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Post by ganews on Nov 8, 2023 16:07:17 GMT -5
Miami Beach  I see more than one set of footprint, so I guess Jesus wasn't carrying you. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Nov 8, 2023 18:01:53 GMT -5
The Catholic church I bike past every day is advertising a "chili cook-off and jazz concert" this Saturday
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 9, 2023 22:40:13 GMT -5
The Catholic church I bike past every day is advertising a "chili cook-off and jazz concert" this Saturday The one across the street from me last Saturday had some event at which some cover band was playing rock/pop hits of the 80s and 90s. Heard a lot of mediocre Bon Jovi covers. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 10, 2023 12:33:33 GMT -5
A student driver car parked at a truckers bar and BBQ stand.
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Post by ganews on Nov 10, 2023 16:15:09 GMT -5
A student driver car parked at a truckers bar and BBQ stand. I see these student drivers stickers are all over the place. Who are they for? There is no way all of them are on a car driven by a teenager, even a car shared by the parents. I have even seen one on a windowless white contractor van. |
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Post by LazBro on Nov 11, 2023 23:44:04 GMT -5
A student driver car parked at a truckers bar and BBQ stand. I see these student drivers stickers are all over the place. Who are they for? There is no way all of them are on a car driven by a teenager, even a car shared by the parents. I have even seen one on a windowless white contractor van. My understanding is that people buy them as a safety measure to ward off aggressive drivers. Like a "baby on board" sticker. |
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Post by ganews on Nov 12, 2023 22:16:14 GMT -5
I see these student drivers stickers are all over the place. Who are they for? There is no way all of them are on a car driven by a teenager, even a car shared by the parents. I have even seen one on a windowless white contractor van. My understanding is that people buy them as a safety measure to ward off aggressive drivers. Like a "baby on board" sticker. I suppose so but there is no way that is effective. An asshole isn't likely to stop being an asshole because they remember they care about teenagers. Insert Brian Regan YouTube clip about "caution: show horses". |
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 13, 2023 4:26:09 GMT -5
The Catholic church I bike past every day is advertising a "chili cook-off and jazz concert" this Saturday The one across the street from me last Saturday had some event at which some cover band was playing rock/pop hits of the 80s and 90s. Heard a lot of mediocre Bon Jovi covers. So... pretty authentic? |
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Post by LazBro on Nov 13, 2023 8:14:53 GMT -5
My understanding is that people buy them as a safety measure to ward off aggressive drivers. Like a "baby on board" sticker. I suppose so but there is no way that is effective. An asshole isn't likely to stop being an asshole because they remember they care about teenagers. Insert Brian Regan YouTube clip about "caution: show horses". Totally agreed. Assholes aren't the only ones who cause accidents though, and if signage inspires cautious drivers to be even MORE cautious around you ... I mean, it's the price of a sticker.
I don't really think they accomplish anything either.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Nov 13, 2023 10:03:37 GMT -5
I suppose so but there is no way that is effective. An asshole isn't likely to stop being an asshole because they remember they care about teenagers. Insert Brian Regan YouTube clip about "caution: show horses". Totally agreed. Assholes aren't the only ones who cause accidents though, and if signage inspires cautious drivers to be even MORE cautious around you ... I mean, it's the price of a sticker.
I don't really think they accomplish anything either.
I recently almost rear-ended someone with a student-driver sticker on their bumper because they pulled out in front of me even though there was literally nobody behind me for another half-mile at least, waiting until the very last possible millisecond to make their decision. Oldest sixteen-year-old I ever saw in my life. Did you know they come with grey hair now? |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 13, 2023 18:50:02 GMT -5
The one across the street from me last Saturday had some event at which some cover band was playing rock/pop hits of the 80s and 90s. Heard a lot of mediocre Bon Jovi covers. So... pretty authentic? No, I meant mediocre as compared to the originals. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 14, 2023 3:54:03 GMT -5
No, I meant mediocre as compared to the originals. mediocre than the orginals? Does. Not. Compute. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Nov 16, 2023 16:36:15 GMT -5
Just went out to grab something out of my car. The car parked next to mine was just sitting there with someone inside it (couldn't get a good look with the angle of the sun) blasting the absolute fuck out of Blondie's "Rapture."
Yeah, I sang along. You don't NOT sing along to "Rapture."
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Nov 17, 2023 9:21:08 GMT -5
My understanding is that people buy them as a safety measure to ward off aggressive drivers. Like a "baby on board" sticker. I suppose so but there is no way that is effective. An asshole isn't likely to stop being an asshole because they remember they care about teenagers. Insert Brian Regan YouTube clip about "caution: show horses". We put a "New Driver" one on the car that my son drives. It's mostly a way to let anyone behind him know that he is not going slowly to be a jerk, but because he's still getting comfortable driving. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Nov 17, 2023 17:11:38 GMT -5
On my way home from checking on my parents' house while they're on vacation: at a T-intersection, a very ordinary but nice-looking motorcycle ditched in the grass on the side of a busy two-lane thoroughfare with its rear brake light lit up, but the wheels were not spinning. The surrounding grass was undisturbed and there was no sign of an owner anywhere.
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Post by ganews on Nov 18, 2023 2:05:24 GMT -5
Brands I have seen on CV loth jackets this past week in Japan:
McDonald's
Marlboro
Dish Network
Alabama football
Iowa FFA
Lucky Strike
Coca-Cola
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Post by repulsionist on Nov 27, 2023 15:41:45 GMT -5
Did an overnight camp in the Mangatawhiri area of the Hunua ranges. Saw a few birds I hadn't yet seen in Aotearoa. Is it better than seeing birds in Florida? No. Heard a Kōkako. Didn't see one, though.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Nov 27, 2023 19:26:35 GMT -5
The very bright full moon.
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Post by Trurl on Dec 5, 2023 0:09:48 GMT -5
A homeless man making snowmen in the parking lot of an abandoned Tim Hortons
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Dec 5, 2023 14:15:45 GMT -5
A bald eagle flying over the road in the river bottom
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A man and a little girl playing with flying orbs in an abandoned JC Penny store
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Dec 7, 2023 19:17:19 GMT -5
Saw what I can only assume is Paddington Bear’s place today (condo flying Peruvian and bear pride flags)
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Post by repulsionist on Dec 10, 2023 14:01:20 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Dec 13, 2023 6:19:06 GMT -5
The St. Louis Arch.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 16, 2023 14:46:51 GMT -5
All of the robins in North America, currently in our backyard.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Jan 10, 2024 22:45:24 GMT -5
One of my neighbors threw out a copy of Prima's Doom II Official Strategy Guide, which I obviously took home. It is absolutely adorable for many reasons, not least of which that the maps in the book were clearly hand-assembled using MacPaint.
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Jan 11, 2024 9:59:55 GMT -5
A construction crane lowering a porta-john onto the top of an under-construction building. In retrospect it seems obvious that this is something that would have to happen, but I guess it never crossed my mind before and now I can't stop thinking of the logistics around how and what point it's going to get removed
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Jan 11, 2024 10:40:26 GMT -5
A construction crane lowering a porta-john onto the top of an under-construction building. In retrospect it seems obvious that this is something that would have to happen, but I guess it never crossed my mind before and now I can't stop thinking of the logistics around how and what point it's going to get removed Very carefully. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jan 24, 2024 12:30:13 GMT -5
First ever encounter with Indian currency in the wild, a 5 rupee coin.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 10, 2024 21:48:37 GMT -5
There is a pigeon which is either extremely dumb or extremely smart hanging out on the exterior stairs outside my door. Yesterday, I realized this pigeon has decided that the landing in between the second and third floors is the best place to make her nest. People are walking up and down these stairs all the time. These are the closest stairs to the parking lot. Hilariously, absolutely no resident has disturbed this pigeon. And - truly remarkably - the DOGS that people bring up and down the stairs haven't done anything either. I haven't heard a bark or even a growl all weekend. And my front window has been open. On the one hand, it is amusing to see a pigeon nesting right next to where people are walking all the time. On the other hand, pigeons are annoying and gross, and I don't want MORE of them. But apparently we have to wait a month before this nest can be removed? I somehow cannot imagine this pigeon being left undisturbed by the residents for an entire month.
Edited to add: As in, I have to imagine that residents have already left messages for the office to have this nest removed/relocated. It isn't safe because there are many, many, many DOGS in this complex. Not to mention kids who run up and down these stairs all the time.
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Post by LazBro on Mar 11, 2024 8:56:16 GMT -5
A Tesla Cybertruck. On the highway right next to me.
Pictures don't do justice how ugly these things are. Also kinda small. Bigger than my Sonata certainly, but dwarfed by something like an F-150.
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