Lucky me

[Yadkin]

This morning I made the 20 minute drive to the county seat to make four short stops. One the way there, a 20 vehicle convoy of oversized loads and construction equipment was snaking it's way in the opposite direction. It had collected an entourage of cars about a mile long during it's trip through two lane mountain roads. Amazingly, I was not one of them.

An hour after returning, the county alert system reported a vehicle on its roof, and my prior route closed completely.

I must be living right. :Jeff '79:

:Jeff '79:

[Anjdog2003]

Thread of the month

[Swany00]

future lottery winner

[Steve_R]

*its x 2

And:
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[Mike Mercury]

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[Vandelay Industries]

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Where's *89x2* when you need him?

[Yadkin]

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Floriduh?

[DJ_Critterus]

An hour after returning, the county alert system reported a vehicle on its roof, and my prior route closed completely.



He must have hit a maliciously placed rock in a driveway somewhere.

[slewfoot]

I went to Costco at 6am to get gas. About a half hour later leaving Home Depot nearby, I drove back past Costco and the lines were really long!

Phew! Dodged a bullet on that one! :p

[Big bob]

Sounds like you pathetic and eratic driving skills caused the accident. And as usual you ran off to your hidding spot.

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[Steve_R]

I went to Costco at 6am to get gas. About a half hour later leaving Home Depot nearby, I drove back past Costco and the lines were really long!

Phew! Dodged a bullet on that one! :p


That's big news right there! It deserves its own thread. :yesnod:

*it's

[Bruze]

Yesterday I was coming home from lunch and was on a narrow, hilly country road.

Right at the base of a steep hill was a car and truck in front of me with their 4-ways on, and a tractor in front of them hauling a wagon loaded with logs.

He was going 5 FREAKING MPH. Holy carp, my 72 year-old tractor will go 12. But he was likely in a lower gear to get up the hill.

So finally we got on the flat and he didn't go any faster, but there was an open stretch of road, long enough to pass someone going 5 MPH so I swung out and easily passed all three.

The car that was ahead of me with his flashers on, who I though was part of the train, then decided to follow me. I guess they were scared of the double solid line.

[Vandelay Industries]

I went to Costco at 6am to get gas. About a half hour later leaving Home Depot nearby, I drove back past Costco and the lines were really long!

Phew! Dodged a bullet on that one! :p

You must be living right. :yesnod:

[Don Rickles]

Unlucky for us, that your not still stuck in the convoy......

[slewfoot]

Where's my buddy with his quick witted anecdotes or as they say in his area, antidotes?

[DJ_Critterus]

Yesterday I had to fill the RAM up with diesel. I wanted to put in $50.00 worth. I let go of the handle and bam...... A PERFECT SQUEEZE. I stopped it at exactly $50.00. Sad part is that was only 12.5 gallons worth of fuel :( FJB

[Tikiman]

Once, coming home from a long hard day at the grind, I was half a mile from my house and had to turn around because a tour bus got itself jammed on a one-way bridge and they had to get one of those huge wreckers in to try to yank it off. Had to drive 20 miles out of my way to come in from the other side. That bus had no business being on those back roads and certainly should have never tried to cross that bridge.

[LATB]

When I got up to our farm this morning, I drove around the closed gate and in to the property.

Saved me countless seconds and I didn’t have to get out of the truck to open the gate.

How freaking lucky am I? :D

[Onebadcad]

In Florida, where all the smart people reside, convoys and road construction are only done during evening hours.

This is an ongoing project, more flyovers planned, I-95 and I-595 and the FL Turnpike.
No lane closures during the day, on-budget, on-time.

https://gaiconsultants.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/I-95_3C_slider.jpg

[Onebadcad]

Also, all downtown construction done at night.
This is for Downtown Fort Lauderdale, more than 50 30+ stories towers going up in the next five years, all construction shuts down at sundown, transporting of beams and materials can be scheduled for the PM.

Broward County builds more in a day than your state builds in a decade.

https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/69673/638422247719770000

[Onebadcad]

Yaddy, true to his hallmark, creating problems where there are none.
Also, solving problems that were never problems, except for him.

[Vandelay Industries]

Once, coming home from a long hard day at the grind, I was half a mile from my house and had to turn around because a tour bus got itself jammed on a one-way bridge and they had to get one of those huge wreckers in to try to yank it off. Had to drive 20 miles out of my way to come in from the other side. That bus had no business being on those back roads and certainly should have never tried to cross that bridge.

That sounds like one of Pete Buttplug's racist bridges.

[Tikiman]

In Florida, where all the smart people reside, convoys and road construction are only done during evening hours.

This is an ongoing project, more flyovers planned, I-95 and I-595 and the FL Turnpike.
No lane closures during the day, on-budget, on-time.

https://gaiconsultants.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/I-95_3C_slider.jpg

Here in Virginia, we have the "mixing bowl".

[Onebadcad]

Here in Virginia, we have the "mixing bowl".

If you want to retire at age 30 with a gazillion dollars, build:
1) bridges
2) tunnels
3) interchanges
4) metro airports
5) container ports

[Onebadcad]

Once, coming home from a long hard day at the grind, I was half a mile from my house and had to turn around because a tour bus got itself jammed on a one-way bridge and they had to get one of those huge wreckers in to try to yank it off. Had to drive 20 miles out of my way to come in from the other side. That bus had no business being on those back roads and certainly should have never tried to cross that bridge.

A little off-topic.
When Long Island roadway system was laid out, those with power purposely built the road overpasses with low clearances.
The reason you will be told is than they did want trucks, boxed and trailers, to have access to the their roads.
The real reason, some say, was to disallow bus routes, as they did not want lower income residents in their towns.

[Bruze]

No entrance/exit ramps on my road, thankfully. That's muh driveway going off to the left.

Road maintenance = they run the grader down the road each April to smooth everything out. That's it.

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[Onebadcad]

No entrance/exit ramps on my road, thankfully. That's muh driveway going off to the left.

Road maintenance = they run the grader down the road each April to smooth everything out. That's it.

96621

Maybe your people can teach yaddy's peoples the right things to do when rural planning, as he seems to have a few complaints each day.

[Aerovette]

Accident huh? Hmmm, was your rock still in the driveway or did it wander out in to traffic?

[LATB]

A little off-topic.
When Long Island roadway system was laid out, those with power purposely built the road overpasses with low clearances.
The reason you will be told is than they did want trucks, boxed and trailers, to have access to the their roads.
The real reason, some say, was to disallow bus routes, as they did not want lower income residents in their towns.

Sounds smart.

[GTOguy]

Thread of the month

It would be, if Yadkin only posted one thread a month.

Instead, it's merely epic, like all of his threads. :seasix:

[Don Rickles]

No entrance/exit ramps on my road, thankfully. That's muh driveway going off to the left.

Road maintenance = they run the grader down the road each April to smooth everything out. That's it.

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Too much the dusty! My black cars would hate that road/driveway!

[Yadkin]

Yaddy, true to his hallmark, creating problems where there are none.
Also, solving problems that were never problems, except for him.

1. What problem did I create.
2. What non-problem did I solve.

:waiting:

[Onebadcad]

1. What problem did I create.
2. What non-problem did I solve.

:waiting:

1. you:yaddy:


2. none, as per usual

[Yadkin]

Accident huh? Hmmm, was your rock still in the driveway or did it wander out in to traffic?

Texting Floriduh driver. :yesnod:

[Yadkin]

1. you:yaddy:


2. none, as per usual

So you failed. :(

[Big bob]

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[Onebadcad]

So you failed. :(

Only in your brain, which does not count.

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[Yadkin]

Proof that I scored bigly:

Only in your brain, which does not count.

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:Jeff '79:

[Big bob]

Proof that I scored bigly:



:Jeff '79:


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[GTOguy]

Yadkin for the win here. Again. :cert:

[Tikiman]

Never underestimate an engineer. We know things. :yesnod:

[Onebadcad]

Yadkin for the wind here. Again. :cert:

FIXED

[GTOguy]

FIXED

Yaddie's been eating Taco Bell?

[Yadkin]

Yaddie's been eating Taco Bell?

Taco Hell... No.

[Onebadcad]

Yaddie's been eating Taco Bell?

I think he dines at nicer establishments with all that DIY money he saves

[Bruze]

I did a lot of DIY today.

1. Took ashes out.
2. Brought coal in.
3. Took garbage out.
4. Burned paper trash.
5. Put catfood in the hopper in the barn for the cats.
6. Brought in old papers from the shop to shred.
7. Went grocery shopping.

That's a lot for me.

[Yadkin]

I think he dines at nicer establishments with all that DIY money he saves

I'm thinking Arby's. :yesnod:

[Yadkin]

I did a lot of DIY today.

1. Took ashes out.
2. Brought coal in.
3. Took garbage out.
4. Burned paper trash.
5. Put catfood in the hopper in the barn for the cats.
6. Brought in old papers from the shop to shred.
7. Went grocery shopping.

That's a lot for me.

You could have combined 6 with 4 and saved a lot of work. :kick:

[Bruze]

You could have combined 7 with 4 and saved a lot of work. :kick:

Grocery store probably wouldn't take kindly if I started a fire in one of the aisles.

The list wasn't necessarily in the order I did them. :eek:

[Yadkin]

Grocery store probably wouldn't take kindly if I started a fire in one of the aisles.

The list wasn't necessarily in the order I did them. :eek: Oops I meant 6, not 7. :o

[Vandelay Industries]

Oops I meant 6, not 7. :o

Missed by 8/8.

[Bruze]

Oops I meant 6, not 7. :o

You mean burn the shreddings?

I bought a shredder some months ago. I'm done shredding in the house, but there's a lot to go from the shop. I have all expense receipts and income stubs from 36 years in business. There's a lot.

I had originally planned on burning all the shredding. But the "newer" shredders also cut them sideways so it's just a bunch of maybe 1/8 x 1/8 pieces. They pack so tight they won't really burn, just kinda smolders.

So I've been putting them in garbage bags and taking them to the dumps (free). I don't do it every day, I'm just starting my 4th bag.

[Yadkin]

You mean burn the shreddings?

I bought a shredder some months ago. I'm done shredding in the house, but there's a lot to go from the shop. I have all expense receipts and income stubs from 36 years in business. There's a lot.

I had originally planned on burning all the shredding. But the "newer" shredders also cut them sideways so it's just a bunch of maybe 1/8 x 1/8 pieces. They pack so tight they won't really burn, just kinda smolders.

So I've been putting them in garbage bags and taking them to the dumps (free). I don't do it every day, I'm just starting my 4th bag.
My last shredder crapped out while we were downsizing/ moving. I took the remainder to my UPS store, where I have had a mailbox for the last 25 years, and had them shred it.

Now we fill a shoebox with crumpled paper that needs secure disposal. When the box is full, I take it outside, pour a little waste oil on the paper then light it up. :seasix:

[Bruze]

My last shredder crapped out while we were downsizing/ moving. I took the remainder to my UPS store, where I have had a mailbox for the last 25 years, and had them shred it.

Now we fill a shoebox with crumpled paper that needs secure disposal. When the box is full, I take it outside, pour a little waste oil on the paper then light it up. :seasix:

Yaddy, I'm dealing with garbage bags full of shreddings, the big ones that go in a garbage can.

I burn my normal paper trash.

[Tikiman]

Grocery store probably wouldn't take kindly if I started a fire in one of the aisles.

The list wasn't necessarily in the order I did them. :eek:


But you really never know until you try. Could be a good way to make new friends.

[Yadkin]

Yaddy, I'm dealing with garbage bags full of shreddings, the big ones that go in a garbage can.

I burn my normal paper trash.

Burn barrel, and Upstate NY tradition. :seasix:

[Bruze]

Burn barrel, and Upstate NY tradition. :seasix:

And in the winter, I just throw small stuff on the wood/coal fire. :eek:

[Yadkin]

And in the winter, I just throw small stuff on the wood/coal fire. :eek:

Heat with paper. :seasix:

Back in the newspaper epoch I used to roll 'em tight and nest between split wood. :yesnod:

[GTOguy]

I'm thinking Arby's. :yesnod:

One of the two or maybe 3 fast food places I'll actually eat at. Their Ruben is pretty damn good.