Boise Ed submitted this Speed Bump as a CIDU back in April, commenting: “I don’t get why the cones would be so irritating. I’m assuming the wheel is meant to be for transportation, although it lacks the axle/footrests of the wheels in B.C. If it’s not for transportation, then I have even less of a clue what he’s on about.“
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P.S. Last Saturday (Nov. 2nd) was the 81st anniversary of Charles Scanlon’s patent (US2333273A) for a “Safety Marker“.
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it’s just that traffic cones and the resulting slowdowns are irritating to anyone actually trying to get anywhere.
The invention is called a “traffic cone”. Hint: only one wheel but six traffic cones in the picture.
The Fancy New Apartment looks out over the city, and includes a parking lot for a building. On the weekends it’s usually empty. One time I saw an ATT van parked in the middle of the large empty space. The driver had put the usual orange cone out in front of it.
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Brian in STL: I think such companies require putting out the cone, regardless of whether the driver judges it necessary.
In the UK we used to have a Cones Hotline, set up by the government, where irritated drivers could report apparently unnecessary deployment of road cones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cones_Hotline
The late British humorist Les Barker penned a parody of “Send In The Clowns” with “Send In The Cones”.
I was also reminded of this ancient bit of interntet fun:
http://www.trafficcone.com/field-guide.html
Hmmmm. Interesting thought to research – what was used instead of road cones in the 18th century? I am guessing something like stacked logs which would make it too heavy and too expensive an exhibit to setup at reenactment events.
We actually use ropes tied to cast iron posts to keep the public away from the fire – probably could have used if road divider or such was needed. One never knows if some “brilliant” person will stick their hand into the fire to see if it is “real”. We are looking for a new volunteer to cook for our unit. Our commander is juggling this along with along with everything else he does. I am helping him by keeping an eye on it while he is out doing everything else which needs to be done. I spent a good number of years as the unit cook until someone else came along to do it, but he has left the unit. I have spent the ensuing years sitting my rear end demonstrating embroidery, not over a hot fire with large cast iron, heavy pots, during what can be 90F sunny weather, but I don’t mind stirring the pots a bit to help out and making sure they stay with the food evenly cooking for him. (No, husband is not the commander and has not been in maybe a decade, this is a nice young fellow who took over and is very enthusiastic.)
Any volunteers? :-)