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#1

Northeast / Re: Rhode Island News

Last post by Ted$8roadFan - Today at 05:11:41 AM

This is Rhode Island. Anything is possible.

#2

General Highway Talk / Re: Tilted Overhead Signs

Last post by freebrickproductions - Today at 03:26:09 AM

^^ Does Georgia still have the policy of no cantilever gantries?

Doesn't look like it, unless they made an exception for APLs.

Unless I misunderstood what you're describing and are talking about something like the one in roadman's post.

#3

Off-Topic / Re: Most irritating emoji

Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 02:05:28 AM

or maybe one of the weird (i.e. not solid color) heart emojis I've never seen anyone but bots use

want some fun? 💗💓💖

In all seriousness, my answer goes to 👏. It always gets used between words in the most patronizing posts on the entire Internet.

#4

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

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 01:31:24 AM

I love when you encounter a group of cars driving slow in the right lane, so you move into the left lane to pass the line when suddenly the car at the end of the line decides at that precise moment that he don't want to be part of the party and then pulls into the left lane to also start passing those in front of him.

It happens a lot and it's annoying when your clear road gets blocked in both lanes  constantly as either the bozo is micro passing the others, or he is delayed in accelerating as when you slow down to their speed they speed up to a faster speed than you were originally. Meanwhile you almost stopped for the three seconds the drivers brain is figuring out that he can go faster too.

What gets me is why do they spend minutes behind slow drivers and suddenly realize that they don't want to drive slowly.

#5

Pacific Southwest / Re: California

Last post by cl94 - Today at 01:23:12 AM

I've been driving past that project for several months.  I thought it was a shoulder widening and barrier reinforcement the first couple times I looked at it.

From what I can tell, it's a bunch of relatively minor stuff. Barrier/ guiderail replacement, resurfacing, drainage. Every cross street between Salinas and San Francisco has been removed (with one exception near San Juan Bautista) and a full freeway is officially off the table right now for various reasons, so I don't think the value add of something else in Prunedale would be worth the cost.

I'll be down that way to meet with one of the agencies having jurisdiction next month, so I can try and remember to ask them if we don't have an answer.

#6

Off-Topic / Re: Most irritating emoji

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 12:56:25 AM

I don't find any of these particularly annoying. I would have voted for 💅🏻, or maybe one of the weird (i.e. not solid color) heart emojis I've never seen anyone but bots use.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone use 🚱. What context would that be used in that it's annoying?

#7

Off-Topic / Most irritating emoji

Last post by kurumi - Today at 12:46:19 AM

Back in the day, all we had was ":-)"

(some of the Japanese character emojis are explained here: http://www.kurumi.com/jp/2016/06/11/k-emoji.html)

#8

Off-Topic / Re: Random Thoughts

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 12:46:02 AM

I was connecting at Hobby Airport yesterday and at the gate next to where I was boarding for my onward flight back home, I overheard this:

Southwest Airlines gate agent (calmly): "Good Evening sir, what airport are you flying to tonight?"
Southwest Airlines Passenger (upset):  "I'm going to California ma'am."
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calm):  "Okay, do you know which airport?"
Southwest Airlines passenger (irate):  "I just told you, California!"
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calmly): "I understand sir, but which airport exactly?"
Southwest Airlines passenger (angrily):  "What part of 'California' do you not understand ma'am?!"
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calm):  "There are a lot of airports in California, I just need to know which one."
Southwest Airlines passenger (blows fuse):  "I need to speak to your manager, NOW!!!"

I felt really terrible; it seems that airline agents are kicked in the head way more than any other customer service profession.  I wish airlines would provide trauma assistance every week for their employees.

They're lucky they didn't get me. I would have just picked one at random at that point.

Hope y'all have a good trip to Daggett!

#9

Northwest / Re: Washington

Last post by Bruce - Today at 12:29:10 AM

How common are roundabouts in the state of Washington?

We've got a few hundred now apparently. Many intersections have been converted, but they're still somewhat rare in interchanges.

Multilane, high-traffic ones are very rare. Lake Stevens opened one months ago that is still having frequent collisions.

#10

Off-Topic / Re: Random Thoughts

Last post by jgb191 - Today at 12:02:16 AM

I was connecting at Hobby Airport yesterday and at the gate next to where I was boarding for my onward flight back home, I overheard this:

Southwest Airlines gate agent (calmly): "Good Evening sir, what airport are you flying to tonight?"
Southwest Airlines Passenger (upset):  "I'm going to California ma'am."
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calm):  "Okay, do you know which airport?"
Southwest Airlines passenger (irate):  "I just told you, California!"
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calmly): "I understand sir, but which airport exactly?"
Southwest Airlines passenger (angrily):  "What part of 'California' do you not understand ma'am?!"
Southwest Airlines gate agent (still calm):  "There are a lot of airports in California, I just need to know which one."
Southwest Airlines passenger (blows fuse):  "I need to speak to your manager, NOW!!!"

I felt really terrible; it seems that airline agents are kicked in the head way more than any other customer service profession.  I wish airlines would provide trauma assistance every week for their employees.