DrTCombs

DrTCombs, 12 hours ago to random

I just shifted my weight in my desk chair. Dog 1 twitches. Dog 2 notices twitch and looks up. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 looking up and jumps up. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 jumping up and also jumps up. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 also jump up and barks. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 bark and leaps off the sofa. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 leap off the sofa and starts sprinting to the door. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 sprint to the door and also sprints to the 2. Both dogs now jumping at the door barking their fool heads off.

DrTCombs, 1 day ago to random

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DrTCombs, 2 days ago to random

anyone else have that one person you are most afraid of disappointing in the whole world, even though you only kind of know them, but you still know they would think your fear of disappointing them is utterly ridiculous?

it can't be just me.

DrTCombs, 2 days ago to cycling

But what if you meet a friend for coffee and they randomly give you a giant toolbox?

#BikeTooter #FediBikes

DrTCombs, 2 days ago to random

I continue to be amazed that someone signed off on this.

#CarBrain

Photo taken from a new sidepath alongside Estes Dr in Chapel Hill NC (opposite direction to the previous image). The sidepath is about to cross the entrance to a Circle K store. Just after the driveway, the width of the sidepath is reduced to half, to make room for a Circle K sign advertising the price of gas. There is a ramp and tactile paver the full length of the sidepath, but then the pavement ends and is replaced with unmowed grass, some sort of derelict-looking lighting equipment (sitting in the grass), and then the sign. Regular unleaded is currently US$3.49/gallon, according to the sign.

DrTCombs, 3 days ago to cycling

Happy to have solved the problem of the school bus driver honking at us every morning.

It's been a week, and not a single honk.

#BikeToSchool #BikeTooter #BikeSafety

BarbChamberlain, 5 days ago to transit

Rereading my old blog posts points me to resources I found and then lost over the years. I've often asked people if they remember a piece about how time on the bus is more valuable than time driving and here it is, linked in a post of mine from 2010. Not a study but full of points that are true for me, by Michael Lewyn
https://www.planetizen.com/node/44534. Anyone know of research on this?

(My 2010 post https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2010/06/little-light-reading-transportation-and.html)

#transportation #transit #Time #ValueOfTime #time #TimeIsRelative #MichaelLewyn