tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post2574697975089978013..comments2024-03-28T21:11:46.849-07:00Comments on Perfume Project NW: BREAKING NEWS: WATER MAY PREVENT DEHYDRATION! (BUT IT HASN’T BEEN PROVEN)Doc Ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-41856646939941155682011-12-14T11:55:01.870-08:002011-12-14T11:55:01.870-08:00Gail, I'm not sure exactly what the bollards a...Gail, I'm not sure exactly what the bollards are, but in Seattle there are many residential streets that have what I imagine them to be - raised peninsulas that stick out from one side of a two-lane street reducing it to barely one lane. In fact, I was driving on one of those streets last night, thinking how stupid those landscaped peninsulas (or bollards) are. <br /><br />At least islands form a roundabout (which I hate, especially as a pedestrian), but the landscaped peninsula has to be the stupidest idea a traffic engineer has ever come up with. Of course, in Seattle, stupidity compounds itself with dense plantings of trees and shrubs that obscure the view of oncoming vehicles in the opposite lane, providing the perfect setup for a head-on collision in the lane that's open. A further expression of stupidity is cars that park almost in the open lane, effectively blocking it, too. <br /><br />OOOh ... a new topic ... stupid urban planning strategies!Doc Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-832755368602938132011-12-14T10:18:57.539-08:002011-12-14T10:18:57.539-08:00I suppose I am being pretty stupid to equate islan...I suppose I am being pretty stupid to equate islands with bollards. They are different, after all. Islands are generally flat , while bollards are usually posts that stick up. I just like the word "Bollard". We have few true bollards, but many islands in Issaquah. Just replace any reference to "bollards" above with "permanent, landscaped islands". That should take care of that. GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-26046131170167456232011-12-14T10:10:18.693-08:002011-12-14T10:10:18.693-08:00Hi Ellen,
This EU water story is so stupid it rea...Hi Ellen,<br /><br />This EU water story is so stupid it really IS hard to believe. I have seen (and done) a lot of stupid things in my life, but this rates right up there at the top of the stupidity chart. I like your idea of stupidity reproducing exponentially. I can see that happening everywhere, especially here in Issaquah. The traffic consultants for the city seem to think that the solution for all of our traffic problems is the permanent, landscaped bollard. Consequently more and more professionally landscaped bollards (also known as islands) are sticking out into some of the most congested traffic in the city. The post office parking lot had a "make-over" recently to include several new bollards. Who knows why the bollards were placed in the post office parking lot, but I think that the idea behind the bollards in traffic is to slow down the already slow traffic and thus relieve traffic congestion(???). Many of our Issaquah citizens try to ignore the bollards and drive over them. The most successful of these seem to be the young mothers (stupidity reproducing exponentially) of Issaquah in their Humvees (and other land barges). Perhaps I am being unfair here. The moms in the land barges are at least taking action (and taking risks) to remove the bollards for the benefit of us all.<br /><br />GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com