Me: "I should finally write that explainer post on grid roads"

"CB" (jrcb) 12/29/2019 at 22:50 • Filed to: Procrastination at least leads to something

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Also me: “How hard could it be to learn the opening riff to Plug In Baby?”

Suffice to say, the article is not written, and the riff is coming along.

AestheticsInMotion > CB 12/29/2019 at 23:04

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Matt  Bellamy has the most early-2000's hairstyle imaginable in this video

not for canada - australian in disguise > CB 12/29/2019 at 23:09

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the virgin manhattan “grid”;

- stupid unoriginal names, i.e. “avenue” and “street”

- only in one city

- has buildings clogging it up

- has these weird diagonal roads because buildings got in the way

- impossible to drive on, full of taxis, buses, coaches, basically any vehicle imagineable

- smells like pee

the chad western canadian grid:

- covers basically all of the canadian prairies

- original and cool names, i.e. “township road” and “range road”

- no need for sealed roads, basically all gravel, only for real alphas

- no buildings just flat wheat fields

- sometimes a tree

- can go like 200 km/h without anyone noticing

- only vehicles that you’ll ever see other than you while using one is maybe a farmer’s pickup truck

- smells like cow shit

- no buildings so it’s basically a perfect grid

canada wins again

new york more like poo york

CB > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/29/2019 at 23:13

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I laughed harder at this than I should have.

CB > AestheticsInMotion 12/29/2019 at 23:16

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It’s very stylish.

someassemblyrequired > CB 12/29/2019 at 23:42

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Probably for the best, the Albertans will get all spun up about how “ they’re actually called range roads.”

CB > someassemblyrequired 12/29/2019 at 23:43

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And we all know how Albertans feel about Ontarians who don’t think about them!

(They’re officially called gravel roads here, but we all know them as grids)

not for canada - australian in disguise > someassemblyrequired 12/29/2019 at 23:47

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They’re actually called range roads and township roads.

CB > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/29/2019 at 23:48

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Come to Saskatchewan and say that to my face.

And then we’ll have an Oppo meet. The local butcher shop makes good subs.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB 12/29/2019 at 23:53

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I worked in a city with a road called Baseline, and meridian. Guess what? They were long and strsight. But I have always heard range roads in eastern Montana, not grid  roads.

someassemblyrequired > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/29/2019 at 23:55

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Handy guide for Americans:

Range roads: Canadian equivalent of US even-numbered interstate.
Township roads: Canadian equivalent of US odd-numbered interstate.

Poor_Sh > CB 12/29/2019 at 23:55

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Ooh I play a lot of muse. Added to the list. Dunno whether to go with bass or guitar first though. Oppo band? 

CB > Poor_Sh 12/29/2019 at 23:57

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The bass line is pretty simple (used to play bass guitar, picked up the acoustic as a new hobby). I love a good bassline. Guitar is definitely more fun of the two.

For real Muse bass fun, I’d recommend Knights of Cydonia.

CB > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 12/29/2019 at 23:59

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It’s a Canadian term, allegedly.

Poor_Sh > CB 12/30/2019 at 00:07

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KoC hurts my wrist lol I don't play with a pick even if it calls for it. I agree guitar can be more fun but great basslines are primal. Hysteria is awesome too on bass, but then you have songs like Uprising that sounds nice but put me to sleep trying to play.

CB > Poor_Sh 12/30/2019 at 00:10

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Oh man I love Hysteria. So much fun to play. Even after not playing for probably four years, it was the first thing I remembered how to play.

New Born is fun, that’s another one I’d recommend.

not for canada - australian in disguise > someassemblyrequired 12/30/2019 at 00:17

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I’d say provincial highways are more equivalent to interstates and US/state highways, while range and township roads are like avenues or streets, but spread out over a large area not in a city. It’s weird and I’m not sure the US has many equivalents. I think farm-to-market roads in Texas might be the closest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm-to-market_road

There’s just not really that “tiered” system in Canada that other countries usually have. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Trans-Canada or some random unsealed gravel road out in the middle of nowhere , they share the same numbering scheme as long as it’s a provincially-maintained highway.

someassemblyrequired > not for canada - australian in disguise 12/30/2019 at 09:51

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I’m just making fun, you wouldn’t believe how many Americans would just accept that Canadian interstates are gravel roads.

Yes farm/market roads are about the closest equivalent, though in some states (Virginia) they aren’t on a grid - they’re often old ox roads from back in the day.

Nauraushaun > CB 12/31/2019 at 16:27

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Oh fuck that's my fave muse song I'm so in