Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Jan 31 2020 02:57:44 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Jan-2020 11:40 <=- BM>>>> ...Thinking the bridge griders going faster than usual -- glance at BM>>>> speedometer: oh poop! NB>>>> Caught you by surprise, did it....? Fortunately for you there NB>>>> wasn't an officer lying in wait for you.... :) BM>>> Or now speed cameras! NB>>> True, they are even more insidious... ;) BM>> There are around seven cameras on the I-74 Bridge alone, but AFAIK BM>> they're for traffic monitoring and not speed. NB>> I see a number of cameras on the highways and roads... as far as I NB>> know, they also are only for traffic monitoring... :) BM> Yes, though I would suppose if someone noted a vehicle speeding along BM> at a 100 MPH in a 65 MPH zone they might call to have someone check it BM> out. If they were viewing the cameras in real time.... and not some minutes later or something.... :) BM>> Most of the speed cameras in the state were removed a few years ago; BM>> I've forgotten the detailed reason but seemed like it had something BM>> to do with a technicality of not observing directly and also some BM>> people were getting tickets for speeding even though they weren't BM>> driving ==> son speeding in car registered to parent. NB>> We had them in our city... and they quietly just took them all down NB>> eventually... I think the major reason was that drivers caught by NB>> them tended to make big stinks about the results and it became more NB>> of a money loss from the court cases than a money maker from the NB>> fines.... And it didn't improve anybody's driving responsibly, NB>> either... still had accidents, people sleezing through, etc... And NB>> sometimes ticketed people for legitimate actions, like stopping and NB>> then turning right on red... BM> Here the infraction was reviewed by camera company, then sent on to BM> the local police for review, then a ticket was issued. I remember BM> reading years back a lot of tickets were not issued when technically BM> should have: almost stopping ('slides'), etc. And locally it did cut BM> the number of red light runners. Yours might have been a little more effective than ours, then.... NB>>>>>>> ... My support group for procrastinators hasn't met yet. BM>>>>>> Gee, I should modify that one to 'procrastinating helpers' to use BM>>>>>> with the beginning portion! I'll have to put that on my To Do List - BM>>>>>> eventually.... NB>>>>>> Right. ;) BM>>>>> And thanks for the reminder: I hadn't gotten to it yet! NB>>>>> And..... BM>>>> Hmm: there's a pen over there...... NB>>>> Hmmmmm.... ;) BM>>> And paper over there.... NB>>> And did you put them together yet....? ;) BM>> Currently using the It's Too Cold Out There excuse! NB>> Ah, but, you are inside where it's warm.... NO excuse... BM> But have to go outside to get there! The paper and pen are outside.....??! BM> OTOH you might be happy to know I'm straightening out the area of my BM> Electronics Workbench in the basement. Just 'got the urge'. Do have BM> to wear a sweater-jacket 'cause it's a little chilly down there. BM> Overall still looks messy because have to store some to-be-trashed BM> items until Bulk Waste Pickup -- which is next Monday but if the BM> weather isn't acceptable will have to leave until next time: don't want BM> a box frozen to the snow, or rain-soaked and falls apart when they go BM> to pick it up. That sounds like potentially a useful project.... :) Especially if the follow-thru happens.... :) ttyl neb .... Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .