{36} Obstacles (Bye, September!)
You cannot take this road unless your vehicle fits through these obstacles.
Here's Why!
MANY tractor trailer trucks have been stuck on the Notch road, for ignoring the signs that promise a $2400 fine. It's expensive to get the trucks unstuck! Last week even a tour bus got stuck.
Maybe the obstacles are a little too generous?
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I wonder if it has become more of a problem since the advent of satellite navigation for motor vehicles.
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The State is trying these out and may need to tweak them yet. Apparently the bus drove around the barriers, on the opposite side of the road (which is illegal). The stupid GPS guidance systems kept sending trailer truck drivers over the mountain to save time. Instead they got stuck for hours and had to pay huge fines for the work to get them unstuck. No amount of warning signs, lit up, flashing, saying "$2400 fine," "Your GPS is wrong" and more, kept the trucks from trying it. So they put this in and so far only one trailer truck has gotten stuck there, because it went around the barriers. So the State made it harder to get around, but the bus apparently made it.
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Meidas Touch video: Ben Meiselas reports on the speech that VP Harris’ running mate Governor Tim Walz delivered at the Firefighters Union Conference in Boston which was broadcast on Fox until it got so good they had to cut away. [Click]
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UK to finish with coal power after 142 years [Click]
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Black Death selected for resistance to Yersinia pestis, but the genetic changes also decreased resistance to autoimmune diseases. [Click]
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Right to repair video: Heavy equipment parts available directly from China that US manufacturers refuse to sell to the customer. [Click]
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A new type of nuclear power plant, demonstration plant now under construction in Wyoming. [Wikipedia] [Click] Uses depleted uranium fuel left over from current reactors, does not require high pressure. Could last for 50 to 100 years. YouTube video [Click]
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I'd love to hear Jimmy Carter's take on this.
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New York is the only state in the nation with just two presidential candidates on the ballot.
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Correction: Pa GOP lags dems in early ballot requests BY A LOT.
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Alan or Listener, I need your eagle eye please. Take a look at this U.S. Navy Veteran hat [click]. There's something white right below the eagle but no matter how much I enlarge the image, I cannot make out what it is. Writing? If so, what does it say? If not writing, what is it? I want to get the cap for Dad, but need to be absolutely certain it's okay for a retired captain. So, if one of you could take a gander and report back, I'd be very grateful.
ReplyDeleteIt's merely the eagle's tail hanging down. Definitely a great hat for your Dad!
DeleteYep. Eagle with wings spread, perched on a fouled anchor with tail feathers extending below.
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Thank you!
DeleteOur pleasure, I am sure.
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I bet Dad loves it!!!
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The increase in numbers of US Circuit Courts (now 12) has meant that three of the Supreme Court justices now supervise two circuits rather than one. I think a reform restoring the balance by increasing the number of justices to again match the number of circuits would be very reasonable.
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Yes, please!
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Trump’s Volunteers from a Secretive Evangelical Church [Click] Give me snake handlers any day and twice on Sundays.
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I remember a fellow joshing about how his uncle was a long time snake handler; he had only been bitten once, and the poor snake died the next day. At least I assume he was joshing.
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Man Jailed After Confrontation with Postal Carrier [Click]
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Judge Again Strikes Down Georgia Abortion Law [Click]
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Biden May Bring Back Congress for Hurricane Relief Funds [Click]
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Man Faces Death Threats for Praising His Haitian Workers [Click]
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Walz and Vance’s Medical Records Viewed Illicitly [Click] It’s hard to imagine how they could be so foolish; every year, each health care facility in the US must publish to their employees reports of such events, and the steps taken in consequence.
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It was always unethical, but after such things happened after President Reagan was shot, it became illegal. It astounds me that there are fools out there who think they can secretly sign on to a computer system and then act secretly. It might be possible to sit down at a terminal being used by another employee and use it, but that's not going to be easy.
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Jimmy Carter turns 100 tomorrow. [Click] He has expressed his hope that he will be able to vote in this year’s election.
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Over 120 known dead and a million without power after ‘historic’ Hurricane Helene [Click] There might be more than 600 dead. Merciful Heaven.
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It leaves me somewhat in awe to realize that this storm has caused flooding as far west as Kentucky, not usually considered an Eastern Seaboard state. It's terrible. Haven't seen any specific ways to help, though I suppose donating to the Red Cross is always helpful in such circumstances.
DeleteGot my covid booster Monday afternoon. No ill effects so far, bar a mildly sore arm.
ReplyDeleteYay!! Same here...just sore arm and a little tired.
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