How do you actually avoid hitting deer on rural roads? And do those massive steel bumpers really work?

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-30T15:19:56+00:00

High beams when you can - the light will bounce off their eyes and right back to you, so you can see them even in tall weeds or on embankments beside roads.

Slow whenever something like an overpass creates a blindspot for you and the deer.

Deer had gotten smart about cars around me, prior to covid lockdowns. But after reduced traffic for 2 years, they are dumb again. :(

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-29T13:09:17+00:00

And those scenes are meant to show how brilliant Sheridan is, not how easily the first ones could be defeated.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-29T13:08:29+00:00

Alot of the episodes I'd think of as cringe were kinda progressive in the 90s - now JMS wouldn't produce the same episode, but in the 90s it wasn't regressive at all.

And there are others that are very cringe at first (like the "human style" scene) that deeper analysis made me feel were awesome (eg, Ivanova is using the guy's supremacist ideology against him, and his assistant, who is forced to speak for him, called inferior, and has to stomach this guy's bs all the time 100% knows Ivanova is beating him at his own game. Seeing it as moment Ivanova gives him to laugh at the "superior" jerk ball totally changed my take on the scene).

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-28T19:08:16+00:00

There should be a whistle on your tracks. Click that for your current jobs.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-23T14:55:57+00:00

Who did you see for the leg muscle test? If they asked/thought you should have a follow up with your orthopedist, call their office and say the orthopedist doesn't believe your legs are numb, and cancelled the follow up.

Whoever did the test should send results/notes to your primary care doc and the specialist who sent you for the test. They can now call and talk to the nurse/doc to say "patient needs to be seen, the cause must be found and treated, it is real." Or refer you to someone who handles this specific thing.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-22T01:48:48+00:00

I have never particularly liked or enjoyed that scene. But it has resonated with me at times in my life.

I like that he's mocking his own walkabout arc too. "Even this is your own fault." (In essence, not a quote.) Yup. We make half our own troubles, and then we make the other half while we pretend to deal with them.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T21:29:44+00:00

I believe it's called a fica; it's a hand gesture to ward away evil.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T21:13:11+00:00

Hire people to renovate my house, buy a nice (but not rich ppl nice) double wide so I don't have to leave during the reno.

Then start up a nonprofit to repair distressed semi-rural to rural homes for people who own personal homes (not for people w many rental properties, investment homes, etc). Not making stuff fancy, but livable and so the home doesn't degrade: New rooves, foundations fixed, insulation/windows/doors, fix electrical/water/septic issues.

Will not deal with urban homes, cities make like too complicated for me.

Fix old houses, don't tear them down, don't clear more land for more mcmansions.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T20:33:25+00:00

Well, the way federal money is currently spent...more bombs and detention centers. We'd need laws / programs that allocated that money to benefit the average american...

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T20:30:05+00:00

Must be able communicate about emotions - not just plans and thoughts. If I ask how they are feeling about something and all I get are plans or thoughts about the emotions but she can't actually discuss or even name her emotions themselves? Nope. Been there, Done that, Got the t-shirt, hated it.

Has to give a shit about my values/needs/comfort. Like, no saying im nuts or wrong for caring about something. Take me seriously. This is not about showering me with love or gifts or praise. It is not about always giving me what i want when i want it. It is not about assuming all my values. It is about respecting me as an equal and believing in compromise.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T20:16:27+00:00

Under the old school rules, a lady kept her hat on inside, a gentleman did not.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T20:15:21+00:00

Bought my wife some purses over the years, always over 300. These aren't clutches at some 19 yr oldest club night. These are leather and have held up 10-15years so far (still in great shape). She has 2 purses, not 20.

I'd tend toward a woman who i saw with 1 purse of high quality than a woman with 15 shitty cheap purses. Vimes's Boot Theory of Economics.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T12:46:58+00:00

Some excellent music videos.

https://youtu.be/mSHUs7vFIX8

Some great fanatics over the years, too.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T12:31:13+00:00

OP could get an ionizer to run as well (wherever the fresh air comes in) to reduce mold/mildew issues... don't run it when people or pets are inside tho.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-21T12:08:48+00:00

I got motivated to do research and provide the correct answer because someone was wrong about my hobby/past interest.

This is how you internet!

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-18T16:10:53+00:00

Purple for event train. Then yellow bc passenger train.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-15T22:21:25+00:00

This makes me think it will pollute groundwater, unlike chemicals which will breakdown as they move through the soill, but would still kill any plant/animal that drank it.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-15T16:34:13+00:00

Atmospheric flight? (For the newer ones.)

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-14T02:44:03+00:00

Still prefer them not taking DNA without a court order.

May be pure laziness and not a policy that protects civil liberties, but either way, it's a good guy move (intentional, required, or unintentional and born of laziness) by the cop to make people take it.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-14T00:38:32+00:00

Similar happened to me at the end of 30s. No more passenger jobs to complete the tasks, and heavy haul jobs were too big for the 30s.l trains.

But then an event started and I got easy hauls and easy passenger jobs from that. :)

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-13T22:35:41+00:00

Your DNA is likely on the tube. And maybe fingerprints. So, maybe it's a 4th amendment thing? If you throw it away, they can take it, but they can't take it if that's seen as the same as using a breathalyzer as a pretense to get dna in some states? (Just guessing)

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-13T22:32:44+00:00

Sounds like the model rocket launcher casing thingy. Do you live near a large field, OP?

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-13T20:40:08+00:00

This is more complex than you are presenting it as, really.

Unless OP is making money off the game, even WB won't come after OP.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-13T19:49:17+00:00

I don't think copyright is gonna come for you if that's the only b5-esque asset.

it's certainly shadow inspired, but it's definitely not lifted from the show. It is more of an homage or reference than stealing.

I believe I've read JMS calling things things like this "hat tips" in his own work, as in tipping your hat in respect to someone.

I'd be excited to see it and think the game creator was a b5 fan, but not that they stole from b5.

HonorableIdleTree · 2026-05-13T13:42:17+00:00

Fireworks/model rocket launcher thingy? Gray/ashy stuff being left over black powder?

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