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Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by wanderer2575 - Today at 04:11:58 AM

A couple money-related ones.  One is the short expiration cycle for rewards points at Price Chopper/Market32/Market Bistro.  The checkouts only give the option to use them when you have more than 500.  You can use them before, but have to specifically request it, so I usually wait until then unless I see that some are expiring.  Well, I somehow missed the thing on my receipts mentioning points expiring (either it's gotten less obvious or I got so used to hitting 500 before this happens that I've stopped checking as vigorously as I should) until I finished checking out today, and now I have a few points expiring by the end of the month with no way to use them in time.

More irritating to me are store gift cards, i.e. actual cash, that expire (how the fudge does cash expire?) or deduct a monthly "maintenance fee" after some number of months after purchase, like they have to take my card balance out for a walk or something.

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Mid-South / Re: April bid openings: $1.09 ...

Last post by In_Correct - Today at 01:42:18 AM

Time for this discussion to be locked ?! If any body is concerned about tax dollars being wasted, perhaps they should be concerned that their tax dollars are paying for D.O.T. Employees to hijack discussions, spread narratives and other oppositions, for the most childish of reasons. Keep your toxic attitudes off of here AND the roads.

#3

Mountain West / Re: Phoenix Area Highways

Last post by KeithE4Phx - Today at 01:21:53 AM

I sincerely hope ADOT plans repave the SanTan Freeway in Gilbert soon. The noise is just deafening.

They repaved and striped the entire Red Mountain Fwy segment of the 202, east of the 101, a couple weeks ago.  I would think they'll do the Santan Fwy segment soon.  The segment between the 10/51 and 101 needs it as well.

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Mountain West / Re: Phoenix Area Highways

Last post by KeithE4Phx - Today at 01:19:14 AM

A Business 60 designation along old the old US 60 (and old US 70/80/89) alignment through Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Apache Jct. was probably considered unnecessary. There was once a Business 10 in Phoenix: https://www.aaroads.com/interstate-guide/business/ir-010/#arizona, although it seems to have been decommissioned around the time the last segment of Interstate 10 was completed in 1990.

IIRC, ADOT turned Van Buren St. (Phx), Mill Ave/Apache Blvd (Tempe), and Main St (Mesa) to their respective cities at the time.  It still maintains and signs US 60 on Grand Ave. northwest of I-17.  If ADOT doesn't maintain it, ADOT doesn't sign it. 

One gratuitous example:  Country Club Drive/Arizona Ave. through Mesa and Chandler, other than the interchange at US 60 and between the Loop 202 and McKellips Rd.  They are the only segments of AZ 87 still signed south of the 202 Red Mountain Fwy to the Pinal County line.  Yes, there are signs for AZ 87 for Arizona Ave. on the 202 Santan Fwy, but once you hit the off-ramps, there are none.  Arizona Ave. is not signed as 87 anywhere in Chandler, even though there are still a few ADOT mileposts on it between the county line and a couple miles north of the 202.

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Mid-Atlantic / Re: Maryland

Last post by cpzilliacus - Today at 01:11:07 AM

There's no ROW there except for the power lines. There is absolutely no way you can put a freeway there.

I respectfully disagree.  Agree that there is no room there now, but
the four 230 kVA lines are carried by lattice steel pylons that date
to the 1960's or maybe 1950's, and form a "beltway" of those lines
across Montgomery County and Prince George's County.  I think it may
be possible (if the old pylons will be replaced) to move the structures
that carry the phase conductors ("wires") to both sides of the
right-of-way and put a road down the middle, where the transmission
line pylons are now. PEPCo has very recently added a new line (looks
like 230 kVA) on steel poles the edge of that same right-of-way (while
keeping the old pylons) north of Gaithersburg (which crosses I-270
between Watkins Mill Road and Middlebrook Road) which is right up
against the trees.

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General Highway Talk / Re: Freeways / Expressways giv...

Last post by US20IL64 - Today at 01:08:36 AM

I-55 in St. Louis area crosses the Mississippi River on the "Poplar St. Bridge". I-70 now has its own bridge.

Opps I see already mentioned in another thread.

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Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by ElishaGOtis - Today at 12:25:25 AM

Found this on my travels... I don't recall SR-694 having a toll.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iNxTAEQBygemDudv5

#8

Traffic Control / Re: Erroneous road signs

Last post by Hunty2022 - April 27, 2024, 11:00:26 PM

I don't have any pictures of this, but earlier tonight, I saw erroneous VA-230 shields approaching the route from SR-621 EB.

They used Secondary shields, likely on the other side of the intersection as well.

#9

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by vdeane - April 27, 2024, 10:07:13 PM

A couple money-related ones.  One is the short expiration cycle for rewards points at Price Chopper/Market32/Market Bistro.  The checkouts only give the option to use them when you have more than 500.  You can use them before, but have to specifically request it, so I usually wait until then unless I see that some are expiring.  Well, I somehow missed the thing on my receipts mentioning points expiring (either it's gotten less obvious or I got so used to hitting 500 before this happens that I've stopped checking as vigorously as I should) until I finished checking out today, and now I have a few points expiring by the end of the month with no way to use them in time.

Well, yeah, the purpose of loyalty points is not to give you stuff for free, it's to keep you coming back.  Putting limitations in the way of redeeming the points keeps the program from costing them too much.

Sure, but normally I'm good about avoiding such things (and the BS fees that lots of companies structure in to make more money).  I take a lot of pride in avoiding such things, so it hurts so much to be hit by it this time (even if the actual financial impact is only 31 cents).

Also, your post reminded me of the episode of Ghosts where Trevor's brother exploited a loophole in the Woodstone Rewards program to live there for free.

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Canada / Re: Quebec's Highways

Last post by vdeane - April 27, 2024, 10:01:34 PM

At this point, I think we can comfortably say that Québec has the lowest speed limits in all of Canada (the Oregon of the North, I suppose, although even Oregon has 70 now).  Didn't the PQ propose raising the limit to 120 in the last election?