Things you've always wanted to ask, but think it's not worth making a topic for

[renegade]

Why is pooing cool?

And why do we even discuss pooing on a forum dedicated to roads ... ?

Just wondering ...

[agentsteel53]

Why is pooing cool?

how is it not? 

[1995hoo]

"You know that feeling when you take a huge dump? AWESOME."
–Eric Cartman

[sammi]

And why do we even discuss pooing on a forum dedicated to roads ... ?

Forum culture...? I guess the same reason the SEND HELP sign pops up on roadmeets.

[ethanhopkin14]

I have always wondered why Arizona has each number on their mile posts as a separate sign, rather than the way the rest of the states have the mile posts as one sign. Not sure if that made sense.

easier to modularize.  instead of having to run off "141", "142", "143", etc... they simply run off a bazillion 1's, a bazillion 2's, ... and let the field crew sort it out.

similar to how gas stations have individual digits, as opposed to "3.61 9", "3.62 9", "3.63 9"... all available as fully formed panels.

I did always assume it was a logistics issue like you described instead of it being a fading issue.  But then again, it does make it easier for replacing if a crew has a bunch of numbers to make the right combination rather than having to go to the field with the exact right numbered mile post sign.   

[agentsteel53]

"You know that feeling when you take a huge dump? AWESOME."
–Eric Cartman

indeed.  my second-favorite bodily release function, behind the one that was explicitly intended to be enjoyable.

[Brandon]

Why is pooing cool?

And why do we even discuss pooing on a forum dedicated to roads ... ?

Just wondering ...

Shit, that's an old turd.  That piece of crap is from the MTR days (see comments above).  It's a rather brown meme that somehow has managed to survive becoming a coprolite and manages to smell to this very day.  Personally, I think it's a lot of manure, but some folks think it's the shit.

[Brandon]

"You know that feeling when you take a huge dump? AWESOME."
–Eric Cartman

No shit.

[NE2]

Down in Texas we have a bunch of Spanish names that we anglicize for our enjoyment.

It's everywhere. Islamorada, FL comes to mind.

Also known as the one fish that doesn't follow Jesus.

[Big John]

And what are the Wisconsin Dells?

Pronounced like it is spelled:  wis-con-sin dells.  Remember that the second letter is an "i" and is pronounced that way and is not pronounced like an "e".

[pianocello]

I have always wondered why Arizona has each number on their mile posts as a separate sign, rather than the way the rest of the states have the mile posts as one sign. Not sure if that made sense.

Wait, what? Looks like one sign to me. http://goo.gl/maps/zTUrB, http://goo.gl/maps/XnPBS

EDIT: Took another look at that Phoenix example. Wow, that's good!

[agentsteel53]

newer signs are one-piece.  older ones are discrete.

[Brandon]

newer signs are one-piece.  older ones are discrete.

IIRC, Nebraska used to (maybe still does) also use this piecemeal system for posting mileposts.

[6a]

Beaufort (NC or SC)

NC: [boh-furt], SC: [byoo-furt]

I always remember those as 'boh-furt' is 'O'ver 'byoo-furt'

[J N Winkler]

IIRC, Nebraska used to (maybe still does) also use this piecemeal system for posting mileposts.

The 2005 Nebraska Standard Highway Signs supplement would suggest not--Nebraska apparently uses the standard milepost both on conventional roads and freeways (at a larger size on freeways).  Could you have been thinking of Kansas instead?  We use the standard milepost on freeways but number squares without word "MILE" on conventional state highways.

[corco]

Nebraska definitely does, or has. Certainly the vast majority of mileposts in Nebraska are multi-piece. Same applies off interstate in Wyoming.

[J N Winkler]

Nebraska definitely does, or has. Certainly the vast majority of mileposts in Nebraska are multi-piece. Same applies off interstate in Wyoming.

After doing a field check, I can confirm:  yes (on freeways at least); but the number tiles appear to be arranged horizontally, not vertically as in Kansas.

[hbelkins]

This Wikipedia article explains one reason for Usenet's decline:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

The logic in that reminds me of the famous quote often attributed to Yogi Berra, which he may or may not have said.

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

[theline]

And what are the Wisconsin Dells?

Pronounced like it is spelled:  wis-con-sin dells.  Remember that the second letter is an "i" and is pronounced that way and is not pronounced like an "e".

You got confused, John, because bassoon sneaked in a non sequitur. He's asking how to pronounce all these places, and then asks "what are the Wisconsin Dells" rather than how they're pronounced.

The Dells are cliffs cut by the Wisconsin River. Kind of like the Grand Canyon, but much smaller. They are still quite pretty and worth stopping if in the area. Take the duck ride.

[corco]

Nebraska definitely does, or has. Certainly the vast majority of mileposts in Nebraska are multi-piece. Same applies off interstate in Wyoming.

After doing a field check, I can confirm:  yes (on freeways at least); but the number tiles appear to be arranged horizontally, not vertically as in Kansas.

I think that's an anomaly. I've driven the entire Nebraska Panhandle highway system and a lot of the rest of the state, and have a lot of pictures of mileposts (I always take a milepost picture after a sign picture so I know where the sign is), and I don't recall having seen a horizontal one before. Here's one on N-92 heading west near Chimney Rock, for instance. I have a couple hundred more if you would like more.

[J N Winkler]

I think that's an anomaly. I've driven the entire Nebraska Panhandle highway system and a lot of the rest of the state, and have a lot of pictures of mileposts (I always take a milepost picture after a sign picture so I know where the sign is), and I don't recall having seen a horizontal one before. Here's one on N-92 heading west near Chimney Rock, for instance. I have a couple hundred more if you would like more.

Thanks for posting the photo.  I think we can treat it as established that vertical arrangement of number tiles is the norm for ordinary (conventional-road) state highways in rural areas in Nebraska.  But can your collection of milepost photos shed any light on the following questions:

*  Are the MUTCD-style mileposts used anywhere on freeways or expressways?  If so, is there any distinction in use based on urban versus rural location, or degree of access control?

*  Nebraska has its own version of the enhanced location reference marker, diagrammed in the 2005 Standard Highway Signs supplement and used on I-80 in Omaha.  Have you seen them in use on any other urban facilities?

In Kansas the situation with regard to milemarkers is not really clear-cut.  Freeways and expressways have them (often with route shield against blue background when used with enhanced location reference markers), but I have also seen them on the part of Shawnee Mission Parkway that is also US 56, which in fairness cannot be regarded as anything more than a conventional road.  Enhanced location reference markers used to be blue-background exclusively but the current rule seems to be blue if median-mounted, green if shoulder-mounted.  The number-tile markers are generally a sure bet on rural two-lane state highways but I couldn't swear there aren't odd examples with horizontal rather than vertical arrangement (though Kansas in general is a lot less keen on milepointing things like stop signs--as in Oklahoma--or object markers--as in Nebraska).

[flowmotion]

FWIW, I think roadman65 makes a valuable point.

The heyday of MTR was years ago, and the community would be more open if it left all the usenet trolling/kooking/asshattery in the past. It's funny to those of us who were there, it's not funny to anyone else.

[Brandon]

JN, here's one on I-80 from Google Street View:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.052649,-100.53473&spn=0.006918,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.052537,-100.533996&panoid=g-xDSzlSfYbSCLcBZeLg6g&cbp=12,117.14,,3,1.13

[roadman65]

Why is the center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel 200 feet longer than the southern tube?  Both tubes have their portals side by side on both sides of the Hudson River, so they should be almost equal in length except for maybe about 50 feet because the middle tube has an s curve under the intersection of 39th Street and 11th Avenue where the south tube continues pretty much straight across 11th Avenue.

I am guessing that whoever wrote the article in Wikipedia must have his facts wrong, because common math would suggest otherwise.

[vdeane]

When I measured them in Google, I got 7955 feet for the southern tube, 8191 for the center, and 7519 for the northern.  Note that the center tube is curvier than the southern one.