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For some time I've been trying to design a gizmo that has enough oomph to key the side of that close pass without having enough oomph to knock me down. Maybe a freewheel of some sort. Many years ago, on my first honeymoon, someone passed close enough to pick up a nice scratch from the open window of my pickup cap.
08-29-19, 08:56 AM
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So I got a new pair of Chuck Taylors the other day and I just now noticed that they have a little bit of padding in them!!! 
It's not noticeable when wearing them but when you yank on the tongue before lacing you can feel it, just a little bit of give.
WTH?
Upon further inspection and comparison from other pairs of Chucks, I think it's just a different liner material. The interior layer of fabric has a coarser weave, and has a synthetic look to it.
It's not noticeable when wearing them but when you yank on the tongue before lacing you can feel it, just a little bit of give.
WTH?
Upon further inspection and comparison from other pairs of Chucks, I think it's just a different liner material. The interior layer of fabric has a coarser weave, and has a synthetic look to it.
08-29-19, 09:13 AM
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You can talk any way you wish, but texting is illegal. Hand held talking and texting used to be illegal in Philly (IIRC, you had to be in a non-travel lane with the car in neutral. It also applied to bicycle operators.), but the state's no-texting law nullified the city's ban even on hand-held talking.
08-29-19, 09:16 AM
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Kansas passed a 3-feet-to-pass law a few years ago and as far as I can tell police have issued tickets approximately zero times.
I've half-seriously thought about submitting an open records request to find actual numbers but the problem is I don't think there's one central agency that tracks all those numbers, you'd have to request information from each individual police and sheriff department. Plus they can get away with charging exorbitant "copying" fees. I used to go around and around with cops on that BS when I was a journalist. There's a difference between what the law says and what you can actually get people to do, especially when the cops are the ones who have no interest in enforcing or following the law, which is pretty much always.
Hmmm I seem to have gone off on a tangent. How about them e-bikes?
I've half-seriously thought about submitting an open records request to find actual numbers but the problem is I don't think there's one central agency that tracks all those numbers, you'd have to request information from each individual police and sheriff department. Plus they can get away with charging exorbitant "copying" fees. I used to go around and around with cops on that BS when I was a journalist. There's a difference between what the law says and what you can actually get people to do, especially when the cops are the ones who have no interest in enforcing or following the law, which is pretty much always.
Hmmm I seem to have gone off on a tangent. How about them e-bikes?
08-29-19, 09:18 AM
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For some time I've been trying to design a gizmo that has enough oomph to key the side of that close pass without having enough oomph to knock me down. Maybe a freewheel of some sort. Many years ago, on my first honeymoon, someone passed close enough to pick up a nice scratch from the open window of my pickup cap.
08-29-19, 09:24 AM
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So I got a new pair of Chuck Taylors the other day and I just now noticed that they have a little bit of padding in them!!!
It's not noticeable when wearing them but when you yank on the tongue before lacing you can feel it, just a little bit of give.
WTH?
Upon further inspection and comparison from other pairs of Chucks, I think it's just a different liner material. The interior layer of fabric has a coarser weave, and has a synthetic look to it.
It's not noticeable when wearing them but when you yank on the tongue before lacing you can feel it, just a little bit of give.
WTH?
Upon further inspection and comparison from other pairs of Chucks, I think it's just a different liner material. The interior layer of fabric has a coarser weave, and has a synthetic look to it.
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08-29-19, 09:28 AM
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Yeah, it's especially frustrating when even video evidence fails to move the needle on their Give-a-**** meter - I think that, unless there's video evidence of a collision, they'll dismiss any close passes as, "well, it's hard to say based on just video." Also, a couple months ago, I even had driver admit to a cop that he buzzed me at 2' or less and the cop shrugged his shoulders and said, "I didn't witness it."
No, you don't. People get prosecuted for crimes literally every single day that cops didn't witness. The standard is not "did a cop see it" it's "beyond reasonable doubt."
So when cops say that they're just being lazy.
Also, it's not up to the cop, or the victim, as to whether charges get filed. That is up to the prosecuting attorney.
Of course, they really don't want to/don't have the time and resources to deal with traffic complaints either. But sometimes people have had success getting a local DA involved when the cops refuse to do their jobs.
08-29-19, 10:55 AM
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08-29-19, 11:08 AM
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I just might get to 23,000 by the end of the month.
08-29-19, 11:26 AM
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I feel like I’ve wandered in to the A&S forum. 
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08-29-19, 11:50 AM
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08-29-19, 01:49 PM
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08-29-19, 01:55 PM
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08-29-19, 02:01 PM
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08-29-19, 02:02 PM
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08-29-19, 02:28 PM
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Im actually astonished, by my observation when in traffic, that almost 70-80% of the drivers that have a phone in their hand(s) while driving are on a video call
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08-29-19, 02:37 PM
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Easy. Start it with a center punch, then use a good bit with high speed, low pressure, and cutting oil. Hardest thing is holding the work if you don’t have a press.
08-29-19, 03:47 PM
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08-29-19, 05:23 PM
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Grrrrr... yesterday, while endlessly walking at the Fair, I'd rationalized the Rapha purchase that I'd been mulling. I logged on today to place the order and the primary purchase, a jersey, was no longer in stock in L or XL. 
08-29-19, 05:31 PM
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08-29-19, 06:09 PM
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08-29-19, 06:39 PM
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Almost, but no one has advocated taking the lane yet.
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08-29-19, 06:41 PM
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It depends, does your friend have a Saturn?
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