And the pisser is that even with TWO yield signs staring him in the face, and despite the fact that I KNOW he drives through this intersection twice a day, the guy in front of me STILL COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP EVEN WHEN THERE'S NO TRAFFIC!
*sigh* It's a good thing I'm retired, and gave up being in a hurry. Maybe tomorrow he'll figure it out.
Personally, I prefer to not even slow down. The speed limit's only 30, I can easily take it at that speed.
# 3 I don't get it # 9 Whenever they come up with that I ask about the 20 Million plus babies they killed over the last few years # 12 A wet spot on the p-pad # 16 There was a meltdown awhile back when a couple of those showed up in stores JD
I figured it out by remembering Get Smart episodes with the Chinese bad guy with a hook for a hand. Maxwell couldn't get his name right and 'The Claw' would get mad at him and tell him "Not The Craw! THE CRAW!"
#3: 'Took my date to the carnival. "What do you want to do?" I asked. "I want to get weighted," she said. "You wanna what?" She repeated "I want to get weighed." Strange girl. What the hell, though; we found a scale and she got weighed. She went home and her mom asked how the date went. "Wousy," she said...
#5: I thought roundabouts would die a slow, agonizing death on the East Coast, but damned if they're showing up in California!
#9: We live in a country where armed security guards our banks but not our schools. Of course, then again, we live in a country where Wally World treats the customer like a criminal and the criminal like a customer... Neither one is a good business model...
They eliminate the t-bone crashes, which have a high percentage of serious injuries/death. And the intersection generally has better flow than a four-way stop.
Our local governmental morons put some in places where they are clearly not needed. I think they got road money and that's how they decided to give it to their favorite road contractors.
Dumbasses don't know how to drive through them, as Anon @3:23 notes. MF's come to a complete f-n stop and wait as if the Good Lord is going to give them a sign from above when to go. Here in the PNW, it's hippies or geezers.
Plus around here they make 'em too small, and don't design the entrance and exit lanes for shit, so a long pickup or delivery truck can't negotiate them properly, much less a pickup with a 20 foot trailer or a semi...have to runonver a curb.
For the 2 roundabouts put into our town, the newspaper quoted the NC DOT traffic engineer saying, "The traffic travels too fast thru the area, so we put in the roundabouts to slow it down." Those of us reading the paper said we knew it. Steve
As a Pole, I'm very proud to mentions, that was a Polish driver got airborne over a Polish rondabout. He was also drunk as fuck. https://tvn24.pl/lodz/rabien-autem-wybil-sie-na-rondzie-i-przelecialponad-60-metrow-uslyszal-wyrok-st5123793
#13 - that kid’s got a future in corporate America. “We’ll buy the company, lay off the employees, sell off the assets, keep the name, and shift all the work to subcontractors using illegal immigrant labor! My quarterly bonus will be HUGE!”
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#5 ~ SOP for Florida drivers.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago, they put one near here. One lane around, four entries.
DeleteWith TWO yield signs at every intersection.
Unbelievable.
And the pisser is that even with TWO yield signs staring him in the face, and despite the fact that I KNOW he drives through this intersection twice a day, the guy in front of me STILL COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP EVEN WHEN THERE'S NO TRAFFIC!
Delete*sigh* It's a good thing I'm retired, and gave up being in a hurry. Maybe tomorrow he'll figure it out.
Personally, I prefer to not even slow down. The speed limit's only 30, I can easily take it at that speed.
John g.
#5 Also become familiar with the Michigan Left Turn.
Delete16. Where?
ReplyDeleteInquiring minds has gots to know!
-lg
It is a sad day when you realize prices are so high you have to use the self checkout and a sticker from the Honeycrisp apples
Delete#16 Sadly, they're not selling my caliber...
ReplyDelete7.62 X 54R??
DeleteStarker was here
#13 ... What is this "extra money" of which the child speaks?
ReplyDelete"Oh, that pile? That's just my 'extra money'", said no one, ever.
#5 ... Roundabouts. Taking the pure evil of four-way stops to the next level of hell.
ReplyDelete'Rotaries', as we call them here in New England, exist for pure sport and enjoyment.
Delete# 3 I don't get it
ReplyDelete# 9 Whenever they come up with that I ask about the 20 Million plus babies they killed over the last few years
# 12 A wet spot on the p-pad
# 16 There was a meltdown awhile back when a couple of those showed up in stores
JD
#3 She's an Asian pirate that fries. Replace the Rs with Ls and she's a pilot that flies.
DeleteOld Asian joke about how they can’t say words with an “r”. Swap the R for an L.
DeleteThanks guys, that one flew right over my head
DeleteJD
I figured it out by remembering Get Smart episodes with the Chinese bad guy with a hook for a hand. Maxwell couldn't get his name right and 'The Claw' would get mad at him and tell him "Not The Craw! THE CRAW!"
Delete#3: 'Took my date to the carnival. "What do you want to do?" I asked. "I want to get weighted," she said. "You wanna what?" She repeated "I want to get weighed." Strange girl. What the hell, though; we found a scale and she got weighed. She went home and her mom asked how the date went. "Wousy," she said...
ReplyDelete#5: I thought roundabouts would die a slow, agonizing death on the East Coast, but damned if they're showing up in California!
#9: We live in a country where armed security guards our banks but not our schools. Of course, then again, we live in a country where Wally World treats the customer like a criminal and the criminal like a customer... Neither one is a good business model...
#5: Roundabouts, 4-way stops and traffic lights. Hold my beer says a Jersey Jug handle.
ReplyDelete#15 You can probably get those in Florida.
ReplyDeleteRe #5... https://www.wsmv.com/2024/12/17/caught-camera-car-flies-through-lebanon-town-square-damages-multiple-businesses/
ReplyDelete#12 - An HD really is a pussy picking up machine. I've got more than a few stories about that. Didn't even have to buy them dinner.
ReplyDelete#16 A store in the town of Melba, due south of Nampa, ID.
ReplyDeleteA couple of reasons for roundabouts:
ReplyDeleteThey eliminate the t-bone crashes, which have a high percentage of serious injuries/death. And the intersection generally has better flow than a four-way stop.
- Retired truck driver
You're right on both counts. I grew up in Germany where roundabouts are very common. I don't get most folk's hatred of them.
DeleteMy issues are these:
DeleteOur local governmental morons put some in places where they are clearly not needed. I think they got road money and that's how they decided to give it to their favorite road contractors.
Dumbasses don't know how to drive through them, as Anon @3:23 notes. MF's come to a complete f-n stop and wait as if the Good Lord is going to give them a sign from above when to go. Here in the PNW, it's hippies or geezers.
Plus around here they make 'em too small, and don't design the entrance and exit lanes for shit, so a long pickup or delivery truck can't negotiate them properly, much less a pickup with a 20 foot trailer or a semi...have to runonver a curb.
DeleteFor the 2 roundabouts put into our town, the newspaper quoted the NC DOT traffic engineer saying, "The traffic travels too fast thru the area, so we put in the roundabouts to slow it down."
DeleteThose of us reading the paper said we knew it.
Steve
#5-no shit, saw that in Meridian, Idaho north of where I live.
ReplyDelete-Steve in Idaho
What's #4 about?
ReplyDeleteThose are Karen shoes.
DeleteAs a Pole, I'm very proud to mentions, that was a Polish driver got airborne over a Polish rondabout. He was also drunk as fuck.
ReplyDeletehttps://tvn24.pl/lodz/rabien-autem-wybil-sie-na-rondzie-i-przelecialponad-60-metrow-uslyszal-wyrok-st5123793
#13 - that kid’s got a future in corporate America. “We’ll buy the company, lay off the employees, sell off the assets, keep the name, and shift all the work to subcontractors using illegal immigrant labor! My quarterly bonus will be HUGE!”
ReplyDeleteI don't get #3.
ReplyDeleteRead through the comments.
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