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mininghorn88

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  1. This and people that come to a stop at a Yield sign. There is one near my house with an unobstructive view and folks stop at it about 80% of the time.
  2. Backing in is the way to park. Not only for the safety aspect of it but also because it is easier to maneuver when the steered wheels are in the back. The only issue I have is when I am driving in a parking lot and am being tailgated. When I see a spot to park, I turn my blinker on and drive just past the spot. Many times the person behind me cannot grasp what I am trying to do and stays on my butt. Once I start to back up they figure it out (usually).
  3. People seem to not realize that the seats are in numerical order. The minute that they board the flight they keep checking their ticket each time they pass a row as if magically row 28 will somehow be the first row after first class.
  4. I was on a lengthy Air China flight a while back. I was engrossed in a book that I was reading when I caught this movement out of the corner of my eyes. Almost everyone on the flight were doing coordinated exercises to prevent DVT. They had interrupted the inflight movies to play exercises on the seat back screens.
  5. I have always tried to make it a general practice to leave a buffer flight in the schedule just in case there is a delay.
  6. If he is going to be hoisting the Heisman then there is a good chance of some other hardware being hoisted as well.
  7. It is times like this one that the Good Lord takes over. Almost two years ago to the day, I was driving home from the airport after returning from a business trip. About a week later I was planning on driving up to Raleigh, NC to be there when my daughter was expected to have my first grandchild. As I was driving home from the airport she calls me and tells me that she is already in the hospital and is in labor. I drive the rest of the way home, repack my bags, and head out from NE Texas to Raleigh, NC, a solid 15 to 16 hour drive under normal circumstances in my trusty truck. I was driving so fast that I was making a line of telephone poles look like a picket fence the whole way. I may have passed 2 cops along the way but they were all in the other lane. I got to Raleigh with about 3 hours to spare before my granddaughter was born.
  8. In May of 2017 a co-worker and I were in Spearfish, SD for a mining conference. We had some free time so we decided to go see Mt. Rushmore. The speed limit in that area is around 35 mph or so and we were in a rental SUV. We were coming down the mountain around 50 mph or so and a Park Ranger whips around and flashes his lights so I pull over. As the Ranger approaches the car I roll down the window and the first thing that he asks is, "When was the last time that there was marijuana in this vehicle?" My buddy and I just looked at him with a "WTH are you talking about?" look. Finally I said, "I have no earthly idea, this is a rental." After checking my license he let us go with just a warning. Come to find out that at that time they were pulling all vehicles over that had Colorado plates on them to check for marijuana. I am guessing that he thought that we could have potentially been mules or something like that. Really didn't have to say anything to get out of the ticket other than just look dumb.
  9. Did you get to thank her later?
  10. He should never read “kindergarten chats” by Louis Sullivan. I had to read it in college.
  11. I ran out of breath reading this.
  12. I basically took these same photos from my trip to the area back in late November 2020. The crowds were not too bad then. Would not go now because of the crowds.
  13. If hiking is new to you then I advise against Angel’s Landing. There are plenty of other hikes to do that aren’t as tough. You can also go to the western part of the park which is much less visited. Just be careful on the Kolob Terrace Road as it is open range for a cattle ranch. There are Black Angus all over the place which are very hard to see at night. I came across an accident of a sporty SUV from California that was totaled after hitting a bull at night.
  14. Yes, I had that dream multiple times for years after I graduated from Texas. I also had the dream a few times where I thought that I had dropped a class only to get my grades at the end of the semester to find out that I had not dropped the class.
  15. I have seen people just standing and riding the moving sidewalk and talking on their phone or to the person behind, them not paying attention, and taking a spill once the belt gets to the end of the line. I just step over them and keep moving.
  16. In 2009 I am flying out of Moatize, Mozambique. At that time Moatize was little more than a village and was just opening up to new development due to the influx of international mining companies coming in. I am booked on a commuter flight from Moatize to Maputo. As we are going through security I notice a villager carrying about 30 lbs of raw meat with him wrapped in newspaper and in a cardboard box without a top. Security lets him through. Once on the plane this individual places the box in the overhead bin. I am watching with fascination as I notice that the box is noticeably dark and wet on the bottom. As the plane is steeply climbing it goes into a sharp banked turn and out from the overhead bin all of this "meat juice" begins to pour out from the bin. It was disgusting. Fortunately for me I was sitting on the opposite aisle so I was not drenched in the fluid.
  17. Act stupid on a plane and you get this. No sympathy from me.
  18. I am always friendly with the FA’s, especially during the boarding process, and since I am a frequent flyer I am boarding early and if there is an advantage to be gained I am all for it. This is especially true if I have a crappy seat due to an impromptu trip or a rebooked flight, etc. and I am looking to move. I usually let them know that I will move if there is a better seat that becomes available. This has worked more than once.
  19. This is how I do it. If I see that they are ready and being efficient about moving then I will hold my place, however, if I see that they have not made an attempt to get ready prior to exiting then I move on. It is a judgment call. Kind of like the 3 second "in the lane" violation in basketball.
  20. Ha ha! I was thankful for the oxygen enriched room at the JW Marriott in Cusco!
  21. I’ve come across cigarette butts on many trails even at “altitude”. I am huffing and puffing my way to the summit with my gear and someone has the extra lung capacity for a smoke?!!
  22. Do you own a copy of Mannheim Steamroller’s Christmas album? This made me laugh!
  23. This is me too.
  24. Typically nothing wrong with standing up once the plane gets to the gate. Just stand at your row and don’t try to advance. I stand up quickly to keep the idiots from storming the gates.
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