Topic: Stuck in traffic, daydreaming... (Read 6358 times)

NJAntman · « **on:** May 07, 2004, 06:53:27 pm »

....find myself wondering:

1. If I light of a minimum radius ESG and tap my brakes will the bozo tail-gating in the SUV behind me get a good jolt?

2. If I had magic Photons could I hit that guy a half-mile ahead who is holding up things in my lane (the road does curve and go up-hill slightly) ?

3. If I went to level 6 ECM just before the toll-plaza would it fool the EZ-Pass system?

4. If a number of us all tried to warp past the jam-up at the same time what would it look like on the road ahead if we all warped back-in at the same point?

5. How come ships on Star Trek never seem to get into fender-benders?

Sirgod · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:06:38 pm »

LOL. the sad thing is, that we all here can actually imagine Daydreaming those questions, Let alone understanding the Fun we could have with them.

Years and years ago, My first car was an old Ford LTD. My friends and I called It the Enterprise, mostly Because of It's size. The funny thing is, the Family Mechanic Don, would come by to tinker with It about once a month, and there would always appear some New Gadget under the Hood, I could never understand. Thinks Like A dual Intake Frostic Modulator, or an InterPhasic Petrol Ignitor.

ahh the memories of Geekdom.

Stephen

Clark Kent · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:41:53 pm »

I tend to imagine what i'd do to people's cars if I had powers like in DBZ. But then I think to myself "If i could do all that, I wouldn't even be on the road..."

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Kmelew · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2004, 07:42:39 pm »

Quote:

3. If I went to level 6 ECM just before the toll-plaza would it fool the EZ-Pass system?

Nah...that would actually fix it

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2004, 10:45:51 pm »

Aaahhh..to miss the joys of living in the east, where I-90 costs over $20 from Buffalo to Albany, where the NJ Turnpike is a race from toll booth to toll booth...and the Garden State Expressway isn't..and NYC said the Lincoln Tunnel would be free after it was paid off...

I grew up near Niagara Falls...but most of the roads in the country are free (except for gas)....the politics of cash

Mike

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2004, 10:04:26 am »

Come on..you know as well as I do that NJ, NY, PA, OH and FLA have the most estensive sections ofFederally funded, pay to drive Interstates in the country. There are some short stretches in OK (let Sir God pay for that) and in Kansas (who would want to drive in Kansas, except for Khalee)...

All kidding aside, most of these roads were supposed to have the tolls taken away after they paid for themselves, then some slick guy added the cost of paying the toll booth operators into the equation, and Port Authority NY became a Hydra, and you can't chop all the heads off fast enough.

And then..drive on I-70 in Missouri, and you'll see the tax dollars NOT at work...worst interstate I have ever driven on (yes, worse than PA's)

Have a good weekend Nick

Mike

Interloper · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2004, 09:05:26 am »

I don't know I think that I-80 and I-35 rank up there on the pretty bad
scale, wait for the buckling season to start mid-summer

TalonClaw · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2004, 12:07:00 pm »

Captains Log: Stardate 0308.11. We are on a routine vacation cruise to Fla and expect little resistance. Starfleet has ordered a bit of R and R.

Science Officer: Captain, stationary contact ahead.

Captain: What do you make of her?

Science Officer. Federation Class Battle Cruiser.

Captain: Federation Battle Cruiser? What's she doing out here?

Science Officer: Probably a routine patrol.

Captain: Has she detected us?

Science Officer: Negative Captain.

Captain: Maintain course and heading.

Navigator: Aye Captain.

Science Officer: Captain she's scanning us!

Captain: Dam! One third impulse power!

Ops: Too late. She's powering up her systems.

Captain: Get us out of here.

Navigator: Captain our fuel runs low.

Captain: Raise shields and arm all weapons.

Ops: Shields raised and phasers locked.

Captain: Fire!

Science Officer: No effect Captain.

Communications: Captain, message coming in from the enemy vessel!
This is the USS State Trooper. Power down your engines and prepare to be boarded!

Captain: Dammit I want options!

Science Officer: She can outrun us and outgun us. I suggest we choose a less aggressive course of action. Perhaps a bit of charm is in order.

Captain: Ah yes. I do specialize in that. Stand down! Power down all weapons. All stop. Prepare for boarding party...

NJAntman · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2004, 05:40:42 pm »

Turnpike & Parkway tolls, aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got the tech to build drive up ATMs and dollar change machines but we still have to employ half-wits to make change out of a booth while waiting to retire?

If Ganghis-Khan came back from the grave and exposed that whole bloated toll road bureacracy for what it is then I'd vote him Gov for life.

Kmelew · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2004, 05:56:45 pm »

I've found the Parkway tolltakers were more courteous (they actually say "Thank You") while with Turnpike tolltakers you were lucky to get a grunt. Now that they are part of the same agency, I fully expect Parkway tolltakers to be beaten into grunting submission.

A buddy of mine got off the Turnpike a few years ago at Exit 13 (Elizabeth/Goethals Bridge) and the tolltaker threw his change at him! My friend got the tolltaker's badge number and lane number and complained to the Turnpike Authority. A few weeks later the Authority called him to let him know that the tolltaker had been sent to sensitivity training!

E_Look · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2004, 09:05:43 pm »

Antman,

The best thing would be the phasing cloak from "The Pegasus" in TNG. You could warp through, (WARP!!!) solid rock. That's gotta be better than photons, magic or economy, or even an ESG. The bum blocking you won't even know you passed him until you decloak and and honk.

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2004, 09:34:05 pm »

Ah yes...but have you ever driven from Albany to Buffalo on I-90? If not, get you're loan settled, not the cheapest Thruway (never call it a freeway), and don't speed, they figure the time and will give you a ticket (happened to me in '76, when I went from Utica to Buffalo in three hours..speed limit 55, 208 miles total distance...they did the math).

Mike

And Nick, glad I only had to spend 5 months @ Monmouth...too many tolls, and no benefits...

E_Look · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2004, 11:00:43 pm »

Maybe, but I still HATE tolls, be they the stop and drop kind or EZpass kind or hand it over to the badge kind.

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2004, 11:12:28 pm »

The scariest part (in late '74) was seeing a 747 taxiing over the highway to the runway....until I went to Denver, I'd never seen that....

Mike

lloyd007 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 14, 2004, 04:53:35 am »

80 is quite bad... 390 just north of Bath NY is worse. Driving in the right lane gives a pretty good simulation fo driving over railroad ties and the left lane is only somewhat better. Then of course you get onto 'Amo Houghton's Legacy' i.e. rt 17 soon to be I-86 the Southern Tier Expressway through nowhere

I mean the new road is beautiful but they've spent X million dollars upgrading a road that essentially goes through Podunk Junctions easily served by the 4 lane rt 17 and I-390 is rotting all the while...

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:11:34 am »

Hey Lloyd...my parents had retired off of NY 17 just north of Cuba NY...and it is nice when you are coming out of Erie PA to take the highway through the Souther Tier and avoid actually going through those towns...and with the bridge over Lake Chautauqua, that saves an hour going around the lake.

Mike

P.S. But watch out for the deer!!!

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