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Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by Alex - Today at 07:52:19 PM

Got around to posting a lot of what I shot yesterday for the Gateway Expressway.

SR 686A: https://www.aaroads.com/guides/fl-686a/
SR 690: https://www.aaroads.com/guides/fl-690/

Also added photos covering US 19 south at SR 690, SR 686 west at CR 611 and started updating I-275 to show the new Express Lanes and signage for the Gateway Expressway before running out of time.
https://www.aaroads.com/updates/

I'll get to the rest of I-275 at SR 690 and CR 611 south at SR 686A soon.

#2

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

Last post by GaryV - Today at 07:46:28 PM

my endocrinologist changed how they coded my lab work a few years ago

It probably wasn't your doctor's decision. The gummint (CDC) introduced ICD-10 coding  in 2015. I suspect it was a matter of them at some point having to comply with the new codes, perhaps after some clarification instructions from the insurance companies.

#3

Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...

Last post by formulanone - Today at 07:30:12 PM

1467 = 688 + 687 + 92 on I-275

#4

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

Last post by Plutonic Panda - Today at 07:08:29 PM

Thry are trolling and I don't care for college football but I find it stupid.

#5

Northeast / Re: General PA Design/Construc...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 07:05:30 PM

(For  PA 601) PennDOT - District 9 News: State Route 601-Penn Avenue near Hollsopple, Somerset County, is closed due to water damage

#6

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

Last post by kkt - Today at 06:10:17 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.

#7

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

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 06:08:49 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.

A number of reward programs do this, and it sucks.  McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts are 2 I've lost points on since they now expire. Actually with McD's, using the points usually results in a smaller savings than just using one of the basic rewards, so I rarely actually use them. Much of the time using the reward programs gets me discounts so I benefit from that, but I forget about or purposely don't use the accumulated points. 

#8

Canada / Re: Quebec's Highways

Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 06:08:06 PM

They are happy with the 100 km/h speed limit with no plans to raise it to 110 km/h.

Of course they are, they can rack up more speeding tickets that way.

#9

Northeast / Re: Pennsylvania

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 05:52:17 PM

Penn State happens to publish old campus maps that I personally find interesting. I've yet to find a town map of State College in PSU libraries or published by the state, so for now this page has to suffice. Walking around campus, there's some geography notes I've found interesting:

• 1992 map: what on earth are those phone numbers? I've seen 7 digit phone numbers (area code is implied), but never 5 digit ones.

This is a product of the phone system the college uses.  Using a phone within the college's system, they only need to dial the 5 numbers shown.  The 1st number is the last number of the local extension (ie: 623-3064.  If you needed to call from outside the school's system, just dial the 7 digit number, which is now probably area code plus 7 digit number).  Each professor's office, classroom, administration and other offices all probably had 5 digit numbers as well. 

State offices in Trenton, NJ have the same (or at least similar) system, although some Divisions and Departments have changed to a newer system that involves dialing all 10 digits. 

#10

Weather / Re: Severe Weather

Last post by epzik8 - Today at 05:52:02 PM

Nebraska hit with tornadoes.

https://www.wowt.com/2024/04/27/live-updates-tornado-survivors-around-omaha-metro-take-stock-move-forward-aftermath/

Wild seeing clips of those massive tornadoes in Lincoln and Omaha.