Completely off topic parking question

[Bags]

Parking in the District, not for the club.  Is there any way to look up whether a particular street allows parking during rush hour?

[Random Citizen]

DDOT

[chaz]

Incoming!

[Frank Gallagher]

On a somewhat related issue.....Clamping! What genius dreamed that one up? ...so you parked illegaly to nip into the drycleaners, which I'm not defending, but blocking traffic for say, 5-10 mins. Some chump then comes along and installs a device on your car, the result being that your car is now blocking traffic for hours and hours!!!!!
 
 HOV lanes.... if they improve traffic flow why not just make every lane on the beltway HOV, that way it would run as smoothly as Brands Hatch during F1 practice laps!  :roll:

[sonickteam2]

how can this topic be "off-topic" if a new topic was started to talk about it?

[chaz]

Originally posted by sonickteam3:
  how can this topic be "off-topic" if a new topic was started to talk about it?

Yeah...especially when parking/cars/busses/transportation is such a hot topic around here.  Still waiting for Chimbly to check in.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Fine French Chaz:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam3:
  how can this topic be "off-topic" if a new topic was started to talk about it?

Yeah...especially when parking/cars/busses/transportation is such a hot topic around here.  Still waiting for Chimbly to check in. [/b]

Sssssssh, don't mention *ot *opic*......you know who will be back.

[walkonby]

yeah baby

[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  Sssssssh, don't mention *ot *opic*......you know who will be back.

I've spent the last several hours trying to figure out what *ot *opic* could be, seeing as how our favorite store has no * at the end.  Hmm.  I'm perplexed.
 
 But, you called?  Here, let me make this easy.
 Cars blah blah blah trains blah buses blah bikes woo hoo blah blah blah suburbs blah beer.
 Beer beer beer.
 Blah.

[Bags]

Originally posted by sonickteam3:
  how can this topic be "off-topic" if a new topic was started to talk about it?

I meant it had nothing to do with music or parking at the Club.  My you can be ornery....  

[myuman]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  On a somewhat related issue.....Clamping! What genius dreamed that one up? ...so you parked illegaly to nip into the drycleaners, which I'm not defending, but blocking traffic for say, 5-10 mins. Some chump then comes along and installs a device on your car, the result being that your car is now blocking traffic for hours and hours!!!!!
 

Sort of like our beloved American Football referees stopping everything to announce a delay of game.  Or capital punishment, as if that will somehow lessen the initial crime.  Of course the thinking is, if people know their car could get clamped, maybe they'll think otherwise.  You'd think they'd just slash the tires (saves on clamp expenses) or just blow the darned thing up (really "learn ya").

[Frank Gallagher]

Braille on drive-through ATM's!!!! What's up with that?....In Ireland I could understand it going by the way a large percentage drive.
 
 They are different than the DC area drivers. In DC they're just arrogant bastards cutting in without signals, speeding up so you can't pull in, even though you've been signalling your intentions for the last 10 miles, running red lights because their time is more important than yours etc. In Ireland they're just awful. In fact, the EU has 'suggested' that unless Irish driving improves, the Irish DL will not be recognized in other EU countries......now that's BAD[/]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam3:
  how can this topic be "off-topic" if a new topic was started to talk about it?

I meant it had nothing to do with music or parking at the Club.  My you can be ornery....      [/b]

why does everyone say that?  wierd....

[JonParker]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
 [QB] Braille on drive-through ATM's!!!! What's up with that?....In Ireland I could understand it going by the way a large percentage drive.

Because economy dictates that they don't make separate keyboards for drive-through and walk-ups. That would be silly.

[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by JonParker:
   

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
 [QB] Braille on drive-through ATM's!!!! What's up with that?....In Ireland I could understand it going by the way a large percentage drive.

Because economy dictates that they don't make separate keyboards for drive-through and walk-ups. That would be silly. [/b]

though it was just pointed out to me today that blind people can't use american money very easily, since it's all the same size.  most foreign nations make bigger bills for higher value, making it possible for blind people to feel what they're handing out.  here in the US, they've got no such help.