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People to Punch, Pet Peeves, and General Vexations (mega-merge)

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Bucknut24;2191826; said:
really?

I've always called it by the number of lanes in both directions (4 lane hwy = 2 lanes each side, etc) I thought that was the norm
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That is generally the official way to describe multi-lane roads: a "two-lane highway" has one lane going in each direction, a "four lane divided highway" has 2 lanes in each direction with a median strip, an "eight-lane freeway" has 4 lanes going in each direction, etc.
 
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BayBuck;2194834; said:
That is generally the official way to describe multi-lane roads: a "two-lane highway" has one lane going in each direction, a "four lane divided highway" has 2 lanes in each direction with a median strip, an "eight-lane freeway" has 4 lanes going in each direction, etc.
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They just converted a stretch of the H-1 freeway here from a 3-lane to a 4-lane, and referred to it as such on the news. What they did was take an older stretch of the freeway running through downtown Honolulu and take the existing three lanes--in each direction--and by narrowing the width of the width of the lanes changed the East and West bound segments into four lanes. It was not referred as converting six lanes into eight but rather three lanes into four in each direction. By stating the number of lanes, it implies the amount of lanes available to a driver in the directon the driver is headed.
 
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I used to work in the transportation industry.

BayBuck;2194834; said:
That is generally the official way to describe multi-lane roads: a "two-lane highway" has one lane going in each direction, a "four lane divided highway" has 2 lanes in each direction with a median strip, an "eight-lane freeway" has 4 lanes going in each direction, etc.
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This is correct.

MililaniBuckeye;2194877; said:
They just converted a stretch of the H-1 freeway here from a 3-lane to a 4-lane, and referred to it as such on the news. What they did was take an older stretch of the freeway running through downtown Honolulu and take the existing three lanes--in each direction--and by narrowing the width of the width of the lanes changed the East and West bound segments into four lanes. It was not referred as converting six lanes into eight but rather three lanes into four in each direction. By stating the number of lanes, it implies the amount of lanes available to a driver in the directon the driver is headed.
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Just because Hawaiian news anchors call it that way does not mean it is the norm.
 
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The Starbucks in the B concourse of the Indy Airport is pathetic. It is slower than molasses and they don't take my starbucks phone app. Today no coffee brewed when I got there. Hello, your a coffee shop how do you not have coffee brewed? And bagels get a toaster so you can toast em.....
 
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muffler dragon;2199232; said:
I'm sure this rings true with many, but I'll put it out there anyway...

Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport sucks donkey balls.

That is all.
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Yeah for a span of 35 days I will get to fly out of National and Atlanta, two of the airports I despise the most, on a Friday night because I have the kids on Saturday by myself.

I can't wait.
 
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If you go to a movie, don't treat it like a time to catch up. Shut the fuck up so others can enjoy what they paid for.

I went to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX again. $30 visit to the theater. These fucking assholes behind me wouldn't stop talking.
 
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