What do you think is the stupidest thing done Involving a road sign?
This is my favorite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRENQ9zD6E
I hope the sign was alright :D
This one right here is just plain stupid :ded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUExGy4Kotw
Quote from: US12 on June 04, 2012, 07:16:31 PM
What do you think is the stupidest thing done Involving a road sign?
replace it with one that says "Arroyo Seco Parkway".
[checks youporn] damn, nothing.
There's a minute of my life I'll never get back....
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Armor.
Melting it down to make a guardrail.
I've seen the video of the guy riding the bike into the US 340 mileage board before, on some TV show. I actually think I have a photo of that sign.
I also saw a video on television of some idiot jumping out of a moving vehicle into a sign assembly in Louisiana.
That NY 412 sign pictured above probably needs to be melted down in order to disinfect it. :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on June 04, 2012, 09:53:29 PM
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Obsessed much? I can't believe you guys are still talking about this clown. He's not even a good quality troll. You guys used to be a lot harder to troll, now any moron with a couple of catchphrases and made up words can do it. He's by far the worst troll I've ever seen and I've been online since 1996. And you and some other members of this forum are obsessed with him.
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2012, 12:24:59 PM
He's by far the worst troll I've ever seen
how easily we forget the ethanmen of the world.
also, anyone wanna fill me in on the joke with regard to Mr. NY-412?
I don't know the deal about the sign and I don't care. It's just some lame attempt at trolling and suckers like Hayes bite the hook every goddamn time. I showed MTR how trolling was done, and now it's been reduced to Carl Rogers. Sad.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 12:27:46 PM
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2012, 12:24:59 PM
He's by far the worst troll I've ever seen
how easily we forget the ethanmen of the world.
also, anyone wanna fill me in on the joke with regard to Mr. NY-412?
His name is Carl Rogers. He coined the word "viatology" as a scientific term to describe Road Geeking. He's a regular Troll/Spammer on MTR/usenet , usually shouting his own praises, inflating his ego with his faux "scientific method", and promoting his less than mediocre website. Most of us ignore him, but a few people like to engage in arguments &/or insults which seem to feed his craving for attention. :pan: :pan:
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2012, 12:30:15 PM
I don't know the deal about the sign and I don't care. It's just some lame attempt at trolling and suckers like Hayes bite the hook every goddamn time. I showed MTR how trolling was done, and now it's been reduced to Carl Rogers. Sad.
And "Roadrash Randy"... but lets not go there.
and the good people on this forum are supposed to know that naked guy is Cal Rogers?
and we're supposed to care?
both Bugo and Elkins seem to be hell bent on rehashing the dead, dead past. what's next; we'll be unearthing ancient memories of smoke-signal trolls?
The worst part is that they're stooging for master troll Romney.
Quote from: NE2 on June 05, 2012, 12:46:19 PM
The worst part is that they're stooging for master troll Romney.
wouldn't it be nice if we could just ban Romney. he can talk all he wants, but no running for admin!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 01:24:22 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 05, 2012, 12:46:19 PM
The worst part is that they're stooging for master troll Romney.
wouldn't it be nice if we could just ban Romney. he can talk all he wants, but no running for admin!
Let's back off the politics
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 12:43:43 PM
and the good people on this forum are supposed to know that naked guy is Cal Rogers?
and we're supposed to care?
both Bugo and Elkins seem to be hell bent on rehashing the dead, dead past. what's next; we'll be unearthing ancient memories of smoke-signal trolls?
I guess I just fail to comprehend the number of people who aren't familiar with misc.transport.road, since I grew up with it (in a manner of speaking). To me, a roadgeek not knowing about m.t.r. is like someone not knowing who George Washington was.
Quote from: US71 on June 05, 2012, 12:41:32 PM
His name is Carl Rogers. He coined the word "viatology" as a scientific term to describe Road Geeking. He's a regular Troll/Spammer on MTR/usenet , usually shouting his own praises, inflating his ego with his faux "scientific method", and promoting his less than mediocre website. Most of us ignore him, but a few people like to engage in arguments &/or insults which seem to feed his craving for attention. :pan: :pan:
Hence OSTT (
"Operation Silence The Troll," or alternately
"Operation Starve The Troll"), which is faithfully observed by most of the regulars still on m.t.r. There are a couple of British guys who still try to engage him because he crossposts to a few other groups, but everyone else just has a good laugh at his expense elsewhere on other forums.
Quote from: US71 on June 05, 2012, 12:42:19 PMAnd "Roadrash Randy"... but lets not go there.
He's been quiet for some time now, or at least the best I can tell he has been, since I have his various nyms killfiled.
Of course, he's the guy who would rather draw a picture of a road sign instead of taking a photograph of it. That might qualify for a stupid thing involving a road sign.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 12:27:46 PM
Quote from: bugo on June 05, 2012, 12:24:59 PM
He's by far the worst troll I've ever seen
how easily we forget the ethanmen of the world.
All 62,187 of them?
A lot of people in roadgeeking these days never haunted MTR. A lot of them probably never bothered with it because they didn't have a Usenet feed, or didn't want to take time to set it up (yes, MTR is usable through Google Groups, but it's not really worth trying since last time I checked you can't killfile people on Google). Some people prefer not to have to maintain a killfile and would rather have admins around to weed out the morons for them. A lot of people just got their roadgeeking start on one of the Yahoo lists, or Wikipedia, or Facebook, or something like that, and ended up here. And some people just plain weren't in the roadgeek community before this forum existed.
Carl is notable not so much due to the success of his trolling, but more because he has become a bit of a meme since many of his misfires are just so memorable. Particularly amusing are his videos, including the US-31W song*, the time he accidentally videotaped a banana instead of the road (and did a full write up on it on MTR), and the time he broke off his narrative to exclaim "SHIT, MISSED MY EXIT!" His entertainment value was always that it was never really 100% certain that he was a troll. He could have just been that inept. Considering some of the people I know in real life, I think it's rather more likely that he is, in fact, that dumb.
*US Fed'ral Route 31 dub, southbound traffic near a little green shrub, etc.
Quote from: US12 on June 04, 2012, 07:16:31 PM
This one right here is just plain stupid :ded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUExGy4Kotw
I guess throwing trash cans or even a bowling ball isn't fun anymore.
In response to the NMSL:
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Quote from: 1995hoo on June 06, 2012, 07:50:52 AM
In response to the NMSL:
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I remember passing through Oklahoma in 1980, and they had put little "No Tolerance" signs below the "Speed Limit 55" signs. I could also see at least one sign where "55" had been painted over "70".
Quote from: hbelkins on June 05, 2012, 09:27:15 PM
I guess I just fail to comprehend the number of people who aren't familiar with misc.transport.road, since I grew up with it (in a manner of speaking). To me, a roadgeek not knowing about m.t.r. is like someone not knowing who George Washington was.
I think a more apt analogy would be not knowing what the Articles of Confederation were. it was
there, yes, but it was horribly imperfect. I learned more about highway signs in two weeks of finding some sign collectors and hanging out with them, than in all the time I spent reading MTR from about 2002-2006.
Does anyone have this 31-dub video, or is it lost in the hells of Kentucky?
Quote from: NE2 on June 06, 2012, 10:14:03 AM
Does anyone have this 31-dub video, or is it lost in the hells of Kentucky?
I can't find any of his crap on YouTube. A couple spoofs, but none of his stuff.
It's impossible to find on that botched abortion of a website of his.
However, I had downloaded it for the sheer LMAO-worthiness of it, and I've put it up on YouTube.
The irony is, I had an engine blow on a vehicle back in 1994, and I limped to a stop at the service station at the right that's briefly visible in this video.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 06, 2012, 03:56:58 AM
A lot of people in roadgeeking these days never haunted MTR. A lot of them probably never bothered with it because they didn't have a Usenet feed, or didn't want to take time to set it up (yes, MTR is usable through Google Groups, but it's not really worth trying since last time I checked you can't killfile people on Google). Some people prefer not to have to maintain a killfile and would rather have admins around to weed out the morons for them. A lot of people just got their roadgeeking start on one of the Yahoo lists, or Wikipedia, or Facebook, or something like that, and ended up here. And some people just plain weren't in the roadgeek community before this forum existed.
I never knew of MTR before seeing folks talk about it on here. Had I known about it or stumbled across it (like I did this forum) I'm sure I would have been around. However, I couldn't be a part of it if I didn't know it existed. It seems like this Carl Rogers was indeed an amusing one. In some ways I regret missing having seen his antics. After watching his "31W song" video, I tend to agree with Scott that the guy is just an idiot. While idiots can be frustrating, at least they provide comedic relief from time to time.
The only part of MTR that I encountered was the great FAQ they made, from browsing a few road/sign sites here and there, circa 2003. Having already been a part of three other forums at the time (modding at one), going to a newsgroup seemed a little archaic and unwieldy. So I kind of stopped at the door and turned around...many more of my searches in the past two years crossed paths with AARoads' photos on the main site, and so the rest is history.
Plenty of forums have their iconic members, both in good and bad standing. It's kind of the nature of standing out a little from the crowd...of course, there's always a few that are frikin' annoying and/or overfed trolls.
But I also don't go to 30-40 other sites and flood them with nonsense and garbag about what some imaginary word really means. Really? Just use your own site for that, anything else is a lonely long-term psychotic episode.
MTR was awesome before 2000-2001 or so. I joined in 1998, and everybody was polite and friendly and there were no trolls or flaming or anything like that. The subjects that are repeated ad nauseam on this forum were being asked for the first time, and it was fresh and new. Then some new blood came in (mostly kids) and ruined the vibe, and then came the trolls and flamewars.
I think Carl is just an elaborate troll. He travels some and gets pictures of diverse places, and he gets some of his friends to take pictures too. If he were for real, he would have stopped with the annoyance long ago.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 06, 2012, 03:56:58 AM
A lot of people in roadgeeking these days never haunted MTR. A lot of them probably never bothered with it because they didn't have a Usenet feed, or didn't want to take time to set it up
This. I knew about MTR as early as 2000 or so, but never went there (other than the famous FAQ). It took until Alex set up this forum for me to actually get significantly involved in the community. I just find structured forums to be friendlier and more welcoming than wild uncontrolled message boards and chatrooms. One is like walking into a nice little pub in town, the other is like walking into a saloon in the wild west.
Oh, and that US31W vid is fucking hilarious. I literally LOL'ed. :-D
Stupidest thing done involving a road sign, tragic catagory. :no:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/02/29/2-sisters-deaths-his-fault-man-admits.html (http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/02/29/2-sisters-deaths-his-fault-man-admits.html)
QuoteA sheriff's office dispatcher was fired for not acting on complaints from two drivers that the stop sign had been obscured.
dear bystander: take the fucking plastic wrap off yourself. stop crying to someone else when you have a problem.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 07, 2012, 10:29:29 AM
QuoteA sheriff's office dispatcher was fired for not acting on complaints from two drivers that the stop sign had been obscured.
dear bystander: take the fucking plastic wrap off yourself. stop crying to someone else when you have a problem.
Dear Jake,
We are not all 7-8 feet tall. I am not a crackpot.
The question is, does the bystander own a ladder? I don't, so if it happened on my block I wouldn't be able to fix it myself (ignoring for the sake of argument the fact that there's a signal at both ends of my block).
Quote from: formulanone on June 07, 2012, 10:40:08 AM
We are not all 7-8 feet tall. I am not a crackpot.
get a stick. we're not talking about major rocket surgery here - we're talking about lifting a hastily thrown plastic tarp off of a sign assembly.
Smartest thing - would be carrying one in a parade.
Smartest?
Richard Ankrom's Guerrilla Public Service.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 06, 2012, 03:16:05 PM
It's impossible to find on that botched abortion of a website of his.
However, I had downloaded it for the sheer LMAO-worthiness of it, and I've put it up on YouTube.
The irony is, I had an engine blow on a vehicle back in 1994, and I limped to a stop at the service station at the right that's briefly visible in this video.
I want those 39 seconds of my life back.