Comments on: 11/26/2012 – Holiday Leftovers

By: DakotaLynx

DakotaLynx — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:38:05 +0000

Yehuda raises a good point the phrase “it went downhill” doesn’t make all that much sense from the perspective of our pastime. Well… Unless you have single-pivot rim brakes and it’s raining, or ride a fix gear and live in Seattle.
As to the flooding thing. The Bellefield office park in Bellevue, WA was built on a swamp. And it’s sinking into said swamp (Monty Python anyone?) Riding through there after even a minor rain is hilarious because most of the roads are covered with 6-8″ of standing water. I had a lot of fun blasting through these… er… puddles with my feet resting on the top tube, while watching the cars around me wallow.

By: bubby87

bubby87 — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:26:36 +0000

man, a whole yehuda moon comment sections about driving, weird day

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Very good point Zap. I lived in Central Western Qld for many years and saw first hand what can happen. As a SES member (State Emergency Services) I have had to do body retreival on a couple of occasions where people have misjudged water depth and current strength.
Sorry guys us Ausies have hijacked things here…… coasting???? hell yeah. Love the comics

By: Widsith

Widsith — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:27:50 +0000

About 35 years ago I was driving through some very flat land in eastern Arkansas on my way to cross the Mississippi River at West Helena. There had been flooding in the area recently. I came to a long stretch (a couple of miles at least) where the water had flooded all the fields. There were tall barbed wire fences separating the fields from the road, and the road itself ran on top of a levee that raised it several feet higher than the surrounding fields. The water was high enough that it covered the road surface by about a foot or so. It was a bright sunny day with no wind, so there was just a flat sheet of water stretching off as far as I could see in all directions. The top couple of strands of the fence wire were above the water, outlining both sides of the road; without that it would have been very difficult to tell where the road was, especially with the glare of the sunlight off the water. Long lines of cars were moving slowly through the water in both directions on the two-lane road. Since they seemed to be having no trouble, I took my place in line and edged carefully through the water. It seemed to take a long time–probably about 20 minutes–because everyone was keeping well apart and moving VERY slowly to avoid churning up waves that would flood out our engines. Amazingly, I never saw anyone have any problem and eventually found myself moving onto dry pavement again. It was a rather surreal experience, creeping along slowly in that long procession under a clear blue sky, across what looked like the calm surface of a lake with only fence posts, strands of wire and the occasional tree to mark our path.

By: yolanda

yolanda — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:06:41 +0000

The trouble with politics is that it’s too polarized, especially in the USA, to have any useful discussion. it’s a team support exercise instead of a discussion about guiding society. Politics ought to be about sifting the useful policies from the rest and figuring out how to promote and bring them to fruition, but instead it’s about whose team you’re on! Nobody stops to think about whether their team is right or wrong or even makes any sense, it seems. They just rally to their “us” against the “they” and stop thinking.

By: Slow Joe Crow

Slow Joe Crow — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:44:40 +0000

Ah flooding, last Monday morning I rode down the hill into the park I usually ride through to get the train and discovered that the path had become part of the creek so I took the street route. That night the bridge was still under water so I had to detour again. The next day most of it was dry but I still got my feet wet crossing one super-puddle. Between the rain and the drunk dropping his car on the train tracks the last couple of weeks have been exciting.

By: bicyclerepairman13

bicyclerepairman13 — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:13:37 +0000

Amen…

By: Pops

Pops — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:02:57 +0000

“Stupid Driver Law” is dead on, but they should also receive the Darwin award as their receipt…

By: McQ

McQ — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:58:23 +0000

Here in Arizona we have a “stupid driver” law. Anyone trapped in a flooded area that is marked in any way (“Do not enter when flooded” etc.) or obviously under deep or moving water (water level on sign posts) is subject to a fine AND the full cost of rescue.

By: McQ

McQ — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:51:04 +0000

That’s why we let our tea “steep!”