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80% of this thread essentially amounts to no two drivers being able to agree on the correct speed to be traveling at, ever.
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TotalLossBrain posted:Observed on I-82: I assume someone told him that towing a RWD car long distances will bind up your transmission if the rear wheels are spinning, so he lifehacked it. Walla!
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Jun 1, 2016 19:00
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FYI, its "voilą" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voil%C3%A0 After reading the last 2 pages of discussion, I want to brake-check abotu everyone in the thread. Including myself.
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Jun 1, 2016 20:26
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CharlieWhiskey posted:I assume someone told him that towing a RWD car long distances will bind up your transmission if the rear wheels are spinning, so he lifehacked it. Walla! It usually only takes about 15 minutes to remove a drive shaft. Seems like a much better method then hoping your got your front wheels exactly straight. This of course is provided your frame isn't bent.
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Jun 1, 2016 20:27
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nitrogen posted:FYI, its "voilà" Check out the Lifehacks thread to get the joke! Walla!
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Jun 1, 2016 20:30
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^^ ^^nitrogen posted:FYI, its "voilą"
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Jun 1, 2016 20:31
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Javid posted:80% of this thread essentially amounts to no two drivers being able to agree on the correct speed to be traveling at, ever. add to that cyclists then I think you might be right.
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Jun 1, 2016 20:31
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That's the other 20%
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Jun 1, 2016 20:48
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Sorry for being an old fart, guys
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Jun 1, 2016 20:57
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Saw some guy in a tree with his hood smacked into his windshield. I was horrified but at the same time, it's extremely unlikely it wasn't an operator error.
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Jun 1, 2016 22:34
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xzzy posted:The goon collective has determined that if you are being tailgated, you should exit the roadway immediately and take a five minute break in a parking lot to make sure you don't offend them further. Also, if you see a road raging rear end in a top hat waving a gun at you, go ahead and brake check/ flip him off because you'll probably die in an accident anyway.
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Jun 1, 2016 23:01
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Or maybe not live in areas where everyone around you is packing heat.
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Jun 1, 2016 23:02
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xzzy posted:Or maybe not live in areas where everyone around you is packing heat. Lol where in the USA is that.
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Jun 1, 2016 23:06
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leica posted:Lol where in the USA is that. Not here. Note the cyclist even: 
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Jun 1, 2016 23:31
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Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste.
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Jun 2, 2016 00:28
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PCOS Bill posted:Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste. great redtext post combo there commando bill. 
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Jun 2, 2016 00:36
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PCOS Bill posted:Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste.  Javid posted:80% of this thread essentially amounts to no two drivers being able to agree on the correct speed to be traveling at, ever. Everyone faster than me is an rear end in a top hat. Everyone slower than me is an idiot.
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Jun 2, 2016 00:36
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PCOS Bill posted:Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste. IWB? LOL who am I kidding?
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Jun 2, 2016 00:37
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My father used to have a F250 that he had a tow package on, it had one some device that hooked up to the lights for a trailer, that also had a manual lever that would turn on the brake lights on the truck. Every once in a while he'd use it to "brake check" some of the more egregious assholes trying to crawl up his bumper. Also, just last week or so I had some jackass threaten to "fite me, bro" because I had the gall to point out that he was going the wrong way down a store parking lot (the word "dipshit" may have been used in my training opportunity). Some loving people.
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Jun 2, 2016 02:05
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MikeyTsi posted:My father used to have a F250 that he had a tow package on, it had one some device that hooked up to the lights for a trailer, that also had a manual lever that would turn on the brake lights on the truck. You'd be surprised how well "Excuse me sir/ma'am, this is a one way," works. Though my favorite response to that has to be "I know," at which point they continued not giving a single gently caress, it was kind of impressive.
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Jun 2, 2016 02:34
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These are the roads we share the other people with  
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Jun 2, 2016 02:44
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PCOS Bill posted:Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste. How many of those "problem" left lane hogs have you personally "taken care of"?
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Jun 2, 2016 02:47
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leica posted:Lol where in the USA is that. Most of it? Only about 30% of our population of 320 million even own one. The percentage that drive with one in the glovebox is probably even smaller.
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Jun 2, 2016 02:59
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Dave Inc. posted:You'd be surprised how well "Excuse me sir/ma'am, this is a one way," works. Though my favorite response to that has to be "I know," at which point they continued not giving a single gently caress, it was kind of impressive. My preferred form of communication in such a situation is to bellow "Hey, dumbass! Is the symbology utilizing big loving arrows painted on the ground too difficult for your tiny brain to process?!!" It doesn't go over too well with all the old farts I see driving the wrong way through the hardware store parking lot.
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Jun 2, 2016 03:33
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xzzy posted:Most of it? Only about 30% of our population of 320 million even own one. The percentage that drive with one in the glovebox is probably even smaller. Will tell pollsters they own one* Geoj posted:How many of those "problem" left lane hogs have you personally "taken care of"? Zero, I live a life of non-violence. TotalLossBrain posted:IWB? LOL who am I kidding? Drop leg, duh. GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Glock 27 here buddy! My hands are too big for anything smaller than the full size line, I hate it. SneakyFrog posted:great redtext post combo there commando bill. Um, thanks?
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Jun 2, 2016 03:52
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PCOS Bill posted:Zero, I live a life of non-violence. "Hello", he lied.
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Jun 2, 2016 04:29
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MikeyTsi posted:Also, just last week or so I had some jackass threaten to "fite me, bro" because I had the gall to point out that he was going the wrong way down a store parking lot (the word "dipshit" may have been used in my training opportunity). Some loving people. No fight involved, but at the grocery store I saw an old guy almost hit someone head-on going the wrong way down an aisle. Old dude cut his left turn way too sharp and nearly clipped the other guy, who was just laying on the horn with this whole   expression. Old dude puttered past him and pulled a slow-mo 9 point turn to park, it was surreal.
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Jun 2, 2016 05:19
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PCOS Bill posted:My hands are too big for anything smaller than the full size line, I hate it. Get that finger extension magazine. +1 finger, +1 bullet. That thing is sorta painful to shoot otherwise. .40 S&W with a 3 finger grip... no thanks. kastein posted:These are the roads we share the other people with What the gently caress is going on here? Did they just plop a highway on top of what used to be an intersection. and separate it with a sidewalk? I need a maps link. My brain is all twisted trying to figure this out.
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Jun 2, 2016 13:41
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It is in worcester mass just slightly northwest of the commuter rail station. Would link but I am on my phone and the maps app is infuriating to get a link out of. Basically they completely rebuilt a rotary and several roads as well as a few intersections and demolished a few derelict buildings and a parking garage. That road got lost in the mix and ended up being a dead end one way road with a crosswalk across the end and various turn lanes, none of which go anywhere. Welcome to Massachusetts! E: it's not a highway, more of a large surface street. The highway is a few blocks east.
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Jun 2, 2016 15:40
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Get that finger extension magazine. +1 finger, +1 bullet. Try a PF9 with +P, thing is so snappy it'll tear up your hand.
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Jun 2, 2016 15:45
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kastein posted:It is in worcester mass just slightly northwest of the commuter rail station. Would link but I am on my phone and the maps app is infuriating to get a link out of. That's even worse! Couldn't they at least loving paint over the lines or put up barriers or SOMETHING.
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Jun 2, 2016 15:52
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I need a maps link. My brain is all twisted trying to figure this out. Found it.
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Jun 2, 2016 16:00
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Street view ruins the fun. https://www.google.com/maps/place/W...8022934!6m1!1e1
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Jun 2, 2016 16:35
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https://goo.gl/maps/SkF2TMcGMAF2 There's a date slider for street view now, you may need to update your browser for it to show up. It's pretty neat, you can go back and watch trees grow or watch abandoned houses return to nature.
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FogHelmut posted:Street view ruins the fun. Yup! That's how it looked when I first moved to Worcester for college, and apparently as late as 2007-2008, when I graduated. e: hahaha I see what happened here. The streetview imagery from *on* that road hasn't been updated since september 2007 because it was blocked off shortly thereafter and I assume google's streetview cars are smart enough to not go down one way dead end streets. If you look from anywhere else toward it, you see the new version because those roads have been re-streetviewed, but from on that road, it's like you're stuck in a time capsule from 2007. Neat. kastein fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jun 2, 2016 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQJOKM9GkVg
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Yay, lunchtime!  Sigh, lunchtime traffic.  gently caress, the police.  Four-lane one-way major through street, crammed of course. I'm in lane 1 (leftmost), cop SUV is a few carlengths forward in lane 2 no wait, I'm moving forwards still as some loving hill hick in lane 2 has decided to come to a dead halt because she wants to make that left turn *NOW* and the zipperhead ahead of me also halts to oblige her, so now I'm even with the cop car. She turns, idiot ahead of me starts moving, I start moving, Office Ray Charles starts turning out of lane 2, only now flipping on his lights, WHILE STILL EXACTLY EVEN WITH ME. I nail the brakes, he nails the brakes and manages not to turn right into my passenger door, gives me a snippy look and I drive the gently caress on. MOTHERFUCKER YOU HAVE A SIREN YOU CAN BLIP! MAYBE LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S AROUND YOU BEFORE MAKING THE SAME ILLEGAL TURN YOU'RE GONNA BUST HER FOR! Oh wait, almost forgot: seeing the police actually doing something about a stupid-driver-in-progress. Wish I had a camera handy just for that rarity...(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I saw the car behind me on the highway get pulled over. The traffic was literally stop-and-go so I have no idea what he would have been pulled over for. He wasn't even black 
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totalnewbie posted:I saw the car behind me on the highway get pulled over. The traffic was literally stop-and-go so I have no idea what he would have been pulled over for. He wasn't even black Expired tags? Tail light out?
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Speaking of watching people get pulled over in rush hour traffic: This interchange bewteen the 143 and 10 backs up every rush hour, big time (I've seen upwards of 1/2 mile). Only the right-most lane of 143S can be used to get on either 10E or 10W - traffic going to 10W exits first and then the lane goes over the bridge and turns into an exit-only ramp to 10E. Because it's one super backed up lane, people are assholes and try to cut around it all the time. Mostly by driving in one of the through-lanes on 143S and then cutting over at the last possible second, but the other day I saw a lot of people using the shoulder and then cutting back in. Bad enough that a city bus parked itself in the shoulder to keep people from trying it. Right as I'm approaching the ramp that splits off to 10W, I finally notice that a highway patrol officer has set up his Explorer right in the gore point, quite visibly. Check my mirrors and there's a bright red fifth-gen Camaro that is trying to act like it totally wasn't using the shoulder to cut traffic. My lane kept moving slow enough that I got to watch the Camaro pass the officer, then immediately get pulled over. 
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