That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 Go whine to your significant others, keep it out of here
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 I had a dream that my buddies and I were at a cars and coffee, and JR showed up
JohnRogers Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 18 minutes ago, That One Guy said: I had a dream that my buddies and I were at a cars and coffee, and JR showed up Better odds of that than winning the Power Ball.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 1 minute ago, JohnRogers said: Better odds of that than winning the Power Ball. Yeah but the part that extra didn’t make sense was that I had gotten a modern Challenger that somehow had a plastic folding rear window and asked you which ways I fold it 1
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 mommy mommy someone has a different opinion than me. and they're saying it out loud and everything!
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 Love seeing SLC replace car lanes with nice wide bike/ped paths in urban core areas You do not have any inherent right to a 5-lane road when you're just passing through an area. Take a different route if you don't like it.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 Closed bolt: nice for keeping stuff clean open bolt: nice for firing full-auto without overheating Closed bolt for the first shot, then switches to open bolt: now there's a nice design
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 27 minutes ago, That One Guy said: Love seeing SLC replace car lanes with nice wide bike/ped paths in urban core areas You do not have any inherent right to a 5-lane road when you're just passing through an area. Take a different route if you don't like it. They did these in Minneapolis downtown a year or two before the pandemic. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use them.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 1 minute ago, laughedatbytime said: They did these in Minneapolis downtown a year or two before the pandemic. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use them. https://cityoflakes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=11f21f912eef40d8bb32fb4fe94ac31b Looks plenty used to me. This jibes with what I've repeatedly heard about Minneapolis being a great place to bike, with facilities that actually get used. Build shit, people won't use it. Build good quality stuff, and they will. We're past the era of a half-assed painted lane right next to 40mph traffic being an acceptable bike lane. I need to visit this city and a bit of the surrounding, been meaning to for a while
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 My old Canadian coworker hearing my office speakers and going "you listen to the Tragically Hip?? How do you even know about this band?" was a humorous instance of a surprised individual He's building our half-assed basement bathroom soon 1
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 13 minutes ago, That One Guy said: https://cityoflakes.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=11f21f912eef40d8bb32fb4fe94ac31b Looks plenty used to me. This jibes with what I've repeatedly heard about Minneapolis being a great place to bike, with facilities that actually get used. Build shit, people won't use it. Build good quality stuff, and they will. We're past the era of a half-assed painted lane right next to 40mph traffic being an acceptable bike lane. I need to visit this city and a bit of the surrounding, been meaning to for a while Compared to the number of cars, this is next to nothing. And in the downtown area, where there was a ton of gridlock prepandemic (and pre George Floyd) this was extremely annoying trying to get out of downtown, even on the one version of public transportation that actually worked, express busses. But hey, what's a few minutes of the days of probably thousands ofbpeople vs inconveniencing the sainted few for just a second. These days downtown is desolate so it really doesn't matter too much.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 11 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: Compared to the number of cars, this is next to nothing. And in the downtown area, where there was a ton of gridlock prepandemic (and pre George Floyd) this was extremely annoying trying to get out of downtown, even on the one version of public transportation that actually worked, express busses. But hey, what's a few minutes of the days of probably thousands of people vs inconveniencing the sainted few for just a second. These days downtown is desolate so it really doesn't matter too much. You're out of your element on this topic, and giving the billionth example of illogical CarBrain in human history. Bitching about "a couple minutes of driver delay" cumulatively resulted in so many shitty road design decisions that we still lose 40,000 people a year to traffic violence, making the US look, well, retarded compared to other western countries. Our excuse of a conversation on this draws to a close.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 It's way harder to visit Edmonton from SLC than it is Calgary And I don't know if I can do another road trip up there, it's so goddamned long And they still haven't built the most logical train ever between those twin supercities!
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 (edited) Calling a 50-something man "Jimbo" at work Edited June 19, 2024 by That One Guy
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 Chirpin' From The Bench 101 Most important hockey training out there
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 3 minutes ago, That One Guy said: You're out of your element on this topic, and giving the billionth example of illogical CarBrain in human history. Bitching about "a couple minutes of driver delay" cumulatively resulted in so many shitty road design decisions that we still lose 40,000 people a year to traffic violence, making the US look, well, retarded compared to other western countries. Our excuse of a conversation on this draws to a close. I know you've pulled the "this discussion is over and I win. Yay me, I'm undefeated" card, but what's the fatalities to miles driven ratio for the US vs those other paradises? Feel free to ignore the question, you've already declared yourself the victor, and who among mere mortals would dare to disagree? After all, you're you.
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 people who are sanguine about other people dictating how they should live should meet the people who would gleefully do so just to know what they really think of them
GabesCavesOfIce Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 On 6/16/2024 at 5:04 PM, That One Guy said: Sprawl kills walkability, At some point in most of our lives, walkability without the option to drive becomes a serious negative.
GabesCavesOfIce Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 On 6/16/2024 at 7:05 PM, laughedatbytime said: I think one of the worst things Trump ever did is come out in favor of the Kelo decision. He is not a conservative. To be clear, I think that sucks. It would be interesting to compare the number of occurrences this occurs with light rail vs highwsys. There's been mile long swaths of property owners screwed over for light rail systems in Mpls. IIRC that decision was to benefit a developer. Trump favored the decision not for any semblance of left leanings, but because of his developer blood
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 17 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said: At some point in most of our lives, walkability without the option to drive becomes a serious negative. Certainly a proper progressive society shouldn't cater to the needs of useless eaters. Controlling the temperature is paramount, if only to ensure there are enough ice floes for them when it's been decided that the time is right.
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2024 Posted June 19, 2024 5 minutes ago, GabesCavesOfIce said: IIRC that decision was to benefit a developer. Trump favored the decision not for any semblance of left leanings, but because of his developer blood I don't remember either but it doesn't really matter if it's based on his principles (whatever they are) or not, it's still wrong.
That One Guy Posted June 19, 2024 Author Posted June 19, 2024 (edited) 4 hours ago, GabesCavesOfIce said: At some point in most of our lives, walkability without the option to drive becomes a serious negative. Places that are walkable without an option to drive are a total extreme rarity in the US. Places that are car-dependent without realistic options for anything other than driving are absurdly typical. That's why we're focusing on the latter, it's much more common. By the way, at some point in most of our lives, losing the ability to drive is real. Much more real than losing the ability to take rideshares/trains/walk. When people say that we need to make it easier for the elderly to drive, they're missing the point. What's next, make it easier for children or the blind to drive? Better: make it easier to not be functionally forced into driving. Edited June 20, 2024 by That One Guy
That One Guy Posted June 20, 2024 Author Posted June 20, 2024 This bar located in a great multimodal walkable area has the mandatory overpriced food truck out front
BastillePark Posted June 20, 2024 Posted June 20, 2024 31 minutes ago, That One Guy said: This bar located in a great multimodal walkable area has the mandatory overpriced food truck out front Why are food trucks so damn popular?
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