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Mike Hewson
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Don't forget the scrutiny of

Don't forget the scrutiny of the patrons with their mobile phones cameras :

... this guy used to work for our tramways board as a driver, right up until that evening when he couldn't resist the bargains in the homeware catalogue.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

KSMarksPsych
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Popping in for a St. Paddy's

Popping in for a St. Paddy's day win. I made Irish soda bread earlier. I was surprised it turned out edible. I cook well, but baking isn't my forte.

Kathryn :o)

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Goodnight everyone.

Goodnight everyone. :-)

Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)

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Chris S
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RE: Chicago Transit

Quote:
Chicago Transit Authority has always been notorious for buses being bunched up, but now they have real-time GPS tracking available to both managers and the public. You can check your smart phone and see where the next bus (or train) is and when it will arrive at your stop.


We seem to have a halfway system here. The buses have transponders, and the bus stops have receivers. As a bus arrives at a stop it's location is recorded in the system. Programmed in are the standard journey times between stops. So the time until the next bus is displayed on countdown timers at those stops where they have them. At other stops you text the stop number to control and it texts you back the time until the next bus.

But of course if there is an RTA or roadworks etc between stops, the timers count down to zero and no bus arrives! Er bus No.43 arrived at stop 18 but hasn't checked in at stop 19. Hey we lost a bus!!

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RE: Don't forget the

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Don't forget the scrutiny of the patrons with their mobile phones cameras :

... this guy used to work for our tramways board as a driver, right up until that evening when he couldn't resist the bargains in the homeware catalogue.

Cheers, Mike.

lol ! Still ... probably safer than idjots yapping on
their cell phones while driving )

Bill

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So what's the word from

So what's the word from Annie?

David

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Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.

TimeLord04
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Good morning everyone.

Good morning everyone. :-)

...I, too, miss Annie. I hope she's doing well.

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RE: Still ... probably

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Still ... probably safer than idjots yapping on
their cell phones while driving )


One of those laws that is virtually impossible to enforce, but acts more as a deterrent.

I'll enquire further about Annie.

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

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Good afternoon everyone. :-)

Good afternoon everyone. :-)

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KSMarksPsych
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Back to crunching E@H and

Back to crunching E@H and found out that my laptop has a usable GPU.

Oh yes...

I'm winning.

Kathryn :o)

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