Daily Picture Challenge!

[US71]

(Also note, the March 6th Challenge remains open, pending a qualifying submission.)

Strictly my opinion, but if there are no submissions,  then just move on. We can always revisit the challenge at the end of the month.  YMMV

I'm just going to +1 that opinion.

That's fine, but...if you want to just move on, why mention this every time it comes up? Why not just, you know...move on?

Instead of saying "this challenge is still open" ?    

No, not instead of that, because it's me that writes that, not you. Does it bother you that I do?

Does it bother you if someone else does it besides you?   

No, not at all. It is how the game works, after all; why would it bother me?

1. Only one Challenge per calendar day (not per 24 hours). Calendar days are counted by your local time, so if it's the correct date when and where you post, it's valid. (However, if you use a time standard other than your local time zone for forum purposes, then the calendar day will be determined by this time standard instead.) When posting an Answer, please quote the Challenge statement to which you're responding (in case the date displayed for some users doesn't match the Challenge date).

Or are you changing the rules midstream again?

[hotdogPi]

(Also note, the March 6th Challenge remains open, pending a qualifying submission.)

Strictly my opinion, but if there are no submissions,  then just move on. We can always revisit the challenge at the end of the month.  YMMV

I'm just going to +1 that opinion.

That's fine, but...if you want to just move on, why mention this every time it comes up? Why not just, you know...move on?

Instead of saying "this challenge is still open" ?    

No, not instead of that, because it's me that writes that, not you. Does it bother you that I do?

Does it bother you if someone else does it besides you?   

No, not at all. It is how the game works, after all; why would it bother me?

1. Only one Challenge per calendar day (not per 24 hours). Calendar days are counted by your local time, so if it's the correct date when and where you post, it's valid. (However, if you use a time standard other than your local time zone for forum purposes, then the calendar day will be determined by this time standard instead.) When posting an Answer, please quote the Challenge statement to which you're responding (in case the date displayed for some users doesn't match the Challenge date).

Or are you changing the rules midstream again?

4. You may continue to submit pictures that satisfy the Challenge throughout that calendar day, after which it becomes closed and we move on to the next day's Challenge. However, a Challenge is not closed if there are no pictures submitted that satisfy it, but we still move on to the next day's Challenge. So, if any prior day's Challenge is still open, you may post an Answer to that Challenge as well as to the current day's Challenge, in which case the prior Challenge becomes closed (but the current Challenge remains open all day).

[empirestate]

(Also note, the March 6th Challenge remains open, pending a qualifying submission.)

Strictly my opinion, but if there are no submissions,  then just move on. We can always revisit the challenge at the end of the month.  YMMV

I'm just going to +1 that opinion.

That's fine, but...if you want to just move on, why mention this every time it comes up? Why not just, you know...move on?

Instead of saying "this challenge is still open" ?    

No, not instead of that, because it's me that writes that, not you. Does it bother you that I do?

Does it bother you if someone else does it besides you?   

No, not at all. It is how the game works, after all; why would it bother me?

1. Only one Challenge per calendar day (not per 24 hours). Calendar days are counted by your local time, so if it's the correct date when and where you post, it's valid. (However, if you use a time standard other than your local time zone for forum purposes, then the calendar day will be determined by this time standard instead.) When posting an Answer, please quote the Challenge statement to which you're responding (in case the date displayed for some users doesn't match the Challenge date).

Or are you changing the rules midstream again?

Not sure what you mean...the rule for unresolved Challenges has always existed.

4. You may continue to submit pictures that satisfy the Challenge throughout that calendar day, after which it becomes closed and we move on to the next day's Challenge. However, a Challenge is not closed if there are no pictures submitted that satisfy it, but we still move on to the next day's Challenge. So, if any prior day's Challenge is still open, you may post an Answer to that Challenge as well as to the current day's Challenge, in which case the prior Challenge becomes closed (but the current Challenge remains open all day).

More to the point at hand, is there something concerning you about the thread? Every time there's an unresolved Challenge, a few people mention that they're in favor of moving on (as am I–note that moving on is actually included in the above rule). Is there something objectionable or burdensome about the current rule?

[formulanone]

I feel this discussion belongs in Suggestions and Questions, if we need The Board's view on this.

I can understand moderation wanting threaded discussion to be orderly, but we've also successfully kept to the same rules within this thread for over 18 months.

We have kept unfulfilled challenges open in this manner, which has happened only a handful of times, so as not to make the thread be a jumbled mess. On the other hand, it also has been more a matter of pride, rather than a process by which anyone is awarded anything (there's no prize, no points, it's just for fun).

[MNHighwayMan]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

This one's in Le Sueur, Minnesota.

[pdx-wanderer]

March 8, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

[MNHighwayMan]

March 8, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

You might've missed the part where someone already created a challenge for today.

[formulanone]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

North Smithfield, Rhode Island:

[busman_49]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

Main St. in Columbus, Ohio; a holdout from when that stretch of road was still US 33
US 33 sign, Main St. Columbus 2013 06 08 by Ryan busman_49, on Flickr

[US 89]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

[MNHighwayMan]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

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Gotta call out the second one, because that's a lamppost and not a utility pole. (Technicalities! )

[bassoon1986]

This,um, "gem"  from a New Orleans suburb off of US 61



And this better one from downtown Shreveport, LA



iPhone

[empirestate]

I feel this discussion belongs in Suggestions and Questions, if we need The Board's view on this.

I can understand moderation wanting threaded discussion to be orderly, but we've also successfully kept to the same rules within this thread for over 18 months.

We have kept unfulfilled challenges open in this manner, which has happened only a handful of times, so as not to make the thread be a jumbled mess. On the other hand, it also has been more a matter of pride, rather than a process by which anyone is awarded anything (there's no prize, no points, it's just for fun).

I didn't get the idea it was a moderation issue, just a question or concern about the rules of this particular thread. I'm just not quite clear on what the concern is, so I'm not sure how best to address it.

...And this might not be the best time to mention it, but now both the March 6th and March 7th Challenges remain open, in addition to the March 8th Challenge (the first one, not the second).

[Jim]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

This one quickly came to mind when I saw this challenge.  It's directing to New York 5, which is just down the hill from this interesection in Amsterdam.  Until I'd guess 10-15 years ago, this was a rusty old New York 5 marker with the "NY" in the shield.  I wish I had gotten a picture of it before it was replaced.  This one's taken September 2, 2012.

[US71]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

Birmingham, AL


Des Moines, IA

[MNHighwayMan]

Des Moines, IA

Ha! I have a picture of that same sign, and AFAIK it's still there, with its mismatched tab and arrow and yellow TO banner.

[US71]

Des Moines, IA

Ha! I have a picture of that same sign, and AFAIK it's still there, with its mismatched tab and arrow and yellow TO banner.

It was as of last August

[MNHighwayMan]

Ha! I have a picture of that same sign, and AFAIK it's still there, with its mismatched tab and arrow and yellow TO banner.

It was as of last August

I think it was originally supposed to have an I-235 shield there (that would make sense given where it is and the direction and colors), but I still can't explain the yellow "TO." That's the weirdest part.

[paulthemapguy]

March 8, 2018: Route markers mounted to utility poles.

All I did was look at my Ohio collection for 2 whole seconds and found an abundance of these.  I wonder why Ohio loves to do this so much.


OH-048-718N by Paul Drives, on Flickr


OH-004-029N by Paul Drives, on Flickr


OH-018ER by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[hotdogPi]

The failed March 8th challenge becomes the actual March 9th challenge.

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

And his example photo:

[US71]

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

[paulthemapguy]

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

How convenient, that I JUST drove through the land of Gerald Ford references.


MI-I-96-I-196WA by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[jflick99]

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

Truman Rd. in downtown KC:

[TBKS1]

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

Of course since I live in Arkansas, I only have this. I'm pretty sure Arkansas still has a bad reputation because of him. lol



AR-10 & I-630 w/ 6/9th St. by TheInstrumentalist, on Flickr

President Bill Clinton (1992 - 2000)

[Eth]

March 9, 2018: show a sign that references a 20th century president.

The obvious choice from Georgia: