General Discussion

Mutt:

Actually, Malfunction Junction is a few hundred miles south of you, in Birmingham, AL.  There have been some nasty wrecks there, usually involving a steel hauler who didn't secure their load properly, going around one of the ramps too fast.  A few cars have been flattened by the 40,000lb coils when they came off the truck.  Lower speed limits and state certification of steel hauler drivers are the results of these accidents.

Honestly, the first bridge they need to build is the bridge on the east side of town, making I-265 whole from Indy to Kentucky, then worry about downtown.  At least then, we would have an alternate route.... 

rvos1979:

Mutt:

Actually, Malfunction Junction is a few hundred miles south of you, in Birmingham, AL.  There have been some nasty wrecks there, usually involving a steel hauler who didn't secure their load properly, going around one of the ramps too fast.  A few cars have been flattened by the 40,000lb coils when they came off the truck.  Lower speed limits and state certification of steel hauler drivers are the results of these accidents.

Honestly, the first bridge they need to build is the bridge on the east side of town, making I-265 whole from Indy to Kentucky, then worry about downtown.  At least then, we would have an alternate route.... 

Randy, while "Malfunction Junction" might not be the "Official" name, here it's the one that Local people use; and there have been more than enough wrecks and semis losing their loads for going too fast on the exit/entrance ramps.(even with ALL the Signs and Caution Lights that have been put up.)

You are SO CORRECT on the "East End" Bridge!!  Then there should be one built on the "West End"; where I-265 (Ky 841) hits Dixie Hwy. to make a complete "Circle Freeway", or alternate route.

The "East Enders" are the Biggest NIMBYS in the area, they (and the River Fields  area don't want their tranquility disturbed for ANY reason; even if it means more jobs and a better economy; they just want to live "Peacefully" in their "Little Slice of Heaven"! (SNOBS!)

.....Everyone enjoy our Independence Day holiday.  It has been earned many times over the years.

locomutt:

Randy, while "Malfunction Junction" might not be the "Official" name, here it's the one that Local people use; and there have been more than enough wrecks and semis losing their loads for going too fast on the exit/entrance ramps.(even with ALL the Signs and Caution Lights that have been put up.)

We have a stretch of the 401 between London ON and Woodstock ON that ---even though it has since been widened to 6 lanes wide STILL manages to get closed both ways because trucks end up losing loads and whatnot. Now they are considering on widening the 401 to eight lanes.

Just makes everyone go faster-----

The NIMBY thing is everywhere. A favourite of mine invloves the University of Western Ontario's bridge over the Thames R. up here. It is THE only bridge between Oxford Street and highway 22 to the north of the university-----the traffic through there is rediculous during the school year---with all sorts of people kvetching about the traffic---how dare the students go to university--they're taking up to much space on our roads---etc-

But when someone suggested that a bridge be placed on another road through there---NIMBY!!

And we hear the kvetching some more about the traffic----

Happy Fourth of July to all

As Quenton said, It has been earned.

To the glorious Fourth:

          Of Independence 223 years

                    and of the Republic 211 years

Thanks to all in uniform present and past for this day of days

Piouslion

AKA - Roy Alexander

Winston-Salem, NC

Well, we were going to fix the pizzas on the grill for tonight, but:  we got rained out!  So, I've fixed the pizzas in the oven, and they're now on the warmer bar.  Tonight's selections:

1.  Anchovie

2.  Cheese w/extra cheese

3.  Pepperoni w/mushrooms

4.  Supreme

5.  Goetta

6.  Hawaiian

For dessert, we have a white cake, with white icing, and icing to represent the red stripes of our flag, and a field of blue with little white stars.  

And a very, very special THANK YOU!! to all our veterans, and current military personnel, who enable us to continue to celebrate the birth of our country!!

(1) for the measure twixt or thrice clubs: measure at least one diagonal in there....

(2) mooks: John back through on #6 last night, he's got a full dose of eastern Colorado front range and survived a frog strangler. Never saw a squirrel swim until yesterday in central Denver. One got caught in a street gutter flowing at capacity during a downpour. Looked like a big fish in shallow water until he found a phone pole and climbed out and looked back at the flooded street in confusion.

(3) talked to LC earlier this week, he's more than a little swamped in work and obligations. He may not be around much for a while....

(4) Beware the rhetoric class Willy. Be able to identify the "if you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance..." routine, but avoid emulating it....

Sir C - at least it wasn't snow!

If fireworks (mostly illegal) are any indication of the recession, our city doesn't seem to know it exists!  We could cover at least half of the deficit for what was spent just here in our neighborhood.

Hope LC is helping the rest of the economy if he is busy.

Barking doorbells enjoying all the lights and noise?

Welcome back, Roy. I was getting concerned about ye. Don't stay away so much.

well it wasn't the quanity that came through deshler.But k 381(coke train) cmae by with 2 ns horse's on the point.Matt had a good time running trains on the layout.we then took G+G to see the fireworks.mookie I agree with you.Alot of people we blowing their $$ tonight.Cw thanks for the pizza snack.

good night

stay safe

joe

Good Sunday morning, everyone.  We've got a current temp in the mid 60s, with light rain.  The rain is supposed to be gone about noon time, and they're saying our high today will only be 70 degrees F.  

Yeah, with the amount of fireworks we could hear just around our neighborhood, let alone the fireworks down on the river last night, probably helped our local economy quite a bit, also.  We've heard quite of bit of it in the last two weeks, and I'll bet we'll continue hearing them until after Labor Day.  That's usually the way it goes around here.

Coffee, juices and our other normal breakfast beverages are ready, even the hot water for tea.

Along with the bagels and bear claws, you also find on the warmer bar this morning:  

1.  Your choice of bacon or sausage w/buttermilk pancakes and your choice of maple or blueberry syrup, or strawberries w/strawberry glaze and scrambled eggs

2.  Bacon or sausage w/scrambled eggs and homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy

Hope everyone has a very nice morning, be careful going out to Church this morning.  If anyone has any meal requests for Sunday Dinner, please let me know, so I can get started on preparations.

Overcast and dry here this morning....But we did get 1/4" of needed rain yesterday and it stopped for many of the celebrations last night.  Sun to shine later today.

Had to balance the TV program from Washington D C and Nascar last night.  Especially the last half hour of the PBS TV program from D C....That probably was the most extreme sight program of celebrations on TV I've ever seen....The last half hour was wonderful {for the 4th celebration}, by military band music, and all put together with HD TV....absolutely outstanding....Colors unbelievable...!

And the Nascar finish at Daytona....What can one say.....Sure hope no one was seriously hurt....They wen't reporting any at sign off....

Last night the neighbour and I did up some more fireworks for the neighbourhood---another 100+ people showed up. We get licenses for this up here---so they tend not to be having issues. More $$$ for the neighbourhood youth group.

We getting sun today and a high of 24C---going to be another 70% chance of rain for tomorrow again.

 Got some weeding to do in the Veggie garden today----then some floor work in the basement

Have a good one--

 Hope everybody had a good 4th of July Celebration and didn't overindulge in things!!

Dirty Feathers; the hint about measuring the diagonal is a very good one, that way you'll know if your project is "square". Just be sure and measure the diagonals from all corners.

Quention, we don't have an HD TV just yet, but with the  coming of digital television, it really helps the picture quality on the analog receivers; last nights "Capitol Fourth" was an outstanding program.

We almost always watch the "Capitol" programs on PBS when they're on. (Memorial Day,etc.)

Well, the 4th went realtivally well. a small family quarrl went on. (involving dad unforanatuly) Is now ironed out thanfully.

Now a georgous day here in western Indiana. 70* with a cool breeze. Also I too would like to thank our vetrans and our current service men and women, for serving us!

Justin