Random Thoughts

[Scott5114]

There is no force on Earth that could make Las Vegas follow the speed limit.

[algorerhythms]

Just post my forum avatar as the speed limit signs in Vegas. Problem solved.

(And many other problems created...)

[JayhawkCO]

If anything, I think I've noticed more aggressive speeders.

[Max Rockatansky]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

[JayhawkCO]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

Less depth perception?

[Max Rockatansky]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

Less depth perception?

Maybe?  I was fine until I went outside for a short run.  Usually this all starts out with a migraine developing which escalates to nausea.

[JayhawkCO]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

Less depth perception?

Maybe?  I was fine until I went outside for a short run.  Usually this all starts out with a migraine developing which escalates to nausea.

Google's AI says it might be do to different barometric pressure on cloudy days.

[Max Rockatansky]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

Less depth perception?

Maybe?  I was fine until I went outside for a short run.  Usually this all starts out with a migraine developing which escalates to nausea.

Google's AI says it might be do to different barometric pressure on cloudy days.

I'm wondering if I can get my doctor to agree that this a problem.  My wife has pills left over from a recent surgery which helps with this. 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

re: slow drivers

It depends on the day of the week. Around here weekends bring out the older drivers doing church and errands, so there tends to be more speed variability.

[LilianaUwU]

For whatever reason I keep getting vertigo on days when it is drizzling out and overcast.  I can't figure out what the trigger is but I just went through a brutal bout of it this morning.

Less depth perception?

Maybe?  I was fine until I went outside for a short run.  Usually this all starts out with a migraine developing which escalates to nausea.

Google's AI says it might be do to different barometric pressure on cloudy days.

Good thing two forests were burned down to give you that result. (I'm not shitting on you, I'm shitting on Google.)

[kphoger]

What Alexa says:
OK.  Playing {band name} and similar artists.

What Alexa means:
I have no idea what music is similar to {band name}.  So I'll just play some of their songs and a bunch of other artists you already listen to and hope for the best.

[kernals12]

3 telephone related things:
Even though rotary telephones long ago made way for push puttons (and then touch screens), we still "dial" phone numbers.

When we get a call, we still say our phones are "ringing" even though phones stopped making an actual ringing sound long ago

Back in the early 1960s, when exchange names were removed from phone numbers in favor of just numbers, people were legitimately freaking out. They thought being identified by a long string of numbers constituted a loss of their identity

[SEWIGuy]

Back in the early 1960s, when exchange names were removed from phone numbers in favor of just numbers, people were legitimately freaking out. They thought being identified by a long string of numbers constituted a loss of their identity

You're exaggerating...again.

[kphoger]

Even though rotary telephones long ago made way for push puttons (and then touch screens), we still "dial" phone numbers.

And then there's the ASL for 'phone'.

1.  Phones don't look like that anymore.

2.  Even if they did, most of the time people use a phone these days, they don't actually put them up to the side of their head.

[GaryV]

3 telephone related things

A 4th - we still "hang up" when the call is ended.

Which was itself an antiquated term when we still had rotary dial. We didn't really "hang up" on any phones that were sitting on a desk or table.

[kernals12]

Back in the early 1960s, when exchange names were removed from phone numbers in favor of just numbers, people were legitimately freaking out. They thought being identified by a long string of numbers constituted a loss of their identity

You're exaggerating...again.

I'm not

[SEWIGuy]

You are. Posting a few newspaper articles from the outliers doesn't change that.

[kernals12]

You are. Posting a few newspaper articles from the outliers doesn't change that.

And I suppose AT&T would spend god knows how much money on a slickly produced infomercial starring a trio of celebrities to assuage the fears of a few outliers

[kphoger]

A 4th - we still "hang up" when the call is ended.

Which was itself an antiquated term when we still had rotary dial. We didn't really "hang up" on any phones that were sitting on a desk or table.

I've never had a rotary phone, and yet my home phone growing up was mounted to the kitchen wall.  I literally hung up the phone every time I used it, until I left home in 1999.

[SEWIGuy]

You are. Posting a few newspaper articles from the outliers doesn't change that.

And I suppose AT&T would spend god knows how much money on a slickly produced infomercial starring a trio of celebrities to assuage the fears of a few outliers

"Slickly produced." lol.

You're exaggerating. Again.

[kkt]

3 telephone related things:
Even though rotary telephones long ago made way for push puttons (and then touch screens), we still "dial" phone numbers.

When we get a call, we still say our phones are "ringing" even though phones stopped making an actual ringing sound long ago

Back in the early 1960s, when exchange names were removed from phone numbers in favor of just numbers, people were legitimately freaking out. They thought being identified by a long string of numbers constituted a loss of their identity

I have a rotary-dial phone as one of my extensions.  It will work even if there's a power blackout, unlike the rest that are cordless.  I'm glad the central office equipment is still good with recognizing the rotary dial pulses.

Seattle held on to the exchange names longer than most places.  Late 1970s, I think.

[kkt]

3 telephone related things

A 4th - we still "hang up" when the call is ended.

Which was itself an antiquated term when we still had rotary dial. We didn't really "hang up" on any phones that were sitting on a desk or table.

I don't see what point you're making.  I have the handset in my hand having just finished a call.  I put it on the base, a desk phone, on the switchhook.  That's hanging it up.

[JayhawkCO]

3 telephone related things

A 4th - we still "hang up" when the call is ended.

Which was itself an antiquated term when we still had rotary dial. We didn't really "hang up" on any phones that were sitting on a desk or table.

This was the phone that my parents had. The handset was still hanging in the air.

[Max Rockatansky]

At the gym I go to sometimes I don't wear earbuds.  Usually what the gym plays is a music station named after Pitbull.  On occasion they play said musician talking about random things.  Today he was one about some sort of school he funded and the graduation rate hitting 90%.  He then goes onto say "we aren't gonna stop until we hit 100%."  It had me pondering if Pitbull's school hits a 100% graduation rate would hit shut down operations and declare a job well done?

[kernals12]

I hope that in 50 years, people will "fill up" their electric cars