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Title: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on June 01, 2021, 04:05:14 PM
What are the things that make you feel like you are on a road trip?  Is it the car packed with the wife and kid's pillows?  The fact you are in the car and everyone has their shoes off?  Maybe it's your choice of beverage or food at the time?  For me, it's stopping at a convenience store with a different name than the ones in my town (Alsups is one of them), seeing candy I have never seen before, or the 20 oz. Dr. Peppers out here are in a rounder bottle than back home (since Dr. Pepper has no national bottling contract).  I could drive the first 100 miles of a road trip for business and stop at the same convenience store and not have the same feeling, but if it is a part of a long road trip it has a different feeling. 

What are the signs that make you "feel" like you are truly on the road?  Sometimes it's a difference in the way the roads are constructed, signage differences (even though it takes forever to get out of Texas, the different districts do things so differently it feels like leaving the state when you still have hours to go) or even differences in the pavement (the rough grey of Western Texas, vs the red pavement of Far West and East Texas).
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on June 01, 2021, 04:14:29 PM
Staying overnight anywhere. Also seeing a ton of luggage in the trunk.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 01, 2021, 04:23:27 PM
Either it's overnight or my hiking bag is in my car. 
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on June 01, 2021, 04:38:13 PM
It's usually when I reach the part of a familiar route number that I don't see very often.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Ned Weasel on June 01, 2021, 04:53:59 PM
Being more than a full day's drive away from home.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: TheGrassGuy on June 01, 2021, 05:21:34 PM
* Service areas
* Rest areas
* Paper maps
* Hotels, obviously
* Unfamiliar route numbers
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: CtrlAltDel on June 01, 2021, 05:22:16 PM
For me it's mostly a mindset thing, which at least for me, comes from a number of things, not necessarily independent:

Distance — the longer the better of course, but a day trip can be a road trip

Destination — if I'm going to be seeing or doing something more or less important or unique at the destination

Diversions — the more I'm going to see various sights along the way, the more I'll consider it a road trip

Duration — the longer I'm at my destination, the more likely I will consider it a road trip

Preparation — the longer it takes to get everything set, the more likely I'll consider it a road trip

Clinching — clinching a road is, on its own, a reason to consider a trip a road trip

Solitude — if I'm not traveling by myself, the vibe is different, and the more the other criteria need to apply


Traditions — for all "official" road trips, I take a set route I take to reach the first interstate, and I have a tendency to avoid shortcuts; I also celebrate in some way crossing state lines; I also usually make it a point to buy gas in each state except perhaps the beginning and ending state


Not all of these are necessary, of course, but the more there are the more I'll see it as a road trip.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: FrCorySticha on June 01, 2021, 06:41:16 PM
For me it's fairly simple: good music on the radio, lots of snacks and pops (or "sodas" for you heathens), and luggage in the back.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ari-s-drives on June 01, 2021, 07:05:30 PM
Chex mix
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: skluth on June 01, 2021, 08:09:16 PM
Any trip where I take my road atlas for directions rather than relying on the map in my head
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: SSOWorld on June 01, 2021, 08:21:43 PM
A drive other than the commute where I can play a lengthy playlist from my phone.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: allniter89 on June 01, 2021, 10:21:06 PM
Crossing a state line.
Ice & pop in the cooler.
Reset the trip odometer b4 leaving our driveway. I like to see how far I drove on the roadtrip.
The need to check the atlas, driving unfamiliar hwys.
Possibly writing my route on paper.
I'm feeling the need for a roadtrip, probably to Mt Vernon, IL. I've driven this trip b4 but not often enough to be boring.
I was mulling a Mem Day roadtrip but then  :pan: :ded:
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Rothman on June 01, 2021, 10:31:19 PM
Luggage in the back and the key in the ignition.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on June 01, 2021, 10:44:34 PM
Quote from: skluth on June 01, 2021, 08:09:16 PM
Any trip where I take my road atlas for directions rather than relying on the map in my head
That would be very far for me. My head map + signs could probably get me to most major American cities.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: dlsterner on June 01, 2021, 10:51:29 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 01, 2021, 10:44:34 PM
Quote from: skluth on June 01, 2021, 08:09:16 PM
Any trip where I take my road atlas for directions rather than relying on the map in my head
That would be very far for me. My head map + signs could probably get me to most major American cities.
Sometimes the best road trips are to the more obscure places, rather than the "major" cities.  :nod:
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: GaryV on June 02, 2021, 07:49:04 AM
If you have to pack more than a lunch, it's a road trip.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: 1995hoo on June 02, 2021, 07:53:09 AM
Typically for me it's if I go beyond Richmond, Charlottesville, I-81, Frederick, or Annapolis.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: thspfc on June 02, 2021, 09:39:15 AM
I think you can be on a road trip without staying overnight. Unless you want to classify "road trip" and "day trip" as two separate things.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: jeffandnicole on June 02, 2021, 09:40:34 AM
For me, it mainly is doing something unusual. I can roadtrip in my own county for several hours. We drove from NJ to WV for a day trip...less than 3 hours each direction. Yet, I wouldn't consider NJ to Baltimore a road trip since I've done it often, even though I stay overnight there.

Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on June 02, 2021, 10:32:42 AM
Quote from: FrCorySticha on June 01, 2021, 06:41:16 PM
For me it's fairly simple: good music on the radio, lots of snacks and pops (or "sodas" for you heathens), and luggage in the back.

Cokes in Texas.  To those who may not know, all carbonated soft drinks that people may call pops or sodas are called universally "cokes" in Texas.  It is not uncommon for the following exchange:

Person 1: "Hey do you want a coke?"

Person 2: "Yeah!"

Person 1: "Okay, what kind?"

Person 2: "Dr. Pepper."
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Henry on June 02, 2021, 10:46:29 AM
Going through at least two or three states, depending on the length of the road in one of those states.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: roadman65 on June 02, 2021, 11:00:55 AM
Anytime I drive from A to B convoluted and make loops or side road trips.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: vdeane on June 02, 2021, 12:54:19 PM
I can't say I've ever seen the words "pop" or "soda" pluralized before this thread.  Do you guys refer to glasses of water as "waters" too?
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on June 02, 2021, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: Henry on June 02, 2021, 10:46:29 AM
Going through at least two or three states, depending on the length of the road in one of those states.
Doesn't work up here, I've been on day trips to southern Maine through 3 states and that's barely a road trip.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on June 02, 2021, 01:23:04 PM
Quote from: vdeane on June 02, 2021, 12:54:19 PM
I can't say I've ever seen the words "pop" or "soda" pluralized before this thread.  Do you guys refer to glasses of water as "waters" too?

I say waters for multiple bottles of water.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: jmacswimmer on June 02, 2021, 01:27:26 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on June 02, 2021, 01:23:04 PM
Quote from: vdeane on June 02, 2021, 12:54:19 PM
I can't say I've ever seen the words "pop" or "soda" pluralized before this thread.  Do you guys refer to glasses of water as "waters" too?
I say waters for multiple bottles of water.

I seem to recall "The Situation" frequently making reference to "Diet Soders".
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: 1995hoo on June 02, 2021, 01:43:46 PM
I've heard waiters and waitresses use "waters" –for example, "one iced tea, one DC Brau, two waters."

I sometimes use it that way if we're loading the car for a trip–"Did you put the waters in the back?"  referring to the little cooler with bottles of water. That's about the only time I'd say that.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: hbelkins on June 02, 2021, 01:52:48 PM
Camera batteries charged and some snacks and drinks packed.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: kphoger on June 02, 2021, 03:49:10 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on June 01, 2021, 04:05:14 PM
The fact you are in the car and everyone has their shoes off?

Actually, that's a pretty good one.  That, and an adult taking a nap in the car.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: deathtopumpkins on June 02, 2021, 04:01:27 PM
Quote from: vdeane on June 02, 2021, 12:54:19 PM
I can't say I've ever seen the words "pop" or "soda" pluralized before this thread.  Do you guys refer to glasses of water as "waters" too?

Yes. It's more than one, therefore it's plural. Beverages, waters, sodas, beers, teas, juices, etc.




For me it's generally leaving at 3 am that signifies a roadtrip - it started as a way of avoiding specific traffic problems years ago that has become a tradition for the first day of a trip.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: dlsterner on June 02, 2021, 07:45:11 PM
Crossing the state line (Exception: for Washington area, going outside of I-495 in Virginia)
  or
Going past Frederick to the west
  or
Crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Also, a cooler buckled into the passenger seat filled with sodas (either Coke Zero or Zevia Cola).  No clue what this "pop" is that people refer to.    :poke:
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: renegade on June 02, 2021, 08:45:22 PM
I'm behind the wheel, and I'm not going to places I'd normally go to as part of my day-to-day routine.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: michravera on June 02, 2021, 08:59:10 PM
Quote from: FrCorySticha on June 01, 2021, 06:41:16 PM
For me it's fairly simple: good music on the radio, lots of snacks and pops (or "sodas" for you heathens), and luggage in the back.

Yeah. Starting my "Potty Break" playlist on the player.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: US 89 on June 03, 2021, 01:36:04 AM
So, as far as I'm concerned, "day trip"  and "road trip"  overlap - shorter day trips don't really count as road trips, but longer ones do in my opinion especially if it's to someplace more than a couple hours away.

That said, anything that crosses a state line or leaves my combined statistical area is automatically road trip material in my book.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre. Landing on a station where the weather reports are for towns you've never been to and commercials reference streets you've never heard of.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: JayhawkCO on June 03, 2021, 10:57:11 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 02, 2021, 03:49:10 PM
Actually, that's a pretty good one.  That, and an adult taking a nap in the car.

That's anytime my wife is in the car with me for more than an hour.




For my answer, I'd say snacks packed, nalgene filled, podcast or audiobook on the radio, and atlas either in the passenger seat or in the back seat easily accessible.

Chris
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: hbelkins on June 03, 2021, 11:54:17 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

I'm guessing that's due to the corporatization and automation of chain-owned stations (iHeard, Cumulus, etc.) that pretty much have the same playlists?
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on June 03, 2021, 12:00:00 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

This was always true when listening to the Cowboys on my way back home.  I would start off one station until I started to lose it then switch to another station to continue the game.  The worst part was when you lost the first station but didn't quite pick up the second one.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 12:10:12 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 03, 2021, 11:54:17 AM

Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

I'm guessing that's due to the corporatization and automation of chain-owned stations (iHeard, Cumulus, etc.) that pretty much have the same playlists?

I also used to have about four NPR stations memorized for long trips across Kansas.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: webny99 on June 03, 2021, 12:48:21 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 02, 2021, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: Henry on June 02, 2021, 10:46:29 AM
Going through at least two or three states, depending on the length of the road in one of those states.
Doesn't work up here, I've been on day trips to southern Maine through 3 states and that's barely a road trip.

If it's longer than 2-3 hours, I would call it a road trip, even if it's a single day.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on June 03, 2021, 01:00:30 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 03, 2021, 12:48:21 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 02, 2021, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: Henry on June 02, 2021, 10:46:29 AM
Going through at least two or three states, depending on the length of the road in one of those states.
Doesn't work up here, I've been on day trips to southern Maine through 3 states and that's barely a road trip.

If it's longer than 2-3 hours, I would call it a road trip, even if it's a single day.
Round trip or one way?
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: webny99 on June 03, 2021, 01:01:45 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 03, 2021, 01:00:30 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 03, 2021, 12:48:21 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 02, 2021, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: Henry on June 02, 2021, 10:46:29 AM
Going through at least two or three states, depending on the length of the road in one of those states.
Doesn't work up here, I've been on day trips to southern Maine through 3 states and that's barely a road trip.

If it's longer than 2-3 hours, I would call it a road trip, even if it's a single day.
Round trip or one way?

One way (or at least if it gets at least that far away even if some stops are closer).
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on June 03, 2021, 05:23:01 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.

I love this typo.  I imagine you driving the vehicle via text commands with a phone. 
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:34:12 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on June 03, 2021, 05:23:01 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM
I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.

I love this typo.  I imagine you driving the vehicle via text commands with a phone.

:-D
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: sparker on June 03, 2021, 06:07:38 PM
If it's past the current maximum Bay area commute zone -- or in a separate metro area -- it's a road trip.  Stockton, no; Sacramento, yes.  Modesto or Merced, no; Madera or Fresno, yes.  Salinas, no; King City, yes.  Vacaville, no; Winters, yes.  Healdsburg, no; Ukiah, yes.  You get the drift! 
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: GaryV on June 03, 2021, 07:56:13 PM
I just filled out a survey from a motel.  They wanted to know about the trip.  Was it
-- weekend/short trip (4 days or less)
-- longer trip (5 days or longer)
-- stop on a road trip

Um, wouldn't that last one be a subset of either of the first 2?
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: vdeane on June 03, 2021, 08:19:52 PM
Quote from: GaryV on June 03, 2021, 07:56:13 PM
I just filled out a survey from a motel.  They wanted to know about the trip.  Was it
-- weekend/short trip (4 days or less)
-- longer trip (5 days or longer)
-- stop on a road trip

Um, wouldn't that last one be a subset of either of the first 2?

I'm guessing they meant the latter as something like an overnight stop on a longer drive where the destination (if there is one) is somewhere else.

Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.
Meanwhile, my FM presets cover the entire Thruway ticket system (which gives me the entire Rochester-Albany drive, plus one station on either side), so I understand it quite well.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: kphoger on June 04, 2021, 12:47:07 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM

Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.

To what, exactly, do you object?  Scott and me listening to the radio in the car?  Well, I object to your objection!   :-P
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Rothman on June 04, 2021, 12:48:54 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 04, 2021, 12:47:07 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM

Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.

To what, exactly, do you object?  Scott and me listening to the radio in the car?  Well, I object to your objection!   :-P
Sustained.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: CtrlAltDel on June 04, 2021, 01:27:26 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 04, 2021, 12:47:07 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 03, 2021, 05:18:21 PM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:50:41 AM

Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2021, 10:33:48 AM

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre.

...and sometimes not even your preferred genre.  If the only stations coming in are country music, then sometimes I just listen to country music for a while before searching again.

...or finding your favorite radio station on a different frequency, then having to find it on yet another frequency a couple of hours later.

...or hearing one song you like the sound of and thinking it's your preferred genre so you leave it, then two or three songs deep they play something bizarre that doesn't seem to fit, and you're deliberating on whether you want to keep looking or just grit and bear the bad song.

I have to object to this one. I have never turned on the radio in my car. Well, that's not true. I did during the text drive. But that was the last time.

To what, exactly, do you object?  Scott and me listening to the radio in the car?

Well, that depends. How loud is it?  :-D
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Scott5114 on June 04, 2021, 01:56:11 PM
For what it's worth, my wife makes fun of me for still listening to the radio. She has like a million MP3s and a Spotify account. I'm cheap so I have neither. My phone has some MP3s ripped from CDs and some music copied from the data directory of some video games I own, but I usually only listen to that when I'm on the way to work (I'm usually irritated enough at the thought of going to work that I don't want to deal with commercials). If I'm traveling on my own schedule, I just listen to the radio because it's less effort, I don't mind a commercial or two then, and I might get to hear something new that I like.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: JayhawkCO on June 04, 2021, 03:18:07 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 04, 2021, 01:56:11 PM
For what it's worth, my wife makes fun of me for still listening to the radio. She has like a million MP3s and a Spotify account. I'm cheap so I have neither. My phone has some MP3s ripped from CDs and some music copied from the data directory of some video games I own, but I usually only listen to that when I'm on the way to work (I'm usually irritated enough at the thought of going to work that I don't want to deal with commercials). If I'm traveling on my own schedule, I just listen to the radio because it's less effort, I don't mind a commercial or two then, and I might get to hear something new that I like.

If it matters to you, you can get a dual Spotify account so you can both listen.  I think it's only another $3 a month.

Chris
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: sparker on June 04, 2021, 04:00:41 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on June 04, 2021, 03:18:07 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 04, 2021, 01:56:11 PM
For what it's worth, my wife makes fun of me for still listening to the radio. She has like a million MP3s and a Spotify account. I'm cheap so I have neither. My phone has some MP3s ripped from CDs and some music copied from the data directory of some video games I own, but I usually only listen to that when I'm on the way to work (I'm usually irritated enough at the thought of going to work that I don't want to deal with commercials). If I'm traveling on my own schedule, I just listen to the radio because it's less effort, I don't mind a commercial or two then, and I might get to hear something new that I like.

If it matters to you, you can get a dual Spotify account so you can both listen.  I think it's only another $3 a month.

Chris

I've got Sirius in my business vehicle -- but it rarely gets used unless I'm well out of town (more or less in "road trip" territory); normally the radio is tuned to AM 740 (here, KCBS) for the every-10-minute traffic reports, which have proved to be crucial when driving around the region during the day (especially on I-880 up to Berkeley or Alameda, a pretty regular trip).  But when Sirius is on, it's tuned to either the '60's or '70's feed, depending on my mood at the time.  However, sometimes that gets a bit repetitive and/or "top-40" oriented, at which time the CD's start getting fed in!
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: JayhawkCO on June 04, 2021, 04:10:15 PM
Quote from: sparker on June 04, 2021, 04:00:41 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on June 04, 2021, 03:18:07 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 04, 2021, 01:56:11 PM
For what it's worth, my wife makes fun of me for still listening to the radio. She has like a million MP3s and a Spotify account. I'm cheap so I have neither. My phone has some MP3s ripped from CDs and some music copied from the data directory of some video games I own, but I usually only listen to that when I'm on the way to work (I'm usually irritated enough at the thought of going to work that I don't want to deal with commercials). If I'm traveling on my own schedule, I just listen to the radio because it's less effort, I don't mind a commercial or two then, and I might get to hear something new that I like.

If it matters to you, you can get a dual Spotify account so you can both listen.  I think it's only another $3 a month.

Chris

I've got Sirius in my business vehicle -- but it rarely gets used unless I'm well out of town (more or less in "road trip" territory); normally the radio is tuned to AM 740 (here, KCBS) for the every-10-minute traffic reports, which have proved to be crucial when driving around the region during the day (especially on I-880 up to Berkeley or Alameda, a pretty regular trip).  But when Sirius is on, it's tuned to either the '60's or '70's feed, depending on my mood at the time.  However, sometimes that gets a bit repetitive and/or "top-40" oriented, at which time the CD's start getting fed in!

I have Sirius in my car since I'm in the mountains often enough where I wouldn't get any radio reception nor any data to use Spotify.  I find it pretty handy and it doesn't cost much.  For traffic, I just use Google Maps which connects through Android Auto to my car.  Alas, no physical media are able to be used in my ride.

Chris
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: sparker on June 04, 2021, 08:14:52 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on June 04, 2021, 04:10:15 PM
Quote from: sparker on June 04, 2021, 04:00:41 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on June 04, 2021, 03:18:07 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 04, 2021, 01:56:11 PM
For what it's worth, my wife makes fun of me for still listening to the radio. She has like a million MP3s and a Spotify account. I'm cheap so I have neither. My phone has some MP3s ripped from CDs and some music copied from the data directory of some video games I own, but I usually only listen to that when I'm on the way to work (I'm usually irritated enough at the thought of going to work that I don't want to deal with commercials). If I'm traveling on my own schedule, I just listen to the radio because it's less effort, I don't mind a commercial or two then, and I might get to hear something new that I like.

If it matters to you, you can get a dual Spotify account so you can both listen.  I think it's only another $3 a month.

Chris

I've got Sirius in my business vehicle -- but it rarely gets used unless I'm well out of town (more or less in "road trip" territory); normally the radio is tuned to AM 740 (here, KCBS) for the every-10-minute traffic reports, which have proved to be crucial when driving around the region during the day (especially on I-880 up to Berkeley or Alameda, a pretty regular trip).  But when Sirius is on, it's tuned to either the '60's or '70's feed, depending on my mood at the time.  However, sometimes that gets a bit repetitive and/or "top-40" oriented, at which time the CD's start getting fed in!

I have Sirius in my car since I'm in the mountains often enough where I wouldn't get any radio reception nor any data to use Spotify.  I find it pretty handy and it doesn't cost much.  For traffic, I just use Google Maps which connects through Android Auto to my car.  Alas, no physical media are able to be used in my ride.

Chris

Wouldn't own a car without a CD player; got about 2K CD's and have no intention (nor time) to convert them all to files.  Besides, I think they sound better than anything absent a $5K+ streamer (disclaimer: I'm in the specialty audio business).  So if it isn't radio (including Sirius), it's a bunch of CD's in a carrying case!
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: Bruce on June 05, 2021, 02:17:21 AM
If I can't see some of my home mountains, I'm far enough away to be on a road trip.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ctkatz on June 05, 2021, 07:13:51 AM
on the worst days I have an 8 minute commute so I never use the radio and generally don't enjoy the car I'm driving (this isn't saying I don't like my car, this is there are features of the car I'm in I don't really get a chance to experience).  road trips for me are using the radio to play my audiobooks and using car features that rentals provide.  normally I use my offline gps on my phone when I travel and that puts me at risk in some states by overzealous highway patrols who pull me over simply because I have a car mount on my windshield and that particular state restricts that kind of thing.  I got pulled over and my car searched in arizona just because of my car mount.  last year I was able to use the built-in android auto for the first time, it was nice and convenient and didn't give the cops any reason to stop me.
Title: Re: What Signafies You Are on a Road Trip?
Post by: ctkatz on June 05, 2021, 07:20:54 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 03, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
One that everyone might not identify with: When the familiar radio stations from your home city start fuzzing out and you have to scan around the dial trying to find a radio station of your preferred genre. Landing on a station where the weather reports are for towns you've never been to and commercials reference streets you've never heard of.

if I still listened to local radio I would.  before I had an mp3 player this definitely was the case.

one of the things I have done on occasion these days is tune in to those special information radio frequencies they promote on the bbs