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

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 12:27:34 PM

Airbnb cleaning fees.

I'm ok with this one, within reason.  Some people are slobs and leave houses in atrocious condition. Other fees are just add-ons for no reason other than pure profit.

[EB 99]

#2

Pacific Southwest / Re: Westside Parkway & Centenn...

Last post by roadfro - Today at 12:21:26 PM

I was able to stay on EB 99 just fine...

Now that would require some signage

Whoops... Edited original post.

#3

General Highway Talk / Re: "Highways" that are actual...

Last post by GaryA - Today at 12:18:36 PM

Whitnall Highway in the San Fernando Valley:

http://goo.gl/maps/icp1d

Was originally going to be much more:

http://cahighways.org/257-264.html#258

That's interesting given that parts of the route went in a diagonal direction. The northwest end of the proposed Whitnall freeway in the proposed route is where CA-118 is today. However CA-118 goes east-west toward the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley.

Reading about the Whitnall Highway (different from the later proposed Whitnall Freeway) always leaves me a little confused, since the text descriptions say it was supposed to end in Newhall, but the maps have it running more northwest and ending in what is now Chatsworth.

#4

Sports / Re: General NBA thread

Last post by mgk920 - Today at 11:55:03 AM

Lakers fired their head coach, too.

Mike

#5

Pacific Southwest / Re: Interstate 11 alignment, t...

Last post by ilpt4u - Today at 11:53:11 AM

any reason why 11 doesn't end at exit 99 on us 95?

At-grade just north of Kyle Canyon Road. Ends at the last interchange before the at-grade.

I don't see any at-grade intersection in Google Earth. But past Kyle Canyon Rd it's certainly not up to Interstate standards. The inner shoulders are unpaved.

But it makes sense to end the I-11 designation at an interchange with a state highway, rather than a golf course driveway.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/d6jkdkqMsYmrXQhA8?g_st=ic

Found it in GSV. Coordinates 36.3359889, -115.3209178 just north of Kyle Canyon Rd interchange

Even is signed with a "one way" sign after the crossover on 95NB

Thru Moccasin Rd traffic can use this crossover, even tho it is gravel for the "gap" between paved Moccasin Rd on either side of 95, tho a "Do Not Enter" sign is posted on the east side of the 95NB lanes at the crossover. No such signage on the west side of the 95SB lanes. And the typical "Yield" and "One Way" signage at the median crossover

#6

Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by bing101 - Today at 11:41:27 AM

Hmm that proposed tower in Oklahoma City could have been in places like Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin and would have fit right in  the skylines of those cities given how much those places are currently fighting to attract companies to have Downtown offices in those places.

#7

Weather / Re: What's your weather curren...

Last post by gonealookin - Today at 11:30:40 AM

It's just windy right now, but the Winter Storm Warning takes effect in a couple hours.  This could set the opening of Caltrans' Sierra passes back a little bit.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

* WHAT...Heavy snow above 5000 feet. Snow accumulations up to 5 to 8 inches around the Lake Tahoe Basin, 8 to 12 inches over higher Sierra passes, and 12 to 24 inches of snow across the Sierra Crest above 7000 feet. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph. Wind prone areas along Hwy-395 in Mono County may see gusts 60+ mph. Higher Sierra ridgetops may see gusts 100+ mph.

* WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area, and Mono County.

[CANCELED]

#8

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Indianapolis Road Meet - S...

Last post by SSOWorld - Today at 11:13:15 AM

CANCELED

Alas, that's what I suspected - The EMC meeting wins.  As such, I'll just "make my own meet in Indy on the weekend of the 4th.

I changed the thread title to reflect

#9

Southeast / Re: Interstate 295- Fayettevil...

Last post by bob7374 - Today at 11:09:24 AM

NCDOT announcing overnight closures of Camden Road as part of I-295 Fayetteville Outer Loop completion project. The press release indicates the last section of the Loop is to be finished by the summer of 2026:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2024/2024-05-03-camden-road-closure.aspx

#10

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

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 11:01:53 AM

In all seriousness, does any member of the opposite sex ever use your devices?

Same wifi, different device. That said, Google knows my age and gender (I've put it in explicitly), and it ignores it for ad purposes. It even said in one spot "here's what we use to choose which ads we show" and the only two items listed were demographics and subject matter of the website I'm on (not my own demographics) and IP-based location, both of which I can confirm it does use.

As an aside, about a decade ago, there was an advertisement for cloud-based something on the Minecraft Wiki page on clouds (the kind you find in the sky).

My wife doesn't have a Facebook account, and just views mine. So we often get varying ads. The only time it's irritating is when something odd starts popping up numerous times, such as something that would appear is the making of a potential present approaching Christmas or birthdays, as they are basing the ads off recent Google searches.