Dodger Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 10:04 AM, mclumber1 said: Because it's less convenient, and often times slower, than other modes of transport. If I wanted to take rail from Las Vegas to San Diego, there will not be a direct, non-stop route. It's going to probably make stops in Barstow, Victorville, 3 (or more) stops in Los Angeles, and Orange County before actually arriving in San Diego. Direct flights are offered a dozen times a day between these two cities, and I can drive down to San Diego in about 5 hours if I time it right to not get stuck in Riverside. Yeah but good luck avoiding that traffic. About the only way to do it anymore is to travel at off peak times. Good luck try to drive up to Vegas after work and heaven help you if you try to come back on a Sunday. They could probably charge extra for non stop service a couple times a day and still fill the trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dodger said: They could probably charge extra for non stop service a couple times a day and still fill the trains. Yep. This isn't a novel concept. I've taken express trains from Poughkeepsie to NYC several times. They aren't nonstop, but it's still faster and cheaper than driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Pay $50 a month with taxes for 200/200 from Starry, I often see 230/230 though. During the pandemic Starry added a $30 for 100/50. The cheapest plan from Charter is 200/10 for $74.99. Even their gigabit download only has 35 up. The only other option is crappy DSL from Frontier, not seeing an upload speed but looks like it's 25 down for $45. A year or two ago I think it was still something like 15/3 for the same price. 20-30 Mbps upload is bad enough living alone, I can't imagine how bad it's been the past year in multi-person households. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Iculus said: Yep. This isn't a novel concept. I've taken express trains from Poughkeepsie to NYC several times. They aren't nonstop, but it's still faster and cheaper than driving. If you build it they will come. But good luck getting it built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, Dodger said: Yeah but good luck avoiding that traffic. About the only way to do it anymore is to travel at off peak times. Good luck try to drive up to Vegas after work and heaven help you if youngest to come back on a Sunday. They could probably charge extra for non stop service a couple times a day and still fill the trains. We've been pretty fortunate - if you leave Vegas (on any day besides a Sunday) at around 9 or 10, you usually don't run into any traffic jams once you get down to San Bernardino/Riverside. If you leave Vegas any later than noon you are pretty much guaranteed to hit a traffic wall before Riverside. Coming back the other direction we've never had very many slow downs. But whatever you do DO NOT drive from Vegas on a Sunday. traffic sucks ass starting at Primm because all of the California residents are trying to make it back home from their weekend in Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 If I'm traveling through LA or somewhere with a ton of traffic I usually just go through like at 2am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 4 hours ago, mclumber1 said: We've been pretty fortunate - if you leave Vegas (on any day besides a Sunday) at around 9 or 10, you usually don't run into any traffic jams once you get down to San Bernardino/Riverside. If you leave Vegas any later than noon you are pretty much guaranteed to hit a traffic wall before Riverside. Coming back the other direction we've never had very many slow downs. But whatever you do DO NOT drive from Vegas on a Sunday. traffic sucks ass starting at Primm because all of the California residents are trying to make it back home from their weekend in Vegas. If Primm had a new sheriff he could sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 5 hours ago, mclumber1 said: Having to pay $160 a month for JUST high speed internet (with no data cap) from Cox is not "just fine" in my opinion. It's lunacy. It's galling that every major ISP lifted their data caps at the start of COVID "as a courtesy", and then brought them all back again a couple of months later, as if they hadn't just proven that data caps had no legitimate purpose by lifting them at the exact time when there would be an all-time spike in home internet usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: It's galling that every major ISP lifted their data caps at the start of COVID "as a courtesy", and then brought them all back again a couple of months later, as if they hadn't just proven that data caps had no legitimate purpose by lifting them at the exact time when there would be an all-time spike in home internet usage. Since being reintroduced I easily hit mine every month and it's just an easy way for them duckers to fleece me out of another $10/month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, thewhyteboar said: If Primm had a new sheriff he could sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jason said: I don't get modern art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thewhyteboar Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Doing the lord's work to make the case for the infrastructure plan. Thanks you gun-worshipping psycho! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 One of those people who think that dogs only recognize tone of voice, trying to get them to do tricks via SMS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Yo U.S. Senate parliamentarian says Democrats can use reconciliation to pass more bills | Reuters WWW.REUTERS.COM The U.S. Senate parliamentarian ruled on Monday that Democrats may use a procedural tool known as reconciliation to pass more legislation this year, a spokesman for Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said, which could clear the way for passage of an infrastructure bill without... That's for this year, using it as a means to revise the budget. So it's a matter of negotiating with Sinema and Manchin again. But they don't need to water it down considerably to get 10 Republican votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 They'd never get 10 Rs anyway. But they would lose a ton of time! The filibuster has to go through. HR1 and related bills can't pass through reconciliation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marioandsonic Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 It's just like Obamacare. When you detach Biden's name from it and break it down piece by piece, more people love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 If you added "also, the bill would allow the public beheading of a random millionaire CEO" to any survey, it would probably get a boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeneticBlueprint Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Nuclear is the only viable stop gap to meet energy demands until renewables can do so fully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 In Louisiana, Biden pitches infrastructure - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Even in a Republican stronghold, Biden contrasted his plan with the GOP tax cuts of the Trump era. He stood in front of a bridge that’s outlived its expected working life by two decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 We need fewer bridges tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 $100 tax credit on the second 100 gigawatts generated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, SaysWho? said: In Louisiana, Biden pitches infrastructure - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Even in a Republican stronghold, Biden contrasted his plan with the GOP tax cuts of the Trump era. He stood in front of a bridge that’s outlived its expected working life by two decades. Well, if any one would know it would be Biden..... Spoiler Just kidding. Please don't die, uncle Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Biden Opens California Coast to Wind Farm Development WWW.MSN.COM WASHINGTON - The federal government said on Wednesday it has cleared a key hurdle to open up the central California coast to offshore wind farms, something long sought but often dismissed as... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 2:21 PM, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Less roads and highways, more anything else Lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 54 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Lmao Ah yes the Democrats everyone, surrendering before the first shot is even fired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Like half of the Democrats in the Senate are 80+ year olds who would be replaced by a GOP governor if they died. "Don't worry, we'll fix it later for sure" is not an acceptable plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Like half of the Democrats in the Senate are 80+ year olds who would be replaced by a GOP governor if they died. "Don't worry, we'll fix it later for sure" is not an acceptable plan. AGEIST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Like half of the Democrats in the Senate are 80+ year olds who would be replaced by a GOP governor if they died. "Don't worry, we'll fix it later for sure" is not an acceptable plan. Well, we'll all be dead by 2050 due to climate change anyway, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 5 hours ago, marioandsonic said: Well, we'll all be dead by 2050 due to climate change anyway, so... I wouldn't go that far. We won't all be dead, it's just that by then the living will envy the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 Shot: chaser: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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