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Quote from: MCRoads on May 05, 2021, 12:37:39 AM
Michigan: drove into it from Indiana on Old US 27 near I-69. We then immediately turned around, and ate lunch at a diner just south of the IN/MI border. This may also be the most pathetic way I can claim an interstate traveled, as I have only been on 0.6 miles of I-69 from the Indiana Toll Road at exit 356 to exit 357.
What is the most pathetic way you can say you traveled on an interstate?
All interstates that I only traveled a portion that is concurrent with another interstate. Most notable example for me is also I-69, which currently, I've only been on the concurrency with I-94 in Port Huron, and adding the concurrency with I-465 in the future once the southern segment gets finished to Indy. Another interstate is I-57, as I've only been on the concurrencies with I-70 and I-64.
I accidentally clinched I-189 trying to get from the Charlotte-Essex Ferry to Ben & Jerry's on a family road trip when I was 18. You basically can't travel I-189 without clinching it.
Getting on an interstate and then getting off at the next exit is pretty pathetic, especially if the exits are less than a mile apart. No, wait–doing this when there's a c/d road and never merging onto the mainline at all is even more pathetic than that.
The absolute most pathetic way you can say you have traveled an Interstate is by not traveling on the Interstate at all and just saying you did. That would be a pretty pathetic thing to lie about. But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22. I guess he made up a number and didn't think I would know there was no such road at the time.
I only traveled the part of I-49 that's part of the Texarkana loop, simply because my dad wanted to see it rather than I-369/I-30 again.
I've only traveled I-20 between TX-43 and US-59 in Marshall, as well as the part in Jackson where it multiplexes with I-55.
I think I also traveled part of I-37 in downtown San Antonio in 2019 finding an exit to get to the Alamo, but I can't remember if I did that well, because I was focused on driving. That might be my most pathetic.
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
I've done my fair share of exit hopping on SoCal Interstates. It's lame but it often is a good way to get past traffic.
I-40, I was just on the I-85 concurrency. I-64, was on the I-81 and I-95 concurrencies.
As far as I can tell, I've done a decent job at getting at least a few miles on most of the interstates I've been on. The most "pathetic" interstates I can claim are probably I-27 (Loop 289 to US 82) or I-37 (I-35 to I-10), both of which are a few miles long. I also have about 10 miles of discontinous segments of I-26 in upstate SC south of Spartanburg.
I do have shorter independent segments of other interstates, but in every case I could come up with I had traveled a more substantial segment somewhere else along the route.
The only section I've ever driven on I-83 is the Harrisburg Beltway section.
The only time I've been on I-44 in St. Louis is before I-44 was extended. It was just I-55 and I-70 at the time.
The only way I have been on I-90 and I-190 in Illinois is by way of the Blue Line subway, which runs in the median. I took the subway from Union Station in Chicago to O'Hare Airport after a flight from Springfield to Chicago got canceled during an ice storm and the parents of my girlfriend at the time weren't able to arrange some other way to get there, so I took an Amtrak train up there.
I've never actually driven any streets or highways in the Chicago area, although I took a $300 cab ride from O'Hare to Springfield once (because another connecting flight got canceled and the idea of spending a night in the airport caused me to have a massive panic attack).
Quote from: SkyPesos on May 21, 2021, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
No, wait–doing this when there's a c/d road and never merging onto the mainline at all is even more pathetic than that.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Or when an entrance ramp has its own exit ramp for the next exit before joining the mainline,
like this (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.1577417,-77.674023/43.1635744,-77.6807215/@43.1604636,-77.6790693,16z/data=!5m1!1e1).
Or how about if the person only "touches" the C/D road via the weave lane while using the ramps to make a "cloverleaf U-turn" on the non-Interstate at that junction?
Crash on an overpass over the interstate highway, and the car falls to the highway below, but at least you would leave your mark.
Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2021, 01:24:49 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on May 21, 2021, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
No, he was pretty clearly lying, as he was a habitual one-upper who lied about literally everything for no reason (there was this ongoing months-long saga where he was supposedly joining the military and his boot camp date supposedly kept getting pushed back, then he missed work for a few days when he was supposed to be going, but he claimed he got on the wrong transport plane and went to the wrong base, so they pushed it back again, and so on and so forth). Another road-related gem from this guy was that water towers don't actually contain water, but instead contain the machinery (?) that controls all of the stoplights in the city, which he knew for a fact because his uncle who worked for the water department (??) in Moore showed it to him.
^Sounds interesting, LOL! I think we've probably all met at least one or two people like that. In my case, a few kids from middle/high school come to mind, and I have no doubt some of them remain convinced you'll believe their lies into adulthood.
Only section of I-75 I've ever been on is the portion between I-4 and the exit for Busch Gardens. And the only portion of I-65 I've ever been on is a portion of the I-70 concurrency in downtown Indianapolis.
Speaking of I-70, the most pathetic way to say you've been on it is to either get off the Baltimore Beltway go to the Park & Ride lot, or drive US 30 through Breezewood and stay on US 30 as you leave town.
I-587, also my one and only accidental Interstate clinch. On a 2017 vacation, I took the wrong exit off of the traffic circle next to the Thruway and took the rather short trip to the eastern end.
I have about two miles of I-795 and I-785 in North Carolina, though at least the latter was only a tiny stretch at the time. Basically, capture a photo of the shields and move on.
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 22, 2021, 05:30:34 PM
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Quote from: SkyPesos on May 21, 2021, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
No, he was pretty clearly lying, as he was a habitual one-upper who lied about literally everything for no reason (there was this ongoing months-long saga where he was supposedly joining the military and his boot camp date supposedly kept getting pushed back, then he missed work for a few days when he was supposed to be going, but he claimed he got on the wrong transport plane and went to the wrong base, so they pushed it back again, and so on and so forth). Another road-related gem from this guy was that water towers don't actually contain water, but instead contain the machinery (?) that controls all of the stoplights in the city, which he knew for a fact because his uncle who worked for the water department (??) in Moore showed it to him.
Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2021, 06:09:09 PM
^Sounds interesting, LOL! I think we've probably all met at least one or two people like that. In my case, a few kids from middle/high school come to mind, and I have no doubt some of them remain convinced you'll believe their lies into adulthood.
There's a handful of people I've met over the years who seem to lie so badly that it's almost interesting, because you think there will be a punchline at the end, but usually they just seem to have different grasp of language and reality.
Usually, I can just assume someone just misunderstands a few things, and that's just normal in some cases. It's totally normal for someone young to not know everything, and that's forgivable, just as I don't know much about most current stuff. But sometimes it's fun to nonchalantly call out an obnoxious know-it-all by asking a rather basic follow-up question (or two) which usually means they'll soon stay out of your way when you're in a crowd.
Quote from: formulanone on May 22, 2021, 08:05:43 PM
I have about two miles of I-795 and I-785 in North Carolina, though at least the latter was only a tiny stretch at the time. Basically, capture a photo of the shields and move on.
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 22, 2021, 05:30:34 PM
Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2021, 01:24:49 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on May 21, 2021, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
No, he was pretty clearly lying, as he was a habitual one-upper who lied about literally everything for no reason (there was this ongoing months-long saga where he was supposedly joining the military and his boot camp date supposedly kept getting pushed back, then he missed work for a few days when he was supposed to be going, but he claimed he got on the wrong transport plane and went to the wrong base, so they pushed it back again, and so on and so forth). Another road-related gem from this guy was that water towers don't actually contain water, but instead contain the machinery (?) that controls all of the stoplights in the city, which he knew for a fact because his uncle who worked for the water department (??) in Moore showed it to him.
Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2021, 06:09:09 PM
^Sounds interesting, LOL! I think we've probably all met at least one or two people like that. In my case, a few kids from middle/high school come to mind, and I have no doubt some of them remain convinced you'll believe their lies into adulthood.
There's a handful of people I've met over the years who seem to lie so badly that it's almost interesting, because you think there will be a punchline at the end, but usually they just seem to have different grasp of language and reality.
Usually, I can just assume someone just misunderstands a few things, and that's just normal in some cases. It's totally normal for someone young to know know everything, just as I don't know much about current stuff. But sometimes it's fun to nonchalantly call out an obnoxious know-it-all by asking a rather basic follow-up question (or two) which usually means they'll soon stay out of your way when you're in a crowd.
To be played by Jon Lovitz in the bio? Seriously, IMO the most pathetic way to say one has traveled a particular Interstate is if it was multiplexed with the Interstate you were
really using!
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 21, 2021, 10:54:21 PM
I accidentally clinched I-189 trying to get from the Charlotte-Essex Ferry to Ben & Jerry's on a family road trip when I was 18. You basically can't travel I-189 without clinching it.
Back in 2018 (before I could drive on my own), I had unintentionally clinched I-676 trying to get out of Philadelphia when I told my mother to make an exit that ended up being wrong. Google Maps decided that just traveling it all the way to US 130 would be quicker than getting off and going back to the original route, so clinched it was. Even if it wasn't I
probably definitely would've just said to travel it anyway so I could clinch it for myself.
I think I may or may not have been on a tiny section of I-93 underground in Boston either in a crappy taxi or on an airport shuttle. Despite this being only 3 years ago, I can't really remember. Boston roads completely confused me. :crazy:
The most pathetic way I've traveled an interstate is in a 1984 Chevette.
In the vein of what the OP meant, for me it is I-44...only driven between I-270 and US 61-67.
As far as 2di's are concerned, my two most pathetic clinches are both in Michigan, driving from Detroit (airport) to Grand Rapids.
Near Detroit, I-94 is a major E/W interstate, but I only have the 8 mile segment between Middlebelt Road (car rental lot) and I-275.
Near Grand Rapids, I-69 is (will be?) a major border-to-border interstate, but I only have the 6 mile concurrency with I-96.
For 3di's, it would have to be in Albany, NY. I was taking NY 7 from I-87 towards Vermont. As it crosses the Hudson River it is concurrent with I-787. Less than a mile out of 10 total, and pretty much accidental.
I ran out of gas once on I-80, and walked a few miles to the next exit with a gas can in my hand, my then-GF sitting in the car waiting for me to return on a hot day. That was probably the most pathetic way I can say I've "travelled" on an interstate.
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
Getting on an interstate and then getting off at the next exit is pretty pathetic, especially if the exits are less than a mile apart. No, wait–doing this when there's a c/d road and never merging onto the mainline at all is even more pathetic than that.
The absolute most pathetic way you can say you have traveled an Interstate is by not traveling on the Interstate at all and just saying you did. That would be a pretty pathetic thing to lie about. But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22. I guess he made up a number and didn't think I would know there was no such road at the time.
I drove I 22 before it existed. It was still just US 78 but also signed as future 22 and clearly interstate standard through most of it. I totally count it though. Same pavement, different shield.
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Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
Getting on an interstate and then getting off at the next exit is pretty pathetic, especially if the exits are less than a mile apart. No, wait–doing this when there's a c/d road and never merging onto the mainline at all is even more pathetic than that.
The absolute most pathetic way you can say you have traveled an Interstate is by not traveling on the Interstate at all and just saying you did. That would be a pretty pathetic thing to lie about. But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22. I guess he made up a number and didn't think I would know there was no such road at the time.
I drove I 22 before it existed. It was still just US 78 but also signed as future 22 and clearly interstate standard through most of it. I totally count it though. Same pavement, different shield.
The first time I drove what was to become I-22 it ended at Winfield, AL (at AL 129), with some construction west of Jasper (this was late 2001). The purple/blue ARC shields were posted for US 78 in AL; MS still had cookie-cutter rectangular shield-on-black signage. This was about three years before "Future I-22" signage was posted; also, the stretch through New Albany was clearly substandard. I drove it again some time later, but before full completion or posting of anything other than "future" signage. Thus I don't consider myself to have even come close to clinching the route; only the I-standard section between Tupelo and Winfield could be, in my own evaluation, considered as "clinched". But fortunately it would likely happen that in the future I'd simply drive I-22 as a whole rather than try to clinch the remainder (not much to get me off the road in between metro Memphis and Birmingham!), so health willing, I may actually clinch real/signed I-22 at some point.
I hitchhiked around the country during the summer of 1978. I had a great time and loved it, but some would describe it as pathetic.
Here's another one of mine: I-20. My family had a stopover in Atlanta on the way to Florida, and attempted to get back onto I-75 south after visiting a couple of places in downtown. We were on Ted Turner/Windsor SB and my dad turned onto an onramp, thinking it was for I-75 south. That onramp was actually for I-20 east, and weaved right under the I-20 east to I-75/85 ramps. So we were on I-20 for about 3 miles before the GPS rerouted us to get off I-20 at the US 23 exit, and we used US 23 and I-675 to get back onto I-75.
On a positive note, I got 2 of the I-675 variants clinched with this, adding onto I-675 in Dayton :D
Quote from: skluth on May 23, 2021, 07:02:53 PM
I hitchhiked around the country during the summer of 1978. I had a great time and loved it, but some would describe it as pathetic.
This made me imagine a roadgeek hitchhiker sitting in Baltimore with a sign reading "Cove Fort or Bust".
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 23, 2021, 09:03:02 PM
Quote from: skluth on May 23, 2021, 07:02:53 PM
I hitchhiked around the country during the summer of 1978. I had a great time and loved it, but some would describe it as pathetic.
This made me imagine a roadgeek hitchhiker sitting in Baltimore with a sign reading "Cove Fort or Bust".
Or if it was HighwayStar, the sign would say "Baltimore or bust" :-D
Quote from: webny99 on May 23, 2021, 09:30:22 PM
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Quote from: skluth on May 23, 2021, 07:02:53 PM
I hitchhiked around the country during the summer of 1978. I had a great time and loved it, but some would describe it as pathetic.
This made me imagine a roadgeek hitchhiker sitting in Baltimore with a sign reading "Cove Fort or Bust".
Or if it was HighwayStar, the sign would say "Baltimore or bust" :-D
Or angelo71?
Quote from: Big John on May 23, 2021, 09:38:18 PM
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Quote from: skluth on May 23, 2021, 07:02:53 PM
I hitchhiked around the country during the summer of 1978. I had a great time and loved it, but some would describe it as pathetic.
This made me imagine a roadgeek hitchhiker sitting in Baltimore with a sign reading "Cove Fort or Bust".
Or if it was HighwayStar, the sign would say "Baltimore or bust" :-D
Or angelo71?
Angelo71 has a grudge on Pittsburgh, so "Pittsburgh or bust".
Once my food didn't agree with me on I-10 and I COULDN'T WAIT so my wife pulled over and I walked to a tree just off the highway. :P
I clinched all of I-84 in CT and MA by staring out the window of a double-decker Megabus in the dark. It counts, but definitely not memorable.
Most of the Interstates I've driven on, I've driven on significant portions of (i.e. entirety of several 3dis, and state-wide length of I-80 in California). Out of California I've driven I-65 between Bardstown and Indianapolis, I-35 through Austin, all of I-264 and most of I-265 near Louisville, and even got to check out a portion of I-69 south of Bloomington a half-decade ago.
However, the only portion of I-75 I've driven on so far is the segment concurrent with I-71 south of I-275, and only because I needed to take 71 to get from CVG airport to Louisville due to having to change my flight plans as the result of an Indiana snowstorm.
The only part of I-70 I've ever driven is from Indianapolis to Monrovia, as part of the drive to Bloomington.
Quote from: texaskdog on May 23, 2021, 09:43:02 PM
Once my food didn't agree with me on I-10 and I COULDN'T WAIT so my wife pulled over and I walked to a tree just off the highway. :P
How is that a pathetic way to clinch the interstate?
I've since driven more of it, but the first time I technically drove on I-80 was just using the cloverleaf with I-180 and PA 147 to turn around from 147 north to 147 south.
I've since driven more (multiplexed in Milwaukee), but originally the only mileage I had for I-43 was exiting off of I-90 and turning around at the first exit.
Chris
Would it be super lame if I said I clinched I-880 in Iowa, even if I've never been on it while it's been labeled I-880 and have never seen a sign with Iowa I-880 on it?
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 24, 2021, 12:10:26 PM
Would it be super lame if I said I clinched I-880 in Iowa, even if I've never been on it while it's been labeled I-880 and have never seen a sign with Iowa I-880 on it?
Depends on if you consider clinching to be pavement or routes.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 24, 2021, 12:10:26 PM
Would it be super lame if I said I clinched I-880 in Iowa, even if I've never been on it while it's been labeled I-880 and have never seen a sign with Iowa I-880 on it?
Yes.
I just thought of an even better one: traveling part of a posted detour.
What about a failed hitchhike attempt on an Interstate?
Quote from: webny99 on May 24, 2021, 07:43:54 AM
Quote from: texaskdog on May 23, 2021, 09:43:02 PM
Once my food didn't agree with me on I-10 and I COULDN'T WAIT so my wife pulled over and I walked to a tree just off the highway. :P
How is that a pathetic way to clinch the interstate?
I couldn't clinch any longer I was unclinching.
The only standalone section of I-85 I've ever been on was the segment north of the I-75 split. My dad followed the GPS which told him to keep right to 75, but we were in the HOV lane where it was a left. Apparently the outdated GPS data is more reliable than the BGS's overhead. Since then I have given my dad verbal instructions as far as three miles in advance before major junctions (and am usually ignored until ~500 feet before the splits).
It's impossible to clinch a standalone section of I-575 (Georgia).
Quote from: I-55 on May 24, 2021, 11:03:15 PM
The only standalone section of I-85 I've ever been on was the segment north of the I-75 split. My dad followed the GPS which told him to keep right to 75, but we were in the HOV lane where it was a left. Apparently the outdated GPS data is more reliable than the BGS's overhead. Since then I have given my dad verbal instructions as far as three miles in advance before major junctions (and am usually ignored until ~500 feet before the splits).
I've taken the wrong ramp at that split more than once - it's rather counterintuitive that going northbound, the interstate that goes further east should split to the left. And that confusion doesn't go away after you drive it a bunch, either.
I have never personally done the HOV lane northbound through there, but the issue with those is overhead signage basically doesn't tell you how the split works until you get right up to the exit. To stay on 75 northbound you essentially take a left exit to 85 and then another left exit back to 75. So I guess two wrongs make a right?
My only credit for I-16 is for getting on I-16 east from I-75 so I could snap a picture of an I-16 at the first surface road exit. Then I kept cutting through GA on I-75, which is still the only time I've ever passed through or visited GA.
When my mom, two brothers and I were driving north on I-95 through Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia for the first time instead of taking I-295 around the area, we accidentally got into the lane that took us onto I-85 south. We turned around at the first exit to get back onto I-95. This is the only time I've been on any of I-85 to date.
The only time I was ever on I-17 was because my friend got stuck in the wrong lane when we were trying to follow I-10 in Phoenix to get to the hotel we were going to stay at.
I suppose on that vacation, traveling the unsigned I-110 in El Paso, TX could be considered pathetic.
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The only standalone section of I-85 I've ever been on was the segment north of the I-75 split. My dad followed the GPS which told him to keep right to 75, but we were in the HOV lane where it was a left. Apparently the outdated GPS data is more reliable than the BGS's overhead. Since then I have given my dad verbal instructions as far as three miles in advance before major junctions (and am usually ignored until ~500 feet before the splits).
I've taken the wrong ramp at that split more than once - it's rather counterintuitive that going northbound, the interstate that goes further east should split to the left. And that confusion doesn't go away after you drive it a bunch, either.
I have never personally done the HOV lane northbound through there, but the issue with those is overhead signage basically doesn't tell you how the split works until you get right up to the exit. To stay on 75 northbound you essentially take a left exit to 85 and then another left exit back to 75. So I guess two wrongs make a right?
The reversible HOV lanes (now HO/T Express Lanes) on I-64 in Norfolk have a similar situation approaching the I-264 interchange... in the reversible lanes, the left lane splits off on a dedicated flyover to I-264 East, and the right lane stays on I-64 East. In the general purpose lanes though, you exit right to I-264, then stay straight to continue on I-64. I've never had any confusion with the setup, probably only because I've traveled through there probably at least a hundred times.
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Quote from: DandyDan on May 25, 2021, 08:04:38 AM
The only time I was ever on I-17 was because my friend got stuck in the wrong lane when we were trying to follow I-10 in Phoenix to get to the hotel we were going to stay at.
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Did you just stay on I-17 and loop back to I-10, or did your friend try to exit in between?
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But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
No, he was pretty clearly lying, as he was a habitual one-upper who lied about literally everything for no reason (there was this ongoing months-long saga where he was supposedly joining the military and his boot camp date supposedly kept getting pushed back, then he missed work for a few days when he was supposed to be going, but he claimed he got on the wrong transport plane and went to the wrong base, so they pushed it back again, and so on and so forth). Another road-related gem from this guy was that water towers don't actually contain water, but instead contain the machinery (?) that controls all of the stoplights in the city, which he knew for a fact because his uncle who worked for the water department (??) in Moore showed it to him.
I have a fascination with people like this. They lie about things that there is absolutely nothing to gain from lying. I find it fascinating, and in some ways I am in awe that someone can be this disconnected from reality. Like people that take up multiple parking spots in a parking lot. As badly as it pisses me off, I still stand there looking at the car in admiration. I admire the fact this person is completely detached from their conscious. As important as it is to have a conscious, and love having one, I would for once would like to know what it's like to do something and not care at all what the consequences were and who I inconvenienced, and most importantly, to do it and completely forget what its like when something like that is done to me.
Some of it is that little kid you knew when you were a kid that lied about everything. They grow up physically, but mentally never leave that mentality and think they can convince anyone of anything. They are the same as that kid you knew when you were a kid that was bigger than everyone else, and bullied everyone when they were younger because he could because he was bigger. Then everyone grows up and he's now a 30 year-old over weight guy still walking around with the same swag as if he can bully anyone into doing what he wants. Meanwhile everyone else sees him as just an overweight, out of shape guy that no one is scared of. We aren't kids anymore.
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Quote from: DandyDan on May 25, 2021, 08:04:38 AM
The only time I was ever on I-17 was because my friend got stuck in the wrong lane when we were trying to follow I-10 in Phoenix to get to the hotel we were going to stay at.
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Did you just stay on I-17 and loop back to I-10, or did your friend try to exit in between?
We exited at 7th Street and eventually found our hotel downtown.
Quote from: DandyDan on May 26, 2021, 03:34:41 PM
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Quote from: DandyDan on May 25, 2021, 08:04:38 AM
The only time I was ever on I-17 was because my friend got stuck in the wrong lane when we were trying to follow I-10 in Phoenix to get to the hotel we were going to stay at.
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Did you just stay on I-17 and loop back to I-10, or did your friend try to exit in between?
We exited at 7th Street and eventually found our hotel downtown.
Cool (which is an oxymoron most of the year in PHX)!
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Quote from: SkyPesos on May 21, 2021, 11:07:01 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 21, 2021, 10:59:27 PM
But I knew one guy at work who lied about everything and tried to say that he drove on Interstate 22, before there was an interstate with the number 22.
Is there a possibility that he actually drove on I-78 and got the numbers mixed up with the concurrent US route numbered 22?
Or maybe he just drove on some random segment of US 22 and wasn't aware that it wasn't called an interstate. I wouldn't put that past a non-roadgeek.
No, he was pretty clearly lying, as he was a habitual one-upper who lied about literally everything for no reason (there was this ongoing months-long saga where he was supposedly joining the military and his boot camp date supposedly kept getting pushed back, then he missed work for a few days when he was supposed to be going, but he claimed he got on the wrong transport plane and went to the wrong base, so they pushed it back again, and so on and so forth). Another road-related gem from this guy was that water towers don't actually contain water, but instead contain the machinery (?) that controls all of the stoplights in the city, which he knew for a fact because his uncle who worked for the water department (??) in Moore showed it to him.
I have a fascination with people like this. They lie about things that there is absolutely nothing to gain from lying. I find it fascinating, and in some ways I am in awe that someone can be this disconnected from reality. Like people that take up multiple parking spots in a parking lot. As badly as it pisses me off, I still stand there looking at the car in admiration. I admire the fact this person is completely detached from their conscious. As important as it is to have a conscious, and love having one, I would for once would like to know what it's like to do something and not care at all what the consequences were and who I inconvenienced, and most importantly, to do it and completely forget what its like when something like that is done to me.
Some of it is that little kid you knew when you were a kid that lied about everything. They grow up physically, but mentally never leave that mentality and think they can convince anyone of anything. They are the same as that kid you knew when you were a kid that was bigger than everyone else, and bullied everyone when they were younger because he could because he was bigger. Then everyone grows up and he's now a 30 year-old over weight guy still walking around with the same swag as if he can bully anyone into doing what he wants. Meanwhile everyone else sees him as just an overweight, out of shape guy that no one is scared of. We aren't kids anymore.
I think Peyton Manning was hosting SNL when they did a skit about people like that.