Here are some of my favorites:
Quote from: froggie on November 28, 2018, 10:19:32 PM
^ By your logic, 80 "doesn't exist" between Bovina and Clinton..
picks up mic and throws it back at you
Quote from: kphoger on April 14, 2021, 11:15:36 AM
That's not what I was getting at.
Newborn wombats are weird-looking too, but they don't belong in this thread either.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/08/20/article-2730137-20A9CEC600000578-193_636x382.jpg)
Quote from: kphoger
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Quote from: agentsteel53
penalty for a third offense is also death. for the fourth: you must wear a silly little hat for a week.
Angelo71:
"I don't understand why people won't take me seriously. Enlighten me."
Quote from: vdeaneI don't like fracking (well, unless you mean the BSG version of the term ;) ).
Quote from: NE2 on February 15, 2015, 04:22:53 PM
Quote from: Roadmaestro95 on February 15, 2015, 03:37:07 PM
Well getting the hoard of bulldozers would be needed, wouldn't it?
Who's been hoarding (http://grammarist.com/spelling/hoard-horde/) bulldozers?
(regarding New England routes 10 and 12, which still exist as state routes and cross in Keene, NH)
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 14, 2014, 03:05:05 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 14, 2014, 02:37:27 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 14, 2014, 09:24:55 AM
and unless one is very visually keen
Was that pun intended?
ha. I wish it were. didn't even think about exactly where 10 and 12 cross.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 21, 2018, 10:44:08 PM
Quote from: traffic light guy on February 21, 2018, 03:00:17 PM
Quote from: TheArkansasRoadgeek on February 21, 2018, 12:44:50 PM
So, are we suggesting the forum host user photos?
Yes, since they're requested, and It's gonna be eons before I get a chance to be in Lower Merion again, by the time that time rolls around, all the goodies will be replaced by McCains
I hate it when that happens.
(https://i.imgur.com/yR973nl.jpg)
From this post by ethanman62187 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5440.msg119984#msg119984):
"Wow, nice knowing of things about those things."
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post my favorite. Just a hint: I'm both allowed and forbidden to post it.
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 05, 2021, 09:13:20 PM
From this post by ethanman62187 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5440.msg119984#msg119984):
"Wow, nice knowing of things about those things."
Well, he can allow us to go 65 on fictional I-366. :-D
A reading the Book of Alan:
"How About having the North American Interstate Highway System, in all 15 North American countries, the countries will be, the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Terrtiories, Nunavut, Quebec, Greenland, Iceland, Alanland, Hawaii, Bermuda, Belize, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, not central america, caribbean, or south america because i considered them other continents, and i would also like to have to have the interstate highway system in Europe and Australia, in Europe will have them in every country, like the UK, France or Spain, and in Australia will have them also in every country, like in Australia (Nation), or New Zealand, and this interstates can also be in Antarctica, and maybe South Africa, because in Antarctica theres only 1 or 2 countries, and about 5 or 6 Territories, and in South Africa because it looks like Europe, Australia, or North America, and those continents like North America, Europe, and Australia do look alike along with Antarctica and South Africa, theres my plan"
71
Sorry
Quote from: ethanman62187 on October 28, 2011, 03:05:49 PM
For the freeway section of route 28, I can let you drive 65.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 12, 2011, 01:11:24 AM
in fact, it would make the most sense if your freeway were one or more of the following: 1) untenable, 2) unbuildable, 3) underwater
Unable to quote this one with user and link to thread because it's locked, but I think you all know where it's from :D
QuoteNE2 STFU and go to school you dumazz, get out of my site.
Edit: One from the owl:
Quote from: FritzOwl on May 08, 2017, 10:19:26 PM
It is primarily the narrow mountainous two-lane roads that need to be upgraded. On some windy roads, I have nearly been whacked by people in the other direction rounding a curve. Those are the two-lane roads that are the most dangerous and need replacing.
QuoteI hope NCDOT doesn't have projects that would be delayed by having sex with snails.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 05, 2021, 10:38:57 PM
QuoteI hope NCDOT doesn't have projects that would be delayed by having sex with snails.
From me! LMFAO :rofl:
And I have a feeling this thread won't last very long...
From Marf (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21868.0)
QuoteIf you cannot be serious then GTFO.
I swear i'm not crazy.. i had a dream about creating this thread last night *sigh*.
Quote from: NE2 on October 08, 2014, 01:32:51 PM
http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1543852
what the fuckaduck
This is in the op, but i mentioned in another thread that this was one of my favorites.
Quote from: froggie on November 28, 2018, 10:19:32 PM
^ By your logic, 80 "doesn't exist" between Bovina and Clinton..
picks up mic and throws it back at you
Quote from: Brian556 on March 29, 2019, 01:53:02 AM
Its not uncommon to find traffic control dumbassery in small towns and cities, but this one takes the cake
Bolivar St at Austin St. Marshall, TX
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.545704,-94.3663136,3a,47.3y,359.27h,80.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-nZcktmrc2BtsDgg1A6ZAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.545704,-94.3663136,3a,47.3y,359.27h,80.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-nZcktmrc2BtsDgg1A6ZAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Also, why did they steal their barricades from Europe?
Quote from: KG909 on October 13, 2015, 07:34:32 PM
***** what fucking shit you smoking? I want some
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 05, 2021, 09:45:00 PM
A reading the Book of Alan:
"How About having the North American Interstate Highway System, in all 15 North American countries, the countries will be, the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Terrtiories, Nunavut, Quebec, Greenland, Iceland, Alanland, Hawaii, Bermuda, Belize, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, not central america, caribbean, or south america because i considered them other continents, and i would also like to have to have the interstate highway system in Europe and Australia, in Europe will have them in every country, like the UK, France or Spain, and in Australia will have them also in every country, like in Australia (Nation), or New Zealand, and this interstates can also be in Antarctica, and maybe South Africa, because in Antarctica theres only 1 or 2 countries, and about 5 or 6 Territories, and in South Africa because it looks like Europe, Australia, or North America, and those continents like North America, Europe, and Australia do look alike along with Antarctica and South Africa, theres my plan"
That's what I was referring to earlier.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 05, 2021, 11:35:37 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 05, 2021, 09:45:00 PM
A reading the Book of Alan:
"How About having the North American Interstate Highway System, in all 15 North American countries, the countries will be, the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Terrtiories, Nunavut, Quebec, Greenland, Iceland, Alanland, Hawaii, Bermuda, Belize, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, not central america, caribbean, or south america because i considered them other continents, and i would also like to have to have the interstate highway system in Europe and Australia, in Europe will have them in every country, like the UK, France or Spain, and in Australia will have them also in every country, like in Australia (Nation), or New Zealand, and this interstates can also be in Antarctica, and maybe South Africa, because in Antarctica theres only 1 or 2 countries, and about 5 or 6 Territories, and in South Africa because it looks like Europe, Australia, or North America, and those continents like North America, Europe, and Australia do look alike along with Antarctica and South Africa, theres my plan"
That's what I was referring to earlier.
Lest we forget this:
" I Just saw that Alanland topic once again in this website, and that was offensive, insulting, and inappropriate, i might report this to EPD, and to your local police departments, and EPD is the police department for The City of Eureka, watch out and be careful, because you will be arrested, this is against the law, be careful, and don't say anything, go mess around another person's topic, or go mess around some other website."
Quote from: ACSCmapcollector on November 04, 2016, 06:29:19 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on November 04, 2016, 12:08:14 AM
I am using honesty and truth to the person I became, with my behaviour when handling netiquitte on the Internet, and showing respect to others and myself. When I say "borders", it means I really have to protect myself in a Godly way. I appreciate your advice, but now for me for the best thing is to use myself in the right way.
This series of posts, which was funny enough I saved a screenshot of it back when it happened.
(https://i.imgur.com/lz0kEWi.png)
This was good enough that it was in someone's sig for a while:
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 20, 2009, 03:25:55 PM
I'm sure posting goat porn would not go over well either; but if I'm drunk, I may try it!
My favorite quote is the one that's been in my signature for years.
This one about the Hypotenuse in Chicago always got a laugh out of me:
Quote from: dzlsabeHeres what we have today.....
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8337329,-87.7319639,11z
The only proposed and not built in this general corridor Im aware of is the "Crosstown I-494" that went from the Kennedy/Edens junction on the north, paralleling Cicero Av (IL-50) down to Midway airport, then going east along RR ROW along 75th IIRC to the Ryan (I-94) and the Skyway (I-90). Hypotenuse incorporates the south part of that idea, from Cicero Av and I-55 to the Skyway and Ryan, but on a more direct route.
Quote from: Henry on July 08, 2021, 11:06:25 AM
This one about the Hypotenuse in Chicago always got a laugh out of me:
Quote from: dzlsabeHeres what we have today.....
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8337329,-87.7319639,11z
The only proposed and not built in this general corridor Im aware of is the "Crosstown I-494" that went from the Kennedy/Edens junction on the north, paralleling Cicero Av (IL-50) down to Midway airport, then going east along RR ROW along 75th IIRC to the Ryan (I-94) and the Skyway (I-90). Hypotenuse incorporates the south part of that idea, from Cicero Av and I-55 to the Skyway and Ryan, but on a more direct route.
The best quote now from dz since he yanked his Hypotenuse Manifesto off his site:
http://dzlsabe.com/aboutus.html
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 05, 2021, 09:59:50 PM
Unable to quote this one with user and link to thread because it's locked, but I think you all know where it's from :D
QuoteNE2 STFU and go to school you dumazz, get out of my site.
You just have to know the trick. ;-)
Quote from: TheAlan360 on November 21, 2012, 04:42:16 PM
NE2 STFU and go to school you dumazz, get out of my site.
Anyone else notice how many real gems Jake Bear had on here?
FritzOwl gems
Quote from: nexus73 on May 06, 2016, 11:35:31 PM
Heck, if we let the Chinese build enough islands, we'll be able to drive the entire Pacific Ocean...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on May 07, 2016, 08:46:02 AM
Man, I'm sure Kim Jong Un will submit to the iron will of Fritz Owl... :rofl:
Quote from: JJBers on May 07, 2016, 01:51:23 PM
Yes, let's go ahead an build this
So Kim Jong Un II can invade us quicker
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 08, 2021, 05:03:20 PM
FritzOwl gems
Quote from: nexus73 on May 06, 2016, 11:35:31 PM
Heck, if we let the Chinese build enough islands, we'll be able to drive the entire Pacific Ocean...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on May 07, 2016, 08:46:02 AM
Man, I'm sure Kim Jong Un will submit to the iron will of Fritz Owl... :rofl:
Quote from: JJBers on May 07, 2016, 01:51:23 PM
Yes, let's go ahead an build this
So Kim Jong Un II can invade us quicker
No Coat to Cost?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 08, 2021, 05:17:39 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 08, 2021, 05:03:20 PM
FritzOwl gems
Quote from: nexus73 on May 06, 2016, 11:35:31 PM
Heck, if we let the Chinese build enough islands, we'll be able to drive the entire Pacific Ocean...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on May 07, 2016, 08:46:02 AM
Man, I'm sure Kim Jong Un will submit to the iron will of Fritz Owl... :rofl:
Quote from: JJBers on May 07, 2016, 01:51:23 PM
Yes, let's go ahead an build this
So Kim Jong Un II can invade us quicker
No Coat to Cost?
That too, I just was looking for other examples.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 08, 2021, 05:19:01 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 08, 2021, 05:17:39 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 08, 2021, 05:03:20 PM
FritzOwl gems
Quote from: nexus73 on May 06, 2016, 11:35:31 PM
Heck, if we let the Chinese build enough islands, we'll be able to drive the entire Pacific Ocean...LOL!
Rick
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on May 07, 2016, 08:46:02 AM
Man, I'm sure Kim Jong Un will submit to the iron will of Fritz Owl... :rofl:
Quote from: JJBers on May 07, 2016, 01:51:23 PM
Yes, let's go ahead an build this
So Kim Jong Un II can invade us quicker
No Coat to Cost?
That too, I just was looking for other examples.
Total gross Vegan move.
Quote from: NE2 on May 09, 2012, 07:47:27 PM
[I-30] would follow US 67 to Sabula and US 52 to NC.
Now I cannot think of more.
Man, if only Jake had been here for Cra_shIt's posts...
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 03, 2013, 12:28:03 PM
if you honk at me, I will just flip you off and not alter my course otherwise.
honking is the equivalent of going up to someone's face and giving a Beavis and Butthead "uhhhh... durrrrr..." it conveys no information, and simply identifies you as a douchebag.
Quote from: kphoger on July 09, 2021, 02:55:07 PM
Man, if only Jake had been here for Cra_shIt's posts...
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 03, 2013, 12:28:03 PM
if you honk at me, I will just flip you off and not alter my course otherwise.
honking is the equivalent of going up to someone's face and giving a Beavis and Butthead "uhhhh... durrrrr..." it conveys no information, and simply identifies you as a douchebag.
The man (Cra-shIt) seems to thrive on being a douche bag on the road and trying to justify it.
Jake is the guy that suggested that there should be a 100 mph freeway or something like that with no emergency vehicle access. Interesting dude, slightly insane.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 11, 2021, 09:05:12 PM
Jake is the guy that suggested that there should be a 100 mph freeway or something like that with no emergency vehicle access. Interesting dude, slightly insane.
Jake has said lots of memorable things over the years and continues to do so in most Facebook groups I see him in.
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 11, 2021, 09:18:53 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 11, 2021, 09:05:12 PM
Jake is the guy that suggested that there should be a 100 mph freeway or something like that with no emergency vehicle access. Interesting dude, slightly insane.
Jake has said lots of memorable things over the years and continues to do so in most Facebook groups I see him in.
He certainly is eccentric.
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 05, 2021, 10:39:48 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 05, 2021, 10:38:57 PM
QuoteI hope NCDOT doesn't have projects that would be delayed by having sex with snails.
From me! LMFAO :rofl:
And I have a feeling this thread won't last very long...
7 days and counting
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 12, 2021, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Oh boy I remember that... the I-87 thread lol! What happened to Beltway?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 12, 2021, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Oh boy I remember that... the I-87 thread lol! What happened to Beltway?
He got tired of the heavy-handed moderation (which, he felt, came in part because of his political beliefs) and decided it wasn't worth his time to post here anymore.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 11, 2021, 09:18:53 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 11, 2021, 09:05:12 PM
Jake is the guy that suggested that there should be a 100 mph freeway or something like that with no emergency vehicle access. Interesting dude, slightly insane.
Jake has said lots of memorable things over the years and continues to do so in most Facebook groups I see him in.
I'm sure happy no one from here see's me on Facebook or maybe they do idk.
Quote from: hbelkins on July 12, 2021, 11:34:09 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 12, 2021, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Oh boy I remember that... the I-87 thread lol! What happened to Beltway?
He got tired of the heavy-handed moderation (which, he felt, came in part because of his political beliefs) and decided it wasn't worth his time to post here anymore.
Is he on Facebook?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 01:06:17 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 12, 2021, 11:34:09 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 12, 2021, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Oh boy I remember that... the I-87 thread lol! What happened to Beltway?
He got tired of the heavy-handed moderation (which, he felt, came in part because of his political beliefs) and decided it wasn't worth his time to post here anymore.
Is he on Facebook?
Yes.
Quote from: Brandon on July 12, 2021, 02:09:20 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 01:06:17 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 12, 2021, 11:34:09 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 10:04:33 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 12, 2021, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:21:14 PM
sprjus4 and Beltway's posts in the Virginia and the I-81 threads.
:rofl:
Oh boy I remember that... the I-87 thread lol! What happened to Beltway?
He got tired of the heavy-handed moderation (which, he felt, came in part because of his political beliefs) and decided it wasn't worth his time to post here anymore.
Is he on Facebook?
Yes.
Not surprised. Facebook seems to have what he wants.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 09:24:05 PM
Roads are numbered for the motoring public, not anal roadgeeks.
Quote from: kphoger on July 14, 2021, 01:32:45 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 12, 2021, 09:24:05 PM
Roads are numbered for the motoring public, not anal roadgeeks.
HAHA thanks lol. I thought it sounded good.
Kernals12:
Quote
Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
KingAngeloTheGreat:
QuoteI-19
I-19 in Arizona should be replaced as a State Route, and I-19 should be rebuilt as a trans-american highway, going from Ocean City to Portland
Details
I-19 will start on it's eastern terminus in US-50, right before the Drawbridge, moving into southern Delaware, and merging with US-50 and US-301 until Annapolis where it will go northwest into Harrisburg, continuing to Erie to then go along to Columbus, then towards Indiana and Illinois, and would stay west for it's route, ending at the ocean in Portland.
I-22
I-22 should be expanded east to Jacksonville, and northwest to The Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting the south to Canada.
I-71
I-71 should go south west to get to Corpus Christi, merging with I-64 to then end at the ocean and become a road.
I-73
I-73 should be recreated from I-95 in New York, to the Canadian Border in Montana, passing through Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, then northwest to the Canadian border.
I-76
I-76 shold absorb NJ-42 to Atlantic City and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest.
I-78
I-78 should be expanded to Pittsburgh, then south to the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi
I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami.
"ending at the ocean in Portland" - Portland is not on the ocean
"to the Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting south to Canada" - Canada is north of Minnesota
"merging with I-64 to end at the ocean and then become a road" - so many questions with this one. It wasn't a road before? How will it continue as a road if it's ending at the ocean?
"and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest" - no idea what is happening here
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
KingAngeloTheGreat:
QuoteI-19
I-19 in Arizona should be replaced as a State Route, and I-19 should be rebuilt as a trans-american highway, going from Ocean City to Portland
Details
I-19 will start on it's eastern terminus in US-50, right before the Drawbridge, moving into southern Delaware, and merging with US-50 and US-301 until Annapolis where it will go northwest into Harrisburg, continuing to Erie to then go along to Columbus, then towards Indiana and Illinois, and would stay west for it's route, ending at the ocean in Portland.
I-22
I-22 should be expanded east to Jacksonville, and northwest to The Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting the south to Canada.
I-71
I-71 should go south west to get to Corpus Christi, merging with I-64 to then end at the ocean and become a road.
I-73
I-73 should be recreated from I-95 in New York, to the Canadian Border in Montana, passing through Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, then northwest to the Canadian border.
I-76
I-76 shold absorb NJ-42 to Atlantic City and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest.
I-78
I-78 should be expanded to Pittsburgh, then south to the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi
I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami.
"ending at the ocean in Portland" - Portland is not on the ocean
"to the Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting south to Canada" - Canada is north of Minnesota
"merging with I-64 to end at the ocean and then become a road" - so many questions with this one. It wasn't a road before? How will it continue as a road if it's ending at the ocean?
"and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest" - no idea what is happening here
"I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami" - Miami is southwest of I-79's southern terminus
Angelo71 is umm... interesting. In one of his plans, he had like 50 interstates in Virginia, including every 7x number, and also calls Pittsburgh "gross".
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
Kernals12:
Quote
Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
I couldn't help but think of that quote given how the heat wave is affecting trees and other plants.
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 02:39:29 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
KingAngeloTheGreat:
QuoteI-19
I-19 in Arizona should be replaced as a State Route, and I-19 should be rebuilt as a trans-american highway, going from Ocean City to Portland
Details
I-19 will start on it's eastern terminus in US-50, right before the Drawbridge, moving into southern Delaware, and merging with US-50 and US-301 until Annapolis where it will go northwest into Harrisburg, continuing to Erie to then go along to Columbus, then towards Indiana and Illinois, and would stay west for it's route, ending at the ocean in Portland.
I-22
I-22 should be expanded east to Jacksonville, and northwest to The Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting the south to Canada.
I-71
I-71 should go south west to get to Corpus Christi, merging with I-64 to then end at the ocean and become a road.
I-73
I-73 should be recreated from I-95 in New York, to the Canadian Border in Montana, passing through Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, then northwest to the Canadian border.
I-76
I-76 shold absorb NJ-42 to Atlantic City and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest.
I-78
I-78 should be expanded to Pittsburgh, then south to the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi
I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami.
"ending at the ocean in Portland" - Portland is not on the ocean
"to the Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting south to Canada" - Canada is north of Minnesota
"merging with I-64 to end at the ocean and then become a road" - so many questions with this one. It wasn't a road before? How will it continue as a road if it's ending at the ocean?
"and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest" - no idea what is happening here
"I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami" - Miami is southwest of I-79's southern terminus
Angelo71 is umm... interesting. In one of his plans, he had like 50 interstates in Virginia, including every 7x number, and also calls Pittsburgh "gross".
Virginia is now an Oblast of Alanland thanks to him.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 14, 2021, 09:37:24 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 02:39:29 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
KingAngeloTheGreat:
QuoteI-19
I-19 in Arizona should be replaced as a State Route, and I-19 should be rebuilt as a trans-american highway, going from Ocean City to Portland
Details
I-19 will start on it's eastern terminus in US-50, right before the Drawbridge, moving into southern Delaware, and merging with US-50 and US-301 until Annapolis where it will go northwest into Harrisburg, continuing to Erie to then go along to Columbus, then towards Indiana and Illinois, and would stay west for it's route, ending at the ocean in Portland.
I-22
I-22 should be expanded east to Jacksonville, and northwest to The Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting the south to Canada.
I-71
I-71 should go south west to get to Corpus Christi, merging with I-64 to then end at the ocean and become a road.
I-73
I-73 should be recreated from I-95 in New York, to the Canadian Border in Montana, passing through Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, then northwest to the Canadian border.
I-76
I-76 shold absorb NJ-42 to Atlantic City and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest.
I-78
I-78 should be expanded to Pittsburgh, then south to the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi
I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami.
"ending at the ocean in Portland" - Portland is not on the ocean
"to the Canadian Border in Minnesota, connecting south to Canada" - Canada is north of Minnesota
"merging with I-64 to end at the ocean and then become a road" - so many questions with this one. It wasn't a road before? How will it continue as a road if it's ending at the ocean?
"and should go west to Sacramento, going southwest" - no idea what is happening here
"I-79 should be continued southeast to Miami" - Miami is southwest of I-79's southern terminus
Angelo71 is umm... interesting. In one of his plans, he had like 50 interstates in Virginia, including every 7x number, and also calls Pittsburgh "gross".
Virginia is now an Oblast of Alanland thanks to him.
Pittsburgh too. But they're only official for city planning and zoning purposes, as well as for determining acceptable sandwich toppings. They are not official for maps, government usage, census data collection, or pirate-hat subsidies.
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:13:08 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
Kernals12:
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Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
I couldn't help but think of that quote given how the heat wave is affecting trees and other plants.
His Reddit stuff gets ripped apart mercilessly, especially when he advocates global warming. Truly a bizarre individual who can't hack it in a little bit of cold weather (nor negotiate a sidewalk without tripping). He can have all the 100-110F days I sat through when my air conditioning was down last month.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 14, 2021, 09:41:40 PM
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:13:08 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
Kernals12:
Quote
Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
I couldn't help but think of that quote given how the heat wave is affecting trees and other plants.
His Reddit stuff gets ripped apart mercilessly, especially when he advocates global warming. Truly a bizarre individual who can't hack it in a little bit of cold weather (nor negotiate a sidewalk without tripping). He can have all the 100-110F days I sat through when my air conditioning was down last month.
Oh goodness.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 14, 2021, 09:41:40 PM
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:13:08 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
Kernals12:
Quote
Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
I couldn't help but think of that quote given how the heat wave is affecting trees and other plants.
His Reddit stuff gets ripped apart mercilessly, especially when he advocates global warming. Truly a bizarre individual who can't hack it in a little bit of cold weather (nor negotiate a sidewalk without tripping). He can have all the 100-110F days I sat through when my air conditioning was down last month.
He's a bit crazy. Who advocates for global warming?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 14, 2021, 09:57:10 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 14, 2021, 09:41:40 PM
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:13:08 PM
Quote from: thspfc on July 14, 2021, 02:32:55 PM
Kernals12:
Quote
Lots of people say they like cold winters. But if we analyze things closely we see that the consensus among humans is that cold is bad, and even among plants and animals there is that same consensus.
When we ignore someone, we are "giving them the cold shoulder"
When two countries have poor relations, we describe those relations as "frosty"
When we say someone has a "cold personality" or is "cold hearted", we don't mean it positively
House Stark urged vigilance among its members by saying "Winter is coming"
This is not a coincidence, people have shown a clear preference for warm weather in surveys and in their migration patterns.
And plants and animals agree. In winter, not summer, trees shed their leaves and animals hibernate or migrate south. The Amazon Rainforest is teeming with biodiversity while Siberia is a barren wasteland.
I couldn't help but think of that quote given how the heat wave is affecting trees and other plants.
His Reddit stuff gets ripped apart mercilessly, especially when he advocates global warming. Truly a bizarre individual who can't hack it in a little bit of cold weather (nor negotiate a sidewalk without tripping). He can have all the 100-110F days I sat through when my air conditioning was down last month.
He's a bit crazy. Who advocates for global warming?
Some men aren't looking for anything logical...
Rothman's years-long crusade against Olive Garden.
Every post by Rothman or NE2.
Quote from: Takumi on July 15, 2021, 12:20:17 AM
Rothman's years-long crusade against Olive Garden.
Olive Garden must be stopped. I must stop them.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Quote from: Takumi on July 15, 2021, 12:20:17 AM
Rothman's years-long crusade against Olive Garden.
Olive Garden must be stopped. I must stop them.
But how?
From a thread originally titled "Why is I-71, I-76, I-78, I-79 so small", later renamed to "71":
Quote from: KingAngeloTheGreat on August 08, 2020, 08:49:13 PM
Why are those highways so small I love those highways but they're so small. Why is that?
Quote from: jmacswimmer on July 15, 2021, 01:53:23 PM
From a thread originally titled "Why is I-71, I-76, I-78, I-79 so small", later renamed to "71":
Quote from: KingAngeloTheGreat on August 08, 2020, 08:49:13 PM
Why are those highways so small I love those highways but they're so small. Why is that?
"71" was something Angelo would modify a lot of his more memorable posts to after they went south on him.
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:38:47 PM
Pittsburgh too. But they're only official for city planning and zoning purposes, as well as for determining acceptable sandwich toppings. They are not official for maps, government usage, census data collection, or pirate-hat subsidies.
And now
that is my favorite quote of
yours!
Got a new one, regarding Hawaii:
Quote from: FritzOwl on July 15, 2021, 12:09:21 AM
I am surprised they do not build bdidges now between all the islands
Quote from: kphoger on July 15, 2021, 04:01:37 PM
Got a new one, regarding Hawaii:
Quote from: FritzOwl on July 15, 2021, 12:09:21 AM
I am surprised they do not build bdidges now between all the islands
A simple application of Coat to Cost would fix that right quick.
Quote from: kphoger on July 15, 2021, 03:24:19 PM
Quote from: vdeane on July 14, 2021, 09:38:47 PM
Pittsburgh too. But they're only official for city planning and zoning purposes, as well as for determining acceptable sandwich toppings. They are not official for maps, government usage, census data collection, or pirate-hat subsidies.
And now that is my favorite quote of yours!
Just keep in mind that I copied that text from the wiki... which itself had been copied from one of Scott's (I think) posts in the Alanland thread.
I remember making Alanland jokes on a few occasions that were basically making fun of what a mess the counties of England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_England) are.
Forgot this series of posts:
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 16, 2011, 10:25:13 PM
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 16, 2011, 10:17:55 PM
Quote from: deanej on July 15, 2011, 12:22:13 PM
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 14, 2011, 07:56:40 PMThey can be cited for failure to obey a traffic control device, wreckless driving, etc. The problem is non-commercial drivers are oblivious that their vehicles could possibly hit anything, so when they get in one of those big-box rental trucks, they don't even consider clearance signs. It's just not something you would notice. Until the top of the truck gets ripped open like a sardine can.
I know we have some stupid laws, but I'm pretty sure that making it mandatory for people to total their cars is not one of them.
I have to ask exactly where you got the implication that wreckless driving would be for avoiding hitting the bridge. It'd be the safe, smart thing to do to avoid hitting the obstruction. It would be wreckless driving because they obviously ignored any and all warning signs about the impending trouble. In addition, they were driving a vehicle, then, that they did not know the dimensions, limitation, or constraints it imposed. Being that they were just driving along like they did in the 5' tall sedan.
As for average height of truck, that'd be hard to say. Anything over 26,000 pounds qualifies to the government as a 'truck'. As for tractor-trailers, the national maximum before needing a permit for a single trailer is 13'6 tall, 102" wide, 73' long combined. That's on STAA routes (mainly non-exempt interstates, and any approved road in any state). Each state, then, has their own limits and exceptions. Some allow long doubles, some allow triples. Some allow longer trailers. Some allow higher weights. Some allow taller trailers (Kansas is 14' before you need a permit, for instance). Most western states have a 48' trailer limit except on STAA routes (and normal access to/from). Some states have limits on kingpin to rear axle distance. California being the stickler with any trailer longer than 48' requiring a 40' kingpin to rear-axle setting on ANY road in the state.
Michigan allows the 'Michigan sleds' with 160,000 lb limits on what seems like an eight axle trailer. Washington and Oregon (I believe) allow 57' trailers with 3 or 4 axles. Most mountain states out west allow "Rocky Mountain Doubles", that being a moderate length trailer (approx 30' or so) followed by a long dolly and a short pup trailer (26' or less) to handle tighter mountain roads where a 40'+ trailer just can't maneuver.
As for height, there really isn't a standard height in the country. The interstates were built to generally handle 13'6 (except the tunnels on the east coast, namely New York and Norfolk), otherwise 13'6 fits everywhere. And that's what the manufacturers have decided as the defacto standard limit. But each state can set their own standard higher before requiring a special permit.
you made a typo! :-D
I'm going to assume that "wreckless driving" is what Crash_It does up until the point where he inevitably lives up to his name.
Quote from: vdeane on July 17, 2021, 10:44:07 AM
I'm going to assume that "wreckless driving" is what Crash_It does up until the point where he inevitably lives up to his name.
Outstanding. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Quote from: froggie on July 28, 2021, 09:25:40 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on July 28, 2021, 07:40:18 AM
It is remarkable how the "equity" crowd dispenses with facts that don't fit their worldview
Pot, meet kettle...
As a native of Louisiana, I find this exchange hilarious:
Quote from: 1 on January 27, 2014, 04:43:05 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on January 27, 2014, 04:36:58 PM
I found this just off of US 165 in Monroe, LA near the ULM campus. However, it belonged to a tree cutting company by the same name repairing tornado damage at a nearby house. I thought LA DOTD had a sense of humor.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7385%2F12178840513_afb1929c83.jpg&hash=b55382aa8fc102e4c7db8228f01c2acce7feaee3) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)
Most people would think it was a typo for "caution".
Not my favorite, just another ridiculous and funny one like the others I posted:
Quote from: SafeSpeederActually I am tempted to drive in those states just to increase the climate change around the area, so the next storms are more severe and wash away all the weirdo law makers.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 15, 2021, 01:34:27 AM
Every post by Rothman or NE2.
Quote from: Rothman date=1617737136
Tullys... Where the televisions drown you out. :rofl:
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 05, 2021, 03:14:59 PM
Not my favorite, just another ridiculous and funny one like the others I posted:
Quote from: SafeSpeederActually I am tempted to drive in those states just to increase the climate change around the area, so the next storms are more severe and wash away all the weirdo law makers.
Makes one wonder if SafeSpeeder and Kernals12 are the same person?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 05, 2021, 03:40:58 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 05, 2021, 03:14:59 PM
Not my favorite, just another ridiculous and funny one like the others I posted:
Quote from: SafeSpeederActually I am tempted to drive in those states just to increase the climate change around the area, so the next storms are more severe and wash away all the weirdo law makers.
Makes one wonder if SafeSpeeder and Kernals12 are the same person?
I was wondering the same thing. While he was definitely a troll, I'm leaning toward not a sock (after all, bicyclehazard wasn't a sock, as far as we know). SafeSpeeder never mentioned public transit even once, and the two users never interacted with each other.
It's worth checking IPs for this one, unlike some of the other recent sock accusations.
Quote from: 1 on September 05, 2021, 03:49:48 PM
It's worth checking IPs for this one
(https://c.tenor.com/eB5ysNy9VEIAAAAC/mindblown-excuse-me.gif)
I just had to include this:
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 05, 2021, 08:40:33 PM
CHICKEN NUGGET
I think it's more likely SafeSpeeder is that Mike2357 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=15599) guy from NYC who was spamming a couple weeks ago (his post per day average was at 32). Strangely, Mike2357 hasn't been active since August 19, and SafeSpeeder joined on August 20.
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 05, 2021, 09:27:03 PM
Strangely, Mike2357 hasn't been active since August 19, and SafeSpeeder joined on August 20.
I completely forgot about him. Given that he's not in the members list, he's banned. Yes, they are very likely the same person.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 05, 2021, 03:40:58 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 05, 2021, 03:14:59 PM
Not my favorite, just another ridiculous and funny one like the others I posted:
Quote from: SafeSpeederActually I am tempted to drive in those states just to increase the climate change around the area, so the next storms are more severe and wash away all the weirdo law makers.
Makes one wonder if SafeSpeeder and Kernals12 are the same person?
SafeSpeeder felt like a mix of Kernals12 and HighwayStar to me. Though unlike both of them, he doesn't mention some variant of "cars good transit/bikes bad" in your face every time.
Quote from: 1 on September 05, 2021, 09:32:39 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 05, 2021, 09:27:03 PM
Strangely, Mike2357 hasn't been active since August 19, and SafeSpeeder joined on August 20.
I completely forgot about him. Given that he's not in the members list, he's banned. Yes, they are very likely the same person.
I'm not sure about that. SafeSpeeder hasn't referred to anything, or anyone, as retarded, whereas Mike2357 couldn't seem to resist the urge to do so.
I think we have our man:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 16, 2021, 10:45:17 PM
One state I will never drive in. All law makers in that state should be forced to watch the "Speed Kills Your Pocketbook" Videos (2 parts). Ironically, people slamming on their breaks when they see a car on the side if the road causes more accidents. Hogging the left lane and forcing people to change lanes is also far more dangerous than just driving "fast". Most Speed limits today would make more sense as minimum speeds.
How did nobody (including me) notice this?
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 06, 2021, 02:14:49 PM
I think we have our man:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 16, 2021, 10:45:17 PM
One state I will never drive in. All law makers in that state should be forced to watch the "Speed Kills Your Pocketbook" Videos (2 parts). Ironically, people slamming on their breaks when they see a car on the side if the road causes more accidents. Hogging the left lane and forcing people to change lanes is also far more dangerous than just driving "fast". Most Speed limits today would make more sense as minimum speeds.
Ban him already. :ded:
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 06, 2021, 02:14:49 PM
I think we have our man:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 16, 2021, 10:45:17 PM
One state I will never drive in. All law makers in that state should be forced to watch the "Speed Kills Your Pocketbook" Videos (2 parts). Ironically, people slamming on their breaks when they see a car on the side if the road causes more accidents. Hogging the left lane and forcing people to change lanes is also far more dangerous than just driving "fast". Most Speed limits today would make more sense as minimum speeds.
In addition, Mike's location is listed as NYC. SafeSpeeder's location isn't given but his posts are heavily focused on NY/NJ.
Quote from: 1 on September 06, 2021, 02:53:27 PM
How did nobody (including me) notice this?
I dunno, maybe some of us were focused on the quality posters.
The evidence so far could be circumstantial. The mods may need to do an IP check on both to be sure. If they are indeed the same person (which is my hunch), then the latter user (I assume) would be in trouble if for no other reason than trying to circumvent a ban of the former user.
I would at least get the banhammer out of the closet just to be ready.
Not sure about here, but I know another forum I've been on that doesn't allow and punishes for ban evading.
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 06, 2021, 04:32:28 PM
Not sure about here, but I know another forum I've been on that doesn't allow and punishes for ban evading.
The infamous Marf was banned from this forum for sockpuppetry, among multiple other offenses.
Looks like the mods took action, as a certain someone is no longer on the members list. How long will it be before another "very special user" appears?
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 07, 2021, 07:39:45 AM
Looks like the mods took action, as a certain someone is no longer on the members list. How long will it be before another "very special user" appears?
It's like I said; "cut off one head and two will take it's place." Although I'm kind of amused in retrospect that it wasn't a leap in logic to assume multiple new people act/think like that.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 07, 2021, 09:19:48 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 07, 2021, 07:39:45 AM
Looks like the mods took action, as a certain someone is no longer on the members list. How long will it be before another "very special user" appears?
It's like I said; "cut off one head and two will take it's place." Although I'm kind of amused in retrospect that it wasn't a leap in logic to assume multiple new people act/think like that.
I hadn't noticed the comment CoreySamson quoted because it was in a thread I haven't been following.
It's interesting to note that "SafeSpeeder" has suffered a more severe penalty than other banned users: Almost all of his posts have been removed, though they still survive to the extent other users quoted them (but the link to go to the quoted post won't work). Usually when a user is banned, the posts themselves remain.
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 07, 2021, 09:48:21 AM
It's interesting to note that "SafeSpeeder" has suffered a more severe penalty than other banned users: Almost all of his posts have been removed, though they still survive to the extent other users quoted them (but the link to go to the quoted post won't work). Usually when a user is banned, the posts themselves remain.
I was more under the impression that the user pulled a "71" prior to the banhammer completing its swing & deleted the posts himself, as his actual post count decreased back to 15 and his post tier reverted to "Dirt Road" accordingly (whereas I've seen the mods explain elsewhere that when they "delete" posts, they simply move them to an invisible thread, which means post counts wouldn't decrease like they did here).
Quote from: jmacswimmer on September 07, 2021, 10:47:56 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 07, 2021, 09:48:21 AM
It's interesting to note that "SafeSpeeder" has suffered a more severe penalty than other banned users: Almost all of his posts have been removed, though they still survive to the extent other users quoted them (but the link to go to the quoted post won't work). Usually when a user is banned, the posts themselves remain.
I was more under the impression that the user pulled a "71" prior to the banhammer completing its swing & deleted the posts himself, as his actual post count decreased back to 15 and his post tier reverted to "Dirt Road" accordingly (whereas I've seen the mods explain elsewhere that when they "delete" posts, they simply move them to an invisible thread, which means post counts wouldn't decrease like they did here).
His current profile shows only two posts. The lead post in the "Speed Kills Your Pocketbook" thread that ran off the rails, and a post in the "time dilation" thread.
Watch him come back with another new account in the next day or two...
Quote from: hbelkins on September 07, 2021, 12:03:51 PM
Quote from: jmacswimmer on September 07, 2021, 10:47:56 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 07, 2021, 09:48:21 AM
It's interesting to note that "SafeSpeeder" has suffered a more severe penalty than other banned users: Almost all of his posts have been removed, though they still survive to the extent other users quoted them (but the link to go to the quoted post won't work). Usually when a user is banned, the posts themselves remain.
I was more under the impression that the user pulled a "71" prior to the banhammer completing its swing & deleted the posts himself, as his actual post count decreased back to 15 and his post tier reverted to "Dirt Road" accordingly (whereas I've seen the mods explain elsewhere that when they "delete" posts, they simply move them to an invisible thread, which means post counts wouldn't decrease like they did here).
His current profile shows only two posts. The lead post in the "Speed Kills Your Pocketbook" thread that ran off the rails, and a post in the "time dilation" thread.
His profile says he has 15, but only two are still visible, and it's easy enough to see why: Both of the posts are the first ones in their respective threads. I believe one of the moderators explained that technical restrictions prevent the deletion of the first post in a thread once there are any replies to it, unless the moderators choose to delete the entire thread. (I suppose they could split everything after the first post and then delete that post, but that would entail more work and would potentially take away relevant context.)
When I was reading the forum last night around the time when the post deletions began, I concluded the moderators were dealing with it because they split off a big chunk of the "driver's education" thread right as I was posting to it, then deleted the portion they'd split off. At that time, the rest of that user's posts were still around, so I just assumed it was the moderators getting rid of all of it.
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 07, 2021, 12:10:49 PM
Watch him come back with another new account in the next day or two...
As Max Rockatansky has noted, we seem to have a version of the hydra around here lately.
There was one post in that thread that I wanted to respond to (concerning OH 104 as an alternative to US 23 in southern Ohio) but didn't get the chance before the thread was locked. Now I can't remember what I wanted to say. :pan:
Kernals12 is not any other member nor is he a troll, he's just annoying. He does this stuff on reddit as well.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 08, 2021, 01:54:54 PM
Kernals12 is not any other member nor is he a troll, he's just annoying. ....
I think you just gave us a new nominee for "favorite forum quote."
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 08, 2021, 01:56:27 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 08, 2021, 01:54:54 PM
Kernals12 is not any other member nor is he a troll, he's just annoying. ....
I think you just gave us a new nominee for "favorite forum quote."
Eh I've done worse.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 08, 2021, 01:57:10 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 08, 2021, 01:56:27 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 08, 2021, 01:54:54 PM
Kernals12 is not any other member nor is he a troll, he's just annoying. ....
I think you just gave us a new nominee for "favorite forum quote."
Eh I've done worse.
I meant I like your comment.
Quote from: 1 on September 06, 2021, 02:53:27 PM
How did nobody (including me) notice this?
I tried to not pay attention to him because I knew he was a troll. But I didn't interact with the other guy or pay attention to either account's threads. DFTT.
Quote from: Rothman on September 19, 2021, 10:00:53 AM
I miss the days when the luggage system flung suitcases at unsuspecting employees.
Man, reading this thread, there is a lot more drama on here than I thought. I thought that Alanland was the extent of it.
Also, there are some gems in the random thoughts thread.
Possibly the best one I have found so far:
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 21, 2021, 11:42:46 PM
Death by peanut allergy is the most pathetic way to die, considering a peanut cannot defend itself. It was your conscious choice to approach and/or eat said peanut.
Quote from: MCRoads on September 20, 2021, 10:16:57 AM
Man, reading this thread, there is a lot more drama on here than I thought. I thought that Alanland was the extent of it.
You've unknowingly created a gem of a quote yourself here! :-D
Any quote that is properly formatted, so that the reply is not embedded inside the quote.
Quote from: GaryV on September 20, 2021, 01:11:33 PM
I'll do a favor here then :)
Any quote that is properly formatted, so that the reply is not embedded inside the quote.
Quote from: GaryV on September 20, 2021, 01:11:33 PM
Any quote that is properly formatted, so that the reply is not embedded inside the quote.
Yes I totally agree!!
Quote from: MCRoads on September 20, 2021, 10:16:57 AM
Man, reading this thread, there is a lot more drama on here than I thought. I thought that Alanland was the extent of it.
There's really not. There's usually somewhere between zero and one Problem User at a time. It's just that the most recent Problem User decided to be enough of an idiot about it he got himself banned. And then came back with a sockpuppet and was obvious enough about it that people in this thread figured it out (before I did, embarrassingly enough). Once they did and it gave me the idea to run the IPs, that made it clear as day.
Just remembered this one. Although now I think, that entire thread is full of great quotes :sombrero:.
Quote from: Super Mateo on April 12, 2018, 10:29:14 PMNah, US 420 can replace US 97, which goes through both Grass Valley, OR and Weed, CA.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on September 20, 2021, 05:11:38 PM
Just remembered this one. Although now I think, that entire thread is full of great quotes :sombrero:.
Quote from: Super Mateo on April 12, 2018, 10:29:14 PMNah, US 420 can replace US 97, which goes through both Grass Valley, OR and Weed, CA.
Wacky minds think alike
Quote from: SkyPesos on March 25, 2021, 02:35:34 AM
I would renumber US 97 as US 420 because it's southern terminus is at Weed, CA :D. Also, it meets US 20, so numbering makes sense that way.
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
Quote from: abefroman329 on September 20, 2021, 06:15:03 PM
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
I'm guessing it was an analogy in response to a post he disagreed with.
Quote from: abefroman329 on September 20, 2021, 06:15:03 PM
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
It’s from Alanland. Says it all, really.
Quote from: abefroman329 on September 20, 2021, 06:15:03 PM
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
That quote was from Alanland when I was running for Grand Alan, I challenged The Grand Alan for a debate but he didn't show up. i ended up losing that election.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 23, 2021, 09:19:29 PM
Quote from: abefroman329 on September 20, 2021, 06:15:03 PM
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
That quote was from Alanland when I was running for Grand Alan, I challenged The Grand Alan for a debate but he didn't show up. i ended up losing that election.
You wont the election too.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on September 23, 2021, 09:45:50 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 23, 2021, 09:19:29 PM
Quote from: abefroman329 on September 20, 2021, 06:15:03 PM
This one is great, although I don't know the context and have zero desire to learn it:
QuoteQuote from: Scott5114 on May 11, 2021, 04:44:41 PM
I challenge Joe Biden to a debate five minutes from now. He's gonna look real bad if he doesn't show up.
That quote was from Alanland when I was running for Grand Alan, I challenged The Grand Alan for a debate but he didn't show up. i ended up losing that election.
You wont the election too.
Not changing his name to Alangoatteen sealed the "election" before the word go.
TIL that highways are not roads
Quote from: midwesternroadguy on October 04, 2021, 11:15:46 PM
County highways in Wisconsin are not county roads.
Adding on to the SafeSpeeder and Mike2357 discussion earlier, I found this when lurking in another thread:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 02:30:08 PM
Quote from: odditude on August 14, 2021, 02:04:20 PM
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 12:05:13 PM
Subway trains can't go 120-150 mph like most cars can though.
Cars can't go anywhere near that fast in NYC (nor above 65mph elsewhere in NY), so that argument is absolutely meaningless. Also, where would all of the extra cars park?
But Subway trains never exceed 40 mph, and yes during thr pandemic you were able to go 100-120 mph on even the most normally congested roads.
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 19, 2021, 11:47:16 PM
Adding on to the SafeSpeeder and Mike2357 discussion earlier, I found this when lurking in another thread:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 02:30:08 PM
Quote from: odditude on August 14, 2021, 02:04:20 PM
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 12:05:13 PM
Subway trains can't go 120-150 mph like most cars can though.
Cars can't go anywhere near that fast in NYC (nor above 65mph elsewhere in NY), so that argument is absolutely meaningless. Also, where would all of the extra cars park?
But Subway trains never exceed 40 mph, and yes during thr pandemic you were able to go 100-120 mph on even the most normally congested roads.
This was a troll, right? I really really hope this was a troll...
Quote from: MCRoads on October 20, 2021, 11:51:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 19, 2021, 11:47:16 PM
Adding on to the SafeSpeeder and Mike2357 discussion earlier, I found this when lurking in another thread:
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 02:30:08 PM
Quote from: odditude on August 14, 2021, 02:04:20 PM
Quote from: Mike2357 on August 14, 2021, 12:05:13 PM
Subway trains can't go 120-150 mph like most cars can though.
Cars can't go anywhere near that fast in NYC (nor above 65mph elsewhere in NY), so that argument is absolutely meaningless. Also, where would all of the extra cars park?
But Subway trains never exceed 40 mph, and yes during thr pandemic you were able to go 100-120 mph on even the most normally congested roads.
This was a troll, right? I really really hope this was a troll...
Considering it was SafeSpeeder/Mike2357 I'm certain it was intended to be serious.
The best to have come out of recent road world events:
"How is sex in Denny's like Illinois?
It's fucking close to a pancake."
Quote from: index on December 14, 2021, 09:28:07 PM
Because driver licensing is a slippery slope to toaster licensing?
I've actually driven a toaster several times. The old Westinghouse C-100 rubber-tired people movers are unaffectionately known as "toasters".
Here's one of the old original underground toasters from Atlanta Hartsfield (now Hartsfield-Jackson) International Airport:
https://www.train-museum.org/locomotives-rolling-stock/transit/westinghouse-apm/
Interestingly, someone took the time to show how these got to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/grether/albums/72157623659354924/
I never got to drive any at Atlanta, but I did get to drive some of the second fleet at the Miami DPM Metromover. If you scroll down far enough in the Flickr slideshow, you'll see some cars from the first fleet. I also got to drive one on the test track at Westinghouse. That fleet was actually purchased by Atlanta Hartsfield, who later cancelled the order. I'm pretty sure that they got resold to (then) Metro-Dade Transit Agency, which meant the unpainted one that I drove on the test track was likely one of the ones I got to drive in Miami.
Epic
Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 14, 2021, 08:41:04 PM
...What makes it unfortunate (or maybe not) was that I was abducted by a Chinese massage parlor. The woman stripped me down naked and didn't wasn't clear on the rate. She did a halfway decent job, and she didn't perform any sexual acts on me (not that I would've minded if she did), but her broken English made it hard to figure out how much she wanted to charge me. Since then I've stuck to the LIRR, unless I want to go someplace at or close to Flushing.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 10:42:15 AM
Epic
Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 14, 2021, 08:41:04 PM
...What makes it unfortunate (or maybe not) was that I was abducted by a Chinese massage parlor. The woman stripped me down naked and didn't wasn't clear on the rate. She did a halfway decent job, and she didn't perform any sexual acts on me (not that I would've minded if she did), but her broken English made it hard to figure out how much she wanted to charge me. Since then I've stuck to the LIRR, unless I want to go someplace at or close to Flushing.
This is definitely one for the books.
Quote from: Rothman on December 16, 2021, 07:33:45 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 10:42:15 AM
Epic
Quote from: D-Dey65 on December 14, 2021, 08:41:04 PM
...What makes it unfortunate (or maybe not) was that I was abducted by a Chinese massage parlor. The woman stripped me down naked and didn't wasn't clear on the rate. She did a halfway decent job, and she didn't perform any sexual acts on me (not that I would've minded if she did), but her broken English made it hard to figure out how much she wanted to charge me. Since then I've stuck to the LIRR, unless I want to go someplace at or close to Flushing.
This is definitely one for the books.
I felt that two different forums crashed into the same post.
Illinois is flat
Not my opinion, Teddy Roosevelt said it.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 08:46:28 PM
Not my opinion, Teddy Roosevelt said it.
I had to look into it, and I can't believe you're right:
(https://i.imgur.com/1z1cE9w.png)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 16, 2021, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 08:46:28 PM
Not my opinion, Teddy Roosevelt said it.
I had to look into it, and I can't believe you're right:
(https://i.imgur.com/1z1cE9w.png)
:clap:
Although I believe the actual quote was:
"What do Illinois and sex in the bathroom at Denny's have in common? Both are fucking close to a pancake."
Quote from: formulanone on December 21, 2021, 05:25:30 PM
County Road Toucher really sounds like a creepy insult:
"I bet you even look at those rural single-lane routes in Google Street View at night, you lecherous county road toucher!"
[insert suspenseful music]
"Baby, it's not like that! I'm a full-length interstate man..."
"I've looked at your bookmarks...the screen captures! the Saved Places! those late afternoon drives!"
[sobs]
"Let me make it up to you. How about I only touch mile markers, will that help our relationship?"
Tune in next week to Chapter 67 of: She Married a Roadgeek, But At Least He's Not Married to the Sea
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 08:59:42 PM
Although I believe the actual quote was:
"What do Illinois and sex in the bathroom at Denny's have in common? Both are fucking close to a pancake."
Corrected.
(https://i.imgur.com/3Hw0WHF.png)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 21, 2021, 06:09:51 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2021, 08:59:42 PM
Although I believe the actual quote was:
"What do Illinois and sex in the bathroom at Denny's have in common? Both are fucking close to a pancake."
Corrected.
(https://i.imgur.com/3Hw0WHF.png)
I got a kick out of this one:
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 11, 2016, 10:34:41 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on February 11, 2016, 10:23:57 PM
I look forward to the 30-for-30 documentary about [Johnny Manziel] in 2025. :spin:
Directed by Drew Carey. :-D :-D
I look forward to some interviewer with even half a nut staring Goodell in the face and saying "Why are the people in your league, made up of the most carefully chosen people in the world in their profession, continually unable to abide by basic, simple social norms?"
We all know a lot of answers to this, but I want to hear the slimy worm try to squirm through getting one of them out. When he clears his throat nervously, look for the bits of cash he coughs out.
Quote from: webny99 on January 10, 2022, 08:41:57 PM
I got a kick out of this one:
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 11, 2016, 10:34:41 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on February 11, 2016, 10:23:57 PM
I look forward to the 30-for-30 documentary about [Johnny Manziel] in 2025. :spin:
Directed by Drew Carey. :-D :-D
I look forward to some interviewer with even half a nut staring Goodell in the face and saying "Why are the people in your league, made up of the most carefully chosen people in the world in their profession, continually unable to abide by basic, simple social norms?"
We all know a lot of answers to this, but I want to hear the slimy worm try to squirm through getting one of them out. When he clears his throat nervously, look for the bits of cash he coughs out.
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/RxyDngvaXnsNW/giphy-downsized.gif)
Quote from: wanderer2575 on February 06, 2022, 10:20:30 PM
Jeezuz H, when are you going to move out of your mother's basement and stop spending all your time searching Google Maps for every possible North Carolina signing oddity?
I had to say this one aloud, yesterday evening.
Quote from: GaryV on February 06, 2022, 12:49:22 PM
Kids don't know how good they have it these days. When I was young, I had to walk through 9 feet of shag carpet to change the channel on the TV.
Quote from: SSOWorld on December 16, 2021, 08:35:13 PM
Illinois is flat
I have to disagree that "Illinois is flat" is a memorable quote. It's said all the time. However, "Illinois is not flat" --now that's a memorable quote. :P
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 07, 2022, 10:06:32 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on December 16, 2021, 08:35:13 PM
Illinois is flat
I have to disagree that "Illinois is flat" is a memorable quote. It's said all the time. However, "Illinois is not flat" --now that's a memorable quote. :P
Yes, it's also the Bully Maguire meme of the road world nowadays.
Quote from: Tom958 on February 09, 2022, 05:38:55 PM
Today I got a response from my contact at GDOT. [...] His tone was pleasant and cordial, and I replied that I was optimistic that the matter would be resolved satisfactorily. I'm not, though.
Quote from: jmacswimmer on February 15, 2022, 09:42:40 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2022, 09:28:40 PM
The middle of nowhere is usually in rural areas
I wonder, would the middle of nowhere be everywhere and nowhere in a singularity?
Quote from: formulanone on February 15, 2022, 11:36:42 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 15, 2022, 10:16:49 AM
Quote from: jmacswimmer on February 15, 2022, 09:42:40 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2022, 09:28:40 PM
The middle of nowhere is usually in rural areas
I wonder, would the middle of nowhere be everywhere and nowhere in a singularity?
It's a big universe.
Not so much when space and time are compressed into single point of infinite density.
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2021, 12:49:02 PM
When a pretty girl sniffs me (especially my armpit) she goes "you smell good!".
Quote from: US 89 on February 15, 2022, 12:38:45 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2021, 12:49:02 PM
When a pretty girl sniffs me (especially my armpit) she goes "you smell good!".
That's what Mary said. :bigass:
My favorite post in that thread was actually Takumi's perfect image reply:
Quote from: Takumi on February 14, 2021, 01:56:47 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2021, 12:49:02 PM
When a pretty girl sniffs me (especially my armpit) she goes "you smell good!".
(https://i.imgur.com/BQbdt7K.jpg)
I'm right there with you, Umbreon.
Quote from: US 89 on February 15, 2022, 12:38:45 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 14, 2021, 12:49:02 PM
When a pretty girl sniffs me (especially my armpit) she goes "you smell good!".
Had some drunk girl do this to me, and several other guys, at a LSU grad school party....15 years ago.
This one got me for some reason:
Quote from: In_Correct on February 23, 2022, 09:08:56 PM
I am tempted to bother Walmart Bakery to see if their French Bread with 1 G Sugars and 0 G Added Sugars actually does not contain Added Sugars, or if it might be a typo.
!?!? :-D :-D
This one made me chuckle when reading it a few weeks ago:
Quote from: HighwayStar on January 27, 2022, 05:16:46 PM
I love the look of barbed wire actually, it has a nice country feel that blends right in with the surroundings. Keeps people, dogs, horses and the like out too.
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 23, 2022, 10:18:52 PM
This one made me chuckle when reading it a few weeks ago:
Quote from: HighwayStar on January 27, 2022, 05:16:46 PM
I love the look of barbed wire actually, it has a nice country feel that blends right in with the surroundings. Keeps people, dogs, horses and the like out too.
He definitely became Barbed Wire Guy after saying that.
Found this when stumbling on the "What do you like on your road forum" thread :-D :-D
Quote from: Angelo71 on May 07, 2021, 12:35:06 PM
People who love Virginia and hate Pittsburgh!
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 24, 2022, 03:27:20 PM
Found this when stumbling on the "What do you like on your road forum" thread :-D :-D
Quote from: Angelo71 on May 07, 2021, 12:35:06 PM
People who love Virginia and hate Pittsburgh!
Very gross Vegan.
Quote from: Rothman on February 24, 2022, 08:28:19 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 23, 2022, 10:18:52 PM
This one made me chuckle when reading it a few weeks ago:
Quote from: HighwayStar on January 27, 2022, 05:16:46 PM
I love the look of barbed wire actually, it has a nice country feel that blends right in with the surroundings. Keeps people, dogs, horses and the like out too.
He definitely became Barbed Wire Guy after saying that.
Makes me wonder if
HighwayStar's Ultimate Road Trip Car™ - the Carpenter school bus with all of the seats between the driver's and the back row by the emergency exit removed, with a toilet installed in the back - is encased in barbed wire
That might be the ultimate post-apocalyptic road trip car.
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 25, 2022, 07:24:38 PM
I've looked at the Street View MANY times
You don't say... :-D
I like this one too:
Quote from: GaryV on February 26, 2022, 09:11:46 AM
Give tolbs a break. NC has money to slap Interstate signs all over the place, so they probably slap up extra stop signs too. He can't help it if he's from a slap-happy place.
:poke:
Though ironically, when looking for examples to use in my parody thread, I found out that NC have a lack of side mounted redundant signals (which is important for a good signal installation imo), even for intersections where the main overhead signals are pretty far away from the stop line.
And evidence
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 23, 2021, 07:36:58 AM
Then tolbs17, who is not known for attention to detail, jumped in and further confused things.
About a button copy I-290 shield, of all things:
Quote from: roadman65 on March 13, 2022, 08:22:11 AM
Reminds me of a woman whom is well endowed wearing a small bra nearly keeping it in.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on March 13, 2022, 10:23:06 PM
About a button copy I-290 shield, of all things:
Quote from: roadman65 on March 13, 2022, 08:22:11 AM
Reminds me of a woman whom is well endowed wearing a small bra nearly keeping it in.
:rofl: That is too much. roadman65 sure does come up with some unsuspecting gems sometimes.
Quote from: J N Winkler on May 16, 2018, 10:36:05 AM
I am also a fan of negotiating appointment sex with a willing intimate partner.
Quote from: webny99 on March 13, 2022, 10:50:24 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on March 13, 2022, 10:23:06 PM
About a button copy I-290 shield, of all things:
Quote from: roadman65 on March 13, 2022, 08:22:11 AM
Reminds me of a woman whom is well endowed wearing a small bra nearly keeping it in.
:rofl: That is too much. roadman65 sure does come up with some unsuspecting gems sometimes.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50258980283_931b9b3d93_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jzdpQP)
"Looking for a good exit?", the shield said...
Quote from: LilianaUwU on March 13, 2022, 10:23:06 PM
About a button copy I-290 shield, of all things:
Quote from: roadman65 on March 13, 2022, 08:22:11 AM
Reminds me of a woman whom is well endowed wearing a small bra nearly keeping it in.
:popcorn:
This actually fits better here than where it was originally posted.
Quote from: thspfc on September 19, 2020, 03:25:20 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2020, 02:28:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on September 19, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=20856.0
(https://i.imgur.com/RmYvcxw.png)
Goodness me
From the average age thread:
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 29, 2022, 02:18:50 PM
I claim to be one year younger than I actually am because my birthday, in April, was in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, and as result I was forced to cancel it that year and thus I don't count it.
Quote from: SkyPesos on August 31, 2022, 04:36:14 PM
From the average age thread:
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 29, 2022, 02:18:50 PM
I claim to be one year younger than I actually am because my birthday, in April, was in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, and as result I was forced to cancel it that year and thus I don't count it.
I thought I was joking when I said "if you can change your gender, then why can't you change your age?"
Cue the Jack Benny joke about celebrating the 10th anniversary of his 29th birthday.
Quote from: In_Correct on September 02, 2022, 07:26:40 PM
The Honorable President George Bush Heavenly Turnpike was constructed years ago.
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 02, 2022, 09:24:57 PM
Quote from: In_Correct on September 02, 2022, 07:26:40 PM
The Honorable President George Bush Heavenly Turnpike was constructed years ago.
It's nice to know there are still people alive that were born before the Civil War.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 01, 2020, 06:52:21 PM
Hockey players, when injured, usually leave the game, are declared dead, get 170 stiches for massive loss of blood, receive an organ or limb transplant, and make it back to the bench to be on the ice for their next shift.
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2022, 12:48:01 AM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 21, 2022, 01:48:53 PM
This actually fits better here than where it was originally posted.
Quote from: thspfc on September 19, 2020, 03:25:20 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2020, 02:28:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on September 19, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=20856.0
(https://i.imgur.com/RmYvcxw.png)
Goodness me
What... what the hell?!?!
It was the Great Goat Quote Pyramid thread, what do you understand? The longer the quote, the happier the goat.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 04, 2022, 01:09:07 AM
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2022, 12:48:01 AM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 21, 2022, 01:48:53 PM
This actually fits better here than where it was originally posted.
Quote from: thspfc on September 19, 2020, 03:25:20 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2020, 02:28:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on September 19, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=20856.0
(https://i.imgur.com/RmYvcxw.png)
Goodness me
What... what the hell?!?!
It was the Great Goat Quote Pyramid thread, what do you understand? The longer the quote, the happier the goat.
Quoting excessively long posts is the national pastime of Alan land.
Quote from: kirbykart on September 10, 2022, 11:28:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 04, 2022, 01:09:07 AM
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2022, 12:48:01 AM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 21, 2022, 01:48:53 PM
This actually fits better here than where it was originally posted.
Quote from: thspfc on September 19, 2020, 03:25:20 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2020, 02:28:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on September 19, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=20856.0
(https://i.imgur.com/RmYvcxw.png)
Goodness me
What... what the hell?!?!
It was the Great Goat Quote Pyramid thread, what do you understand? The longer the quote, the happier the goat.
Quoting excessively long posts is the national pastime of Alan land.
And according to the mods, the bane of their existence.
Quote from: dlsterner on September 10, 2022, 01:16:03 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on September 10, 2022, 11:28:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 04, 2022, 01:09:07 AM
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2022, 12:48:01 AM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 21, 2022, 01:48:53 PM
This actually fits better here than where it was originally posted.
Quote from: thspfc on September 19, 2020, 03:25:20 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2020, 02:28:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on September 19, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=20856.0
(https://i.imgur.com/RmYvcxw.png)
Goodness me
What... what the hell?!?!
It was the Great Goat Quote Pyramid thread, what do you understand? The longer the quote, the happier the goat.
Quoting excessively long posts is the national pastime of Alan land.
And according to the mods, the bane of their existence.
Goat Jesus: "Your forum, your infrastructure have been important...until now."
Two quotes from a ridiculous thread in Fictional Highways, where the entire Interstate system centers on American Falls, Idaho.
Quote from: kurumi on November 27, 2013, 11:55:31 AM
But it's only a matter of time before some PA congressman writes a bill funding I-86EEEEENEEEEWEEESSNE along US 219 (and hardcoding its designation in the bill) and we all foam at the mouth because I-86EEEEENEEEEWEEESSNE does not follow the convention.
Quote from: J N Winkler on January 22, 2014, 11:53:27 PM
"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout."
The second of those quotes predates the independence of the United States.
Quote from: 1 on September 15, 2022, 02:39:28 PM
The second of those quotes predates the independence of the United States.
Ok, that's cool to know. I was originally going to put in the "I know I'm 300 years late to this, but eating babies is not a modest proposal" quote, but switched to this one at the last minute and I don't know why."
I just realized these two quotes are related. :banghead:
Quote from: Pink Jazz on September 15, 2022, 05:30:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on September 15, 2022, 04:57:16 PM
Taraf de Haïdouks
They are not even a smooth jazz group.
Come on, many of these answers are wack and have no knowledge about the history of smooth jazz.
All you muggles need to step back
Quote from: kurumi on September 16, 2022, 12:15:51 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on September 15, 2022, 05:30:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on September 15, 2022, 04:57:16 PM
Taraf de Haïdouks
They are not even a smooth jazz group.
Come on, many of these answers are wack and have no knowledge about the history of smooth jazz.
All you muggles need to step back
What about the history of un-smooth Jazz?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 16, 2022, 12:21:03 PM
Quote from: kurumi on September 16, 2022, 12:15:51 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on September 15, 2022, 05:30:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on September 15, 2022, 04:57:16 PM
Taraf de Haïdouks
They are not even a smooth jazz group.
Come on, many of these answers are wack and have no knowledge about the history of smooth jazz.
All you muggles need to step back
What about the history of un-smooth Jazz?
Free jazz...
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on September 16, 2022, 12:21:03 PM
What about the history of un-smooth Jazz?
You mean like Bill Evans?
Quote from: kurumi on September 16, 2022, 12:15:51 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on September 15, 2022, 05:30:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on September 15, 2022, 04:57:16 PM
Taraf de Haïdouks
They are not even a smooth jazz group.
Come on, many of these answers are wack and have no knowledge about the history of smooth jazz.
All you muggles need to step back
No way, I possess the De-Curse of Coltrane and the Davis Defense.
From the legendary TheAlan360:
Quote from: TheAlan360 on August 26, 2012, 10:02:18 PM
Interstate 60 will go from Eureka in California all the way to New York City, it will be co-signed with US 101 from Eureka to Arcata then it will be co-signed with SR 299 from Arcata to Redding, then it will be co-signed with I-5 from Redding to Sacramento then it will be co-signed with I-80 from Sacramento to New Yersey then with I-95 from New Yersey to New York City, eureka needs a Interstate.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 05, 2022, 12:36:13 PM
I assuming that all of this is some sort of epic exception if we are discussing it along side electrocuting butt holes?
Here's one that I remember from a few years back, which doesn't seem to have been posted here yet:
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 21, 2016, 01:04:24 PM
Don't pick apart my vision of complete psychotic breakdown, please. I'm trying to make a point here.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 06, 2022, 05:15:48 AM
Here's one that I remember from a few years back, which doesn't seem to have been posted here yet:
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 21, 2016, 01:04:24 PM
Don't pick apart my vision of complete psychotic breakdown, please. I'm trying to make a point here.
I had that as my signature for awhile.
This (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2912.150#msg2700675) exchange between tolbs17 and Max Rockastansky on the "Abandoned bridge" thread. According to Max, apparently GSV images are "worthless fluff" that needs to be confirmed with your own personal images, and that "spamming North Carolina Streetview links" is worse than not submitting anything at all. And apparently, tolbs17 "ruined the thread when others submitted actual contributions".
Come on, not all of us have an account at an image-hosting site, and maybe it's not easy to get a picture of something. I'm not sure how you can say a GSV image isn't an actual contribution to the thread. An image is an image, regardless of where it came from! I can't understand Max's reasoning here.
It's because if we wanted to look at GSV images, we all know how to load GSV up and look at it, so a GSV-based post is not really much of a value-add. There's also the fact that GSV hogs way more computer resources than loading a simple JPEG image does. I use my browser to do a
lot of stuff (current tab count: exactly 400, across 3 windows), so I'd much rather see a photo than have to load the GSV interface.
This is a topic I've written about in the past:
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 13, 2022, 07:12:04 PM
I generally find actual photos taken by a roadgeek to be of greater value than GSV screenshots. The reason being that a photographer will usually make an attempt to compose a nice-looking photo or at least make the sign the focal point of an image. GSV is not attempting to take a photograph of anything in particular, so what it returns is not particularly well-suited for examining road features with any degree of detail. I also appreciate a photographer taking the time to produce an image for others in the hobby to enjoy. Some members of this forum are excellent photographers, and I appreciate the artistry that can go into that.
That being said, while I prefer to post photos of my own whenever possible, there are times when a sign near me has been relevant to a conversation, yet before that conversation I haven't ever taken the time to actually take a photo of it. Situations like that is why you'll never see anything like a ban on GSV imagery on this forum. But I do add the rule "no GSV" to any photo challenge thread I start, since if I wanted to look at GSV, I can do that without needing a forum thread on it.
What really baffles me are when I stumble upon a post here that bemoans the lack of recent GSV imagery in an area, especially when it's discussing a recent sign installation or project completion or something like that. If you want to see what an area looks like...go there? Sure, not everyone can travel as readily as most people on this forum, but, like...decide on if you have an interest in travel or not. Either find a way to make it happen (offering to buy a friend lunch and pay for gas if they'll take you down there is a pretty good way to accomplish it, and you get to spend time with your friend), or deal with the fact you'll have to wait for Google to show up.
There's also the fact that...well, access to image hosting is free and not particularly difficult to obtain. Asking for others to accommodate your lack of an Imgur or Flickr account just comes off as laziness.
And generally, consider also that many of the people on the forum were doing this stuff before GSV was
invented. So there's an expectation that there that if you really mean that you're interested in a sign or whatever, you'll take the time go out and take a picture of it, the way we all were doing in the Bush administration. Hell, I learned about the idea of road photography and clinching routes when I was in high school, so that's how I learned to drive–my first-ever 2di clinch was I-27, because I was able to sell it to my mom as an ideal location for me to practice freeway driving.
There's also the question of what happens if Google ever decides Street View is unprofitable and ends up canning the entire product. They have done this several times with other products of theirs, even those with a more obvious source of profitability. All of those links would instantly become bad. Roadgeek photography, on the other hand, will always be with us, so long as a place to safely host the images exists. We only know a lot of things about what signage was like in the 1970s and 1980s because people like Michael Summa were out there photographing signs on film cameras. If everyone relies on GSV and it goes down, that could lead to a "dark period" in the historical record.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
There's also the question of what happens if Google ever decides Street View is unprofitable and ends up canning the entire product. They have done this several times with other products of theirs, even those with a more obvious source of profitability. All of those links would instantly become bad. Roadgeek photography, on the other hand, will always be with us, so long as a place to safely host the images exists. We only know a lot of things about what signage was like in the 1970s and 1980s because people like Michael Summa were out there photographing signs on film cameras. If everyone relies on GSV and it goes down, that could lead to a "dark period" in the historical record.
This already happened with the Google Maps API. It didn't go away, but rather, it was no longer free, and all embedded images broke. When it was still there, I was able to embed images of both Google Maps and Google Street View, with even things like camera zoom and angle in the latter, but when everything broke, they were gone.
An addendum–I took my first roadgeek photo at the age of 5, on a 110 film camera, while I was in kindergarten! It is really not hard to do!
It was of the stoplight at SE 15th St and Sunnylane Road in Del City, OK. Nothing particularly interesting from a roadgeek perspective, I just liked that particular signal for some reason. I know the photo still exists somewhere, either at my parents' house or mine. I should scan it in and post it sometime.
Well, and Tolbs also had a bit of a reputation on here...
For context, for kirbykart and anyone else who may not have been around at the time: tolbs's contributions to the forum consisted almost entirely of Google Street View links to some mundane thing in North Carolina, often with very little to no context on what we were supposed to be looking at. The average user on this forum tends to be quite detail oriented, but some of his links were far beyond that level. I remember a thread about the different designs of STOP AHEAD signs where I for the life of me could not see whatever he was trying to point out. He would also jump into topics about other places and interject about how they should do whatever road/sign practice like NC, usually with a NC GSV link. It got old fast.
Quote from: kirbykart on October 09, 2022, 08:18:17 PM
Come on, not all of us have an account at an image-hosting site
It takes something like one minute to create a free Imgur account. I don't even keep mine organized, though one can - for me, it's just a convenient place to drop an image file when I want to post it on here. And to my knowledge, it lets you store unlimited photos on it (unlike Flickr, which is a better site but only allows 1000 photos unless you pay for Pro). It's also way easier to read threads about signs or whatever if the related images appear in-line in the forum posts, without the need to click over to GSV.
You can also use the Tapatalk app to host a photo you upload. I don't normally use that app to view the forum, but I do use it when I want to post one of my own photos. Saves me the nuisance of dealing with other hosting sites.
Just to let you guys know, before I saw these few most recent posts, I was about to post a long and brutal response to Scott's mini-essay up above, including a paragraph about his excessive tab count. I had the entire thing written and ready to post, but these last couple of posts made me change my mind.
Although I will say, image hosting sites are not always reliable. Imgur has straight up overloaded and new accounts do not work, and I couldn't get a link to copy on Flickr.
Quote from: kirbykart on October 09, 2022, 09:32:36 PM
Just to let you guys know, before I saw these few most recent posts, I was about to post a long and brutal response to Scott's mini-essay up above, including a paragraph about his excessive tab count. I had the entire thing written and ready to post, but these last couple of posts made me change my mind.
Good decision. It would have been respectfully considered and rebutted.
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link. (Especially since windows 2 and 3 are work-related, so I can't exactly drop everything there on a whim.) GSV links are sometimes even a major share of that tab load when I'm on the forum for a longish session–I don't have to open a new tab to view a photo, after all!
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link.
Then don't open the link.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
It's because if we wanted to look at GSV images, we all know how to load GSV up and look at it, so a GSV-based post is not really much of a value-add. There's also the fact that GSV hogs way more computer resources than loading a simple JPEG image does. I use my browser to do a lot of stuff (current tab count: exactly 400, across 3 windows), so I'd much rather see a photo than have to load the GSV interface.
You deep frying your computer is not my problem.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link. (Especially since windows 2 and 3 are work-related, so I can't exactly drop everything there on a whim.) GSV links are sometimes even a major share of that tab load when I'm on the forum for a longish session–I don't have to open a new tab to view a photo, after all!
Your computer must have one metric shitload of RAM.
Six open tabs is top of the line for me.
Quote from: US 89 on October 10, 2022, 11:40:05 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link. (Especially since windows 2 and 3 are work-related, so I can't exactly drop everything there on a whim.) GSV links are sometimes even a major share of that tab load when I'm on the forum for a longish session–I don't have to open a new tab to view a photo, after all!
Your computer must have one metric shitload of RAM.
Never mind the computer, I'm not that good at multitasking. After 7-8 tabs, I'm accidentally re-launching a new tab for something that's probably five tabs to the left of it.
Quote from: kirbykart on October 09, 2022, 09:32:36 PM
I couldn't get a link to copy on Flickr.
1. Open up the photo's page.
2. Click on the Share icon (a curved arrow).
3. Choose BBCode.
4. Highlight the code, then copy (right-click to choose or Ctrl+C).
5. Paste the code into the thread of your choice.
6. If you want to, get rid of everything except the bare URL and the [img tags surrounding it.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3429/3406915396_39eb3b91fd_k.jpg)
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/3429/3406915396_39eb3b91fd_k.jpg[/img]
Regarding the last few posts:
* I'm curious as to what would drive tab usage to 400 spread over three windows. I think I max out at about 30 in one window, typically when engaged in a Wikipedia crawl. (Those are fun!) The navigation overhead becomes excessive after a certain point.
* As noted, Flickr is free up to about 1000 photos, and Imgur can be used without an account (which is how I use it). But if we are to be serious about addressing the "dark period in the historical record" problem, then I would suggest we need verbal contextualization even for embedded images. (I say this knowing I'm one of the worst offenders at letting images speak for themselves.) Yes, Google can deem GSV unprofitable (and the odds of it doing so go up with interest rates), but image hosting sites going offline or requiring payment (Ã la Photobucket) are another source of URL rot.
Quote from: thspfc on October 10, 2022, 11:18:55 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link.
Then don't open the link.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
It's because if we wanted to look at GSV images, we all know how to load GSV up and look at it, so a GSV-based post is not really much of a value-add. There's also the fact that GSV hogs way more computer resources than loading a simple JPEG image does. I use my browser to do a lot of stuff (current tab count: exactly 400, across 3 windows), so I'd much rather see a photo than have to load the GSV interface.
You deep frying your computer is not my problem.
Ah, but see, now you're posting links and I'm not viewing them. That's kind of more of a problem for the author than the intended recipient, isn't it? Everyone has to meet their audience where they are, or they're not going to be heard.
Quote from: US 89 on October 10, 2022, 11:40:05 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link. (Especially since windows 2 and 3 are work-related, so I can't exactly drop everything there on a whim.) GSV links are sometimes even a major share of that tab load when I'm on the forum for a longish session–I don't have to open a new tab to view a photo, after all!
Your computer must have one metric shitload of RAM.
Not really. 16.3 GB. I have a Firefox extension that unloads tabs from memory after they haven't been interacted with for, I think, five minutes. When I click on them it reloads the page. I also periodically run a script that forcibly kills Firefox subprocesses (but keeps the interface and all of its tabs loaded) to deallocate RAM whenever it starts getting full. The result is that right now I have 335 tabs open across 3 windows, and total memory usage on the system (Firefox and the other processes) is only 9.3 GB physical and 5.0 GB swap.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 10, 2022, 12:19:25 PM
Six open tabs is top of the line for me.
I couldn't even have breakfast with only 6 tabs open.
Part of this is that rather than using bookmarks, I just leave frequently-visited sites open and revisit them from time to time as needed. So any daily use tabs like Facebook Messenger, my four email accounts, this forum, Wordle, the product directory on the website I manage, my business accounting system, etc. just permanently stay open at the top of the tab heap. I think I have 30 such never-close tabs. Most of these are Web applications that would have been their own separate programs 20 years ago, but these days the best way to handle them is through the browser. (For example, 20 years ago we would have been using POP3/SMTP to push and pull all four accounts' email to/from a mail reader like Outlook,
mutt, or
kmail. This is still an option, but given that three of the four mail accounts are Gmail accounts, doing so results in a lack of transparency as to what is going on on the server end, e.g. if Google errantly flags an email as spam, I'm not sure if there's a way to get at it through POP/SMTP.)
The accounting system is a particularly stupid example–it's a system coded in PHP that runs on an Apache
httpd instance running on my computer. So whenever I interact with it my web browser is fetching a website that is entirely contained within my own computer. There's no reason that this shouldn't just be a regular application program with its own window...except that this software package is the only one I can find that both does what I want and will run in some form on Linux. So I get to carry another tab with me for all eternity.
The rest I can usually do without, and tend to be things like old Reddit threads where I was reading through the comments, had my fill, but then got distracted and forgot to close the tab. I usually just wait until about 30 or so tabs from one site like that amass and then mass-close them (thus how I was able to get rid of 45 tabs between last night and now).
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 05:47:22 PM
Quote from: thspfc on October 10, 2022, 11:18:55 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 03:32:25 AM
I know my tab count is excessive (I usually try to keep it somewhere around 150 or so), but I'm not going to take the time to unfuck it to just view someone's GSV link.
Then don't open the link.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
It's because if we wanted to look at GSV images, we all know how to load GSV up and look at it, so a GSV-based post is not really much of a value-add. There's also the fact that GSV hogs way more computer resources than loading a simple JPEG image does. I use my browser to do a lot of stuff (current tab count: exactly 400, across 3 windows), so I'd much rather see a photo than have to load the GSV interface.
You deep frying your computer is not my problem.
Ah, but see, now you're posting links and I'm not viewing them. That's kind of more of a problem for the author than the intended recipient, isn't it? Everyone has to meet their audience where they are, or they're not going to be heard.
There are hundreds of active forum users. I'm not going to concern myself with the unique preferences of 1 of several hundred. Especially if that one person is so indifferent to what I have to say that they won't even bother to open one more tab on top of the 400 they already have.
This is honestly one of the most bizarre hills I've ever seen anyone die on.
^^^
This whole thing is a good argument for allowing the use of embedded GSV images in posts. Is that function called "iframes" or something? At any rate, GSV gives the option to produce an embedable (is that even word?) link that will work for many web pages and forums, but not this one. I think perhaps once upon a time, one of the tech-savvy admins said allowing them might pose a security risk.
I have a few tabs open (and only one screen, since I browse the forum on a laptop) but honestly am not a fan of clicking a GSV link to see a sign goof or an unusual sign. I tend to click them, they open a new tab, and then go on to another forum topic and by the time I get around to viewing the GSV image in its own tab, I've forgotten why I opened it in the first place.
If you can embed YouTube videos or Flickr images, why not GSV pages?
Quote from: hbelkins on October 11, 2022, 11:52:36 AM
This whole thing is a good argument for allowing the use of embedded GSV images in posts. Is that function called "iframes" or something? At any rate, GSV gives the option to produce an embedable (is that even word?) link that will work for many web pages and forums, but not this one. I think perhaps once upon a time, one of the tech-savvy admins said allowing them might pose a security risk.
This would cost money for AARoads. I did it a decent amount for a while and even told other people how to use it, but when Google said their API would no longer be free, the images broke. I don't remember anything about a security risk.
It's not 100% intuitive (you need to get the camera angle and zoom right using trial and error), and you can lose the intent of the image if newer imagery appears and the sign or signal has been replaced, but I was able to do it.
The documentation is here (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/start), but there was no required API key back when I used it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 05:47:22 PM
Quote from: thspfc on October 10, 2022, 11:18:55 AM
Then don't open the link.
Ah, but see, now you're posting links and I'm not viewing them. That's kind of more of a problem for the author than the intended recipient, isn't it? Everyone has to meet their audience where they are, or they're not going to be heard.
I see the likelihood of someone opening a link as strictly a function of their interest level in the post. That's why I normally make the text clickable, or at least state what the link is of.
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2022, 02:39:15 PMI see the likelihood of someone opening a link as strictly a function of their interest level in the post. That's why I normally make the text clickable, or at least state what the link is of.
I appreciate the descriptions. Convenience in the moment is a factor too, since it is (using my own case as an example) a lot more trouble to launch the Google Maps app to view a GSV link on my underpowered tablet than on my entry-level gaming laptop.
Quote from: webny99 on October 11, 2022, 02:39:15 PM
I see the likelihood of someone opening a link as strictly a function of their interest level in the post.
Agreed. If you aren't interested enough in my post to even click on a link, then apparently I don't really need to worry about it.
I think the points about GMSV links are fair. I know I enjoy seeing a photo more than clicking a link. But I'll also accept that it's not always feasible to grab a photo. If I see the interesting thing and it's too late to get my phone out to grab a photo, I'm not likely to circle back just to get a photo. I'm not quite that committed when GMSV exists. I can certainly try to make a better effort to take photos, but it simply isn't always possible. I do make an effort when I want to get a photo to use in a forum game. That's a great way to encourage more photo-taking in the community.
There's also the fact that I sometimes plop down randomly in GMSV in another state, like Colorado or Florida, and I find something interesting, and I have to post GMSV since I'm not driving 24 hours just to take one photo.
Things that would help are always providing good descriptions in the case the links go dead, and also just for context within the thread, and another idea would be to take a screenshot of GMSV and re-upload it. I know I've done that a handful of times, but I know that's not really the right idea either.
Keeping 400 browser tabs open on the other hand, I can't understand that. Sorry, Scott.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 03:56:14 PM
Things that would help are always providing good descriptions in the case the links go dead, and also just for context within the thread
Yes, absolutely. Unless the context is blaringly obvious, then please provide some description. I have a general rule of not clicking on links unless someone gives some hint as to why I'd want to.
Quote from: kphoger on October 11, 2022, 04:03:55 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 03:56:14 PM
Things that would help are always providing good descriptions in the case the links go dead, and also just for context within the thread
Yes, absolutely. Unless the context is blaringly obvious, then please provide some description. I have a general rule of not clicking on links unless someone gives some hint as to why I'd want to.
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:07:16 PM
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
I'll mouse over it and see what URL it links to.
YouTube link? Nope. No clue if it's worth my time or not.
Quote from: kphoger on October 11, 2022, 04:08:03 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:07:16 PM
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
I'll mouse over it and see what URL it links to.
YouTube link? Nope. No clue if it's worth my time or not.
Good choice. It wasn't worth it anyway.
I had to give up 15 seconds of my time to see what it was. Now I'm let down.
I tend to be choosy about YouTube links since I won't pay for ad-free YouTube and hate dealing with the ads.
Quote from: J N Winkler on October 11, 2022, 05:09:25 PM
I tend to be choosy about YouTube links since I won't pay for ad-free YouTube and hate dealing with the ads.
The ads don't usually bother me since they mostly tend to be 8-15 seconds. What gets me is when there is suddenly a 3 to 30 minute ad that pops up on YouTube which requires I press skip. Who the hell randomly decided to watch a 3-30 ad on YouTube in the middle of a video?
The thing is... I'm not about to sit through a couple of ads, then watch the video for a while in order to find out if it's even anything that interests me.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2022, 05:45:40 PMThe ads don't usually bother me since they mostly tend to be 8-15 seconds. What gets me is when there is suddenly a 3 to 30 minute ad that pops up on YouTube which requires I press skip. Who the hell randomly decided to watch a 3-30 ad on YouTube in the middle of a video?
I think it's a ploy to push you to pay by taking away the expectation that the video will play to the end without ads.
Quote from: J N Winkler on October 11, 2022, 08:46:31 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 11, 2022, 05:45:40 PMThe ads don't usually bother me since they mostly tend to be 8-15 seconds. What gets me is when there is suddenly a 3 to 30 minute ad that pops up on YouTube which requires I press skip. Who the hell randomly decided to watch a 3-30 ad on YouTube in the middle of a video?
I think it's a ploy to push you to pay by taking away the expectation that the video will play to the end without ads.
Perhaps, but it's obviously not working. There is no way I'm paying for a service I've been able to get free for much of the past two decades.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 03:56:14 PM
Things that would help are always providing good descriptions in the case the links go dead, and also just for context within the thread, and another idea would be to take a screenshot of GMSV and re-upload it. I know I've done that a handful of times, but I know that's not really the right idea either.
Posting a screenshot of interesting bit of the GSV is much appreciated, and solves many of the problems inherent to GSV (and a few others I didn't mention, like new imagery causing links to often not show what the poster intended to show, and the glitch that was finally fixed that caused GSV links generated on mobile devices to always point the camera directly at the ground).
I still prefer roadgeek-created images just because I appreciate the artistry and heart behind a well-executed photograph, which is absent in GSV imagery. Even so, I too resort to posting GSV sometimes when it's something I don't feel motivated enough to go take a photo of myself, or if it's somewhere I've been to and have no desire to return, but I didn't get a photo of my own when I was there.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 03:56:14 PM
Keeping 400 browser tabs open on the other hand, I can't understand that. Sorry, Scott.
I suspect it's a symptom of undiagnosed ADHD, to be quite honest.
Quote from: J N Winkler on October 11, 2022, 05:09:25 PM
I tend to be choosy about YouTube links since I won't pay for ad-free YouTube and hate dealing with the ads.
I'm in the same boat, but I handle it with the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox. (I don't have any equivalent on mobile, so I must put up with ads when browsing YouTube on my phone, but in that context I am usually watching specific videos, not clicking links.)
I still normally do not click links to videos because the ratio of information presented vs. the amount of time it takes to consume it is far worse for me than than for text. (I could probably read the transcript to a 20-minute video in about 5 minutes.) So if I am looking for, e.g. a how-to guide on something, I will normally scroll past all of the video-based search results to try to find a textual description of the same thing. Text is also easier to refer back to later, since I can do an in-page search with the browser's search function, rather than having to scrub back and forth looking for the relevant section of video.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:10:00 PM
Quote from: kphoger on October 11, 2022, 04:08:03 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:07:16 PM
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
I'll mouse over it and see what URL it links to.
YouTube link? Nope. No clue if it's worth my time or not.
Good choice. It wasn't worth it anyway.
I'd have rather it been a Rickroll. At least then I'd have a good song to listen to.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
Part of this is that rather than using bookmarks, I just leave frequently-visited sites open and revisit them from time to time as needed. So any daily use tabs like Facebook Messenger, my four email accounts, this forum, Wordle, the product directory on the website I manage, my business accounting system, etc. just permanently stay open at the top of the tab heap. I think I have 30 such never-close tabs. Most of these are Web applications that would have been their own separate programs 20 years ago, but these days the best way to handle them is through the browser.
That's really something. I understand keeping work-related tabs open and easy to access, but not Facebook or Wordle. And the other hundreds of tabs probably do not need to be open.
Quote from: Takumi on October 11, 2022, 11:19:58 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:10:00 PM
Quote from: kphoger on October 11, 2022, 04:08:03 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:07:16 PM
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
I'll mouse over it and see what URL it links to.
YouTube link? Nope. No clue if it's worth my time or not.
Good choice. It wasn't worth it anyway.
I'd have rather it been a Rickroll. At least then I'd have a good song to listen to.
I have Never Gonna Give You Up on my playlist only because it became way more memorable due to Rickrolling.
Quote from: Takumi on October 11, 2022, 11:19:58 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:10:00 PM
Quote from: kphoger on October 11, 2022, 04:08:03 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 11, 2022, 04:07:16 PM
Really? So you won't click this one? (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSY1tyj1BiC9nptqRcPyN4Q)
I'll mouse over it and see what URL it links to.
YouTube link? Nope. No clue if it's worth my time or not.
Good choice. It wasn't worth it anyway.
I'd have rather it been a Rickroll. At least then I'd have a good song to listen to.
Yeah, I was expecting a Rickroll too. At least it wasn't Calrog singing his ode to the now-gone Little Green Shrub.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 10, 2022, 05:47:22 PM
....
Not really. 16.3 GB. I have a Firefox extension that unloads tabs from memory after they haven't been interacted with for, I think, five minutes. When I click on them it reloads the page. I also periodically run a script that forcibly kills Firefox subprocesses (but keeps the interface and all of its tabs loaded) to deallocate RAM whenever it starts getting full. The result is that right now I have 335 tabs open across 3 windows, and total memory usage on the system (Firefox and the other processes) is only 9.3 GB physical and 5.0 GB swap.
....
What extension is that, if you don't mind my asking? Sounds intriguing. I tend to have maybe 10 to 15 tabs open at a time, sometimes more, on my home PC, but on my work PC the number of tabs tends to explode due to certain sites I need to use that routinely open links in new tabs (which, for the most part, is useful as to those particular sites). I'm not sure I'd be able to install the Firefox extension on my work PC, but if I were to try it at home and find it useful, our IT staff would probably at least be interested in hearing about it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 11, 2022, 10:57:22 PMQuote from: J N Winkler on October 11, 2022, 05:09:25 PMI tend to be choosy about YouTube links since I won't pay for ad-free YouTube and hate dealing with the ads.
I'm in the same boat, but I handle it with the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox. (I don't have any equivalent on mobile, so I must put up with ads when browsing YouTube on my phone, but in that context I am usually watching specific videos, not clicking links.)
I appreciate the heads-up about ABP blocking YouTube ads. I hadn't realized that was among its capabilities, despite having had it for years and years, and had disabled it since I was getting tired of "whitelist this page" messages from sites that test for it. It would be convenient if Firefox allowed it to be enabled or disabled with just one click.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 11, 2022, 10:57:22 PMI still normally do not click links to videos because the ratio of information presented vs. the amount of time it takes to consume it is far worse for me than than for text. (I could probably read the transcript to a 20-minute video in about 5 minutes.) So if I am looking for, e.g. a how-to guide on something, I will normally scroll past all of the video-based search results to try to find a textual description of the same thing. Text is also easier to refer back to later, since I can do an in-page search with the browser's search function, rather than having to scrub back and forth looking for the relevant section of video.
I prefer to consume information textually, too, but there are some applications (e.g., car repairs that are specific to my make and model) where the video footage really helps.
Quote from: kirbykart on October 12, 2022, 08:21:30 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 09, 2022, 08:54:54 PM
Part of this is that rather than using bookmarks, I just leave frequently-visited sites open and revisit them from time to time as needed. So any daily use tabs like Facebook Messenger, my four email accounts, this forum, Wordle, the product directory on the website I manage, my business accounting system, etc. just permanently stay open at the top of the tab heap. I think I have 30 such never-close tabs. Most of these are Web applications that would have been their own separate programs 20 years ago, but these days the best way to handle them is through the browser.
That's really something. I understand keeping work-related tabs open and easy to access, but not Facebook or Wordle. And the other hundreds of tabs probably do not need to be open.
Facebook Messenger is there because I refuse to install it on my phone, since I don't approve of Facebook's spyware tendencies, and these are much easier to control on a traditional Web browser than on mobile. Of course, that means the only way to be notified of if I have a new message is if I have it open in the browser 24/7. It is the only messaging service my wife will use–if I could get her onto Discord, I wouldn't keep it around.
Many of the other tabs are open because, if I don't, I won't remember to check them when I need to. Or it will be impossible to find again (like a YouTube music livestream I listen to while I'm working, that periodically changes URLs whenever they have technical problems, because they end the livestream and start a new one). Several of the other tabs are ephemeral–for instance I have a lot of photos of Garden State Parkway signs because my boss wants me to draw them, so I need them around, but bookmarking them or saving them to hard disk seems like the wrong solution because once I draw the sign in that photo I will never need it again. Or a reference for some PHP or Perl function that I need while I'm working on a particular part of a script that needs them, but which I won't need anymore once I finish that script.
In any case, I just pared everything down to what I would consider the bare minimum, and ended up with 26 tabs in the personal window, 32 in the work window, and 2 in the programming window, for a total of 60.
^^That's more reasonable IMHO. I understand that certain jobs can require over a dozen tabs open simultaneously, so I think that's pretty good.
Yeah, a lot of the tab cruft is just me opening something and not remembering to close it when I don't need it...and then enough of them spawn that it doesn't feel like a good use of time to go back and close them en masse, especially when there are easier and faster ways to reclaim memory from them. Like this shell script, which I have put in my $PATH so that I can run it by calling the defox command:
#!/bin/bash
killall Web\ Content
killall Isolated\ Web\ Container
(I'm sure the other Linux users on the forum will grok this instantly, but the effect is to forcibly end all of Firefox's processes other than the one that owns the actual display window, thus freeing up a large chunk of memory. Because the GUI window is not affected, the tabs stay open with their URLs loaded into them, but with no content loaded in them until they are next clicked on. At that point Firefox basically does a page refresh and does the requisite malloc(), and the cycle of stupidity continues.)
It is not really much of an interface burden to have this many tabs open, either; I have an extension called Tree Style Tabs that displays tabs as a vertical tree view. So all tabs I open from AARoads will appear below the AARoads tab, but indented slightly. If I open another tab from one of those tabs, it adds another level of indentation, and so on. Like most tree views, there is a mechanism to hide all children of a parent tab. So it's possible to have many dozens of child tabs open but hidden from view until I expand the parent.
Speaking of open tabs:
(https://i.imgur.com/trtV7J4.png)
And this is just on my laptop.
Quote from: Bruce on October 12, 2022, 07:58:06 PM
Speaking of open tabs:
(https://i.imgur.com/trtV7J4.png)
And this is just on my laptop.
Is this sort of like a pie-eating contest?
Diverting the subject back to the title, great quotes from the Ramp Meter Thread:
The OP:
Quote from: Lukeisroads on October 07, 2022, 09:25:53 AM
Ok So I Wont review em ill instead look at them. So Post It Down Below!
Formulanone's response:
Quote from: formulanone on October 07, 2022, 10:17:26 AM
We are not your servants.
Probably my favorite, JoePCool14's submission:
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 07, 2022, 11:51:44 AM
My favorite ramp meter is actually the one near my office at Cumberland. There's the typical Ramp Meter Ahead warning sign, and the ramp is stripped like one I posted above. The thing is, the meter is so good that it never turns red and is actually invisible. Really impressive and innovative.
It only has one page so far, but this thread has some good quotes already.
I'm happy to oblige but that user always want us to send generic images of things which can be very commonly and easily found, which doesn't make for much discussion.
Quote from: formulanone on October 13, 2022, 10:51:32 AM
I'm happy to oblige but that user always want us to send generic images of things which can be very commonly and easily found, which doesn't make for much discussion.
Yeah, they have really irritated me as well. How about that "Traffic Lights at Random Places" thread? Originally he didn't provide any details and it got locked, then he created an identical thread with this as the OP:
Quote from: Lukeisroads on July 28, 2022, 08:55:49 PM
k So the same topic got locked cause i didnt provide enough info so sry mods ill make it up to u So Traffic Lights Right? You see em everywhere But in a random Place? Seriously!? IF you Have Some Traffic Lights In a random place in Your Area Post em down below and ill Look At them Good Luck
Quote from: kirbykart on October 13, 2022, 02:32:49 PM
Quote from: formulanone on October 13, 2022, 10:51:32 AM
I'm happy to oblige but that user always want us to send generic images of things which can be very commonly and easily found, which doesn't make for much discussion.
Yeah, they have really irritated me as well. How about that "Traffic Lights at Random Places" thread? Originally he didn't provide any details and it got locked, then he created an identical thread with this as the OP:
Quote from: Lukeisroads on July 28, 2022, 08:55:49 PM
k So the same topic got locked cause i didnt provide enough info so sry mods ill make it up to u So Traffic Lights Right? You see em everywhere But in a random Place? Seriously!? IF you Have Some Traffic Lights In a random place in Your Area Post em down below and ill Look At them Good Luck
There always has to be at that one person on the forum. One leaves/gets banned, another comes in to take their place.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 13, 2022, 02:42:41 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on October 13, 2022, 02:32:49 PM
Quote from: formulanone on October 13, 2022, 10:51:32 AM
I'm happy to oblige but that user always want us to send generic images of things which can be very commonly and easily found, which doesn't make for much discussion.
Yeah, they have really irritated me as well. How about that "Traffic Lights at Random Places" thread? Originally he didn't provide any details and it got locked, then he created an identical thread with this as the OP:
Quote from: Lukeisroads on July 28, 2022, 08:55:49 PM
k So the same topic got locked cause i didnt provide enough info so sry mods ill make it up to u So Traffic Lights Right? You see em everywhere But in a random Place? Seriously!? IF you Have Some Traffic Lights In a random place in Your Area Post em down below and ill Look At them Good Luck
There always has to be at that one person on the forum. One leaves/gets banned, another comes in to take their place.
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
Quote from: J N Winkler on October 12, 2022, 02:51:04 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 11, 2022, 10:57:22 PMQuote from: J N Winkler on October 11, 2022, 05:09:25 PMI tend to be choosy about YouTube links since I won't pay for ad-free YouTube and hate dealing with the ads.
I'm in the same boat, but I handle it with the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox. (I don't have any equivalent on mobile, so I must put up with ads when browsing YouTube on my phone, but in that context I am usually watching specific videos, not clicking links.)
I appreciate the heads-up about ABP blocking YouTube ads. I hadn't realized that was among its capabilities, despite having had it for years and years, and had disabled it since I was getting tired of "whitelist this page" messages from sites that test for it. It would be convenient if Firefox allowed it to be enabled or disabled with just one click.
Sometimes the whitelist demands can be themselves blocked with the "block specific element" feature of ABP. Another solution is to use the YesScript extension to disable JavaScript for that page, which prevents the page from executing any code that could load a whitelist demand box. This does sometimes have collateral damage, though; some sites inexplicably use JavaScript to run AJAX that loads text and images, so parts of them go missing. (Generally, if that's the case, it terminates any interest I might have in actually reading the article, since it tends to harden my feelings toward a site into something along the lines of "we don't negotiate with terrorists".)
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on October 14, 2022, 11:25:15 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Nobody has been pushing the flat State agenda, posting excessive generic GSV images or talking about certain states containing gross vegans as of late.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 14, 2022, 11:35:51 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 14, 2022, 11:25:15 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Nobody has been pushing the flat State agenda, posting excessive generic GSV images or talking about certain states containing gross vegans as of late.
I'll create a second account pretending to be a 21-year-old attractive woman (copying someone else's image, of course) who repeatedly asks everyone else on the forum to follow her Instagram, TikTok, and other accounts, plus selling road-related NFTs. She claims that the money she gets from the NFTs will pay for funding for true high-speed rail in the US.
Quote from: 1 on October 14, 2022, 11:53:58 AM
I'll create a second account pretending to be a 21-year-old attractive woman (copying someone else's image, of course) who repeatedly asks everyone else on the forum to follow her Instagram, TikTok, and other accounts, plus selling road-related NFTs. She claims that the money she gets from the NFTs will pay for funding for true high-speed rail in the US.
I think we have another nomination for this thread!
Or maybe I'll start demanding that VA 28 be renumbered I-366 and be posted with an 85 mph speed limit.
Or create HBLand where goats are supreme.
...and Dollar General is the local place of worship...
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 14, 2022, 11:35:51 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 14, 2022, 11:25:15 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Nobody has been pushing the flat State agenda, posting excessive generic GSV images or talking about certain states containing gross vegans as of late.
Nor excessively quoting Wallethub rankings and debating elevation variations of states.
HBLand is a better vacation spot than Sheetz.
Quote from: dlsterner on October 14, 2022, 02:26:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 14, 2022, 11:35:51 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 14, 2022, 11:25:15 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Nobody has been pushing the flat State agenda, posting excessive generic GSV images or talking about certain states containing gross vegans as of late.
Nor excessively quoting Wallethub rankings and debating elevation variations of states.
I'd be happy to bring back Wallethub. I'm in need of a new wallet and I could use some guidance on the best ones.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 14, 2022, 02:53:39 PM
Quote from: dlsterner on October 14, 2022, 02:26:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 14, 2022, 11:35:51 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 14, 2022, 11:25:15 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 13, 2022, 07:31:31 PM
It's actually been fairly quiet for the last few months, surprisingly. I don't think I've even had to delete many posts or lock many threads lately.
I need to step up my game. :-D :-D :-D
Nobody has been pushing the flat State agenda, posting excessive generic GSV images or talking about certain states containing gross vegans as of late.
Nor excessively quoting Wallethub rankings and debating elevation variations of states.
I'd be happy to bring back Wallethub. I'm in need of a new wallet and I could use some guidance on the best ones.
Truth be told, I was disappointed a "certain antagonist" didn't reemerge when Wallethub ranked Fresno as the most dangerous city in California along with being more dangerous than Detroit and Chicago. :rolleyes:
How about this, from mgk920:
Quote from: mgk920 on October 19, 2022, 10:33:55 PM
( :ninja: take a bite of something :thumbsup: )
NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!! :-o *OW!* :wow: (bites inside of cheek)
:-|
Mike
This entire thread. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=29139.msg2603054#msg2603054)
Quote from: kirbykart on October 25, 2022, 05:38:55 PM
This entire thread. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=29139.msg2603054#msg2603054)
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27690.0 ;-)
Yeah, I forgot about that thread.
Something in another thread made me remember the following exchange that definitely belongs in this thread:
Quote from: jmacswimmer on August 12, 2021, 07:59:13 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 12, 2021, 07:34:07 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 12, 2021, 12:37:59 AM
I'm officially a man now
What's her name?
Hopefully not Mary Hannah.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 28, 2022, 11:11:10 AM
Something in another thread made me remember the following exchange that definitely belongs in this thread:
Quote from: jmacswimmer on August 12, 2021, 07:59:13 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 12, 2021, 07:34:07 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 12, 2021, 12:37:59 AM
I'm officially a man now
What's her name?
Hopefully not Mary Hannah.
I now associate East Carolina University with Mary Hannah instead of the Pirates thanks to Tolbs.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 28, 2022, 11:43:49 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 28, 2022, 11:11:10 AM
Something in another thread made me remember the following exchange that definitely belongs in this thread:
Quote from: jmacswimmer on August 12, 2021, 07:59:13 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 12, 2021, 07:34:07 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 12, 2021, 12:37:59 AM
I'm officially a man now
What's her name?
Hopefully not Mary Hannah.
^^^
Fixed now, I had to refresh the page several times and it apparently didn't carry over my reply text. The area cell towers are acting up today and I couldn't get a connection until I logged into Wifi.
This one's not funny, but kphoger dropping real etymology into Random Thoughts was fantastic. Any thread has the hazard of teaching you something.
Quote from: kphoger on October 28, 2022, 10:44:34 AM
Quote from: GaryV on October 28, 2022, 10:22:23 AM
If they drop off your body at the wrong cemetery, do they rehearse it to take it to the correct spot?
Yes, that's what a rehearsal is.
In all seriousness, the two words have the same etymology. The root for both comes from the Old French herce, which was a harrow or large rake. A hearse, in the funerary sense, first referred to a chandelier hung over the body of the deceased, because its frame and arms resembled a harrow. Then, eventually, it came to refer to any framework structure erected in a similar context, such as cart built to carry the deceased to his grave. Likewise, to rehearse something is to metaphorically go over it again and again, which is what someone does in a literal sense with a harrow: both keep turning the material over and over until it's ready.
Quote from: kurumi on October 28, 2022, 12:28:46 PM
This one's not funny, but kphoger dropping real etymology into Random Thoughts was fantastic. Any thread has the hazard of teaching you something.
Both of the Wichitans have a knack for doing that, which I greatly appreciate.
This one made my weekend on the no-13th-floor discussion.
Quote from: texaskdog on October 29, 2022, 09:48:29 PM
It's stupid, though I once was shown an apartment and I didn't take it because it was 911 (this was back in 2006)
This is good (from "Time zones" by Poiponnen13 {the new Finnish user}):
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 01, 2022, 07:09:48 PM
get out your damn daubers I guess
(https://i.imgur.com/gZhqsX1.png)
Recently added to the list:
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 05, 2022, 01:21:55 PM
... it almost felt bad making fun of NMDOT. Sort of like making fun of a special needs child ...
Also this, because it's such a concise summary of what it means to be a roadgeek:
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 04, 2022, 12:28:52 PM
My priority no matter where I go is trying to get as many roads I think will be fun into my itinerary.
There's a user that joined a week ago with like 27 average posts per day as of now (and like 36 a bit earlier). I wonder if they said anything funny (either in a good or bad way) yet. With this high of a posts per day, there probably would be a bunch of shitposts by now.
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 05, 2022, 09:26:04 PM
There's a user that joined a week ago with like 27 average posts per day as of now (and like 36 a bit earlier). I wonder if they said anything funny (either in a good or bad way) yet. With this high of a posts per day, there probably would be a bunch of shitposts by now.
Plenty of shitposts, pretty much FritzOwl-lite stuff right now though.
<Insert Scott5114 DST lock Bingo card here>
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 07, 2022, 09:13:24 PM
<Insert Scott5114 DST lock Bingo card here>
(https://i.imgur.com/oLXcXlF.png)
Here, I
actually fixed it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 03, 2022, 10:05:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/oLXcXlF.png)
From Fictional Municipality/County Changes (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32238.0):
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 06, 2022, 12:30:33 PM
Every municipality should merge with every county to form one large, international municipality called Ã.... There will be no need for your mayors, your court systems, your city ordinances. All will become one with Ã.... Ã... transcends boundaries. Life will be better in Ã.... Your children will grow up to be six inches taller and 25% stronger and better looking. Everyone will make 25% more money. Ã... is love, Ã... is life. Come live in Ã... with us–the only municipality.
Quote from: 7/8 on November 09, 2022, 02:41:14 PM
From Fictional Municipality/County Changes (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32238.0):
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 06, 2022, 12:30:33 PM
Every municipality should merge with every county to form one large, international municipality called Ã.... There will be no need for your mayors, your court systems, your city ordinances. All will become one with Ã.... Ã... transcends boundaries. Life will be better in Ã.... Your children will grow up to be six inches taller and 25% stronger and better looking. Everyone will make 25% more money. Ã... is love, Ã... is life. Come live in Ã... with us–the only municipality.
Ã...lanland?
Quote from: hbelkins on November 10, 2022, 01:16:56 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on November 09, 2022, 02:41:14 PM
From Fictional Municipality/County Changes (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32238.0):
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 06, 2022, 12:30:33 PM
Every municipality should merge with every county to form one large, international municipality called Ã.... There will be no need for your mayors, your court systems, your city ordinances. All will become one with Ã.... Ã... transcends boundaries. Life will be better in Ã.... Your children will grow up to be six inches taller and 25% stronger and better looking. Everyone will make 25% more money. Ã... is love, Ã... is life. Come live in Ã... with us–the only municipality.
Ã...lanland?
Ã...lÃ¥nlÃ¥nd.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 11, 2022, 08:32:59 PM
Thank you so much for giving me the honor of FritzOwl status on this forum!
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 11, 2022, 08:54:40 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 11, 2022, 08:32:59 PM
Thank you so much for giving me the honor of FritzOwl status on this forum!
Maybe MMM could even get the honor of Tolbs17 status on this forum, if he asks nice enough.
Quote from: dlsterner on November 12, 2022, 12:05:17 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 11, 2022, 08:54:40 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 11, 2022, 08:32:59 PM
Thank you so much for giving me the honor of FritzOwl status on this forum!
Maybe MMM could even get the honor of Tolbs17 status on this forum, if he asks nice enough.
Tolbs arguably made Mary Hannah more famous on the forum than himself.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 12, 2022, 12:09:13 AM
Quote from: dlsterner on November 12, 2022, 12:05:17 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 11, 2022, 08:54:40 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 11, 2022, 08:32:59 PM
Thank you so much for giving me the honor of FritzOwl status on this forum!
Maybe MMM could even get the honor of Tolbs17 status on this forum, if he asks nice enough.
Tolbs arguably made Mary Hannah more famous on the forum than himself.
Imagine if Mary Hannah actually found this place. Or maybe Tolbs already showed it to her. :-D
This, about "to" being used instead of "too":
Quote from: roadman65 on November 12, 2022, 12:45:10 PM
Oh, and if the MIT grads on here want to take my misspelled word real serious, blame your cyber buddy Spell Correct who wouldn't suggest the proper spelling of the word when I attempted to write it.
:rofl:
Quote from: webny99 on November 12, 2022, 06:14:50 PM
This, about "to" being used instead of "too":
Quote from: roadman65 on November 12, 2022, 12:45:10 PM
Oh, and if the MIT grads on here want to take my misspelled word real serious, blame your cyber buddy Spell Correct who wouldn't suggest the proper spelling of the word when I attempted to write it.
:rofl:
Serious
ly?
Seriously indeed! And here's another gem from the same thread:
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 10, 2022, 02:20:27 PM
... It is not as if the date of a post can only be found by looking inside the air intake manifold of a specific 1972 AMC Gremlin in Laramie, Wyoming. It's at the top of every single post. If you failed to look at it, it is your fault.
Quote from: formulanone on November 14, 2022, 03:11:59 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 14, 2022, 01:27:29 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 14, 2022, 01:06:28 PM
The other towns might already have Olive Garden. The point of this entire interstate is to give Joliet an Olive Garden.
But it's more special if every town gets an Olive Garden. More so if some towns get extra Olive Gardens, hence the point of having one at everything exit.
Olive Garden State Parkway
Gotta say, that last response is brilliant
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 17, 2022, 04:41:21 PM
Alaska doesn't follow our numbering system either so it's more suitable to be in Canada.
Who knew geopolitics could be so simple?
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 17, 2022, 05:05:43 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 17, 2022, 04:41:21 PM
Alaska doesn't follow our numbering system either so it's more suitable to be in Canada.
Who knew geopolitics could be so simple?
Geopolitics is that easy for the great Lord Owl. MMM is making the mistake in thinking that he is Lord Owl.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 17, 2022, 05:16:08 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 17, 2022, 05:05:43 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 17, 2022, 04:41:21 PM
Alaska doesn't follow our numbering system either so it's more suitable to be in Canada.
Who knew geopolitics could be so simple?
Geopolitics is that easy for the great Lord Owl. MMM is making the mistake in thinking that he is Lord Owl.
We traded Alaska to Canada for two Territories and a 2025 collegiate hockey draft pick to be named later.
Wow, this guy is full of
it them!
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 18, 2022, 12:52:32 PM
The ocean has literally been in the same spot for 40-50 years ago.
Quote from: kphoger on November 18, 2022, 01:05:35 PM
Wow, this guy is full of it them!
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 18, 2022, 12:52:32 PM
The ocean has literally been in the same spot for 40-50 years ago.
Has anyone bothered to ask if he's familiar with plate tectonics and continental drift?
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 03:54:49 PM
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Is it too much to expect MMM to pull the average amount of millimeters of continental drift annually out of his ass suddenly in his posts?
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 03:54:49 PM
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 03:58:50 PM
Is it too much to expect MMM to pull the average amount of millimeters of continental drift annually out of his ass suddenly in his posts?
He needs to take into account that the entire coast of North Carolina has been shifting miles-and-miles, at least since famed explorer Verrazano first arrived here in 1524. When Verrazano got to the Pamlico Sound, he determined that it was indeed the mouth of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps that means that the Pacific Ocean has also shifted some 2,600 miles since then.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on November 18, 2022, 04:40:42 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 03:54:49 PM
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 03:58:50 PM
Is it too much to expect MMM to pull the average amount of millimeters of continental drift annually out of his ass suddenly in his posts?
He needs to take into account that the entire coast of North Carolina has been shifting miles-and-miles, at least since famed explorer Verrazano first arrived here in 1524. When Verrazano got to the Pamlico Sound, he determined that it was indeed the mouth of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps that means that the Pacific Ocean has also shifted some 2,600 miles since then.
Certainly would explain that wacky period map the Spanish had of the Island of California.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 05:06:07 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on November 18, 2022, 04:40:42 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 03:54:49 PM
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 03:58:50 PM
Is it too much to expect MMM to pull the average amount of millimeters of continental drift annually out of his ass suddenly in his posts?
He needs to take into account that the entire coast of North Carolina has been shifting miles-and-miles, at least since famed explorer Verrazano first arrived here in 1524. When Verrazano got to the Pamlico Sound, he determined that it was indeed the mouth of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps that means that the Pacific Ocean has also shifted some 2,600 miles since then.
Certainly would explain that wacky period map the Spanish had of the Island of California.
They were just ahead of their time - they expected the San Andreas to open up at any time.
Quote from: GaryV on November 18, 2022, 05:10:05 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 05:06:07 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on November 18, 2022, 04:40:42 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 03:54:49 PM
I mean, I can confirm that the ocean has more or less been in the same spot since 1970.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 18, 2022, 03:58:50 PM
Is it too much to expect MMM to pull the average amount of millimeters of continental drift annually out of his ass suddenly in his posts?
He needs to take into account that the entire coast of North Carolina has been shifting miles-and-miles, at least since famed explorer Verrazano first arrived here in 1524. When Verrazano got to the Pamlico Sound, he determined that it was indeed the mouth of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps that means that the Pacific Ocean has also shifted some 2,600 miles since then.
Certainly would explain that wacky period map the Spanish had of the Island of California.
They were just ahead of their time - they expected the San Andreas to open up at any time.
They had the inland sea east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains roughly where Owens Valley is located.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 18, 2022, 05:35:02 PM
Quote from: Alexander Lukashenko
Why was I thinking Belarus was a province in Russia and not its one Country?
Nice commentary using the author attribution feature
Another one of MultiMillionMiler's crazy "ideas":
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 18, 2022, 03:33:27 PM
BTW, just switching gears back to the I-80 extension. I discovered a 3rd option that would also eliminate other confusions as well. Instead of I-80 entering Long Island via the Throgsneck Bridge, a new bridge can be built in a more east-west fashion to Greatneck, running East-South-East to the L.I.E where it would merge around Exit 40W, and then run along the L.I.E. This eliminates the 80/95 concurrency in much of new york. The stretch of highway between New Haven and Rhode Island can become I-82, and if you wanted, I-82 can run concurrently along I-95 in CT (so there is one designation that covers the entire east-west coast hugging roadway in CT) and then also absorbs the east-west stretch of I-287 east of I-87. This would make I-287 look more reasonable, I-82 would be a nice long 2di mostly running east west, I-80 would run across long island while also the cross bronx. The reason I ruled out the Throgneck Bridge Route was because it would look really ugly on the map and be longer. If I-80 could continue more east west into Long Island, it would shorter, straighter, and more efficiently that taking CT to get to Rhode Island (remember the sounds crossing). I-80 would end at I-82 in CT, I-80, I-82, and the new I-84 to Providence would have a nice distance in between them all, no new numbering would have to be done to I-80 in NJ east of route 46, I-80 would still go over the GWB, and all of CT highways would make perfect sense!
"I ruled out the Throgs Neck Bridge because it would look ugly on the map."
And apparently all this "would make perfect sense!"
More from the master:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 20, 2022, 08:15:01 PM
I was whining about 2 lane total roads, not 2 lanes each direction, although ideally, all interstate standard roads should be 3 lanes each direction. Don't tell me there's actual roads that are just 1 lane total and the two cars have to negotiate around each other...
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 20, 2022, 08:56:26 PM
More from the master:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 20, 2022, 08:15:01 PM
I was whining about 2 lane total roads, not 2 lanes each direction, although ideally, all interstate standard roads should be 3 lanes each direction. Don't tell me there's actual roads that are just 1 lane total and the two cars have to negotiate around each other...
My man hasn't been to Europe at all has he.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 21, 2022, 09:47:54 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 20, 2022, 08:56:26 PM
More from the master:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 20, 2022, 08:15:01 PM
I was whining about 2 lane total roads, not 2 lanes each direction, although ideally, all interstate standard roads should be 3 lanes each direction. Don't tell me there's actual roads that are just 1 lane total and the two cars have to negotiate around each other...
My man hasn't been to Europe at all has he.
Or Kentucky. Or Virginia. Or West Virginia.
Are there ANY states that don't have at least one 1-lane road? Maybe a small highly urban state like Rhode Island or Delaware.
Even Florida had a bunch of single lane roads once you got outside the metro Orlando area.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 21, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
Or am Ignorant to what "chargeable interstates" mean. Let me look that up real quick..
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 21, 2022, 10:08:27 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 21, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
Or am Ignorant to what "chargeable interstates" mean. Let me look that up real quick..
I've got to concede that the concept of chargeable/non-chargeable interstates is limited to a handful of instances, and a bit of a "hidden menu" item to the public.
Quote from: formulanone on November 22, 2022, 07:12:09 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 21, 2022, 10:08:27 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 21, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
Or am Ignorant to what "chargeable interstates" mean. Let me look that up real quick..
I've got to concede that the concept of chargeable/non-chargeable interstates is limited to a handful of instances, and a bit of a "hidden menu" item to the public.
But on this forum and in the road community? I've brought the concept up to MMM at least three times already.
kkt for the win!
Quote from: kkt on November 20, 2022, 05:17:11 PM
Adding more exclamation marks after a silly sentence doesn't make it any less silly.
Extra emphasis means something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: formulanone on November 22, 2022, 07:12:09 AM
I've got to concede that the concept of chargeable/non-chargeable interstates is limited to a handful of instances, and a bit of a "hidden menu" item to the public.
Yeah, that's definitely a "hidden menu" item. Definitely not worth beating someone up about.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 22, 2022, 10:45:02 AM
But on this forum and in the road community?
Yes, even on this forum and in the road community.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 22, 2022, 10:45:02 AM
I've brought the concept up to MMM at least three times already.
This is the real problem. You've brought it up multiple times. Every time, I've wondered if he was going to look up information about it–especially considering you mentioned it while refuting some of his assertions. And yet, apparently, he didn't bother looking it up.
TIL interstates start with an "I" on their signage.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 22, 2022, 06:46:30 PM
Those aren't really "interstates". They literally start with H instead of "I" for "Hawaii". They don't leave the state obviously. Same for Alaska, they don't leave the state. And as for "taking over a foreign territory" that's total hyperbole, I explained how we could trade Alaska for that tiny strip of land, just enough to make the interstate. Maybe we could even connect the two future I-98s, the one from Watertown NY to Bangor ME, and the one across Northern Michigan, by purchasing (or trading) another strip of land through Canada. Giving them Alaska would more then compensate for the viaducts we would need to build. Then I-94 could become I-96, and I-98, I-80, and I-90 would all fit the grid.
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 22, 2022, 10:11:18 PM
TIL interstates start with an "I" on their signage.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 22, 2022, 06:46:30 PM
Those aren't really "interstates". They literally start with H instead of "I" for "Hawaii". They don't leave the state obviously. Same for Alaska, they don't leave the state. And as for "taking over a foreign territory" that's total hyperbole, I explained how we could trade Alaska for that tiny strip of land, just enough to make the interstate. Maybe we could even connect the two future I-98s, the one from Watertown NY to Bangor ME, and the one across Northern Michigan, by purchasing (or trading) another strip of land through Canada. Giving them Alaska would more then compensate for the viaducts we would need to build. Then I-94 could become I-96, and I-98, I-80, and I-90 would all fit the grid.
Unironically, I feel like MMM's proposals are starting to sound more and more like Alanland.
Quote from: kphoger on November 22, 2022, 02:03:58 PM
kkt for the win!
Quote from: kkt on November 20, 2022, 05:17:11 PM
Adding more exclamation marks after a silly sentence doesn't make it any less silly.
Even one exclamation mark is pushing it. There's a time and place. But more than one at the end of the same sentence immediately makes your sentence lose meaning. It reads like a joke.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 22, 2022, 10:26:48 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 22, 2022, 10:11:18 PM
TIL interstates start with an "I" on their signage.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 22, 2022, 06:46:30 PM
Those aren't really "interstates". They literally start with H instead of "I" for "Hawaii". They don't leave the state obviously. Same for Alaska, they don't leave the state. And as for "taking over a foreign territory" that's total hyperbole, I explained how we could trade Alaska for that tiny strip of land, just enough to make the interstate. Maybe we could even connect the two future I-98s, the one from Watertown NY to Bangor ME, and the one across Northern Michigan, by purchasing (or trading) another strip of land through Canada. Giving them Alaska would more then compensate for the viaducts we would need to build. Then I-94 could become I-96, and I-98, I-80, and I-90 would all fit the grid.
Unironically, I feel like MMM's proposals are starting to sound more and more like Alanland.
Guess we need to build up the MMM lore now, like what we have for FritzOwl and Alanland.
Scott's recent comment about twine balls:
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 23, 2022, 05:27:03 PM
The Kansas twine ball is a twine ball for the people. Anyone is welcome to add twine to the Kansas twine ball. The Minnesota twine ball is an elitist twine ball, shielded from the people by glass. It is no twine ball for me.
Cord socialism.
Quote from: kphoger on November 22, 2022, 02:06:09 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 22, 2022, 10:45:02 AM
I've brought the concept up to MMM at least three times already.
This is the real problem. You've brought it up multiple times. Every time, I've wondered if he was going to look up information about it–especially considering you mentioned it while refuting some of his assertions. And yet, apparently, he didn't bother looking it up.
Duh. He's a troll.
Quote from: skluth on November 24, 2022, 11:50:09 AM
Quote from: kphoger on November 22, 2022, 02:06:09 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 22, 2022, 10:45:02 AM
I've brought the concept up to MMM at least three times already.
This is the real problem. You've brought it up multiple times. Every time, I've wondered if he was going to look up information about it–especially considering you mentioned it while refuting some of his assertions. And yet, apparently, he didn't bother looking it up.
Duh. He's a troll.
I don't know about that. A troll is someone who says like that deliberately to get a rise out of people. Lord Carhorn was a troll, I think MMM fully believes the things he says.
Silly tornados:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 24, 2022, 01:19:18 PM
I would love to see a tornado in real life, and feel the wind to, Long Island has actually gotten like 11 microbursts this year that have officially been confirmed as tornados, but never seen one. The maximum speed of tornados moving is around 75 mph, so they are easily outdriveable to maintain a safe distance. I wouldn't do it to sell videos, just for fun.
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 24, 2022, 02:49:39 PM
If I had to drive on an unpaved road or 1 lane road that might pose a problem. In that case it might be better to let the tornado safely lift my car up and carry it over the unpaved section, gently setting me down when there's a paved road on the other side. Tornados have been known to set fragile items down without breaking them.
^And this one:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 24, 2022, 01:52:01 PM
Why outrun it when I can drive straight into the eye. The challenge could be to stay exactly centered in the eye as it moves by driving along with it.
Good luck with that, MMM.
MultiDozenMiler is definitely a treasure trove of notable quotes, isn't he?
Quote from: dlsterner on November 24, 2022, 04:18:43 PM
MultiDozenMiler is definitely a treasure trove of notable quotes, isn't he?
Noteworthy in one way or another.
What I think is really funny is that tornadoes don't have an "eye".
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 24, 2022, 06:23:33 PM
What I think is really funny is that tornadoes don't have an "eye".
Tornado Eye for the Hurricane Guy. :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on November 24, 2022, 09:21:00 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 24, 2022, 06:23:33 PM
What I think is really funny is that tornadoes don't have an "eye".
Tornado Eye for the Hurricane Guy. :-D
"Pimp My Ride" for storm chasers, perhaps?
24% descent grades are for pussies:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 12:48:04 PM
Of course I do LOL
But 24% isn't that bad. Some of my I-9/I-11/New Pennsylvania Turnpike plans would involve slightly steeper grades to maintain a straight line through the mountains.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 26, 2022, 12:50:57 PM
24% descent grades are for pussies:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 12:48:04 PM
Of course I do LOL
But 24% isn't that bad. Some of my I-9/I-11/New Pennsylvania Turnpike plans would involve slightly steeper grades to maintain a straight line through the mountains.
That's why God made manual transmissions.
Quote from: kkt on November 26, 2022, 01:38:55 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 26, 2022, 12:50:57 PM
24% descent grades are for pussies:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 12:48:04 PM
Of course I do LOL
But 24% isn't that bad. Some of my I-9/I-11/New Pennsylvania Turnpike plans would involve slightly steeper grades to maintain a straight line through the mountains.
That's why God made manual transmissions.
I'm tempted to find out what his thoughts on Waipio Valley Road are? You'd definitely would need wheel lock for 40% plus.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 26, 2022, 01:45:18 PM
Quote from: kkt on November 26, 2022, 01:38:55 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 26, 2022, 12:50:57 PM
24% descent grades are for pussies:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 12:48:04 PM
Of course I do LOL
But 24% isn't that bad. Some of my I-9/I-11/New Pennsylvania Turnpike plans would involve slightly steeper grades to maintain a straight line through the mountains.
That's why God made manual transmissions.
I'm tempted to find out what his thoughts on Waipio Valley Road are? You'd definitely would need wheel lock for 40% plus.
There's also that street in LA. Don't know the gradient, but it's pretty steep. Gotta admit that 24% isn't that bad quote is one for the ages.
Marin Avenue in Berkeley is claimed to be the steepest street in the San Francisco Bay Area, at 25% for several blocks.
https://john-s-allen.com/galleries/berkeley/slides/00Marin%20Ave.html
I've driven it both up and down as well as being a passenger when I was a kid. Calls for care and good control of the clutch - partly because as it's not in the mountains there's also other traffic, pedestrians, and cross streets to keep in mind. There have been a fair number of accidents there too. (It can't really be that bad, can it? Let's see. CRASH.)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 26, 2022, 12:50:57 PM
24% descent grades are for pussies:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 12:48:04 PM
Of course I do LOL
But 24% isn't that bad. Some of my I-9/I-11/New Pennsylvania Turnpike plans would involve slightly steeper grades to maintain a straight line through the mountains.
Illinois can dream to have even a small fraction of that. :-D
Anyways, another MMM PA turnpike post
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 01:25:28 PM
Well one benefit of being in a relationship is that the girl can help balance out the weight distribution in the car when taking on one of those sharp Pennsylvania Turnpike curves to the right.
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 26, 2022, 10:51:41 PM
Anyways, another MMM PA turnpike post
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on November 26, 2022, 01:25:28 PM
Well one benefit of being in a relationship is that the girl can help balance out the weight distribution in the car when taking on one of those sharp Pennsylvania Turnpike curves to the right.
Has to be Carhorn's alt.
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 27, 2022, 02:50:18 PM
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
The man does have some quotable nuggets. Truly we have our next Carhorn type legend in the making.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 27, 2022, 02:50:18 PM
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
^This.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 27, 2022, 02:51:28 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 27, 2022, 02:50:18 PM
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
The man does have some quotable nuggets. Truly we have our next Carhorn type legend in the making.
And I see Carhorn posted for the first time in over a month today.
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 27, 2022, 05:50:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 27, 2022, 02:51:28 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 27, 2022, 02:50:18 PM
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
The man does have some quotable nuggets. Truly we have our next Carhorn type legend in the making.
And I see Carhorn posted for the first time in over a month today.
Here's a good one from my Avenue of the Breadsticks thread:
Quote from: skluth on November 19, 2022, 07:25:26 PM
Breadsticks are planted in the median and harvested when ripe to be distributed to all the Olive Gardens along the route. Restoring the breadstick to its native prairie environment has been ongoing since the late 70s and it's hoped that soon the wild breadstick will once again be seen across the Midwest from Montana to the Appalachians.
Quote from: Rothman on November 27, 2022, 04:54:33 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 27, 2022, 02:50:18 PM
I get that MMM's posts are... MMM posts, but maybe we should try not to turn this thread completely into an extension of his Fictional thread. ;-)
^This.
It's not easy when you get gems like this
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on October 28, 2022, 09:23:18 PM
Fritzowl is right about these things.
and later in the same paragraph
Quote
Interstates are what routes aspire to be.
It's like being a junkie. You want to quit but it's just too hard.
Another MDM gem:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 05, 2022, 12:38:15 PM
Maybe I could be promoted to a moderator and help decide these things? I think I could be a very fair and impartial judge on which threads need locking or not?
Quote from: jlam on December 06, 2022, 10:17:47 AM
Another MDM gem:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 05, 2022, 12:38:15 PM
Maybe I could be promoted to a moderator and help decide these things? I think I could be a very fair and impartial judge on which threads need locking or not?
My word.
Quote from: jlam on December 06, 2022, 10:17:47 AM
Another MDM gem:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 05, 2022, 12:38:15 PM
Maybe I could be promoted to a moderator and help decide these things? I think I could be a very fair and impartial judge on which threads need locking or not?
(facepalm)
People who ASK to be a moderator just about never should be allowed to do so.
Quote from: kkt on December 06, 2022, 03:28:40 PM
Quote from: jlam on December 06, 2022, 10:17:47 AM
Another MDM gem:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 05, 2022, 12:38:15 PM
Maybe I could be promoted to a moderator and help decide these things? I think I could be a very fair and impartial judge on which threads need locking or not?
(facepalm)
People who ASK to be a moderator just about never should be allowed to do so.
So THAT's why I've never been picked?
Seriously, I've volunteered several times. I'd think my participation in the interest since the early days of MTR and my journalism/PR background would make me a logical candidate, but I know it's not going to happen because of the existing team's personal feelings about me and many of the prevailing opinions on free speech vs. my opinion on the subject.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 07, 2022, 02:33:02 PM
Quote from: kkt on December 06, 2022, 03:28:40 PM
Quote from: jlam on December 06, 2022, 10:17:47 AM
Another MDM gem:
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 05, 2022, 12:38:15 PM
Maybe I could be promoted to a moderator and help decide these things? I think I could be a very fair and impartial judge on which threads need locking or not?
(facepalm)
People who ASK to be a moderator just about never should be allowed to do so.
So THAT's why I've never been picked?
Seriously, I've volunteered several times. I'd think my participation in the interest since the early days of MTR and my journalism/PR background would make me a logical candidate, but I know it's not going to happen because of the existing team's personal feelings about me and many of the prevailing opinions on free speech vs. my opinion on the subject.
We have very different political views but I think that you would be a great pick for a moderator. I would support you in a bid to become a mod because I like when mods are a bit more hands off.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 07, 2022, 02:33:02 PM
... because of the existing team's personal feelings about me and many of the prevailing opinions on free speech ...
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 07, 2022, 03:12:58 PM
We have very different political views but I think that you would be a great pick for a moderator.
It isn't just politics, I think. It's that he's very vocal about wanting zero content moderation on forums.
Quote from: kphoger on December 07, 2022, 05:37:24 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 07, 2022, 02:33:02 PM
... because of the existing team's personal feelings about me and many of the prevailing opinions on free speech ...
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 07, 2022, 03:12:58 PM
We have very different political views but I think that you would be a great pick for a moderator.
It isn't just politics, I think. It's that he's very vocal about wanting zero content moderation on forums.
It has always sounded to me, based upon his personal opinions of the matter, that if H.B. had moderation rights, he would do the same amount of moderation that he does now.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 07, 2022, 03:12:58 PM
We have very different political views but I think that you would be a great pick for a moderator.
(https://i.imgur.com/BQbdt7K.jpeg)
Quote from: bessertc on December 12, 2022, 03:39:48 AM
I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 12, 2022, 04:36:39 AM
Quote from: bessertc on December 12, 2022, 03:39:48 AM
I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
What the actual hell? I've never heard Grand Rapids referred to that way.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 12, 2022, 01:47:36 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 12, 2022, 04:36:39 AM
Quote from: bessertc on December 12, 2022, 03:39:48 AM
I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
What the actual hell? I've never heard Grand Rapids referred to that way.
"Gd Rapids"? I have.
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2022, 02:02:25 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 12, 2022, 01:47:36 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 12, 2022, 04:36:39 AM
Quote from: bessertc on December 12, 2022, 03:39:48 AM
I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
What the actual hell? I've never heard Grand Rapids referred to that way.
"Gd Rapids"? I have.
So have I. I was referring to what he was saying GD stands for. There is nothing wrong with using Gd for the word Grand.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 12, 2022, 02:35:59 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2022, 02:02:25 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 12, 2022, 01:47:36 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 12, 2022, 04:36:39 AM
Quote from: bessertc on December 12, 2022, 03:39:48 AM
I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
What the actual hell? I've never heard Grand Rapids referred to that way.
"Gd Rapids"? I have.
So have I. I was referring to what he was saying GD stands for. There is nothing wrong with using Gd for the word Grand.
I trimmed the quote for comedic effect, but earlier in the post he does say that his brain expands "Gd" to "Goddamn" rather than "Grand". (Which, I think is a fair misinterpretation. I tend to expand it to "Good" myself, but I've only spent a few days in Michigan.)
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I've never been a huge fan of living in suburban "Goddamn Rapids" to be honest and I was born and lived the first five years of my life two houses off "Goddamn River Ave" in downtown Howell. "Gd" can't go away fast enough, IMHO.
What the actual hell? I've never heard Grand Rapids referred to that way.
"Gd Rapids"? I have.
So have I. I was referring to what he was saying GD stands for. There is nothing wrong with using Gd for the word Grand.
I trimmed the quote for comedic effect, but earlier in the post he does say that his brain expands "Gd" to "Goddamn" rather than "Grand". (Which, I think is a fair misinterpretation. I tend to expand it to "Good" myself, but I've only spent a few days in Michigan.)
I've always automatically knew it meant Grand. Heck they have Mackinac Br as a control city on US-127 and I-75 and when they use the word downtown they capitalize every letter so it says DOWNTOWN.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 12, 2022, 08:31:46 PM
I've always automatically knew it meant Grand.
That is because you are from Michigan.
I'm not from Michigan, yet I knew the first time I saw signage for "Gd Rapids" that it referred to Grand Rapids.
I just think that's an odd word to abbreviate. I can see "bridge," "street," "road," even "saint" or "mount" or "mountain" abbreviated, but not "grand."
The only other similar abbreviation I can think of is "spgs" for "springs," commonly used in West Virginia.
Almost everyone who saw the signage you all are referring to when I went to high school in Lansing referred to it as "Goddamn Rapids" and "Goddamn River."
Joining in on the Abbreviations, I used to think that "SR" for State Route or Secondary Route, meant "Senior" ... I sure love Senior 20!
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2022, 08:52:03 PM
The only other similar abbreviation I can think of is "spgs" for "springs," commonly used in West Virginia.
I swear there was someone on the forum who talked about "Colorado Spaghettis". Can't remember who said that, or if it happened at all.
Edit: oh, I said that (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045.msg2591066#msg2591066).
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The only other similar abbreviation I can think of is "spgs" for "springs," commonly used in West Virginia.
I swear there was someone on the forum who talked about "Colorado Spaghettis". Can't remember who said that, or if it happened at all.
The thread for you:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=30034.msg2725178#msg2725178
Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
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I like chicken strips very greatly, but I'm not calling for them to be added to the zip code system.
I'm sure that this would improve the United States Postal System greatly. Maybe we should turn all of the post offices into a [insert your favorite fried chicken palace here].
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
Actually, I think it's pretty much succeeded. You'd be surprised at the number of work emails I get with "u" for "you." To me, that's unacceptable and unprofessional.
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
Yeah, +1. Annoying when used in the wrong context, but certainly not killing anything.
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Break what ain't broke and fix it your way (likely to include new islands and streets named after presidents).
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How about when you look up any route like "VA-20" or "NC-33" , but the results end up being something completely different, like some random fighter jet?
Or Arkansas State Highway 15.
I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though
This is one of my nominees:
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
Actually, I think it's pretty much succeeded. You'd be surprised at the number of work emails I get with "u" for "you." To me, that's unacceptable and unprofessional.
Heh. This will be noted for future amusement.
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
Actually, I think it's pretty much succeeded. You'd be surprised at the number of work emails I get with "u" for "you." To me, that's unacceptable and unprofessional.
Heh. This will be noted for future amusement.
One of my regionals used to use "ur" a lot in group text messages. I used to ask her if she was into ancient Mesopotamia but she never got the joke.
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How about when you look up any route like "VA-20" or "NC-33" , but the results end up being something completely different, like some random fighter jet?
Or Arkansas State Highway 15.
I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though
This is one of my nominees:
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How about when you look up any route like "VA-20" or "NC-33" , but the results end up being something completely different, like some random fighter jet?
Or Arkansas State Highway 15.
I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though
This is one of my nominees:
(https://i.imgflip.com/74c1h6.jpg)
I meant the "I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though" , but this post you just made is gold.
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How about when you look up any route like "VA-20" or "NC-33" , but the results end up being something completely different, like some random fighter jet?
Or Arkansas State Highway 15.
I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though
This is one of my nominees:
(https://i.imgflip.com/74c1h6.jpg)
I meant the "I'd love to fly in a State Route 71 though" , but this post you just made is gold.
I thought so, or that you were referring to the exchange as a whole. But since your quote was part of that quote, you were technically nominating yourself. :)
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Society has gone crazy with abbreviations in general.
IDK WYM?
Back when AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were in their infancy, even before the days of 10-digit texting, I said that IM-speak would be the death of the English language.
It sure is taking its sweet time killing it.
Actually, I think it's pretty much succeeded. You'd be surprised at the number of work emails I get with "u" for "you." To me, that's unacceptable and unprofessional.
Heh. This will be noted for future amusement.
One of my regionals used to use "ur" a lot in group text messages. I used to ask her if she was into ancient Mesopotamia but she never got the joke.
I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
Quote from: Takumi on December 15, 2022, 12:13:22 PM
I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
With the advent of autocorrect I actually see less text speak these days than I did in the past. Emojis, however, confuse and terrify me. Most of them have a hidden second meaning (example: "🍆 parmesan" probably wouldn't go over the way you'd think it would) and I live in fear that I'll send a message I don't mean to by using the emoji with the wrong connotations.
Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
Quote from: CoreySamson on December 15, 2022, 12:55:27 PM
Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
Heh. Surely you see how one-sided your last statement is.
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Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
Heh. Surely you see how one-sided your last statement is.
:popcorn:
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Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
A rather ironic but serious answer: level of seriousness.
Quote from: CoreySamson on December 15, 2022, 12:55:27 PM
Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
Among others, 💯 has a meaning that I understand from context but find hard to articulate in actual words.
They're essentially hieroglyphs. I don't really think they're more or less dumb than communicating with actual words, but when communicating with someone who uses them frequently I just feel like I was dropped into a conversation with the President of Argentina with no interpreter.
From the thread "Fun license plate slogans":
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Emojis are just dumb to begin with. Other than a simple thumbs-up to affirm something, what can you communicate with emojis that you can't easily communicate with words?
I think the occasional emoji helps with showing your intention (i.e. being sarcastic, actually annoyed, etc.).
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
....
I've seen errors of the "your/you're," "their/they're/there," and "to/too/two" type thing for years. Somewhere online, but I can't seem to find it right now, there's a picture of a teacher in front of a blackboard with examples of the correct usages for those sorts of words: "YOU'RE a dumbass. YOUR ass is dumb." Etc.
What annoys me more is when a younger colleague tries to tell my boss and me (I'm essentially second-in-charge) how we should write messages. A former colleague, who was around 30 years old when she said this, didn't like it that we end messages with periods–she says her generation regards that as passive-aggressive or some such nonsense. My reaction was, more or less, "Too bad."
Emojis are great for adding additional context to a message. Whether it's a text message or a forum, they are incredibly useful for this purpose. And as many of you know, I'm sure, I do enjoy me a good emote on here. :spin:
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 15, 2022, 01:50:50 PMAmong others, 💯 has a meaning that I understand from context but find hard to articulate in actual words.
That particular emoji is among my least favorite. I've distinguished several shades of meaning, ranging from "This is true" (or even "This is the way" in Reddit-speak) to "keep it civilized."
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Quote from: Scott5114 on December 15, 2022, 01:50:50 PMAmong others, 💯 has a meaning that I understand from context but find hard to articulate in actual words.
That particular emoji is among my least favorite. I've distinguished several shades of meaning, ranging from "This is true" (or even "This is the way" in Reddit-speak) to "keep it civilized."
It also has a meaning somewhere along the lines of "real, authentic, not concealing one's true feelings/true self".
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
Hey, that's my (future) wife you're talking about! Although in her case, it's more understandable since English is her second language. (Also, in her first language, "u" is actually one of the words for "you" , though it's the formal form and "jy" is more commonly used.)
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
Hey, that's my (future) wife you're talking about! Although in her case, it's more understandable since English is her second language. (Also, in her first language, "u" is actually one of the words for "you" , though it's the formal form and "jy" is more commonly used.)
I can definitely see how that would trip up those for whom English is not their first language.
At least with your/you're, if the rules of apostrophe use are known, one can come to the correct answer through deduction. This is unlike other common homophones, like to/too, which are entirely arbitrary. (I've been jokingly pronouncing the "w" in "two" lately.)
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
Hey, that's my (future) wife you're talking about! Although in her case, it's more understandable since English is her second language. (Also, in her first language, "u" is actually one of the words for "you" , though it's the formal form and "jy" is more commonly used.)
I can definitely see how that would trip up those for whom English is not their first language.
At least with your/you're, if the rules of apostrophe use are known, one can come to the correct answer through deduction. This is unlike other common homophones, like to/too, which are entirely arbitrary. (I've been jokingly pronouncing the "w" in "two" lately.)
For the very common confusion between its and it's, one can also come to the correct answer through deduction:
its = possessive pronoun and like all possessive pronounds (hers, his, theirs, ours...) does not contain an apostrophe
it's = contraction for "it is", with the I in "is" omitted, and the apostrophe indicates the omitted letter, just as it indicates an omitted letter in you're, there's, etc.
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
....
I've seen errors of the "your/you're," "their/they're/there," and "to/too/two" type thing for years. Somewhere online, but I can't seem to find it right now, there's a picture of a teacher in front of a blackboard with examples of the correct usages for those sorts of words: "YOU'RE a dumbass. YOUR ass is dumb." Etc.
What annoys me more is when a younger colleague tries to tell my boss and me (I'm essentially second-in-charge) how we should write messages. A former colleague, who was around 30 years old when she said this, didn't like it that we end messages with periods–she says her generation regards that as passive-aggressive or some such nonsense. My reaction was, more or less, "Too bad."
That is someone who is looking to be triggered without waiting for an actual reason to be offended. (<--- I use periods for complete sentences too, even if it's just one sentence.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 15, 2022, 02:05:13 PMWhat annoys me more is when a younger colleague tries to tell my boss and me (I'm essentially second-in-charge) how we should write messages. A former colleague, who was around 30 years old when she said this, didn't like it that we end messages with periods–she says her generation regards that as passive-aggressive or some such nonsense. My reaction was, more or less, "Too bad."
I use periods, commas, and even subordinate clauses in text messages, but there's definitely a generational break in this regard--unpunctuated lolspeak and simple sentence structure are much more the norm among people in their twenties and even people in their mid-thirties who are being fashion-forward.
These colleagues (as described) remind me of a trope I often see in capsule biographies in house publications such as the monthly newsletter of the local bar association: "She liked to argue, so her parents knew she was going to be a lawyer."
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For the record, I actually invented (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32610.msg2798245#msg2798245) that quote.
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I think the seemingly increasing amount of people misusing "your" and "you're" is because they're both abbreviated "ur" in text speak.
I think that's more because they're dumb, myself.
....
I've seen errors of the "your/you're," "their/they're/there," and "to/too/two" type thing for years. Somewhere online, but I can't seem to find it right now, there's a picture of a teacher in front of a blackboard with examples of the correct usages for those sorts of words: "YOU'RE a dumbass. YOUR ass is dumb." Etc.
What annoys me more is when a younger colleague tries to tell my boss and me (I'm essentially second-in-charge) how we should write messages. A former colleague, who was around 30 years old when she said this, didn't like it that we end messages with periods–she says her generation regards that as passive-aggressive or some such nonsense. My reaction was, more or less, "Too bad."
That is someone who is looking to be triggered without waiting for an actual reason to be offended. (<--- I use periods for complete sentences too, even if it's just one sentence.)
Not necessarily. It has to do with your normal means of textual communication. Arriving at the belief of "using a period is passive aggressive" is actually the logical end point of a number of experiences:
1. Unlike a question or exclamation mark, a period has no semantic meaning, it merely indicates the end of a sentence without imparting any additional information. In a chat context like text messages, or especially something like Discord, the "send" button and resulting break between messages serves as a separator already, so the period is redundant. (Note that on these platforms, Discord especially, it's rather common to send multiple consecutive messages as separate thoughts, rather than to send one long multiple-sentence message. This is partly because the "so and so is typing..." message some platforms display can make people anxious/overly curious: "why is Scott typing a novel over here?")
2. In most of these contexts, users place more of a premium on fast transmission of messages rather than grammatical correctness. Therefore, slower typers eschew things like end marks and capitalization to transmit messages faster, while faster typers leave them off out of a desire to not stick out (nobody wants to be a square). If the user base doesn't have real keyboards, adding punctuation can be awkward, so there is additional pressure to drop it.
3. Lack of punctuation and capitalization seems "normal". Actually taking the time to capitalize and punctuate starts to seem overly formal. (If you go to a friend's barbecue, it would be very odd to see him wearing one of the suits he wears to work–you are here to hang out with your buddy, but he's dressed formally. Maybe you're not on as good terms with him as you thought?)
4. If someone actually does send you a properly formatted message, you may find yourself wondering why they chose such a level of formality–perhaps they are merely a square, but maybe they are trying to call attention to the message as being particularly important for some reason. Maybe they're upset with you. Or maybe they
want you to think they're upset with you, that you are not on as good of terms with them as you thought you were. So it comes off as passive-aggressive.
In some contexts, periods can also get recontextualized from being a meaningless end mark to denoting a short, snippy tone. "yeah. that's fine. i don't care." (mentally read in the tone of voice you'd expect a significant other to use if you just told them you'd rather watch a football game alone in the basement than go to dinner with them on your anniversary)
Geez, I use a period because that's how you know I'm done with that sentence, statement or idea, and leave it off if I have more to say. I leave it off in informal conversation (with friends and family) or simple 1-3 word sentences.
Call it anything more than that is just unleashing an irrational fear. But also a generational thing, from a time when some formality is tacitly understood to reduce ambiguity. I can only imagine how disgusted someone might think of me for using ending ellipses...
Then again, I don't use Discord. The logo looks like Mickey Mouse's pants.
Heh. I'm second in charge and I'm pushing 50. My boss is in his early 60s. We're both set in our ways and we aren't going to–and don't have to–change just because someone born during the Clinton Administration doesn't understand basic punctuation.
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 16, 2022, 09:31:47 PM
Heh. I'm second in charge and I'm pushing 50. My boss is in his early 60s. We're both set in our ways and we aren't going to–and don't have to–change just because someone born during the Clinton Administration doesn't understand basic punctuation.
The problem is that they understand it in a different way than you do. "." is a dot and has no inherent meaning. We generally agree that it ends sentences. We also tend to agree that it serves as a decimal point, but there are entire countries that disagree with that. Is it really any wonder some people disagree with the sentence-ending meaning too?
I've come to read texts differently based on the age of the person writing them. A period in a text from my grandma is normal, but a period in a text from a friend would make me wonder what I've done to set them off.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 16, 2022, 09:57:27 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 16, 2022, 09:31:47 PM
Heh. I'm second in charge and I'm pushing 50. My boss is in his early 60s. We're both set in our ways and we aren't going to–and don't have to–change just because someone born during the Clinton Administration doesn't understand basic punctuation.
The problem is that they understand it in a different way than you do. "." is a dot and has no inherent meaning. We generally agree that it ends sentences. We also tend to agree that it serves as a decimal point, but there are entire countries that disagree with that. Is it really any wonder some people disagree with the sentence-ending meaning too?
Well, that's sort of the point, pretty much as thspfc notes. Doesn't matter how the 20-somethings interpret it among yourselves. Assuming that your workplace supervisors are angry at you simply because they end a message with a period is not reasonable in context. (We're not going to text-message subordinate employees to set up a time before calling them on the phone, either.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 17, 2022, 08:57:20 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 16, 2022, 09:57:27 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 16, 2022, 09:31:47 PM
Heh. I'm second in charge and I'm pushing 50. My boss is in his early 60s. We're both set in our ways and we aren't going to–and don't have to–change just because someone born during the Clinton Administration doesn't understand basic punctuation.
The problem is that they understand it in a different way than you do. "." is a dot and has no inherent meaning. We generally agree that it ends sentences. We also tend to agree that it serves as a decimal point, but there are entire countries that disagree with that. Is it really any wonder some people disagree with the sentence-ending meaning too?
Well, that's sort of the point, pretty much as thspfc notes. Doesn't matter how the 20-somethings interpret it among yourselves. Assuming that your workplace supervisors are angry at you simply because they end a message with a period is not reasonable in context. (We're not going to text-message subordinate employees to set up a time before calling them on the phone, either.)
I'm 32, so my role in life is to serve as a translator between the fogeys and the whippersnappers. :P
Heh. Last year my cousin wore a t-shirt on his birthday that said "I am 49 + 🖕." (In case the graphic doesn't display, it's a middle finger gesture.) I just may have to get a shirt like that this coming year.
The smallest punctuation mark is driving people batty.
I guess if a microscopic virus can shatter the ethos of half our country, I suppose it makes sense in this timeline.
I use punctuation marks, including periods, in texts because it's proper English. I have no sinister implications in doing so, therefore I am not responsible for anyone else's incorrect inferences.
But overall, passive-aggressiveness gets a bad rap.
I think consistency is really the key thing, too. If you know that someone tends to take the time to punctuate and capitalize their sentences properly, then that's just how they write. If someone who habitually types all lowercase with no punctuation suddenly adds them to a message, that is significant. The problem is the first time you correspond with someone by text, you don't really know what their "usual style" is.
Maybe the 。will seem less serious (it's called the kuten in Japanese)。Or more serious, I don't know anymore。
Quote from: formulanone on December 17, 2022, 05:30:37 PM
The smallest punctuation mark is driving people batty.
....
Little Johnny can tell you just how important that punctuation mark is.
One day, the teacher asked her students to write the most important symbol in the world on the blackboard. Little Suzy drew a heart and said that love makes the world go 'round. Little Stevie drew a dollar sign and said how everyone does everything for money. Then Little Johnny walked up, took the chalk, put a dot on the blackboard, and went back to his seat.
The teacher was puzzled. "Johnny, what is that dot supposed to be?"
"That's a period."
Now the teacher was even more confused. "How can a period be the most important symbol in the world?"
"Well, I don't know, but this morning during breakfast my sister said she was missing one. Then my father started cussing, my mother started crying, and we found out the man next door had shot himself."
In a similar vein, capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
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I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
Wasn't that why Simon Belmont resurrected Dracula in Castlevania 2? Didn't Simon go through the effort of gathering Dracula's body parts just so he could kill him again?
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 19, 2022, 03:27:45 PM
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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
I think the only appropriate answer here is... build a fire around which to cannibalize?
Quote from: webny99 on December 19, 2022, 03:50:56 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 19, 2022, 03:27:45 PM
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Quote from: skluth on December 19, 2022, 03:15:18 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
I think the only appropriate answer here is... build a fire around which to cannibalize?
I mean, if the end game of opening up an Elon Musk thread is to trick him into some sort of trap where he'll be cannibalized around a campfire by forum members who am I to object?
Auto-formatting strikes again!
Quote from: kernals12 on December 19, 2022, 03:10:35 PM
ConnDOT has identified cheaper solutions for the problems at Exits ¾ and ⅞.
Maybe don't have so many exits that you have to number them this way?
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Quote from: 1995hoo on December 19, 2022, 03:27:45 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 19, 2022, 03:23:42 PM
Quote from: skluth on December 19, 2022, 03:15:18 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
Wasn't that why Simon Belmont resurrected Dracula in Castlevania 2? Didn't Simon go through the effort of gathering Dracula's body parts just so he could kill him again?
No idea. Never heard of Castlevania 2. I was just continuing the theme of noting how missing punctuation changes a sentence's meaning.
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 19, 2022, 06:53:26 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 19, 2022, 03:34:27 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 19, 2022, 03:27:45 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 19, 2022, 03:23:42 PM
Quote from: skluth on December 19, 2022, 03:15:18 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 19, 2022, 02:46:41 PM
I wrote a story called Let's Eat Grandma dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
I guess we don't need to invite Elon. He's already here.
Cannibalizing Elon Musk would probably make a lot of people happy around these parts I'm gathering.
What are you going to do with the parts once you finish gathering them?
Wasn't that why Simon Belmont resurrected Dracula in Castlevania 2? Didn't Simon go through the effort of gathering Dracula's body parts just so he could kill him again?
No idea. Never heard of Castlevania 2. I was just continuing the theme of noting how missing punctuation changes a sentence's meaning.
Yes, caught that. I was curious to see where the conservation regarding cannibalizing Elon Musk might go given he's the subject of a current Off Topic board thread.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 16, 2022, 08:01:10 PM
2. In most of these contexts, users place more of a premium on fast transmission of messages rather than grammatical correctness. Therefore, slower typers eschew things like end marks and capitalization to transmit messages faster, while faster typers leave them off out of a desire to not stick out (nobody wants to be a square). If the user base doesn't have real keyboards, adding punctuation can be awkward, so there is additional pressure to drop it.
There was a time in my life when I typed online in all lowercase. If I recall correctly, it was around the time I got into chatting on mIRC. So yeah, that might explain it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2022, 07:41:56 PM
I think consistency is really the key thing, too. If you know that someone tends to take the time to punctuate and capitalize their sentences properly, then that's just how they write. If someone who habitually types all lowercase with no punctuation suddenly adds them to a message, that is significant.
You may have noticed that I use all sorts of punctuation on here, from colons to dashes. So, if you see a post of mine that has no capital letters and no punctuation, then you can be certain I was acting at a whole new level of snark.
Quote from: Takumi on December 20, 2022, 04:37:34 PM
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I would buy a Finland-owned island to antipode of Helsinki (60.10S 155.4W).
Sitting on a cool 29k USD?
Typo. I meant "build".
Sitting on a cool 29k USD?
Nice. We need an actual target island when we crash our old satellites in the South Pacific (https://www.inverse.com/science/why-nasa-uses-point-nemo-as-a-graveyard). Not a floating one from Taco Bell (https://spaceref.com/press-release/free-tacos-for-us-if-mir-hits-floating-taco-bell-ocean-target-taco-bell-sets-40-by-40-foot-target-in-south-pacific-for-mirs-re-entry/).
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 20, 2022, 08:24:40 PM
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Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on December 20, 2022, 02:32:45 PM
Unbelievable.
If only it really were unbelievable.
That's sure a lot of flying for someone with aspirations to drive 2,000,000 miles. But hey, why not buy the entourage holiday flights when you have $29,000 in liquid cash assets?
It's actually 26,000 now, car expenses hot me hard this year. But I rarely fly. My last flight was over 9 years ago. Charlotte was originally going to be a road trip but I changed my mind.
So, all this bouncing around on flights when a trip behind the wheel would have likely taken 10-12 hours to complete depending on when you left. Had your flight gone to plan how much time would you really have been saving? Seems like the easier thing to do would have been to get on the road before sunrise (weather permitting) to get out to I-81 and I-77.
Nah I don't get up early for road trips, but had it gone normally, I would have been there 3:55 ish whereas driving would have taken at least 9 hours. Add in a long half hour rest stop and it may have been 10 hours (I can only go about 6-7 hours of driving right now before needing food/bathroom..etc). My main point in going there wasn't for the driving, it was for riding Fury325.
1. Epic statement from the young adult who must have some serious leverage on his parents to enjoy getting them to pay thousands of dollars to avoid a minor road trip inconvenience.
2. Also, do we have a new challenger for title of "who can hold their pee the longest in the car?"
Re: driving on snow/ice
Quote from: Road Hog on January 01, 2023, 11:58:43 PM
Idiots gonna idiot, no matter the latitude.
GaryV in 'Aviation by MMM':
Quote from: GaryV on January 06, 2023, 09:37:03 AM
Some of the things suggested in this thread make me think the lady on the call-in radio show complaining about the placement of deer crossings was a genius.
Quote from: kphoger on January 11, 2023, 09:39:18 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on January 11, 2023, 12:31:51 AM
Oh yes the famous Autocorrect that doesn't know how to spell or use correct grammar, that is the Algorithm that needs twerking.
I see what you did there.
Just ran across this one:
Quote from: hbelkins on July 22, 2021, 06:46:04 PM
I can accuse someone of being an illegitimate child who engages in sexual intercourse with their maternal parental unit and I can invite them to consume feces and assume room temperature, or call them a diety-cursed moron, without ever uttering a single curse word.
The eternal question:
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 12, 2023, 02:28:26 PM
Why did you change "John Madden" to "John Madden"?
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 12, 2023, 07:51:14 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 12, 2023, 04:01:53 PM
I'm surprised Sierra Mist is considered such a failure. It's all over restaurant menus.
Maybe it's being discontinued because people would rather get it all over restaurant menus than drink it.
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Quote from: kirbykart on January 12, 2023, 04:38:21 PM
The eternal question:
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 12, 2023, 02:28:26 PM
Why did you change "John Madden" to "John Madden"?
The answer, of course, is that...
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 12, 2023, 04:15:14 PM
John Madden is very fun name.
Boom!...at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win.
Quote from: kphoger on January 12, 2023, 12:49:54 PM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on December 26, 2022, 04:22:10 PM
John Madden
Quote from: Poiponen13 on December 26, 2022, 05:08:24 PM
John Madden
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 07, 2023, 07:20:08 AM
John Madden
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 12, 2023, 12:32:37 PM
John Madden! John Madden!! John Madden!!!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 21, 2011, 05:15:58 PM
Quote from: Roadman66 on October 21, 2011, 05:10:21 PM
:confused:
because those are not numbers.
Quote from: Roadman66 on October 21, 2011, 05:36:13 PM
is this a common joke?
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on October 21, 2011, 06:02:02 PM
As much as any of us asking why isn't there a roadman 01, 02, 04,....etc. :poke:
Funniest of all time. Jake was good and Hotrod came in with a great supporter here.
An ominous quote from "New Islands":
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 08, 2023, 12:04:36 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 08, 2023, 10:39:50 AM
Quotas for how many people live on an arctic islands? That sounds suspiciously like Gulags again.
The new cities would house many people.
This might be... one of my favorite typos ever?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 08, 2023, 03:17:06 PM
I don't know any of you in person, but this is a tight nit forum.
Quote from: webny99 on February 10, 2023, 10:34:53 PM
This might be... one of my favorite typos ever?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 08, 2023, 03:17:06 PM
I don't know any of you in person, but this is a tight nit forum.
You're not supposed to put a space after an ellipsis.
yes this is a joke
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 10, 2023, 10:37:06 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 10, 2023, 10:34:53 PM
This might be... one of my favorite typos ever?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 08, 2023, 03:17:06 PM
I don't know any of you in person, but this is a tight nit forum.
You're not supposed to put a space after an ellipsis.
yes this is a joke
Also true, if you want to get really tight with your nitpicking ;-)
This one reached "favorite" status about three separate times as I was reading it. I knew I had to post it here by the time I got to the end (I'm also 23, so that may be part of why I enjoyed it so much).
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 10, 2023, 08:37:55 PM
Quote from: MultiMillionMiler on February 10, 2023, 08:26:18 PM
I just turned 23 in November. But if you count the womb time I may technically be 24 by now, not sure.
You're 23? WTF I thought you were 13! 23 year olds are full grown adults with jobs.
I probably found this more amusing than I should have:
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Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 13, 2023, 01:34:13 PM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 13, 2023, 12:50:10 PM
Booger Queen
who?
Either Grand Booger Queen II or one Booger Queen from my former school. She is named Booger Queen Pajula.
Quote from: webny99 on February 10, 2023, 10:34:53 PM
This might be... one of my favorite typos ever?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 08, 2023, 03:17:06 PM
I don't know any of you in person, but this is a tight nit forum.
Tight nits -- lice eggs sticking closely to the surface of the skin where they were laid. :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on February 13, 2023, 04:19:11 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 10, 2023, 10:34:53 PM
This might be... one of my favorite typos ever?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 08, 2023, 03:17:06 PM
I don't know any of you in person, but this is a tight nit forum.
Tight nits -- lice eggs sticking closely to the surface of the skin where they were laid. :-D
That's [not] what she said.
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 13, 2023, 11:55:25 AM
The ice could be melted by fire bombs.
From 'Planning of Souky'.
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Quote from: dmuzika on February 16, 2023, 02:13:31 AM
Just curious as to why SK 18? Most of it is thin membrane surface (especially west of SK 35) and I understand some sections are allowed to revert back to gravel. In other jurisdictions it would probably be a secondary highway.
The Official Saskatchewan Road Map shows thin membrane surface highways; https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/about-saskatchewan/travel-guides-and-maps.
Would you say that it would be insane to drive on the membrane? Insane in the brain?
I also learned of the term "mebrane surface", so a two-for-one post.
Forgot this one from before I joined:
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 02, 2010, 06:05:53 PM
Quote from: shoptb1 on January 02, 2010, 05:17:02 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 02, 2010, 12:51:59 PM
yes, Clearview is a lot nicer than Arial, or "My Mommy Works Here Sans".
:sombrero:
a brown object that I, ahem, manufactured this morning also looks better than "My Mommy Works Here Sans" so don't get your hopes too high up!
From the "Michigan Notes" thread:
Quote from: 1 on March 06, 2023, 07:07:17 AM
Lord Carhorn's law: As an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of a Wallethub ranking approaches 1.
I forgot this exchange:
Quote from: kinupanda on February 01, 2016, 11:13:20 AM
Quote from: lucas01aswell on January 30, 2016, 06:27:27 PM
What I-5 Became the calfiona turnpike form orgen broder to san degio any ideas.
I don't think Carly Fiorina has discussed her positions on oregano.
(For those who don't remember, she was a 2016 primary candidate.)
Oh man, this one was a banger. :-D
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2023, 03:14:53 PM
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BTW, that was sarcasm :-D
Hopefully your entire forum activity is sarcasm
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 08, 2023, 02:57:20 PM
Oh man, this one was a banger. :-D
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2023, 03:14:53 PM
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BTW, that was sarcasm :-D
Hopefully your entire forum activity is sarcasm
MMM's meltdown when he realizes his thread got locked will make it to this thread for sure.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 08, 2023, 03:05:28 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 08, 2023, 02:57:20 PM
Oh man, this one was a banger. :-D
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2023, 03:14:53 PM
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BTW, that was sarcasm :-D
Hopefully your entire forum activity is sarcasm
MMM's meltdown when he realizes his thread got locked will make it to this thread for sure.
He'll just blame it on me since I created his Universe thread to begin with.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 08, 2023, 08:52:39 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 08, 2023, 03:05:28 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 08, 2023, 02:57:20 PM
Oh man, this one was a banger. :-D
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2023, 03:14:53 PM
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BTW, that was sarcasm :-D
Hopefully your entire forum activity is sarcasm
MMM's meltdown when he realizes his thread got locked will make it to this thread for sure.
He'll just blame it on me since I created his Universe thread to begin with.
Some of the longer threads were not created by the user that you think. 1 created FritzOwl in one thread.
Quote from: 1 on March 08, 2023, 08:22:41 AM
I forgot this exchange:
Quote from: kinupanda on February 01, 2016, 11:13:20 AM
Quote from: lucas01aswell on January 30, 2016, 06:27:27 PM
What I-5 Became the calfiona turnpike form orgen broder to san degio any ideas.
I don't think Carly Fiorina has discussed her positions on oregano.
(For those who don't remember, she was a 2016 primary candidate.)
Wasn't she CEO of Hewlett Packard before or during their sad merger with Compaq?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 08, 2023, 08:55:27 PM
1 created FritzOwl in one thread.
... and failed to capitalize its topic correctly. Now it sounds like you're accusing him of having created a monster–and very efficiently.
Quote from: kphoger on March 09, 2023, 03:06:04 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 08, 2023, 08:55:27 PM
1 created FritzOwl in one thread.
... and failed to capitalize its topic correctly. Now it sounds like you're accusing him of having created a monster–and very efficiently.
This is what happens when you try to play god.
Quote from: Revelation 1:8, New Living Translation
"I am the Alpha and the Omega–the beginning and the end," says the Lord God. "I am the 1 who is, who always was, and who is still to come–the Almighty 1."
They probably didn't mean it in reference to the forum member, but hey, these things are hard to translate sometimes. And it's Revelation, so who knows?
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 09, 2023, 04:40:51 PM
Quote from: Revelation 1:8, New Living Translation
"I am the Alpha and the Omega–the beginning and the end," says the Lord God. "I am the 1 who is, who always was, and who is still to come–the Almighty 1."
They probably didn't mean it in reference to the forum member, but hey, these things are hard to translate sometimes. And it's Revelation, so who knows?
I used to work for the company that publishes the NLT. I met Dr Kenneth Taylor (author of the original The Living Bible) several times before his death. One of his sons was chief editor for the NLT, and I can say with a decent amount of confidence, having also met him a few times, that the team of translators did not have any members of this forum in mind when the NLT went to press.
Heh, small world that was the only version I could find that would work with the joke then, huh? :P
A no-doubt hall-of-famer:
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 14, 2023, 12:50:34 PM
It wouldn't even have been necessary to say something asshole-ish like "Because you were an asshole"--a formulation like "In our judgment, your posts fail to contribute to comity on the forum" would have sufficed.
You must admit, that has to be the most polite post containing profanity that's ever been posted. Jonathan is truly a master of the English language.
Quote from: kphoger on March 14, 2023, 02:33:01 PM
You must admit, that has to be the most polite post containing profanity that's ever been posted. Jonathan is truly a master of the English language.
But while also putting you in your place for suggesting the mods do something "asshole-ish". Exactly why I posted it here as soon as I read it. :sombrero:
Yes, I almost said that. But I wasn't 100% sure if Jonathan was wagging his finger at me or simply putting his tongue in his cheek.
Quote from: SectorZ on March 27, 2023, 05:46:26 PM
I think this forum is more immune from the Dunning-Kruger effect compared to the normal.
I do not claim any expertise on the accuracy of that sentiment.
The plot of "How To Train Your Troll:"
Quote from: kalvado on March 30, 2023, 01:11:04 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 29, 2023, 08:53:31 PM
Does anyone seriously believe MMM wasn't a troll at this point on the basis of his own post content? If you were on the fence how is a second hand account from someone credible like 1 not enough evidence?
Problem was not with the troll, but with his zookepers.
A well-trained properly maintained troll, who is not ofed on a regular basis, grows long white fur and doesn't bite people around him.
Quote from: kkt on April 20, 2023, 08:52:11 PM
I used Latex for a while. Kinda fun, quite a learning curve. I'm glad it's still around.
This was too perfect to not take out of context. Capitalization is important, because my mind immediately went somewhere other than the text markup language.
Quote from: vdeane on April 22, 2023, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 20, 2023, 08:52:11 PM
I used Latex for a while. Kinda fun, quite a learning curve. I'm glad it's still around.
This was too perfect to not take out of context. Capitalization is important, because my mind immediately went somewhere other than the text markup language.
Well, don't read between the lines. ..¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Did kkt work for Vandelay Industries as a latex salesman?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 23, 2023, 08:46:52 AM
Did kkt work for Vandelay Industries as a latex salesman?
I was never a salesman, sorry.
Quote from: kkt on April 23, 2023, 11:41:47 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 23, 2023, 08:46:52 AM
Did kkt work for Vandelay Industries as a latex salesman?
I was never a salesman, sorry.
And you want to be my latex salesman...
Quote from: vdeane on April 22, 2023, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 20, 2023, 08:52:11 PM
I used Latex for a while. Kinda fun, quite a learning curve. I'm glad it's still around.
This was too perfect to not take out of context. Capitalization is important, because my mind immediately went somewhere other than the text markup language.
My wife doesn't read this forum but, if she did, she would have berated me for having a sick mind. I'm glad someone else thought of the same thing I did.
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 25, 2023, 07:48:07 AM
Quote from: vdeane on April 22, 2023, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 20, 2023, 08:52:11 PM
I used Latex for a while. Kinda fun, quite a learning curve. I'm glad it's still around.
This was too perfect to not take out of context. Capitalization is important, because my mind immediately went somewhere other than the text markup language.
My wife doesn't read this forum but, if she did, she would have berated me for having a sick mind. I'm glad someone else thought of the same thing I did.
Your wife wouldn't have thought of that herself? Come on...
For some reason, I love this one:
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2023, 01:57:24 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on June 25, 2023, 01:00:10 AM
So what was the reason for bypassing Boulder City rather than upgrading US 93?
Boulder City was in the way.
Quote from: 1 on June 25, 2023, 03:11:40 PM
For some reason, I love this one:
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2023, 01:57:24 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on June 25, 2023, 01:00:10 AM
So what was the reason for bypassing Boulder City rather than upgrading US 93?
Boulder City was in the way.
The most kernals12 question of all time?
Quote from: thspfc on June 25, 2023, 04:08:19 PM
Quote from: 1 on June 25, 2023, 03:11:40 PM
For some reason, I love this one:
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2023, 01:57:24 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on June 25, 2023, 01:00:10 AM
So what was the reason for bypassing Boulder City rather than upgrading US 93?
Boulder City was in the way.
The most kernals12 question of all time?
God forbid there's a practical reason for doing something, rooted in helping people.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 25, 2023, 04:25:27 PM
Quote from: thspfc on June 25, 2023, 04:08:19 PM
Quote from: 1 on June 25, 2023, 03:11:40 PM
For some reason, I love this one:
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2023, 01:57:24 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on June 25, 2023, 01:00:10 AM
So what was the reason for bypassing Boulder City rather than upgrading US 93?
Boulder City was in the way.
The most kernals12 question of all time?
God forbid there's a practical reason for doing something, rooted in helping people.
You all realize that Mr. Kernal of Truth can't seem to comprehend why people might be upset at the prospect of their home being demolished? Let's not forget all the lovely things he's had to say regarding that exact subject with the San Francisco Bay Area.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 25, 2023, 04:31:05 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 25, 2023, 04:25:27 PM
Quote from: thspfc on June 25, 2023, 04:08:19 PM
Quote from: 1 on June 25, 2023, 03:11:40 PM
For some reason, I love this one:
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2023, 01:57:24 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on June 25, 2023, 01:00:10 AM
So what was the reason for bypassing Boulder City rather than upgrading US 93?
Boulder City was in the way.
The most kernals12 question of all time?
God forbid there's a practical reason for doing something, rooted in helping people.
You all realize that Mr. Kernal of Truth can't seem to comprehend why people might be upset at the prospect of their home being demolished? Let's not forget all the lovely things he's had to say regarding that exact subject with the San Francisco Bay Area.
I should clarify the angle of my sarcasm. My motto for the Alternate Kernality that I wrote above is assumed to be what God Emperor Kernalton believes in earnest. Practical reasons for doing something, rooted in helping people, are shunned in the Alternate Kernality; just do the trillion-dollar ideas he thinks will help people because he systematized a whole network of something and took it down a slippery slope he enjoyed.
With that said, see my whole 40-page proposal on how we should renumber the Interstates :-D :pan: *self-flagellates
REDDIT HIM!!
KERNALS12 WINS
DOUBLE FLAWLESS VICTORY
KERNALITY
"Freak sardine salad' was something I didn't know that I needed in my life until I had it:
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 04, 2023, 10:34:21 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2023, 05:47:44 AM
I don't care whether you like it or not.
I hate the merge. The threads are now in uncontrollable and freak sardine salad. They should be de-merged. I don't feel like continuing any of these threads in the current merged state.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 04, 2023, 11:40:41 AM
"Freak sardine salad' was something I didn't know that I needed in my life until I had it:
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 04, 2023, 10:34:21 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2023, 05:47:44 AM
I don't care whether you like it or not.
I hate the merge. The threads are now in uncontrollable and freak sardine salad. They should be de-merged. I don't feel like continuing any of these threads in the current merged state.
Is that like a Caesar Salad? I like those.
Quote from: kkt on October 04, 2023, 12:51:45 PM
Is that like a Caesar Salad? I like those.
You're thinking of anchovies.
Or a Niçoise salad...
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2023, 05:47:44 AM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 04, 2023, 05:44:32 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2023, 05:31:10 AM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 04, 2023, 05:09:09 AM
Why did you merge all my threads to one thread?
Because you created so many threads that it was starting to seriously annoy everyone else on the forum. Did you know that people occasionally want to read posts that aren't by you?
I also changed it back to what I titled it originally. "My proposals" doesn't mean anything to anyone but you.
I like to present proposals and create many threads. I don't like the merge.
I don't care whether you like it or not.
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 05, 2023, 02:35:01 PM
How would I get other users interesed in same stuff then?
Quote from: kphoger on October 06, 2023, 10:03:47 AMHonestly, discussion of those niche interests are probably what a lot of this site's creators had in mind when they squeezed this forum out of their collective vagina.
I was feeling a little poetic at the time. Glad I could brighten your day.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 06, 2023, 01:47:37 PM
You're a troll (even though trolls are more associated with Norway than with Finland).
Quote from: 1 on October 06, 2023, 01:48:44 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 06, 2023, 01:47:37 PM
You're a troll (even though trolls are more associated with Norway than with Finland).
Or Lower Michigan (they live under da bridge). ;)
Quote from: Big John on October 06, 2023, 04:57:00 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 06, 2023, 01:48:44 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 06, 2023, 01:47:37 PM
You're a troll (even though trolls are more associated with Norway than with Finland).
Or Lower Michigan (they live under da bridge). ;)
They are crazy with that kind of talk in Yooperland. If we lived under the bridge we'd be in the water.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 08, 2023, 04:48:30 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on October 08, 2023, 04:46:11 PM
Not gonna lie, any showerhead does the trick for me as long as it works.
Why not lie and say that you need a specific showerhead?
From "Poiponen13 in one thread":
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 27, 2023, 02:22:31 PM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on October 27, 2023, 02:18:35 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 27, 2023, 11:07:05 AM
And I don't get a island?
It will be one of smaller islands, smaller than the already mentioned islands.
I'm secure in my manhood. It isn't the size of the island that counts, it is how you use it.
From when the NFL forking competition was new and someone wasn't even aware it was a competition:
Quote from: ilpt4u on September 14, 2022, 10:20:59 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on September 14, 2022, 09:16:09 PM
Fork the Cardinals and the Cowboys.
Fork the Packers
GREEN BAY SUCKS!!!!!
BEAR DOWN!!!!
Even better is that it was a correct prediction despite the Packers being expected to make it to the playoffs.
This one, which is unfortunately locked:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21833.msg2288943#msg2288943
Quote from: formulanone on April 09, 2023, 07:12:45 PM
It's not a Genuine AARoads Thread™ if someone doesn't distort the meaning of the original post in the thread, tenderizes it with a dozen mallets, and adds artificial flavoring so it can be into a conversation about Limon or Breezewood.
:cheers:
Quote from: 1 on November 04, 2023, 08:48:17 AM
This one, which is unfortunately locked:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21833.msg2288943#msg2288943
That whole "rivalry" never became a thing FWIW.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 04, 2023, 09:57:59 PM
Quote from: 1 on November 04, 2023, 08:48:17 AM
This one, which is unfortunately locked:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21833.msg2288943#msg2288943
That whole "rivalry" never became a thing FWIW.
That thread is certainly an interesting reread. Especially this bit:
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:55:30 PM
If there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query (something like 'drop all from table POSTS where USER_ID = 336' or so). But we tend to not mess around with the database directly due to the risk of unforeseen consequences, and the above-mentioned thread integrity issues.
That certainly turned out to be prophetic.
(how did I quote from a locked thread? Magic, obviously)
Quote from: vdeane on November 04, 2023, 10:28:41 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 04, 2023, 09:57:59 PM
Quote from: 1 on November 04, 2023, 08:48:17 AM
This one, which is unfortunately locked:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21833.msg2288943#msg2288943
That whole "rivalry" never became a thing FWIW.
That thread is certainly an interesting reread. Especially this bit:
Quote
If there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query (something like 'drop all from table POSTS where USER_ID = 336' or so). But we tend to not mess around with the database directly due to the risk of unforeseen consequences, and the above-mentioned thread integrity issues.
That certainly turned out to be prophetic.
I'm honestly surprised he wasn't the first to test those waters given how he much he apparently wanted his account deleted.
To paraphrase our fellow member triplemultiplex: "you said it, you can't un-say it"
One can do their own clean-up at their own discretion; to at least make it seem that everyone else had merely put words in your mouth. Had that at another forum whereby the user went back and cleaned out about half of his 20,000 posts. That's what happens when everyone else discovers a prevaricator whom would make Baron von Münchausen take notes.
Quote from: vdeane on November 04, 2023, 10:28:41 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:55:30 PMIf there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query (something like 'drop all from table POSTS where USER_ID = 336' or so). But we tend to not mess around with the database directly due to the risk of unforeseen consequences, and the above-mentioned thread integrity issues.
That certainly turned out to be prophetic.
I had to smile at that one, given who user 336 is.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 04, 2023, 10:34:25 PMI'm honestly surprised he wasn't the first to test those waters given how he much he apparently wanted his account deleted.
Self-help doesn't include the opportunity to punish others for real or perceived lack of respect.
Quote from: J N Winkler on November 05, 2023, 12:36:49 PM
Quote from: vdeane on November 04, 2023, 10:28:41 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:55:30 PMIf there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query (something like 'drop all from table POSTS where USER_ID = 336' or so). But we tend to not mess around with the database directly due to the risk of unforeseen consequences, and the above-mentioned thread integrity issues.
That certainly turned out to be prophetic.
I had to smile at that one, given who user 336 is.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 04, 2023, 10:34:25 PMI'm honestly surprised he wasn't the first to test those waters given how he much he apparently wanted his account deleted.
Self-help doesn't include the opportunity to punish others for real or perceived lack of respect.
When someone used one of his images on Facebook the response was quite different. Rather than go after the person who was posting said image he went after the groups who were at the time unaware there was a copyright. I'm told there was a "misunderstanding" with how to deal with Facebook copyright issues but it resulted in a lot of good highway groups become really cautious with post approval.
The issue on GN I had stemmed from how I credited the Ridge Route Preservation Organization on our Ridge Route corridor blog. My baseline understanding was that I didn't credit specific people. The thing that irked me was that I provided my email to hammer out the issue but the individual in question chose to be insulting instead on several blog replies.
The takeaway for me is that this individual perceives insults, lack of respect and slights where none actually exist. Seemingly what happened here fell into a similar category.
Quote from: vdeane on November 04, 2023, 10:28:41 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:55:30 PM
(how did I quote from a locked thread? Magic, obviously)
Looks like your magic got the timestamp wrong. Fixed below:
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:05:30 PM
If there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query ...
Quote from: kphoger on November 06, 2023, 10:43:41 AM
Quote from: vdeane on November 04, 2023, 10:28:41 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:55:30 PM
(how did I quote from a locked thread? Magic, obviously)
Looks like your magic got the timestamp wrong. Fixed below:
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 27, 2017, 03:05:30 PM
If there were a true need to mass-delete posts, it could be done with a fairly simple SQL query ...
Must have misread the post time.
Quote from: vdeane on December 05, 2023, 12:45:19 PM
Have you tried running this idea by Vladimir Putin to see what he thinks of it?
Quote from: Big John on December 07, 2023, 09:19:47 PM
Quote from: kalvado on December 07, 2023, 08:53:05 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 07, 2023, 08:47:48 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 07, 2023, 08:06:15 PM
Poiponen13 should become a soccer ball. I think this is needed.
As vdeane suggested, Poiponen13 should approach Putin about Russia getting rid of territory.
He can do that while being a soccer ball.
While giving him a header?
Ole Putin sure enjoys a good header.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 09, 2023, 12:50:46 AM
Ole Putin sure enjoys a good header.
More understandable in my opinion than the ones who enjoy footers.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 15, 2023, 06:31:35 PM
Is this what normal people argue about instead of control cities?
Quote from: kphoger on October 09, 2023, 11:42:53 AMHowever, unlike the forum tincture nazis, I'm on the fence about NJ-style outline squares on guide signs. It doesn't bother me too much.
As one of the aforesaid tincture nazis, I thought about this comment when reading about fimbriation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbriation).
Quote from: The Nature Boy on November 16, 2023, 11:51:32 AM
I would agree with you. The Great Lakes and Plains regions are subregions of the Midwest.
But someone's subjective feelings don't override objective reality. If someone from Pennsylvania tried convincing me they lived in the South, I wouldn't be out of line to tell them that they are factually incorrect.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 16, 2023, 04:08:59 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 15, 2023, 06:31:35 PM
Is this what normal people argue about instead of control cities?
LOL, clicked back for the context and it exceeded expectations!
Quote from: FritzOwl on December 26, 2023, 06:25:20 PM
I take the jtbe plans and others and improve on them.
One difference between his plans and mine is that I keep the red white and blue interstate shield on the entire network. Instead of autoroute 87 I keep the interstate shield into Quebec, for example lol e
My plans replaced them with interstate shields
I take the jbe
I think Fritz just had a stroke?
Quote from: jlam on December 27, 2023, 12:23:50 PM
Quote from: FritzOwl on December 26, 2023, 06:25:20 PM
I take the jtbe plans and others and improve on them.
One difference between his plans and mine is that I keep the red white and blue interstate shield on the entire network. Instead of autoroute 87 I keep the interstate shield into Quebec, for example lol e
My plans replaced them with interstate shields
I take the jbe
I think Fritz just had a stroke?
Nah, that was just "Coat to Cost"'mode kicking in.
Quote from: jlam on December 27, 2023, 12:23:50 PM
Quote from: FritzOwl on December 26, 2023, 06:25:20 PM
Instead of autoroute 87 I keep the interstate shield into Quebec, for example lol e
I think Fritz just had a stroke?
Maybe he was distracted by the thought of buying butter.
"Speaking as your neighbor to the south... what is there to do in Tulsa anyways? Any concerts?"
I might be battle-worn on this Friday morning, but this one brought a smile to my face.
Something parallel to "Check it out. I think you'd dig Provo. You could do well there."
Quote from: Rothman on December 29, 2023, 07:02:44 AM
"Speaking as your neighbor to the south... what is there to do in Tulsa anyways? Any concerts?"
I might be battle-worn on this Friday morning, but this one brought a smile to my face.
Something parallel to "Check it out. I think you'd dig Provo. You could do well there."
To quote John Mulaney, "I once asked (Tulsa native) Bill Hader where you go to have fun in Tulsa, and he said Dallas."
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 02, 2024, 07:48:44 PM
Quote from: kkt on January 02, 2024, 07:45:52 PM
Quote from: GaryV on December 31, 2023, 05:52:28 PM
Quote from: cl94 on December 31, 2023, 05:49:56 PM
Quote from: cahwyguy on December 31, 2023, 09:12:26 AM
Quote from: cl94 on December 31, 2023, 12:03:18 AM
Gaviota Pass has slide and sewer issues that keep the two rest areas closed. NB is currently open, but who knows how long that will last.
https://www.edhat.com/news/caltrans-announces-gaviota-northbound-rest-stop-now-open/
Caltrans has formally announced the northbound Gaviota Rest Area is now open following a major renovation to its wastewater and electrical systems.
I knew I wasn't pulling the sewage thing out of my rear end.
[ Must refrain from snarky comment ... ]
It is very difficult :)
That can be fixed by adding more fiber to the diet.
Per the recommendation of Scot5114 (who I messaged because I share a first name with him), I am putting this delightful message that I wrote him while going all over different websites I'm on...While blackout drunk on a Sunday afternoon (which is the best time to do that, in my opinion).
QuoteI WAS going to message you when I was drunk with something dumb BUT THAT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA. thank you to (IRL friend's name redacted) for telling me NO . i;'m joining the alternative way of the world, going to work in alaska and shit my pants hopping a trai thank you
I can't believe we need to have a math conversation at the elementary school level.
Quote from: kkt on January 14, 2024, 11:57:42 AM
I can't believe we need to have a math conversation at the elementary school level.
^This.
Egads.
Quote from: Shedingtonian on January 14, 2024, 10:19:57 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 03:55:14 AM
Quote from: FritzOwl on January 14, 2024, 01:57:23 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2024, 10:21:23 AM
9 isn't prime.
9 is a prime number.
9 ÷ 3 = 3
I can't believe I'd be seeing a math conversation in a road forum.
People had been saying that FritzOwl was getting old and stale—or, in another word, reasonable—in comparison to the fresh new upstart Poiponen and his prime-number-using ways.
FritzOwl showed what made him the original Fictional Highways king by just declaring new prime numbers by fiat.
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 07:05:15 PM
Quote from: Shedingtonian on January 14, 2024, 10:19:57 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 03:55:14 AM
Quote from: FritzOwl on January 14, 2024, 01:57:23 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2024, 10:21:23 AM
9 isn't prime.
9 is a prime number.
9 ÷ 3 = 3
I can't believe I'd be seeing a math conversation in a road forum.
People had been saying that FritzOwl was getting old and stale—or, in another word, reasonable—in comparison to the fresh new upstart Poiponen and his prime-number-using ways.
FritzOwl showed what made him the original Fictional Highways king by just declaring new prime numbers by fiat.
Sometimes I miss the day of the Nevada Test Site Interstate and Lee Vining Canyon/Tioga Pass zig-zag grade.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 14, 2024, 07:09:18 PM
the Nevada Test Site Interstate
Isn't that basically just I-11?
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 07:32:45 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 14, 2024, 07:09:18 PM
the Nevada Test Site Interstate
Isn't that basically just I-11?
Nah, that conceptually doesn't get any closer than Mercury. Fritz wanted to run through the middle of the test craters.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 14, 2024, 07:09:18 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 07:05:15 PM
Quote from: Shedingtonian on January 14, 2024, 10:19:57 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 03:55:14 AM
Quote from: FritzOwl on January 14, 2024, 01:57:23 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2024, 10:21:23 AM
9 isn't prime.
9 is a prime number.
9 ÷ 3 = 3
I can't believe I'd be seeing a math conversation in a road forum.
People had been saying that FritzOwl was getting old and stale—or, in another word, reasonable—in comparison to the fresh new upstart Poiponen and his prime-number-using ways.
FritzOwl showed what made him the original Fictional Highways king by just declaring new prime numbers by fiat.
Sometimes I miss the day of the Nevada Test Site Interstate and Lee Vining Canyon/Tioga Pass zig-zag grade.
Some of Fritz's ideas were good. For instance, there's a pretty good case for 101 from L.A. to S.F. becoming I-3, especially if there was extra upgrade or maintenance money attached to interstates. But then there's so many ideas that are just awful.
Quote from: kkt on January 14, 2024, 08:08:37 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 14, 2024, 07:09:18 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 07:05:15 PM
Quote from: Shedingtonian on January 14, 2024, 10:19:57 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2024, 03:55:14 AM
Quote from: FritzOwl on January 14, 2024, 01:57:23 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2024, 10:21:23 AM
9 isn't prime.
9 is a prime number.
9 ÷ 3 = 3
I can't believe I'd be seeing a math conversation in a road forum.
People had been saying that FritzOwl was getting old and stale—or, in another word, reasonable—in comparison to the fresh new upstart Poiponen and his prime-number-using ways.
FritzOwl showed what made him the original Fictional Highways king by just declaring new prime numbers by fiat.
Sometimes I miss the day of the Nevada Test Site Interstate and Lee Vining Canyon/Tioga Pass zig-zag grade.
Some of Fritz's ideas were good. For instance, there's a pretty good case for 101 from L.A. to S.F. becoming I-3, especially if there was extra upgrade or maintenance money attached to interstates. But then there's so many ideas that are just awful.
Fritz just wasn't Fritz anymore after his bizarro world host page for his maps went defunct.
Quote from: kkt on January 14, 2024, 08:08:37 PM
Some of Fritz's ideas were good. For instance, there's a pretty good case for 101 from L.A. to S.F. becoming I-3, especially if there was extra upgrade or maintenance money attached to interstates. But then there's so many ideas that are just awful.
Sure, when your goal is to upgrade everything to an Interstate, you're bound to actually have one good idea in there.
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 24, 2024, 07:53:35 AM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on January 23, 2024, 02:57:40 PM
What does that mean?
Well, you see, it's a long story. It starts way back when I was just a little bitty boy, living in a box under the stairs, in the corner of the basement of the house, half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait Shop. You know the place. Well anyway, back then, life was going swell, and everything was just peachy. Except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning, my mother would make me a big bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast. Every single morning. It was driving me crazy.
So I said to my mom, "Hey, Mom, what's up with all the sauerkraut?" And my dear, sweet mother...she just looked at me like a cow looks at an oncoming train. And she leaned right down next to me and said, "It's good for you." Then, she tied me to the wall and stuck a funnel in my mouth, and force fed me nothing but sauerkraut until I was twenty-six-and-a-half years old.
That's when I swore that someday, I would get out of that basement. And that I would travel to a magical, far away place, where the sun is always shining, and the air smells like warm root beer, and the towels are oh-so-fluffy. A place where the Shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long, and anyone on the street will gladly shave your back for a nickel.
Well, let me tell you, it wasn't long at all before my dream came true. Because the very next day, a local radio station had this contest to see who could correctly guess the number of molecules in Leonard Nimoy's butt. I was off by three, but I still won the grand prize...a first-class, one-way ticket to Albuquerque.
Sadly, I can't claim the credit on this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooI3u4uzEss).
Quote from: SEWIGuy on February 07, 2024, 03:21:08 PM
"I know where we should vacation next January. Rockford!"
Quote from: kphoger on February 07, 2024, 04:11:43 PM
you can shove your disagreement in a Pfangle bag.
From the NFL (2023 Season) thread:
Quote from: vdeane on February 12, 2024, 12:56:35 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 11, 2024, 11:16:26 PM
Ugh. Can't wait for more Taylor Swift spam.
It's the Superbowl (Taylor's Version).
Quote from: kalvado on February 14, 2024, 08:09:12 AM
Making him exactly one meter long by cutting off useless extremities as needed.
Vintage quote (much like their signs were) from the NJ Turnpike thread -
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 10, 2014, 10:09:07 PM
Any real New Jerseyian knows that these [toll collection notices] aren't send via email. They are sent care of Fats Tony from the Newark Mafia, and Bubba ain't leaving till you pay up, or else you and your EZ Pass will be swimming with the fishies!
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 14, 2024, 02:27:55 PM
Video: Sault Sainte John Madden licks a toilet seat
This is a thing she should do when she comes to my house.
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 18, 2024, 04:20:54 PM
I haven't been interested about roads at all in about a month.
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 18, 2024, 08:00:35 PM
Quote from: Poiponen13 on February 18, 2024, 04:20:54 PM
I haven't been interested about roads at all in about a month.
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Now I'm left wondering, what will be next from P13? Will he make a new thread, or will he abandon AARoads?
He's banned. The question is if he makes a new account.
Part of me is very happy to hear this. But the other part is kinda sad that it might never hear his bogus ideas ever again.
Which, if he comes back to share them, will be easily identifiable and will get him banned again quickly.
Don't be so sure, there has been similar posters since the forum began and some are difficult to tell apart. How do you think the legend of Alanland began?
Quote from: Shedingtonian on February 19, 2024, 05:30:51 PMPart of me is very happy to hear this. But the other part is kinda sad that it might never hear his bogus ideas ever again.
If you want your Poiponen13 fix, I think he is still active (under that handle) on other Web forums, where he has been testing the regulars' patience just as much as here.
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 19, 2024, 05:40:56 PM
Quote from: Shedingtonian on February 19, 2024, 05:30:51 PMPart of me is very happy to hear this. But the other part is kinda sad that it might never hear his bogus ideas ever again.
If you want your Poiponen13 fix, I think he is still active (under that handle) on other Web forums, where he has been testing the regulars' patience just as much as here.
I'm sure he is. I once found him by chance on "stackoverflow.com". I guess you could look for forums about calendars, Easter, and the like. Or just Google his handle.
I'm wondering if he will try to make a sock-puppet to come back. I can see him being in the "denial" phase.
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
2. I'm not so sure he's active elsewhere. At least, I don't think he has been in several months. Their patience was already tried.
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:09:54 AM
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
2. I'm not so sure he's active elsewhere. At least, I don't think he has been in several months. Their patience was already tried.
I recall he had been active on a soccer forum, got banned, but got reinstated. I'm not motivated enough to look up what forum it was, but I'm sure if you search this forum you could find it.
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 20, 2024, 10:16:10 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:09:54 AM
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
2. I'm not so sure he's active elsewhere. At least, I don't think he has been in several months. Their patience was already tried.
I recall he had been active on a soccer forum, got banned, but got reinstated. I'm not motivated enough to look up what forum it was, but I'm sure if you search this forum you could find it.
He ticked off the webmaster at thefootballarchives.com, then joined nonleaguematters.co.uk and ticked people off over there, and then most recently joined footballforums.net in September. However, he hasn't had any activity there since October 10—just five days after I warned him on this very forum not to make everyone over there mad at him too.
ETA — Never mind. I see he's found the city-data.com forum.
I did a search on Poiponen13 and found a post on one soccer forum saying he was sad for being banned on another soccer forum. And if he registered again with a different email address, would he be banned again?
Maybe P13 can go hang out with Calrog on whatever is left of MTR.
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:50:38 AM
He ticked off the webmaster at thefootballarchives.com
Quote from: GaryV on February 20, 2024, 11:12:44 AM
I did a search on Poiponen13 and found a post on one soccer forum saying he was sad for being banned on another soccer forum. And if he registered again with a different email address, would he be banned again?
Exactly. That was Andy Sutton, admin of thefootballarchives.com. Andy mentioned on nonleaguematters.co.uk, "I'm so glad I banned Poiponen13 from my site before he could post anything", to which Poiponen13 replied with the post you found. Andy later said, "he was banned on my site for data scraping, then he joined this forum to complain about it".
Seriously, you should read through that thread. It's got some gold nuggets, such as these:
"Either way what is the point of their account being allowed to remain active, next to no sensible comments about anything at all."
"You never give a reason for any of your suggestions."
"Who on earth let the troll back on the site?" (posted by Andy)
Quote from: kphoger on February 21, 2024, 06:54:27 PM
Quote from: 3467 on February 21, 2024, 06:50:57 PM
Look for extra wife shoulders.
Are those the shoulders on an extra wife? Or are they extra shoulders on the wife I already have?
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:09:54 AM
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
It's not like we have a bogus and obtusely-derived country that it could be paired with or anything... ;)
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:50:38 AM
ETA — Never mind. I see he's found the city-data.com forum.
I wonder how long they'll last there?
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 22, 2024, 12:06:15 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:09:54 AM
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
It's not like we have a bogus and obtusely-derived country that it could be paired with or anything... ;)
You may have noticed that its thread is locked...
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2024, 10:37:31 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 22, 2024, 12:06:15 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:09:54 AM
1. Now I have no reason to keep making up a bogus and obtusely-derived calendar system. Without the opportunity to annoy him by doing so, what's even the point?
It's not like we have a bogus and obtusely-derived country that it could be paired with or anything... ;)
You may have noticed that its thread is locked...
I feel that if it were to be ever unlocked some bogus and obtusely-derived Gulags (perhaps of the Arctic Island variety) perhaps should be annexed into the lore... I think this is needed.
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 11:41:17 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:50:38 AM
He ticked off the webmaster at thefootballarchives.com
Quote from: GaryV on February 20, 2024, 11:12:44 AM
I did a search on Poiponen13 and found a post on one soccer forum saying he was sad for being banned on another soccer forum. And if he registered again with a different email address, would he be banned again?
Exactly. That was Andy Sutton, admin of thefootballarchives.com. Andy mentioned on nonleaguematters.co.uk, "I'm so glad I banned Poiponen13 from my site before he could post anything", to which Poiponen13 replied with the post you found. Andy later said, "he was banned on my site for data scraping, then he joined this forum to complain about it".
Seriously, you should read through that thread. It's got some gold nuggets, such as these:
"Either way what is the point of their account being allowed to remain active, next to no sensible comments about anything at all."
"You never give a reason for any of your suggestions."
"Who on earth let the troll back on the site?" (posted by Andy)
Update!
Yesterday, a forum admin over at nonleaguematters.co.uk opened up a new topic called . . . wait for it . . .
The Poiponen13 Thread. It's a fun read so far.
Here is the OP:
This is a thread where our friend from Finland can air his ideas and views
You do not have to read it, if you don't want to.
Any attacks on Poiponen will be considered as against forum rules.
You are allowed to comment on the views and ideas expressed. Please try to reason your arguments, maybe more than given to the idea.
What is up with all these forums not wanting just ban the guy early on and calling it a day?
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2024, 02:51:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 11:41:17 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:50:38 AM
He ticked off the webmaster at thefootballarchives.com
Quote from: GaryV on February 20, 2024, 11:12:44 AM
I did a search on Poiponen13 and found a post on one soccer forum saying he was sad for being banned on another soccer forum. And if he registered again with a different email address, would he be banned again?
Exactly. That was Andy Sutton, admin of thefootballarchives.com. Andy mentioned on nonleaguematters.co.uk, "I'm so glad I banned Poiponen13 from my site before he could post anything", to which Poiponen13 replied with the post you found. Andy later said, "he was banned on my site for data scraping, then he joined this forum to complain about it".
Seriously, you should read through that thread. It's got some gold nuggets, such as these:
"Either way what is the point of their account being allowed to remain active, next to no sensible comments about anything at all."
"You never give a reason for any of your suggestions."
"Who on earth let the troll back on the site?" (posted by Andy)
Update!
Yesterday, a forum admin over at nonleaguematters.co.uk opened up a new topic called . . . wait for it . . . The Poiponen13 Thread. It's a fun read so far.
Here is the OP:
This is a thread where our friend from Finland can air his ideas and views
You do not have to read it, if you don't want to.
Any attacks on Poiponen will be considered as against forum rules.
You are allowed to comment on the views and ideas expressed. Please try to reason your arguments, maybe more than given to the idea.
Heh. This sounds mighty familiar!
Quote from: sixfour
Other than some possible OCD on your part, why is this a problem? None of these games are televised, so there is zero reason to spread them about rather than play the games at the time that is best for all parties involved. You suggest a bunch of stuff but never give any sort of rational reasoning, ever
In the FritzOwl thread, about Key Large:
Quote from: FritzOwl on February 22, 2024, 08:36:21 PM
That should have said Key Largb
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2024, 02:51:18 PM
Yesterday, a forum admin over at nonleaguematters.co.uk opened up a new topic called . . . wait for it . . . The Poiponen13 Thread.
If only there was a way we could donate his thread here to them.
Hey, now you've got somewhere you can post your obtuse calendar system (well, there's also Quindaropedia (https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/), which I recommend in lieu of the Alanland thread being open).
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2024, 08:51:10 PM
In the FritzOwl thread, about Key Large:
Quote from: FritzOwl on February 22, 2024, 08:36:21 PM
That should have said Key Largb
Large B is one of my favorite rapper-pollinators
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 22, 2024, 02:56:20 PM
What is up with all these forums not wanting just ban the guy early on and calling it a day?
Most mod teams want to act in a consistent and predictable way. Making case by case judgement calls is a recipe for inconsistency and getting accused that you're playing favorites or discriminating against certain kinds of users. To avoid that, it helps having a list of rules you can point to so you can say "Well, we're banning you because you broke such and such rule, and you should have known you weren't supposed to do that, because it was in the list of rules that you had full access to." This works in 95% of cases.
The problem is that people like Poiponen tend to act in ways that are annoying and unwanted, but defy easy summation in a rule. We don't want to ban fictional highway proposals, because damn near every member of the community has had one of those. And we don't want to ban the off-topic proposals wholesale either, since that's something that could come up organically. The result is that you kind of end up with just a rule that says "don't be annoying", which...doesn't work because then people will end up being annoying in your inbox trying to argue whether they were annoying or not.
So you're kind of reduced to trying to manage their annoyingness while hoping they trip over some other rule that you can get them on.
FWIW comparing this platform to others I manage like Facebook road groups is far from one for one. I'm generally quick to ban on those groups when someone acts like P13. But stuff like that is also expected on platforms such as Facebook. The groups I'm involved with are far more me just managing things (Old Highway 101 is the largest I admin on Facebook) rather than there being a formal committee or complex set of rules. I also occasionally use preemptive bans on known problem people in the road community or at least don't approve their join requests.
The GN page gets a couple bans and post deleted a month when people say things really outlandish. My thought is that it is often better to get rid of crazy people rather than let them fester and cause arguments which might hurt the page.
I tend to be one who doesn't believe in a large set of strictly defined rules with not a lot of room for discretionary decisions. Given I'm aware of some of the recent problems regarding a certain former user. To that end I get to extent why "here" there is extra caution, especially lately. All the same, why the soccer forum we are discussing doesn't tell P13 to pound sand is beyond me.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 22, 2024, 09:48:30 PM
I tend to be one who doesn't believe in a large set of strictly defined rules with not a lot of room for discretionary decisions. Given I'm aware of some of the recent problems regarding a certain former user. To that end I get to extent why "here" there is extra caution, especially lately. All the same, why the soccer forum we are discussing doesn't tell P13 to pound sand is beyond me.
Probably a similar situation to what Scott was describing above. No specific rule exists that P13 can be banned with (yet), so for now they just tolerate P13 and hope they trip-over one of the other rules.
I will admit, I'm personally a fan of general "catch-all"/"spirit of" rules, as long as they're clearly stated as such. For example, Derpibooru (https://derpibooru.org/pages/rules) has Rule #n: "The Rules are not exhaustive" plainly stating that if it's clear to a member of the staff that you're being a dick/troll, but weaseling around the other stated rules to avoid punishment, they can still punish you as they see fit. I want to say that usually I've only seen Rule #n used for deleting comments/forum posts/submissions rather than banning people, though I suspect that one person, whom I dislike for other reasons, got a temp ban once for violating Rule #n due to unsuccessfully botting the 3,000,000th image on that site and then going to complain on Derpibooru that the 3,000,000th image "get" was "stolen" from them afterwards.
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2024, 02:51:18 PMUpdate!
Yesterday, a forum admin over at nonleaguematters.co.uk opened up a new topic called . . . wait for it . . . The Poiponen13 Thread. It's a fun read so far.
It looks like they are trying the containment thread approach. I wish them the very best of luck. Mmmm! Freak sardine salad.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 22, 2024, 02:56:20 PMWhat is up with all these forums not wanting just ban the guy early on and calling it a day?
On this forum he was civil and, for the most part, he accepted direction from forum staff, even if he did so under protest. As far as I have been able to tell, that has been his approach to Web forums in general, not just ours. It then becomes natural for a mod or admin to think he should be given a chance to acculturate to forum norms, as has happened for some of our regulars who, early in their respective times on this forum, attracted attention for all the wrong reasons.
I suspect he would still be a member of this forum if he had acted more like FritzOwl--i.e., simply shared his ideas without seeking engagement from other forum members.
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 22, 2024, 01:57:30 AMQuote from: kphoger on February 20, 2024, 10:50:38 AMETA — Never mind. I see he's found the city-data.com forum.
I wonder how long they'll last there?
Hard to say. The City-Data.com forum is much larger than ours and is a commercial operation. I also suspect it attracts more floating and casual use than we do because it functions as a port of call for people looking to relocate; that would seem to make it harder for him not to get lost in the crowd. I would not expect problems to start unless and until he attracts attention.
My experience as a Reddit mod has shown me that people are assholes.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 22, 2024, 10:49:21 PM
My experience as a Reddit mod has shown me that people are assholes.
I imagine this has to do with the higher fungibility of accounts on the large social media sites (i.e. if you get banned from Reddit, there is not really much preventing you from starting a fresh account, whereas here when we say permanent ban, we mean it).
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 22, 2024, 11:01:05 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 22, 2024, 10:49:21 PM
My experience as a Reddit mod has shown me that people are assholes.
I imagine this has to do with the higher fungibility of accounts on the large social media sites (i.e. if you get banned from Reddit, there is not really much preventing you from starting a fresh account, whereas here when we say permanent ban, we mean it).
I mean, there has been multiple times where I repeatedly banned someone who kept ban evading. And don't get me started on spambots and repost bots.
Isn't this thread for forum quotes rather than continuing to gripe about an annoyance that was dealt with?
Quote from: Rothman on February 22, 2024, 11:31:05 PM
Isn't this thread for forum quotes rather than continuing to gripe about an annoyance that was dealt with?
I almost quoted this without comment as though it was one of my favorite forum quotes.
The wound usually hurts more when you take the knife out.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 22, 2024, 11:56:08 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 22, 2024, 11:31:05 PM
Isn't this thread for forum quotes rather than continuing to gripe about an annoyance that was dealt with?
I almost quoted this without comment as though it was one of my favorite forum quotes.
I'm disappointed that you didn't.
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 23, 2024, 12:01:46 AM
The wound usually hurts more when you take the knife out.
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Quote from: J N Winkler on February 22, 2024, 10:45:54 PM
It looks like they are trying the containment thread approach. I wish them the very best of luck. Mmmm! Freak sardine salad.
I half-seriously considered contacting the admin over there to say basically the same thing, just with more words. I even wondered whether "freak sardine salad" would make any sense to them if I used that phrase.
Quote from: Rothman on February 23, 2024, 07:04:58 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 22, 2024, 11:56:08 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 22, 2024, 11:31:05 PM
Isn't this thread for forum quotes rather than continuing to gripe about an annoyance that was dealt with?
I almost quoted this without comment as though it was one of my favorite forum quotes.
I'm disappointed that you didn't.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 23, 2024, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 23, 2024, 07:04:58 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 22, 2024, 11:56:08 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 22, 2024, 11:31:05 PM
Isn't this thread for forum quotes rather than continuing to gripe about an annoyance that was dealt with?
I almost quoted this without comment as though it was one of my favorite forum quotes.
I'm disappointed that you didn't.
There we go. Well-played.
Quote from: X99 on February 26, 2024, 11:27:46 AM
Quote from: jlam on February 23, 2024, 10:07:53 PM
Fritz, you should make an I-x99 spur to Dildo Key. I think this is needed.
do not make me an interstate spur
This is quoted for the outstanding reply set in boldface; I included the original comment for context. I'm not a member of that forum, but I was was bored while waiting for my office PC to connect and couldn't help but wonder how that thread had turned out over there. The full thread will sound, shall we say, strikingly familiar. (https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forums/threads/the-poiponen13-thread.12558/)
Quote from: MancPaula
Poiponen13 said:
Quote
Now I tell is the football like in the 2284-85 season:
- Premier League and Championship have 22 teams each and League One and Two both have 24 teams.
- FA Cup is quite same as now. FA Cup final is played a few weeks before the season ends.
- World Cup is played in same-type years as now. There are no international breaks from the World Cup until October of the year after it, e.g. after WC 2282, the next break is in October 2283.
- Champions League has three qualifying rounds, 8-team group stage and 4-team knockout stage. Each country may enter a maximum of two teams there.
- Most teams in FL are same as now, but there are also teams like Manniston Town, Burton Swifts, New Brighton Tower, Kettering Town, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Leeds FC, South Shields etc. Conversely, some teams such as Stevenage, Wycombe Wanderers and Crewe Alexandra are not there, but in regional leagues.
- Below League Two, there is a regional championship league system with eight leagues and the leagues' winners play a tournament to determine the one promoted team.
- Rules are same as now. All rules.
What in the name of Satan's butt hole have you been smoking?
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2024, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: MancPaula
Poiponen13 said:
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Now I tell is the football like in the 2284-85 season:
[...]
Rules are same as now. All rules.
I love that he thinks there will be no rule changes at all over the next six decades.
Quote from: kphoger on March 01, 2024, 09:59:00 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2024, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: MancPaula
Poiponen13 said:
Quote
Now I tell is the football like in the 2284-85 season:
[...]
Rules are same as now. All rules.
I love that he thinks there will be no rule changes at all over the next six decades.
Twenty-six decades. Check the years again.
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2024, 10:22:29 AM
Twenty-six decades. Check the years again.
Ah, yes. How silly of me to think he had his sight set so low.
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 01, 2024, 08:18:12 AM
This is quoted for the outstanding reply set in boldface; I included the original comment for context. I'm not a member of that forum, but I was was bored while waiting for my office PC to connect and couldn't help but wonder how that thread had turned out over there. The full thread will sound, shall we say, strikingly familiar. (https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forums/threads/the-poiponen13-thread.12558/)
Skipped to the last page and found this amusing post:
Quote from: Andy D
Quote from: Poipopen13
Leap day is very special. All six previous leap days have had a game in England.
Not wishing to state the bleedin' obvious but there have been more than 6 leap days.
Quote from: SectorZ on March 06, 2024, 10:43:01 AM
"Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should" is a line that comes to mind here.
Holy hell :rofl:
Quote from: I-35 on November 02, 2021, 02:40:41 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 02, 2021, 01:11:29 PM
It's hard to top the "Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway", for all-round unctuousness.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2816/33577919146_f886fdd0db_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TaaBws)
Tell me the locals have shortened that to the CoC Ring.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 19, 2024, 12:54:02 PM
Holy hell :rofl:
Quote from: I-35 on November 02, 2021, 02:40:41 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 02, 2021, 01:11:29 PM
It's hard to top the "Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway", for all-round unctuousness.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2816/33577919146_f886fdd0db_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TaaBws)
Tell me the locals have shortened that to the CoC Ring.
So before I go to Greater Hazelton, I might think about going to Chamber of via the Commerce Beltway.
Quote from: SSOWorld on March 19, 2024, 09:25:27 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 19, 2024, 12:54:02 PM
Holy hell :rofl:
Quote from: I-35 on November 02, 2021, 02:40:41 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 02, 2021, 01:11:29 PM
It's hard to top the "Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Beltway", for all-round unctuousness.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2816/33577919146_f886fdd0db_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TaaBws)
Tell me the locals have shortened that to the CoC Ring.
So before I go to Greater Hazelton, I might think about going to Chamber of via the Commerce Beltway.
PA 424 is not even a beltway. It is purely a east-west route (east end is at PA 93) even with its recent extension west of I-81 into Humboldt Industrial Park.
To contribute additional emphasis to the bit I was laughing at...
Quote from: I-35 on November 02, 2021, 02:40:41 PMTell me the locals have shortened that to the CoC Ring.
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on April 11, 2024, 02:36:48 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on April 09, 2024, 07:32:43 PMQuote from: edwaleni on April 09, 2024, 04:00:33 PMYou can't name a set of dolphins after a politician. That is why they aren't excited about them.
Well, you could. Given that the Oklahoma legislature will name every snippet of road after some random person you've never heard of, I'm surprised nobody's tried it. (But then I don't know that there are even any dolphins in Oklahoma.)
Doesn't the OKC zoo have one?
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 11, 2024, 10:34:08 PMQuote from: Plutonic Panda on April 11, 2024, 02:36:48 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on April 09, 2024, 07:32:43 PMQuote from: edwaleni on April 09, 2024, 04:00:33 PMYou can't name a set of dolphins after a politician. That is why they aren't excited about them.
Well, you could. Given that the Oklahoma legislature will name every snippet of road after some random person you've never heard of, I'm surprised nobody's tried it. (But then I don't know that there are even any dolphins in Oklahoma.)
Doesn't the OKC zoo have one?
I finally made it. I now have something to tell my grandkids about one day.
Yeah, it's my own quote, but it's one of the best things I've ever typed on this forum.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on April 16, 2024, 01:02:53 PMWhen you're jumping from couch to loveseat to chair to avoid stepping on a German sausage.