Shit that annoys you

[Vt-Freeheel]

Waiting for a Mag and fam in Williston for two hours so far.
Annoyed with border delays

[riser4]

Waiting for a Mag and fam in Williston for two hours so far.
Annoyed with border delays

Williston, VT is a border town these days, eh? Maybe that's why when I was a kid I was able to get CHOM on the radio. Who knew?

[Flounder]

Waiting for a Mag and fam in Williston for two hours so far.
Annoyed with border delays

Gambled and lost trying to cross back via Alburgh this afternoon. Made it to a few cars away when they shut it down as scheduled at 4pm. Not sure why some cars were there for 10 minutes. Looped back through Champlain where it took all of 30 seconds.

[riser4]

Gambled and lost trying to cross back via Alburgh this afternoon. Made it to a few cars away when they shut it down as scheduled at 4pm. Not sure why some cars were there for 10 minutes. Looped back through Champlain where it took all of 30 seconds.

Alburgh or Alburgh Springs?

[Flounder]

Alburgh Springs. Annoying that they were taking so long with cars. Also annoyed at myself for taking an Apple Maps suggested route, I should know better. At least I was right and it was a nice relaxing drive through the islands back to Burlington once we got over the border.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Williston, VT is a border town these days, eh? Maybe that's why when I was a kid I was able to get CHOM on the radio. Who knew?

I was waiting at Folinos whilst they waited at the border, at least I has Fiddlehead available

[riser4]

Alburgh Springs. Annoying that they were taking so long with cars. Also annoyed at myself for taking an Apple Maps suggested route, I should know better. At least I was right and it was a nice relaxing drive through the islands back to Burlington once we got over the border.

Ya, the Springs crossing is a trap. Google took me there last summer, long after it had closed. The other one which comes out on VT 225 is clutch. I've used it sometimes in the other direction too. It puts the airport at about 70 minutes from my house. If you don't get stuck behind a farm tractor. Either way, Google is not always trustworthy.

[jm2e]

Feels like I can’t park within a 1/4 mile of the entrance a Lowes/Home Depot. They’ve got rows and rows for handicapped, veterans, pregnant moms, curbside pickup, “Pro Parking”.


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[halliday]

Just park in the Pro parking. Ive seen parking for electric cars only (that do not have charging stations) in some parking lots. I understand the handicapped parking and hopefully I'll never have to use it but all of the other ones are fair game. I like to jam my old '77 F-250 into the electric car only spots whenever I can. Fuck 'em.

[Mustonen]

The walk ain’t bad, either. You could also just accept the exercise as the gift that it is.

[old goat]

Ya, the Springs crossing is a trap. Google took me there last summer, long after it had closed. The other one which comes out on VT 225 is clutch. I've used it sometimes in the other direction too. It puts the airport at about 70 minutes from my house. If you don't get stuck behind a farm tractor. Either way, Google is not always trustworthy.

Fond memories of crossing from Quebec into Vermont in the 70s in a VW bug. They searched us for a couple of hours--took the seats out of the car, went through our bags. We had nothing to hide.

The walk ain’t bad, either. You could also just accept the exercise as the gift that it is.

I generally park in the outer reaches of parking lots as soon as possible after I turn in. Driving through parking lots is annoying.

[Thaleia]

Just park in the Pro parking. Ive seen parking for electric cars only (that do not have charging stations) in some parking lots. I understand the handicapped parking and hopefully I'll never have to use it but all of the other ones are fair game. I like to jam my old '77 F-250 into the electric car only spots whenever I can. Fuck 'em.

douche

[gravitylover]

Fond memories of crossing from Quebec into Vermont in the 70s in a VW bug. They searched us for a couple of hours--took the seats out of the car, went through our bags. We had nothing to hide.

Ha! They took the inside of my Datsun apart in January 1985. The US customs moron only had 1 arm so it took him 2 hours to take out my driver's seat. After about 3 hours another car pulled up around 5am, he looked at me and said "You need to go now". I put the car in neutral and pushed it into a spot, locked it and started to hitch a ride to a town to get tools when he said I had to leave the border area before sticking my thumb out

[Supermoon]

douche

This.

[evdog]

Feels like I can’t park within a 1/4 mile of the entrance a Lowes/Home Depot. They’ve got rows and rows for handicapped, veterans, pregnant moms, curbside pickup, “Pro Parking”.

And don't forget the security camera trailers these retailers all use now that also take up prime parking spots

[oldnew_guy]

You guys know anyone can sign up for Home Depot's "Pro" program right?

[plugboots]

This.

Agree.

[Touring_Sedan]

Just park in the Pro parking. Ive seen parking for electric cars only (that do not have charging stations) in some parking lots. I understand the handicapped parking and hopefully I'll never have to use it but all of the other ones are fair game. I like to jam my old '77 F-250 into the electric car only spots whenever I can. Fuck 'em.

Tell me you're white trash without telling me you're white trash.

[Mustonen]

I like to jam my old '77 F-250 into the electric car only spots whenever I can. Fuck 'em.

Ignore all the name-calling and answer this please…. This behavior here fascinates me even as it infuriates me….

WHY?

[halliday]

Ignore all the name-calling and answer this please…. This behavior here fascinates me even as it infuriates me….

WHY?

I just don't think a special kind of vehicle deserves its own parking area. Is it right? Wrong? A handicapped vehicle? Sure. Pregnant mom parking? Sure. Electric vehicle parking with no charging stations? No. This seems to have pissed a few people off.

[Flounder]

This seems to have triggered a few people.

FIFY

[rideit]

The original intention of the ‘e-Car’ close in and free parking was to help change the culture of fossil fuel use in the U.S., and possibly present attractive advantages, however small. Also to help the F250 crowd accept that they are dinosaurs, and headed for extinction.

[halliday]

The truck is truly a dinosaur. A well preserved dinosaur and not a daily driver but fun to ride around in. I get the e-car thing. I understand the "perks" that places throw at the e-car crowd. But still, I don't think there should be special parking for a certain kind of vehicle unless it's a bus or a motorcycle or something like that.

[Mustonen]

I don't think there should be special parking for a certain kind of vehicle unless it's a bus or a motorcycle or something like that.

Why? Why a motorcycle and not an electric car? Why do you get to decide what vehicles get to park where? How is that any different at all?

[halliday]

Why? Why a motorcycle and not an electric car?

Motorcycles take up less space and require a different line striping dimension. As do busses and the like. They are dimensionally different. An electric car is not.