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WCDT Strips 3650-3655 (8th to 12th January 2018)
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 08 Jan 2018, 02:09 ---If you happen to live in the continental United States or in Canada, there's a good chance your roads are frozen over thanks to yesterdays precipitation.
Might I suggest driving slower, giving yourself extra space between you and the car ahead, along with giving yourself at least an extra 50 ft to stop?
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50 feet? :? [calls up the translation app] Ah so 15 meters
Also you better have snow tires or slow down even further because your stopping distance increases to guardrail, lamp post, ditch or the ever popular police car fender.
I normally use the 3 second rule under regular driving conditions (click to show/hide)please note that driving in the city of Toronto never comes anywhere near the definition of the word NORMALbut with today's weather and road conditions it is supposed to be at least 9 seconds when traveling at speed .... that translates into about [does some higher math] 2 meters on average or just far enough behind to see their tail lights flicker off when they take their foot off the brake pedal to start to move and yet close enough not to encourage the [censored] to nose in after passing everyone on the right exit lane. This is one of the many reasons why a very specific vehicle is on my must get list for city driving. :-D
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 08 Jan 2018, 03:58 ---
--- Quote from: mercykills on 07 Jan 2018, 22:09 ---
--- Quote from: A Duck on 07 Jan 2018, 21:12 ---Oh god, this thing about self employment hits WAY too close to home, specially the comment at the bottom of the comic.
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Right!? I hate it when people say, "O, you work from home, can't you do "X, Y, Z" for me?" or "I envy you, you can take off whenever you want."
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"Oh, you work nights? Must be nice to have all that free time in the day!"
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Or they call at 10:00 AM. "Oh! Did I wake you?"
Clovis Man:
My first (and probably lasting) impression of Amanda is that of a First Class Ditz.[1] I doubt she has any clue about how the real world works (or the consequences of stealing Mom's credit card)... Just a moment... Just a moment... Can we say 'dropped in at the deep end', boys and girls?
[1] One example, from my days as a convenience store manager.
Image: Two teenage girls trying to figure out how to open the fuel filler door on the brand new Mustang convertible daddy just bought one of them.
My comment to co-worker: "They do outgrow that, don't they?"
Co-worker: "Ghod, I hope so."
Akima:
--- Quote from: mercykills on 07 Jan 2018, 22:09 ---Well, shit, sure I can. That is, if I don't want to meet my deadlines, if I want to lose the trust of my clients, and if I never want to eat, again. WHY NOT!?!
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And if you're self-employed you're always, always insecure about continuity of work. And your boss is always in the room, looking over your shoulder.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 08 Jan 2018, 03:58 ---
--- Quote from: mercykills on 07 Jan 2018, 22:09 ---
--- Quote from: A Duck on 07 Jan 2018, 21:12 ---Oh god, this thing about self employment hits WAY too close to home, specially the comment at the bottom of the comic.
--- End quote ---
Right!? I hate it when people say, "O, you work from home, can't you do "X, Y, Z" for me?" or "I envy you, you can take off whenever you want."
--- End quote ---
"Oh, you work nights? Must be nice to have all that free time in the day!"
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Then there's being expected to keep "normal people hours" on the weekend.
Not to mention the hassel of having upstairs neighbors. Especially if they have young kids that love to run full tilt through the apartment, or lawn care guys that show up everyday during the weekend.
*just falling asleep*
*THUMP THUMP THUMP! THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP!*
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