- "MA/NH" for multistate routes, or to a lesser extent, other state combinations in New England
- Semicolons
- Last paragraph entirely in parentheses, such as this post
- Jumping into the middle of a heated debate without permanently taking a side, even if it's one vs. the rest
- When quoting an image, manually dividing both the width and the height by 2
- Previously, using the Google Maps API to embed an image or a street view (no longer works)
- Pointing out that population distribution was different decades ago compared to now
- Anything that says I don't drive
One thing that identifies a post as
not being mine is having several paragraphs, other than lists or being the OP.
(I can think of several for other people, such as complaining about Illinois' government (Brandon) or explaining why a fictional proposal intended to be realistic won't work (froggie), but I'll leave the rest for everyone else to state.)
bubble gum, Sesame Street, general absurdity: bandit
what: NE2
Probably only about two things are consistent about my posts:
(1) If there's a grammatical error, it's usually a two-letter word that I accidentally omitted.
(2) My love for New Jersey road and sign design.
Quote from: 1 on December 25, 2020, 02:18:35 PM
- When quoting an image, manually dividing both the width and the height by 2
If you just specify the larger of the two dimensions, the other one gets taken care of automatically.
Apparently US 99 from what I read regarding some of my post. Probably any of the following:
- Map links
- Gribblenation links
- Sign collection photos
- Old alignments
- CHPW article links
I edit my posts a lot after I submit them. Sometimes I ramble on? I don't know, this isn't something I've ever paid a lot of attention to. The spacing is also bad between paragraphs.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 25, 2020, 02:25:48 PM
bubble gum, Sesame Street, general absurdity: bandit
what: NE2
All your life is Channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?
Quote from: US71 on December 25, 2020, 03:20:41 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 25, 2020, 02:25:48 PM
bubble gum, Sesame Street, general absurdity: bandit
what: NE2
All your life is Channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?
Like Pennsylvania highways, you cannot handle pressure.
I sign mine.
Mike
Several quirks of not being from the USA, including but not limited to:
- Bringing examples from overseas, specifically Spain, on threads in the General Highway Talk, a National board.
- Saying I don't have a definite answer on threads with a title starting with "Which States" or something like that.
Also, I stick to the unified state route nomenclature, that of SR xx, where "SR" denotes the state abbreviation. K-xx and M-xx defendants be damned, it's always KS xx and MI xx.
And like 1 I use semicolons.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 25, 2020, 04:42:47 PM
Also, I stick to the unified state route nomenclature, that of SR xx, where "SR" denotes the state abbreviation. K-xx and M-xx defendants be damned, it's always KS xx and MI xx.
What do you do with Virginia, where SR specifically means secondary route?
Quote from: Ketchup99 on December 25, 2020, 03:33:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on December 25, 2020, 03:20:41 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 25, 2020, 02:25:48 PM
bubble gum, Sesame Street, general absurdity: bandit
what: NE2
All your life is Channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?
Like Pennsylvania highways, you cannot handle pressure.
:-D
Quote from: kkt on December 25, 2020, 05:13:16 PM
Quote from: Ketchup99 on December 25, 2020, 03:33:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on December 25, 2020, 03:20:41 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 25, 2020, 02:25:48 PM
bubble gum, Sesame Street, general absurdity: bandit
what: NE2
All your life is Channel 13, Sesame Street, what does it mean?
Like Pennsylvania highways, you cannot handle pressure.
:-D
Thanks for the Peter Pan advice...
(Ellipsis are a specialty of mine, along with a photo, if needed.)
Here's what I think is distinct about my style:
-Semicolons and ellipsis
-Heavy use of parentheses
-Inserting myself into random conversations about Buc-ee's all over the board
-I tend to make idiotic points in topics I don't know much about
-My style on linking GSV images seems to change every day
It took me awhile to become a regular on this forum due to being relocated south from my old stomping grounds of NJ, so I was inactive for a couple of years on this account. That being said, I don't consider myself to have that much of a particular style of forum posting. I'm more used to social media.
Very heavy use of parentheses (one every two sentences, usually).
Plenty (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28202.0/) of (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28202.0/) embedded (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28202.0/) links (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28202.0/).
Often some mention of Missouri.
A bit of humor.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 25, 2020, 04:42:47 PM
Several quirks of not being from the USA, including but not limited to:
- Bringing examples from overseas, specifically Spain, on threads in the General Highway Talk, a National board.
- Saying I don't have a definite answer on threads with a title starting with "Which States" or something like that.
Also, I stick to the unified state route nomenclature, that of SR xx, where "SR" denotes the state abbreviation. K-xx and M-xx defendants be damned, it's always KS xx and MI xx.
And like 1 I use semicolons.
Also mentions of "forum time" as distinct from your regular time zone.
I love these kinds of threads.
I always put a hyphon between the classification of a route and its number. Most of you only do so for Interstates. I think the hyphon makes it look cleaner and more official.
When posting about Wisconsin county highways (which I rarely do because they're not very exciting), I refer to them as "CTH-(letter)". CTH stands for County Trunk Highway, which is WISDOT's official term. Not that it really matters, I just don't know what else to call them.
If the post is a rant in the NFL thread, there's about an 80% chance it's me. If it's someone posting about being tired of the clamoring for the "corner cut", there's a 95% chance it's me. If you don't know what the corner cut is, read pages 120 and 121 of Wisconsin Notes for the most recent edition of Corner Cut Debate.
Oh and how could I forget, please donate today to fund the construction of I-19 from Portland OR to Ocean City.
There is nothing unique about my posts.
To the left of it, it says "Scott5114", and there's usually an Oklahoma 74 shield. Dead giveaway.
I overdo it on semi-colons. I also overuse parentheses. When I re-edit my posts to fix typos, etc. I'll usually try to fix those problems, and also to break up run-on sentences.
I don't think there is anything special about my posts.
Quote from: vdeane on December 25, 2020, 08:18:06 PM
Also mentions of "forum time" as distinct from your regular time zone.
Also true. And like a few others I use lots of parentheses (not lots, TONS!).
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
Long sentences, I suppose. And I like to think my posts are typo-free, but I'm not perfect on that front either.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 26, 2020, 01:07:26 AM
To the left of it, it says "Scott5114", and there's usually an Oklahoma 74 shield. Dead giveaway.
That's kind of what I was thinking; not about you specifically, but just as a general point: what is the usefulness of this thread when we can easily tell who posted what?
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
Long sentences, I suppose. And I like to think my posts are typo-free, but I'm not perfect on that front either.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 26, 2020, 01:07:26 AM
To the left of it, it says "Scott5114", and there's usually an Oklahoma 74 shield. Dead giveaway.
That's kind of what I was thinking; not about you specifically, but just as a general point: what is the usefulness of this thread when we can easily tell who posted what?
If the post says "NY 104" or anything about Rochester, we know it's you
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
Long sentences, I suppose. And I like to think my posts are typo-free, but I'm not perfect on that front either.
...
If the post says "NY 104" or anything about Rochester, we know it's you
(This reminds me... I always trim down the quote to what I'm replying to. :pan:)
There's truth to what you say regarding NY 104 (since it's one of the freeways I use most often) but plenty of people mention Rochester on here.
Empirestate and
vdeane are originally from here, and there's also Rochester, MN and Rochester, NH.
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
If the post says "NY 104" or anything about Rochester, we know it's you
There's truth to what you say regarding NY 104 (since it's one of the freeways I use most often) but plenty of people mention Rochester on here. Empirestate and vdeane are originally from here, and there's also Rochester, MN and Rochester, NH.
Sometimes I get confused between Rothman, vdeane, and webny99 because you all post about the same things and have similar avatars.
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
Long sentences, I suppose. And I like to think my posts are typo-free, but I'm not perfect on that front either.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 26, 2020, 01:07:26 AM
To the left of it, it says "Scott5114", and there's usually an Oklahoma 74 shield. Dead giveaway.
That's kind of what I was thinking; not about you specifically, but just as a general point: what is the usefulness of this thread when we can easily tell who posted what?
If I see anything about Orleans County I'll automatically know it's you lol.
I noticed something else I tend to do. Instead of quoting a crap ton of replies in a row and adding my remark, I'll just make a reply without quoting. It may not be Alanland procedure, but I think it looks cleaner and is easier to follow (if you're skeptical, just look at my latest reply in the Number the Highway thread).
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
If the post says "NY 104" or anything about Rochester, we know it's you
There's truth to what you say regarding NY 104 (since it's one of the freeways I use most often) but plenty of people mention Rochester on here. Empirestate and vdeane are originally from here, and there's also Rochester, MN and Rochester, NH.
Sometimes I get confused between Rothman, vdeane, and webny99 because you all post about the same things and have similar avatars.
How are 587 and 90 the same? :D
I feel like I tend to use the word "though" very often. And yeah, parentheses.
Quote from: Rothman on December 25, 2020, 11:59:51 PM
There is nothing unique about my posts.
(personal opinion emphasized)
(though I tend to use the shorter "(personal opinion)")
Quote from: vdeane on December 26, 2020, 05:18:25 PM
I feel like I tend to use the word "though" very often. And yeah, parentheses.
Quote from: Rothman on December 25, 2020, 11:59:51 PM
There is nothing unique about my posts.
(personal opinion emphasized)
(though I tend to use the shorter "(personal opinion)")
Heh. Only when we court controversy.
- Any mention of Maryland.
- Putting a colon in text that precedes an image or before a list.
- Usage of the word "corridor".
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
That's kind of what I was thinking; not about you specifically, but just as a general point: what is the usefulness of this thread when we can easily tell who posted what?
Well, the point of the thread is more of a "what are the unique traits of your posting style", with the implication that they could be used to identify posts in a theoretical situation where they weren't labeled. I was just making a lame joke, which, by the by, is something that clearly identifies a post as being mine.
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: thspfc on December 26, 2020, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on December 26, 2020, 02:25:52 PM
This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I really don't know.
If the post says "NY 104" or anything about Rochester, we know it's you
There's truth to what you say regarding NY 104 (since it's one of the freeways I use most often) but plenty of people mention Rochester on here. Empirestate and vdeane are originally from here, and there's also Rochester, MN and Rochester, NH.
Sometimes I get confused between Rothman, vdeane, and webny99 because you all post about the same things and have similar avatars.
A lot of people confused MNHighwayMan and me because we even had similar usernames to go with posting on most of the same topics and having similar avatars. One April Fool's I even changed my avatar to a MN 293 shield and added a line to my signature to try to muddy things further.
I often–but not always–put a note at the end to explain why I edited a post, such as "Edited to fix a typo." I got that idea from another forum that had an optional box where you could give a reason for an edit and I liked the idea (still do) because it can tell someone who might have been interested in my comment whether the change was substantive or trivial.
My avatar is unique. Who else is gonna have a Lincoln Parish route sign?
Also there are my good looks, charm, demeanor. :D
I also type how I speak....southern.
Anything Louisiana related, you will find me there. I mostly stick with the Midsouth & southeastern pages. If you see a post of mine in any other region, you have found a rare Easter egg.
Did I mention my good looks, charm and demeanor yet? :pan:
lowercase letters... and ellipses...
I've never given it much thought. Maybe a touch of snark and occasionally some harsh reality. Most conservatives don't care for me. Liberals are "he said WHAT?"
I tend to use dashes -- like this -- a lot. My posting style here is more steam-of-consciousness, vastly different than my professional writing output.
The tendency to keep everything in one paragraph.
Quote from: US71 on December 27, 2020, 06:08:03 PM
I've never given it much thought. Maybe a touch of snark and occasionally some harsh reality. Most conservatives don't care for me. Liberals are "he said WHAT?"
Don't forget the references to John Paul Hammerschmidt.
Endless references to Chicago (especially the Cubs and Bears), a tendency to use postal codes for states, and frequent participation in highway picture games.
em-dashes used as punctuation