It's 2018 and I still can't belive that...

[Roadgeekteen]

I made it first.

[adventurernumber1]

I made it first.

Nah. Regarding this forum, it was probably actually CNGL-Leudimin, or someone else even farther east. 

But despite living close to the East Coast, I actually have not made it yet myself - this is because right now I am in the beautiful state of California on a vacation. I will now be there in less than 3 hours, though. 

[Max Rockatansky]

That it's still not butter. 

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

CST has yet to see the New Year! ☹️


iPhone

[jwolfer]

Happy New Year to all my roadgeek friends... At the appropriate time for each individuals time one.. so for some this is belated... For some early... But Happy New Year none the less

Z981

[US 89]

Mountain time sucks for New Year. The ABC show is tape delayed one hour, and then at 10pm Mountain the show stops and there is local news for the next hour. You don't even get to see the ball drop until the re-run, which is at 2 am or something like that.

[SSOWorld]

CST has yet to see the New Year! ☹️


iPhone

not true.

oh wait....

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

CST has yet to see the New Year! ☹️


iPhone

not true.

oh wait....

I think Fort Smith only had one firework... Poor ass town!


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[J Route Z]

That there are no flying cars on the road yet.

[Bruce]

We give out licenses to people without a thorough review and not re-test them until a serious incident happens.

We don't treat fatal collisions with people on bikes and on foot as serious homicides, and charge as such.

We don't adequately fund and manage public transportation, certainly not at the level of subsidies and other support that automobiles get.

We don't charge user fees for automobiles tearing up our roads, whose maintenance just isn't up to par.

We don't build conventional high-speed railways like literally every other industrialized nation on earth.

[Hurricane Rex]

The west wishes the country a happy new year!

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I made it first.

Nah. Regarding this forum, it was probably actually CNGL-Leudimin, or someone else even farther east. 

I recognize Roadgeekteen's post as the first in 2018 as for forum purposes I use Eastern time, even though bugo did that in my real life time zone (Central Europe). I even mentioned the fact I was already in 2018 but my forum time wasn't yet when posting the New Year thread.

[Brandon]

We don't treat fatal collisions with people on bikes and on foot as serious homicides, and charge as such.

Because they're not, unless they're intentional.  They are considered crashes.  Unless you want to be like the Italians and charge pilots for committing errors while flying.  (which is damned asinine)

We don't adequately fund and manage public transportation, certainly not at the level of subsidies and other support that automobiles get.

I see this often, but no one ever names the subsidies.  Name them.

We don't charge user fees for automobiles tearing up our roads, whose maintenance just isn't up to par.

Actually, we do.  It's called a "gas tax".  Flipping it around, why don't we charge bicyclists a user fee for the bicycle lanes and bike paths they want?

We don't build conventional high-speed railways like literally every other industrialized nation on earth.

You do realize that most places in North America are much, much farther apart than in Europe.  Flying is what originally killed rail, and would still be faster than most high-speed rail for our proposes.

[hotdogPi]

I made it first.

Nah. Regarding this forum, it was probably actually CNGL-Leudimin, or someone else even farther east. 

I recognize 1's post as the first in 2018 as for forum purposes I use Eastern time, even though bugo did that in my real life time zone (Central Europe). I even mentioned the fact I was already in 2018 but my forum time wasn't yet when posting the New Year thread.

Which post? I don't remember posting after midnight.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Oops! Corrected.

[jeffandnicole]

We don't build conventional high-speed railways like literally every other industrialized nation on earth.

You do realize that most places in North America are much, much farther apart than in Europe.  Flying is what originally killed rail, and would still be faster than most high-speed rail for our proposes.

The average size of a country in Europe is about the size of Pennsylvania.  Its a lot easier to connect a country when you only have to go a few hundred miles.

[hotdogPi]

We don't build conventional high-speed railways like literally every other industrialized nation on earth.

You do realize that most places in North America are much, much farther apart than in Europe.  Flying is what originally killed rail, and would still be faster than most high-speed rail for our proposes.

The average size of a country in Europe is about the size of Pennsylvania.  Its a lot easier to connect a country when you only have to go a few hundred miles.

Southern NH, MA, RI, CT, southern NY (downstate and lower upstate), eastern PA, NJ, DE, MD, DC, and northern VA is a region that is urban enough to be connected in this way. However, there is only one rail line that is faster than normal: the Acela. Anything not along the general I-95 corridor (such as Manchester, Lowell, Worcester, Hartford, Springfield, Waterbury, Albany, Long Island, Atlantic City, Dover, and Frederick) gets skipped.

[jeffandnicole]

Start including the smaller cities in the area, and the 'high speed rail' slows down greatly.

[20160805]

I can't believe it's 2018 already, meaning that in two years it will be 2020.

[cjk374]

....that spelling is a great challenge. 

....and that I let that bug me so much. 

[jwolfer]

Personal for me.. I can't believe this will be my 30 year high school reunion

Z981

[US 89]

....that spelling is a great challenge. 

....and that I let that bug me so much. 

I didn't even notice until you posted this.

[slorydn1]

.....that people still type answers inside the post they quoted. 


Oh, and same for me jwolfer!

[7/8]

This annoys me too

.....that people still type answers inside the post they quoted. 


Oh, and same for me jwolfer!

[slorydn1]

This annoys me too

.....that people still type answers inside the post they quoted. 


Oh, and same for me jwolfer!

I do totally get how it can happen though. When we use the quick reply box the cursor looks like its in the right spot so people just type. I have done it myself numerous times. But I proofread my post and I usually catch it before I hit post. Occasionally I don't catch it until after I posted, and then its a    and a quick edit job.