Thank you for your patience during the Forum downtime while we upgraded the software. Welcome back and see this thread for some new features and other changes to the forum.
Quote from: Alex on April 24, 2024, 01:51:38 PMFollowing over six and half years of construction, the Gateway Expressway (SR 686A/690) in Pinellas is finally set to open this Friday!QuoteAccording to the Florida Department of Transportation, the new toll roads and I-275 Express Lanes are expected to open to traffic on Friday, April 26.
The Gateway Expressway not only connects U.S. 19 and I-275 but also directly connects the Bayside Bridge — north of 49th Street N. — to I-275.
Quote from: roadman65 on April 25, 2024, 06:42:24 PMhttps://fdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=3b2f9ae3594343d8aa0aa74cf569a5bf
Pensacola construction on I-10 at US 29 starts.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on April 25, 2024, 10:34:23 AMQuote from: ElishaGOtis on April 23, 2024, 01:59:57 PMThat wouldn't be such a bad idea either, although I'm not sure how far south the upgrade should go. I'd be willing to consider as far south as SR 60. South of that, while there's certainly some suburban sprawl, I'm not sure the traffic gets bad enough to require turning the road into a limited-access highway.Quote from: D-Dey65 on April 22, 2024, 03:19:56 PMQuote from: NE2 on April 04, 2024, 01:35:00 PMThis is why US 27 should be upgraded into a limited-access highway at least between US 192 and 50, instead of building all the other crap they're building around there. I'd almost consider extending the upgrade to I-4.Quote from: formulanone on April 04, 2024, 08:47:03 AMThis is the first reference to SR 516 that I've seen...is it part of a proposed beltway for Clermont or just a connector between US 27 and SR 429? Seems to be a puzzling location for now.Just a connector. US 27 has gone to shit and there are no good connections to 429 between 192 and 50.
IMHO, if anything is in need of an upgrade, it's US-27 south of I-4 and north of the new Toll 516 connector. It appears that your proposal would do a similar job to what 516, 429, and I-4 express will do, provided that they work properly in tandem. What do you think?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on Today at 02:05:06 PMNot sure what the point of removing the images is? The bridge did in fact exist and the right of way seemingly will be reused.Not sure what the point of keeping the images would be? The bridge no longer exist and images have no value except for historic and nostalgia - hence useless for most maps users. .
Quote from: mgk920 on Today at 01:48:41 PMA century ago, nearly all everyday commerce was in coins ONLY. Carrying a single $1 banknote around then was like carrying at least a C-note now. And yet, in the 1920s, we normally used coins of 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ and 50¢. a half dollar would buy a decent restaurant meal for the entire family.Probably the most important missing piece for me.
Mike
Mike
Quote from: thspfc on Today at 02:29:45 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on Today at 01:19:46 PMI'm also still holding judgement on Love's future career. He is nowhere near Mahomes' level and I doubt he will ever be a top 10 QB in the league.Love is a top 10 QB right now . . .
Quote from: JayhawkCO on Today at 01:19:46 PMI'm also still holding judgement on Love's future career. He is nowhere near Mahomes' level and I doubt he will ever be a top 10 QB in the league.Love is a top 10 QB right now . . .
Quote from: kalvado on Today at 12:53:14 PMQuote from: akotchi on Today at 10:02:55 AMThe silver dollars (Morgan and Peace) circulated. Currency existed, though not sure if it was that prevalent at the time.It's been a while since I used cash as a primary payment method... but back then coins were flowing both ways for me, and I would be OK with pretty large nomination coins as long as they were not too heavy. Carrying coins, except for a stray coin or two, isn't really a thing for me any more. Most wallets are cards-and-bills these days anyway.
Currency took over during the 36-year gap between dollar coin issuance, which also saw the elimination of precious metal (silver) from the coin. I have to believe that this gap doomed the relevance of a dollar coin (especially one that large) while a dollar bill circulated.
Even with the smaller coin, dollar bills still rule -- who wants a pile of dollar coins in their pocket? I see dollar coins mainly at train/subway stations. As long as dollar bills are still made, no dollar coin of any type will circulate widely. Any that are made now, Native American or American Innovation, are for collectors (not for circulation). And . . . the U.S. Mint still makes money making money.
Canada and Europe seem to do well without 1 and 2 dollar/euro bills.
Today, coins are mostly tossed into the bowl - and recently I dumped $120 worth of change into a change machine. If there were dollar coins in that mix... I would likely be less comfortable with parking that much money on a shelf, but what would that mean in reality? More frequent bank visits or less cash overall?
I am not sure what I would do if I got $1-2-3 into that bowl instead of 25-50 cents each time I buy coffee for cash.
Quote from: webny99 on Today at 11:37:18 AM^ All I'm saying is a somewhat similar strategy worked out OK for the Packers with Jordan Love and even better for the Chiefs with Mahomes. Even though the financials here are a bit different, the fact that they just paid Cousins so much money is arguably the worse move. It's a unique approach, but too early to say for sure that it was a bad move since the projected upside is long-term rather than immediate. If the pick hits, the contract stuff won't matter as much, and certainly won't be a talking point in 5+ years.