Random Thought Thread

[lorenz0]

Originally Posted by Ross

WTF is with Calgary traffic this week and last...

Been driving deerfoot daily for 10 years, and this has to be the slowest week yet.
It's only snow people!
You can go more than 10 kph

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.

[Ross]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.

Yeah I agree!!
I've lived in Calgary my whole life and cant stand 3/4 the people here!
I still think of calgary as 500-600 thousand people, not the 1.1million plus.

I havent seen the daily commute as bad as it has been this last week.
My drive times for the past week are as follows:

Monday____0:40 (no snow and typical dry road drive time)
Tuesday____2:01 (snow storm the night before)
Wednesday__1:32 (minimal new snow)
Thursday____1:17
Friday_______1:10

Monday______1:22

And the drive home is much longer!
GRRRRRR!!!!

[sphelps]

What part of the city do you work in Ross?

[muck]

Sounds like you need a flat downtown during the week Ross.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

dare me to comment on this...

The nice version: Some people don't belong here. When people react after telling them I was born and raised here I give them the evil eye.

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right.

What if I moved there now? I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people".

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Doug

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right.

What if I moved there now? I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people".

If you don't know how to drive correctly in winter weather then yes Doug you would be one of those people .

Laurier you and I probably have the same break down and hate the world moment driving from Mount Royal Gate trying to get onto Crowchild southbound. You wait in the turn lane for 25 mins (Especially in the wintertime) and then some ass clown drives past the 200 cars waiting in the line only to try and force him/herself in last second.

I don't even have words for how much I hate Calgary winter driving, first snow fall and 75% of the city forgets how to drive...

[Doug]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

If you don't know how to drive correctly in winter weather then yes Doug you would be one of those people .

Oh I dont know. Perhaps 31 yrs. in Thompson, including many trips/winter out to places like Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg could have given me a few qualifications.

I,m one of those that gets upset at the pokes attempting to drive in winter.

EITHER GET OFF THE ROAD IF YER SCARED OR BUY PROPER TIRES FOR WINTER

[jorjef]

EITHER GET OFF THE ROAD IF YER SCARED OR BUY PROPER TIRES FOR WINTER

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I second that, my wife has "true" winter tires and the difference is unbeliveable. I was a skeptic until I drove her car.... and ya putzing down the road at 60k in a 100k zone is brutal.....stay home. Winter tires are mandatory in Quebec and should be the same here....

[zum14]

Originally Posted by Ross

Yeah I agree!!
I've lived in Calgary my whole life and cant stand 3/4 the people here!
I still think of calgary as 500-600 thousand people, not the 1.1million plus.

I havent seen the daily commute as bad as it has been this last week.
My drive times for the past week are as follows:

Monday____0:40 (no snow and typical dry road drive time)
Tuesday____2:01 (snow storm the night before)
Wednesday__1:32 (minimal new snow)
Thursday____1:17
Friday_______1:10

Monday______1:22

And the drive home is much longer!
GRRRRRR!!!!

How do you have time for anything else besides driving and sleeping and working. My commute is 9 mins in the summer and 15mins if its bad weather. Lots of dumb drivers too but there all driving faster then the roads permit and usually see at least one or two hit the ditch on the way to work when it snows. Just about got blind sided last week from a guy that ran a red.

[lorenz0]

Originally Posted by Doug

Ok, I will bite. How do they not belong? Never knew residence was a birth right.

What if I moved there now? I lived there before you were even born but would I be one of "those people".

I just wrote a massive rant and its not worth posting. I am just sick of fighting for a job, trying to get into my program at school (they only allow 30 people per a semester) and the horriable driving in the past 2 years, which includes almost being killed on my bike numberous times.

I really dislike what the "Boom" has done to this city


Levi, your going to hate me. I live in marda loop and just have to drive across one of the bridges to get to my place. Its maybe a 10min drive in bad conditions. But I hated driving from the NW. Heading North across the bow is a nightmare. As for Glenmore, it shouldn't back up like that. People need to learn how to properly mirge