The beautiful thing about GPS is it will re-route you if you make a mistake, so it’s not like you have to make any crazy maneuvers. Maybe they should just be given out whenever you get your license.
Yeah, I get that, I just never trust GPS exclusively. I need to have a frame of reference as to where I'm going and then GPS can fill in the specifics, but I generally know where I'm going and what turns I need to take in advance.
It avoids..."whoops I missed it! Better back up on Deerfoot..."
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One of my biggest gear grinders has always been people who make a mistake on the road and screw up everyone else trying to fix it. Unless you're literally dying, just take the next turn or the next off-ramp and go around the block of something.
As an aside, when I went to visit family out East, the GPS loved giving me routes that were longer just because. I wonder if the fact that everything is so far apart out there. It told me to take an off-ramp and then a side road, when I knew there was a closer exit on the highway (Like, many kilometers closer)
The beautiful thing about GPS is it will re-route you if you make a mistake, so it’s not like you have to make any crazy maneuvers. Maybe they should just be given out whenever you get your license.
Everyone already has one long before they’ve gotten a license.
People with visible dirt in their fingernails are kind of gross. It makes me wonder how often they wash their hands. I feel like I need to wash my hands after I shake hands with them.
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Yeah, I get that, I just never trust GPS exclusively. I need to have a frame of reference as to where I'm going and then GPS can fill in the specifics, but I generally know where I'm going and what turns I need to take in advance.
It avoids..."whoops I missed it! Better back up on Deerfoot..."
Yeah, obviously you should have an idea of where the GPS is planning on taking you to. I had one occasion where the GPS kept telling me to park on the side of Deerfoot because the destination was between Deerfoot and a side road and then cancelled the directions because it thought I arrived at the destination.
As a former fat guy, I have no issues with fat guys riding bikes. It's a great form of exercise and I wish them the best. But just because you decide to finally become active and buy a bike, you don't need to go all-in on cyclist fashion. If your gut is hanging out of your spandex shirt and you're spending as much time picking your spandex pants out of your ass crack as you are pedaling, maybe wait until you drop a few pounds before trying to look like Lance Armstrong
Not that the average driver would necessarily know the rule but you only have to slow down if the vehicle has their lights flashing. The photo radar vehicles never have their flashers on, that I have seen.
I will note that a Photo Radar van/vehicle is NOT considered to be an emergency vehicle, and does not have flashing lights, thus the 'slow to 60' law does not apply to it.
Ah, that's good to know but ultimately everyone around me on that ramp beside the radar vehicles slams on the breaks and slows down because they see a "police" vehicle with hazards flashing. Playing it safe, if you will. Point remains that it's a terrible, hazardous spot that by their own definition, they should not be in.
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Rampant misuse / overuse of the term 'gaslighting' or variations thereof. Overly trendy buzzword. 90% of the time it's being used incorrectly by someone trying to imply malice to someone who said something they disagree with and they are either are too lazy to engage in a discussion of facts and ideas and use the term to dismiss someone or are too narcissistic themselves to contemplate a world where they might not always be the protagonist.
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Rampant misuse / overuse of the term 'gaslighting' or variations thereof. 90% of the time it's being used incorrectly by someone trying to imply malice to someone who said something they disagree with and they are either are too lazy to engage in a discussion of facts and ideas and use the term to dismiss someone or are too narcissistic themselves to contemplate a world where they might not always be the protagonist.
I watched the movie Gaslight last weekend. Knowing it was the source of the term ‘gaslighting’ really spoils the plot. Which RGMG. But Ingrid Berman is stunning, so it wasn’t a total waste of time.
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Rampant misuse / overuse of the term 'gaslighting' or variations thereof. Overly trendy buzzword. 90% of the time it's being used incorrectly by someone trying to imply malice to someone who said something they disagree with and they are either are too lazy to engage in a discussion of facts and ideas and use the term to dismiss someone or are too narcissistic themselves to contemplate a world where they might not always be the protagonist.
Are you sure you’re not gaslighting us?
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Only have 3 days a week that the kids are in daycare to get things done. Waiting around all day so that I don't miss a fedex delivery, so that I complete one of said "things"
Running out to the garage for 2 minutes to grab some milk from the garage fridge because our junk LG fridge caved last week and we are waiting on repairs.
People with visible dirt in their fingernails are kind of gross. It makes me wonder how often they wash their hands. I feel like I need to wash my hands after I shake hands with them.
Women with long fake nails is also disgusting. How do you wipe your ass?
