Minor things that bother you

[kphoger]

Zeus

Hey, let's try and steer away from religious topics, OK?

Close, but the traditional Castilian pronunciation is actually 'choo‑choo.' Linguists have documented this extensively.

All aboard the Jesus train!  Stet capsula!

[kphoger]

Maybe Jesús wasn't in the other room. Maybe he was logged in from work. We shouldn't assume everyone's household communication protocols.

I wonder if there's a non-zero number of forum members who have another member of this forum in their household.

[Molandfreak]

Maybe Jesús wasn't in the other room. Maybe he was logged in from work. We shouldn't assume everyone's household communication protocols.

I wonder if there's a non-zero number of forum members who have another member of this forum in their household.

@Laura / @MDRoads

[kphoger]

@Laura / @MDRoads

jeffandnicole ...

[Max Rockatansky]

Meanwhile my wife doesn't even follow our Facebook page.   

[ModernDayWarrior]

Pretty sure my ex-fiancée registered an account here once upon a time, though I don't believe she ever actually posted.

Did I ever dodge a bullet with that one. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Pretty sure my ex-fiancée registered an account here once upon a time, though I don't believe she ever actually posted.

Did I ever dodge a bullet with that one. 

I dated a woman a decade ago who was weird (insecure) about what social media accounts I had.  I never mentioned that I had one here and it would have been pretty hard for her to find it (much less recognize it was me).  Had she known I guarantee she would have created her own account.

[kphoger]

Had she known I guarantee she would have created her own account.

Which is kind of funny, considering most of the forum is visible to the public without an account.

[Max Rockatansky]

Had she known I guarantee she would have created her own account.

Which is kind of funny, considering most of the forum is visible to the public without an account.

Yes, that did occur to me.  Hence why my screen name is Max Rockatansky as opposed to Tom Fearer.  Seemed like a pretty easy argument to avoid at the time.  We broke up a month or two after I registered.

[kkt]

The fact that we're two pages into a thread about "wrong way" interchanges when nowhere is it defined what a "wrong way" interchange is.

A movement from a northbound signed highway to a southbound signed highway or vice versa.

or

A movement from an eastbound signed highway to a westbound signed highway or vice versa.

And yet that would typically be called a "ramp", not an "interchange".

I wonder, are there any cases of the mainline through-lanes of an an Interstate transitioning directly to the opposite signed direction of a different Interstate?

Yes.  As I think was mentioned on that thread, I-80 eastbound is duplexed with I-580 westbound for several miles between Oakland and Albany, Calif., and I-80 westbound with I-580 eastbound.

[Beltway]

Had she known I guarantee she would have created her own account.

Which is kind of funny, considering most of the forum is visible to the public without an account.

Pretty near all of it.

[1995hoo]

Zeus

Hey, let's try and steer away from religious topics, OK?

Tell that to Plutonic Panda! From the NYC congestion charge thread:

...

Ironically, the funny thing about a lot of American cities is they have pretty definitive urban sinners because of the freeways that were built around them so it wouldn't be too hard to implement congestion, pricing in a lot of these cities

[webny99]

I wonder, are there any cases of the mainline through-lanes of an an Interstate transitioning directly to the opposite signed direction of a different Interstate?

Yes, the south end of I-93.

For a 3di example (also mentioned in the "Wrong Way Interchanges" thread in question), the through lanes of I-590 SB transition directly to I-390 NB.

[Scott5114]

Jesus, did someone report that line of discussion?

No, I just judged that it was moving close enough to territory where someone would try and start a fight that it was better to prune the thread in the hopes everyone would get back to more minor subjects. This thread is way more fun when it's about petty stuff.

...Oh, wait, I just read the rest of the thread, and apparently you were asking some combination of Jesus, Jesús, Chew-Cho (or perhaps Choo-Choo), and Zeus, not me. Never mind...

[1995hoo]

I'm not sure whether this pleases me, bothers me on behalf of the young man in question, or amuses me (for which we don't have a thread). So I'm not sure whether this belongs here or in "Random Thoughts," but whatever.

Vanderbilt men's basketball has a player named Chandler Bing. What were his parents thinking?

[kphoger]

Vanderbilt men's basketball has a player named Chandler Bing. What were his parents thinking?

I don't get it.  What's funny?

[Big John]

Vanderbilt men's basketball has a player named Chandler Bing. What were his parents thinking?

I don't get it.  What's funny?

A character on Friends. I never watched it so I don't know what he was like.

[kphoger]

A character on Friends. I never watched it so I don't know what he was like.

Ahhhhh!  I didn't realize that that Chandler's last name was also Bing.  Derp.

[kphoger]

Canada geese.  They come into our country and then poop all over the place.  I hope Trump does something about it.

[hbelkins]

Maybe Jesús wasn't in the other room. Maybe he was logged in from work. We shouldn't assume everyone's household communication protocols.

I wonder if there's a non-zero number of forum members who have another member of this forum in their household.

My wife registered for an account here, but that was years ago and she was never active.


Back to the topic of trunk access, my current car (a 2011 Chevy Impala) has a solid, non-split back seat. It also has three non-removable headrests in the back seat, which are PITAs when it comes to turning around and seeing when backing out.

[vdeane]

I'm curious how the pronunciation of Jesus in Spanish can be chew-cho.  That certainly doesn't sound like the pronunciation of letters in Spanish that I learned about in high school.

[kphoger]

I'm curious how the pronunciation of Jesus in Spanish can be chew-cho.  That certainly doesn't sound like the pronunciation of letters in Spanish that I learned about in high school.

One common nickname for the given name Jesús is Chucho.

[JayhawkCO]

I'm curious how the pronunciation of Jesus in Spanish can be chew-cho.  That certainly doesn't sound like the pronunciation of letters in Spanish that I learned about in high school.

One common nickname for the given name Jesús is Chucho.

Similar to Nacho being a nickname for Ignacio.

[kphoger]

One common nickname for the given name Jesús is Chucho.

Similar to Nacho being a nickname for Ignacio.

Except that quite a bit of Ignacio remains in Nacho, whereas not a whole lot of Jesús remains in Chucho (nor in Chuy either).

[JayhawkCO]

One common nickname for the given name Jesús is Chucho.

Similar to Nacho being a nickname for Ignacio.

Except that quite a bit of Ignacio remains in Nacho, whereas not a whole lot of Jesús remains in Chucho (nor in Chuy either).

Fine. How about Eduardo -> Lalo, Guillermo -> Memo, José -> Pepe, Francisco -> Pancho, Rodrigo -> Lolo, etc. Better?