Pariah Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 "Accurate physics"? I'm confused. I mean, I know what these words mean, but not in the context of action movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 I mean, yeah, the movie is about building-sized robots versus giant interdimensional monsters. But the physics do get progressively more cartoonish. It's not nearly as bad as the Fast & Furious movies have gotten though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Are we in "The Core" territory yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Where it's just an acid trip dream sequence? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 On 5/3/2018 at 8:54 AM, Cygnia said: How did I get a charley horse by playing Skyrim?! I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I got a charley horse. Lucius Alexander I got a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 On 5/30/2018 at 12:09 PM, Hermit said: Housemates are caring for their elderly mother. The woman is going to drive her daughter insane, and possibly me as well. My mom caused a lot of insanity in her last years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 7 hours ago, tkdguy said: One of my cats is scared of opera music. Only one? tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 The one that’s not singing, I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Depends on what they've been listening to. Hmm. I can't find a link to the old TV ad for NPR where a cowboy (singing along with the opera playing from the radio tied to his saddlehorn) causes the stock to stampede. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Another is scared of everything, so that's a given. My favorite is just curious, but she trusts me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Regarding Von D-Man's comment about wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle, the law over here is that you have to wear a helmet if you are riding a motorbike. Not cycles. It may be common sense but it is not against the law. It is seeing American motorbike riders and passengers not wearing helmets that can be disquieting to me. I was driven around while in the States and saw various people riding motorbikes without wearing a helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Which is why American medical personnel refer to them as “donorcycles”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 hours ago, death tribble said: Regarding Von D-Man's comment about wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle, the law over here is that you have to wear a helmet if you are riding a motorbike. Not cycles. It may be common sense but it is not against the law. It is seeing American motorbike riders and passengers not wearing helmets that can be disquieting to me. I was driven around while in the States and saw various people riding motorbikes without wearing a helmet. It really depends on which state you are in. 19 states have universal helmet laws for motorcyclists. 28 more have laws requiring some motorcycle riders to wear helmets, but not all. Only 3 states have no motorcycle helmet law in place. In Washington, motorcyclists are required to wear helmets, but bicyclists are not. Like you say, it may be common sense, but its not legally required. Many cities, however, have bicycle helmet ordinances. For instance, Seattle where I work mandates bicyclists where helmets, but Bremerton where I live does not. And the ferry terminal is State property. So, technically, I have to have a helmet on between the Seattle-side gate to the ferry dock and my office, but not anywhere else on my ride. I do wear one 99% of the time, but.... sheeeesh! Some people need more spine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 One of the head boys at my old school died from head injuries after a motorbike accident. I would wear a helmet if I rode a bike. But I can't even manage a bicycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I haven't tried riding a bicycle in more than 40 years now. Of course, I didn't have a helmet then. But my cycling experience is enough to say: there really isn't much difference between wiping out on fresh oil-and-gravel pavement and wiping out on cobblestones. I've got scars from both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Dedicated bicycle paths, that's the ticket! I do doubt that I'll ever get on a bike again ever, since I'm now on anticoagulants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 hour ago, L. Marcus said: Dedicated bicycle paths, that's the ticket! I do doubt that I'll ever get on a bike again ever, since I'm now on anticoagulants. Only if they are well designed! Several of the bike lanes in Seattle are more dangerous than riding in traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm a lifetime member of the Over-The-Handlebars Club. I never ride without a helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Vondy said: Only if they are well designed! Several of the bike lanes in Seattle are more dangerous than riding in traffic. I have to say, Seattleoids are really determined to ride bikes in spite of that. I suppose if the weather won't stop them, nothing will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 14 hours ago, Old Man said: I have to say, Seattleoids are really determined to ride bikes in spite of that. I suppose if the weather won't stop them, nothing will. I like riding in traffic, but that's just me. Bike lanes are for suicide-jockeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Especially when some genius decided that painting the road surface in the bike lane was a good idea. Waiting for the lawsuits to deluge in for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Wait -- they did what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Google for "painted bike lanes in Seattle" and look at the Images to see what they've done. A cyclist commuting friend tells me it is his experience that on rainy days the painted areas are slicker than snot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 One would imagine!, if one had imagination thereto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Not only slick paint, but on several bike lanes they put barriers and planters obscuring cyclists from traffic on the left side of the road, which means cars are making left turns across the bike lane, or pulling into the bike lane at the intersection and stopping, to make their turns not realizing they are blocking the right of way. I'm looking at you Seattle Police Department cruisers... On top of it, the westbound side of Dearborn (heavy fast moving traffic with a set of freeway on-ramps and off-ramps) is designed with parking spaces between traffic and the bike lane at one point, and with several cross-overs where cars pass-through the bike-lane to enter right turn lanes for sundry parking lots and side streets. You have people opening the passenger side doors into the bike lane when they park, and cars swooping through the bike lane and "right-hooking" cyclists for six blocks in a row. In one of those cases, the cross-over spot is right past the parking spots, which means motorists see the cyclist, completely misjudge their speed, accelerate past the parked cars because they just have to beat the cyclist to prove their honor, and then turn right into the cyclist's front tire because they lost sight of them. And, all of this is in a place where cyclists are going downhill. Bikes do not stop on a dime on a grade. I had 2-3 close calls a week when they first put that thing in. Never again. I watched a woman going 25+mph on her bike go right across an SUVs hood three weeks ago because of asinine design (and asinine driving). She went to the hospital. No, it is much safer to play in traffic than to ride in a bike lane in Seattle. Just get out in the middle, take the lane, and haul ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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