Random Thoughts

[formulanone]

I just read that I can now imagine dear Ethan Alan's disappointment.

[gonealookin]

Each forum I post photos to has slightly different software.  I just got in the habit of copying that "BBCode (Forums)" link and adapting it as necessary for that particular forum to get the photo to post in the correct sizing.  For this forum, that just means deleting the duplicate "img" and "/img" tags that result.  This forum does make it easy to get the width correct without having to remember the specific syntax; yes, I've had that oh crap moment when something decided to post at a width of 4000 px.

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife usually gives me shit about carrying full cases or water in my car and after the drive to Las Vegas was no exception.  We passed about two dozen actively broken down vehicles on I-15 between Barstow and the Sloan exit near Las Vegas.  It was still 106F outside when we passed through Baker and 91F at Mountain Pass.  I didn't say anything to my wife but I thought about all those broken down cars when she began talking about the case of water. 

[The_Ginger]

The company that makes rubber bands for my braces also makes the retro-reflective sheeting for road signs. Crazy that those two things can be related, but I guess they can.

[Scott5114]

The company that makes rubber bands for my braces also makes the retro-reflective sheeting for road signs. Crazy that those two things can be related, but I guess they can.

3M, I presume? It makes more sense if you think of reflective sheeting as being a specialized form of Scotch tape (plastic film with adhesive backing) and therefore a mutant office supply. Avery-Dennison makes reflective sheeting too, although instead of rubber bands they are more known for their three-ring binders.

[The_Ginger]

The company that makes rubber bands for my braces also makes the retro-reflective sheeting for road signs. Crazy that those two things can be related, but I guess they can.

3M, I presume? It makes more sense if you think of reflective sheeting as being a specialized form of Scotch tape (plastic film with adhesive backing) and therefore a mutant office supply. Avery-Dennison makes reflective sheeting too, although instead of rubber bands they are more known for their three-ring binders.

Yes, it is 3M. I believe most, if not all signs in West Virginia have sheeting made by them as the print date on the signs always mentions "3M".

Maybe the real random thought is that both products are just office supplies! 

[gonealookin]

My wife usually gives me shit about carrying full cases or water in my car and after the drive to Las Vegas was no exception.  We passed about two dozen actively broken down vehicles on I-15 between Barstow and the Sloan exit near Las Vegas.  It was still 106F outside when we passed through Baker and 91F at Mountain Pass.  I didn't say anything to my wife but I thought about all those broken down cars when she began talking about the case of water. 

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

I start the day with more soda pop and Gatorade than I need for the day in an ice-filled cooler.  That way I have a few extra cold drinks for the evening when I arrive at my destination, sparing me a run to the C-store (although if I want a beer I do that anyway).  It doesn't hurt to keep a couple extra bottles of plain water in some storage space in your car either, maybe next to the Fix-A-Flat can...but not a whole case.

[Scott5114]

The company that makes rubber bands for my braces also makes the retro-reflective sheeting for road signs. Crazy that those two things can be related, but I guess they can.

3M, I presume? It makes more sense if you think of reflective sheeting as being a specialized form of Scotch tape (plastic film with adhesive backing) and therefore a mutant office supply. Avery-Dennison makes reflective sheeting too, although instead of rubber bands they are more known for their three-ring binders.

Yes, it is 3M. I believe most, if not all signs in West Virginia have sheeting made by them as the print date on the signs always mentions "3M".

Maybe the real random thought is that both products are just office supplies! 

Avery sells (or at least used to sell, the copyright date on the packaging is 2010) small size packets of reflective sheeting as an office supply. I used some of the FYG ones to mark the corners of my wife's bed when I first moved in with her because we kept running into them in the dark. (We found out when we moved to a different house that she had put it together backward and we were actually running into the place where a headboard was supposed to attach; the mattress was supposed to overhang the foot of the bed and thus keep that from being an issue.)

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

Doesn't seem excessive at all to me. (For anyone back east thinking this sounds ridiculous: remember, the humidity in the Mojave is nearly always below 20% so your body goes through water a lot faster here.) 24 half-pints is 192 ounces. I usually go through anywhere between 48 and 64 ounces when I go to the gym, and that's in the air conditioning. Sitting in a broken down car in the sun for a few hours I would expect to go through more, so 96 ounces per person seems like a good amount. I normally bring a little more (2 gallons or 256 ounces).

[gonealookin]

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

Doesn't seem excessive at all to me. (For anyone back east thinking this sounds ridiculous: remember, the humidity in the Mojave is nearly always below 20% so your body goes through water a lot faster here.) 24 half-pints is 192 ounces. I usually go through anywhere between 48 and 64 ounces when I go to the gym, and that's in the air conditioning. Sitting in a broken down car in the sun for a few hours I would expect to go through more, so 96 ounces per person seems like a good amount. I normally bring a little more (2 gallons or 256 ounces).

Sorry, my math sucks.  I was assuming the case meant 24 half-liter (1.05 pint) bottles, which is usually what you would buy a case of in the grocery store.  The little 8 oz. half-pint bottles do exist, usually as freebies in hotel rooms and probably casinos. 

[Max Rockatansky]

The company that makes rubber bands for my braces also makes the retro-reflective sheeting for road signs. Crazy that those two things can be related, but I guess they can.

3M, I presume? It makes more sense if you think of reflective sheeting as being a specialized form of Scotch tape (plastic film with adhesive backing) and therefore a mutant office supply. Avery-Dennison makes reflective sheeting too, although instead of rubber bands they are more known for their three-ring binders.

Yes, it is 3M. I believe most, if not all signs in West Virginia have sheeting made by them as the print date on the signs always mentions "3M".

Maybe the real random thought is that both products are just office supplies! 

Avery sells (or at least used to sell, the copyright date on the packaging is 2010) small size packets of reflective sheeting as an office supply. I used some of the FYG ones to mark the corners of my wife's bed when I first moved in with her because we kept running into them in the dark. (We found out when we moved to a different house that she had put it together backward and we were actually running into the place where a headboard was supposed to attach; the mattress was supposed to overhang the foot of the bed and thus keep that from being an issue.)

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

Doesn't seem excessive at all to me. (For anyone back east thinking this sounds ridiculous: remember, the humidity in the Mojave is nearly always below 20% so your body goes through water a lot faster here.) 24 half-pints is 192 ounces. I usually go through anywhere between 48 and 64 ounces when I go to the gym, and that's in the air conditioning. Sitting in a broken down car in the sun for a few hours I would expect to go through more, so 96 ounces per person seems like a good amount. I normally bring a little more (2 gallons or 256 ounces).

I just back from a short hike out at Red Rock.  I maybe did only two miles and still went through two bottles of 16oz water.  Jessica used one bottle and her face is super red. 

I'm carrying a 48 pack of the 16oz waters and about another 20 from one I partially consumed.  I've been on the opposite end of breakdowns like I saw yesterday.  I prefer to just have a reserve of hydration standing by just in case.

I also have a case of 20oz Gatorades.  I brought those for the hike and maybe a run tomorrow morning before I head back to Fresno.

[Scott5114]

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

Doesn't seem excessive at all to me. (For anyone back east thinking this sounds ridiculous: remember, the humidity in the Mojave is nearly always below 20% so your body goes through water a lot faster here.) 24 half-pints is 192 ounces. I usually go through anywhere between 48 and 64 ounces when I go to the gym, and that's in the air conditioning. Sitting in a broken down car in the sun for a few hours I would expect to go through more, so 96 ounces per person seems like a good amount. I normally bring a little more (2 gallons or 256 ounces).

Sorry, my math sucks.  I was assuming the case meant 24 half-liter (1.05 pint) bottles, which is usually what you would buy a case of in the grocery store.  The little 8 oz. half-pint bottles do exist, usually as freebies in hotel rooms and probably casinos. 

Ah. That still works out to about 3.2 gallons, which is maybe a bit overkill for two people but not extremely so. Knowing the kind of roads Max likes, it could be argued to be sensible for a worst-case scenario. Better to have it and not need it and all that.

I just back from a short hike out at Red Rock.  I maybe did only two miles and still went through two bottles of 16oz water.  Jessica used one bottle and her face is super red. 

Can't imagine you had much company out there—the current temperature at Harry Reid is 106° with a forecast high of 115°. I'm wanting to get into hiking so I can check out the trails at Red Rock, but I'm waiting until fall since I need to build up my stamina. Back in May when it was in the 80°s, I did a circumnavigation of Lone Mountain and that was enough to tire me out. I drank about the same amount of water.

[Max Rockatansky]

A "full case" of water (assuming you're talking about 24 half-pint plastic bottles) does seem excessive.

Doesn't seem excessive at all to me. (For anyone back east thinking this sounds ridiculous: remember, the humidity in the Mojave is nearly always below 20% so your body goes through water a lot faster here.) 24 half-pints is 192 ounces. I usually go through anywhere between 48 and 64 ounces when I go to the gym, and that's in the air conditioning. Sitting in a broken down car in the sun for a few hours I would expect to go through more, so 96 ounces per person seems like a good amount. I normally bring a little more (2 gallons or 256 ounces).

Sorry, my math sucks.  I was assuming the case meant 24 half-liter (1.05 pint) bottles, which is usually what you would buy a case of in the grocery store.  The little 8 oz. half-pint bottles do exist, usually as freebies in hotel rooms and probably casinos. 

Ah. That still works out to about 3.2 gallons, which is maybe a bit overkill for two people but not extremely so. Knowing the kind of roads Max likes, it could be argued to be sensible for a worst-case scenario. Better to have it and not need it and all that.

I just back from a short hike out at Red Rock.  I maybe did only two miles and still went through two bottles of 16oz water.  Jessica used one bottle and her face is super red. 

Can't imagine you had much company out there—the current temperature at Harry Reid is 106° with a forecast high of 115°. I'm wanting to get into hiking so I can check out the trails at Red Rock, but I'm waiting until fall since I need to build up my stamina. Back in May when it was in the 80°s, I did a circumnavigation of Lone Mountain and that was enough to tire me out. I drank about the same amount of water.

There were a couple cyclists out on the Scenic Loop and tourists at the overlooks.  Interestingly there was moped tour that was out there also.  I wanted Jessica to see Red Rock so she can get I idea about what she wants to go back and do during the winter. 

We are up around Rainbow and Lake Mead.  We're stopping to see her cousins for the afternoon.  The original intent was to do this about two months ago but there was a death in the family. 

Tomorrow morning I'm taking her down to see Nelson on NV 165.  The Eldorado Mine tour is something I wanted to do but they have a minimum to actually run them.  The tour operator never called me back so I suppose that isn't happening.  Either way, it will be nice to avoid the mad rush going back to California by skirting down to I-40.

[kphoger]

My wife usually gives me shit about carrying full cases or water in my car and after the drive to Las Vegas was no exception.  We passed about two dozen actively broken down vehicles on I-15 between Barstow and the Sloan exit near Las Vegas.  It was still 106F outside when we passed through Baker and 91F at Mountain Pass.  I didn't say anything to my wife but I thought about all those broken down cars when she began talking about the case of water. 

Back when we had a three-row SUV, I kept a five-gallon jerry can full of water ratchet-strapped to the back of one of the seats.

On a road trip in Colorado, our radiator ran dry in the middle of nowhere north of Naturita CO with temps at around 100°F.  We had three such jerry cans of water with us, to use as drinking water while camping, and that's what allowed us to get going again and make it to a mechanic in GJ.  Ever since then, I kept one in the vehicle.

Nowadays, though, we have a little Ford Focus, so I can't do that anymore.

[Max Rockatansky]

My wife usually gives me shit about carrying full cases or water in my car and after the drive to Las Vegas was no exception.  We passed about two dozen actively broken down vehicles on I-15 between Barstow and the Sloan exit near Las Vegas.  It was still 106F outside when we passed through Baker and 91F at Mountain Pass.  I didn't say anything to my wife but I thought about all those broken down cars when she began talking about the case of water. 

Back when we had a three-row SUV, I kept a five-gallon jerry can full of water ratchet-strapped to the back of one of the seats.

On a road trip in Colorado, our radiator ran dry in the middle of nowhere north of Naturita CO with temps at around 100°F.  We had three such jerry cans of water with us, to use as drinking water while camping, and that's what allowed us to get going again and make it to a mechanic in GJ.  Ever since then, I kept one in the vehicle.

Nowadays, though, we have a little Ford Focus, so I can't do that anymore.

I have one of those jerry cans sitting in my shed.  Usually I only bring it with me if I'm camping somewhere. 

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

McDonald's should offer hashbrowns all day.

[kphoger]

McDonald's should offer hashbrowns all day.

They should offer tater tots all day.  And they should be Sonic.

[Max Rockatansky]

McDonald's should offer hashbrowns all day.

Okay D-FENS.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

[Molandfreak]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

what

[LilianaUwU]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

I can tell you I've wasted enough time waiting at self checkouts for people who make their bags after they've paid.

[Max Rockatansky]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

Yes, unfortunate to watch as an observer is it not?

[Max Rockatansky]

I thought that I was over whatever stomach ailment was bothering me yesterday.  I feel nauseous again after waking up.  This will be an interesting 7 mile run attempt today.  I guess I'll be sticking close to the house. 

Edit:  It went completely fine as whatever was going resolved itself after about a mile of running.

[kphoger]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

In what context do you stand in line without also waiting?

[kphoger]

I can tell you I've wasted enough time waiting at self checkouts for people who make their bags after they've paid.

I have a family of five, and we hardly ever go out to eat.  Every two weeks, we do a big shopping trip, and then a smaller one on the off week to pick up produce and this-or-that.  So our grocery cart is pretty full, especially on the big shopping trip weeks.  We use the self-checkout lane, but one of the ones that has a conveyor belt with a bagging area at the end.  We bring with us one big cardboard tray—the kind they sell apples from at Aldi—and one reusable tote.  My wife scans, and I box everything up as it comes down the conveyor.  By the time she's done running coupons and paying, our cart is already loaded up and ready to go to the car.

[formulanone]

Do humans spend more time waiting or standing in lines, over the course of their life?

In what context do you stand in line without also waiting?

When you can't stand walking...



If you think you spend more time "waiting" than "doing" (and you're not rewarded for that downtime), consider improvements in life and inquire within.