The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2140

cc_in_oh · 05-22-2018, 06:02 AM

OK, here's my rant for today. Twice now I've needed to buy an item, so checked around on line for prices and to see if in stock at a local store. I go to the store to get one only to find that the price is 20-30% higher than on-line. I have to actually order from the web site, then wait for the email telling me it's ready for in-store pickup. More work for me, more work for the store employees, and Jeff Bezos must be laughing all the way to the bank...

wodin · 05-22-2018, 01:59 PM

badgoodDeb · 05-22-2018, 02:25 PM

Cool! Errr, I mean ... hot stuff!

covingtoncat73 · 05-22-2018, 02:53 PM

Ugh! I was biking to work this morning in the dedicated bike lane and this little, grey sedan, which was going quite a bit over the speed limit, dove in front on me in the bike lane, then dove back into the street in front of a utility truck. Thankfully, the sedan didn't kill me or cause the utility trick to rear-end it. People are such jerks!

wodin · 05-22-2018, 03:16 PM

[rant]As long as we're ranting and venting, why do I have to pay for bike lanes? After all, they take up valuable traffic lanes and parking places, and I pay exorbitant road and gasoline tax, and bicycles riders pay what? Nothing!

No; the cost of those bike lanes can run into the millions of dollars per mile, and it comes out of what? The general fund that's what, paid for by my property and sales tax.

There's one right in front of the clinic I use in Honolulu, and every time I leave the clinic in my car (which I pay $400+ per year in fees to use the streets and highways), I have to cross it. I look both ways and only rarely do I even see a bicycle in it. And when I do it has the right of way.[/rant]

cc_in_oh · 05-22-2018, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

[rant]As long as we're ranting and venting, why do I have to pay for bike lanes? After all, they take up valuable traffic lanes and parking places, and I pay exorbitant road and gasoline tax, and bicycles riders pay what? Nothing!

No; the cost of those bike lanes can run into the millions of dollars per mile, and it comes out of what? The general fund that's what, paid for by my property and sales tax.

There's one right in front of the clinic I use in Honolulu, and every time I leave the clinic in my car (which I pay $400+ per year in fees to use the streets and highways), I have to cross it. I look both ways and only rarely do I even see a bicycle in it. And when I do it has the right of way.[/rant]

I was just reading that Seattle is spending $12M per mile on bike lanes. Somebody must be getting rich...

Hitch · 05-22-2018, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

I was just reading that Seattle is spending $12M per mile on bike lanes. Somebody must be getting rich...

Maybe they thought that they were going to get it from Amazon????? ;-)

Hitch

wodin · 05-22-2018, 06:47 PM

The Jeff's got better business sense than that.

BetterRed · 05-22-2018, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

[ . . . ] I look both ways and only rarely do I even see a bicycle in it . . .

That's probably because they're on the footpath (sidewalk) bowling over the pedestrians, along with their skateboard and scooter riding buddies. Within the past year I have had several near collisions with several of them whilst walking, including one scooter with an electric, hence almost noiseless, motor.

I'm sure our laws that dictate compulsory wearing of helmets encourages reckless behaviour in some riders.

BR

wodin · 05-22-2018, 07:17 PM

Lime dropped off a couple of hundred scooters in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago, and the Mayor went ballistic and ordered the police to confiscate them. Last I heard they'd picked up about ninety of them.

Toxaris · 05-23-2018, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

I was just reading that Seattle is spending $12M per mile on bike lanes. Somebody must be getting rich...

Wow, what are they made of? Solid gold? I mean, we have a lot of bike lanes here, but they are not that expensive.

wodin · 05-23-2018, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Toxaris

Wow, what are they made of? Solid gold? I mean, we have a lot of bike lanes here, but they are not that expensive.

Naw, they're just using union labor.

Greg Anos · 05-23-2018, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Toxaris

Wow, what are they made of? Solid gold? I mean, we have a lot of bike lanes here, but they are not that expensive.

Let's see. . . Have to pay for the land under the road. Then there is the cost of building the road. You don't build a heavy traffic road for peanuts. (Bicycles don't require fully bedded roadways? They weren't built for bicycles, remember!) Then there is signage, traffic signals, and bridges every so often (Can't make those out of balsa and Saran Wrap). Then there is weather related repairs.

Let's not forget the traffic wear. (Bicycles don't wear out the roads? So what? You have just constricted the heavier traffic to less lanes wearing those lanes out faster.)

How much do those bicycle users pay? A big fat zero. Shucks, they don't even have to be licensed, unlike car or motorcycle drivers. (At least in the US. YMMV.)

(OMG, I left off all those lane stripes. Somebody had to do them. . . )

Or maybe it isn't expensive because they got stolen from the people who pay for them, by people who think it's all right to grab whatever they think is good?

issybird · 05-23-2018, 05:43 PM

Enough. Take the bike lane diatribes to P&R.

covingtoncat73 · 05-25-2018, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Enough. Take the bike lane diatribes to P&R.

I'm sorry, Issy. I didn't mean to start this, that's for sure. I just wanted to vent about a bad driver. I'm so sorry.

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05-22-2018, 06:02 AM	#32086
cc_in_oh Bob's my uncle Posts: 928 Karma: 17008060 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NE OH Device: Kindle	OK, here's my rant for today. Twice now I've needed to buy an item, so checked around on line for prices and to see if in stock at a local store. I go to the store to get one only to find that the price is 20-30% higher than on-line. I have to actually order from the web site, then wait for the email telling me it's ready for in-store pickup. More work for me, more work for the store employees, and Jeff Bezos must be laughing all the way to the bank...

05-22-2018, 02:25 PM	#32088
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Cool! Errr, I mean ... hot stuff!

05-22-2018, 02:53 PM	#32089
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Ugh! I was biking to work this morning in the dedicated bike lane and this little, grey sedan, which was going quite a bit over the speed limit, dove in front on me in the bike lane, then dove back into the street in front of a utility truck. Thankfully, the sedan didn't kill me or cause the utility trick to rear-end it. People are such jerks!

05-22-2018, 03:16 PM	#32090
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	[rant]As long as we're ranting and venting, why do I have to pay for bike lanes? After all, they take up valuable traffic lanes and parking places, and I pay exorbitant road and gasoline tax, and bicycles riders pay what? Nothing! No; the cost of those bike lanes can run into the millions of dollars per mile, and it comes out of what? The general fund that's what, paid for by my property and sales tax. There's one right in front of the clinic I use in Honolulu, and every time I leave the clinic in my car (which I pay $400+ per year in fees to use the streets and highways), I have to cross it. I look both ways and only rarely do I even see a bicycle in it. And when I do it has the right of way.[/rant]

05-22-2018, 06:47 PM	#32093
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	The Jeff's got better business sense than that.

05-22-2018, 07:17 PM	#32095
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Lime dropped off a couple of hundred scooters in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago, and the Mayor went ballistic and ordered the police to confiscate them. Last I heard they'd picked up about ninety of them.

05-23-2018, 05:43 PM	#32099
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,210 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	Enough. Take the bike lane diatribes to P&R.