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Back in 2012 my wife had an internship in DC for the summer. We moved into a hotel in Falls Church VA with our 1.5 year old kid and never EVER drove in the city that entire summer. The one time I even came close to that was taking the freeway through DC to Baltimore early one morning as we left the city in the wake of the direcho that knocked out power to our hotel for four days.
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chitoryu12 posted:This has never happened again since I got a phone with Google Maps. It often gives us a route that bypasses the Beltway altogether. The only winning move is not to play.
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Apr 2, 2018 15:45
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chitoryu12 posted:Back in the dark days before Google Maps was on every phone, my regular trips from Orlando to NYC involved passing through DC. Since our car didn't have a GPS, we printed out directions from Mapquest. Also beware because DC/NOVA recently installed a ton of toll roads that require EZ pass, no way to pay cash, and will send you a big rear end bill in the mail for a penalty because you didn't pay the toll, even though there is literally no other way to get around. Make sure you have an EZpass transponder if you drive near there, basically.
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Apr 2, 2018 15:57
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It's worth every penny to me being in the DC area to be a little closer in so as to not have to deal with the traffic most of the time. I take the bus or metro to work most days the only times I drive is when I have to be in super early before the buses/trauns start running.
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Apr 2, 2018 17:01
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Apr 2, 2018 21:15
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I can only picture an old mason beating his idiot son when I see this. Truly cursed.
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Apr 2, 2018 21:51
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Just grind it off and slap on some more mortar.
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Apr 2, 2018 21:54
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It's a Witch Brick! They're traditional!
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Apr 2, 2018 21:55
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Whooping Crabs posted:Also beware because DC/NOVA recently installed a ton of toll roads that require EZ pass, no way to pay cash, and will send you a big rear end bill in the mail for a penalty because you didn't pay the toll, even though there is literally no other way to get around. Make sure you have an EZpass transponder if you drive near there, basically. So, what happens if you're a tourist and don't know about these things? Or you're driving a rental?
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Apr 2, 2018 21:58
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Rental companies will tell you, I think. They do in Orlando.
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Apr 2, 2018 21:59
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Whooping Crabs posted:Also beware because DC/NOVA recently installed a ton of toll roads that require EZ pass, no way to pay cash, and will send you a big rear end bill in the mail for a penalty because you didn't pay the toll, even though there is literally no other way to get around. Make sure you have an EZpass transponder if you drive near there, basically. In Washington state is like $6 cash of $7 by mail. Worth it to not sit in line and pay on my phone while watching tv at some point.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:00
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Johnny Aztec posted:So, what happens if you're a tourist and don't know about these things? You can pick up a convenient 'EZpass To Go' or similarly branded transponder at various rest stops and supermarkets. It's preloaded with $20 in fares, you can instantly stick it on your vehicle, and then you can register it online to use it like a normal one.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:01
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Johnny Aztec posted:So, what happens if you're a tourist and don't know about these things? You get a $40 bill in the mail for a $6 toll Also DC rest stops lol
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Apr 2, 2018 22:06
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I can't believe anyone actually uses toll roads instead of adding 3 hours to their drive time by taking local roads to circumvent the tolls.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:13
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chitoryu12 posted:Back in the dark days before Google Maps was on every phone, my regular trips from Orlando to NYC involved passing through DC. Since our car didn't have a GPS, we printed out directions from Mapquest. It helps that Google Maps and Waze have a fairly large editor community behind them. Maps and roads aren't static, and need constant correction. When I'm not being a professional map nerd at work I spend some of my free time correcting map issues and update requests as well.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:22
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E4C85D38 posted:You can pick up a convenient 'EZpass To Go' or similarly branded transponder at various rest stops and supermarkets. It's preloaded with $20 in fares, you can instantly stick it on your vehicle, and then you can register it online to use it like a normal one.
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Apr 2, 2018 23:00
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When I was working in DC but living in Virginia there were days where I considered just running myself off the road to my own demise rather than sitting in traffic yet again. DC is hostile to human life and this is reflected in its roadways.
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Apr 2, 2018 23:03
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There should be a support group for anyone that had to travel through the 495/270 spur corridor. We lived 9 miles from my wifes office, door to door. Fastest route was via 270 and it would still take her an hour if she left by 6am.
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Apr 2, 2018 23:48
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:It helps that Google Maps and Waze have a fairly large editor community behind them. Maps and roads aren't static, and need constant correction. Also Google Maps is really good about correcting its route to save you time. On one road trip it suddenly has us turning off the interstate to take small, unlit country roads that nobody could have ever predicted to let us skip sections that were heavily backed up due to construction or accidents. Sometimes I still need to tell my mom to stop fiddling with routes in her head and just use Google, because she always wants to turn off at some other exit and take back roads that she "knows" will get her there faster. Every time she goes against her GPS, she ends up stuck at endless red lights.
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your mom's dildo etc
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Good luck on any exit.
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Apr 3, 2018 04:42
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There are no exits from Australia.
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SelenicMartian posted:There are no exits from Australia. Not even death? 
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Apr 3, 2018 05:33
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SelenicMartian posted:There are no exits from Australia. Nah just walk into the nearest crocodile
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Apr 3, 2018 05:34
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hailthefish posted:It's a Witch Brick! They're traditional! Which brick?
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Phy posted:Nah just walk into the nearest crocodile Zil posted:Not even death. Also, yea. What Bricks? Google just gives me Legos.
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Apr 3, 2018 05:46
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Zil posted:Not even death? Hell is other Australians
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Apr 3, 2018 05:58
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What is this thing carrying? And how can it possibly require such ridiculous contrivances to take it places?
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Apr 3, 2018 06:17
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Is it a windmill tower section?
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Apr 3, 2018 06:21
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Gunshow Poophole posted:What is this thing carrying? And how can it possibly require such ridiculous contrivances to take it places? It looks like very large wind turbine blades. It isn't one long truck either. There are two trucks where you can barely see the bottom of the second truck in the middle. Two blades per truck I think.
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Apr 3, 2018 06:24
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Ahhh ok I have been deceived! Still cool 
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hobbesmaster posted:Is it a windmill tower section? Sagebrush posted:your mom's dildo etc
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Moto42 posted:Also, yea. What Bricks? It was a "witch window" joke because I forgot this was the OSHA thread and not the Crappy Construction(?) thread.
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Sometimes there's a teensy accident when they're transporting those turbine blades. Of course 'teensy' for one of those blades translates to 'whoops that'll gently caress up your year LOL' for everyone else:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FWQh8N-A2A Apparently the blue truck was tailgating the turbine truck and its escort vehicle and managed to clip them, causing everything to go FUBAR. The truck driver got away with minor injuries but another driver smashed into the turbine and was pretty badly injured. Edit: the real fun way to transport them is to just attach the base of the blade to the truck and have the rest of it just hanging out there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cnHui4pFBU Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Apr 3, 2018 |
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Got a whole new appreciation for the scale of those things. Never been up close so I've no idea how big or small the parts were.
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Synthbuttrange posted:Got a whole new appreciation for the scale of those things. Never been up close so I've no idea how big or small the parts were. Now you know why they tell windmill engineers to fasten the bolts properly.
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Gunshow Poophole posted:Ahhh ok I have been deceived! Still cool Road trains are real, and strong, and are my friend. 
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Gorilla Salad posted:Road trains are real, and strong, and are my friend. What the poo poo? Is that because you all have a dearth of train tracks laid? That seems like an enormous waste of fuel over a real train, unless that truck engine is specially made for it.
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Proteus Jones posted:What the poo poo? Large areas of the outback have only roads and i mean that in the loosest sense of the word
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