Oh, just go out to some small midwestern town. My cousins live at the intersection of 1st st NE and 2nd ave N (well something like that. Bonkers complicated for a hiccup of a town. Highest in town # is 12th. At some point, the farm was 82nd on someone's plan, 40 minutes away.)
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 14, 2018 6:02:39 pm PDT #28371 of 30002
Calli - Aug 15, 2018 5:31:42 am PDT #28372 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I grew up in a Midwestern town on a bay. They really wanted a grid system, but they also wanted to have everything oriented to the harbor and shipping. It made for interesting compromises.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2018 5:35:21 am PDT #28373 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you love streets laid out in helpfully numbered grids but ALSO being hopelessly confused by house numbers, go to Queens.
Some junk mail I just deleted from my inbox says that today is National Relaxation Day! Who wants to take a nap!
Dana - Aug 15, 2018 5:39:54 am PDT #28374 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
To make the story of the machine learning webinar complete, I just got an auto-generated email thanking me for attending the webinar. Which was canceled.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2018 5:54:59 am PDT #28375 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you love streets laid out in helpfully numbered grids but ALSO being hopelessly confused by house numbers, go to Queens.
Haha! I loved my part of Queens -- all the numbers were in the same range, so I can't remember if I lived on 34th Street at 35th Ave, or the reverse, or what. House numbers made sense, though, didn't they? 35-20 34th St would be between 35th and 36th Aves.
Theodosia - Aug 15, 2018 6:28:01 am PDT #28376 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
In general, I can't help but feel I should get more tips as a Lyft driver, because of the difficulty factor in what I do -- getting people to the correct destination in an efficient amount of time is quite an art and craft around here.
-t - Aug 15, 2018 7:05:33 am PDT #28377 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Some junk mail I just deleted from my inbox says that today is National Relaxation Day! Who wants to take a nap!
Me me me! Instead I am getting a Pap smear. Not very relaxing.
You should get a degree of difficulty bonus, Theo.
I can't believe that histogram accurately represents San Francisco. It doesn't seem that grid like when I am wandering around in it, that's for sure.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2018 7:53:22 am PDT #28378 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In general, I can't help but feel I should get more tips as a Lyft driver, because of the difficulty factor in what I do -- getting people to the correct destination in an efficient amount of time is quite an art and craft around here.
Yet another thing people think computers can do as well as people, I bet!
I would like to relax! Maybe I'll take off the day before Labor Day weekend for a four-day weekend.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2018 7:54:22 am PDT #28379 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
House numbers made sense, though, didn't they? 35-20 34th St would be between 35th and 36th Aves.
They make total sense if you know the code, but navigating Queens as a tourist is hella difficult because of all the duplicated St/Ave numbers.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2018 7:55:47 am PDT #28380 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, absolutely -- logical sense, impossible to casually follow. (Never mind 34th Place, etc!)