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[Macky-Mac]

How strange (and sometimes) misleading the street names here are.

There's one called E. S. River Street ("East South River Street") which seems very weird to me. Then, the one that's incredibly misleading is the fact that Division Street actually does NOT separate "East" and "West" streets - it's actually a couple blocks to the east that defines East and West. Unless Division Street divides something else, but I certainly haven't figured out what that is.

Anyway, just weird city geography things.

Is the name of the street "South River" ? Is there a W. South River as well? Or are both "East" and "South" geographic locations on "River Street" ?

I know people who live on "East Avenue" and they're on N. East Avenue, but it's not N.E. Avenue, all of which tends to confuse both people and map apps.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I still remember 1987.

My mother - with complete confidence and a cheerful and utterly disarming insouciance - flew into Heathrow right in the middle of it.

I remember that one too. We had a new shed, tailgate on the car and greenhouse.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I remember that one too. We had a new shed, tailgate on the car and greenhouse.

My father was worried (not least for her), and a bit stressed, but she was utterly blasé.

Even having to wait overnight and for absolutely ages (as all transport was down) the following day, in the airport, for her sister - my aunt - to drive (from Eastbourne) to collect her, didn't bother her in the slightest.

It was a story she dined out on for years.

 

[rm5]

Is the name of the street "South River" ? Is there a W. South River as well? Or are both "East" and "South" geographic locations on "River Street" ?

I know people who live on "East Avenue" and they're on N. East Avenue, but it's not N.E. Avenue, all of which tends to confuse both people and map apps.

No, the name of the street is "E. South River" according to Apple Maps, but there is no W. South River. Although I think somewhere on the university website, they do spell it as "E. S. River Street," which is incredibly confusing, and ultimately inaccurate. I've even seen people needing GPS directions put it in their phone as "E. S. River Street" because they think that's how it's spelled.

 

[chown33]

How strange (and sometimes) misleading the street names here are.

There's one called E. S. River Street ("East South River Street") which seems very weird to me. Then, the one that's incredibly misleading is the fact that Division Street actually does NOT separate "East" and "West" streets - it's actually a couple blocks to the east that defines East and West. Unless Division Street divides something else, but I certainly haven't figured out what that is.

Anyway, just weird city geography things.

Maybe they should have named it "Remainder Street".

 

[bousozoku]

How strange (and sometimes) misleading the street names here are.

There's one called E. S. River Street ("East South River Street") which seems very weird to me. Then, the one that's incredibly misleading is the fact that Division Street actually does NOT separate "East" and "West" streets - it's actually a couple blocks to the east that defines East and West. Unless Division Street divides something else, but I certainly haven't figured out what that is.

Anyway, just weird city geography things.

Bensalem, Pennsylvania has a Street Road.

 

[bousozoku]

Is the name of the street "South River" ? Is there a W. South River as well? Or are both "East" and "South" geographic locations on "River Street" ?

I know people who live on "East Avenue" and they're on N. East Avenue, but it's not N.E. Avenue, all of which tends to confuse both people and map apps.

East North Street here, which is across Main Street from West North Street, messes with navigation quite a lot.

 

[bousozoku]

My father was worried (not least for her), and a bit stressed, but she was utterly blasé.

Even having to wait overnight and for absolutely ages (as all transport was down) the following day, in the airport, for her sister - my aunt - to drive (from Eastbourne) to collect her, didn't bother her in the slightest.

It was a story she dined out on for years.

Did your aunt complain?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Did your aunt complain?

Surprisingly, no.

Well, my aunt (this was the WW2 aunt), had been asking my mother to visit her for ages, (they hadn't met for a few years but were in constant touch by phone), and my mother - who had quite literally just returned from a foreign holiday a few days earlier - decided to pay a visit to her sister prior to returning to work, which would have kept her busy for the following months.

In fairness, they were both astonishingly blasé about it, - meanwhile, my father (safe at home) was having kittens with worry - but the pair of them - in a supercool, supremely casual way, just 'got on with it', and shrugged it all off. I suspect that there was a part of my mother that thought the whole thing hilarious - her timing really was quite extraordinary, but she rarely voiced that thought.

Meanwhile, and entirely understandably, my aunt's main concern was falling or unsafe trees; driving wasn't the issue - and, in normal conditions, my mother would simply have taken the train, but public transport had been cancelled. Anyway, I recall that my aunt had to take many detours, to avoid stuff such as fallen trees,- which delayed her further - before she arrived at Heathrow to pick up my mother.

 

[bousozoku]

Surprisingly, no.

Well, my aunt (this was the WW2 aunt), had been asking my mother to visit her for ages, (they hadn't met for a few years but were in constant touch by phone), and my mother - who had quite literally just returned from a foreign holiday a few days earlier - decided to pay a visit to her sister prior to returning to work, which would have kept her busy for the following months.

In fairness, they were both astonishingly blasé about it, - meanwhile, my father (safe at home) was having kittens with worry - but the pair of them - in a supercool, supremely casual way, just 'got on with it', and shrugged it all off. I suspect that there was a part of my mother that thought the whole thing hilarious - her timing really was quite extraordinary, but she rarely voiced that thought.

Meanwhile, and entirely understandably, aunt's main concern was falling or unsafe trees; driving wasn't the issue - and, in normal conditions, my mother would simply have taken the train, but public transport had been cancelled. Anyway, I recall that my aunt had to take many detours, to avoid stuff such as fallen trees,- which delayed her further - before she arrived at Heathrow to pick up my mother.

I want to say that it just sounds typically English. "We muddled through darker days than these. " or some such would be appropriate.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Surprisingly, no.

Well, my aunt (this was the WW2 aunt), had been asking my mother to visit her for ages, (they hadn't met for a few years but were in constant touch by phone), and my mother - who had quite literally just returned from a foreign holiday a few days earlier - decided to pay a visit to her sister prior to returning to work, which would have kept her busy for the following months.

In fairness, they were both astonishingly blasé about it, - meanwhile, my father (safe at home) was having kittens with worry - but the pair of them - in a supercool, supremely casual way, just 'got on with it', and shrugged it all off. I suspect that there was a part of my mother that thought the whole thing hilarious - her timing really was quite extraordinary, but she rarely voiced that thought.

Meanwhile, and entirely understandably, my aunt's main concern was falling or unsafe trees; driving wasn't the issue - and, in normal conditions, my mother would simply have taken the train, but public transport had been cancelled. Anyway, I recall that my aunt had to take many detours, to avoid stuff such as fallen trees,- which delayed her further - before she arrived at Heathrow to pick up my mother.

Of course for our younger audience, this all took place in the world before mobile phones.
So if you were sat waiting and worrying about someone out in a storm you just had to wait!
Like the time one of Mrs AFB friends drove her home from Watford to Barnet. Missed her turning on the M25 and went all the way round. She really shouldn’t have been allowed to drive!
Pre Sat Nav of course. I did ask why she thought there might be a bridge at just about every junction!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Of course for our younger audience, this all took place in the world before mobile phones.
So if you were sat waiting and worrying about someone out in a storm you just had to wait!
Like the time one of Mrs AFB friends drove her home from Watford to Barnet. Missed her turning on the M25 and went all the way round. She really shouldn’t have been allowed to drive!
Pre Sat Nav of course. I did ask why she thought there might be a bridge at just about every junction!

Yes, a world pre-mobile (cell) phones.

(Not that my mother ever used hers willingly once they were introduced, whereas my father - an old P&T hand, generations of his family worked adjacent to that world - enjoyed mastering telephone technology).

And, also a world where the weather forecast was less accurate than today.

Actually, that 1987 weather forecast (and, my father, bless him, used to watch the weather forecast religiously, even as kids, we could talk (quietly) during the news, but never during the weather forecast) was justly notorious.

And, as far as I am aware, it did lead to changes in how weather was monitored and reported, and, I am fairly certain, did lead to greater (and closer) tracking and monitoring of storms.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Yes, a world pre-mobile (cell) phones.

(Not that my mother ever used hers willingly once they were introduced, whereas my father - an old P&T hand, generations of his family worked adjacent to that world - enjoyed mastering telephone technology).

And, also a world where the weather forecast was less accurate than today.

Actually, that 1987 weather forecast (and, my father, bless him, used to watch the weather forecast religiously, even as kids, we could talk (quietly) during the news, but never during the weather forecast) was justly notorious.

And, as far as I am aware, it did lead to changes in how weather was monitored and reported, and, I am fairly certain, did lead to greater (and closer) tracking and monitoring of storms.

Well if you missed the weather on the news you could always check Ceefax!

 

[bousozoku]

I hesitate to guess the locations. I'd probably even miss Edinburgh and London on that map.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I hesitate to guess the locations. I'd probably even miss Edinburgh and London on that map.

lol. I’m the same with the US. I struggle to point out the states let alone the Cities!

 

[bousozoku]

lol. I’m the same with the US. I struggle to point out the states let alone the Cities!

You're probably better than most Americans, though. They can find Los Angeles and New York City and possibly Miami and Orlando, Florida but that's about it.

I'm pretty good at accents, though. I asked a woman if she was from Basingstoke and she told me "No, I'm from Heathrow but how did you do that?" 😆

 

[Crowbot]

Amazing how a simple change makes a big difference - as when surgeons were told to wash their hands in the 19th century.

Which they resisted terribly. For one thing, the cleaning chemicals (discovered by a nurse) were a little nasty. Also, they thought it was somehow beneath them. Fortunately, then gloves came along.

 

[Crowbot]

Bensalem, Pennsylvania has a Street Road.

I knew an MD named Doctor. So it was doctor Doctor.

 

[Apple fanboy]

You're probably better than most Americans, though. They can find Los Angeles and New York City and possibly Miami and Orlando, Florida but that's about it.

I'm pretty good at accents, though. I asked a woman if she was from Basingstoke and she told me "No, I'm from Heathrow but how did you do that?" 😆

I’ve been to six states. I think I could put a pin in three of them. I have a rough idea where two of the others are (but who really knows when Wisconsin and Illinois start and finish!).
I couldn’t find Atlanta on a map. Lower middle somewhere?
I should know that one as it’s where I met Mrs AFB.

 

[Clix Pix]

I knew an MD named Doctor. So it was doctor Doctor.

Years and years ago I had an appointment with a surgeon, a Dr Slaughter..... The name absolutely cracked me up and I'm sure the poor man was teased about this over and over! Of course I never indicated to him that I thought his name was rather funny.

He was a good and thorough physician and more than competent surgeon and got the job done with no complaints from me!

 

[Clix Pix]

I’ve been to six states. I think I could put a pin in three of them. I have a rough idea where two of the others are (but who really knows when Wisconsin and Illinois start and finish!).
I couldn’t find Atlanta on a map. Lower middle somewhere?
I should know that one as it’s where I met Mrs AFB.

Ah, AFB: looking at a map of the US, take a look down at the Southern States and particularly focus in when you see the state named Georgia. Voila! Atlanta is right there!

 

[Chuckeee]

Years and years ago I had an appointment with a surgeon, a Dr Slaughter..... The name absolutely cracked me up and I'm sure the poor man was teased about this over and over! Of course I never indicated to him that I thought his name was rather funny.

He was a good and thorough physician and more than competent surgeon and got the job done with no complaints from me!

We had a family dentist whose name is Wrench. Remember going to Dr. Wrench to examine a sensitive tooth.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Years ago, a study was done at my hospital on infection transmission within the hospital (nosocomial infection). They found that when the (male) doctors would lean over the patient, their tie would brush against the patient. This turned out to be a significant source of transmission. So the docs had to take off their ties or put them in their shirt. Infections went down. Amazing.

I remember reading about that. Apparently doctors with bow ties were exempt.

A hospital (I believe it may have been in Sydney, but I may be wrong) was having problems with golden staph infections. These are transmitted by contact with surfaces such as hands and rails.

Somebody in management remembered that copper and brass killed germs on contact, so all the stainless steel and chrome-plated rails in the hospital were replaced with brass ones.
A review several months later showed that there was no decrease in infections.

A conference of all senior and some junior staff was held to discuss the problem.
After a while of much pontificating the most junior doctor put his hand up.
"Who polishes the rails every day?" because they were all as shiny bright as the day they were installed.
It turned out that nobody was polishing them.
The company that installed the rails had coated them with a clear lacquer to stop tarnishing.
This also put a nice barrier between the germs and the lethal brass.

After stripping off all the lacquer the hospital started to see staph infections go down.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

No, the name of the street is "E. South River" according to Apple Maps, but there is no W. South River. Although I think somewhere on the university website, they do spell it as "E. S. River Street," which is incredibly confusing, and ultimately inaccurate. I've even seen people needing GPS directions put it in their phone as "E. S. River Street" because they think that's how it's spelled.

There is (or was) a country called Upper Volta, but no Lower Volta.

 

[rm5]

Guy sent me seven separate links to seven separate RECURRING Zoom meetings (for this video project). And honestly it’s way too much information to take in at once. Idk even which ones I’m supposed to attend—because I know it’s not all of them. That’s something I’ll just simply ask about.

Whats ridiculous is trying to figure out how to think about seven different recurring meetings with seven separate links—I’m trying to figure out how to organize them in a document. My brain is just overloaded with information at the moment, idk how to process it all. Guess it’ll just take a long time. I’ll figure it out somehow.

I suppose I should just get used to it, because that seems like it’s how the working world operates.