comments about the replies:
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2009, 08:36:20 PM
-begs for shotgun seat
That's me!  I can't stand being in the back seat.  I never have.  I HAVE to see where I'm going.  I can't sleep on car trips, either.

Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you even know where Breezewood is  :sombrero:
Who doesn't? :sombrero:

Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you know the difference between Clearview, FHWA (Highway Gothic) and other sign related fonts.
I seem to be the only one I know who knows this!

Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you have ever been used in place of a GPS.
I have, many times.  When I was about 10 years old, I gave directions to someone who asked my mother for them.

Quote from: mightyace on June 09, 2009, 08:45:36 PM
- you don't think of a musical instrument when the word trumpet is mentioned.
I do think of the insturment, but I also think about the interchange.

Quote from: Master son on June 10, 2009, 11:10:37 AM
you say things like 3DI, BGS, etc. - and know that they mean
I find myself doing that in normal conversation, but I end up explaining the acronyms.  Oh, well!

Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you were giving directions to your parents when you were 10
I did that!

Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you knew all the Interstate highways before you could drive
I knew many of them in the Northeast.

okroads

- you take a different route to and from your roadtrip destination

BigMattFromTexas

Your walls are covered with maps from states youve never been to.

agentsteel53

Quote from: njroadhorse on June 10, 2009, 03:25:57 PM
- When driving I-95 in NJ

you have managed to do this successfully??

also, what's wrong with GPS?  It's a great way for me to find old alignments that are just past the next line of trees and therefore invisible to me while driving.
live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

agentsteel53

Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago

not quite a dream, but I was once tripping on a ... shall we say, non-prescription pharmaceutical substance ... and I was seeing such crazy shields as "Interstate Texas 43" and "Interstate Kansas S".  The routes didn't make much sense, but they were all perfect '61 spec!
live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

FLRoads

- you were hand drawing road maps on loose leaf paper when you were 7.

- you were in charge of directing your parents from Florida to Texas when you were 5.

- you wake up on any given day, head out of the house just to grab a bite to eat and wind up in another state by the end of the day, with only the clothes on your back.

- write your state DOT in regards to erroneous signage and actually get them to change it.

BigMattFromTexas

Your the "backseat driver" everyone wants.

Scott5114

Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2009, 07:19:28 PM
Quote from: AARoads on June 10, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
- you have dreams with fake freeways such as the one about a freeway over Lake Michigan that ends in a stack at I-17 somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago

not quite a dream, but I was once tripping on a ... shall we say, non-prescription pharmaceutical substance ... and I was seeing such crazy shields as "Interstate Texas 43" and "Interstate Kansas S".  The routes didn't make much sense, but they were all perfect '61 spec!

This is Jake at his finest, everyone. Not only does he hallucinate interstate shields when under the effects of a mind altering substance, but he can even tell you which MUTCD they came from!  :-P

I-S in Kansas? Must have been sent there by mistake instead of Missouri, which once posted a U.S. V...
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

BigMattFromTexas

- You give random people directions at random gas stations
- You no more about a city your visiting than the man at the hotel
Both real life experiences 1 at Town & Country in SA 2 At a hotel in Austin

mightyace

Quote from: BigMatt on June 11, 2009, 02:08:56 PM
- You no more about a city your visiting than the man at the hotel

Sad but often true!

(been there, done that, forgot the T-shirt)
My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace

I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!

SSOWorld


  • You have an E-ZPass (or equiv) but you don't live in a toll road area
  • You wonder why Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Texas or California don't have ETCs that comply with E-ZPass :banghead:
  • you despise driving in Michigan or the Philadelphia area (particularly South Jersey) - due to the unorthodox left-turn configurations
  • you drive an entire city beltway on one trip
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.



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