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.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
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"
-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!)
Jessica - Aug 15, 2018 7:58:47 am PDT #28381 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Manhattan has the same problem, but only for a few streets because the Ave numbers don't go up that high! And that bit in the Village where the streets start to get squished and out of alignment.)
Laura - Aug 15, 2018 8:10:00 am PDT #28382 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Where I am in Florida is very grid compliant. People also give directions with turn north/south/east/west instead of right and left because you always know what direction you are facing.
Today is the very opposite of relaxing! Been on dozens of phone calls and haven't had lunch yet. Getting grumpy. Going to let it go to voicemail for a bit.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2018 8:10:57 am PDT #28383 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I was once helping a tourist from Belgium find her way around DC. She was VERY impressed with the fact that the numbers and letters ran in order and were fairly logical (since she was from a city that was founded much earlier). Of course, she was also absolutely ENCHANTED that there was a McDonalds right nearby ....
Dana - Aug 15, 2018 8:12:19 am PDT #28384 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I grew up in New Orleans. I don't think we believe in straight lines.
I'm watching One Day at a Time, and Schneider is wearing his t-shirt in a French tuck.
Connie Neil - Aug 15, 2018 8:47:54 am PDT #28385 of 30002
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People also give directions with turn north/south/east/west instead of right and left because you always know what direction you are facing.
In Utah we navigate by the mountains. "Go towards the mountains, then turn left."
I'm watching One Day at a Time, and Schneider is wearing his t-shirt in a French tuck.
I refuse to take Schneider as a guide for anything.