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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****Official Bonner Bridge Closing Thread # 2 ******
Due to circumstances beyond my control I'm no longer able to participate in the other thread about this topic.
Please chime in here with your thoughts.
Thank you.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Response to El Supremo (Reply #1)
longship This message was self-deleted by its author.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)petronius
(26,603 posts)What else is there to discuss?
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)petronius
(26,603 posts)in genetic engineering: big flying monkeys are obvious, but it wastes capacity if a giant monkey is only carrying a small car, and there's no backup if the single monkey malfunctions in flight. On the other hand, small monkeys are scalable and there's a built in redundancy (safety factor) if many monkeys group together to carry each vehicle - but if they're too small then it takes a long time to get them all organized.
They should probably just blow up the bridge now, and then organize a conference to discuss the zeppelin vs. big monkeys vs. small monkeys vs. other(?) set of options...
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Using flying monkeys? Then we could settle, once and for all, the age-old debate of what's better? A few big flying monkeys (Plato's view) or multiple smaller flying monkeys (the paradigm of the Socratic School).
Personally, I think we should take the 21st century approach to monkeys. I think I speak for most progressives when I quote Chaucer, who once said, "There's no way I can finish writing down these Tales with all the fucking cyborg-monkeys shooting up downtown Canterbury with their laser tails!"
petronius
(26,603 posts)and see who reaches the middle first? That would be unimpeachable proof, to settle the ancient argument.
Chaucer was a putz, though - if you can't write bawdy tales just 'cause a couple of nuclear-powered laser-shooting cyborg-monkeys are around, are you really able to call yourself an artist? And don't get me started on Coleridge; he ditched his poem and scampered under the bed just because one single flying monkey dropped by to ask directions to Porlock...
taterguy
(29,582 posts)I apologize in advance if you are in fact a DOT engineer.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Brilliant.
Fucking brilliant.
Well, except for the fact that motorists would end up in Betsy Town.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)But it depends on if you believe everything some anonymous dumb ass posts on the tubes
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Do you have any idea of how out of the way it is to go through Stumpy Point?
Do you?
Autumn
(45,120 posts)out of luck. Or in for a scenic route?
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Ain't nothing in Stumpy Point as scenic as that.
Trust me.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)- Having a post hidden.
- Followed by deleting the OP.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)I stand by my OP
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)if you had not chosen to push the envelope - knowing that not everyone on DU is familiar with your personal quirks.
It isn't the first time you have had posts hidden because people took your quirky humor as uncivil behavior, so I'd say your choice of conversational tone is within your control.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Your claim that I had a choice is dubious at best.
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)where the natives might have been friendlier to your unique artistic vision.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Skink
(10,122 posts)my vote is always for sale
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Can someone fill me in on what the heck is going on?
BTW I vote ferry over zeppelins.
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)thread here: http://election.democraticunderground.com/10024130205 being his normal joking/abrasive self - which leaves many wondering if his insults are for real.
A jury apparently decided they were (http://election.democraticunderground.com/10024130205#post39 ), and locked him out of the thread.
Then he self-deleted (the only thing he can do in the thread, after being locked out).
So he started this one. And the games begin again.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Dec 6, 2013, 09:24 PM, and the Jury voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Different thread, different jury, different outcome? Let's see if the poster can keep from getting banned in this one. Anyway, this post doesn't come to the level of the reasons for the alert.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: I'm voting to hide because this is flamebait. If he genuinely wanted to discuss this issue (which may actually be well worth discussing) he would have provided a link and some info. IMO he is being very disingenuous so I vote to hide.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)This was the winning post of the previous thread... FOR SURE.
19. I never heard of the Bonner Bridge.
I've heard of the Dick Dock.
Oh HAI bois!
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,338 posts)Response to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #22)
Agschmid This message was self-deleted by its author.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,338 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)alerted on him.
It began with his thread questioning if some unspecified action of the NC DOT would have occurred at a different time of year ... no mention of what action he was referencing. A poster replied politely asking him for a link, and the OP went into full-on jerk mode, with a "Why should I do your work for you?" It deteriorated from there. A truly odd thread.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)That's the definition of the taterguy exemption, innit?
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)Although I think it specifically had to do with the word "dumass,"
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)That's just something that a group of posters made up, but it's not a real exception to rule that's been endorsed by the admins.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)'Twas not "a group of posters", it was *I*. I have preserved the originating post in my journal: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=journals&uid=106679&page=3 (1st entry).
Alas, since the Meta group no longer exists, the full context of the creation of the "Taterguy Exception" can no longer be accessed.
It's quite true that the "exception" was never endorsed by the Admins, but it did become a widespread DU meme, for which I shall always be fucking proud.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Thank you for creating the Exception (my fave DU meme)
and thank you for setting the record straight.
You are a valued member of the DU Community.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Dumbas . . .
Oops, almost forgot that some jurors don't recognize it.
Nevermind.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Hey Skinner, can I change my jury vote?
Skittles
(153,193 posts)someone clue me in!
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)What else do you need to know?
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)Not everyone keeps current.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)I'm guessing some southern state closed the movie theater or something. Probably a violation of a blue law. Oh well, at least we will be able to see it on video soon.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Must not be using his rearviews again. But then, it is a month containing an "R" in it's name!
Gosh, if only a person who wishes to discuss a topic could consider including more than some arbitrary complaint with no context...
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Who freakin cares.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)But thanks for the insipid suggestion.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)I just assumed you picked up other things about me that I've posted in the past.
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)named in honor of the perpetually orange one?
taterguy
(29,582 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)in response to your first post probably didn't know that. You responded like an asshole. Apparently I'm not familiar enough with your MO to know that this is to be expected.
And so it goes.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Get a life.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)And thanks, but I've got a life. Happily, it doesn't involve acting like a jackass when someone asks me a perfectly reasonable question.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)We're both UNC alums.
We both love the Outer Banks.
There's no need for us to be fussing and fighting.
I'll buy you a beer the next time I run into you at Howard's Pub.
Well, I would if I knew what you looked like.
Or if I had plans to be on Ocracoke any time soon.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)I took offense to what I thought was an unnecessarily snarky reply to another DUer, but now I don't even remember why I thought I should get involved. (Plus, as the thread unfolded, it appeared that possibly you were adopting a persona of which I was unaware.)
So I'm up for a reset. Go Heels! And if Howard's doesn't work out, I'll treat you to a cold one at Daniel's in Manteo (just past Pirate's Cove marina).
on edit:
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)it connects Dumbfuckistan to wine country.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)But whatever floats your boat.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)But whatever floats your bicycle.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Does your state have problems with bridges that are over unstable inlets?
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)this thread is cracking me up.
Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)taterguy
(29,582 posts)I don't have the skills to levitate myself.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Is there a fee ... or is the ferry free ?
taterguy
(29,582 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)When I had the time and money to wander, I crossed that bridge many times.
I love that part of the coast.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Oregon Inlet more times than I can count on fishing excursions. And you are absolutely right about the beauty of that area. I fell in love with it when, as a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill (thank you, GI Bill), a couple of my in-state buddies decides that I needed to experience the Outer Banks. It's been a vacation staple ever since.