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Tarantula posted:White woman makes grand claims about her time in Zambia, including dealing with rebels, holding a gap toothed HIV ridden child whose best experience was sharing a drink of coke with her. And now she is a famous author for all the wrong reasons. When I read this, I immediately clicked the link to see if I knew this person. She sounds like my old friend from high school who moved to South Africa in our final year, and when she came back she was full of stdh like this, including a story where she was mugged at gunpoint but was able to escape after she charmed the would-be mugger with her witty banter and gave him her shoes. Last time I heard from her was when I was in University, and she emailed me saying she had just come back from living in Cuba for a year "to see how the communists do it".
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genetic_knockout posted:When I read this, I immediately clicked the link to see if I knew this person. She sounds like my old friend from high school who moved to South Africa in our final year, and when she came back she was full of stdh like this, including a story where she was mugged at gunpoint but was able to escape after she charmed the would-be mugger with her witty banter and gave him her shoes. Last time I heard from her was when I was in University, and she emailed me saying she had just come back from living in Cuba for a year "to see how the communists do it". She was on a psych hold ("sectioned") both times.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:My favorite part of this is at :45 when it pans over to the little brother, who's just as mean and snotty. 
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Data Graham posted:I feel inclined to point out that in the case of the 11'8" bridge especially, a huge proportion of the crashes are rental trucks—which means people who aren't used to driving big trucks, aren't licensed to drive commercial vehicles, probably have never done it before, and may never do it again in their lives. They're in the middle of moving house, and they're probably very preoccupied as it is; it's a stressful day and possibly part of a very stressful week or month. I'm not in the least surprised that the very last thing on their mind is "how tall is my truck, do those flashing lights apply to me?" I used to work at a ferry terminal which is a somewhat alien environment for a lot of people. Some really do turn into drooling idiots when they have to do more than drive on the same roads they use daily. If it's not routine they somehow lose the ability to read signage or recognize basic road markings.
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Anos posted:I used to work at a ferry terminal which is a somewhat alien environment for a lot of people. Some really do turn into drooling idiots when they have to do more than drive on the same roads they use daily. If it's not routine they somehow lose the ability to read signage or recognize basic road markings. I have some ferry worker friends and live on a big dumb ferry island, I'd love to hear your stories.
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AlmightyBob posted:If it's the prank video couple, they broke up http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/23/biggest-couple-on-youtube-announce-they-are-splitting-up-5900802/ quote:Jesse said he would now move to New York and try to find his daughter, who was adopted. Don't do this. Leave that girl alone 
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Rondette posted:Don't do this. Leave that girl alone My aunt did this after a crazy self destructive spiral and just made life super awkward for her totally not son who doesn't even know her.
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Rondette posted:Don't do this. Leave that girl alone
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Baronjutter posted:There's some major low-clearance tunnel in Australia people kept hitting. This wasn't some old rough and tumble bridge, a hit by a truck could really damage the tunnel. So they ended up installing a huge long chain of warnings and signs that light up and sirens that go off all along the approach to the tunnel. That still didnt work, drivers are that loving dumb. They eventually had to develop a water-curtain projection system that floods the entrance of the tunnel with a special mist of water that a massive STOP sign is projected on. The Blackwall Tunnel in London has this same problem, because the northbound and southbound bores are different diameters (so trucks can get through one way and not the other) and because it's on the shortest route from the continent to the centre of town. Warnings signs about it start in loving France, then from about 2 miles out there are increasingly-solid barriers dangling down to smack any overheight vehicles, culminating in three flashing signs and diversionary routes and finally a big level-crossing-style barrier just before the final escape road. About 2 trucks a day end up getting stopped by that one (and heavily fined) and still one or two a year manage to get past all that and get stuck in the tunnel, closing it down and paralysing east London for a couple of days while they repair it. At this point I'm fairly sure I could campaign for Mayor of London on a platform of positioning snipers at Kidbrooke to shoot any driver of an overheight vehicle before they can do any more damage (their out-of-control lorry would cause no damage to Kidbrooke, it's a shithole that would actually be improved by 40 tons of exotic chemicals smashing into it at 70 mph) and win in a landslide.
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The first time I ever drove a UHaul I was following my GPS trying to find some fast food or something because I had been driving for 10 hours straight and saw an 11 foot 8 sign. My first thought was "huh its like that one bridge which all the idiots hit in trucks" shortly followed by "oh poo poo I'm the idiot in the truck". So thanks goons for saving me from murdering a helpless bridge.
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ranbo das posted:The first time I ever drove a UHaul I was following my GPS trying to find some fast food or something because I had been driving for 10 hours straight and saw an 11 foot 8 sign. My first thought was "huh its like that one bridge which all the idiots hit in trucks" shortly followed by "oh poo poo I'm the idiot in the truck". So thanks goons for saving me from murdering a helpless bridge. That's a real M Night Shamylan twist. 
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The Blackwall Tunnel in London has this same problem, because the northbound and southbound bores are different diameters (so trucks can get through one way and not the other) and because it's on the shortest route from the continent to the centre of town. Warnings signs about it start in loving France, then from about 2 miles out there are increasingly-solid barriers dangling down to smack any overheight vehicles, culminating in three flashing signs and diversionary routes and finally a big level-crossing-style barrier just before the final escape road. About 2 trucks a day end up getting stopped by that one (and heavily fined) and still one or two a year manage to get past all that and get stuck in the tunnel, closing it down and paralysing east London for a couple of days while they repair it. seems like it would be easier to fix the tunnel so that it has the same clearance in both directions.
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Cumslut1895 posted:seems like it would be easier to fix the tunnel so that it has the same clearance in both directions. It's a tunnel under the Thames so you'd have to be doing a heck of a lot of repairs to equal the cost of widening it.
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How the gently caress did that even happen? You'd think an underwater tunnel would be a place where you'd want everything to be completely uniform.
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Io_ posted:It's a tunnel under the Thames so you'd have to be doing a heck of a lot of repairs to equal the cost of widening it. Trivial to narrow the other side, I would think.
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Regalingualius posted:How the gently caress did that even happen? You'd think an underwater tunnel would be a place where you'd want everything to be completely uniform. I bet it's the Victorian's fault. Everything bad in the UK is their fault.
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Jul 8, 2016 17:51
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ranbo das posted:The first time I ever drove a UHaul I was following my GPS trying to find some fast food or something because I had been driving for 10 hours straight and saw an 11 foot 8 sign. My first thought was "huh its like that one bridge which all the idiots hit in trucks" shortly followed by "oh poo poo I'm the idiot in the truck". So thanks goons for saving me from murdering a helpless bridge. That thing someone posted about having low hanging sensors or something before the bridge is a good idea. Like, hang a basketball type thing or something an inch or two below the clearance level so if the truck hits it, it makes an alarm sound.
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Jul 8, 2016 18:01
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There's a bridge around me that does that. It's got a sign hanging across the street by some chains that'll slap against the front of a truck that's too low. I think it's an intersection or two back from where the bridge itself is so that people know to turn away. I don't think there have really been any accidents there because the loud noise of something slapping against the trailer is on a different level than just signs and lights. On the other hand, though, there's a bridge out by Valley Forge whose underpass is at the end of another bridge. To my knowledge, there is functionally no signage before the bridge, and no turnoff besides some nearby business. I got stuck behind a truck travelling up that way before that just barely missed hitting the bridge. Like, he realized last minute that he was too big from the bridge, and spent probably 15 minutes trying to turn his tractor trailer around on a length of road that was barely longer than the truck itself.
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SpacePig posted:Valley Forge Sup, PA goon. There's actually an old covered bridge in Valley Forge Park that someone took out with a truck. I think it was a hit and run. They've been repairing it over the past year and it's currently causing headaches for people on 23 East.
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Random Stranger posted:I bet it's the Victorian's fault. Everything bad in the UK is their fault. Yeah, every park in London smells of cum because of her.
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Cop decides the smart thing to do is make a (potentially) sarcastic comment on facebook about a recent shooting, and it leads to him being suspended, decommissioned, and under investigation. He's been a cop for 8 years. https://www.nashville.gov/News-Media/News-Article/ID/5449/Officer-Anthony-Venable-Decommissioned-Under-Investigation-for-Facebook-Post.aspx
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Rick_Hunter posted:Yeah, every park in London smells of cum because of her. Oh, here we go, bitching about the cum trees again. Can't you just gracefully accept a good prank?
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Jul 8, 2016 19:54
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Cop decides the smart thing to do is make a (potentially) sarcastic comment on facebook about a recent shooting, and it leads to him being suspended, decommissioned, and under investigation. So, he'd be better off if he had shot a defenseless teen on camera is what you're telling me.
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Rick_Hunter posted:Yeah, every park in London smells of cum because of her. https://youtu.be/O4p0uw42cdo
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azurite posted:Sup, PA goon. There's actually an old covered bridge in Valley Forge Park that someone took out with a truck. I think it was a hit and run. They've been repairing it over the past year and it's currently causing headaches for people on 23 East. Oh, poo poo, I didn't know someone took out that little covered bridge. Who in their right mind would think they could take a truck under a covered bridge? Jesus. 23's bad enough as it is, I can't imagine how bad it is now. The one I'm talking about it a bit further north, on 422. Technically Phoenixville, I think. I found it on Google Maps, and went to street view. There's a single sign right before the bridge over the Schuylkill, so it's not entirely unmarked, but it's at an intersection where you don't need to stop, and entirely missable. At least the other end has the height signs at a the intersection before, and that intersection has stop signs.
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Jul 8, 2016 20:08
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So what is he supposed to talk about when someone initiates a conversation with him?
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Mierenneuker posted:So what is he supposed to talk about when someone initiates a conversation with him? Luckily he also does crossfit.
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Someone tell him black tatt ink has animal bone char in it.
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God where to start? Dude looks like an accountant or an insurance salesman who went a wild one night bender and wound up like that. Like The Hangover or something.
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SpacePig posted:Oh, poo poo, I didn't know someone took out that little covered bridge. Who in their right mind would think they could take a truck under a covered bridge? Jesus. 23's bad enough as it is, I can't imagine how bad it is now. There's also a big chunk of Valley Forge park that's closed off because companies used to be allowed to dump asbestos in the old limestone quarry there (going back to even before it was a park) and a company trenching for fiber-optics found some hell of contaminated soil a while back. But at least that doesn't affect traffic.
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SpacePig posted:Schuylkill There is an immense feeling of schadenfreude in hearing someone not from the area attempt to pronounce this, or attempt to spell it after hearing someone else say it.
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I could do it  I assume it originally meant hidey-hole, or hiding ditch. Mierenneuker has a new favorite as of 21:41 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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Xenoletum posted:There is an immense feeling of schadenfreude in hearing someone not from the area attempt to pronounce this, or attempt to spell it after hearing someone else say it. I'll admit that, even being from the area, I forgot how to spell it and had to look it up. I always forget about that first L. Local words and pronunciations are fun. Trying to get someone from even, like, a county over to understand "wooder" is like re-enacting the "yutes" scene from My Cousin Vinny.
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Mierenneuker posted:I could do it "Hidden/Hiding river". It's pretty well obscured from a distance, as it's in a decent valley for much of it's run around Philly and the surrounding landscape is otherwise flat. But of course, the real schadenfreude related to the Schuykill doesn't start until you combine it with the word "Expressway". http://www.yelp.com/biz/schuylkill-expressway-philadelphia
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Mierenneuker posted:I could do it actually probably not, it's pronounced Schoolkill edit: actually I was just assuming that's not the Dutch way because every other name with an -uy in it in the former New Netherland colony (Schuylerville, Stuyvesant, etc) has the -uy as rhyming with "fly" BUT since I don't speak Dutch, for all I know "Schoolkill" is right and every single other place is wrong 
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It's probably a Van Gogh-esque thing where I can pronounce it the way it's supposed to, but that is not the common (and/or current) pronunciation among English speakers. (vahn goggg instead of van go, sorry too rusty on my IPA)
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InediblePenguin posted:actually probably not, it's pronounced Schoolkill  I've never heard the first L pronounced in my life. I've always heard it more as "skookull" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnTnFVaEVY e: Wikipedia's best guess for the name is something like "hidden river" or "hideout creek"
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I.e "skulk kill"
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