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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:32 PM Original message |
$27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. hOW AbOUt a COMpRoMIsE fOR $13 mIlLiON? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Makes the same amount of sense to me..... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Coming from a long typography background, I can tell you it's true. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. So, a Bush appointee is in charge of signs at the Federal Highway Administration? |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's not quite as crazy as the NYP makes it |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Wow..It sure does contain ALOT more info....altho I am still ot sure abouthe $27,000,000 price tag. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Reading all-caps is much more difficult. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. yes it is. if you are reading it in sentences. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. That is some amazingly silly shit. n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Uhm, the all caps versions looked better. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Hell, I'll give them a bargain ... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Lol, are you sure you want to do that? |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. My reaction was similar to yours when I heard about this earlier today. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Somebody hand me a black sharpie... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It would have to be a white sharpie. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. But mine would be in ghetto-font. |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Reflective sheeting to cut down on the glare a good idea |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes. I do find all-caps harder to read because they are the same size. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Someone greased some palms |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. That was my first thoguht as well. Someone's brother-in-law is in the sign-making business. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wonder whose Republican brother owns the sign factory? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. This seems like a common theme with republican-run governments, period. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. LOL. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Only if the Post is reporting facts, and not spinning them |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. IT'S A GOOD IDEA |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Save lives? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. Your outrage does not supercede facts and statistics. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. bc drivers need the extra milliseconds for texting |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. What you are doing is referred to as "freaking out" and it's not justified |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. THIS IS HUGH!!!111!!11!! I"M SERIES!!1111!!! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Can I have "wasteful government spending" for $400, Alex? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. It is harder for some reason. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Reading paragraphs is not the same as reading 1or 2 word signs. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. True, but I think it still holds |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. ..and the signage here is much, much better than it used to be!!! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Oh dear god... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. One can find intersections...even in Manhattan..with no street signs..!!! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. If it's not in all caps, how will freepers be able to read it? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. Good |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. CAPS are bad English |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. So is it really "costing" us $27M? Or are are we spending this money anyway? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's not like we're driving 50 mph trying to read street signs here in NYC |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. No shit. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. GREAT article. Thanks. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Thanks |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. LOL. I have friends who came from NYC and now live elsewhere. Almost everyone of them has a |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm a former RR regular before it was the R |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. LOL I used to take the QB from Sheepshead Bay! Talk about long lost memories. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Ah, but do you remember the T? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I do not think I recall the "T"....Was that a Bay Ridge line? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. West End (Coney Island) line |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. oh.. I did not move to Brooklyn until 66. I grew up in Queens...Far Rockaway to be exact. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. dupe |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. those bloody Capitalists! OMFGWTF! |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!! |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
56. The title case signs are actually harder to read, imo. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
57. Mostly they are replacing the signs as they wear out |
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