#155367 - 15/04/2003 15:07
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: foxtrot_xray]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
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99 is at least north-south. Of course, currently it touches *no* other interstates. It ends shy of I-70/I-76 (the highway continues south crossing over 70/76, but there's no direct interchange, a consequence of an earlier decision which was that direct connections between the free Interstate system and toll highways were to be avoided) and currently does not extend north to I-80, though the missing link between end I-99 and the western portion of the bypass around State College (the Mount Nittany Expressway) is at least half under construction now.
I-99 is eventually expected to reach I-86 (former New York 17) at the 86/US15 interchange in Corning. Substantial portions of US-220 and US-15 between I-80 and I-86 are already upgraded, but the I-180 interchange at Williamsport has a substandard ramp which will need to be replaced in what will become northbound I-99.
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#155368 - 15/04/2003 15:07
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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Registered: 03/03/2002
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Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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And speaking of such signs, remember this?
I was wondering when someone was going to bring that up.
That had to be one of the funniest things I've ever heard of. And the guy's making himself out to be a celebrity. I love it. 
(Not realted to what he did, but those type of signs are *^(@_ expensive. On the positive side, when done right (which is rare) they are extremely easy to 'change' so that the sign still looks 'normal' and unchanged to the public's eye.)
Me.
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#155369 - 15/04/2003 15:10
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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Registered: 03/03/2002
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Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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And I reminded myself... I still haven't found a source for those darn reflective buttons. I had a sign in mind, but without the reflectors...
They are extremely hard to find.
I'm STILL trying to find a contractor who will still make the button-type signs, at least one type. (There are several different types of the 'buttons'.)
For the BGS, it's easy, since the sheeing reflective still isn't that good for large projects like that, but for smaller road signs, it just isn't done anymore.
<shrug> I'd like to get a few made with the buttons as well.
Me.
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#155370 - 15/04/2003 15:13
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: foxtrot_xray]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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If you find a source, I'd love to hear about it.
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#155371 - 15/04/2003 15:20
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Ah, good ol' Bud Shyster. Another fine example of a good Pennsylvania politician.
The best part is that the I-99 signs are up already, but they're covered up. I think that between now and whenever it officially becomes I-99, Bill Shuster will probably lose an election, and someone in the state will have the sense to rename it. I think it should really be re-numbered to be an auxiliary of I-76. As far as I know, neither I-976 or I-776 are taken
Edit: Hmm. Didn't know it never ended up getting connected to 76. Strange. Well then once it gets connected to I-80, it should probably be an auxiliary of I-80.
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#155372 - 15/04/2003 15:24
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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Once it connects to I-80, it has some legitimacy as a 2di, but the problem is it will connect *only* to 80 unless they relocate the Bedford interchange on 76.
In this state, only 180 and 380 are taken. (interestingly PA380 near and in Pittsburgh is SR400 to deal with I-380 being SR380)
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#155373 - 15/04/2003 15:27
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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I really want to steal an I-99 sign. I think it should be the "Wayne Gretzky Highway."
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#155374 - 15/04/2003 15:29
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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So steal the "Bud Shuster Highway" signs instead, and get some "Wayne Gretzky Highway" signs made...
I'd say April 1, 2004 would be a good day to try it...
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#155375 - 15/04/2003 15:31
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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hehe. I've had way too many close calls with regards to stealing signs... I think I'm retired. Just like The Great One.
Here is one of the innocent victims of the I-99 project. I don't think the club ever recovered from its forced relocation.
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#155376 - 15/04/2003 15:33
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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PennDOT actually seems to take about as dim a view of I-99 as I do. Only one overhead sign has an I-99 shield (that's uncovered. The project by State College has more). All the others still say US220 and there are I-99 signs on metal poles next to the gantries.
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#155377 - 15/04/2003 15:36
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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They got moved halfway down the hill, right? They looked like they were doing ok last time I drove by, but it's been a while.
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#155378 - 15/04/2003 15:37
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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But I'm sure Bud's son's car dealership is doing quite well, and, after all, that's what we all want out of our Interstate roads.
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#155379 - 15/04/2003 15:52
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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If you find a source, I'd love to hear about it.
I will let you know.
(And if we haven't put the other 98% of the BBS to sleep with this thread, I'll be impressed.)
Me.
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#155380 - 15/04/2003 16:06
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Hmm. I was just up at Penn State this weekend, but my route there doesn't take me near the place. The last I heard, the move had caused them some legal problems due to the way they were serving alcohol. Come to think of it, I should have asked my friend who lives up there and was an.. uh.. "entertainer" there for a couple years, I'm sure she's still plugged in to what's going on there.
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#155381 - 15/04/2003 16:22
Re: Sign Of The Times
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pooh-bah
Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
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Asleep? Not at all. It's the odd threads here that make it so interesting.
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#155382 - 15/04/2003 18:38
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: foxtrot_xray]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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I have an idea for someone who might know. Maybe I'll remember to... ask.
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#155383 - 15/04/2003 20:40
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: peter]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Some of these people have never before been seen on this BBS... Which just begs the question, of those who have never been seen on this BBS, what functions do they serve in the Empeg Kingdom?
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#155384 - 15/04/2003 20:52
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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I'll Bitt myself.
"I'm seen". WTF?
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#155385 - 16/04/2003 03:01
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: foxtrot_xray]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4172
Loc: Cambridge, England
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"Detour" Any road up, it's a classic bit of work. I don't know if it would give the same impression to people who see it every day, but, speaking as a Brit, even the typeface on US road signs is immediately distinctive and pure Americana. That thing would be going in the display cabinet right by Empeg Serial Number One, except of course that the display cabinet isn't big enough...
Peter
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#155386 - 16/04/2003 04:12
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: peter]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Denon were damned fast getting the barbed wire fence up to keep you people loyal.
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#155387 - 16/04/2003 04:13
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[Re: canuckInOR]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
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Which just begs the question, of those who have never been seen on this BBS, what functions do they serve in the Empeg Kingdom?
Everyone in the photo is a software developer except for myself and Lucie. Lucie is responsible for pre-QA software testing and also replacing all of my clunky old web tools with slick new web tools. I mostly just hang out and read the BBS.
Rob
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#155388 - 16/04/2003 04:52
Re: Sign Of The Times
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Loc: Bruges, Belgium
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#155389 - 16/04/2003 08:09
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: peter]
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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Any road up, it's a classic bit of work. I don't know if it would give the same impression to people who see it every day, but, speaking as a Brit, even the typeface on US road signs is immediately distinctive and pure Americana. That thing would be going in the display cabinet right by Empeg Serial Number One, except of course that the display cabinet isn't big enough...
They were actually trying to change the font, at one point - there was a 'new' one in development at a university over here, but I'm not sure it went over well, because people were too used to the one we've had for ages.
But I agree. The font in multi-dimensional. Stretch it a little, put it in brown, and you immediatly thing you're on an "old" highway..
Me.
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#155391 - 16/04/2003 13:11
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 20/11/2001
Posts: 455
Loc: Texas
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Damn, good one. I wanted to comment on the fence but couldn't think of anything clever.
I was going to ask if they were fenced in or fenced out.
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#155392 - 16/04/2003 14:45
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: blitz]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4172
Loc: Cambridge, England
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I was going to ask if they were fenced in or fenced out. Fortunately, the rather forbidding fence belongs not to Empeg Towers, but to the disused (and about to be demolished) warehouse opposite. But we thought it added a certain ambience to the photo...
Peter
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#155393 - 16/04/2003 19:43
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: BartDG]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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I thought you also flew to the rescue of maidens in distress? Maybe that explains the rose amongst thorns?
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#155394 - 16/04/2003 20:04
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: peter]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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the rather forbidding fence belongs not to Empeg Towers, but to the disused (and about to be demolished) warehouse opposite.
Well, dang! Where the Hell are y'all gonna crash now???
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#155395 - 16/04/2003 20:09
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: rob]
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Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
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I mostly just hang out and read the BBS.
Heh... Me too.
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#155396 - 16/04/2003 20:22
Re: Sign Of The Times
[Re: foxtrot_xray]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
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Exactly what are button-type signs? I work at the City Hall here and can get pretty much any sign made that they have the metal form for.
Oh, and as to the Interstate in Hawaii question goes; If it's an interstate, the gov't can require that 1 out of every 4 miles is straight, in case of an emergency airplane landing.
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