Just need to vent...

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Mendel Leisk, Jul 6, 2022.

  1. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    i'm not sure there are any left, but there are a couple who rarely post outside of it.
     
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  2. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk MMX GEN III

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    Got another: front turn signals tightly integrated with head lights.

    There's a spot we regularly need to make a left turn, and traffic other side of the intersection may or may not be turning left, as well. The cross street is a bit raised, so the cars opposite are canting up, making low beams pretty much high beams.

    Was there last night, late/dark, squinting at the opposite guy's headlights, and after 2~3 seconds, just barely discerned a small blinking-yellow zone.

    Ask my wife, for a cross-check, and she said nope, no signal..., oh wait: yes. But c'mon...

    This is with stationary vehicles, waiting on a red light. It's totally impossible to judge when both you and the oncoming are rolling.

    off topic: at least on a Windows pc, if you're in the Priuschat edit window, if you/'ve highlighted text, [CTRL]B, [CTRL]I and [CTRL]U make the text Bold, Italic and Underlined respectively. :)
     
    #2922 Mendel Leisk, Oct 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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  3. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Not really a bother for me since this site has an Ignore User Feature.
    @ Gimli Glider:
    Few accidents happen for one reason.
    IIRC:
    The skipper took off with a broken fuel gauge (totalizer?) which allowed a math error to result in sucking the tanks dry.
    Years ago when I read about it, I learned that RATs onboard an aircraft are not always a bad thing.
    Perhaps if they'd just stuck with Freedom Units.....


    Fortunately both the pilot and aircraft retired normally, again.... IIRC.

    @ Poorly designed turn signals and headlights.
    I drive either a truck or a mid-size (small) CUV.
    The CUVs at least have adult sized tires - which is what allows them to 'identify as' (pretend to be) SUVs.
    I have not noticed the problem with the indicators.
     
    #2923 ETC(SS), Oct 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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