Random Thoughts.....

Chris_M said:
What about these knuckleheads that drive 40 in a 65 with their hazard on in the left lane because of a light rain? Or really anybody with hazards on in the rain.
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Pit em!
 
Same goes for anytime anyone is going less than the speed limit in the left lane.
 
Every morning this scenario gets me on the way to drop my son off at school. Two lane road with lots of traffic, and some fool wants to turn left. 20 cars stopped behind them waiting so they can wait for a HUGE gap to safely turn.

FAWKING DOT need to add turning lanes so everyone else can keep moving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Eh, something I was rather shocked by when we moved to Maryland is that if the road has a wide shoulder that is car-sized... its a passing lane on the right. I mean people don't even slow down, if somebody stops to turn left they just get zipped right around on the shoulder. In some places the DOT just painted a short lane on the shoulder lol.
And its not a city thing, I talking on the main vein 2 lane highway in our rather rural/suburban county.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Eh, something I was rather shocked by when we moved to Maryland is that if the road has a wide shoulder that is car-sized... its a passing lane on the right. I mean people don't even slow down, if somebody stops to turn left they just get zipped right around on the shoulder. In some places the DOT just painted a short lane on the shoulder lol.
And its not a city thing, I talking on the main vein 2 lane highway in our rather rural/suburban county.
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Yeah, It was like that when I was in Wisconsin too. Wish it wasnt illegal in NC.
 
RatLabGuy said:
One of my professors at Wake Forest had Guillain-Barré syndrome when he was the same age. He had a limp his whole life. It’s also what made him get into physiology and teaching neuroscience.
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My mom contracted it back in 1991/92. We were living in England at the time. My step dad and I were in Scotland on a hiking and fishing trip, my mom had flown back to Florida to meet my brother on his return from the Gulf War. In the time frame of about 2-3 hrs my mom noticed her foot “falling asleep” and then progressing to “I can’t move my legs!” While sitting on the beach.

They rushed her to the nearest hospital where JUST BY CHANCE the leading doctor on GBS worked.

My step dad hauled ass back down to London, the British Airways agent said buy a 1st class ticket on our regular flight and then stuck him on the Concord. Something like 12 hrs after leaving the highlands of Scotland he walks into the hospital room.

At this point the paralysis had worked its way up to mid chest. The doctor said that GBs either starts at the feet and works its way up, or at the head and goes down. So, she got the better deal in this case.

Doc recommended an experimental Blood transfusion that wasn’t covered by insurance and said it’s either that or it’s over when it hits her heart.

Clearly my step dad didn’t care about insurance, said DO IT!

It worked and reversed the paralysis. She had to learn how to walk all over again. Used a cane for a year or two after that, wasn’t ticklish on her feet anymore, and had to drive 2 footed ever since because she couldn’t move her dominate foot fast enough.

Scary shit! But she’s still with us now!
 
mbalbritton said:
My mom contracted it back in 1991/92. We were living in England at the time. My step dad and I were in Scotland on a hiking and fishing trip, my mom had flown back to Florida to meet my brother on his return from the Gulf War. In the time frame of about 2-3 hrs my mom noticed her foot “falling asleep” and then progressing to “I can’t move my legs!” While sitting on the beach.

They rushed her to the nearest hospital where JUST BY CHANCE the leading doctor on GBS worked.

My step dad hauled ass back down to London, the British Airways agent said buy a 1st class ticket on our regular flight and then stuck him on the Concord. Something like 12 hrs after leaving the highlands of Scotland he walks into the hospital room.

At this point the paralysis had worked its way up to mid chest. The doctor said that GBs either starts at the feet and works its way up, or at the head and goes down. So, she got the better deal in this case.

Doc recommended an experimental Blood transfusion that wasn’t covered by insurance and said it’s either that or it’s over when it hits her heart.

Clearly my step dad didn’t care about insurance, said DO IT!

It worked and reversed the paralysis. She had to learn how to walk all over again. Used a cane for a year or two after that, wasn’t ticklish on her feet anymore, and had to drive 2 footed ever since because she couldn’t move her dominate foot fast enough.

Scary shit! But she’s still with us now!
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Geez! I remember my boss saying that they had to do some kind of blood transfusion where they had to remove this certain protein from her blood. Any idea on how she contracted it? I know it can be a result of contracting the Campylobacter bacteria, which my wife has had and said it can come from eating raw or undercooked or contaminated foods.
 
The people who design traffic circles should be required to drive an 18 wheeler through there 100 times before releasing the design.
 
Chris_M said:
What about these knuckleheads that drive 40 in a 65 with their hazard on in the left lane because of a light rain? Or really anybody with hazards on in the rain.
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See every time it rains on 540 - dumb azzes!
 
jeepinmatt said:
The people who design traffic circles should be required to drive an 18 wheeler through there 100 times before releasing the design.
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There's only 2 appropriate sizes IMO.
Large enough diameter that you can get a big comfortable bend around the curve, and small enough the big boys can just say F-it and go straight through
 
RatLabGuy said:
There's only 2 appropriate sizes IMO.
Large enough diameter that you can get a big comfortable bend around the curve, and small enough the big boys can just say F-it and go straight through
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It’s not even just the radius of the circle anymore. It’s the forced squiggly line bullshit that makes it impossible to go through with a trailer and not run over the kerbs (British for dramatic effect!)
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jeepinmatt said:
It’s not even just the radius of the circle anymore. It’s the forced squiggly line bullshit that makes it impossible to go through with a trailer and not run over the kerbs (British for dramatic effect!)
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They expect them to run over the curbs. No regard for the freight in the trailer. I have a roundabout on my way to work and last fall one morning I noticed corn strown all around the outside. Pulled into work and had a low side frameless dump sitting in front of the scales. Figured out whose corn it was it 🤣.
 
Just watched a video of a bench test of a Cosworth F1 motor. They ran it up to 11k rpm and it blows my mind to try and comprehend HOW those parts can move that fast and how combustion/exhaust can happen and flow that fast. That’s 183 rotations of the crank per second. 91 explosions per second. It’s just a sustained explosion at that point. It’s hard to even wrap my head around the concept.
 
jeepinmatt said:
It’s not even just the radius of the circle anymore. It’s the forced squiggly line bullshit that makes it impossible to go through with a trailer and not run over the kerbs (British for dramatic effect!)
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Hell that's the path I take in my Mazda at 65
 
mbalbritton said:
Just watched a video of a bench test of a Cosworth F1 motor. They ran it up to 11k rpm and it blows my mind to try and comprehend HOW those parts can move that fast and how combustion/exhaust can happen and flow that fast. That’s 183 rotations of the crank per second. 91 explosions per second. It’s just a sustained explosion at that point. It’s hard to even wrap my head around the concept.
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Modern stuff is like 18-20k rpm.
 
While in the mountains yesterday. Hundreds of folks were hauling equipment up to help. But there were state construct staging sites all over the place with nice equipment just sitting. Seems like they would turn them loose. I mean tons of equipment sitting.
 
Chris_M said:
What about these knuckleheads that drive 40 in a 65 with their hazard on in the left lane because of a light rain? Or really anybody with hazards on in the rain.
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That blows my mind, pull over or off the highway if you can't see/drive in heavy rain.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Eh, something I was rather shocked by when we moved to Maryland is that if the road has a wide shoulder that is car-sized... its a passing lane on the right. I mean people don't even slow down, if somebody stops to turn left they just get zipped right around on the shoulder. In some places the DOT just painted a short lane on the shoulder lol.
And its not a city thing, I talking on the main vein 2 lane highway in our rather rural/suburban county.
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Common all over IL as well
paradisePWoffrd said:
Yeah, It was like that when I was in Wisconsin too. Wish it wasnt illegal in NC.
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Wait doing this is illegal in NC?
 
gslander said:
Wait doing this is illegal in NC?
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20‑150.1. When passing on the right is permitted. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1) When the vehicle overtaken is in a lane designated for left turns;
(2) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width which have been marked for two or more lanes of moving vehicles in each direction and are not occupied by parked vehicles;
(3) Upon a one‑way street, or upon a highway on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement when such street or highway is free from obstructions and is of sufficient width and is marked for two or more lanes of moving vehicles which are not occupied by parked vehicles;
(4) When driving in a lane designating a right turn on a red traffic signal light.(1953, c. 679.)
 
gslander said:
Common all over IL as well

Wait doing this is illegal in NC?
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It's not legal here either but is just accepted. I saw a guy get pulled for it once, but it was hilariously blatant. Guy was turning left, prob 3-4 cars were behind him patiently waiting. Dude blew past all of them on the shoulder.
A cop happened to be the first in line waiting, so as soon as dude turned guess who got lit up. lol.
 
RatLabGuy said:
It's not legal here either but is just accepted. I saw a guy get pulled for it once, but it was hilariously blatant. Guy was turning left, prob 3-4 cars were behind him patiently waiting. Dude blew past all of them on the shoulder.
A cop happened to be the first in line waiting, so as soon as dude turned guess who got lit up. lol.
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I'm thinking back and it probably wasn't legal in Illinois either, but same everyone did it. Kind of like turn signals here in Hickory, 1% of people actually use them including police and no one gets pulled for it :laughing:
 
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