| Re: Entering the queue at a stop sign
>We've got these waterworks bronze plates/covers imbedded in the streets,
>I guess over where valves go. Those things can really sneak up on ya,
>'cuz they're so small. They've caught me out a couple of times.
>We also used to have really slick white crosswalk paint that got me a
>few times while on foot, out in the rain. Fortunately, the city has
>changed its paint recipe since then.
We've got a subway, and I've got a new commute (work moved). The
subway has big grates over it, I'm figuring that they are air exhaust
thingies. Anyway, I never really noticed them before.
When I say big, I mean across the whole lane, like 12 feet square.
Their openings aren't big enough to trap a bicycle wheel, but I
know they are going to be slicker than owl snot in a fresh rain,
and really bad news next winter. I'm still working out the
coexistence details, but the one at 21st and M streets looks
bad because I have to hang a left just after it.
If it ain't Scylla it's Charybdis.
Good features of the new commute include better parking and much
easier access to coffee, bad features are much heavier traffic on
the optimal route and many more red lights. My knee is getting
used to the more frequent accelerations.
Amazing how we adapt, I should have this route under control in a
couple of years.
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