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[CNGL-Leudimin]

Minor things - This works from three different threads.

Happy New Year - Generic title for my "time traveling" threads in which I say hi from the next year.

[Scott5114]

Daily conversation: What is the worst... ("What do you want to eat?" "I don't know, what do you want to eat?")
Longest Stretches... (three minutes!)
Crash pro... (demolition derby driver shares tips on surviving an accident)
Roadgeek Hot... (come clinch CC-215 in the summer!)
Two places on sign that are names of places... (yes that is generally how guide signs work)
Old Traffic... (traffic jams caused by retirement homes, doctor's offices, Social Security offices, etc.)
Exit Numb... (exits for dentist offices)
Roads named for bus... (this one probably counts)
Road-Geeky Things Of The Pa... (your dad's old road atlases that you found stashed under the bed)
Need help identifying a par... (golf advice)

One the forum itself gave me: Ohio Legislature Man... (worst superhero concept ever)

[kphoger]

Ohio Legislature Man... (worst superhero concept ever)

LOL !!!

[vdeane]

The forum software did this one for me: Ohio Legislature Man

[freebrickproductions]

The forum software did this one for me: Ohio Legislature Man

That sounds like a terrible superhero.

[TheCatalyst31]

Roads named for bus... (this one probably counts)

The Chicago suburbs have Busse Highway, though the younger members of the forum might assume that's named for something else.

[kphoger]

Ohio Legislature Man... (worst superhero concept ever)

The forum software did this one for me: Ohio Legislature Man

That sounds like a terrible superhero.

Here's one that sounds like a bad idea for a superhero:  Ohio Legislature Man

[kphoger]

Non-Road Boards ► Off-Topic ► Say nice things

[Scott5114]

Ohio Legislature Man... (worst superhero concept ever)

The forum software did this one for me: Ohio Legislature Man

That sounds like a terrible superhero.

Here's one that sounds like a bad idea for a superhero:  Ohio Legislature Man

MP3 player for the cat?

[Scott5114]

Trucking comp... (drivers of 18 wheelers eat free!)
How many forum members... (4,708, it's on the main page)
The United States divided... (locked for political bickering)
Technology Rando... (Honey, why is the Cox guy here?)
This is true? - Geo... (Someone is shocked to find out about 1990s subcompacts)
Sears-Kmart Death... (eventually)
What song are you currently listening to... (because the "now" isn't actually needed on the end of the original. What are you going to do, currently listen to a song later?)
Crazy things you've found... (I found a nickel from 1895!)
AARoads Word... (a version of MS Word that has every control city pre-added to the dictionary)
I just got fire... (finally figured out flint and tinder and wanted to share it with the rest of us)
CBS Network Program... (a roundabout way of hinting OP wants to talk about The Bold and the Beautiful)
Video Game Con... (microtransactions)
MASSIVE E... ("What do you see on the first line of the eye chart?")
Roadgeek Cold... (Come clinch the Dalton Highway in the winter!)
Online job listing... (it's just spam)
American Truck (someone posts a picture of their Ford F-350 and we all pretend to be impressed)
Fictional Municipality... (Souky returns from the dead)
For the nerds... (OP just contains https://www.aaroads.com/forum )
Oklahoma City Shoo... ("go on now, git!")
Do you use the local public... (we would prefer if the tourists didn't though)
You are too old... (I can't do anything about it though)
Buc-ee's Sue... (ends up going about like that one thread with the guy with untoward thoughts about Huddle House waitresses)

[kphoger]

The United States divided...

Reminds me of this thread I started a few years ago.

Technology Rando... (Honey, did you know the Cox guy was coming today?)

This hits home for me.  Cox is one of the MSOs that my company works for.  We're located in Park City.  The serial killer BTK lived in Park City.  (In fact, he worked with our company when we opened our current building, as he was employed by the city in code enforcement.)  One of the ways he gained entrance to victims' homes was to disguise himself as a telephone repairman.  When I started working here, his reemergence was within recent memory.  It was very important for our cable guys to not look like a technology rando.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Should we build cities out of steel? - No, we should build them out of popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue
Should we build cities? - No
Say nice things - Now, everybody hold hands...
Checking in - Hi
Indonesia to move - They finally got tired of their tropical climate
San Jose tops - Uh, NSFW
Renaming Oakland - Let's just call it East San Francisco or North Compton
Daily conversation: What is the worst? - Everything
New book - Yay?
The actual Worst - Again, everything?
Has the Flashing Yellow Left? - Gone just as quickly as it arrived
Are there any bridges that plunge? - @kurumi's infamous I-338 proposal returns!
Why do bridges make strange sounds? - The mating call of the cable-stayed bridge

[kphoger]

San Jose tops - Uh, NSFW

Nah, it's just fine.

[vdeane]

Ohio Legislature Man... (worst superhero concept ever)

The forum software did this one for me: Ohio Legislature Man

That sounds like a terrible superhero.

Here's one that sounds like a bad idea for a superhero:  Ohio Legislature Man

MP3 player for the cat?

You know, I could have sworn that I checked everything since that thread began to see if it was already done, but must have missed it in the wall of examples in the post it was in.

[Max Rockatansky]

Arizona Looking to Dump

[kphoger]

Arizona Looking

Arizona Looking to Dump

[Big John]

The United States divided - so much for the "indivisible" in the pledge of allegiance.

[LilianaUwU]

The United States divided - so much for the "indivisible" in the pledge of allegiance.

That's just the current state of the US.

[kphoger]

The United States divided... (locked for political bickering)

The United States divided - so much for the "indivisible" in the pledge of allegiance.

The United States divided — alternate ending to the Civil War

[PNWRoadgeek]

Conversation: What is possible? - Everything! As long as you think! 

[freebrickproductions]

Conversation

[PNWRoadgeek]

Say Things New Jersey - It can't say anything though, it's a state.

[kphoger]

Is that really truncation.........???

[WillWeaverRVA]

Introducing the AA - a beginner's guide to Alcoholics Anonymous
Alps - @Alps talks about trips to the Alps
News: Why is this? - Why is this indeed
I Thought No - You were wrong
Time for "K12?" - A thread to discuss either grade school or the rather unusual musical stylings of Melanie Martinez
New Rank - You can now be promoted to General of the Army
Forum functionality - Something that has been fleeting for a while but has finally been fixed thanks to @Alex's hard work
Detroit - Removal - Due to popular demand, we are removing Detroit
Ohio and Indiana launch automated truck - State governments enter the self-driving truck industry
Why not a brand new highway? - Isn't this basically the premise of Fictional Highways?

[Scott5114]

Is that really truncation.........???

Interestingly, I can't find an attestation that says that truncation must be from one of the ends. Both of the dictionaries I consulted emphasize that it's a shortening by removing a portion. In Perl, the String::Truncate module takes a given string and shortens it to a given length, and you can tell it to delete from the beginning, middle, or end. Python uses truncate to shorten a file specifically and what gets truncated seems to depend on the particulars of a file pointer in such a way that I don't know that's it's a relevant example.