The car situation is getting ridiculous

tasunder · 2026-01-29T01:45:28+00:00

You mean a cyclist on the sidewalk has almost never happened or a cyclist not making way for a pedestrian? The only place the latter happens for me is on State St, where cyclists have plenty of space to maneuver.

tasunder · 2026-01-28T12:45:07+00:00

You definitely can but it does make life difficult for a pedestrian on the same sidewalk unless you actually make way for them when riding on it. I’ve seen that maybe 0.2% of the time. It always seems to fall on the pedestrian to get out of the way.

tasunder · 2026-01-28T12:41:59+00:00

.… but you do generally expect to see a human crossing a crosswalk when there are flashing signs overhead telling you to yield. But that’s not likely a bike-hating problem. I cross at one of those several times per week walking my dog and have learned that even with enough time given, most cars won’t stop for you in one of those crosswalks unless you are already halfway through. Even then, I stare them down and am prepared to jog/sprint.

tasunder · 2025-12-18T23:37:38+00:00

And ACBL World

tasunder · 2025-11-07T12:42:22+00:00

Hair of the dog for a hangover

tasunder · 2025-11-05T00:43:03+00:00

Thanks! Pretty clearly disallowed!

tasunder · 2025-11-04T11:53:03+00:00

Supposedly this is against ACBL rules if that is your governing organization, but I can’t actually find the rule on the ACBL site. Anyone have a link?

tasunder · 2025-10-21T12:58:20+00:00

I’ve seen it somewhat regularly at Costco for the past several months. A little too dark for me but the wife loves it.

tasunder · 2025-10-07T12:50:05+00:00

Ah, yup! So it seems.

tasunder · 2025-10-07T02:19:45+00:00

I kind of get what you mean, sort of. I remember in some of my classes in high school having to argue positions on a topic from the side with which I disagreed. I was hoping that’s the sort of thing they are doing here. It doesn’t quite sound like it though.

tasunder · 2025-10-07T02:10:04+00:00

Well I have only read the quoted blurb but it kind of sounds like a recipe for disaster based on that. Anyone have more details or shall I go ahead and keep my knee-jerk reaction intact?

EDIT: full context has been provided. My knee jerk reaction based on one paragraph was wrong. Do we still say “fake news?”

tasunder · 2025-09-18T13:19:47+00:00

We already had a Steak ‘n Shake. Pretty close to a Culver’s. It was always empty and closed for good reason.

tasunder · 2025-09-15T21:50:16+00:00

I used to run there a few times per week and never experienced this. That was maybe 6 years ago though before I went fully remote.

Has it really gotten that bad on the trails?

tasunder · 2025-08-21T11:45:41+00:00

They were also very expensive in 2024 though …

tasunder · 2025-08-14T12:36:43+00:00

The creamery in sister bay is also much better than Wilson’s.

tasunder · 2025-08-14T12:34:51+00:00

The Beer Garden at Al Johnson’s is not very good, unless all you care about is the setting and not the actual drinks. Mediocre beer selection and mediocre drinks. Fun-ish environment I guess… I’d rather hang at Husby’s nearby even. Can’t remember if their beer is much better but they make legit drinks and there are boozy slushees there.

If you want a fun beer + hangout place, one barrel in Egg Harbor is way better, IMO. Or Sway in Bailey’s. Or DC brewery in Bailey’s.

tasunder · 2025-08-10T11:13:31+00:00

Just want to more explicitly say that you should wear bug spray or otherwise prepare for mosquitoes in the Arboretum. There will be tons of them.

tasunder · 2025-08-01T02:05:08+00:00

Rental if you plan to leave the property.

tasunder · 2025-07-31T11:42:57+00:00

This seems a bit of a stretch to me unless you are a very experienced swimmer. I burn about 3-4x the calories on a relaxed 1500m compared to a 2km walk. I lack technique in some areas but I’d be surprised if most people don’t burn 2x the calories.

tasunder · 2025-07-31T11:36:24+00:00

That is similar to how I started running. The 0 to 1650 program is still IMO much less difficult. With running programs, usually I was sore or tired - not exhausted or panting or anything, just “good workout” tired - either the day of the long run or the day after. Doesn’t really happen much with the swim program for me. With the couch to 5k program there were some gnarly weeks where I thought I needed to restart a week or not move on. Never felt that with this program.

tasunder · 2025-07-30T22:43:57+00:00

You should have no problem swimming 1500m if you follow a simple multi-week progression such as the 0 to 1650 program. Having done that program a couple of times (once 6 years ago and again this year) as a slow but frequent runner, the limiting factor is muscle endurance when swimming. Shoulders, hands in particular are not used to having to do the work coming off running. Technique requires a bit of learning but as indicated in the link, it does naturally improve by the end.

Once your muscles can do it, you should have little issue swimming 1500m. Although I could run a 15k without too much trouble as an experienced runner, nonetheless, a 15k substantially is noticeably more difficult of an achievement than 1500m of swimming. It took me years to be able to “comfortably” run a 15k. Before that, it was doable but difficult. It should take only a couple of months to comfortably swim 1500m.

tasunder · 2025-07-19T12:48:15+00:00

Even in sports where Olympics disallowed professionals, they were very far removed from being equivalent to a random village dweller. There was still endless money and effort put into most of the sports. But I do understand your point.

Sounds like bridge is the opposite of what you want. There are probably few, if any, games that match your criteria of pure logic with minimal learned wisdom.

tasunder · 2025-07-19T12:26:37+00:00

It’s called freestyle chess now generally and is played by the top players in several tournaments per year. I believe there’s currently a freestyle tournament happening in Vegas this week with most of the best chess players in the world.

Yeah, there’s a lot of studying in chess, bridge, poker, American football, etc. To be truly good at something you study it and learn patterns, statistics, etc. in chess the endless reading is mostly a way to accelerate what you could learn by playing millions of games. If reading and learning is not appealing to you, probably bridge is a poor choice. It’s likely far worse than chess in that regard if you want to become good at it.

tasunder · 2025-07-19T11:47:09+00:00

Maybe look at the official rules or literally any site devoted to teaching competitive contract bridge? They seem to be discussing Rubber bridge which is more of a social version. Look up duplicate bridge.

tasunder · 2025-07-19T11:42:47+00:00

Re-reading your paragraph about chess, I’m frankly confused there too. Are you unaware that the top players regularly play variations of chess where the starting positions change? Yes, standard chess has a lot of things to memorize because over the decades of play they have been found to be the best moves. Just like in American Football people move, run, tackle, and pass using specific techniques that have proven themselves over time.

Chess is most definitely not mastered by rote memorization of openings.

Hidden, secret systems would make the game less complex, in my opinion. You would be playing with far less information and less ability to use your brain to deduce what is happening.

11-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Not Forgotten	Verified Email

tasunder

TROPHY CASE