I Was Thinking Of Blazer Wookee, This Evening

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Thinking, whoa, he must have had a wail of a commute from Lebanon to the game, tonight.

Which reminded me, are there plans to run MAX down to Salem? That would certainly have been beneficial in BW's case.
 
I heard about that a while ago but haven't heard anything recently. Years, in fact.
 
Supposedly there is going to be something better than Max here in the next decade.

High speed train service from Eugene to Seattle.

Also Wookee was trying to sell his tickets earlier today. I don't think he went to the game.
 
Bullet train FTW!

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Why, was there some sort of I-5 pileup, or did it snow, or what? Or were you just daydreaming about Wookie?

barfo
 
barfo said:
Why, was there some sort of I-5 pileup, or did it snow, or what? Or were you just daydreaming about Wookie?

barfo
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Apparently, when it rains hard around here, the traffic comes to a standstill. Around 5:30, the radio was reporting it was a parking lot between Wilsonville and 217.
 
I pray for a highspeed train between Eugene and Seattle. It'd help a lot of the mid-valley people who have long commutes.
 
A bullet train would be hard to do with so many suburbs around. You'd have to buy so much fucking land or else go around the I-5 corridor. But it would be nice
 
CA is getting a bullet train :ghoti: LA to SF in 2.5 hours! Now a private investor needs to take it out to vegas,,,,god that would be sweet
 
Buzz Killington said:
Airports suck ass though.
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Truth.

I actually don't mind driving to Vegas. My fastest time is 2hrs 35mins, from my house it should really be 4, but it was 6AM so noone was on the road.

Then again, so long as there is no traffic, I don't mind driving anywhere.
 
I just hate driving back. Or on Fridays. When I drive, I keep my speeed at 99mph cuz I heard the ticket for triple digits is like a felony or something.
 
Airports are EXTREMELY easy for me though since I live 5 minutes from LAX.

I drink at home, call a cab, at the gate in 15 minutes, drink at the bar, hop on the plane, throw up at McCarrarn Airport, party time.
 
Buzz Killington said:
I just hate driving back. Or on Fridays. When I drive, I keep my speeed at 99mph cuz I heard the ticket for triple digits is like a felony or something.
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Generally when I go to Vegas, I drive back on a non-traffic day and I do so in the early morning. My average time to band from Vegas is 3hrs either direction. It's a pretty okay drive for me, I just hop on the 405 ->133 -> 241 -> 91 -> 15 Then it's straight away to LV :P
 
Buzz Killington said:
Airports are EXTREMELY easy for me though since I live 5 minutes from LAX.

I drink at home, call a cab, at the gate in 15 minutes, drink at the bar, hop on the plane, throw up at McCarrarn Airport, party time.
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McCarran is an awesome airport, I've never had problems there nor have I felt packed there (I used to live LV btw, for 2yrs.)

I HATE LAX though. I always have to pick up and drop off my parents for their international flights and the pickups just suck. People can't drive, won't let you into the lanes, it's just very lame.
 
DynastYWarrioR6 said:
McCarran is an awesome airport, I've never had problems there nor have I felt packed there (I used to live LV btw, for 2yrs.)

I HATE LAX though. I always have to pick up and drop off my parents for their international flights and the pickups just suck. People can't drive, won't let you into the lanes, it's just very lame.
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I'm the opposite. I fucking HATE McCarran. The slow fucking midwest trash there bugs me. Lines are insane because you have vacation travellers who are too slow at TSA. Hate having to take the monorail to baggage claim. Taxi line is lame. Taxi drivers are fucking scammers there, take you on the freeway to the strip = minimum $20 ride (when it should be $13-15)

yeah, driving at LAX sucks...the worse are the shuttle buses..biggest assholes on earth. I love being able to cab it easily.
 
Buzz Killington said:
I'm the opposite. I fucking HATE McCarran. The slow fucking midwest trash there bugs me. Lines are insane because you have vacation travellers who are too slow at TSA. Hate having to take the monorail to baggage claim. Taxi line is lame. Taxi drivers are fucking scammers there, take you on the freeway to the strip = minimum $20 ride (when it should be $13-15)

yeah, driving at LAX sucks...the worse are the shuttle buses..biggest assholes on earth. I love being able to cab it easily.
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I think Cali folk have their own way of driving. I know some friends who carpooled with me while I drove were like "you're getting too close to that car" or "you're cutting him off with so little space WHILE speeding", etc.

I tell them, well...this is how we all drive in Cali.
 
DynastYWarrioR6 said:
I think Cali folk have their own way of driving. I know some friends who carpooled with me while I drove were like "you're getting too close to that car" or "you're cutting him off with so little space WHILE speeding", etc.

I tell them, well...this is how we all drive in Cali.
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Yeah, whenever I go back to Oregon to visit, the slow drivers annoy the shit out of me.

Cali drivers:

Keep up with the flow of traffic.

Constantly change lanes.

Block people out from merging.

Never let anyone in.

That's the general rule. Oh yeah, also if you DESPARATELY want to change lanes, roll down your window and wave at the driver.

strange, but true.
 
DynastYWarrioR6 said:
Slow drivers anywhere, annoy me lol.

But I think that's cause to us, 80 is like...minimum on a freeway with 50 being the minimum on surface streets :)
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nah, even things like slow reactions at stoplights...i notice they take longer to accelerate.
 
-Slow driving
-Slow reaction to stoplights
-I hate when people keep a blinker on when they don't really wanna turn
-At Yield signs, people don't know how to yield
-Drivers making a left turn at a non-stoplight who won't turn left UNLESS they have like 100 yards of clearance
-People who can't fucking PARK!

So many more pet peeves when it comes to driving that I haven't thought of yet.
 
Way to derail the thread, fellas. :lol:
 
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