[Dpc2u]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

You're old if you know what a deck of playing cards and clothespins were used for on your bike.

Banana seat, chopper forks, racing slick on the rear, playing card in the spokes and Evel Knievel on TV.

[shoei]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

I so want to say something about the stick thing, but I will refrain. I don't want to get spanked by her. I know you'd enjoy it though.
Oh and by the way, I think the "stick" thing was called a paddle IIRC. Too many damn years ago, I forgot.

Oh Tim. You know at least half of your brethren don't understand internet jargon. They probably think IIRC was a typo for IROC. It's so adorable when your grandparents use slang or abbreviations tho.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by shoei

Oh Tim. You know at least half of your brethren don't understand internet jargon. They probably think IIRC was a typo for IROC. It's so adorable when your grandparents use slang or abbreviations tho.

Well shit, I certainly didn't mean one of these!

[Dino GT]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Pfffft. I'll just leave this here.

My first video game back in the late 70's

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by dscabra

I played games like this:

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Wampus?? With the cassette player that had to recompile most of the night if you changed the game parameters???

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Wampus?? With the cassette player that had to recompile most of the night if you changed the game parameters???

I had several games that were text-based from a company call INFOCOM (i think). The Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy, Trinity, Zork, Leather Godesses of Phobos, and many more. I had an Apple IIc, so everything was on floppy discs, no cassette tapes. I did have cassette tapes for my very first computer, a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Dino GT

My first video game back in the late 70's

Yep, mine too. Sometimes I'd play both sides when I couldn't get someone to play against me. lol

[shoei]

Speaking of Tim… I just saw an advert for AARP insurance. Apparently they got real great rates and perks. But you gotta be over 50 so I don't qualify. TiMSport - can you co-sign for me?

[Dino GT]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Yep, mine too. Sometimes I'd play both sides when I couldn't get someone to play against me. lol

I was lucky, we were some of the first ones to get it, so I had lots of friends to play with
Unbelievable how two sticks and a dot was so much fun back then

[vreihen16]

You know that you're *almost* old enough to be in this thread when you receive your first AARP membership solicitation junk mail.

I finally got them to stop sending them to me by running the envelope and its contents through our shredder, stuffing the confetti and original intact address label into their pre-paid postage reply envelope, and mailing it back to them...over a dozen times......

[shoei]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

You know that you're *almost* old enough to be in this thread when you receive your first AARP membership solicitation junk mail.

I finally got them to stop sending them to me by running the envelope and its contents through our shredder, stuffing the confetti and original intact address label into their pre-paid postage reply envelope, and mailing it back to them...over a dozen times......

Sadly it wasn't in the mail. I just saw it on a commercial lol

But good to know. I'll report back when I start getting them in the mail.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Had a lot of fun with these when we were kids. Still do.

We graduated from 'crazy 8s' and 'shit on your neighbor' to 'dirty clubs' and 'Euchre' with these.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

You know that you're *almost* old enough to be in this thread when you receive your first AARP membership solicitation junk mail.

I finally got them to stop sending them to me by running the envelope and its contents through our shredder, stuffing the confetti and original intact address label into their pre-paid postage reply envelope, and mailing it back to them...over a dozen times......

I've stopped spam messages in a similar manner. I find an email address of someone in the company that is hounding me and I set up a rule in Outlook to forward all email from the company to me back to that person, then delete the original. So I stop seeing the offending emails in my Inbox and pretty soon they stop showing up in my Deleted Items.

[vreihen16]

Try attaching a 15.9 MB video of your middle finger to each of those returned emails.....

[UncleWede]

Come on, you have access to better gear than that 15.9 of a finger, that's barely 1024

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Come on, you have access to better gear than that 15.9 of a finger, that's barely 1024

Chosen for the default maximum file/message size (16 MB) in some popular email server platforms. If you exceed that size, the recipient's server will be giving YOU the finger as the forwarded message will be returned to you as the sender.....

[cmyx6go]

Even after cataract surgery, I have such a hard time seeing in the dark. Add in rain....

Can someone please explain to me why they don't use that highly reflective paint to mark the lanes here like they use in FL? Does salting the roads in winter eat it up, or is it more expensive?

Waits for the smart ass youngins to chime in. Just wait. The struggle is real.

Time to get to work. Lots going on today.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Can someone please explain to me why they don't use that highly reflective paint to mark the lanes here like they use in FL? Does salting the roads in winter eat it up, or is it more expensive?

Most road markings use polymer-based paints which are slippery in the wet and can increase the risk of a crash for riders.

Silicone and reflective glass beads used in road striping paint can be extraordinarily slippery.

https://www.motorcycledirect.co.uk/motorcycle-direct-club/blog-067-road-markings-motorbike-tyres-slipping.php

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Most road markings use polymer-based paints which are slippery in the wet and can increase the risk of a crash for riders.

So true. Also tar strips and railroad tracks.

[wdb]

And wet leaves! Says this cyclist who has gone down on wet RR tracks and wet leaves -- so far...

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Can someone please explain to me why they don't use that highly reflective paint to mark the lanes here like they use in FL? Does salting the roads in winter eat it up, or is it more expensive?

I've never stopped to examine it close up, but I think that some of the lane dividers in the south use shallow grooves under the paint to amplify the reflectivity. I would imagine that they fill in with salt/sand in snowy areas, nullifying any reflectivity advantage. Attempts to recess reflectors into the pavement to make them plow-safe will probably also quickly clog up in the north.

Florida uses raised road reflectors for lanes and stuff, including blue reflectors on local streets to highlight fire hydrants for first responders. These obviously would not survive a snow plow blade.

The NY State Thruway deployed some flexible flappy-type lane marker reflectors at a few exit ramps about 10-15 years ago, which I suspect would better survive a plow blade. Those suckers were *bright* at night! I just looked at the 2021 Google Maps street view of one exit that had them, and they are no longer in place.....

[Dino GT]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Even after cataract surgery, I have such a hard time seeing in the dark. Add in rain....

Can someone please explain to me why they don't use that highly reflective paint to mark the lanes here like they use in FL? Does salting the roads in winter eat it up, or is it more expensive?

Waits for the smart ass youngins to chime in. Just wait. The struggle is real.

Time to get to work. Lots going on today.

That's because Florida is like a grave yard for elefants but for people, and they need the extra help to be able to see JK