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Started by hm insulators, October 21, 2013, 04:47:17 PM

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1995hoo

I'm sure someone has posted this in this thread before, but the search button isn't finding it and I'm not going to click back through 28 pages looking for it:

Virginia secondary routes you have clinched
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.


Verlanka

Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.

X99

Quote from: Verlanka on October 22, 2019, 05:35:57 AM
Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.
The Dan Ryan at rush hour. Go any faster and someone will throw their motorcycle at you.
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: X99 on October 22, 2019, 10:27:52 AM
Quote from: Verlanka on October 22, 2019, 05:35:57 AM
Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.
The Dan Ryan at rush hour. Go any faster and someone will throw their motorcycle at you.

I can think a ton of urban freeways that only can be driven at a snails pace.  The Kennedy Expressway also comes to mind for Chicago. 

X99

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 22, 2019, 10:32:09 AM
Quote from: X99 on October 22, 2019, 10:27:52 AM
Quote from: Verlanka on October 22, 2019, 05:35:57 AM
Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.
The Dan Ryan at rush hour. Go any faster and someone will throw their motorcycle at you.

I can think a ton of urban freeways that only can be driven at a snails pace.  The Kennedy Expressway also comes to mind for Chicago.
I mentioned that because someone once threw a motorcycle at my dad's car across the concrete median barrier and he ran into it. Or at least that's his story.
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

MNHighwayMan

Quote from: X99 on October 22, 2019, 11:14:53 AM
I mentioned that because someone once threw a motorcycle at my dad's car across the concrete median barrier

wat

roadman

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 22, 2019, 10:32:09 AM
Quote from: X99 on October 22, 2019, 10:27:52 AM
Quote from: Verlanka on October 22, 2019, 05:35:57 AM
Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.
The Dan Ryan at rush hour. Go any faster and someone will throw their motorcycle at you.

I can think a ton of urban freeways that only can be driven at a snails pace.  The Kennedy Expressway also comes to mind for Chicago. 
Southeast Expressway in Boston definitely qualifies.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

X99

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on October 22, 2019, 11:16:21 AM
Quote from: X99 on October 22, 2019, 11:14:53 AM
I mentioned that because someone once threw a motorcycle at my dad's car across the concrete median barrier

wat
I was in the back, so I didn't see the whole thing, but according to my dad a motorcycle came over the median barrier on either the Dan Ryan, Edens, or Kennedy (wasn't paying attention) and he ran into it before being able to stop. No one hit us from the back, though there were two more cars stopped behind us. I remember finally making it to the place we were spending the night, my grandparents' old house in Muskego, Wisconsin, at around 3 in the morning, not being allowed to see the damage to the front of the car, and two days later taking a Nissan Altima rental car home to South Dakota.
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

Verlanka


CNGL-Leudimin

I like how at the second page of this thread, from 2013, this one is mentioned...
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2013, 01:49:12 PM
-Chicago Cubs win World Series!

... and subsequently the Cubs won the World Series, albeit one year later than predicted by Back to the Future.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

paulthemapguy

Quote from: formulanone on August 19, 2019, 05:31:48 PM
Is Route Clinching Just Filling Your Ever-expanding Void of Inexorable Darkness, or Do You Just Like Driving?

I'd argue that this is just how you explain the entire entertainment industry and anything people do for fun  :)
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

Henry

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on October 31, 2019, 06:29:43 AM
I like how at the second page of this thread, from 2013, this one is mentioned...
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2013, 01:49:12 PM
-Chicago Cubs win World Series!

... and subsequently the Cubs won the World Series, albeit one year later than predicted by Back to the Future.
FWIW, when the Cubs finally won the Series, the BTTF Twitter account blamed the one-year delay on the 1994 strike that interrupted the space-time continuum.
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

X99

"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

MNHighwayMan

Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:17:41 PM
"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why

Because this isn't social media. Keep that shit outta here.

X99

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on November 01, 2019, 01:19:35 PM
Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:17:41 PM
"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why

Because this isn't social media. Keep that shit outta here.
I didn't mean likes, dislikes and shares like social media. I meant a simple like button like they have on the BeamNG forums. (It shows up when you're logged in, right next to the quote and reply buttons.)
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

MNHighwayMan

Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:25:17 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on November 01, 2019, 01:19:35 PM
Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:17:41 PM
"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why
Because this isn't social media. Keep that shit outta here.
I didn't mean likes, dislikes and shares like social media.

It's the exact same concept, though. Posting on the forum here should not be a popularity contest.

X99

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on November 01, 2019, 01:48:19 PM
Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:25:17 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on November 01, 2019, 01:19:35 PM
Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:17:41 PM
"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why
Because this isn't social media. Keep that shit outta here.
I didn't mean likes, dislikes and shares like social media.

It's the exact same concept, though. Posting on the forum here should not be a popularity contest.
It wouldn't be. People like your post to save it somewhere on their personal profile (that only they can see, like saving posts on Reddit), and a like shows up on the post. Other than that, there is no gain. No karma points. It's basically like saving the post as a bookmark on your browser and letting the poster know that you did it. Likes would still be anonymous though.

As for a popularity contest, whatever post stays at or near the top of a forum section without being pinned there could be considered popular (e.g. the FritzOwl thread in Fictional Highways).
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

Verlanka


renegade

Quote from: Verlanka on November 02, 2019, 04:55:37 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2019, 10:35:24 AM
the 1994 strike that interrupted the space-time continuum.
How?  :confused:
I guess that's why it's a thread you'll never see on aaroads.com!

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on November 01, 2019, 01:19:35 PM
Quote from: X99 on November 01, 2019, 01:17:41 PM
"Why can't we leave likes on posts?"

seriously though why

Because this isn't social media. Keep that shit outta here.
Thank you.  I wish I could like this!

:bigass:
Don’t ask me how I know.  Just understand that I do.

Verlanka

Quote from: renegade on November 02, 2019, 01:31:31 PM
Quote from: Verlanka on November 02, 2019, 04:55:37 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2019, 10:35:24 AM
the 1994 strike that interrupted the space-time continuum.
How?  :confused:
I guess that's why it's a thread you'll never see on aaroads.com!
No, seriously, how did that happen?

sprjus4


jeffandnicole


hbelkins

Quote from: Verlanka on October 22, 2019, 05:35:57 AM
Roads that can only be driven at a snail's pace.

The Little Shepherd Trail (KY 1679) along the top of Pine Mountain in southeastern Kentucky.

Drove this with my dad back in the 1990s. About one-third of it was paved, and even then, it was basically a one-lane road with lots of curves. The rest was gravel, with potholes and ruts so bad that a 4WD was necessary. I think the road runs for about 40 miles; it took us more than four hours. The drive down (KY 11-KY 66-Hal Rogers Parkway-US 421) plus the drive back (US 119-KY 15-KY 52) took less time than the drive across the LST itself.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

X99

My Interstate-inspired freeway system in Minecraft


because I don't know which thread it would be appropriate to put it in
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

TheArkansasRoadgeek

Quote from: X99 on November 12, 2019, 06:27:22 PM
My Interstate-inspired freeway system in Minecraft


because I don't know which thread it would be appropriate to put it in
Off Topic would be what you're looking for.
Well, that's just like your opinion man...



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