Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[rootone]

Yeah, 'Madona' sounds a bit suspect as well.

 

[WWGD]

Yeah, 'Madona' sounds a bit suspect as well.

You mean the " Like a virgin " part?

 

[Sophia]

http://9gag.com/gag/awxvBrD?ref=android spicy food

 

[WWGD]

http://9gag.com/gag/awxvBrD?ref=android spicy food

Let them fight it of with Mexicans to see which is spiciest.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, beginning of April and temperatures today from 27 deg. to 36, high 42.

 

[Sophia]

Wow, beginning of April and temperatures today from 27 deg. to 36, high 42.

That's really cold for April! Another random thought.
I'm reading Twilight (yes, THAT Twilight :-) ) and this reminded me of a long term mystery.
How do Americans always know where is East or West? They always say things like : go North or go South. When you are first in a city do you immediately look at the sun trying to guess where did it rise in the morning? And how can you still get the direction of you turn a couple of times?
I know how to determine world sides according to shadows, stars, the way anthills are build or by the moss growing on trees. But how do you use these in a city? And when you are in a hurry! Why not simply say go left or right?

 

[WWGD]

That's really cold for April!Another random thought.
I'm reading Twilight (yes, THAT Twilight :-) ) and this reminded me of a long term mystery.
How do Americans always know where is East or West? They always say things like : go North or go South. When you are first in a city do you immediately look at the sun trying to guess where did it rise in the morning? And how can you still get the direction of you turn a couple of times?
I know how to determine world sides according to shadows, stars, the way anthills are build or by the moss growing on trees. But how do you use these in a city? And when you are in a hurry! Why not simply say go left or right?

In NYC we have a grid system with streets going E-W and avenues going N-S and there are good signals and easy to tell if you are in a street or avenue.

 

[Borg]

In NYC we have a grid system with streets going E-W and avenues going N-S and there are good signals and easy to tell if you are in a street or avenue.

I guess that it also helps the directionally impared know which way they're travelling.

 

[WWGD]

I guess that it also helps the directionally impared know which way they're travelling.

But the tricky thing is that streets alternate driving-wise , going E-W or W-E except for the main ones, which go both ways.

 

[Borg]

But the tricky thing is that streets alternate driving-wise , going E-W or W-E except for the main ones, which go both ways.

I think that you would have massive gridlock if they didn't do that. Streets are similar in DC except that it's letters and numbers. N-S streets are numbers and E-W are A, B, C, D, etc. The main trick here is that there are four of everything because the origination point is the capital. So, if someone tells you to meet them at 4th and D, you have to know if they mean NW, NE, SE or SW!

 

[WWGD]

I think that you would have massive gridlock if they didn't do that. Streets are similar in DC except that it's letters and numbers. N-S streets are numbers and E-W are A, B, C, D, etc. The main trick here is that there are four of everything because the origination point is the capital. So, if someone tells you to meet them at 4th and D, you have to know if they mean NW, NE, SE or SW!

Unless you meet in 4D(imensions) ??!??

 

[Sophia]

In NYC we have a grid system with streets going E-W and avenues going N-S and there are good signals and easy to tell if you are in a street or avenue.

Now I see :-)

 

[Ibix]

In NYC we have a grid system with streets going E-W and avenues going N-S and there are good signals and easy to tell if you are in a street or avenue.

Actually, not quite. They're a few degrees off. The Museum of Modern Art in NYC sells (or did a few years ago when I was there) a New York compass, with cardinal points of "uptown", "downtown", "east side" and "west side".

 

[Sophia]

Actually, not quite. They're a few degrees off. The Museum of Modern Art in NYC sells (or did a few years ago when I was there) a New York compass, with cardinal points of "uptown", "downtown", "east side" and "west side". [emoji3]

I will buy one of those of I ever go to NYC :-) it would be both useful and much more interesting souvenir than a magnet or postcard :-)

 

[WWGD]

Actually, not quite. They're a few degrees off. The Museum of Modern Art in NYC sells (or did a few years ago when I was there) a New York compass, with cardinal points of "uptown", "downtown", "east side" and "west side".

No problem, I am a few degrees off myself :).

 

[zoobyshoe]

How do Americans always know where is East or West? They always say things like : go North or go South. When you are first in a city do you immediately look at the sun trying to guess where did it rise in the morning? And how can you still get the direction of you turn a couple of times?
I know how to determine world sides according to shadows, stars, the way anthills are build or by the moss growing on trees. But how do you use these in a city? And when you are in a hurry! Why not simply say go left or right?

I've moved to two cities cold with no knowledge of the streets and the first thing I did was get a map. Most, but not all, cities are essentially grid-like. Both Minneapolis and San Diego have about half their streets and highways running roughly north/south, and the other half roughly east/west. In Minneapolis north/south streets were named "avenues" and east/west streets were "streets."

In San Diego its the reverse, most "avenues" are east/west and "streets" are north/south. Generally there is some kind of 'center' from which all the counting starts, so you can tell if you're going one direction or another by whether the street addresses are getting higher or lower in number.

Now, that's fine for a lot of cities, but it won't get you anywhere in, say, Boston where the street layout was designed by SATAN himself.

 

[Pepper Mint]

I admit that there is something I can do several times in a day and don't get bored with. Maybe I only get tired but the urge keeps lingering on and seems to never stop. I think I have had some correct chemical intakes.

 

[Sophia]

Now, that's fine for a lot of cities, but it won't get you anywhere in, say, Boston where the street layout was designed by SATAN himself.

Just try to imagine Satan planning the map and laughing hysterically :-)

BTW today I learned: I always thought that avenues are wider/larger than streets. Now I see that it doesn't have to be so.

 

[Sophia]

I admit that there is something I can do several times in a day and don't get bored with. Maybe I only get tired but the urge keeps lingering on and seems to never stop. I think I have had some correct chemical intakes.

Do you mean what I think? 8-0

 

[Psinter]

I once accidentally sent a couple to the wrong mountain. They saw me running on a solitary road and asked me for directions. It wasn't until later that day that I realized I gave them the wrong directions. Oops. Edit: Anyway, they were close, I assume they found more people and asked them.

They ask Psinter how to get to Mordor and Psinter accidentally sends them to the Lonely Mountains. But with a serious face and in a very confident tone, like very confident that the directions are right.

 

[Sophia]

I once accidentally sent a couple to the wrong mountain. They saw me running on a solitary road and asked me for directions. It wasn't until later that day that I realized I gave them the wrong directions. Oops.

They ask Psinter how to get to Mordor and Psinter accidentally sends them to the Lonely Mountains. But with a serious face and in a very confident tone, like very confident that the directions are right.

Maybe you are their guardian angel. If they went to Mordor something terrible would have happened.
But!
There was Psinter to send them elsewhere and saved their lives! Psinter is a hero!

 

[Psinter]

Maybe you are their guardian angel. If they went to Mordor something terrible would have happened.
But!
There was Psinter to send them elsewhere and saved their lives! Psinter is a hero!

 

[Borg]

Maybe you are their guardian angel. If they went to Mordor something terrible would have happened.
But!
There was Psinter to send them elsewhere and saved their lives! Psinter is a hero!

Unless they were trying to destroy the one ring!

 

[Borg]

Proofreading is an underappreciated endeavour.

GMU law school renaming after Antonin Scalia hits snag

George Mason University recently renamed its law school after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- and then quickly realized the acronym that name created was problematic.
The school first announced it would change the name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law, or ASSoL, after receiving an anonymous $30 million donation on March 31.

Uh, who came up with that one?

 

[WWGD]

Proofreading is an underappreciated endeavour.

GMU law school renaming after Antonin Scalia hits snag
Uh, who came up with that one?

My school had to change the name of a seminar on Foundations of Algebraic Geometry Surveys.

 

[WWGD]

Caracas Venezuela is more dangerous in terms of its murder rate than Baghdad. My friend who lives there told me that now people who
go to parties stay to sleep at the host's home overnight and return to their homes at sunrise, to avoid being in the streets after dark.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Do you mean what I think? 8-0

Maybe so until I know what is 8-0.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe so until I know what is 8-0.

10-4.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Honestly, there was time I was fully "infected" with numerology; every single number seemed to always have a meaning to me.
Here is a list I learned for fun.
0: egg
1: <don't bet on my favorite morning fast food>
2: rubber duck
3: <asymmetrical topless>
4: <for you or for me>
5: you're so fine, rock or good
6: you're so sick!
7: it's heaven
8 : boy
9: gay, girl or naive

 

[Sophia]

Maybe so until I know what is 8-0.

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