Highways in the US are banked as well, it's called superelevation. Depending on what state you're in, due to winter weather, the rate varies from 6% to 10% max cross slope.
The biggest difference between the US Interstates and the rest of the world is that the US system is a network of tangents and curves. Nearly everyone else (even railroads in the US) uses clothoid spiral curves to transition between the tangents and curves. The spiral gradually changes direction which allows for a more fluid movement, and a faster allowable speed.
A) Your insane prices cover your meticulously maintained streets and highways. We pay out the nose, and I still have to dodge potholes so as not to crack my wheels and suspension bits. The US infrastructure is seriously deteriorating to 3rd world conditions.
B) If you didn't want to drive, there's an alternative in public transit. Fuel prices can be high, because driving is a luxury. We have few alternatives. When I lived in Chicago, which has a (relatively) decent transit system, all of the trains hubbed downtown. So if you wanted to go to a stop on another line, you'd have to go all the way downtown, and come back out. With the infrequent service, you could wait up to half an hour for the transfer. It would usually take me 45 minutes to an hour to travel the equivalent of 5 surface-street miles. Now that I live in Los Angeles, well, we know how that goes.
But these sets aren't toys. They are archived specifically for preservation. Do you want to go down to the National Archives and start manhandling an original copy of the Constitution?
Since the catalytic converter is warmed using waste exhaust heat, how does it increase fuel consumption to heat it? I guess the fuel mixture could be richer until the sensors warm up, but blowing 600 degree gas over anything warms anything pretty quickly.
Chicago is actually a very reasonably priced place to live. You can still get a studio apartment in a decent neighborhood, near the L, for between $5-600. You could get a 1 bedroom in the same neighborhood for $800, and I've got a 2-bedroom coachhouse for $1100. My neighborhood is slightly marginal, but it's not unsafe in the slightest.
Have you been to Arizona? I'm sorry but the last time I was at their 2nd largest city (Tucson) it was f**king 108F outside. Not 108F heat index... 108F actual. That's F**KING HOT.
The difference is that while criminals may impugne your civil liberties, they aren't a government backed entity with legally enforced, difficult-to-challenge powers, who's doing it.
They are. But, given that they are a corporation, they want to be able to carry live events without fear of being fined upwards of $300,000 per utterance of 'fleeting expletives'. That cuts into their bottom line and has nothing to do with protecting speech.
I don't think you've ever listened to O&A. Anthony is a gun-toting Republican, and their third mic, Jim Norton, will use the phrase "those fucking liberals" in pretty much any discussion.
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Highways in the US are banked as well, it's called superelevation. Depending on what state you're in, due to winter weather, the rate varies from 6% to 10% max cross slope.
The biggest difference between the US Interstates and the rest of the world is that the US system is a network of tangents and curves. Nearly everyone else (even railroads in the US) uses clothoid spiral curves to transition between the tangents and curves. The spiral gradually changes direction which allows for a more fluid movement, and a faster allowable speed.
Los Angeles is not a desert. The Mojave, desert. The rest of California, Mediterranean. But thanks for the well-wishes anyway.
They won't generate a single watt of electricity FOR YOU. Now, I live in Los Angeles. I cannot wait for these to hit the market.
Sorry to hear about the weather.
78th Congress (1943-1945): House: D Senate: D Prez: FDR
79th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Truman
80th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Truman
81st Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Truman
82nd Congress: House:D Senate:Tie Prez:Truman
83rd Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Eisenhower
84th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Eisenhower
85th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Eisenhower
86th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Eisenhower
87th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Kennedy
88th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Kennedy/Johnson
89th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Johnson
90th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Johnson
91st Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Nixon
92nd Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Nixon
93rd Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Nixon/Ford
94th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Ford
95th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Carter
96th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Carter
97th Congress (1981-1983): House:D Senate:R Prez:Reagan
98th Congress: House:D Senate:R Prez:Reagan
99th Congress: House:D Senate:R Prez:Reagan
100th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Reagan
101st Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Bush
102nd Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Bush
103rd Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Clinton
104th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Clinton
105th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Clinton
106th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Clinton
107th Congress: House:R Senate:R/D Prez:Bush
108th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Bush
109th Congress: House:R Senate:R Prez:Bush
110th Congress: House:D Senate:D Prez:Bush
A) Your insane prices cover your meticulously maintained streets and highways. We pay out the nose, and I still have to dodge potholes so as not to crack my wheels and suspension bits. The US infrastructure is seriously deteriorating to 3rd world conditions.
B) If you didn't want to drive, there's an alternative in public transit. Fuel prices can be high, because driving is a luxury. We have few alternatives. When I lived in Chicago, which has a (relatively) decent transit system, all of the trains hubbed downtown. So if you wanted to go to a stop on another line, you'd have to go all the way downtown, and come back out. With the infrequent service, you could wait up to half an hour for the transfer. It would usually take me 45 minutes to an hour to travel the equivalent of 5 surface-street miles. Now that I live in Los Angeles, well, we know how that goes.
But these sets aren't toys. They are archived specifically for preservation. Do you want to go down to the National Archives and start manhandling an original copy of the Constitution?
Hopefully it's just downtown and not at 64th and Oakley. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6436+S+Oakley+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60636&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=28.611123,60.292969&ie=UTF8&ll=41.780049,-87.680275&spn=0.00656,0.01472&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.776747,-87.681011&panoid=R4fqWJEJkVCRco2uu3GK9Q&cbp=1,248.03517600888696,,1,8.383780676689486 Security's pretty tight down there.
Since the catalytic converter is warmed using waste exhaust heat, how does it increase fuel consumption to heat it? I guess the fuel mixture could be richer until the sensors warm up, but blowing 600 degree gas over anything warms anything pretty quickly.
Chicago is actually a very reasonably priced place to live. You can still get a studio apartment in a decent neighborhood, near the L, for between $5-600. You could get a 1 bedroom in the same neighborhood for $800, and I've got a 2-bedroom coachhouse for $1100. My neighborhood is slightly marginal, but it's not unsafe in the slightest.
Luckily I always carry my anti-tiger rock in my pocket. Haven't been attacked by any tigers yet. Sucks paying for the Bear Patrol, though.
I was talking about Congress. Not the VP.
It might have to do with the fact that being unpopular isn't illegal.
The pandemic is so bad, the City of Chicago has been moved to Cleveland.
In Korea, only old people combine memes.
Junkyards don't keep the best of records.
1978 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) - 320 hp
1982 Porsche 928 - 220 hp
1982 Ferrari Mondial 8 - 205 hp
1982 Ferrari 308 - 240 hp
1982 Ferrari 512 BBi (Boxer) - 340 hp
1982 Lamborghini Countach - 375 hp
1982 Lamborghini Jalpa - 255 hp
1982 Jaguar XJS - 262 hp
1982 Aston Martin V8 Volante - 263 hp
Have you been to Arizona? I'm sorry but the last time I was at their 2nd largest city (Tucson) it was f**king 108F outside. Not 108F heat index... 108F actual. That's F**KING HOT.
Apparently you missed that the #1 illegal issue in the memo was redacted. #2 was the Castro attempts.
The difference is that while criminals may impugne your civil liberties, they aren't a government backed entity with legally enforced, difficult-to-challenge powers, who's doing it.
And a historical note, the University of Chicago was a member of the original group which later became the Big Ten.
They are. But, given that they are a corporation, they want to be able to carry live events without fear of being fined upwards of $300,000 per utterance of 'fleeting expletives'. That cuts into their bottom line and has nothing to do with protecting speech.
Is the efficiency really that important? The heat they're using was 100% wasted in the first place.
I don't think you've ever listened to O&A. Anthony is a gun-toting Republican, and their third mic, Jim Norton, will use the phrase "those fucking liberals" in pretty much any discussion.
The problem is that they still have the blueprints for the old bombers.
Because science is based on facts. And to paraphrase Colbert, facts have a liberal bias.