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#21

Suggestions and Questions / Re: Can someone fill me in on ...

Last post by 1995hoo - April 18, 2024, 10:18:20 PM

Still the 1 - Orleans
or
1 is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

Arguably "I'm Not the One" by the Cars would be more appropriate, seeing as how he changed his username away from "1."

#22

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Where Have We Not Held a R...

Last post by dvferyance - April 18, 2024, 10:17:53 PM

Has there ever been a roadmeet in Limon?

#23

Suggestions and Questions / Re: Can someone fill me in on ...

Last post by Big John - April 18, 2024, 10:12:21 PM

Still the 1 - Orleans
or
1 is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

#24

Off-Topic / Re: How many states have a pla...

Last post by golden eagle - April 18, 2024, 10:10:38 PM

There used to be a Mississippi City, MS, until it was annexed by Gulfport in the 1960s.

#25

Off-Topic / Re: How many states have a pla...

Last post by golden eagle - April 18, 2024, 10:06:31 PM

You also left out Colorado City, TX, a Limon-sized ranching town along I-20.

LIMON!!! That would make Todd (Control City Freak) freak out.

#26

Central States / Re: OK Turnpike Speed Limits

Last post by Great Lakes Roads - April 18, 2024, 10:03:27 PM

I drove I-44 and the section between US-81 and the Norman Spur has been increased to 80 mph. Looks like the change occurred sometime between June and July of this year. Southwest of the US-81 exit, the speed limit decreases back to 75 mph.

Speaking of which...

https://okcfox.com/news/local/speed-limit-on-i-44he-bailey-turnpike-raises-to-80-mph-between-chickasha-and-lawton-oklahoma-city-comanche-caddo-grady-counties-pikes-peak-road-director-tj-dill-turnpike-authority

"On Thursday, the speed limit increased to 80 mph on the I-44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike between Chickasha and Lawton.

According to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA), maintenance crews installed new signage along a 59-mile portion of the I-44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike between Chickasha and Lawton in Comanche, Caddo, and Grady counties.

The OTA Board approved the 5 MPH increase in April of 2023.

Officials said the section of the I-44/H.E. Bailey between Lawton and the Texas state line will remain posted at 75 mph at this time."

#27

Off-Topic / Re: Buc-ees outside of Texas.

Last post by golden eagle - April 18, 2024, 10:02:55 PM

I only did Bud-ee's while in TX - the first, because first one - the second two - most convenient.  Otherwise I just plain picked a gas station.  As far as Wally's is concerned, They need to expand out.  They're not yet established outside IL and MO.  Neither place is on my route either.

I went to Buc-ee's for the first time when I stopped at the one in Terrell last week. I went on a roadie to Dallas for the eclipse.

#28

Off-Topic / Re: Changing one letter of a t...

Last post by vdeane - April 18, 2024, 09:51:41 PM

911 outrage reported across multiple US states, officials say
911 outage reported across multiple US stats, officials say
511 outage reported across multiple US states, officials say

911 outage reported across multiple US states, officials pay -- someone is getting fired

Or fined.

Was this a nested "change one letter of a one-letter changed thread title"?

My three were all copied from the original thread title.

I was joking that you were changing my

911 outage reported across multiple US states, officials pay -- someone is getting fired

to

911 outage reported across multiple US states, officials pay -- someone is getting fined

I honestly didn't notice - I was just thinking of "pay" in a more literal way.

#29

Off-Topic / Re: Technology Random Access T...

Last post by Dirt Roads - April 18, 2024, 09:45:46 PM

Random access technology: We were thrilled when FORTRAN got indexed sequential files. You no longer had to read the entire file to find the record you wanted. This would have been sometime in the late 1980's if I recall.

I'm pretty sure that VAX Fortran had ISAM (indexed sequenced access method) back in the late 1970s.  By Late 1981, CDC was rolling out AAM (Record Manager advanced access methods) which improved its ISAM (VAX Cobol 5 was the first to use the new AAM, and the other languages could be retrofitted soon after).  But I remember the kluge to get IBM Fortran to interact with VSAM (virtual storage access method) using a JCL shell (on both OS360 and OS370).  Note that I "woren't gute at it", so I went on into the world of Control Systems.  But I hung onto Fortran programming until the end of my software days.

#30

General Highway Talk / Re: Google Maps just fucking S...

Last post by michiganguy123 - April 18, 2024, 09:44:01 PM

Looks like Google marked US-31 as IN-28 in Michigan all the way to Petoskey