"arl" (arl1968)
08/12/2018 at 10:00 • Filed to: None
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"arl" (arl1968)
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Where only bears and the brutal winters can kill me.
I seriously cannot take driving in the DC Metro traffic any more . Everywhere I go there are fools, road ragers, self-centered a@@hols, and clueless distracted drivers.
OK, I’ll go back to my boring suburban life. But if one more a-hole cuts me off or runs a red light I’m moving to the arctic circle and buying a dog sled.
Spanfeller is a twat
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:07 |
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You could also move into a city with effective public transportation.
Sovande
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:09 |
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I like driving around here. It's kill or be killed. Much, I imagine, like the wilds of Alaska.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:14 |
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You could move further south where only the heat and mosquitoes will kill you
Nibby
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/12/2018 at 10:20 |
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mosquitoes are the worst things on the planet
facw
> Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2018 at 10:21 |
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See the problem there is that DC probably has the second best public transport in the country. Unless he wants to move to New York, or leave the country he’s not going to do much better.
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facw
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/12/2018 at 10:23 |
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I can personally attest that moving south to Houston would not be any help with these problems. Drivers are probably a bit less aggressive on average, but the make up for it by being stunningly bad at nearly every aspect of driving, and completely obliviousness to any surrounding road and traffic conditions.
LOREM IPSUM
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:24 |
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Here’s the thing:
If not reason enough, see also:
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Spanfeller is a twat
> facw
08/12/2018 at 10:26 |
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Yeah, but new yorks public transport is probably worse than Barcelona’s despite Barcelona having only 1.5 millon people
Plus, moving to alaska is like noving ouy of ty country
McMike
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:32 |
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I’ve been here since 1977. I neither love it or like it. It’s just “traffic” to me.
However, when I go on road trips it’s quite a nice change. The last week long road (motorcycle) trip I took I honked my horn once, and that was to get my buddy’s attention.
First day back ,
I hon
k
ed three times on the way to work.
xsnowpig
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/12/2018 at 10:36 |
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the mosquitoes in Alaska might not kill you, but might suck you into a fatigued state to be bear bait.
shop-teacher
> arl
08/12/2018 at 10:46 |
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That's a perfectly logical response :)
TheRealBicycleBuck
> facw
08/12/2018 at 10:57 |
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But Houston is one of those rare places you can be in bumper-to-bumper traffic while doing 80 mph.
WilliamsSW
> arl
08/12/2018 at 11:00 |
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Also the berries can kill you apparently
Oats
> arl
08/12/2018 at 11:21 |
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Driving in Alaska is heaven, windy mountain roads everywhere. Many have little to no traffic with incredible views.
Since I left 15 years ago everybody I know who is still there tells me the winters are pathetic now. Of course they have lived there their entire lives so they have nothing to compare it to.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> arl
08/12/2018 at 11:23 |
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It’d be nice to be in an Asian or European city with awesome transit. As much as I love cars I feel like driving with the general public is becoming more and more annoying over time.
My favourite cities allow alcohol consumption in public and have great transit systems. Gotta wait for a train? I’ll get a beer. Long train ride to the other side of town? I’ll get a beer. Most Japanese cities fit the bill quite nicely. France was quite alright except for the fact that their subways can be absolute filthpits (Paris, for example, but Lyon was quite nice in comparison).
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facw
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/12/2018 at 11:31 |
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I was mostly in and around the loop, and you rarely get that type of driving there. Much more common are people going 20 under for no reason.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> facw
08/12/2018 at 11:39 |
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I’m staying on the NW side of the loop. I’ve been going downtown for the most part, so it’s north loop to 45 to 10 to downtown. Each of the merge lanes is a mess, especially where the loop meets 45.
However, when I’m heading out to one of the sites, the traffic flows fairly well, but I’m sure it’s the time of day.
When I have to go to Hook’s airport, the traffic on 45 is hauling ass once we get north of the loop .
Just Jeepin'
> Oats
08/12/2018 at 11:43 |
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Every time I contemplate Alaska I remember that driving in a naked Jeep there would be like rolling out a banquet for the mosquitos.
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> Nibby
08/12/2018 at 12:03 |
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I recently moved into that big white zone in the western US from the green. Having no mosquitos is seriously may be the greatest thing about living here so far.
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Oats
> Just Jeepin'
08/12/2018 at 12:15 |
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I never thought they were that bad unless I was actually out in the forest. Besides it isn’t real warm there, even in the summer everybody wears pants and long sleeves. My AK summer clothing became my Ohio winter clothing when I moved.
In Florida I get eaten alive in shorts after dark.
vicali
> arl
08/12/2018 at 12:30 |
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Going all Dick Proenneke up in here?
Svart Smart, traded in his Smart
> arl
08/12/2018 at 12:35 |
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After a super close call the other night (Uber driver in a Prius cut me off to make a left turn from the right lane of a two-lane, one-way street), I finally ordered a dash cam.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
08/12/2018 at 13:27 |
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There are mosquitoes in that region , they just aren’t malaria vectors.
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arl
> LOREM IPSUM
08/12/2018 at 13:27 |
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Well, thats depressing!
M.T. Blake
> Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2018 at 13:58 |
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What this guy said - move to Europe.
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M.T. Blake
> arl
08/12/2018 at 13:59 |
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It could be more fun to hire a chauffeur.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> WilliamsSW
08/12/2018 at 14:05 |
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Berries don’t kill me, I eat them.
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WilliamsSW
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/12/2018 at 14:27 |
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless
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FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/12/2018 at 15:00 |
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Fair enough. I haven’t gotten a single mosquito bite since I moved here, though. There may be some around but they are practically nonexistent.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> WilliamsSW
08/12/2018 at 19:21 |
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Just because he was an unskilled dumbass doesn’t mean everyone is .
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
08/12/2018 at 19:30 |
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In the dry/cold part of the country they are rarer due to lack of standing water. Trust me, I’ve been eaten alive by mosquitos in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Western South Dakota, Western Nebraska, and Arizona. It’s just that you only suffer from the allergic reaction rather than from some infectious agent.
The bonus I find in that region is the lack of ticks. The western half of the country seems to have far fewer of these than the eastern portion. Every time I am in the Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan area I pick up ticks all the time, but I’ve never encountered one west of there.
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WilliamsSW
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/12/2018 at 22:05 |
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Well duh.
But it still amazes me that, of all the things out there that could have killed him, it was misidentified berries that did it.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> WilliamsSW
08/12/2018 at 22:30 |
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It wasn’t berries that killed him.
His fatal mistakes were many - going into the wilderness without a map, not bringing supplies, nobody knowing where he was, not bringing food, not knowing enough about what he was eating, going the wrong time of year, not bringing a radio, and not exploiting any of his options for survival.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> arl
08/13/2018 at 05:59 |
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move to Point Roberts perhaps?