Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
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I saw something on the local news recently. Seems some school kids are agitating for the District of Columbia to get an official (saying state is obviously wrong) rock. WTF
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No, that's "by and by". Notice the spelling.
I thought so, but no other interpretation of "bye and bye" seemed to make sense to me. And the context of "New York-Alki" seemed to imply they thought the settlement would someday rival New York.
"Bye and bye" is like 19th century slang nobody uses anymore.
WTF does it even mean? Does it just mean "goodbye?" This is making even less sense as a motto than I thought it did, which wasn't all that much.
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WTF does it even mean? Does it just mean "goodbye?" This is making even less sense as a motto than I thought it did, which wasn't all that much.
Right. So I'm not crazy, then?
On this issue.
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WTF does it even mean?
I've seen things saying "eventually" or "in time". Part of the problem is it is a saying in something that basically no one speaks anymore.
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I think it's probably just a poor translation:
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Washington/Washington-state-motto.html
Washington's territorial motto is Alki , or "Bye and Bye"(an official motto has not been recognized by Washington state legislature).
Alki (or Al-ki) is an Indian word which means "bye and bye." The motto was originally used on the territorial seal which on one side displays an immigrant wagon and a log cabin with a fir forest background; the other side pictures an anchor and the Goddess of Hope in the center (the goddess points at the word "Alki"), a sheet of water in the background with a sailing vessel, a steamer, and a city in perspective.
Early settlers from the schooner Exact named their settlement on Alki Point "New York." However, as the settlement was slower to grow than the east coast NY, the name was changed to "New York-Alki" (the 1850s term for "bye and bye" or "I will see you, bye and bye").
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I've seen things saying "eventually" or "in time".
That's what I thought, but as @blakeyrat pointed out, that should be "by and by," not "bye and bye," unless it's just a spelling WTF.
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This is making even less sense as a motto than I thought it did, which wasn't all that much.
That's what I'm saying.
Even if you know what the word means (and you don't), it's a really, really shitty motto.
If it did translate to "by and by", well, that has a certain Pacific Northwest slacker charm to it at least.
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It only appears to be the territory's old motto, not approved by the state legislature, if that makes you feel any better.
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I saw something on the local news recently. Seems some school kids are agitating for the District of Columbia to get an official (saying state is obviously wrong) rock. WTF
I vote for Iron Pyrite, considering how much useless shit comes from there. If they were looking for an animal, I would suggest the Vampire Bat.
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@Intercourse said:
I vote for Iron Pyrite, considering how much useless shit comes from there. If they were looking for an animal, I would suggest the Vampire Bat.
Ah, here we go:
Potomac Bluestone, whatever the fuck that is.
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I have seen the Potomac, if it comes from that river it is covered in shit. I approve.
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@Intercourse said:
I vote for Iron Pyrite, considering how much useless shit that they think is gold comes from there.
FTFY
However, iron pyrite is a mineral, not a rock. A rock is an aggregate, composed of separate grains of one or more minerals. I would suggest, perhaps, basalt — common, worthless and rather dense.
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Do you have that pedantic dickweed badge yet? ;)
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Two, in fact. However, it requires five to achieve the rank of Pedantic Dickweed of the Garter (PDG), and five of those to achieve Pedantic Dickweed of the Purple Dildo (PDPD). I prefer quality pedantry, but the badge system is set up to reward quantity. I have a long way to go.
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I prefer quality pedantry, but the badge system is set up to reward quantity.
Why not both?
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why not zoidberg?
(no @mention because he's off line right now.)
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@Intercourse said:
I vote for Iron Pyrite, considering how much useless shit comes from there.
I had another idea, although I'm not sure it technically qualifies as a rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite
Filed under: DC is full of [spoiler]fossils and shit[/spoiler].
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five
Now when did that happen? Last time I checked, I would swear it was 3 at all levels.
Also it's bizarre we have more of the level 2 badge than the level 1 badge.
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Last time I checked, I would swear it was 3 at all levels.
It takes 3 flags to get a Knight Pedantic Dickweed of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (PDB) badge. It takes 5 PDB badges to get a PDG, and 5 PDG badges to get a PDPD.Also it's bizarre we have more of the level 2 badge than the level 1 badge.
The PDB and spellar/gramming badges are independent level 1 badges; no level 2 badges have been awarded yet. It's not clear whether the spellar/gramming badges count toward a PDG, or only the PDBs.
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It takes 3 flags to get a Knight Pedantic Dickweed of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (PDB) badge. It takes 5 PDB badges to get a PDG, and 5 PDG badges to get a PDPD.
As I said, I thought I had read it was 3 at all levels at one point. Perhaps I am remembering wrong.
I was also going to make a Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5->3 joke, but didn't bother.
The PDB and spellar/gramming badges are independent level 1 badges
I don't think I realized that before now. I assumed it was a four-high tier because of the grouping on the Badges page.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5->3 joke
Coincidentally, my most recent post in t/1000:
@HardwareGeek said:Neither count thou
two29k, excepting that thou then proceed tothree30k.
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I assumed it was a four-high tier because of the grouping on the Badges page.
They are all grouped as pedantry badges, but they're both bronze, and getting one is not a prerequisite to getting the other. In fact, currently the intersection of the sets of awardees is the empty set.
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Filed under: DC is full of [spoiler]fossils and shit[/spoiler].
The whole of DC, or just the Capitol?
It's not clear whether the spellar/gramming badges count toward a PDG, or only the PDBs.
Consider the spellar badger to be completely independent of whatever links the other pendanty badgers - it was added as an afterthought, as it were.
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For maximum WTF value, consider the following madness that was a thing in Britain in the 1970s (and some time after, although thankfully mostly they have been removed). It was coyly referred to as a "three lane deathtrap". It consisted of a perfectly ordinary single-carriageway road (no median strip, etc) that was wide enough for three lanes. That's three lanes, two each way.
Yes, folks, the middle lane was bidirectional, whence the name.
Fish Hill near Evesham still has a mile long shared-center lane after a very steep hill:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0381149,-1.8438798,2614m/data=!3m1!1e3
A couple of times I have been overtaking from my side with an on-coming car overtaking on their side. The closing speed makes your eyes bulge!
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Ok, I was wrong. Passing in the center lane is TRWTF. Completely illegal in NC
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Agreed, it's dangerous as all hell. As Steve_The_Cynic said, three lane single-carriageways in this configuration are critically-endangered in the UK. Fish Hill is the only one I think I've ever driven on.
You see a lot of ones that don't allow this situation (one side has two lanes and the other, downhill, side has one with solid lines to prohibit mixing directions seperating them).
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Filed under: slowpoke.jpg, we need a new tag cloud to attack
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The whole of DC, or just the Capitol?
Hmm, at least if you change the and to (inclusive) or, it also applies to the White House (it may not be full of [spoiler]fossils[/spoiler], but it's definitely full of [spoiler]shit[/spoiler]), courts, and pretty much all other government office buildings (including municipal government). It's pretty much rampant among the non-government denizens, too.
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But they do have some really good museums and galleries. I've got a lot of time for the Smithsonian, even though it seems to be only about once a decade that I can manage to visit. (Living on another continent makes the trips rather expensive.)
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So the 87 year old driver of this black Renault supposedly confused the brake pedal with the gas pedal while backing up and proceeded to park in a little bit unusual fashion.
I have two questions:
- Why is an 87 year old person even allowed to drive?
- More importantly, how the hell did he even manage to do this?!
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2 - Judging by the damage to the two cars, I'd say it went backwards up the bonnet of the Clio, then the front of the car went to the side.
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- because the lawyers would have a field day if one tried to take away anyone's license for no cause other than "you're too old"?
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In the UK you must be have renew you driving license every 3 years after the age of 70.
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does that include retaking the initial driving exam?
because if it doesn't then that seems like it wouldn't solve the problem at all.
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I know my Grandfather had to do some sort of test, what it was I don't know.
After a quick Google it seems you just have to fill in a form ... that doesn't sound right because the whole renewal system was brought into place after an elderly driver killed two people due to having a heart attack in the car.
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if its not too much trouble could you ask him at some point. I'm curious what the procedure is.
FWIW here the rules vary from state to state, in Maine you don't have to retake the practical ever as far as i can tell, you'll have to retake the written if you lose your license for some reason, but not the practical.
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confused the bake pedal with the gas pedal
If I had a vehicle with a bake pedal I'd probably do it on purpose, all the time.
Does it shoot brownies out the exhaust?
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despite the fact that you made me laugh i'mma have to flag you for spellar. :-D
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Misspelling? What misspelling?
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After a quick Google it seems you just have to fill in a form ...
It's just a form, and IIRC you just need to basically say "I know of no medical reason that I shouldn't still be driving".
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because the lawyers would have a field day if one tried to take away anyone's license for no cause other than "you're too old"?
Nobody wants to be the bad guy. I know I mentioned this here before but I watched a middle-aged guy take his 70something or so dad to the DMV once years ago in Massachusetts. The doctor said the guy failed the vision test but he didn't want to be responsible for the guy not being able to get renewed, so he wouldn't disqualify him. The son didn't want to be the bad guy, neither did the girl at the counter, nor did her boss, so they renewed him. Hopefully he never got in an accident.
Having said that there are probably some people in their 80s and 90s who can still drive safely, so age shouldn't in and of itself be a disqualifier.
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My Dad drove until he was 90. When he turned 90, the DMV made him take a behind-the-wheel test. (I'm pretty sure he told me it was the first time he'd ever had to take one; back when he was first licensed, it wasn't required.) He failed. It was really hard on him; he went from being completely independent to being completely dependent on others for simple things like grocery shopping.
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But they do have some really good museums and galleries. I've got a lot of time for the Smithsonian, even though it seems to be only about once a decade that I can manage to visit. (Living on another continent makes the trips rather expensive.)
Even living on the other side of the same continent, it's expensive. I've never been there. My daughter has; apparently going there is a thing in middle school, but when my son's turn came, I was out of work and we didn't have the money.
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When he turned 90, the DMV made him take a behind-the-wheel test.
I wonder. Might not be a good idea, but usually scooters, since they can't go over about 35mph or so, don't need a license. I've heard that in some places, if you see a guy driving a scooter, it's probably because he lost his license due to DUI.
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I've heard that in some places, if you see a guy driving a scooter, it's probably because he lost his license due to DUI.
Here a scooter requires a license, so I'm pretty sure it does in the entire EU. When your license get revoked the judge can choose to revoke a certain category (like revoking your right to drive a bus but still allow to drive a car) but generally and certainly in the case of drunk driving you'll loose it completely
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Here a scooter requires a license, so I'm pretty sure it does in the entire EU.
No. My understanding is that small scooters don't require a license in some countries (Denmark is the one I'm thinking of, but they might've changed I suppose) as I think they're legally categorised like bicycles. I could be way wrong.
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No. My understanding is that small scooters don't require a license in some countries (Denmark is the one I'm thinking of, but they might've changed I suppose) as I think they're legally categorised like bicycles. I could be way wrong.
The rules concerning driver's licenses are pretty standardized across the whole EU. As such, similar rules as here in the Czech Republic should apply in Denmark too: you do need a license to drive a scooter but it's of a different type which you can get earlier (at 15 here, you need to be 18 to get one for a car).