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

Last post by vdeane - Today at 10:07:13 PM

A couple money-related ones.  One is the short expiration cycle for rewards points at Price Chopper/Market32/Market Bistro.  The checkouts only give the option to use them when you have more than 500.  You can use them before, but have to specifically request it, so I usually wait until then unless I see that some are expiring.  Well, I somehow missed the thing on my receipts mentioning points expiring (either it's gotten less obvious or I got so used to hitting 500 before this happens that I've stopped checking as vigorously as I should) until I finished checking out today, and now I have a few points expiring by the end of the month with no way to use them in time.

Well, yeah, the purpose of loyalty points is not to give you stuff for free, it's to keep you coming back.  Putting limitations in the way of redeeming the points keeps the program from costing them too much.

Sure, but normally I'm good about avoiding such things (and the BS fees that lots of companies structure in to make more money).  I take a lot of pride in avoiding such things, so it hurts so much to be hit by it this time (even if the actual financial impact is only 31 cents).

Also, your post reminded me of the episode of Ghosts where Trevor's brother exploited a loophole in the Woodstone Rewards program to live there for free.

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Canada / Re: Quebec's Highways

Last post by vdeane - Today at 10:01:34 PM

At this point, I think we can comfortably say that Québec has the lowest speed limits in all of Canada (the Oregon of the North, I suppose, although even Oregon has 70 now).  Didn't the PQ propose raising the limit to 120 in the last election?

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Mountain West / Re: Phoenix Area Highways

Last post by kernals12 - Today at 09:46:48 PM

I sincerely hope ADOT plans repave the SanTan Freeway in Gilbert soon. The noise is just deafening.

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

Last post by DenverBrian - Today at 09:11:55 PM

I-515 at Galleria now has several North and South I-11 directional signs replacing previous I-515 shields, although they appear to be replacements - there is no case of both I-11 and I-515 being signed concurrently.

Interestingly, it's not a 100% replacement. Some signage still has the I-515 shields.

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Bridges / Re: Bridges of the Mississippi...

Last post by froggie - Today at 08:03:38 PM

That's a fairly recent development.  I was perusing his website last week.

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Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by Alex - Today at 07:52:19 PM

Got around to posting a lot of what I shot yesterday for the Gateway Expressway.

SR 686A: https://www.aaroads.com/guides/fl-686a/
SR 690: https://www.aaroads.com/guides/fl-690/

Also added photos covering US 19 south at SR 690, SR 686 west at CR 611 and started updating I-275 to show the new Express Lanes and signage for the Gateway Expressway before running out of time.
https://www.aaroads.com/updates/

I'll get to the rest of I-275 at SR 690 and CR 611 south at SR 686A soon.

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

Last post by GaryV - Today at 07:46:28 PM

my endocrinologist changed how they coded my lab work a few years ago

It probably wasn't your doctor's decision. The gummint (CDC) introduced ICD-10 coding  in 2015. I suspect it was a matter of them at some point having to comply with the new codes, perhaps after some clarification instructions from the insurance companies.

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Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...

Last post by formulanone - Today at 07:30:12 PM

1467 = 688 + 687 + 92 on I-275

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Mid-South / Re: April bid openings: $1.09 ...

Last post by Plutonic Panda - Today at 07:08:29 PM

Thry are trolling and I don't care for college football but I find it stupid.

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Northeast / Re: General PA Design/Construc...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 07:05:30 PM

(For  PA 601) PennDOT - District 9 News: State Route 601-Penn Avenue near Hollsopple, Somerset County, is closed due to water damage