Random Sputterings: 25.2.2002

elSicomoro · 02-25-2002, 09:15 PM

Working for a living: So, for 8 hours a day, I:

--Fold letters and stuff them into envelopes
--Fill in the blanks on computer-generated letters to customers
--Double-check numbers
--Listen to CDs

And I actually get paid decent money for this shit! Man, it was worth taking a bit of a pay cut to do this! No customers, no insane boss...happiness.

Why I should drive more in the suburbs: I had to drive from Fort Washington (where I work) to Oxford Valley to pick up Rho tonight...it's a distance of 15-20 miles. There is one clear route to get there: The PA TPK to Route 1 North. Simple. Only 75 cents.

But somehow, I got it in my head that there was a real shortcut to get there without using the Turnpike. Or at least I believed I KNEW it. Well, after driving for over an hour, and driving about 15 miles out of my way, I finally wound up in Oxford Valley. Well, at least I know some other streets now.

To drive to work in the morning again requires simplicity. Neighborhood streets to Route 1 to the PA Turnpike. It takes about 20 miles...45 minutes. Simple...I used to take it every day when I worked in King of Prussia. But I hate paying 75 cents each way, so I wanted to try something shorter...and cheaper. So, off to Mapquest I go.

Mapquest rarely gives a straight shot...sometimes its directions are screwy. But this time, it gave me a gem. It involves me driving various sidestreets through NE Philadelphia and Abington Township to Susquehanna Rd. straight to work. 35 minutes, 13 miles, probably burning as much gas as I would driving 70 on the Tpk. Nice. And the route just kicks ass. I drive up and down hills, around curves, through woods. Nice and scenic.

TV withdrawal: Regular TV shows...ugh...must have Olympics...NEED GOLD MEDALS!!! Aaaaah!

You can hit my website for my overall feelings about the Olympics. But I am going to rant about one thing here. They COMPLETELY dogged Moby last night! He composed the music playing when the flame was snuffed. But then they proceeded to talk over him while he was performing with Angie Stone and again during "Bodyrock" later in the evening. FUCKING IDIOTS AT NBC!!! Damn, that pissed me off.

Man, Angie Stone is hot though. I don't know what it is about her, but...

I like these new smiley faces.

To move, or not to move: The $64,000 question of the moment. I would say that we're leaning towards finishing our lease here and moving to Baltimore in September...we'll see.

Random words for the day:

--fuck
--amputation
--tranquilizers
--dummy
--Kleenex
--shoe polish
--Warminster

And so, I will end by saying this: Sure, I was bummed that the US lost the hockey game, but I was happy as hell to see them get the silver...and I think they were too.

russotto · 02-25-2002, 09:57 PM

I believe you're looking for Street Road, but it sucks; pay the $0.75.

elSicomoro · 02-25-2002, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by russotto
I believe you're looking for Street Road, but it sucks; pay the $0.75.

It WAS Street Rd. But as I was driving towards Street Rd. (after milling through Fort Washington, Horsham, Hatboro, and Warminster), it dawned on me...

"Wait a minute! Street Rd. goes diagonally...back towards Route 1...shit!!!"

Somehow, I meandered my way onto Maple Ave., which took me to Langhorne and Route 1.

When I first moved here, this one pizza joint's menu somehow got to our house. I placed an order and was going to pick it up. The place was on Street Road...and I live 10 minutes from Street Road...in Bensalem. The pizza place was in Warminster. The pizza place and I could not figure out how his store's flyer wound up in my neighborhood. :p

MaggieL · 02-25-2002, 11:43 PM

Major suburban roads in southeastern Pennsylvania (for reasons I don't understand) run more or less at 45 degree angles to the cardinal compass directions, at least true directions. I can't belive that magnetic variation was ever that severe, so there must be another reason for it. I'm sure midwesterers must find it odd...I know Gwennie (from Chicagoland) does. But Gwennie's used to *flat* land too.

In the stairwell of our house are the largest flat walls in the place; I keep them papered with maps, taped together at matching boundaries: areonautical charts and also topographic quadrangles representing a significant chunck of the local area. Standing back a few feet this pattern of roads is very clear.
I remeber the first time I flew an airplane far west enough that everything was laid out along north/south section lines; suddenly all the sketches from the flying textbook that looked like the airplane was flying over flat terrain--crosshatched like a holodeck floor--made sense.

jeni · 02-26-2002, 11:28 PM

Quote:

But Gwennie's used to *flat* land too.

so was i, then i moved to CA

02-25-2002, 09:15 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Random Sputterings: 25.2.2002 Working for a living: So, for 8 hours a day, I: --Fold letters and stuff them into envelopes --Fill in the blanks on computer-generated letters to customers --Double-check numbers --Listen to CDs And I actually get paid decent money for this shit! Man, it was worth taking a bit of a pay cut to do this! No customers, no insane boss...happiness. Why I should drive more in the suburbs: I had to drive from Fort Washington (where I work) to Oxford Valley to pick up Rho tonight...it's a distance of 15-20 miles. There is one clear route to get there: The PA TPK to Route 1 North. Simple. Only 75 cents. But somehow, I got it in my head that there was a real shortcut to get there without using the Turnpike. Or at least I believed I KNEW it. Well, after driving for over an hour, and driving about 15 miles out of my way, I finally wound up in Oxford Valley. Well, at least I know some other streets now. To drive to work in the morning again requires simplicity. Neighborhood streets to Route 1 to the PA Turnpike. It takes about 20 miles...45 minutes. Simple...I used to take it every day when I worked in King of Prussia. But I hate paying 75 cents each way, so I wanted to try something shorter...and cheaper. So, off to Mapquest I go. Mapquest rarely gives a straight shot...sometimes its directions are screwy. But this time, it gave me a gem. It involves me driving various sidestreets through NE Philadelphia and Abington Township to Susquehanna Rd. straight to work. 35 minutes, 13 miles, probably burning as much gas as I would driving 70 on the Tpk. Nice. And the route just kicks ass. I drive up and down hills, around curves, through woods. Nice and scenic. TV withdrawal: Regular TV shows...ugh...must have Olympics...NEED GOLD MEDALS!!! Aaaaah! You can hit my website for my overall feelings about the Olympics. But I am going to rant about one thing here. They COMPLETELY dogged Moby last night! He composed the music playing when the flame was snuffed. But then they proceeded to talk over him while he was performing with Angie Stone and again during "Bodyrock" later in the evening. FUCKING IDIOTS AT NBC!!! Damn, that pissed me off. Man, Angie Stone is hot though. I don't know what it is about her, but... I like these new smiley faces. To move, or not to move: The $64,000 question of the moment. I would say that we're leaning towards finishing our lease here and moving to Baltimore in September...we'll see. Random words for the day: --fuck --amputation --tranquilizers --dummy --Kleenex --shoe polish --Warminster And so, I will end by saying this: Sure, I was bummed that the US lost the hockey game, but I was happy as hell to see them get the silver...and I think they were too.

02-25-2002, 11:43 PM	#4
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Major suburban roads in southeastern Pennsylvania (for reasons I don't understand) run more or less at 45 degree angles to the cardinal compass directions, at least true directions. I can't belive that magnetic variation was ever that severe, so there must be another reason for it. I'm sure midwesterers must find it odd...I know Gwennie (from Chicagoland) does. But Gwennie's used to flat land too. In the stairwell of our house are the largest flat walls in the place; I keep them papered with maps, taped together at matching boundaries: areonautical charts and also topographic quadrangles representing a significant chunck of the local area. Standing back a few feet this pattern of roads is very clear. I remeber the first time I flew an airplane far west enough that everything was laid out along north/south section lines; suddenly all the sketches from the flying textbook that looked like the airplane was flying over flat terrain--crosshatched like a holodeck floor--made sense. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

02-25-2002, 09:57 PM	#2
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I believe you're looking for Street Road, but it sucks; pay the $0.75.

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