Quote from: Scott5114 on Today at 12:56:25 AMor maybe one of the weird (i.e. not solid color) heart emojis I've never seen anyone but bots use
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 07, 2024, 09:50:07 PMI'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.
Quote from: jgb191 on Today at 12:02:16 AMI 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.
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 07, 2024, 10:52:13 PMHow common are roundabouts in the state of Washington?
Quote from: edwaleni on May 07, 2024, 12:36:09 PMQuote from: Rothman on May 07, 2024, 11:49:42 AMKYDOT planning to take over Illinois...
The problem with rational highway planning in this region is that Illinois is trying to keep the City of Cairo relevant.
They are still trying to get an intermodal center built there, but the local port authority spent all of the money on things they weren't supposed to, so the state stopped the money.
and I quote....
"Osman also said in that letter that the administration had become deeply concerned that more than half of the funds spent by the state up to that point had been used for "consulting, project and grant management, and development expertise services."
"In the future, state funds should be used for the engineering, site readiness, and environmental work necessary to complete the development of the port terminal," he wrote. "Minimal funds may be used for consultation services."
Illinois has replaced the local port authority director, so hopefully the nearly $4 million in new funds can be used properly.
Quote from: mgk920 on May 06, 2024, 10:27:48 PMWhen I was a kid, we never had mail delivery to our whole block being one number off. OTOH, it was not unusual for us to get mail for '(our number) EAST Our St' instead of '(our number) WEST Our St', and vice versa. I assume that that was no longer a problem after the USPS split the 54911 ZIP Code, giving our part of the city '54914' (about 1980).
Mike