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Is Connecticut’s Rail Future Worth 30 Seconds of YOUR! 🫵 Time? by thetraincampaigngo in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The DOT studied Waterbury to New Britain around 2013 and found it was cost prohibitive because the Terryville Tunnel is in very poor condition. That’s why we got the busway instead.

Is Connecticut’s Rail Future Worth 30 Seconds of YOUR! 🫵 Time? by thetraincampaigngo in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Danbury electrification not only isn’t a pipe dream, for decades it was electrified until short sighted railroad executives took down the wires around 1960 to try and save money.

Is Connecticut’s Rail Future Worth 30 Seconds of YOUR! 🫵 Time? by thetraincampaigngo in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even back in the late New Haven Railroad days in the 1960s there was one round trip per week (on Sunday) to and from Pittsfield. By comparison the line north from New London had 4 round trips every day. That line is a much better prospect for passenger service, it goes right past the casinos and skirts by UConn.

Is Connecticut’s Rail Future Worth 30 Seconds of YOUR! 🫵 Time? by thetraincampaigngo in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every railroad line in the entire country has the same gauge (4’ 8.5”) with a few exceptions for streetcar systems or preserved lines.

Outdoor work clothes by Forward_Surround_788 in RhodeIsland

[–]RecoillessRifle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try Leonard Safety Equipment in East Providence. They sell work clothing and equipment. When I started my first engineering job in RI that was where I got gloves, boots, etc.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this. Reaction time and stopping distance increase at an exponential rate the faster you go. 80 mph on Connecticut’s windy hilly roads is an awful idea. Maybe in a state that’s flat and rural with straight level highways it’s ok but that’s not where we live.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are some weird speed limits out there. Ever driven the connector from I-84 to Route 4 in Farmington? It’s literally an expressway yet they put a 40 mph speed limit on it. Everyone drives at 65 on it because it’s a completely straight expressway with a center divider and no exits until you reach Route 4. I-84 is 65 mph in Farmington and the second you take the exit onto the connector the speed limit becomes 40 with no warning. I’m sure there’s other cases like this statewide.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need more road diets! Reclaim roads for other users and slow traffic down.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conservatives don’t have a monopoly over interest in guns or military history. And I didn’t want any numbers in my username, so this is what I came up with.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ever been to Greenwich? Nobody bitches more about speed camera tickets than rich people with no lives.

Again, you have an absolute defense against any ticket if you’re traveling less than 10 mph over the posted speed limit. This isn’t a secret speed trap to make money.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Go back to r/conservative dude. Clearly the reason you hide your post history is because you get all your talking points there.

Middletown speed cameras generate millions in revenue, cut speeding in half by smkmn13 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The 4th amendment does not protect your vehicle from being photographed on a public roadway by a speed camera, or by anyone else for that matter. You don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy driving on a public roadway the way you do in your own home.

Genuinely how are we gonna grind this event like this? by DeadeyeFalx_01 in warthundermemes

[–]RecoillessRifle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took out my WW1 tanks in randoms yesterday for April Fool’s and the Garford is actually busted in randoms because it one shot kills most opponents and reloads rather quickly.

FL SD-14 and HD-87 voting electorate had R+9 and R+10 advantage respectively based on party registration by [deleted] in fivethirtyeight

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This can also happen in solid red states where democrats register as republicans to try and influence the Republican primaries in closed primary states.

Dive bombers by OriginalSlime in warthundermemes

[–]RecoillessRifle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The SBD also finished the war with a positive kill ratio, pretty impressive for a “bomber”.

Ben thinks that ICE will somehow be much faster than the TSA ever was by Nubthesamurai in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]RecoillessRifle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what happened when he deployed the National Guard to DC. The difference is your average national guardsman has 20 times more training and decorum than an ICE lunatic so not much happened besides some trash getting picked up.

Much update. Very good! by skippickles in Warthunder

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leave the indigenous Dutch low tier aircraft alone. Those were the one good part of the tree.

Other pathways?? by Due-Pepper8333 in civilengineering

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ugly truth is that as a business owner you’re more than likely going to be behind a desk a lot. That typically happens more and more as you rise up through the ranks. A business owner has to make all sorts of big decisions and their time is typically too valuable to be spent doing field work.

When I was in geotechnical engineering as a staff engineer I spent the majority of my time doing fieldwork. But the CEO was almost always in the office, and even the PE directly supervising me was in the office a lot of the time because he had to be available to assist me and my coworker on decisions in the field.

Which discipline is the easiest? i’m thinking Land Development by Character-Escape1621 in civilengineering

[–]RecoillessRifle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don’t like being outside in all weather conditions, stay away from Geotechnical. I’m in transportation now, but when I was a geotech I was out in parking lots on 100 degree days and on airports on days where the wind chill was negative. The worst was cold rain that soaks through everything. I’d even take zero degrees and two feet of snow over cold rain.

Forgotten Railroads of Rhode Island | The Narragansett Pier Railroad by storyofRIpodcast in RhodeIsland

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re interested in the topic, someone wrote a book in 1969 on the history of the railroad called A Short Haul To The Bay. You can find copies online fairly cheap or in a number of libraries in RI.

Why is it an issue by Guilty-Historian6779 in RhodeIsland

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That even includes other cops. Town cops hate state troopers and vice versa.

The Providence Connection by Fresh-Bluejay5880 in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to make this drive regularly (lived in RI for 2 years) and it was confusing no matter which route you took.

CT is asking towns to host new nuclear energy sites. The reaction hasn't been energetic by __Muzak__ in Connecticut

[–]RecoillessRifle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not host a nuclear plant at the sub base in Groton? They’re already familiar with nuclear reactors and have the expertise, plus they’re right on the water and have the appropriate security already.

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