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Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

Brenthoven said:
Not just any pull-tabs...ELECTRONIC pull tabs!
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Which aren't selling anywhere near projections. And why's that? Because the people designing the scheme didn't bother to do market research to find out anything surrounding pulltab sales - like a bunch of buddies going in on a pool, drinking their beers at the table and BS'ing about the whole process, all the while looking for some winning tabs so they can get a few more beers.
 
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St. Clown said:
Which aren't selling anywhere near projections. And why's that? Because the people designing the scheme didn't bother to do market research to find out anything surrounding pulltab sales - like a bunch of buddies going in on a pool, drinking their beers at the table and BS'ing about the whole process, all the while looking for some winning tabs so they can get a few more beers.
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If I wanted to play on a tablet at a bar, I'd bring my own Kindle and play Candy Crush. E-Pull Tabs are just a terrible idea.
 
gmann said:
Good evening Lodge.

Little gII started wrestling last week. Brock Lesnar has two boys around the age of 4 that are also wrestling. Little minnie me's. I think his kids could kick my azz ;)
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Hey, may as well have the kid train w them... All for development :p

Or at least hit up the old man for training pointers
 
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Morning/afternoon, Lodj.

Brenthoven said:
MdD laughs at me when I get a little peeved at the stupid drivers. I've been known to say quite loudly to myself "Get off my f*ing road, you moran!" and "See that little pedal to the right? That's the accelerator. USE IT!"
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I've had to make it more PG with the kids in the car. But you can't not say something! Usually ends up being Kindergarten teacher voice: "Come on now! You can do it! You can pull out in the intersection to make a left on green.* Yes you can. I know you can do it."


* = for those of you not from MN, this is an amazing thing, and I've only seen it here:
Light turns green, person first in line is making a left -- and they don't pull out into the intersection. This means if there's traffic coming the other way, when the light finally turns yellow, only that first car has time to go all the way through -- and oftentimes, they don't even go then; they sit and wait for the next light, and you do it all over again. This means if you're 3rd in line to turn left, it might take you three or four lights to get through. It's amazing.
 
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DaveStPaul said:
I've had to make it more PG with the kids in the car. But you can't not say something! Usually ends up being Kindergarten teacher voice: "Come on now! You can do it! You can pull out in the intersection to make a left on green.* Yes you can. I know you can do it."


* = for those of you not from MN, this is an amazing thing, and I've only seen it here:
Light turns green, person first in line is making a left -- and they don't pull out into the intersection. This means if there's traffic coming the other way, when the light finally turns yellow, only that first car has time to go all the way through -- and oftentimes, they don't even go then; they sit and wait for the next light, and you do it all over again. This means if you're 3rd in line to turn left, it might take you three or four lights to get through. It's amazing.
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I've seen it, but not very often. The more annoying thing for me is, we have all of these left turn arrows, and 80% of the time, the green arrow is WAY too short of time. There are some that I've encountered where there is a line of 30 cars, waiting for an arrow, and the light is green for about 8 seconds each cycle. Terrible. Poorly timed lights are a major pet peeve of mine, and we have soooo many of them that are terrible around here.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I've seen it, but not very often. The more annoying thing for me is, we have all of these left turn arrows, and 80% of the time, the green arrow is WAY too short of time. There are some that I've encountered where there is a line of 30 cars, waiting for an arrow, and the light is green for about 8 seconds each cycle. Terrible. Poorly timed lights are a major pet peeve of mine, and we have soooo many of them that are terrible around here.
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This is a problem in Anchorage as well. I've had left turns where I've sat through three full cycles before I could turn.

There is one intersection in particular I can go straight past the light, turn around on a side street and come back, and turn right at the original intersection - AND BEAT THE TRAFFIC STILL SITTING IN THE LEFT TURN LANE.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

My New York trip got pushed back a few weeks, which is nice. The customer site has also moved from a sewage treatment plant on Long Island to what I was told is the "Staten Island Tunnel" which, according to google, doesn't even exist. I don't know that the **** is going on with that.
 
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Minny drivers are terrible. They truly struggle with left turns.

I lived in LaCrosse for 5+ years and experienced the same left turn phenom. Would always know that somewhere up ahead was at least one driver from LaCrescent.


Then there's the whole slower traffic should move to the right thingy...
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Minny drivers are terrible. They truly struggle with left turns.
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We get the Pittsburgh Left here. Once the light turns green, if opposing traffic hesitates at all someone will turn left in front of them. Sometimes they don't wait to see if there is hesitation, they just go.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Terrible. Poorly timed lights are a major pet peeve of mine, and we have soooo many of them that are terrible around here.
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This. I talk about this so much my wife told me to knock it off. I got sweet revenge last fall when that article in the Strib said they were updating the traffic light timing downtown. Last time it was adjusted: 1991. :eek:

Twitch Boy said:
This is a problem in Anchorage as well.
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Dang it, Twitch, I want to blame it on innate Minnesota-ness! Keep your facts out of my prejudices!

Gurtholfin said:
Then there's the whole slower traffic should move to the right thingy...
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"There's a car tailing us, Vern. Better get over and let them pass."
"Forget it. The speed limit is 55. They shouldn't be going any faster."
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

bigmrg74 said:
That or have everybody install a Missile lock alarm system to let the moron's know you're ****ing somebody off who wants to get going faster. Wouldn't have to be a big missile, just something big enough to leave a pretty nasty dent in the back end of the vehicle, have enough force behind it to set off the idiots airbags.
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A variation of this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPwJrPQO3g
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

DaveStPaul said:
I've had to make it more PG with the kids in the car. But you can't not say something! Usually ends up being Kindergarten teacher voice: "Come on now! You can do it! You can pull out in the intersection to make a left on green.* Yes you can. I know you can do it."


* = for those of you not from MN, this is an amazing thing, and I've only seen it here:
Light turns green, person first in line is making a left -- and they don't pull out into the intersection. This means if there's traffic coming the other way, when the light finally turns yellow, only that first car has time to go all the way through -- and oftentimes, they don't even go then; they sit and wait for the next light, and you do it all over again. This means if you're 3rd in line to turn left, it might take you three or four lights to get through. It's amazing.
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Actually, you can't do that as of two years ago. You are not allowed to enter the intersection unless you can make it safely through on green or yellow. It was called the left turn law. I'm not sure at how strictly it's enforced though...

Also, people in taller vehicles like trucks and SUV's who tailgate shorter vehicles like sedans at night. Headlights directly in the rearview mirror can cause temporary blindness.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

bigblue_dl said:
My New York trip got pushed back a few weeks, which is nice. The customer site has also moved from a sewage treatment plant on Long Island to what I was told is the "Staten Island Tunnel" which, according to google, doesn't even exist. I don't know that the **** is going on with that.
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Staten Island Tunnel? Do you mean the subway tunnel to Brooklyn that gets proposed every ten years and laughed at?
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #171: On Turkeys.

MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Actually, you can't do that as of two years ago. You are not allowed to enter the intersection unless you can make it safely through on green or yellow. It was called the left turn law. I'm not sure at how strictly it's enforced though...

Also, people in taller vehicles like trucks and SUV's who tailgate shorter vehicles like sedans at night. Headlights directly in the rearview mirror can cause temporary blindness.
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As for that new law, I've never seen or heard of it enforced. It's business as usual.

As for that blindness, you can "flip" your rearview mirror you know. Cuts the glare. ;)
 
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St. Clown said:
In order for the alarm to work, it would have to be installed on the other person's car. Are you going to plan for which drivers you expect to pi** you off?
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It would be mandatory for people to get em installed and well, after the first week of people having the missile system. And if you're not smart enough to get the system installed and you **** me off, too flipping bad, you're getting a ding in your car. :p
 
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