For the record I searched for "automatic vs manual in snow" and of course the results are all anecdotal but the consensus seems to be that it is indeed easier to drive in snow with a manual, all noting more control over torque and wheelspin making it easier.
I'd submit that only people who drive stick would post their anecdotes in most situations, as people who drive automatics neither think nor care about it or their cars generally. ;^)
I wouldn't say only people who drive manuals, but yeah you can expect that. One of the posts was some guy vehemently disparaging people who drive automatics for essentially no reason.
I don't want to hear Rym's opinions on gun control or tax (isn't that a Fox channel show?) I want to hear Scott talking about X - like x marks the spot (pirate treasure) or malcolm X or X as its used in mathematical calculations - go for it!
For the record I searched for "automatic vs manual in snow" and of course the results are all anecdotal but the consensus seems to be that it is indeed easier to drive in snow with a manual, all noting more control over torque and wheelspin making it easier.
I'd submit that only people who drive stick would post their anecdotes in most situations, as people who drive automatics neither think nor care about it or their cars generally. ;^)
I wouldn't say only people who drive manuals, but yeah you can expect that. One of the posts was some guy vehemently disparaging people who drive automatics for essentially no reason.
As comparison. The reason you have more control with a manual in snow is the same reason a web—dev has more control what is going on whilst building a website than a high school freshman whom pirated dreamweaver. Because, if you have something that you actually can control, and you know what you are doing, you can actually control what is happening.
The reason when you always get a positive response when you throw topic questions to the audience is that we just want to hear you guys talk about a topic you have strong opinions on. If only one of you has a lot to say on the topic, just as good, since you guys are actually most entertaining when you disagree and bicker.
Methinks you read Scott wrong. He didn't say that racing was banned; he said traction control was banned in some races.
Huh, so I did. Doesn't matter, he's not going to listen to the primary thrust of it. Let's face it, high-tech device with a useful function, that he wouldn't turn off, in something he doesn't use or an activity he doesn't perform very regularly? It should be in every car, no exceptions, and you shouldn't be able to turn it off, you're obviously stupid and wrong if you disagree. Cue a bunch of made up examples and analogies(poorly formed and generally trying to force the conclusion), speculation, and semantic corrections, nobody budges from their position and were never going to from the start, and now I've saved us twenty posts of nonsense between Scott and I over traction control. We're both stubborn and mouthy, it's what you get.
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. I've never heard that slang before. Either way, I'm quite calm - that's literally just a description of how both sides conduct themselves in pretty much 90% of the times Scott and I argue. I'm as bad as he is, and he's as bad as I am, really.
I know Scott's position on the show has become wet blanket (on the face of someone with pneumonia)/no fun dad/bad cop, but I think he was right to shut down the gun control "discussion."
Next on LET's Comic View, we have Rym!
"Conservatives are ca-razy! Am I right? Gun nuts talk like this. Gun control advocates talk like this."
There is worth to new listeners to hear your view on gun control, but most of us can already see where it would go. If you have a fresh angle on it, I'd be stunned.
I know Scott's position on the show has become wet blanket (on the face of someone with pneumonia)/no fun dad/bad cop, but I think he was right to shut down the gun control "discussion."
Next on LET's Comic View, we have Rym!
"Conservatives are ca-razy! Am I right? Gun nuts talk like this. Gun control advocates talk like this."
There is worth to new listeners to hear your view on gun control, but most of us can already see where it would go. If you have a fresh angle on it, I'd be stunned.
I know Scott's position on the show has become wet blanket (on the face of someone with pneumonia)/no fun dad/bad cop, but I think he was right to shut down the gun control "discussion."
Next on LET's Comic View, we have Rym!
"Conservatives are ca-razy! Am I right? Gun nuts talk like this. Gun control advocates talk like this."
There is worth to new listeners to hear your view on gun control, but most of us can already see where it would go. If you have a fresh angle on it, I'd be stunned.
I should point out that apparently every person you know who travels regularly doesn't really know what's up with an international license. The reason you get an international driver's license is when you're going to non-English speaking countries - It's basically just a booklet of official, verified translations of your driver's license. You run into a cop in, say, china who doesn't read English? You're going to the station, till they find one who can. It's also got system-to-system translations of what you are and are not allowed to drive or ride.
They're mostly for long-term visitors - you can usually get away with it on short trips - but according to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic(I think that's the one, it's been a while since I've had to go over this) your drivers license from your home country is officially valid - despite not being in the host country's language - if it is accompanied by a certified translation, ie, your international driver's license. It's not always followed, but IIRC, that's what the convention says - according to my old company manuals(it occurs to me that I should have given those back, but whatever), section two of article 41 says - "Contracting Parties shall recognize any domestic permit drawn up in their national language or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language, accompanied by a certified translation."
As for setting the parking brake, the "thing that it rests on" that Scott was looking for is called a "Parking Pawl", it's essentially a steel pin that slots into your transmission, that stops it from moving. Of course, this only applies to Automatic baby mode transmissions, not Manual transmissions - while it's not advisable to leave a manual transmission vehicle in gear while on a hill - as it puts undue and unnecessary stress on the drivetrain - it's not as much of a problem as with Autos. On a level surface, it's not really a problem at all, though it's still not a good habit to get into - however, if you must, then you engage the parking brake, take your foot off the regular brake, and then once the brakes are set, do you put it in the appropriate gear, to minimize drivetrain stress.
Indeed. I got one a couple years ago at the local AAA office. Only cost like $10 or so, and it basically was exactly what Churba said -- text in about a dozen or so different languages along with my picture that states I am legally licensed to drive in my home country. If you're planning to drive in a foreign country, $10 isn't a huge expense to make sure that if you're stuck with a cop who doesn't read English, you aren't stuck waiting for one who does to show up.
A little earlier than 50 minutes into the show, Scott claims no other subway in the world runs at night. Our subway runs every 5 minutes from every station, 24/7, it's always clean, and payment is optional.
A little earlier than 50 minutes into the show, Scott claims no other subway in the world runs at night. Our subway runs every 5 minutes from every station, 24/7, it's always clean, and payment is optional.
The problem here is where you assume any other city other than New york is a city. Or even exists. Don't talk such nonsense.
A little earlier than 50 minutes into the show, Scott claims no other subway in the world runs at night. Our subway runs every 5 minutes from every station, 24/7, it's always clean, and payment is optional.
A little earlier than 50 minutes into the show, Scott claims no other subway in the world runs at night. Our subway runs every 5 minutes from every station, 24/7, it's always clean, and payment is optional.
There are a handful of full service 24/7 subways other than New York's. But there aren't many. Even most major cities' intra-city mass transit has shut-down lines and/or service gaps.
In my experience, New York intra-city mass transit has many service gaps throughout the day and night.
Specific ones for construction and maintenance on schedules. For example, the NQ is being disrupted at night on weekdays for required maintenance for a few weeks.
Whenever a line is taken out of service for this sort of thing, other lines will run more often to compensate, and they ensure that there are still paths to every service area.
So, if the 7 stops running in Manhattan, they run the S all night (it normally stops late at night, as it and the 7 have 100% overlap) and run extra NQ trains for all the people from Queens.
If the 7 is disrupted between Queensboro Plaza and Grand Central, they run a free shuttle bus along the route of the three out-of-service stations.
You just have to be aware of the construction/maintenance schedule, which is usually determined months in advance and publicized all over the city. For locals, it all still "just works," but I won't pretend that it's obvious or easy for outsiders to really follow the maintenance schedule of the various lines.
When I took the A to work the schedule worked out that 90% of the time a G would show up and disgorge 200 people right before an A/C pulled up. Commence sardine subway ride.
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Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. I've never heard that slang before. Either way, I'm quite calm - that's literally just a description of how both sides conduct themselves in pretty much 90% of the times Scott and I argue. I'm as bad as he is, and he's as bad as I am, really.
:P
Next on LET's Comic View, we have Rym!
"Conservatives are ca-razy! Am I right? Gun nuts talk like this. Gun control advocates talk like this."
There is worth to new listeners to hear your view on gun control, but most of us can already see where it would go. If you have a fresh angle on it, I'd be stunned.
So. What is my position on gun control?
So. What is my position on gun control?
They're mostly for long-term visitors - you can usually get away with it on short trips - but according to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic(I think that's the one, it's been a while since I've had to go over this) your drivers license from your home country is officially valid - despite not being in the host country's language - if it is accompanied by a certified translation, ie, your international driver's license. It's not always followed, but IIRC, that's what the convention says - according to my old company manuals(it occurs to me that I should have given those back, but whatever), section two of article 41 says - "Contracting Parties shall recognize any domestic permit drawn up in their national language or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language, accompanied by a certified translation."
As for setting the parking brake, the "thing that it rests on" that Scott was looking for is called a "Parking Pawl", it's essentially a steel pin that slots into your transmission, that stops it from moving. Of course, this only applies to Automatic baby mode transmissions, not Manual transmissions - while it's not advisable to leave a manual transmission vehicle in gear while on a hill - as it puts undue and unnecessary stress on the drivetrain - it's not as much of a problem as with Autos. On a level surface, it's not really a problem at all, though it's still not a good habit to get into - however, if you must, then you engage the parking brake, take your foot off the regular brake, and then once the brakes are set, do you put it in the appropriate gear, to minimize drivetrain stress.
Whenever a line is taken out of service for this sort of thing, other lines will run more often to compensate, and they ensure that there are still paths to every service area.
So, if the 7 stops running in Manhattan, they run the S all night (it normally stops late at night, as it and the 7 have 100% overlap) and run extra NQ trains for all the people from Queens.
If the 7 is disrupted between Queensboro Plaza and Grand Central, they run a free shuttle bus along the route of the three out-of-service stations.
You just have to be aware of the construction/maintenance schedule, which is usually determined months in advance and publicized all over the city. For locals, it all still "just works," but I won't pretend that it's obvious or easy for outsiders to really follow the maintenance schedule of the various lines.
Planned service gaps are documented here day-of:
http://www.mta.info/weekender.html
There are service gap schedules on the main MTA web site, and also in each affected station.
For many years now, it's been one of the most reliable lines in the system.
Rym, you don't have to deflate all my jokes.
Stupid G train.
Luckily, I almost never want the N.