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see I drive slow and stupid no matter who is or isn't in the car with me.
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I don’t go more than 5 over with the dog in the car. Can’t imagine what a slowpoke dad I’ll be once my wife and I start having kids.
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Mar 2, 2020 15:14
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Protocol7 posted:I don’t go more than 5 over with the dog in the car. Can’t imagine what a slowpoke dad I’ll be once my wife and I start having kids. Yeah I am super grandma with pup in the car. Especially since he fell out one time when I had to brake suddenly. Kids? gently caress it, they're strapped into a carseat, let 'er rip!* *Disclaimer: I have no kids
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Mar 2, 2020 16:13
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If you bring pooch along in the car, look at the options from Sleepypod. They're pretty much the only brand to pass any kind of actual crash testing (though I haven't checked on this in like 9 months, this may have changed). I've wanted to try their harness on my cat (who loving loves going on adventures but hates being in a carrier) but haven't been able to confirm it's safe for cats. But if I had a doggy? No questions.
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Mar 2, 2020 16:32
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I mostly just transport the dog to a local park to go walking there and we've actually just bought a house in the adjacent neighborhood so that should be less of a problem in the future. Might get one for the cat though since the last fabric carrier we had was just a big chew toy the last time he had to travel. Ended up chewing himself an escape hole. Fun to deal with on the highway.
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Mar 2, 2020 17:05
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I had to post this somewhere, because I had an encounter last night at the airport that left me utterly livid. I agreed to pick my friend up last night, way past my bedtime. I was tired, and was hoping to be in and out. I pull in to the airport to go to the pickup area, and there's a red SUV stopped in the road, also a red zone, as it approaches the pickup area. I stopped behind him, because there's one lane here, and I wasn't sure what was going on. Turns out, the fucker was PARKED. In the road. In a red zone. I go around him, and my friend isn't out front, so I have to make another loop around the airport. I come back around, and he's still there. Riding a motorcycle has left way far less patient with lovely drivers, so I roll down my window and lay into him. He tells me he's waiting to pick someone up, and I said "No poo poo you rear end in a top hat. We all are. You're parked in the loving road you moron." Then, I swear to god this happened, the rear end in a top hat reaches over and shows me one of those veterans hats that says "Iraq Veteran". I told him that I don't give a poo poo about his service or his loving hat. I could see on his face that he had no idea how to handle that response, and he finally moved. The fact that he would try and pull that crap left me infuriated. Every prick that expects special treatment for being a veteran was some desk jockey who acts like they stormed the beaches of Normandy. Duck_King fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Mar 2, 2020 |
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Mar 2, 2020 20:15
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Duck_King posted:I had to post this somewhere, because I had an encounter last night at the airport that left me utterly livid. Oh word?
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Mar 2, 2020 21:06
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My airport (LAS) is county run so they can just write those dudes legit tickets courtesy of the county. But you'd have to be committed to ignoring all the whistles, hood smacks, and free 15 minute, $2 short term parking pull off.
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Mar 2, 2020 21:10
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Yeah, there were plenty of places this guy could have parked, but apparently parking in the road was the smartest option.
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Mar 2, 2020 21:15
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At O'Hare you will have at least three meter maids converging on your position the instant your tires stop rolling. If your vehicle is stopped for more than 0.5 seconds and you aren't visibly loading/unloading luggage the limit of their generosity is to yell at you for about five seconds before the tickets start getting printed. Ain't no one parking there.
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Mar 2, 2020 21:25
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xzzy posted:At O'Hare you will have at least three meter maids converging on your position the instant your tires stop rolling. If your vehicle is stopped for more than 0.5 seconds and you aren't visibly loading/unloading luggage the limit of their generosity is to yell at you for about five seconds before the tickets start getting printed. I once received this kind of attention from a security guard at Charleston, SC airport while waiting for my wife. Charleston isn't exactly busy and it was late, so I felt it was kind of an overreaction on his part. When I say kind of an overreaction I mean I was the only loving car at the terminal. But oh no I had to get back in the car and drive around twice until she was physically present. I called the bad man names and thanked him for being a dick.
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Mar 3, 2020 00:16
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These are the unmaintained armored truck death machines you share the road with https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/garda-world/armored-trucks/
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Mar 3, 2020 00:29
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Wasabi the J posted:My airport (LAS) is county run so they can just write those dudes legit tickets courtesy of the county. The 15 minute freebie thing has been gone for a while, hasn't it? I used to do that when picking people up but now I just go around the loop once or twice. Though driving through that airport is always an absolute nightmare.
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Mar 3, 2020 00:35
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Zamujasa posted:The 15 minute freebie thing has been gone for a while, hasn't it? I used to do that when picking people up but now I just go around the loop once or twice. Oh I'm not sure but i thought it was there a few months ago. Drop off and pickup for most airlines can be done at Terminal 3 with less hassle. The only time you HAVE to use Terminal 1 is if you fly Spirit or Allegiant and some Southwest flights, or you checked bags on a carrier that drops off there. Otherwise you can pickup and drop off through Terminal 3, which had better flow and less traffic; as a passenger, it's also better if your flight departs from the D Gates, which most do, because the tram is newer and shorter. I only use terminal 1 if I have to take someone to the sky buses.
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Mar 3, 2020 00:46
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waffle iron posted:These are the unmaintained armored truck death machines you share the road with Well, poo poo. I got a clean record and am right down the street from their warehouse. What's the worst that could happen?
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Mar 3, 2020 01:25
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waffle iron posted:These are the unmaintained armored truck death machines you share the road with Good read. Knew a guy who rode those things until his new driver flipped the truck on a highway.
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Mar 3, 2020 01:38
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madeintaipei posted:Well, poo poo. I got a clean record and am right down the street from their warehouse. What's the worst that could happen? You'll never get hired; they'll know right off you've got better employment options, and it'll look kinda suspicious if you apply.
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Mar 3, 2020 04:44
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you a cop???
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Wasabi the J posted:My airport (LAS) is county run so they can just write those dudes legit tickets courtesy of the county. And you have an LVMPD substation in both terminals 1 and 3!
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Mar 3, 2020 07:34
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waffle iron posted:These are the unmaintained armored truck death machines you share the road with Thanks, that was a good read. Liked the crate for a seat and the locks that don't work. You would think that would be important when transporting money.
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Mar 3, 2020 13:28
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Mar 3, 2020 13:39
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That site owns. Garda evidently does not own, unless your definition of "own" is "put everyone nearby in immediate danger."
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Mar 3, 2020 17:42
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Wasabi the J posted:Oh I'm not sure but i thought it was there a few months ago.  The signs used to have "0-15: $0" at the top, which was replaced with the asterisk saying "(*15 minute grace period ...)". Welp.
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Mar 3, 2020 19:20
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Of course the one time I capture an "instant justice" moment on my dashcam the video file is corrupt... Basically I was on a highway, this guy was on the on-ramp, I backed off the car in front of me to give him room to merge. Nope, he decided to gun it and cut off the car in front of me. Needless to say the state trooper in the left lane was not very happy. In other news, if I have a 300MB .MOV file that won't be played by VLC or Windows... any tips?
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Mar 4, 2020 16:59
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Protocol7 posted:In other news, if I have a 300MB .MOV file that won't be played by VLC or Windows... any tips?
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Mar 4, 2020 17:07
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It turned out to just be my lovely SD card reader's fault. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_2e6HsnfqE Not much of a highway actually but the guy was still dumb. Macichne Leainig fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Mar 4, 2020 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATzDmjG3bpI I'm really glad I keep an eye on the left lane too, otherwise I might have had to just ram the stupid fucker.
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Mar 5, 2020 03:16
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Protocol7 posted:In other news, if I have a 300MB .MOV file that won't be played by VLC or Windows... any tips? is quicktime still a thing you can download? that used .mov i think
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Mar 5, 2020 03:41
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The first foggy day here for a while and there are so many people driving around with no lights. I tried to signal the first few people I saw but nobody cared. I'm glad to have learned about the always-illuminated-dashboard reasoning because even a terrible excuse is better than ten percent of nearby drivers being that unaware.
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Mar 5, 2020 03:48
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taqueso posted:is quicktime still a thing you can download? that used .mov i think An awful lot of kit pushes mpeg4 video in a .mov container, so one would just have to rip out the audio/video track and remux it into a mp4/m4v/mkv video file
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Mar 5, 2020 18:37
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sleepy.eyes posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATzDmjG3bpI I don't understand how he could have been looking ahead and done that, it's like he timed it to crash into a car
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Mar 5, 2020 19:49
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Someone I went to high school with made a generic post today about having a blowout on the interstate and making the best of a bad situation, Enhance:  Gee, no wonder you had a blowout. I'm pretty sure she drives for Lyft, so I might make a report later today. No one should be driving on a tire like that, let alone working for fares.
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Mar 11, 2020 16:05
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Ladies and gents, the Gig Economy
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Mar 11, 2020 18:37
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Because every cab company in history has run well maintained and totally safe vehicles.
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Mar 11, 2020 18:42
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xzzy posted:Because every cab company in history has run well maintained and totally safe vehicles. 
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Mar 11, 2020 19:14
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xzzy posted:Because every cab company in history has run well maintained and totally safe vehicles. The cab company I worked for 10 years ago skimped on tires during the summer, but they at least still had tread. They also splurged and bought new tires for the entire fleet at the start of every winter. A cab that's not moving due to bad tread on ice is not making the company any money.
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Mar 11, 2020 19:28
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xzzy posted:Because every cab company in history has run well maintained and totally safe vehicles. Well, now the cabbies all work for Uber and Lyft where there's basically 0% oversight on vehicle safety, so that's still pretty bad.
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Mar 11, 2020 22:44
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xergm posted:Someone I went to high school with made a generic post today about having a blowout on the interstate and making the best of a bad situation, is that a jeep patriot covered entirely in bedliner
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redgubbinz posted:is that a jeep patriot covered entirely in bedliner
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I can say I've never had a Lyft smell like the driver had a full diaper. I cannot say this of prior taxi services I have patronized.
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