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#21

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

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 04:23:15 PM

I just can't see Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, whoever saying, "Well, I know you only have $2.50, but the market will bear $3.00, so tough luck, next time."

Did either Jesus, Mohammed, of the Buddha even live in a culture where any goods had a fixed price at all?  Wasn't the price of pretty much everything haggled?

(Honest question.  I'm no historian.)

Not an expert either, but I'm doing to assume there were some fixed rates that everyone in the society knew, a la when you go to a developing country where they don't use taxi meters. Everyone who lives there knows that a ride to the airport costs x. I highly doubt on a day to day basis, a basket of apples costs one bushel of wheat one day and two bushels the next day.

#22

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

Last post by kphoger - Today at 04:14:29 PM

I just can't see Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, whoever saying, "Well, I know you only have $2.50, but the market will bear $3.00, so tough luck, next time."

Did either Jesus, Mohammed, of the Buddha even live in a culture where any goods had a fixed price at all?  Wasn't the price of pretty much everything haggled?

(Honest question.  I'm no historian.)

#23

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

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 04:14:10 PM

The Howard Frankland Bridge finally opening after nearly five years of construction.

#24

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

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 04:09:05 PM

 The word us becoming US.  It happens every time I try to write U-S to spell us.


It's annoying somewhat.


Now back to the philosophy talk 😂.

#25

Central States / Re: Interstate 42 (W)

Last post by MikieTimT - Today at 04:05:23 PM

Drove through the construction site eastbound into Tontitown on US-412 through the AR-612 construction site and took a short time lapse through the construction site.  Next time I go westbound through the construction zone, I'll take and upload another YouTube Short.

#26

Bridges / Re: NTSB recommends risk asses...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 04:04:44 PM

And is the NTSB making any effort to convince government to make available the funding needed to implement these risk reduction plans?  Or is it once again just a think tank churning out opinions?

Uh, the NTSB is the government. They are limited in their ability to influence funding, though, since that's determined by the legislative branch and NTSB is part of the executive branch, so they are supposed to be independent of each other.

#27

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: US 231 - Mid-States Corrid...

Last post by ITB - Today at 04:04:07 PM

In Dubois County, INDOT is having to resort to lawsuits against property owners to allow surveyor access. Up to 121 landowners are refusing to allow access to their properties, causing the Tier 2 study to stall as surveying is not yet to be completed.

Read more about it here.

#28

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

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 03:55:51 PM

None of these are relevant to what we are talking about.

I disagree.

And another:

"Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be discerning enough to desist. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle."  -- Proverbs 23:4-5

Whether they apply is a matter of biblical interpretation.  How much study have you done into the texts you quoted?  Or was that just a quick Google search?

Robbery (גָּזַל) is not the same thing as deciding what price to charge for an item you're selling in a free market.  The oppression (עָשַׁק) of workers is not the same thing either.  Nor is cheating (same Hebrew word as 'oppression') someone.  The love (φιλαργυρία) of money spoken of in Timothy's first epistle is not the same thing as charging a price that the market will bear.

Just a google search as I certainly don't claim to be a biblical scholar.

My main point is that many people in our society propose that their morality comes from their religion. And, at least from this outsider, I have a hard time reconciling following the teaching of a person who literally gave everything away to others, including his life, with trying to make sure to get every cent possible when completing a business transaction. I just can't see Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, whoever saying, "Well, I know you only have $2.50, but the market will bear $3.00, so tough luck, next time."

[Plantside Drive Extension Study]

#29

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Kentucky

Last post by seicer - Today at 03:45:20 PM

Plantside Drive Extension Study
Orphaned bridge to be used

"The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, in collaboration with Louisville Metro Government and Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA), performed the Plantside Drive Extension Study to identify and evaluate potential concepts to improve connectivity between Rehl Road (CR 1006H) and Taylorsville Road (KY 155) in Louisville."

Regarding the bridge:

"A bridge over Norfolk Southern railroad was constructed between I-265 and Riggs Lake in 2018 at a cost of $1.5 million in preparation for a future extension of Plantside Drive.6 This bridge was constructed to carry four 12-foot lanes of vehicular traffic with bicycle lanes and sidewalks. No approaches have been constructed."

Both concepts will reconfigure the bridge for three lanes with a multi-use path on one side and a sidewalk on the other in accordance with a Complete Streets policy. Projected 2050 traffic counts do not dictate anything more than that.

#30

Mid-South / Re: I-49 in Arkansas

Last post by MikieTimT - Today at 03:44:29 PM

Lots of road construction signs on the dirt roads north of AR-22 near the current end of AR-549, dirt work on the river banks east of the L&D 13 bridge on AR-59, and construction signs and utility markers as well as dirt work on Gun Club Rd. off AR-59 north of the bridge/dam.  Dirt work has begun on the Arkansas River crossing for I-49 now, so finally starting to see activity.  I was unprepared to see it, so didn't get any pictures or video as I wasn't prepared, and I was driving with wife sleeping and kids on their phones, but if I get back down to Charleston at some point over the next few months, I'll prepare for it.