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Yeah, they’re moving the left turns off of the big high speed road. My town for whatever reason decided to put the u-turns ON the high speed road. What could possibly go wrong with that? And the population is increasing like crazy around here. I can’t wait for that point where they realize they need to spend a ton of money to undo this stupidity.

I had to Google this to see if it’s what my town did. They did mention the term when they were modifying the road. But no, we have the idiotic version of it. They eliminated all left turns on the main road, but then added in new lights half way between each intersection for u-turns only. So they have effectively doubled the number of choke points on the busy road. All of the side roads are the same thing, no left turns. You have to turn right onto that busy road and then pretty quickly get over into the left lane for the u-turn lane. Most of those u-turn spots have lights, but a few do not. My street just happens to be one of those. If you want to head to the left from my street at rush hour, it is essentially impossible. There is never a gap big enough to make that u-turn. This whole setup has created the thing that I hate most on the roads right now. Those main intersections where you can’t turn left, people make illegal u-turns through them at pretty much every single light cycle. And they don’t give a ***** that someone on that side street is trying to turn right. I’m am dodging those jackasses every single day.

In hindsight, I really love the design of the demo screens for so many games. They’re moving along pretty well, then out of nowhere die a truly stupid death. Kids watch that and think “hey, I need to play this because I would never do that”.

Along with the turtles and the Simpsons game, I also remember playing an X-Men button masher a lot. I was always hooked on Spy Hunter without actually playing it. You can’t beat that theme song. I was always staring at that machine at the ice rink during my older brother’s games. I was also a pinball fan. No specific ones really stick out to me, but I would play anything I could find.

So it’s not like rain on your wedding day? And I just did a quick skim through here. No one has mentioned “literally” yet?

I feel like it’s harder to find different shows on tv lately. All I ever see while scrolling through the guide is the office or Seinfeld… not that there’s anything wrong with that. The office, to me, can get old quickly. Seinfeld? Never. I feel like I’m still noticing new details each time I watch.

Seen

Can’t wait. There are so many little Easter eggs in that trailer.

Of course

Boston University hockey for 9-10 years

Don’t they have to be best friends with special handshakes first?

The Snyder’s Buffalo pretzel pieces are like crack.

Can I get a translation?

I’m pretty sure you can get banned for posting nipples.

He had to be up around that age since Rocky is almost 50 years old at this point. Still, I never would have guessed 76 years for him. I guess it helps that I'm always picturing 1980s Carl Weathers instead of 2000s-2020s Carl Weathers. And I didn't see it mentioned in here, but his recurring role in Arrested Development was awesome.

I can’t wait until they start going after the pump fakes past the line of scrimmage.

Ryan and Kelly on the Office.

Anytime I find one, I throw it deeper into the woods/weeds.

I’ve seen so many people over the years who focus solely on their driver and then can’t hit an iron or wedge to save their lives. I don’t think driving distance predicts your score at all. Hell, there are plenty out there who can bomb it… hard to the left or right.

I’m willing to listen on this rule. If I’m 5 yards closer to the edge of the woods, I might have an easier time punching out of there.

I just bought a ps5 with the MW3 bundle this week. I haven’t played one of those games in over 10 years. It’s not like riding a bike.

If you ever wanted more Lethal Weapon movies, this is the show for you.

Is there any indication of how active and serious these protests are? My wife is currently on a flight to Rome.

It sounds like you had a more severe tear than most others. I'm convinced that mine was an old injury too. The MCL sprain made it act up and neither would heal properly on their own. The PT doc was very surprised when it was diagnosed because nothing during therapy screamed meniscus.

I had a sprain and torn meniscus that I played (hockey) through for maybe a month when I was 29. It wasn't getting any better so I caved and had it checked out and diagnosed. It's really going to depend on the severity. I wound up doing PT for a while, which wasn't helping, and eventually got scoped. I'm sure age played a major role, but recovery was pretty fast after that. I wish I could remember some of those PT exercises. The damn thing has been bugging me since the fall when I tweaked it doing some yard work. 12 years later the damn thing can still act up at random moments even before the recent tweak.