So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[Trenchfriend]

Here you go...

Ideology? Naaaah ....

 

[Trenchfriend]

See, THIS happens, when restistance was again futile and you bought another delicious pocket knife!

Either you got a wife, which I have not or destiny reminds you of its existence, PAINFULLY!
Now nice cooling my elbow, which "shock-absorbed" my fall on a big city's crosswalk. Nothing seems to be fractured, no precious clothing harmed. The super-sturdy polyester Parka is in the washer, right now.

 

[The one from the North]

See, THIS happens, when restistance was again futile and you bought another delicious pocket knife!

Either you got a wife, which I have not or destiny reminds you of its existence, PAINFULLY!
Now nice cooling my elbow, which "shock-absorbed" my fall on a big city's crosswalk. Nothing seems to be fractured, no precious clothing harmed. The super-sturdy polyester Parka is in the washer, right now.

Joys of winter. Get well soon.

 

[tonyb]

People pretending to an expertise they don’t possess.

I have a weakness for old paper in general and fruit crate labels in particular. I found this guidebook on the matter online and paid 10 bucks for it, hoping it might offer me a lesson or two on the subject.

But no. The information is not reliable. I happen to have a Blewett Pass apple crate label myself. It’s among my favorites, due to its artistic merit and because I have been over Blewett Pass myself innumerable times. There’s no way this label dates from the 1940s, as the book asserts. Look at cars! Mid-1950s at the earliest.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

People pretending to an expertise they don’t possess.

I have a weakness for old paper in general and fruit crate labels in particular. I found this guidebook on the matter online and paid 10 bucks for it, hoping it might offer me a lesson or two on the subject.

But no. The information is not reliable. I happen to have a Blewett Pass apple crate label myself. It’s among my favorites, due to its artistic merit and because I have been over Blewett Pass myself innumerable times. There’s no way this label dates from the 1940s, as the book asserts. Look at cars! Mid-1950s at the earliest.

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I see. The cars, while not identifiable as particular makes and models, are definitely of 1950's design. The war stopped production of civilian automobiles and the styling from the late 40's was much different. I'm not a car enthusiast, but I watch enough old movies to recognize general styling features from different decades.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
It appears that the artist wasn’t aiming to faithfully represent any particular make or model of car, but yes, those body styles are mid-‘50s at the earliest, although the split windshield on the red one is anachronistic.

I once had a ‘47 Dodge school bus. The body style was decidedly pre-war. The ‘48 models were quite different.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

People who think they’re so smart and clever because they think they discovered a new life hack only it isn’t because it’s been negated by everybody else thinking the exact same thing!

An example are streets that have become heavily congested (like my residential neighborhood!) because everybody uses it as a “short cut.” Once upon a time it must have been somebody’s “little secret” but now it’s everybody’s!

 

[Trenchfriend]

Not ticking me off, just wondering.

Remembering Chasers (1994)? I still like the roadmovie.

BUT, Tom Berenger was 44/45 years old at that time. Didn't he look a little too old for that age??

 

[Edward]

People who think they’re so smart and clever because they think they discovered a new life hack only it isn’t because it’s been negated by everybody else thinking the exact same thing!

An example are streets that have become heavily congested (like my residential neighborhood!) because everybody uses it as a “short cut.” Once upon a time it must have been somebody’s “little secret” but now it’s everybody’s!

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

 

[Jon Crow]

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

Edward I live in a UNESCO city here in Madrid province so always thousands of tourists, now all the centre is been pedestrianised something like 31 streets, but it's not as bad as when we lived in Madrid capital, terrible for parking jeez we don't have metro here though, capital yes

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Yes indeed. Alas, we've seen a lot of that round our way in the last couple of years since we had a new mayor elected for the Borough who very much took the pro-car lobby onside, and deleted a lot of the traffic calming measures previously introduced in residential streets and near schools. Said car lobby is relatively small, but was enough to be decisive locally. Alas, many of them appear to navigate largely by sonar: the amount of hornblowing during rushhour round here now is beyond a joke. With only very strictly monitored exceptions, if I ruled London I would happily ban the private car from any location within a two mile radius of a tube station!

In my case, to get from the Intersection on the SE corner of my neighborhood to the intersection on the NW corner means up to three traffic lights and a busy strip mall, but by cutting through my neighborhood they can avoid the strip mall and, if they’re lucky, only have to contend with one light. The trouble is that streets of my residential neighborhood now often feels more like a main thoroughfare!

And don’t get me going about the parents picking up their kids when school is out.