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Bridge openings during rush hour

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Why? Is one ship really more important than hundreds(maybe even into the thousands when accounting for all directions) of cars?

It's happened four times this week that I know of. Three times were actually tankers going to the shipyard so MAYBE they are important enough, but Monday afternoon it was for a sailboat with a very tall mast. WTF?

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Why? Is one ship really more important than hundreds(maybe even into the thousands when accounting for all directions) of cars?

It's happened four times this week that I know of. Three times were actually tankers going to the shipyard so MAYBE they are important enough, but Monday afternoon it was for a sailboat with a very tall mast. WTF?

Sorry bud, my weed and cocaine is just that good.

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It was the Holmes bridge wasn't it? I heard it on the radio yesterday...

I agree, why open it from like 7AM to 9AM and from 4PM to 6PM? Stupid.

Monday was just the Holmes. That mast wasn't so tall that the memorial had to go up.

Wednesday morning was the worst though. A wreck happened on the west bound side of the memorial. Rubbernecking ensued on the east bound side during cleanup. During this a ship of some kind caused the holmes to open. It was big enough that it needed the memorial to open as well, but that couldn't happen until the wreck was cleared. Once the wreck was cleared the ship took priority for some reason. So then traffic was kinda tripled up. Bridge, wreck, bridge. My 20 minute commute turned into more than an hour and a half.

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I really want to get on the other side of them, but the wife doesn't see it happening with the housing market the way it is. I'm also really afraid of labor starting when there is a bridge opening. I'll be all over the median if I have to.

edit: i'd really like to know what the city/ship captain/bridge operator is thinking when he inconveniences such a large number during the rush hours.

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I really want to get on the other side of them, but the wife doesn't see it happening with the housing market the way it is. I'm also really afraid of labor starting when there is a bridge opening. I'll be all over the median if I have to.

edit: i'd really like to know what the city/ship captain/bridge operator is thinking when he inconveniences such a large number during the rush hours.

I wouldn't worry about it too much... I doubt that that would happen.

this is God's way of punishing you for living so close to britt's donuts and bikini-clad coeds.

I live much closer to those things than KK does and I don't have this punishment... :p

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Seems rather stupid, I'd be willing to bet the laws concerning this subject haven't been changed in 100 years

i'm wondering if i can make a big enough issue of it that the news would cover it, or the city council or whoever would hear it out

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i wish i got to see bikinis as much as biscuit. britts i don't need to be close to.

I said I was closer, not that I get to see them more... :lol:

That girl on Wrightsville Ave yesterday made up for a lot though...

It's also about time for walking at the loop... much too look at there.

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I said I was closer, not that I get to see them more... :lol:

That girl on Wrightsville Ave yesterday made up for a lot though...

It's also about time for walking at the loop... much too look at there.

i'm trying to get out there more this year. we are looking for a beach pod for the little one, i want to take up the one board sport i've never tried(surfing), and i also have a longboard skateboard i'd like to cruise lumina on.

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I've tried surfing... many, many years ago... never did much with it. My youngest said he wants to learn how.

Dude, I hate that they tore that Pizza Hutt over there down, we used to go over there this time of the year and sit on the deck for lunch... that was awesome.

Hey, where do you work? We should meet for lunch one day... can you make it to McAllister's on College for your lunch break? This is a great time of the year to go there too... :ihih:

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