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Posted by Allan on Mon Sep 24 14:13:46 2018 |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 14:58:18 2018, in response to A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Allan on Mon Sep 24 14:13:46 2018. The science we can also use again all the walk, don't walk signs. Unfortunately they became a victim of political correctness. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Mon Sep 24 15:19:31 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 14:58:18 2018. There are still walk/don't walk signs. But they are in pictures - easier for everyone to understand. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 15:21:05 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by italianstallion on Mon Sep 24 15:19:31 2018. Not in the five boroughs there aren't, only in America. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Mon Sep 24 15:55:33 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 15:21:05 2018. I have no idea what you are talking about. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 24 17:52:44 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by italianstallion on Mon Sep 24 15:55:33 2018. He wants the stupid signs that say “Walk” and “Don’t Walk” in words instead of symbols.Symbols are far superior. |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 18:17:30 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 24 17:52:44 2018. Given 200 languages spoken in the NY/NJ Metro area, a good thing. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 18:18:38 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 18:17:30 2018. Not to mention easier for kids to understand. |
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Posted by AlM on Mon Sep 24 18:19:56 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 24 17:52:44 2018. Besides, didn't the signs say "Dont Walk," thus also teaching poor spelling? |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 18:45:48 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 24 18:19:56 2018. No apostrophe.Minus 2 |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 18:59:38 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 18:18:38 2018. Actually, back on the days, the WALK/DON'T WALK signs were one of the words little kids were taught by their parents/grandparents |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:02:45 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 18:17:30 2018. What would Billy Milano say?These foreigners have to learn OUR language! And before anyone says that we don't have an official language, everyone here knows it's English |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 19:07:01 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:02:45 2018. Yes, and until they do, their lives should not be put at risk when crossing a street.Road signs, like "STOP" at least have some color and shape conformity. We know from context what "Arret" means in Quebec. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 19:21:28 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 18:59:38 2018. That's nice. Traffic symbols used to be semaphores that said stop and go. Then we went to colored lights because symbols and colors are faster to grasp. Same with the iconic pedestrian symbols, faster to grasp by pedestrians. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:24:38 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 19:21:28 2018. If the pedestrians are too stupid not tonrealize what the walk/don't walk signs say, then they should be removed from the population! |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 19:27:10 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:24:38 2018. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:27:38 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 19:07:01 2018. I remember that from National Geographic in the 70s about Quebec wanting to leave Canada.Remember this: The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 19:29:42 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:27:38 2018. It's 2018 and they no longer want to secede.Symbolic walk signs serve the needs of the many |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:31:22 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 19:27:10 2018. Ronald knows! |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:32:57 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 19:29:42 2018. So does good 'ol American english! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Sep 24 19:52:35 2018, in response to A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Allan on Mon Sep 24 14:13:46 2018. It'd be in the right spirit. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 05:35:24 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 24 18:19:56 2018. Hah! Yes! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 05:38:00 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 18:17:30 2018. Don’t forget tourists! Tourism is good for America and good for New York and they don’t ever have to learn English. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 05:41:32 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 24 19:29:42 2018. If they did it would be called Quebexit. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 05:44:09 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Fred G on Mon Sep 24 18:18:38 2018. And more visually distinctive.Related matter: why is it that in the rest of the world the don’t walk sign is a standing person, while in the US it’s a hand? I think that the hand is better as it’s less ambiguous. Also, why is our walk sign white while in the rest of the world it’s green? White privilege! |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Sep 25 05:46:56 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 05:44:09 2018. Haha peds blanco y mano rojo |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Sep 25 07:26:44 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:27:38 2018. If you can serve the needs of the few without significant cost to the many, it is usually a worthwhile activity. There wasn't any massive program to eliminate "Dont Walk" signs - it's been a phase-out over many years as signs were being replaced anyway. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 07:53:44 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by AlM on Tue Sep 25 07:26:44 2018. And it coincided with a replacement with LED signs. |
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Posted by AlM on Tue Sep 25 07:58:05 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 07:53:44 2018. Ah, that was the reason the older signs were replaced. Big reduction in electricity usage. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 08:38:59 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by AlM on Tue Sep 25 07:58:05 2018. Read into why the signs were changed. And I don't mean the light bulbs either. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:05:19 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 08:38:59 2018. Your light bulb ain't too bright. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:06:56 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 24 18:19:56 2018. Good point! |
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Posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:07:42 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 15:21:05 2018. LOL. Have you been anywhere else in America? The symbols are everywhere now. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Sep 25 13:43:19 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:05:19 2018. A hell of a lot brighter than yours. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 14:59:28 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Sep 25 13:43:19 2018. Stupid jokes is all they have. Thanks! |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 14:59:53 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:05:19 2018. I'll take it you didn't read why the signs were changed then, based on your stupid joke. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 15:00:56 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by italianstallion on Tue Sep 25 13:07:42 2018. I'm talking about Real America, not the fucked-up cities. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Sep 25 15:17:50 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Sep 25 13:43:19 2018. "where is everybody?" |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 18:34:49 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Sep 24 19:32:57 2018. So it is OK for tourists from non-English countries, for which there are million around the country, to be hit be cars ? |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 18:46:14 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 18:34:49 2018. If they are TRULY stipid enough...If I was in a foreign country, I would be intelligent enough to realize what the signs meant. |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 19:05:54 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 18:46:14 2018. Maybe, and only if they use the same 26 letter alphabet. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 19:08:24 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 19:05:54 2018. Even if was in Asia I would get the gist. |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 19:23:46 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 19:08:24 2018. Not of it was written in Chinese. You wouldn't have a clue. |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 19:26:06 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 19:23:46 2018. Like he knows the Russian and Arabic alphabets. |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 19:28:59 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Joe V on Tue Sep 25 19:26:06 2018. LOL!😂 |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Sep 25 20:52:12 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 15:00:56 2018. The cities are the real America. It's where everyone lives. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Sep 25 20:54:07 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 15:00:56 2018. They only have walk signs in cities. |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 20:58:09 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Sep 25 15:00:56 2018. LOL! You live In Brooklyn. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Sep 25 21:55:32 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 19:23:46 2018. Right. Because it would be in colors indicative of the meaning. |
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Posted by bingbong on Tue Sep 25 21:57:06 2018, in response to Re: A sign we could use in NYC, posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Sep 25 21:55:32 2018. Not necessarily. Red in China is a color of luck and celebration. Closer to its party time than a warning to be cautious. |
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