The 'What the fuck!' thread - Page 835

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2019, 09:24 AM

Maybe, but then I think the last one should have jumped up. Maybe the car going the other way wasn't far enough by the camera.

Gravdigr · 01-22-2019, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by beauregaardhooligan

Could be it was reading traffic going the other way?

Now why would they show YOU how fast oncoming traffic is going?

Gravdigr · 01-22-2019, 12:47 PM

More likely, the traffic behind the guy w/the camera is being clocked.

Around here the radar source is usually positioned before ya get to the display. That way ya have time to see YOUR speed.

Oncoming traffic speeds. FFS.

glatt · 01-22-2019, 12:49 PM

We've got one of those near my house that is aimed wrong or something and it does sometimes show traffic travelling the opposite direction. The cars need to have passed you and be behind you going the other way for it to pick them up.

Gravdigr · 01-22-2019, 01:16 PM

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2019, 10:42 PM

Sure, that radar isn't accurate, it'll easily cover two lanes close up and more further out.

beauregaardhooligan · 01-23-2019, 07:34 AM

Grav gets me, I meant traffic going the other way *behind* me.
Also, radar tends to report the biggest thing it sees. We drive a tall Sprinter van, and I have seen it read my speed but not the small car coming up behind me and then passing me all while only reporting my speed.

Pamela · 01-26-2019, 07:43 PM

The same thing happens to me all the time. Endless amusement for me, but I'm sooo easily amused anyway!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-19-2019, 02:02 AM

This screen grab is from a 6 minute video from GM on the all new 1982 Corvette. Probably meant for dealer's salesmen.
The picture shows one of the three guys paint without masks. I don't care if it's a downdraft booth.
A little further along they are doing another color. WTF?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTDfOFtmIw

glatt · 02-19-2019, 11:30 AM

Maybe he knew he was being filmed and let his vanity control his behavior more than it should?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-19-2019, 03:19 PM

There is three of them and a little further they are painting a different color the same way. Even if that was the case GM would be irresponsible in allowing it to be included in a widely distributed video with their name on it. That's handing OSHA proof that a big fine is warranted.

Gravdigr · 03-04-2019, 01:40 PM

Slow suicide.

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Happy Monkey · 03-04-2019, 01:46 PM

Not gonna work. branches don't move up as the tree grows.

I learned that from Encyclopedia Brown!

Gravdigr · 03-04-2019, 01:52 PM

My maple trees don't have branches 18" off the ground, but they did when they were saplings.

Branches might or might not move on up, but tree crotches do.

I learned that from lookin' at m'tree.

Happy Monkey · 03-04-2019, 02:05 PM

Lower horizontal branches die, and fall off or become embedded as the trunk thickens. If multiple primarily vertical branches survive, they merge into one, starting at the bottom, and their crotch may move up as they get bigger, like the meeting point of scissor blades moves, even though the joint stays where it is.

01-22-2019, 09:24 AM	#12511
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe, but then I think the last one should have jumped up. Maybe the car going the other way wasn't far enough by the camera. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2019, 12:47 PM	#12513
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	More likely, the traffic behind the guy w/the camera is being clocked. Around here the radar source is usually positioned before ya get to the display. That way ya have time to see YOUR speed. Oncoming traffic speeds. FFS. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-22-2019, 01:16 PM	#12515
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-22-2019, 10:42 PM	#12516
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sure, that radar isn't accurate, it'll easily cover two lanes close up and more further out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-19-2019, 02:02 AM	#12519
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This screen grab is from a 6 minute video from GM on the all new 1982 Corvette. Probably meant for dealer's salesmen. The picture shows one of the three guys paint without masks. I don't care if it's a downdraft booth. A little further along they are doing another color. WTF? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTDfOFtmIw __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2019, 12:49 PM	#12514
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We've got one of those near my house that is aimed wrong or something and it does sometimes show traffic travelling the opposite direction. The cars need to have passed you and be behind you going the other way for it to pick them up.

01-23-2019, 07:34 AM	#12517
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	Grav gets me, I meant traffic going the other way behind me. Also, radar tends to report the biggest thing it sees. We drive a tall Sprinter van, and I have seen it read my speed but not the small car coming up behind me and then passing me all while only reporting my speed.

01-26-2019, 07:43 PM	#12518
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	The same thing happens to me all the time. Endless amusement for me, but I'm sooo easily amused anyway!

02-19-2019, 11:30 AM	#12520
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe he knew he was being filmed and let his vanity control his behavior more than it should?

02-19-2019, 03:19 PM	#12521
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There is three of them and a little further they are painting a different color the same way. Even if that was the case GM would be irresponsible in allowing it to be included in a widely distributed video with their name on it. That's handing OSHA proof that a big fine is warranted. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-04-2019, 01:40 PM	#12522
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Slow suicide. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-04-2019, 01:46 PM	#12523
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Not gonna work. branches don't move up as the tree grows. I learned that from Encyclopedia Brown! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-04-2019, 01:52 PM	#12524
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My maple trees don't have branches 18" off the ground, but they did when they were saplings. Branches might or might not move on up, but tree crotches do. I learned that from lookin' at m'tree. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-04-2019, 02:05 PM	#12525
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Lower horizontal branches die, and fall off or become embedded as the trunk thickens. If multiple primarily vertical branches survive, they merge into one, starting at the bottom, and their crotch may move up as they get bigger, like the meeting point of scissor blades moves, even though the joint stays where it is. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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