Duckman Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Mmmmmm, roasted shrimp.... Or was it prawns? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Duckman said: Mmmmmm, roasted shrimp.... Or was it prawns? That is beyond the scope of science to answer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Munkie said: That is beyond the scope of science to answer. I have FAITH that they were prawn. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 I mostly agree with the driving philosophy of "slow and safe" (even if I don't always adhere to it), but the exception is merging into the freeway. There is nothing safe about entering a 60 mph zone while traveling 40 mph. It especially drives me insane when people choose to do this rather than use the full length of the merge lane. I wonder how many accidents are caused per year because think they are being safe by accelerating gradually and entering the freeway before theyre up to speed. Follow up: do any of these people realize they are risking lives by being "safe"? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, Munkie said: I mostly agree with the driving philosophy of "slow and safe" (even if I don't always adhere to it), but the exception is merging into the freeway. There is nothing safe about entering a 60 mph zone while traveling 40 mph. It especially drives me insane when people choose to do this rather than use the full length of the merge lane. I wonder how many accidents are caused per year because think they are being safe by accelerating gradually and entering the freeway before theyre up to speed. Follow up: do any of these people realize they are risking lives by being "safe"? Are you familiar with the European Zipper method? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Just now, InfestedKerrigan said: Are you familiar with the European Zipper method? Not as it relates to driving... 🤐 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 It basically equates to using common sense on the road, specifically at mergers. It teaches cars should behave like a zipper whenever traffic is merging. Most common example is 2 lanes becoming 1. Here, people tend to get over and form these obnoxiously long lines that defeat the purpose of engineering the roads in a fashion to alleviate congestion. Then, they get all road ragey for you using the lanes as designed, which is traffic folding together like a zipper, maintaining speed, just adusting spacing between vehicles to allow for it. I spend a lot of time on the road. I've been pulled over for my "aggressive driving" a half dozen times this summer, and not a single ticket, as I'm following traffic laws, unlike so many drivers. This creates a false illusion of my breaking the law. It's amusing. I've came pretty close to making signs for my vehicles to hold up in order to better communicate with individals who fail to understand the simple concept of driving. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 2 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: It basically equates to using common sense on the road, specifically at mergers. It teaches cars should behave like a zipper whenever traffic is merging. Most common example is 2 lanes becoming 1. Here, people tend to get over and form these obnoxiously long lines that defeat the purpose of engineering the roads in a fashion to alleviate congestion. Then, they get all road ragey for you using the lanes as designed, which is traffic folding together like a zipper, maintaining speed, just adusting spacing between vehicles to allow for it. I spend a lot of time on the road. I've been pulled over for my "aggressive driving" a half dozen times this summer, and not a single ticket, as I'm following traffic laws, unlike so many drivers. This creates a false illusion of my breaking the law. It's amusing. I've came pretty close to making signs for my vehicles to hold up in order to better communicate with individals who fail to understand the simple concept of driving. I often wonder if the drivers were able to (or forced to) communicate with the other drivers, if they would drive better. Does often seem like the major issue on the road is that no one has more than a clue of what anyone else is trying to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 3 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: It basically equates to using common sense on the road, specifically at mergers. It teaches cars should behave like a zipper whenever traffic is merging. Most common example is 2 lanes becoming 1. I was just being silly, but I do get the concept. The issue I have is the zipper method doesn't work if the speeds are drastically different. Essentially, people seem believe slow and steady is synonymous with safe. It often is safe, but sometimes it's very, very unsafe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Duckman said: Mmmmmm, roasted shrimp.... Or was it prawns? BOTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Munkie said: I was just being silly, but I do get the concept. The issue I have is the zipper method doesn't work if the speeds are drastically different. Essentially, people seem believe slow and steady is synonymous with safe. It often is safe, but sometimes it's very, very unsafe. This is a SciFi example, but a book I read had a bit about how (in that future), self-driving cars had originally held strictly to the speed limit, but it was changed when that was found to cause more accidents when there were also actual human drivers on the road, and they were updated to match the speed of the traffic around them. Like I said, it's a speculative example, but it seems right on the button to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, WestRider said: This is a SciFi example, but a book I read had a bit about how (in that future), self-driving cars had originally held strictly to the speed limit, but it was changed when that was found to cause more accidents when there were also actual human drivers on the road, and they were updated to match the speed of the traffic around them. Like I said, it's a speculative example, but it seems right on the button to me. Adaptive technology being the appropriate progression?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Adaptive technology being the appropriate progression?! I know. Wacky, ain't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Rei is a dirty mudblood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 I just noticed that a Kickstarter I backed has been sending me updates from their "Pledge Manger", rather than their "Pledge Manager". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 hours ago, WestRider said: I just noticed that a Kickstarter I backed has been sending me updates from their "Pledge Manger", rather than their "Pledge Manager". They don't have enough money to hire someone, so they kicked the animals out and setup shop on the farm. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 That or they have a God-complex. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Is there a healthy way to die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 7 hours ago, paxmiles said: Is there a healthy way to die? Buried and smothered by muesli? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 7 hours ago, paxmiles said: Is there a healthy way to die? There was a guy beheading people on a jogging trail down in Ashland. Sounds like a pretty healthy way to die. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 http://mailtribune.com/news/crime-courts-emergencies/ashland-tragedy-deepens They never caught the killer, by the way, crass humor aside. 😟 I refuse to take that trail, because of this. It happened just before I moved to Medford. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Disney is trash. Hiring Victor Salva to do Powder is exponentially worse than keeping James Gunn on. Absolutely horrid garbage. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 11 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Disney is trash. Hiring Victor Salva to do Powder is exponentially worse than keeping James Gunn on. Absolutely horrid garbage. I feel old. I really have no idea what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 I'm having trouble continuing with a project semi-related to my Slaanesh OFCC Army because I've misplaced a large bag of white powder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 7 hours ago, WestRider said: I'm having trouble continuing with a project semi-related to my Slaanesh OFCC Army because I've misplaced a large bag of white powder. Them's the hazards of using bags of white powder. Do you owe anyone for the white powder or is this a personal loss? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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