tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post3188226688752001054..comments2023-11-03T09:25:57.607-04:00Comments on 829 southdrive: Driveways, menus and GPSBaydoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-29883398830508622442013-02-23T06:38:44.066-05:002013-02-23T06:38:44.066-05:00great bit of posting mate, i quite enjoyed reading...great bit of posting mate, i quite enjoyed reading this...<br /><a href="http://www.premierpavingltd.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Driveways Essex</a>dave jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-59881058875177651532011-03-01T11:54:22.832-05:002011-03-01T11:54:22.832-05:00I always find it hard to navigate a drive where I ...I always find it hard to navigate a drive where I have to go backwards downhill. It is almost impossible to see the drive properly in most cars. In spite of this, the only two houses I have owned in the US have had steep drives that I usually backed down. One of them had a hairpin bend halfway down. The other has a fire hydrant on one side at the bottom and a rock wall on the other side to catch anyone who does not stay on the drive. Not good.<br /><br />Baydog's advice is sound. Don't look out of the rear window of the car. Look in the driver's side door mirror and just follow the edge of the drive. (Check first that there aren't any random toys, animals or children on the drive.)Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-1121541634033754652011-03-01T10:11:06.563-05:002011-03-01T10:11:06.563-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doc Häagen-Dazshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577427442824705257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-47150676973114450662011-02-28T03:36:51.395-05:002011-02-28T03:36:51.395-05:00Thanks for that enlightening explanation, Carol An...Thanks for that enlightening explanation, Carol Anne. I think that would have definitely made a fine entry in Tillerman's navigation writing project.<br /><br />In Philadelphia, we had a much more precise means of measuring distance - a marker that was placed every 100 feet along most major thorofares - the pothole.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-9525349372764645872011-02-28T03:15:23.752-05:002011-02-28T03:15:23.752-05:00The problem with the driveway at Five O'Clock ...The problem with the driveway at Five O'Clock Somewhere is that Google Maps thinks it's a road. At least I don't have to worry about drivers veering off the driveway and taking divots out of the lawn, because there is no lawn, just lots of rocks, lovely 500-pound chunks of sandstone, some with lichens on them, of the sort that landscapers in the city pay a couple hundred bucks apiece for.<br /><br />O Docker, a country mile is a more honest measurement than a city mile. In the country, a statute mile is a mile. In the city, a mile is at least theoretically a statute mile, but it's not so exact. The rule of thumb in most cities is that 10 blocks equals a mile.<br /><br />In the western U.S., developers often bought sections from the descendants of homesteaders, who got land grants in nice, tidy squares, and the result was that development took on a Cartesian plan, with perpendicular east-west and north-south boundaries that became major roads. Every mile, there would be a major road, and at the half-miles, there would be feeder roads. So in the western U.S., city miles are generally close to statute miles.<br /><br />On the other hand, older cities that developed before the homesteading system often have more organic, random patterns of roads and streets. There are no set perpendicular divisions to measure distances. So miles in the city are far less precise. In truth, there is no such thing as a "city mile," but measuring the distance along a road that twists and turns, or that is at a weird angle, is hard.<br /><br />And of course, there's also the concept that a country mile is wide-open, while a city mile is cluttered up with buildings. If somebody says a baseball player can hit a ball a "country mile," it means the ball can go on for a long way without hitting anything. If the same player hit the ball in the city, it would hit something, such as a building or a bust of Lenin.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-45441427602516369032011-02-28T01:22:13.119-05:002011-02-28T01:22:13.119-05:00I think you missed the boat here.
You could have ...I think you missed the boat here.<br /><br />You could have easily gotten three separate navigation posts out of this and would have then been way ahead of me, Bonnie, Carol Anne, and my2fish - but not JP.<br /><br />JP is ahead of all of us by a country mile.<br /><br />But you might catch him by doing a post on just what the heck a country mile is.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-24105969333916525522011-02-27T23:51:12.927-05:002011-02-27T23:51:12.927-05:00Maybe then they'd stay off the flippin dead gr...Maybe then they'd stay off the flippin dead grass!Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-77772714112837103762011-02-27T23:47:58.862-05:002011-02-27T23:47:58.862-05:00at least you don't have a goose guarding the d...at least you don't have a goose guarding the driveway!my2fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457239434851029876noreply@blogger.com