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2 minutes ago, Fan since a Fetus said:


i don’t want to derail, but what Schefter rumor? I’ve looked in the stadium, twitter and a google search. Maybe I’m a dum dum, errrr, well, probably. 

 

Trading for the QB from the town next door. 

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2 hours ago, Dan T. said:

Also, even numbered interstates go east-west, odd numbered ones go north-south.


And the numbers increase from west to east and south to north. Which is why I95 is on the east coast. 

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I'd say my right from my left, but I still don't get it right a lot of times. When i was a kid, i needed to wear a watch or a rubber band to learn it, and i've never quite been able to commit it to memory. If i give directions, even written, i need to double and triple check it. I have never grasped simple banking, thankfully i know longer need to balance and reconcile a bank statement. But i can do geometry and algebra in my head while I'm drawing or working on a creative project. I am completely right brained.

 

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1 hour ago, Bang said:

I'd say my right from my left, but I still don't get it right a lot of times. When i was a kid, i needed to wear a watch or a rubber band to learn it, and i've never quite been able to commit it to memory. If i give directions, even written, i need to double and triple check it. I have never grasped simple banking, thankfully i know longer need to balance and reconcile a bank statement. But i can do geometry and algebra in my head while I'm drawing or working on a creative project. I am completely right brained.

 

~Bang

Are you sure you aren't left brained?

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Reading through the twitter in the OP, I just discovered that a club sandwhich stands for chicken, lettuce, under bacon. Just like that person, I also thought it came from a club at a golf course. No idea why.

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14 minutes ago, Metalhead said:

Reading through the twitter in the OP, I just discovered that a club sandwhich stands for chicken, lettuce, under bacon. Just like that person, I also thought it came from a club at a golf course. No idea why.

That one sounds made up after the fact. 

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25 minutes ago, Metalhead said:

Reading through the twitter in the OP, I just discovered that a club sandwhich stands for chicken, lettuce, under bacon. Just like that person, I also thought it came from a club at a golf course. No idea why.

 

10 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said:

That one sounds made up after the fact. 



The club sandwich may have originated at the Union Club of New York City.[4] The earliest known reference to the sandwich, an article that appeared in The Evening World on November 18, 1889, is also an early recipe: "Have you tried a Union Club sandwich yet? Two toasted pieces of Graham bread, with a layer of turkey or chicken and ham between them, served warm."[5] Several other early references also credit the chef of the Union Club with creating the sandwich.

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27 minutes ago, Metalhead said:

Reading through the twitter in the OP, I just discovered that a club sandwhich stands for chicken, lettuce, under bacon. Just like that person, I also thought it came from a club at a golf course. No idea why.

Lifelong restaurant employee here...'club' means bacon, no matter what other things you apply to the sandwich.

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19 hours ago, Dan T. said:

 

Yeah I knew that much.  I thought there might be some quirk I didn't know about.  

 

Speaking of Interstates, one thing I learned in adulthood is that on Interstate exit signs, the positioning of the small rectangular sign at the top of the bigger sign tells you if your upcoming exit is to the left or to the right.  

 

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We know the lane for Exit 11 is to the right because the small sign is atop the right side of the larger sign.

 

And here, Exit 13 is to the left.

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Whoever thought left exits were a good idea should be horsewhipped.

 

This was a huge part of the reason the Springfield interchange was such a mess for years

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On 3/3/2023 at 4:32 PM, Fan since a Fetus said:


Here is something I have learned. I never paid any attention

Did you know that 2 digit highway numbers signify a highway that spans several towns and cities and 3 digit highways are the local connectors to those highways. 

It's why you see interstate 290 connects to interstate 90 or 291 connects to interstate 91 or 495 to 95 etc.

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6 minutes ago, redskinss said:

Did you know that 2 digit highway numbers signify a highway that spans several towns and cities and 3 digit highways are the local connectors to those highways. 

It's why you see interstate 290 connects to interstate 90 or 291 connects to interstate 91 or 495 to 95 etc.

We have I-285 here in ATL that is our equivalent to the Beltway.  It's a completely weird circle.

(And leads to more weirdness.)

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