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S Houghtelin6-Dec-13 2:47

S Houghtelin

6-Dec-13 2:47

Yeah, I had one run into me on Wednesday when the “big storm” hit Minnesota. Apparently didn't know why it made sense to keep a fair distance between them and the vehicle in front of them. Luckily, no injuries.

The same thing here, OMG! AAAAAH! It's snowing! Buy every snowblower, shovel and sandbag from the stores NOW, DURING THE STORM! Idiots...

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Corporal Agarn6-Dec-13 6:39

Corporal Agarn

6-Dec-13 6:39

S Houghtelin wrote:
OMG! AAAAAH! It's snowing!

I thought that was only Ohio where they forget how to drive between snows. In Minnesota you would think they would know how to handle it.

But yes, people run out and buy everything from shovels to beard.

S Douglas6-Dec-13 8:17

S Douglas

6-Dec-13 8:17

S Houghtelin wrote:
Wednesday when the “big storm” hit Minnesota

It didn't help that the MNDOT crews all went to Florida because of the scary white powdery substance that fell from the sky.

S Houghtelin wrote:
Buy every snowblower, shovel and sandbag from the stores NOW, DURING THE STORM!
Idiots

I've often wondered what happens to all of those shovels / snow blowers after the “STORM OF THE CENTRUY”. As you’re right EVERY TIME there is some snow everyone seems to panic then go buy everything in site.

Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

GuyThiebaut6-Dec-13 3:18

GuyThiebaut

6-Dec-13 3:18

I have always made it a point to test my brakes when there is snow to remind myself what a skid feels like.
Unfortunately this year I had a new car with ABS and on braking the car juddered like hell and kept travelling in a straight line.
Even when I reduced the brake the juddering continued and it was only by chance that the car did come to a standstill just before hitting a neighbours car.

It would be good if I could turn off the ABS when it snows.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Deflinek6-Dec-13 3:50

Deflinek

6-Dec-13 3:50

You can pull out ABS' fuse, but wouldn't advise it. The whole idea of ABS is that you are still able to steer while breaking so if your car just continued to go straight something is wrong...
Either only ice on the road (you can't cheat physics Smile | :)

) or bad tires (unlikely in new car).

--
"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

GuyThiebaut6-Dec-13 4:01

GuyThiebaut

6-Dec-13 4:01

deflinek wrote:
if your car just continued to go straight something is wrong...

That was probably an EBSAW(Error Between Seat And Wheel) in other words I probably froze - which does not bother me admitting to, because as an ex-biker I am aware of how easy it is to freeze when confronted by an unfamiliar set of circumstances.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

XOTD

Nagy Vilmos6-Dec-13 2:18

Nagy Vilmos

6-Dec-13 2:18

Smug Mode[^]

speramus in juniperus

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Unit Testing Succinctly

Marc Clifton6-Dec-13 2:33

Marc Clifton

6-Dec-13 2:33

I don't own a TV. I have 3 monitors on my desk, a laptop often enough on the side, a Galaxy Tab I rarely use, and an Android phone. But I don't own a TV.

Marc

Richard Deeming6-Dec-13 2:34

Richard Deeming

6-Dec-13 2:34

Well, I can't hang around here saving your necks all day. I guess I'll go and make a start on the ironing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9d0ZrBnLE[^]

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Jörgen Andersson6-Dec-13 3:03

Jörgen Andersson

6-Dec-13 3:03

I used to be smug claiming I didn't watch the telly, but not even that is true anymore as I sit with the kids and watch Sandman before they're going to bed.

(For the culturally challenged, Sandman in this case[^] doesn't have anything to do with neither Neil Gaiman nor Metallica)

Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller

Roger Wright6-Dec-13 4:22

Roger Wright

6-Dec-13 4:22

Why has that peculiar looking creature got a flattened icicle where its tongue ought to be? Confused | :confused:

That's just plain weird...

Will Rogers never met me.

Jörgen Andersson6-Dec-13 9:26

Jörgen Andersson

6-Dec-13 9:26

It's a beard. Smile | :)

Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller

Project Management and scifi thought of the day

glennPattonWork36-Dec-13 5:21

glennPattonWork3

6-Dec-13 5:21

Well you don't have to do quite as much explaining then. Smile | :)

Ernst Iliov Stavro Blofeld6-Dec-13 1:43

Ernst Iliov Stavro Blofeld

6-Dec-13 1:43

Sometimes one gets the feeling that Dexter is captain and project lead of the star ship Event Horizon sailing for blue skies and rainbows...

Tongue Twister

Dalek Dave6-Dec-13 0:38

Dalek Dave

6-Dec-13 0:38

There is a young lady call Susan who doesn't like to see moccasins when she visits the tanning studio.
She wants them off the premises so that she is the brightest thing in there.

"Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop"

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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

Nagy Vilmos6-Dec-13 0:52

Nagy Vilmos

6-Dec-13 0:52

Try "Pad kid poured curd pulled cold"[^], meaningless drivel but very hard to say.

speramus in juniperus

hairy_hats6-Dec-13 1:05

hairy_hats

6-Dec-13 1:05

I think "The Leith Police dismisseth us" is harder to say.

Nagy Vilmos6-Dec-13 1:29

Nagy Vilmos

6-Dec-13 1:29

"No more beer for me, I have to get home" is bloody impossible!

speramus in juniperus

Richard Deeming6-Dec-13 1:48

Richard Deeming

6-Dec-13 1:48

That's not even remotely difficult!

Try the classic "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry" instead.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Mark Parity6-Dec-13 0:53

Mark Parity

6-Dec-13 0:53

How many letters?

OriginalGriff6-Dec-13 0:54

OriginalGriff

6-Dec-13 0:54

6,6

MehGerbil6-Dec-13 2:18

MehGerbil

6-Dec-13 2:18

Dalek Dave wrote:
"Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop"

Is the that muggle sunshine or the CP sunshine?

Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

Rutvik Dave6-Dec-13 3:13

Rutvik Dave

6-Dec-13 3:13

OK Let me try...

Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop
Sue shoos Sioux shoes so she shone in the sunshine shop

...look no problem at all. Poke tongue | ;-P

Gregory Gadow6-Dec-13 3:18

Gregory Gadow

6-Dec-13 3:18

Q: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

A: As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if she could chuck wood.

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Betty Boughta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put this bitter butter in my batter, it will make my batter bitter." So Betty Boughta bought a bit of better butter, which made her bitter batter better.