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General Highway Talk / Re: Daily conversation: What ...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 09:32:03 AM

I had the perfect question based on current discussions bleeding through into the favorite forum questions thread.

Nobody has posted a daily question yet today.  Would you care to?

#2

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by Jim - Today at 09:30:51 AM

May 20: Post signage indicating a concurrency between two routes, both of which have a number ending in 2.

With the 0s and 1s out of it, my list of options shrinks.

New York 32 and New York 212 in Saugerties.  August 3, 2008.



US 202 and US 322 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.  April 11, 2014.



Avoiding the US 22/US 322 option, all I have left is a poor picture that was used previously in the thread.

Minnesota 22 and US 212 in Glencoe.  September 5, 2019.

#3

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 09:25:09 AM

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eF2a8cr8tYcY8uKo8?g_st=ac

Have a roadway dividing with an overhead gantry above the split, but nothing on the gantry.

There is this instead:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/7b7KBhP2UFYzXCcQ7

Yeah, I don't think it's that big a deal because all the roads essentially go to the same place there and ultimately, both splits on that particular road serve the overall parking for the Meadowlands. I recall when we went to a Springsteen concert at old Giants Stadium (accessing the complex from the northbound Turnpike via Exit 16W), we wound up parked in the area the map shows as Lot 28. For events at the stadium, they use all the lots around there.

#4

Mid-Atlantic / Re: Key Bridge (Round Who Know...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 09:10:11 AM

By "world" I'm assuming Beltway actually was referencing the general populace.

Correct.  Current population 8292114853.

What percentage of the population are we estimating is shaking their heads?

1 ÷ 8292114853 = 0.00000001206%

What percentage is shaking other body parts?

Approximately 75% of the world's population is estimated to engage in some form of recreational dancing.  If we assume that half of the remainder are male, then that means 12.5% of the world's population (1) don't know how to dance but (2) routinely shake a body part after urinating.  Add another 0.5% for weirdo females who just shake random body parts for no reason, and another 0.5% for females who only engage in some sort of tribal or religious dancing, and we're up to 88.5% of the world's population who shake body parts other than their head.

(Note:  I rounded to the nearest 0.5%, as I'm not sure if Scott engages in recreational dancing or not.)

#5

Sports / Re: Does Hockey Arenas Get Col...

Last post by hotdogPi - Today at 08:56:16 AM

I still don't understand how the Bucks using purple in the early 90s is funny.

An actual deer colored purple would be. Maybe that's what he was getting at?

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Sports / Re: Does Hockey Arenas Get Col...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 08:53:18 AM

I still don't understand how the Bucks using purple in the early 90s is funny.

#7

Mid-South / Re: Sen. Cornyn wants to turn ...

Last post by kphoger - Today at 08:51:43 AM

I guess this is better than the thread turning into partisan rancor. What do you think the control cities would be?

I think we all know that one.

Yeah, Kit Carson does make sense.

#8

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by Mapmikey - Today at 08:34:39 AM

How long before NASCAR is back on broadcast TV so I can watch it again?

I'm not a member of Amazon Prime.

June 28 goes to TNT, Aug 9 goes to USA/NBC (mostly USA network)

#9

Off-Topic / Re: I go car shopping

Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 08:31:24 AM

Yeah, sadly, EV works best for someone who has their own garage so they can just plug the car in at home and not worry about it (even if you can't afford electrical work, you can plug it into a standard-ass wall outlet and it will charge, even if it takes a few hours). "I live in an apartment and thus would have to care about EV infrastructure" is unfortunately a pretty valid reason to not get an EV.

I'd suggest that applies to plug-in hybrids as well. A practical way to view the difference between a plug-in hybrid and a "regular" hybrid is that the "regular" hybrid is a gasoline-powered car that uses an electric motor to extend its range and improve its fuel economy (and generates its own electricity to replenish the battery), whereas a plug-in hybrid is primarily an electric vehicle that uses a gas engine to extend its range and needs to be plugged in to charge the battery. While you could run a plug-in hybrid solely on gas without plugging it in (and you might well need to do that if you make a long all-day drive, like DC to Florida), it's not the best use of the vehicle because, in addition to wasting the added cost of the electric motor, you'd be wasting gas hauling around the added weight of the electric motor and related systems that you're not using. True, the car does generate some electricity through regenerative braking, but not enough to charge the system fully. To benefit from a plug-in hybrid, you have to be able to plug it in.

A lady in the condo development in the next neighborhood over from us has a Prius Prime (plug-in version of the Prius). I saw her getting out of the car one day and tried to ask her about how often she has to put gas in it and how much of her driving is on the electric motor versus the gas engine, but she didn't really understand the question—turned out she had an Eastern European accent and I'm guessing she didn't understand what I wanted to know. Part of what I found interesting is that she lives in a condo with surface parking and nowhere to plug it in, so I wondered whether she plugs in at work or just uses it as a gas car.

The other thing that I'd like to hear more about with plug-in hybrids is how they deal with the potential problem of stale gas if you drive on electric power enough that you don't fill up very often. Car and Driver said the gas tanks are sealed even more tightly than on normal cars to prevent fuel oxidization, but they didn't mention anything about whether the car's electronics are sophisticated enough to know whether to turn on the gas engine periodically to cycle the fuel even if it wouldn't otherwise be needed.

#10

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by Mapmikey - Today at 08:15:54 AM

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eF2a8cr8tYcY8uKo8?g_st=ac

Have a roadway dividing with an overhead gantry above the split, but nothing on the gantry.

There is this instead:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/7b7KBhP2UFYzXCcQ7