"Oran J Sands III" (merlyyn)
11/17/2015 at 11:29 • Filed to: None
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"Oran J Sands III" (merlyyn)
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So I get this call from Germany...
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ttyymmnn
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 11:35 |
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It appears you’ve been unmasked. Nice hat.
Hermann
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 11:48 |
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Some of those questions came off as a bit rude from the german guy. Almost questioning as if you’ve done something very wrong. I mean, they probably weren’t intentional but they sure read so:
Lieber Herr Sands, ist das nicht alles ein bisschen kindisch?
Dear Mr Sands, isn’t all this a bit childish?
Klingt ziemlich egoistisch.
Sounds pretty egoistical.
Na ja, wenn ich spontan Lust darauf habe, morgens nackt in die U-Bahn zu steigen, mache ich es ja auch nicht. Schon deshalb, weil ich den anderen nicht den Tag vermiesen möchte.
Okay, so if I spontaneously feel like going naked into the subway, I don’t do it. Because I don’t want to spoil the next person’s day.
FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 11:49 |
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Congrats! Sueddeutsche is one of the biggest and most well known newspapers in Germany.
Klaus Schmoll
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 12:59 |
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Read it a couple of hours ago. Congrats on making it into the Süddeutsche! Now, should Bild call, tell them to ... something... something... sun doesn’t shine.
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Oran J Sands III
> ttyymmnn
11/17/2015 at 13:11 |
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One of my favorite hats. Unfortunately it died an earlier death and was replaced.
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Oran J Sands III
> Hermann
11/17/2015 at 13:14 |
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I recall thinking that during the interview but it was all good-natured. We laughed a lot. At no point have I ever tried to paint this as anything but a fun stunt that may make a comment on current transportation alternatives. Google does a horrible job at translating my replies.
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Hermann
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 13:35 |
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Your replies were great. And I believe it was all good-natured. But the way it reads, even in german, seemed a bit rough. Of course intonation doesn’t come across text well.
Awesome to see your story spread like this.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 13:46 |
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By Martin Zips
Three hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds ran the American software developer Oran Sands, 64, with an old VW Golf by a dog bone-shaped roundabout in his hometown of Carmel, Indiana. World record, claiming Sands.
SZ: Dear Mr. Sands, is it not all a bit childish?
Sands:. And if but for a year I wore this idea already around with me. It should be. My wife I told only a week before the trial thereof. Otherwise, they would have certainly prevented.
What you want to tell us with your action?
It’s simple: Everyone should do whatever he feels like. Even if it’s something crazy. An attempt is always worthwhile.
Sounds pretty selfish.
Selfish? How so?
Well, when I spontaneously feel like it did, the morning naked to get into the subway, I do it also not. If only because I do not want to spoil the day the other.
It is not everything so easy to implement. See: Why should we take the dreams that you have, to the grave? Have I anything spoil someone?
The air might. A little bit afraid of the police but they had already, right? Otherwise you would have not set your Mayor Jim Brainard on the passenger seat.
A little official support can never hurt. Otherwise would have me probably really policemen stopped and dragged from my car. With the mayor, I never had before, although contact, but he was very impressed by my idea, when I asked him. In Carmel we namely calls him the “King of the roundabout”. Do you know we have 94 gyro in our small town. So many do not exist in most US states.
In Britain and France, there are at least as many as centrifugal inhabitants. That would be a paradise for you!
Oh, too bad. I’ve never been there. Are the same complex as the in Indiana?
I do not know. Mr. Sands, you have repeatedly stopped briefly during your experiment. How come?
First, I had to constantly reporter increases or let off who wanted to consult me during the trip. Second, one can be quite dizzy when you move 105 kilometers long with an average speed of 30 kilometers per hour in always the same direction through a roundabout. Because it feels good when you have someone sitting in his friend team beside him.
World Records Indiana
Oran Sands, 64, is a software developer in Carmel, Indiana. In his spare time he restored old German cars. “Please do not disgrace yourself ‘us.”: When his wife Cathy heard of the idea of the roundabout, she said (Photo: private)
So many stops would the jury of the Guinness Book of Records but certainly not permitted.
I have not yet asked. I gave that a record of this length was previously listed nowhere. I have then a video of my action to some sent as an Internet record page, and have everything immediately accepted. That’s enough for me.
Why do you have calculated a 28-year-old VW Golf used for your action with Munich license plate?
I love Volkswagen! Especially ancient Gulf and Jetta, which I restore in my spare time. That’s the fourth or fifth VW, I have. I do not know if and how that has come from Munich in the USA. But the German license plate is allowed it can be calm here, as long as the US is clearly visible.
Did you rather express their solidarity with VW expressed or demonstrate against air pollution in these difficult times?
I just wanted to have fun.
And why you have stopped the action after three hours and 36 minutes?
The tank was almost empty. And the motor had moved to the right. I could not get to first gear.
Chariotoflove
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 13:53 |
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Sounds like they were ribbing you a bit. Good on you for keeping it light. This just shows that the drive to do something just for the achievement is a universal human imperative. I’m glad you helped spread the message.
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Oran J Sands III
> Chariotoflove
11/17/2015 at 13:59 |
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I’m available for company meetings, book signings and bar mitzvahs.
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Chariotoflove
> Oran J Sands III
11/17/2015 at 14:09 |
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Haha! Finally Carmel has a valuable export!