Roadgeek Memes

[roadman]

Not exactly a meme, but i just saw this in Imgur and thought it appropriate here.  Unfortunately, it keeps applying to more and more people.

Reminds me of a Simpsons scene.  Chief Wiggum pulls Homer over and says to him "The reason I stopped you is because you've got a short in your taillight.  It started blinking when you made that right turn."

[index]

[english si]

Texas: dammit, Illinois is pulling away in the most-2dis stakes with that tiny bit of I-41 - why didn't we use more numbers for I-69? We need to make a short spur a 2di based on loony plans to extend it to keep up at low cost. I know - I-14 to Killeen!

NC: wait, we can do that? Hold my beer!

[Road Hog]

Wish we had the like function on this board, because there's so much to like on this thread.

[jakeroot]

Wish we had the like function on this board, because there's so much to like on this thread.

A proper AARoads response would be to say nothing if impressed, but complain loudly otherwise. What we really need is a dislike function.

[formulanone]

Wish we had the like function on this board, because there's so much to like on this thread.

A proper AARoads response would be to say nothing if impressed, but complain loudly otherwise. What we really need is a dislike function.

Disliking your dislike.

[jeffandnicole]

Wish we had the like function on this board, because there's so much to like on this thread.

We had that discussion before someplace.  I think a kinda-generalized conclusion is that people would just 'like' something rather than contributing to the discussion.

[hotdogPi]

I'm strongly against a dislike button. It would significantly reduce my activity for fear of getting downvoted.

[Rothman]

[adventurernumber1]

I personally wouldn't be too overly hip for either a like or a dislike button (but if I had to choose one, like would be better, as it would show one's appreciation for a post, and dislike buttons would easily start controversy if a person got a very large number of dislikes on their post). I think we're probably fine on this forum with none of those buttons, but that's just me.

That is some really funny stuff. Great job!     

[vdeane]

Wish we had the like function on this board, because there's so much to like on this thread.

We had that discussion before someplace.  I think a kinda-generalized conclusion is that people would just 'like' something rather than contributing to the discussion.

Well, I know there are a few times when I've felt that I've liked something enough to warrant expressing it somehow but don't really have anything to say other than "I like this", which IMO doesn't really add to the discussion.  Such situations I wind up just moving on without replying.  I can certainly understand not wanting to become Facebook, though.

[wxfree]

Here's one I just ran across in the wild, on Facebook.



On the original page, one of the commenters says this is a real photo of his hometown, Missoula.  I checked and it really does look like that.

https://www.facebook.com/tastelessgentlemen/photos/a.297936620264740.70623.280304355361300/1958680064190379/?type=3&theater

[freebrickproductions]

Here's one I just ran across in the wild, on Facebook.



On the original page, one of the commenters says this is a real photo of his hometown, Missoula.  I checked and it really does look like that.

https://www.facebook.com/tastelessgentlemen/photos/a.297936620264740.70623.280304355361300/1958680064190379/?type=3&theater

I love the one little corner of the angled area that's inline with the railroad rather than US 12 or a N/S grid.

[US 89]

Denver does the same thing. The entire metropolitan area is built on a N/S grid, except for the northwestern downtown area, which is aligned with the railroad and the South Platte River.

[kkt]

Different grids is a very common thing.  Seattle has 4 or 5.  S.F. has 2.  Many of the Central Valley cities along CA 99 and the railroad are aligned with them, and then switch to N-S grids outside of their downtown.

[sparker]

Then you have San Jose, which simply fans out southward from downtown.  Meridian Avenue is the closest thing to a strictly N-S route -- but it actually bends slightly SSE near its southern end.  Almost as if city planners threw their hands up and uttered "whatever". 

[mrpablue]

Many of the Central Valley cities along CA 99 and the railroad are aligned with them, and then switch to N-S grids outside of their downtown.

One of my favorite examples is the town of Patterson, near SR130's hypothetical terminus between SR33 and I-5. The streets are laid out in a fun radial pattern that only extends about five blocks in each direction before switching to N-S/E-W. Interestingly, the rural roads on the other side of SR33 align with the rail, not cardinal directions.

Perhaps the biggest such city that comes to mind is Fresno.

[MCRoads]

Just had to put this...

[hotdogPi]

I don't see the problem.

[MCRoads]

I don't see the problem.

The TPike was supposed to continue, however ODOT didn't do it, and didn't buy row to do it, and now when we really want it, we can't.

[kkt]

I don't see the problem.

The TPike was supposed to continue, however ODOT didn't do it, and didn't buy row to do it, and now when we really want it, we can't.

Ooooh... I thought you were complaining about the I-40 shield being rounded at the bottom instead of pointy.

[Roadsguy]

Fictional Highways in a nutshell.

[MNHighwayMan]

Fictional Highways in a nutshell.

Nailed it.

[jakeroot]

I think it's good, except, it sucks. lolololol

[SSOWorld]