who came up with the handicap to regular parking spots ratio? and why can't they admit their algorithm was off? our four spots no one is ever in became eight spots no one will ever use. only time it's ever used is by some dude who is gaming the system. common sense should apply sometimes.

Bucky wrote:Make sure you don't take the trail past Manayunk- take Umbria St., to Nixon St., <almost> to River Road and get back on the trail at Port Royal Ave. I think the trail may be closed at Shawmont anyway, but through there it's like a mountain bike trail. And not very well demarcated, so it's probably easy to wander off trail, especially westbound. The only tough part will be Umbria between Parker an Domino, where there's a decent (but short) climb.

Make sure you hell at me when you do so, Mick.

z ipper wrote:who came up with the handicap to regular parking spots ratio? and why can't they admit their algorithm was off? our four spots no one is ever in became eight spots no one will ever use. only time it's ever used is by some dude who is gaming the system. common sense should apply sometimes.

I hate these people.

One time at a midnight release of one of the Harry potter books so dude got in my face about this. He was parked in a handicap spot right outside the store. There were lots of people milling around outside. He tried to back his big SUV out of the spot and was finding it hard to do. He started honking, so I gave him a look like " hey buddy you're in a handicap spot and you're clearly not handicapped" and pointed to the handicap sign.

Bro freaked. He got out of his car and got in my face yelling something like " you probably thought it was a woman driving this car." I said I knew it was a guy and was just poInring out that you were in handicap spot and you clearly aren't.

Yelled some more expletives at me then got back in his car and drove.

Some people will do anything for Harry potter. Even park in a handicap space illegally.

Called Phila traffic court to confirm the date of my hearing, and was told my local police sent the judge a letter and my ticket has been dropped. I don't think I've had such a swing from dread to joy maybe ever.

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The B1G Piece wrote:

Bucky wrote:Make sure you don't take the trail past Manayunk- take Umbria St., to Nixon St., <almost> to River Road and get back on the trail at Port Royal Ave. I think the trail may be closed at Shawmont anyway, but through there it's like a mountain bike trail. And not very well demarcated, so it's probably easy to wander off trail, especially westbound. The only tough part will be Umbria between Parker an Domino, where there's a decent (but short) climb.

Make sure you hell at me when you do so, Mick.

Hehe next time I will. I ended up having to stay at work until about 5:45... so I chickened out and got on the 6:32 train, rode that to Miquon, and biked to Conshy from there. It was only like three miles and I was embarrassingly tired when I got home (though I think that was mostly because of hills in Conshohocken.. particularly on Hallowell near where it intersects with Spring Mill). So yeah, I need to get in shape.

CalvinBall wrote:One time at a midnight release of one of the Harry potter books so dude got in my face about this. He was parked in a handicap spot right outside the store. There were lots of people milling around outside. He tried to back his big SUV out of the spot and was finding it hard to do. He started honking, so I gave him a look like " hey buddy you're in a handicap spot and you're clearly not handicapped" and pointed to the handicap sign.

Bro freaked. He got out of his car and got in my face yelling something like " you probably thought it was a woman driving this car." I said I knew it was a guy and was just poInring out that you were in handicap spot and you clearly aren't.

Yelled some more expletives at me then got back in his car and drove.

Some people will do anything for Harry potter. Even park in a handicap space illegally.

The absolute worst was a clearly non-handicapped person, backed into one of the stripped line spots, but actually parked on the strip lines.

One slight catch, my future brother-in-law, who needs a ramp to get into his van, was parked in by this asshole.

The guy was completely oblivious to the whole situation and went on his merry way.

Well, his fucking car got towed. Shithead.

mickbayne wrote:

The B1G Piece wrote:

Bucky wrote:Make sure you don't take the trail past Manayunk- take Umbria St., to Nixon St., <almost> to River Road and get back on the trail at Port Royal Ave. I think the trail may be closed at Shawmont anyway, but through there it's like a mountain bike trail. And not very well demarcated, so it's probably easy to wander off trail, especially westbound. The only tough part will be Umbria between Parker an Domino, where there's a decent (but short) climb.

Make sure you hell at me when you do so, Mick.

Hehe next time I will. I ended up having to stay at work until about 5:45... so I chickened out and got on the 6:32 train, rode that to Miquon, and biked to Conshy from there. It was only like three miles and I was embarrassingly tired when I got home (though I think that was mostly because of hills in Conshohocken.. particularly on Hallowell near where it intersects with Spring Mill). So yeah, I need to get in shape.

I would also explore some the bike trails at Forbidden Drive, they look to be very fun.

td11 wrote:apparently the university of florida dropped its computer science department

yea I mean their athletes can't take any of those classes and meet academic standards so...more Pottery classes it is!

Many people may not be 'visibly' physically handicapped but need that front spot due to various issues. I wouldn't be so quick to judge, in general.

pacino wrote:Many people may not be 'visibly' physically handicapped but need that front spot due to various issues. I wouldn't be so quick to judge, in general.

He wasn't handicapped, he was being an asshole.

but don't they need "visible" tags to park there?

That's why I wrote 'in general'

what

Correct, 1...I should have mentioned it was at a Phillies game, he was arriving late and wanted to park close to the stadium, thus he backed into to the spot because it was the only opening available.

Luckily we saw him do it as we were entering the stadium and told the police.

i had a pretty shitty exchange recently with a guy questioning our use of a handicap spot. when i calmly and diplomatically (ha) explained to him that it was for our son and not my wife or me, the guy turned white as a ghost and sped off.

i'm no tough guy, but it was one of those moments where i could relate to how bruce banner feels when he's fighting becoming the hulk

my cousin mose wrote:i had a pretty shitty exchange recently with a guy questioning our use of a handicap spot. when i calmly and diplomatically (ha) explained to him that it was for our son and not my wife or me, the guy turned white as a ghost and sped off.

i'm no tough guy, but it was one of those moments where i could relate to how bruce banner feels when he's fighting becoming the hulk

oh hey look at my avatar

i'm lame

1 wrote:but don't they need "visible" tags to park there?

many People still think some handicapped persons don't deserve them or are faking it. They remember some anecdotal time a second cousin's next-door neighborhood did it.

I wasn't commenting on bigpiece, just usin him as a jumping off point. That's why I didnt quote him.

My brother-in-law actually doesn't mind those people, he just gets frustrated that people with the tags don't understand the parking spaces. Especially if he is by himself, he can only wait until the car gets moved. Makes it tough when you have enough things to worry about.