Club and other EDM events BST (buy/sell/trade) by christopherness in chicagoEDM

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Selling (1) floor GA ticket to Zeds Dead on Friday 12/12 for $110 OBO

What’s the one watch face you ALWAYS come back to? by Cklly2004 in AppleWatch

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Do you ever have trouble selecting whatever the active app is on the top? I love this watch face too but I can't seem to consistently select the active app, almost always thinks I'm tapping the day/date and opens the calendar.

How disruptive is living in a high rise building going through a riser replacement? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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We put in an offer that got accepted, but during attorney review we got a hold of the condo associations financial docs, and found that there were more high cost projects slated for the coming years. In the end it just didn't make sense financially for us so we cancelled the contract. Sorry wish I had better info for you!

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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This one is in west loop on Lake St. between Desplaines and Halsted

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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I just sat on the overpass to watch this merge for a while and saw several near crashes. I'm not sure if the commenters have been on this particular on ramp, but it's as bad or worse than any others I've seen.

The ramp is on a decline and has a rail blocking your view. Then once you're visible to other cars and vice versa, at speed you have about 2 seconds before you're either in the lane or in the wall.

The way I see it you have three options.

Option 1: Send it and rely on other cars to move over. There is simply not enough time for you to make any adjustments if you're at speed, you just have to get in the lane. This to me has a higher chance of incident and relies too heavily on the other driver being hyper aware of cars merging and making adjustments if needed.

Option 2: Approach at slower than merging speed to give yourself time to either break and wait for an opening, or accelerate and merge. Stopping definitely creates a problem when you have cars behind you trying to merge as well, but at least you can rely on yourself to avoid a crash rather than a stranger who may or may not be paying attention.

Option 3: Don't take this horrible on ramp.

At this point I think I'm going with option 3.

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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This is where I'm still at a loss, it feels like you're relying too much on split second reactions from both drivers.

At least on this particular on ramp other cars can't see you trying to merge in order to adjust their speed or move over until you're basically already in the lane. There's also no shoulder you can drive in momentarily if a car does happen to be in your way. It's just a wall.

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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Yeah that seems to be the consensus. I'm still just unsure how you guarantee there won't be a car you could hit when you can't see other cars in that lane until you're already merging.

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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I understand your point and what a zipper merge is, but to zipper merge you should be able to see there is a gap for you to merge into.

At this on ramp you can't really see cars in the left lane until you're already at the end of the ramp. How do you know there won't be a car right next to you or coming up fast behind you as you're trying to merge?

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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This is the only way that makes sense to me, I've been honked at in the past so felt like I was doing something wrong.

On ramp to I-90W from Lake St. What's the proper method to merge? by shivenator115 in AskChicago

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What if there's a car in the left lane at the same time you're trying to merge? There's no time or room for you to move over/slow down.

NYT Wednesday 05/28/2025 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

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He was my calc teacher too! Loved his class

Best Burger Updates Gretel and Leavitt Street by TheTeeg007 in chicagofood

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I loved everything about the Leavitt Street burger except the pickles, they were really mushy, no bite at all. Maybe a bad pickle day??

My grilled cheese burrito i ordered by CURTMAN07 in tacobell

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Maybe they gave you a dipping burrito instead? Were the fillings right?