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jmonroe · July 2018

nyccarguy said:
@jmonroe - Mazel-Tov on your anniversary! A few years ago at a family wedding, they had a dance for “all the married couples.” After a few minutes, the band asked all the couples who had been married 1 year or less to get off the dance floor, then 5, 10, 20... My parents were the last couple dancing together having been married over 40 years. It is something to be very proud of.

We’ve got to talk about 7,500 miles in your ownership period of your “new Genny.” I think it is th color. Trade that sucker in for a new Cabarnet Red V8 powered G90 and you’ll put more miles on it. Either that or convince MRS J that she needs to ditch her Legacy for a Genny of her own.

I don't need two Genny's in the garage due to jealousy reasons but this post is VERY much on time:

Just last night as we were going out to dinner, I pull up behind a new or newer Legacy with a red pearl paint job. It really looked good compared to the blah 2012 Silver Legacy that Mrs. j has. I purposely didn't say anything because it was our anniversary and didn't want to get into it with her about cars and that hers should be replaced. I'm a dope but not that big of one, at least not on that day. It's a long light and finally Mrs. j says, "that's a nice color on that Legacy. I guess that is the color you'd want me to get if I got a new one, huh"? Whoever said there aren't car gods is wrong because there was one in the car with us last night. Then she goes on to say, "yeah, that's a nice color but you'd want one with two pipes under the bumper not one like that one has, right"? I still think there are car gods because she used to call them "round things".

Because of last night I now think I have a chance of her changing her mind about getting a new car. Yep, yesterday was a good day all around.

jmonroe

jmonroe · July 2018

Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe

driver100 · July 2018

imidazol97 said:
@driver100

Then there's this:
From beautiful, sunny Ft. Lauderdale (no more freezing in the cold up North),
"ort Lauderdale woman who said she was angry about not receiving an inheritance beat her mother, who later died from her injuries, police say.
She said she became enraged that her siblings received an inheritance while she was caring for her mother and was left out, the police report said.

Wow....well if something happens to me you guys please report the S-I-L to the Ontario Provincial Police.

driver100 · July 2018

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe

Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?

jmonroe · July 2018

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?

No but if I thought of it I would have stopped at Denny's on the way home and got one of those for a neighbor's dog down the street that is a PITA. :@

jmonroe

xwesx · July 2018

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?

Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!

jmonroe · July 2018

xwesx said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?
Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!

If you say so because the cake has to be better than Bourbon Chicken. I think even @driver100 gave up on that dish.

jmonroe

imidazol97 · July 2018

jmonroe said:

xwesx said:

Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!
If you say so because the cake has to be better than Bourbon Chicken. I think even @driver100 gave up on that dish.

jmonroe

Now, I need clarification on this English talk. I was watching a bit of Downton Abbey on TV before reading this, but I'm not clear.

When "this one takes the cake!", is that _pound_ cake like @driver100 said the airlines gave them to compensate for their delay?

imidazol97 · July 2018

Son had a terrible time delay getting from DAY to Reagan International on Sunday evening: a couple hours weather delay.
Coming back last night again a little weather and his 7:20 flight became a 9:20 flight out. But we assumed he was on that flight, because he didn't want to change flight to an earlier flight out. Instead, this morning we learned that he had switched to a later flight because there was a problem with the 9:20 delay flight. But the 10:30 flight did an emergency landing. He said there was an ABS problem--was it made by Takata? LOL

That's all we know. I checked plane's track for last night on flightaware and it did a circle around our airport here after flying over the control tower at low altitude and low speed for almost 15 minutes. Then landed on the longer runway of the 3.

The last flight is a larger plane than the 50-seat earlier planes. OR due to delayed flights into Reagan they needed seats on the plane that left at 9:20 for connecting folks who missed earlier flights and they offered him a voucher for switching to the later flight?

ab348 · July 2018

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?

Speaking of restaurants I have a question for you far more worldly types than me.

For years I would see commercials for Applebee's on the US TV stations were receive here. Now, when I traveled into the USA over the years I tried most of the chains like TGI Fridays, Chili's, PF Chang's, Olive Garden, etc but somehow missed trying Applebee's. BTW I didn't mind Denny's when I visited there for breakfast.

About 10 years ago an Applebee's finally opened up here not far from where I worked. A few of us tried it at lunch shortly after it opened and it was... terrible. Reminded me of airline food with lots of salt and cheese added. Figured maybe they were still new so I stayed away for a few months before going back. It was the same if not worse. Got the impression everything was frozen, then microwaved and finished under a broiler or whatever. I knew it wasn't just me because after that everyone I asked who had been there said much the same thing. Sure enough it closed after a couple more years.

Did we just get a bad one or are they all like that?

tjc78 · July 2018

Mediocre food at best ... I’d rather go to a diner, which in NJ is easy because there is one every few miles along any major road

Of the list you mention they are all pretty bad except Chang’s, they are ok.

Olive Garden I wouldn’t feed my dogs!

abacomike · July 2018

ab348 said:

Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing. jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?
Speaking of restaurants I have a question for you far more worldly types than me. For years I would see commercials for Applebee's on the US TV stations were receive here. Now, when I traveled into the USA over the years I tried most of the chains like TGI Fridays, Chili's, PF Chang's, Olive Garden, etc but somehow missed trying Applebee's. BTW I didn't mind Denny's when I visited there for breakfast. About 10 years ago an Applebee's finally opened up here not far from where I worked. A few of us tried it at lunch shortly after it opened and it was... terrible. Reminded me of airline food with lots of salt and cheese added. Figured maybe they were still new so I stayed away for a few months before going back. It was the same if not worse. Got the impression everything was frozen, then microwaved and finished under a broiler or whatever. I knew it wasn't just me because after that everyone I asked who had been there said much the same thing. Sure enough it closed after a couple more years. Did we just get a bad one or are they all like that?

You got exactly what I got the last 5 times I ate at Applebee’s - something people in 3rd world countries would call food. But for those of us living in the industrialized world, it was tasteless, over cooked and highly seasoned to camouflage the real taste. I avoid that place like I avoid standing near people who cough and sneeze without covering their mouths.

xwesx · July 2018

imidazol97 said:
Son had a terrible time delay getting from DAY to Reagan International on Sunday evening: a couple hours weather delay.
Coming back last night again a little weather and his 7:20 flight became a 9:20 flight out. But we assumed he was on that flight, because he didn't want to change flight to an earlier flight out. Instead, this morning we learned that he had switched to a later flight because there was a problem with the 9:20 delay flight. But the 10:30 flight did an emergency landing. He said there was an ABS problem--was it made by Takata? LOL

That's all we know. I checked plane's track for last night on flightaware and it did a circle around our airport here after flying over the control tower at low altitude and low speed for almost 15 minutes. Then landed on the longer runway of the 3.

The last flight is a larger plane than the 50-seat earlier planes. OR due to delayed flights into Reagan they needed seats on the plane that left at 9:20 for connecting folks who missed earlier flights and they offered him a voucher for switching to the later flight?

It is a litle humorous to me that this scenario really is typical of a modern day "terrible time delay" on airlines. Oh, how good we have it now! In the 90's, not once did I make it across the lower 48 without the trip taking upwards of 24 hours (scheduled time was typically about eight hours). I imagine most, if not all of us, have a few "horror stories" we could share!

So, did he finally make it there safe and sound?

xwesx · July 2018

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe said:

xwesx said:

Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!
If you say so because the cake has to be better than Bourbon Chicken. I think even @driver100 gave up on that dish.

jmonroe
Now, I need clarification on this English talk. I was watching a bit of Downton Abbey on TV before reading this, but I'm not clear.

When "this one takes the cake!", is that _pound_ cake like @driver100 said the airlines gave them to compensate for their delay?

Hah!

stickguy · July 2018

Sounds like Applebees. And yes, they pre-make the food and just heat it up in the kitchen. We used to go there on occasion (there is one close to us). A few items were OK (fajita wraps and fries). But after a few terrible experiences, I swore them off and refuse to ever go to one again. Yet it always had a long wait for some reason.

oldfarmer50 · July 2018

jmonroe said:

nyccarguy said:
@jmonroe - Mazel-Tov on your anniversary! A few years ago at a family wedding, they had a dance for “all the married couples.” After a few minutes, the band asked all the couples who had been married 1 year or less to get off the dance floor, then 5, 10, 20... My parents were the last couple dancing together having been married over 40 years. It is something to be very proud of.

We’ve got to talk about 7,500 miles in your ownership period of your “new Genny.” I think it is th color. Trade that sucker in for a new Cabarnet Red V8 powered G90 and you’ll put more miles on it. Either that or convince MRS J that she needs to ditch her Legacy for a Genny of her own.

I don't need two Genny's in the garage due to jealousy reasons but this post is VERY much on time:

Just last night as we were going out to dinner, I pull up behind a new or newer Legacy with a red pearl paint job. It really looked good compared to the blah 2012 Silver Legacy that Mrs. j has. I purposely didn't say anything because it was our anniversary and didn't want to get into it with her about cars and that hers should be replaced. I'm a dope but not that big of one, at least not on that day. It's a long light and finally Mrs. j says, "that's a nice color on that Legacy. I guess that is the color you'd want me to get if I got a new one, huh"? Whoever said there aren't car gods is wrong because there was one in the car with us last night. Then she goes on to say, "yeah, that's a nice color but you'd want one with two pipes under the bumper not one like that one has, right"? I still think there are car gods because she used to call them "round things".

Because of last night I now think I have a chance of her changing her mind about getting a new car. Yep, yesterday was a good day all around.

jmonroe

Or she was just throwing you a bone as an anniversary present.

stickguy · July 2018

my wife accused my of being mean for taking her to drive a new RDX, when we don't have the money now to buy one. So if that suddenly materialized, she would be happy to upgrade even though we don't "need it".

oldfarmer50 · July 2018

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:
@driver100

Then there's this:
From beautiful, sunny Ft. Lauderdale (no more freezing in the cold up North),
"ort Lauderdale woman who said she was angry about not receiving an inheritance beat her mother, who later died from her injuries, police say.
She said she became enraged that her siblings received an inheritance while she was caring for her mother and was left out, the police report said.
Wow....well if something happens to me you guys please report the S-I-L to the Ontario Provincial Police.

Sounds like a good way for one of us to collect some nice cars and let the SIL take the blame.

ab348 · July 2018

I'm thinking since I have spare time these days maybe I should start working on a script for the pilot of "Steve vs. S-I-L".

berri · July 2018

Ima - tell him to get to know some of those general officers at Wright Pat, might be able to hitch a ride on one their jets into Andrews

oldfarmer50 · July 2018

Oh the humanity!

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Virginia-Man-Crashes-300000-Sports-Car-One-Day-After-Purchase-488203651.html

This wasn't one of you guys was it?

snakeweasel · July 2018

driver100 said:

Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing. jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?

I had bourbon ice cream when I was in Paris.

snakeweasel · July 2018

imidazol97 said:

Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!
If you say so because the cake has to be better than Bourbon Chicken. I think even @driver100 gave up on that dish. jmonroe
Now, I need clarification on this English talk. I was watching a bit of Downton Abbey on TV before reading this, but I'm not clear. When "this one takes the cake!", is that _pound_ cake like @driver100 said the airlines gave them to compensate for their delay?

why is called a pound cake if it doesn't get pounded?

stickguy · July 2018

I had to click on the link to even find out what it was. Too mangled in the picture to tell. Due to "excessive speed". In a Mclaren? Do tell.

driver100 · July 2018

jmonroe said:

xwesx said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?
Hahhahahahah! There were some great posts here this morning. This one takes the cake!
If you say so because the cake has to be better than Bourbon Chicken. I think even @driver100 gave up on that dish.

jmonroe

I did....it was good and then they changed it....made it cheaper somehow!

driver100 · July 2018

stickguy said:
Sounds like Applebees. And yes, they pre-make the food and just heat it up in the kitchen. We used to go there on occasion (there is one close to us). A few items were OK (fajita wraps and fries). But after a few terrible experiences, I swore them off and refuse to ever go to one again. Yet it always had a long wait for some reason.

Most chains now precook the food in a central kitchen, put them in microwave dishes, then ship them to stores. It saves them cost and makes meals cheaper, but, you can't beat a real kitchen with chefs who prepare the food. I say chefs because chain restaurants that have kids come in after school to make meals aren't very good either.

driver100 · July 2018

ab348 said:
I'm thinking since I have spare time these days maybe I should start working on a script for the pilot of "Steve vs. S-I-L".

2 things you can put in the script which I think is kind of funny;

1) They use the car his father provides as a company car as their personal car (cheat and lie), then B&E our house, then steal our car, then lie about a lost wallet....and they don't want to talk to me about it because I said I didn't believe his wallet story and all the other stories and excuses I have had over the years....and they don't want to talk to me because I was rude.

2) My plan was to tell him not to talk to me at family events...he could say hi and goodbye. Their plan, which reached me via my wife, is they barred me from any of their things. So, if a grandchild gets married, my wife will have to go alone. That may be hard to explain to his parents and family members...but, he will make up some story. But, my way, there would still be a bit of a cover up and things would continue. Their way, I am going to be noticeably absent and my poor lovely wife will have to go on her own.

I am hoping they notice this and ask me to change it to what I was going to propose. Then I can say, that was my original plan, but, I like your plan better.

There you go ab....I got your first episode in the can.

ab348 · July 2018

Those are good anecdotes, @driver100 but you should do both me and yourself a favor before you go south next winter. Install some web-enabled security cameras around the house. That way when you are in Florida you can log on and see what is going on. This is a critical part of my outline. Seeing you reacting down there to whatever, then stewing, scheming and finally taking countermeasures from a remote location. Maybe you should go full smart-house while you're at it, so that locks, lights, burglar alarms, etc can all be commanded by you from your Florida location. The comedy possibilities are endless.

driver100 · July 2018

I like that idea too ab....I am in Florida where I could be playing tennis, pickleball, or lounging around in the pool, but, I spend my days watching my house on a security camera. Like Seinfeld...a show about nothing.

ab348 · July 2018

Exactly! Don't tell anyone though. This could be worth BILLIONS!!!

andres3 · July 2018

qbrozen said:

andres3 said:

stickguy said:
Some years back, my boss was snagged in I295 for passing on the right (maybe speed too). A stretch where it is at least 4 lanes wide. Came up on a rolling roadblock of cars pacing in the left 3 lanes right at (I think) the SL. so he went to the right lane to get around.

Turns out they were all troopers running a sting operation of sorts, causing a traffic hazard. Not rhe safest move it would not appear. But he got pulled over and ticketed.
Does anyone know how many States make passing on the right Illegal? Not that I'd obey that law anyway, but it would be good to know where I better keep one eye out for LEO's?

I often have to "borrow" the HOV lane only where there are no double yellows for a few hundred feet to pass left lane campers. I feel my excuse is a valid exception. I'll go 20 over the limit without hesitation when safe, but I don't like violating double yellows or HOV lane laws.

I never understood that law, and I'd be curious to see when it is enforced. NJ has both no pass on right AND keep right except to pass laws. So, theoretically, a left lane camper can completely impede an entire highway if everyone were to follow the no pass on right law. And what happens when someone does pass? Which offense takes priority? The camper or the passer? These are the things I ponder while traveling our roadways.

Well... my take is that the idiotic law enforcement officer does idiotic things, like ticket speeders and passers on the right, or some other hogwash.

More enlightened officers will ticket left lane impeders, unsafe slow mergers, unsafe lane changes (cutting cars off), and other traffic restricting illegal movements

andres3 · July 2018

qbrozen said:

andres3 said:

stickguy said:
Some years back, my boss was snagged in I295 for passing on the right (maybe speed too). A stretch where it is at least 4 lanes wide. Came up on a rolling roadblock of cars pacing in the left 3 lanes right at (I think) the SL. so he went to the right lane to get around.

Turns out they were all troopers running a sting operation of sorts, causing a traffic hazard. Not rhe safest move it would not appear. But he got pulled over and ticketed.
Does anyone know how many States make passing on the right Illegal? Not that I'd obey that law anyway, but it would be good to know where I better keep one eye out for LEO's?

I often have to "borrow" the HOV lane only where there are no double yellows for a few hundred feet to pass left lane campers. I feel my excuse is a valid exception. I'll go 20 over the limit without hesitation when safe, but I don't like violating double yellows or HOV lane laws.

I never understood that law, and I'd be curious to see when it is enforced. NJ has both no pass on right AND keep right except to pass laws. So, theoretically, a left lane camper can completely impede an entire highway if everyone were to follow the no pass on right law. And what happens when someone does pass? Which offense takes priority? The camper or the passer? These are the things I ponder while traveling our roadways.

Well... my take is that the idiotic law enforcement officer does idiotic things, like ticket speeders and passers on the right, or some other hogwash.

More enlightened officers will ticket left lane impeders, unsafe slow mergers, unsafe lane changes (cutting cars off), and other traffic restricting illegal movements

andres3 · July 2018

laurasdada said:
Depends upon the humidity level, but generally when my interior reaches 84, I start some AC love.

84! I think I could bake cookies in a house that hot!

cdnpinhead · July 2018

I didn't get an engineering degree and a corporate job with all the misery that entails in order to suffer in the heat in the summer. I will pay what it costs to keep the house temperature at 78 or lower, particularly if the humidity is high, which it is from early July to October.

Those who think 84 is an acceptable temperature clearly view this differently.

In the winter I like to keep it between 72 & 74, depending.

ab348 · July 2018

I thought you didn't have much humidity in Arizona?

henryn · July 2018

cdnpinhead said:
I didn't get an engineering degree and a corporate job with all the misery that entails in order to suffer in the heat in the summer. I will pay what it costs to keep the house temperature at 78 or lower, particularly if the humidity is high, which it is from early July to October.

Those who think 84 is an acceptable temperature clearly view this differently.

In the winter I like to keep it between 72 & 74, depending.

High humidity? Arizona? WTH?

driver100 · July 2018

Our last flight that got delayed by 4 hours......they emailed us $150 Westjet dollars for the full fare ticket, about $1000, and $16 for the second ticket for $99.

Actually, not too bad....would rather have left on time though.

snakeweasel · July 2018

stickguy said:

Sounds like Applebees. And yes, they pre-make the food and just heat it up in the kitchen. We used to go there on occasion (there is one close to us). A few items were OK (fajita wraps and fries). But after a few terrible experiences, I swore them off and refuse to ever go to one again. Yet it always had a long wait for some reason.

All the major chains, Olive Garden, Red Lobster and the like all pre-make their meals and just warm them up on site. Very little prep is done on site.

abacomike · July 2018

henryn said:

I didn't get an engineering degree and a corporate job with all the misery that entails in order to suffer in the heat in the summer. I will pay what it costs to keep the house temperature at 78 or lower, particularly if the humidity is high, which it is from early July to October. Those who think 84 is an acceptable temperature clearly view this differently. In the winter I like to keep it between 72 & 74, depending.
High humidity? Arizona? WTH?

In the summer, Arizona is affected by a south to southwesterly monsoonal flow of moist air from the Gulf of California which causes high humidity and heavy rains as far west as the State Border with CA (Blythe area) and covers a large section of the State.

When I lived in Palm Desert, CA, I could often see lightening from thunderstorm to the east of us near the Blythe area. We were not affected in the Coachella Valley because we are surrounded to the west, south and north by 8000-10,000 ft. mountains which interfere with the formation of thunderstorms by cutting of the moisture flow. We were also further west and not affected by the monsoonal flow.

snakeweasel · July 2018

driver100 said:

I like that idea too ab....I am in Florida where I could be playing tennis, pickleball, or lounging around in the pool, but, I spend my days watching my house on a security camera. Like Seinfeld...a show about nothing.

You could move and not tell them, then the new owners can get your SIL arrested when he tries to get in and your daughter cannot blame you. Everyone wins, well everyone but your SIL.

oldfarmer50 · July 2018

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:
Thanks all for the anniversary wishes. We had a great dinner at a nice restaurant that we don't go to very often AND like my post above alluded to... a new car for Mrs. j may not be too far off now. It's gotta be a car god thing.

jmonroe
Did you order the Bourbon Chicken when you were at Denny's?
Speaking of restaurants I have a question for you far more worldly types than me.

For years I would see commercials for Applebee's on the US TV stations were receive here. Now, when I traveled into the USA over the years I tried most of the chains like TGI Fridays, Chili's, PF Chang's, Olive Garden, etc but somehow missed trying Applebee's. BTW I didn't mind Denny's when I visited there for breakfast.

About 10 years ago an Applebee's finally opened up here not far from where I worked. A few of us tried it at lunch shortly after it opened and it was... terrible. Reminded me of airline food with lots of salt and cheese added. Figured maybe they were still new so I stayed away for a few months before going back. It was the same if not worse. Got the impression everything was frozen, then microwaved and finished under a broiler or whatever. I knew it wasn't just me because after that everyone I asked who had been there said much the same thing. Sure enough it closed after a couple more years.

Did we just get a bad one or are they all like that?

Perhaps they're all like that. The one time I ate at a local one I was disappointed. Used to like TGIF but had a few bad experiences there too.

tbirdmarco · July 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAS-yjWj9DY

tbirdmarco · July 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X7W7uwbfHK8

tbirdmarco · July 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6iI4G8_o7hY

Michaell · July 2018

abacomike said:

henryn said:

I didn't get an engineering degree and a corporate job with all the misery that entails in order to suffer in the heat in the summer. I will pay what it costs to keep the house temperature at 78 or lower, particularly if the humidity is high, which it is from early July to October.

Those who think 84 is an acceptable temperature clearly view this differently.

In the winter I like to keep it between 72 & 74, depending.
High humidity? Arizona? WTH?

In the summer, Arizona is affected by a south to southwesterly monsoonal flow of moist air from the Gulf of California which causes high humidity and heavy rains as far west as the State Border with CA (Blythe area) and covers a large section of the State.

When I lived in Palm Desert, CA, I could often see lightening from thunderstorm to the east of us near the Blythe area. We were not affected in the Coachella Valley because we are surrounded to the west, south and north by 8000-10,000 ft. mountains which interfere with the formation of thunderstorms by cutting of the moisture flow. We were also further west and not affected by the monsoonal flow.

When I lived in Phoenix in the mid 1980's, the population of the greater metro area was, I think, 1.5 million. Now, it's over 4.5 million, and all those extra people, and the plants, grasses and trees that come with the development, have affected the climate.

In addition to the monsoon stuff that @abacomike talked about, which were pretty impressive. Anyone know what a "haboob" is?

andres3 · July 2018

jmonroe said:

henryn said:

laurasdada said:

Heated seats in the Jag come in 3 levels:
1. Very hot
2. Death Valley (but it's a dry heat)
3. Global Thermo Nuclear War

Heated steering wheel, however, priceless.
Being a warm blooded type, I tend to ignore heated seats. When I was selling the Cadillac DeVille a few years back, people kept asking me if the heated seats work. My answer, "What do you care, we're in Texas." Turns out, they did work.

My favorite story about heated seats, which I've probably shared before. Shortly after I bought my 2015 F150 (very nicely equipped), I had a dinner date with a lovely young thing. When we were pulling away from the restaurant, she said something about feeling cold. I replied, "No problem, I'll turn on the heat."

Before I could do so, she said, "Never mind, I'll just turn on the heated seat."

I opened my mouth to tell her that my truck wasn't THAT fancy, but before I could get the words out, she had already turned on the heated seat. Sometimes it's a good idea to keep your mouth shut.

Does that apply to repeatedly talking about getting speeding tickets? Not you but somebody else we know.

jmonroe

You should hear how quiet and polite I am at traffic stops! I don't say a peep unless prompted, and the only thing I'll state, after waiting patiently, if handed a ticket, is "please make the court of appearance the County Seat." I'll answer questions short of incriminating myself. If I meet resistance I will assert and insist on my rights, and for the law to be followed.

abacomike · July 2018

Michaell said:

henryn said:

I didn't get an engineering degree and a corporate job with all the misery that entails in order to suffer in the heat in the summer. I will pay what it costs to keep the house temperature at 78 or lower, particularly if the humidity is high, which it is from early July to October. Those who think 84 is an acceptable temperature clearly view this differently. In the winter I like to keep it between 72 & 74, depending.
High humidity? Arizona? WTH?

In the summer, Arizona is affected by a south to southwesterly monsoonal flow of moist air from the Gulf of California which causes high humidity and heavy rains as far west as the State Border with CA (Blythe area) and covers a large section of the State.

When I lived in Palm Desert, CA, I could often see lightening from thunderstorm to the east of us near the Blythe area. We were not affected in the Coachella Valley because we are surrounded to the west, south and north by 8000-10,000 ft. mountains which interfere with the formation of thunderstorms by cutting of the moisture flow. We were also further west and not affected by the monsoonal flow.
When I lived in Phoenix in the mid 1980's, the population of the greater metro area was, I think, 1.5 million. Now, it's over 4.5 million, and all those extra people, and the plants, grasses and trees that come with the development, have affected the climate. In addition to the monsoon stuff that @abacomike talked about, which were pretty impressive. Anyone know what a "haboob" is?

The male or female formation?

andres3 · July 2018

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

imidazol97 said:
All the hypotheticals about the virtues of fast, aggressive driving made me recall that most accidents are caused by fast drivers wanting to get somewhere faster and disrupting the smooth flow of traffic causing accidents.

I thought of this when the late night trucker radio was reporting a long backup on the mountain going into Tennessee at the border with Kentucky. As I understood the backup was long from on top of the mountains. TDOT was diverting traffic onto a detour route. Most likely the heavy southbound end-of-4th-of-July traffic Sunday night had an accident because of an aggressive driver taking chances.

On Friday, if I understand correctly, there was a landslide on top of the mountain in the area of Stinking Creek Road and the next exit south of there. @100 will appreciate knowing he's not being slowed by the diversion of traffic onto the other side giving one lane traffic.
Actually, the main causes of wrecks are summed up by the following:

1) Distraction
2) Drowsiness
3) Drunkenness

Get rid of those 3 things and Utopia is almost achieved. Number 4 is likely left lane camping, which #1 is certainly a partial, but not full cause of left lane camping. I firmly believe the "oblivious acting" is just that, an act, by a passive-aggressive hall monitor type.

I think you forgot one, check with the highway traffic safety institute.

You mean the NHTSA that likes to pad the speed kills myth by blaming drunk speeding driver deaths on the speeding? LOL! It's things like that that really do help support a healthy dose of skepticism to anything the government says.

andres3 · July 2018

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

suydam said:
Oh please. How many times have I seen an impatient driver creep up the butt of the car in the left lane when traffic in ALL lanes is moving at EXACTLY the same speed because, jeez, there are a lot of cars on the road. What advantage do they think theyre going to get?
Why are all the cars going the same speed in all lanes? I would ticket every single one of them not in the right-most lane! EVERY-Single-One!

They all deserve it. Mob mentality isn't good. Exception: No one is moving at all, bumper to bumper stop n' go.

Unfortunately a highway can only accommodate a finite number of cars and still maintain a smooth flow of traffic. During rush hour far more cars attempt to use highways than they can accommodate at a normal flow. This slows down traffic sometimes to a crawl with all lanes filled doing very close to the same speed. In this situation would you ticket all the thousands of cars? To do so would make the situation worse.

I'd use the reasonable and prudent law enforcement standard, and in many cases, it isn't reasonable or prudent for cars to impede traffic at the same exact speed across all lanes; even if it is a dozen simultaneous violators.

andres3 · July 2018

fintail said:
Does the Audi/BMW turn one into an aggressive yutz, or do jerks gravitate to those brands? Does an old Buick or obese SUV make someone slow down and lose self-awareness in the left lane, or are they just magnets for the oblivious? The mysteries of life

imidazol97 said:

Does the car being driven by the smaller percentage of aggressive drivers make a difference?

One San Diego Audi Club member exposed that 4 years ago (thank Facebook) he made a post about Audi drivers being douches. The crux of the post is that he thought the Tesla 3 would be out in 2017 at $35,000 and might be his next car. Funny, shortly after that post he must have bought his S4, and has it still to this day, and is a leader and active participator in the SDAC group.

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