August 20, 2003
brain farts
Ah, did you notice that I didn't really post yesterday? I bet your friends page didn't suffer as much (haha!).
I don't really have much to say, but I do have a bunch of random observations.
I think the biggest mistake anyone can make is to think that they are unique in thinking of a certain situation. For example, today is the first (unannounced) move-in day for Carolina. So I said to myself, "First day! No one will know! I'll move in today!"
BZZT. There were enough people there at 10am this morning that I couldn't find a parking spot ... argh!
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There is this road that forks into two right after the main road passes a railroad track. I was sitting on one of the forked roads trying to get back on the main road (Think of the letter 'Y' upside down). Suddenly, the railroad separator (you know, the ones that make sure no drivers wil attempt to drive through when a train is passing, which I'm sure *some* idiot driver would do) starts to go down and the lights start flashing. I think to myself, "Cool, a train is going to pass."
Right before the separator completely goes down, it goes back up. The light for the other forked road turns green and the cars pass. About 30 seconds later, the railroad separator decides to go down again, thus blocking traffic. But, still no train comes.
This happens a total of two more times. The sad thing is I noticed the traffic lights reset after each false train incident; the other forked road gets a green light to go.
Eventually, I got through. But why? Why does a railroad have keep giving off false signals? And why don't the traffic lights remember which road has gotten green every time?
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If I worked at McDonalds, I would throw in an extra few nuggets everytime someone ordered Chicken McNuggets. Small stuff like that can really make your day.
Another good example is when you go to Burger Kings and are torn between getting onion rings or french fries. Eventually you make the hard decision to pick one (for me, usually it's onion rings) ... but when you get your onion rings, you notice a french fry at the bottom of the container. So you basically get the best of both worlds!
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I should get away from the computer and get out more. Things actually happen on the outside.
I don't really have much to say, but I do have a bunch of random observations.
I think the biggest mistake anyone can make is to think that they are unique in thinking of a certain situation. For example, today is the first (unannounced) move-in day for Carolina. So I said to myself, "First day! No one will know! I'll move in today!"
BZZT. There were enough people there at 10am this morning that I couldn't find a parking spot ... argh!
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There is this road that forks into two right after the main road passes a railroad track. I was sitting on one of the forked roads trying to get back on the main road (Think of the letter 'Y' upside down). Suddenly, the railroad separator (you know, the ones that make sure no drivers wil attempt to drive through when a train is passing, which I'm sure *some* idiot driver would do) starts to go down and the lights start flashing. I think to myself, "Cool, a train is going to pass."
Right before the separator completely goes down, it goes back up. The light for the other forked road turns green and the cars pass. About 30 seconds later, the railroad separator decides to go down again, thus blocking traffic. But, still no train comes.
This happens a total of two more times. The sad thing is I noticed the traffic lights reset after each false train incident; the other forked road gets a green light to go.
Eventually, I got through. But why? Why does a railroad have keep giving off false signals? And why don't the traffic lights remember which road has gotten green every time?
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If I worked at McDonalds, I would throw in an extra few nuggets everytime someone ordered Chicken McNuggets. Small stuff like that can really make your day.
Another good example is when you go to Burger Kings and are torn between getting onion rings or french fries. Eventually you make the hard decision to pick one (for me, usually it's onion rings) ... but when you get your onion rings, you notice a french fry at the bottom of the container. So you basically get the best of both worlds!
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I should get away from the computer and get out more. Things actually happen on the outside.
Posted by roy on August 20, 2003 at 08:40 AM | Add a comment
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