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[GoodKarma]

We have a main drag here in the west suburbs that travel time is all about making it through the first light, if you get stopped add 25-30 minutes as you're getting EVERY light on the way South.

I'm guessing Wadsworth...

[The Sybian]

I use Google Maps any time I’m driving more than 15 minutes. Traffic can be unpredictable here. My daughter used to make fun of me, accusing me of not knowing how to get to her field despite driving it 3 days a week. Until the day it took me a different route and a couple of her teammates got stuck in traffic we about. She panics about being late.

[Rush2112]

We have a main drag here in the west suburbs that travel time is all about making it through the first light, if you get stopped add 25-30 minutes as you're getting EVERY light on the way South.

I'm guessing Wadsworth...

You'd be correct Sir.

[Rush2112]

I use Google Maps any time I’m driving more than 15 minutes. Traffic can be unpredictable here. My daughter used to make fun of me, accusing me of not knowing how to get to her field despite driving it 3 days a week. Until the day it took me a different route and a couple of her teammates got stuck in traffic we about. She panics about being late.

I use it like this as well, it's extra fun on long trips to see how much time you can shave off. Once I was south of CO Springs and it told me to exit to the frontage road, 2 miles ahead there was an accident and traffic was backing up, I went by at 55 and then got back on the other side.

[A_B]

So each morning my phone suggests a route to work with an estimated ETA. However, me, with my superior brain, knows that's a trap route. So I never take it (way more traffic, more stoplights, etc., but ends with a 55 mph speedlimit for a few miles that presumably is how it says that is the best route). I have a route I use and I consistently beat Apple Maps by 4-5 minutes. So how come it doesn't remember that I drive this route 98% of all work days and it's faster than what it said? I'm back off the train. AI is useless.

UPDATE: My neighbor directly across the street works with a sister company in our office. We left at the same time. I went my usual way. Not sure what route he took (it's possible he used GPS because he's from South Africa and hasn't been in town that long) but I know I got to the parking lot, sat and pumped myself up until the end of a song, walked to the door and then saw him pull into the parking lot. Now I don't know if he stopped or whatnot but if he didn't my way was 3-4 minutes faster. So close that it seems difficult to believe he stopped.

[A_B]

I use Google Maps any time I’m driving more than 15 minutes. Traffic can be unpredictable here. My daughter used to make fun of me, accusing me of not knowing how to get to her field despite driving it 3 days a week. Until the day it took me a different route and a couple of her teammates got stuck in traffic we about. She panics about being late.

I use it like this as well, it's extra fun on long trips to see how much time you can shave off. Once I was south of CO Springs and it told me to exit to the frontage road, 2 miles ahead there was an accident and traffic was backing up, I went by at 55 and then got back on the other side.

I'm sure I'd use it more in a more metropolitan area. Hell, the youngest uses it just about no matter what. Kids just don't know backstreets these days. If you're not ending up driving down Meth Avenue by mistake are you even living?

[mister d]

Now I don't know if he stopped or whatnot but if he didn't my way was 3-4 minutes faster. So close that it seems difficult to believe he stopped.

Leave work the same time as him today then wait on his porch 3-4 minutes until he gets home and ask him?

[The Sybian]

Now I don't know if he stopped or whatnot but if he didn't my way was 3-4 minutes faster. So close that it seems difficult to believe he stopped.

Leave work the same time as him today then wait on his porch 3-4 minutes until he gets home and ask him?

I suggest wearing tinted aviators and chewing on a toothpick. Start the conversation in a slow drawl saying, "I don't know how you do things back in South Africa, but in Kentucky..."

[Ryan]

[sancarlos]

Wow!

[Shirley]

I'm glad they included Guinea in there to give a better sense of scale.

[Shirley]

This is an interesting map of the US by cost of living.

[Steve of phpBB]

That is cool.

[P.D.X.]

Wouldn’t have expected that freedom-loving cowboy state to be so expensive (outside of Jackson at least).

[sancarlos]

I win? I lose?

[mister d]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

[Nonlinear FC]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

Did you think they were more off the East Coast like Bermuda?

I'm not gonna nitpick you on the Haiti/Island thing.

[L-Jam3]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

You’re not totally wrong; Haiti is only half an island.

[Ryan]

I could label Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti/DR, and T&T. Still haven't taken the time to figure out the rest.

[P.D.X.]

I've known 2 women that I initially thought were basic-ass white girls that turned out to be from Trinidad. Hearing a thick Caribbean accent out of a blond chick still blows my mind.

[Nonlinear FC]

I don't think I truly realized how much of the Caribbean is so close to Venezuela until I went to Aruba the first time. TnT, in particular...

[mister d]

Did you think they were more off the East Coast like Bermuda?

Absolutely. If you'd given me magnets of like the 10 or whatever largest islands to put on a map that has outlines of North and South America, I'd get Cuba right, Puerto Rico close and then make a mess of the rest with a lot of islands off Florida in the Atlantic where there are no islands. Bermuda is way more north than I thought any where and I would have been extremely confident in Jamaica being like 500-1,000 miles dead east of ~Miami.

[mister d]

I've known 2 women that I initially thought were basic-ass white girls that turned out to be from Trinidad. Hearing a thick Caribbean accent out of a blond chick still blows my mind.

I bet you just assumed they were Tobagan?

[P.D.X.]

Until i saw how they drove

[Ryan]

Tough sledding

[Steve of phpBB]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

Heh, my wife and I were just talking about this the other day, when Fins came on our play list (referencing Montserrat.) Every time I look at a map of that area, it's like I'm looking for the first time.

(In fact, my original draft of this mentioned that I don't know which of those islands are in the Gulf of Mexico. None of them are?)

[The Sybian]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

Heh, my wife and I were just talking about this the other day, when Fins came on our play list (referencing Montserrat.) Every time I look at a map of that area, it's like I'm looking for the first time.

(In fact, my original draft of this mentioned that I don't know which of those islands are in the Gulf of Mexico. None of them are?)

Turns out Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean.

I knew Trinidad was close the Venezuela, but Google search came back with under 7 miles! Didn’t realize it was that close. I worked with a guy who had duel citizenship in T&T. Seemed like a stereotypical Greenwich CT finance douche. Had some family estate in Tobago, and liked to tell people he’s Trinidadian. Line fucking worked with the ladies, too.

[Steve of phpBB]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

Heh, my wife and I were just talking about this the other day, when Fins came on our play list (referencing Montserrat.) Every time I look at a map of that area, it's like I'm looking for the first time.

(In fact, my original draft of this mentioned that I don't know which of those islands are in the Gulf of Mexico. None of them are?)

Turns out Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean.

I knew Trinidad was close the Venezuela, but Google search came back with under 7 miles! Didn’t realize it was that close. I worked with a guy who had duel citizenship in T&T. Seemed like a stereotypical Greenwich CT finance douche. Had some family estate in Tobago, and liked to tell people he’s Trinidadian. Line fucking worked with the ladies, too.

See, it’s all the Caribbean to me.

[Rex]

NJ and Rhode Island the only true states. This is why their Italian food is so good.

[A_B]

Just learned that I really had no idea where any of the islands in the Caribbean are actually located. And I'm not sure I knew Haiti was an island.

Heh, my wife and I were just talking about this the other day, when Fins came on our play list (referencing Montserrat.) Every time I look at a map of that area, it's like I'm looking for the first time.

(In fact, my original draft of this mentioned that I don't know which of those islands are in the Gulf of Mexico. None of them are?)

Turns out Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean.

I knew Trinidad was close the Venezuela, but Google search came back with under 7 miles! Didn’t realize it was that close. I worked with a guy who had duel citizenship in T&T. Seemed like a stereotypical Greenwich CT finance douche. Had some family estate in Tobago, and liked to tell people he’s Trinidadian. Line fucking worked with the ladies, too.

See, it’s all the Caribbean to me.

I musta missed this first time around, but we went to Aruba for our honeymoon and you culd see the lights of Venezuela at night. It was straight out our back door. Not sure exactly how far, because you couldn't make it out during the day unless it was super clear and I don't know how to estimate based off of light. I suppose it's off to Google Earth: ok, around 22 miles from where we were jsut outside of Oranjestade to the closest point.

[A_B]

NJ and Rhode Island the only true states. This is why their Italian food is so good.

Do the Irish make a mean Cacio e Pepe?

[The Sybian]

NJ and Rhode Island the only true states. This is why their Italian food is so good.

Do the Irish make a mean Cacio e Pepe?

No, but Irish pizza is still better than Kentucky pizza.

[mister d]

I've lived in five different states (six counties) and all of them have been Irish > English.

[The Sybian]

I've lived in five different states (six counties) and all of them have been Irish > English.

I've got 3 states, 5 counties, all Irish.

[sancarlos]

Outside of New York, Boston, and San Francisco, few of the Irish (or English) are “off the boat”, so what does it matter?

[Steve of phpBB]

Outside of New York, Boston, and San Francisco, few of the Irish (or English) are “off the boat”, so what does it matter?

It matters if you have to hear about Notre Fucking Dame all the time.

[duff]

Outside of New York, Boston, and San Francisco, few of the Irish (or English) are “off the boat”, so what does it matter?

It matters if you have to hear about Notre Fucking Dame all the time.

They aren't even Irish around here. Sure root for the hometown team, but don't get all Blarney Stone and "Kiss me, I'm Irish". Your family came from Eastern Europe (most likely Poland).

[mister d]

To be fair, they might think Ireland is in Poland or vice versa.

[Nonlinear FC]

This is pretty interesting:

[Steve of phpBB]

Have I been pronouncing "Antietam" wrong all my life?

Three syllables or four?