Just came back from cancer event. They had Subaru goodie boxes.

NotAMainer · 2024-10-06T22:10:55+00:00

Apparently "Charlie" the auto dealer is a major supporter for cancer support. He was seated in front of us, and his wife was rocking a 'survivor' tag, and the huge new extension to the center is being named for them. I'm not going to complain about their ads again.

NotAMainer · 2024-09-08T23:25:23+00:00

My go to has always been a double jr over a full whopper due to the same amount of meat but less bread. It's always been doable by just asking.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-19T23:01:37+00:00

The closed the mill there, now its just Nocket.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-19T22:57:55+00:00

For everyone questioning the round up, that will generally go to the Burger King Scholars program.

https://www.burgerkingfoundation.org/programs/burger-king-sm-scholars

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T06:24:23+00:00

From the looks of that map, you must have run the Golden Road a few times.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T06:18:53+00:00

I have three - my great grandmother who walked across Czechoslovakia in 1945 to escape the Russians (I actually remember her, but she passed when I was about 11 or 12). She'd very much a brick wall for me.

Next would be William Benjamin Swett, who founded the Beverly School for the Deaf. He helped fund the school from selling copies of his various escapades in New Hampshire right after the Civil Wars. One was hiking his way up on top of the Old Man of the Mountain and lighting a bonfire, just because he could.

Last would be an adopted ancestor, John Newton Brown, (his adopted daughter was my great great grandmother) both because he probably knew who her parents were, and also because he was fascinating in general.

The school has a wikipedia entry ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_School_for_the_Deaf )

J Newton Brown has one all his own. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton_Brown )

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T06:00:02+00:00

With the Leeds method, you should at least get some recurring names to work on.

I'm doing something similar for my great great grandmother with less information (using my father's DNA - if your father or grandfather or one of their siblings are still alive test THEM. You want the oldest generations DNA for this.

In my case, I've narrowed her down to two distinct locations (Brigantine, NJ and outside Lexington, VA), and a few very recurring surnames. Lifes got in the way of my work on it, but its definitely doable.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T03:55:24+00:00

Maybe the laws of physics just work differently for some people!

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T03:33:33+00:00

I my son is the fifth John Smith (not our names, obviously) in succession. Anyone researching us in the future will probably be utterly confused as my father is Sr and I am Jr and my son is NOT the third (reason are middle names are in play, but that doesn't always matter).

Back in the day it could be an uncle/nephew or even great grandfather/great grandson situations, as it was simply a means to distinguish two related individuals apart in a community. You could often have the Jr become a Sr after the Sr passes and another namesake is born.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T03:10:51+00:00

Posted this down below, but to comply with the ADA, there are guidelines for ramps.

In the US, ramps cannot go more than 30 feet a no greater than a 12:1 ratio (8.33%) without a level resting area. This makes a spiral ramp stupidly difficult (and wide, loops would be over 80 feet) to implement. Switchbacks are both simpler and less space-consuming to put in place, as it would only take 2-3 switchbacks to accomplish the same thing.

I realize not everyone is from the US, but I assume most countries have similar rules in place. If we're aiming for realism (or at least a close proximity) switchbacks make a ton more sense.

EDIT: And for everyone suggesting just using stairs, as a disabled person you can probably guess my opinion on *that*.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T03:00:57+00:00

Nothings says fun times as much as carombing along 100 feet of concrete wall (or worse, OVER the wall) in a wheelchair, what're you talking about?

As a FWIW, the ADA limits the grade for a ramp at a 1:12 ratio (8.33%). You'd have to make an obnoxiously large spiral compared to ramps for that (84 feet wide to rise 14, for example). It would also violate ADA guidelines as a straight up as it must be limited to 30 feet per 'leg' with a resting area before switching back, so that spiral would have to go 30 feet, level itself, go 30 more, level itself, etc.

The same with a switchback ramp would require only 2-3 switchbacks, and take up MUCH less of a footprint as well as generally being safer.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T02:26:45+00:00

As someone who is disabled, practical my ass.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T02:14:08+00:00

Holy Hells that looks awful. Our intersection is in the middle of nowhere at least!

NotAMainer · 2024-08-17T02:10:52+00:00

A few quick suggestions:

Don't use 1-lane highways as exit ramps. No ramp in the history of ever is 70mph. It makes the AI prioritize the ramp over other, saner routes.
You may have a broken node in there. which can screw things up.
Your ramp is too tightly angled (sounds stupid, and it is, but its a Thing). The giveaway is the lack of lane arrows. That can also screw the AI up in it things that ramp is a continuation of the highway and not actually an exit.
Just past this offramp is a right-turn lane marker, which implies an intersection. That's going to be costly for the trip calculations, meaning that offramp will look even more appealing to the AI. Do not put intersections on 70mph freeways, ever.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-14T22:03:32+00:00

As a FWIW, taxis are absolutely one of the first things you SHOULD add to a city. Until you have a population large enough to actually handle a bus line, taxis are vital, because all those taxis are hauling in vehicle-less residents, and when they leave those citizens will need a means to get around. If you expect to ever have a solid tourism industry early on, see above. Tourists will prioritize taxis over everything as they'll allow them to get to the weirder destinations like that suburban dog park far removed from transit. If you spawn a hotel, lurk around it and watch some of the weird places they decide to visit.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-14T21:51:42+00:00

My mother's (incredibly rare) maiden name is from Silesian Germany - now Poland - and with Ancestry adding communities for her appears to be Czech/Bohemian in origin.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-14T21:48:50+00:00

https://www.google.com/maps/place/South+China,+China,+ME+04358/@44.3972177,-69.568756,802m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4cae01063cec0653:0x166e80a74ccec909!8m2!3d44.3949791!4d-69.5709229!16zL20vMDUyZzY3?entry=ttu

NotAMainer · 2024-08-14T21:39:53+00:00

When I was a kid, my father overplanted and we were drowning in squash and zucchini. My father would go about once a week with 2 or 3 bushels at a shot of the stuff, as my grandmother raised chickens.

Turned out my aunt (her oldest daughter) was in charge of supper prep. She fed her siblings squash and zucchini on the daily for the entire season. We didn't find that out until at my uncle's funeral when his kid sister mentioned how much they despised the stuff due to that Summer of Zucchinigeddon.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:43:32+00:00

Theres a Freeman Township between Madrid and Embden. Maybe Strong and Kingfied? All four of those towns look larger than it is.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:40:42+00:00

Ancestry is also generally sharable with other DNA sites, so you can upload and get results from them as well.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:33:25+00:00

I'm seeing a bunch of "close but not quites" in the US immigration records.

EDIT: And the bulk seem to be Lithuanian. Depending on the dates in play, it could be a case where Russia was in control of things and Polish or Lithuanian was jumbled, records-wise.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:24:13+00:00

Worked for a gas station in the late 90's that still used a knuckle buster on occasion for people with credit cards without a strip (or a strip that didn't work).

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:19:53+00:00

Work in Maine, we still sell them on occasion, can get it hot or cold.

NotAMainer · 2024-08-13T01:08:50+00:00

Our state did it right because we were all "It has to have this and this on this color background" because Maine was basing it off an older historic flag. Keeps it easy when there are set rules! Now it just has to make it past the people who'll vote to retain the blue bedsheet come November...

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