Roe & Casey overturned.
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I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.
I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.
This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.
wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 17:03 last edited by@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.
I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.
This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.
I used to use it in LA when I drove a stake truck all over the LA-Orange County area delivering hospital forms. Got caught once, it was $10. Meh.
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@89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back
This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.
You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.
Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.
And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?
I really hate those toll roads.
wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 17:04 last edited by@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
@89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back
This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.
You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.
Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.
And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?
I really hate those toll roads.
It's to get those freeloading EV bastards.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 19:10 last edited by
The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 19:52 last edited by
@Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.
Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?
Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.
We’re getting soft.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 22:03 last edited by
Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?
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Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?
wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 22:08 last edited by@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?
Probably, but not on the way home...
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Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?
wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 22:19 last edited by@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?
He or she or they.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 22:31 last edited by
Or ze, bigot.
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@Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.
Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?
Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.
We’re getting soft.
wrote on 11 Jul 2022, 22:45 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
@Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.
Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?
Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.
We’re getting soft.
If you wish to talk about your sexual problems, start a new thread.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 01:22 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 02:13 last edited by
@George-K said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
What? Someone lied?
Huh, who woulda thunk it? @Axtremus ? Would you have thunk it?
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 02:21 last edited by
Another thing that doesn’t make sense? How are they setting the gestation at exactly 6 weeks and 3 days? With Lu and Fin we were always told “6-8 weeks”, “18-20”, etc…
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Another thing that doesn’t make sense? How are they setting the gestation at exactly 6 weeks and 3 days? With Lu and Fin we were always told “6-8 weeks”, “18-20”, etc…
wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 02:46 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
Another thing that doesn’t make sense? How are they setting the gestation at exactly 6 weeks and 3 days? With Lu and Fin we were always told “6-8 weeks”, “18-20”, etc…
You can't. Not that precise.
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Another thing that doesn’t make sense? How are they setting the gestation at exactly 6 weeks and 3 days? With Lu and Fin we were always told “6-8 weeks”, “18-20”, etc…
wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 11:44 last edited by 89th 7 Dec 2022, 11:44@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:
Another thing that doesn’t make sense? How are they setting the gestation at exactly 6 weeks and 3 days? With Lu and Fin we were always told “6-8 weeks”, “18-20”, etc…
In my experience they can be pretty accurate. My wife is 12 weeks preggo now. When we went in for the first appointment around 6 weeks and they were able to estimate it was "6 weeks 3 days" during the ultrasound. Yes, we saw the heartbeat, too. Cool stuff. Anyway, we went back at 10 weeks to verify growth was normal and they verified the gestational age estimate was only a day off (so it was really 6 weeks 2 days at that first appointment) but they kept the same due date of Jan 22 next year.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 12:10 last edited by
They approximate. Yes, the US is much better today and certain things appear at certain times. Quant HCG levels can help a bit very early on, too.
But dead letter perfect to the day? No.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 12:14 last edited by
A note about due dates...Babies are born when they want to be born. And sometimes, it seems like they don't want out.
Friend's daughter was two weeks past due date, and they sectioned her this week. Baby weighed 9lbs, 11 ounces.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 12:22 last edited by
I was 9lbs 13oz.
On time. Wearing a suit.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 12:27 last edited by
With tie?
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wrote on 12 Jul 2022, 13:35 last edited by
I was three weeks premature. Probably the only time in my life I was raring to go outside and do stuff.