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06-09-2009, 05:50 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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road signs
Why in the world do we need to have highway markers every 2 tenths of a mile. All the highways have them now. What a colossal waste of $$$$$, never mind the urban blight look. There aren't enough signs on the sides of the road now. Visual pollution IMO.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-09-2009, 08:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Those markers used to be real small, on reflectors every 1/10mile back in the day. When you saw an emergency you could report the incident with a very high degree of accuracy. But all before cell phones.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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06-09-2009, 08:51 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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And on every even milepost, they have the route number---just in case you forgot what highway you were driving on in the last minute or so 
The other thing I love is the "Evacuation Route" signs on the Cape--du-uh, there's only two ways off the Cape and both of them are in the same general direction. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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06-09-2009, 10:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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That's funny. Me and macojoe were just talking about this last week. Someone's making a bundle.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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06-10-2009, 01:54 AM
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here fishy fishy
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: westport,ma.
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thing i noticed about those signs was how they seem to be about the right height to come right thru the windshield if you hit one. really stupid waste of $$ there devall. maybe his brother owns the sign company.
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of all the things i've lost...i miss my mind the most!!
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06-10-2009, 12:37 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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I think the state makes thier own signs. They used to anyway. Paul is right though, visual polution, it almost as bad as the trash on the GD ground.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-10-2009, 03:37 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
I think the state makes thier own signs. They used to anyway.
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If not, someone made a large campaign contribution.  |
" Choose Life "
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06-14-2009, 11:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Gota love them when on the road..Radio reports as to where the speed traps are when traveling un familiar roads.  |
low & slow 37
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06-14-2009, 11:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Back to C.Cod x'd Rangeley Me.
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I'd like to know the cost of one of them  .I want the contract to replace the ones that get taken out by the snow plows.Maybe they should be different colors for N,S,E,W.  |
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06-14-2009, 12:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Those signs are replacement for decent paving. Driving on MA roads is the pits. Asphalt peeling and chuck holes everywhere, but we now have some very nice signs.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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06-14-2009, 06:24 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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We were in New Hampshire this weekend, and they're every .2 miles across the line along 93, too.
My guess is that they're Federally funded.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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06-14-2009, 07:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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They have been in use for as long as I can remember, Are the signs you are referring to new? I think they were part of the highway building after WW2. If you were ever "on the road" you would have seen them in all states.  |
low & slow 37
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06-15-2009, 12:20 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Wait till they put telephones back every two-tenths of a mile, "get people working". Wonder what happened to all those yellow call boxes.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-15-2009, 03:35 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Yes new Don. I have seen them, mile markers that is, on some highways but not every 2/10th's of a mile. It is ridiculous.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-15-2009, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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the only good thing about them is being able to tell someone about to rescue you on the highway exactly where you are.
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06-15-2009, 05:52 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
The other thing I love is the "Evacuation Route" signs on the Cape--du-uh, there's only two ways off the Cape and both of them are in the same general direction.
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Yeah...I love this one! First time I saw them all I could think of was "do I have any other options"????? |
Simplify.......
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06-16-2009, 08:20 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jenn
Yeah...I love this one! First time I saw them all I could think of was "do I have any other options"?????
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How long can you tread water? |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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06-16-2009, 12:14 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jenn
Yeah...I love this one! First time I saw them all I could think of was "do I have any other options"?????
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More people must have scratched thier heads in amazement of the evac signs, your right, good point. I believe it is impossible to clear the cape of people. Look at the offload problem at the end of a holiday weekend. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-16-2009, 06:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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Hey us truckers need to know where we are at all times we might loose concentration nothing to look @ also when calling 911 the cops don't know exit #'s and do you notice the BLUE reflectors sometimes what do you think that means,,, and also the CRACK HEADS need scrap metal they will soon dissapper , this is your stimulass $$$$$$ BRING BACK CAPITALISM
we need people making $ to spread it out to us BLUE COLLAR NON UNION WORKERS
NON UNION AND PROUD OF IT
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ps : I can't change nothing as an individual and hope I don't loose my job but the ICE is thin .
being a comm. driver since 1977 be happy u have mile markers and everything elese they need to do after all they have a job to do
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06-16-2009, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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there's 150,000.00 worth of signs
saying that this or that highway construction project
is paid for with (our) stimulous money
and that is an acceptable use of the money
according to the current administration
i don't agree with that
not with so many bridges in disrepair... |
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06-17-2009, 03:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Heard yesterday from a bud who works on the highway that it cost the state 2.8 million dollars for the signs and to install them.
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