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Rep Lodge 126: Merry ****ing Festivus!!!!

Rep Lodge 126: Merry ****ing Festivus!!!!

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Re: Rep Lodge 126: Merry ****ing Festivus!!!!

bigblue_dl said:
No need, I have a big enough truck that they got the hint when I started going, I would have ended up with a scratched bumper while their Audi would be FUBAR.
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I have yet to see an Audi that isn't driven by a total ***hole. I wish death on them daily - bunch of ***hats that don't signal and who love to cut people off at the last possible instant in order to get into turn lanes.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
As long as the law hasn't changed since I took driver's ed, MN's law is the same as MI's. You cannot enter the intersection unless you can make it through before the light turns red. And these people were entering the intersection seconds after the light turned red.
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Illinois people do it too. For some reason, a red light means "Get another three or four cars through quick!" :mad: I HAVE gunned it on a green light to scare the * out of some people running under the red.
 
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Good morning. :)

CC to Dave - I haven't read back but did you see the sad news out of St. Paul? Specifically Hamline at Randolph? No Nookie's for a few months. :(
 
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aparch said:
Illinois people do it too. For some reason, a red light means "Get another three or four cars through quick!" :mad: I HAVE gunned it on a green light to scare the * out of some people running under the red.
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At least it's not Pittsburgh, where a green light is accepted code for the first 5 or so people in the opposing lane to dart out and turn left against traffic. Confused the hell out of me.


Morning, Lodge.
 
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Beer Pong Horn said:
At least it's not Pittsburgh, where a green light is accepted code for the first 5 or so people in the opposing lane to dart out and turn left against traffic. Confused the hell out of me.
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Every time I've ever been on the Pennsylvania Turnpike I've had to a significant delay because of a major accident.....and it always seems to be in western PA. Now I now why....:eek:
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Speaking of stupid drivers. It took me 1.5 hours to get home last night. Its a 25 minute trip normally.

Its 3 days later folks, figure this shit out!
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Yeah, just need to slow it down a little, not down to 35 on a well traveled road that you can see most of the pavement in.
Bakunin said:
My guess is people will be running. :p

As for left-turners, most intersections I've been in only can accommodate one car (mayyyybe two) waiting to make a turn in the intersection itself (unless you got a bunch of people driving compacts). So while a car waiting to turn left is in control of the intersection after the light changes, my guess is additional cars behind that driver attempting to do the same thing would not be viewed as in control of the intersection and could be cited for running the light.
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Thats the way it should be done. If the light is Green and want to turn left, then you should be able to enter the intercection enough to wait, and if needed, turn at the red. If its yellow and doesn't look that promising, just wait outside of the intercection, and enter it on the next green. If traffic backs up enough from this reguarly, then the idiots will get the point and then throw in a special left turn green just to get people properly thru a light.

Bakunin said:
Here's hoping they come out with a surface to surface missile option on the 2012 cars. :p
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It is such a much needed option!! Not so much as actually being able to fire the projectile, but for the ability to have the idiots car screaming at them that they're under a target lock there like what they had in Top Gun. Having that on cars would make a few more people put down the cellphone and cheezeburger, and pay attention when they are driving.

bigblue_dl said:
No need, I have a big enough truck that they got the hint when I started going, I would have ended up with a scratched bumper while their Audi would be FUBAR.
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Having Phyics on your side works as well. :D
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Thats the way it should be done. If the light is Green and want to turn left, then you should be able to enter the intercection enough to wait, and if needed, turn at the red. If its yellow and doesn't look that promising, just wait outside of the intercection, and enter it on the next green. If traffic backs up enough from this reguarly, then the idiots will get the point and then throw in a special left turn green just to get people properly thru a light.
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This was an intersection with a left turn arrow and the morons still couldn't figure it out.
 
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Bakunin said:
I have yet to see an Audi that isn't driven by a total ***hole. I wish death on them daily - bunch of ***hats that don't signal and who love to cut people off at the last possible instant in order to get into turn lanes.
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I thought that was Volvo?
 
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Anchorage could solve 90 percent of its traffic problems by adding 10 seconds to all its left turn arrows.

They don't last long enough for enough of the left turn lane queue to clear the light, so it gets backed up into the thru traffic lanes and causes a giant mess. Fun for the whole family. Also, no one should have to wait four farking cycles of the light to make a left turn.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
This was an intersection with a left turn arrow and the morons still couldn't figure it out.
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You probably would have gotten in to a few accidents if you had to take my route home from work around 4. There's around 5-6 cars trying to get on 100 routinely blocking the intersection when my light turns green (100/Park Center/Excelsior/Wooddale intersection).
 
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Good afternoon Lodge.

I have completed all my Christmas shopping.

I am offically done with work the remainder of the year!

320land is in a winter storm warning.

I have some thick New York strips marinating for dinner tonight.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Anchorage could solve 90 percent of its traffic problems by adding 10 seconds to all its left turn arrows.

They don't last long enough for enough of the left turn lane queue to clear the light, so it gets backed up into the thru traffic lanes and causes a giant mess. Fun for the whole family. Also, no one should have to wait four farking cycles of the light to make a left turn.
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Is that because your former governor doesn't like leftists? ;)
 
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Got this e-mail today and GE, Ralph and I may need to study it:

Seniors' guide to textspeak;

ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Farted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
***A: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
 
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goldy_331 said:
Got this e-mail today and GE, Ralph and I may need to study it:

Seniors' guide to textspeak;

ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Farted
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
***A: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil
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Are those all actual "text speak" abreviations? Because I know about 3 of them, if they are.
 
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