street view

Sep 24, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 30 Replies

AKA "dive car."

The thing that really stands out is all the overhead cabling, it does make it look a bit third-world.

On a sunny day (Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:37:08 +0100) it happened Clive Arthur snipped-for-privacy@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote in <sinfn6$7m4$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

It is!

The wiring in SF is hideous. I'm collecting a photo album of the worst ones.

The plan is to eventually underground all them, but it will take 100 years and 20 billion dollars.

lørdag den 25. september 2021 kl. 19.25.01 UTC+2 skrev snipped-for-privacy@highlandsniptechnology.com:

I guess earthquakes and settling might a slight argument for keeping them overground opposite in hurricane areas

Wales was cutting corners to make their street appear steeper,

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Street in NZ is steepest again.

This is parochial but the Guinness people reviewed an appeal and awarded the title back to Baldwin Street in Dunedin, NZ, at 34.8%.

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When measured using the now agreed best practice of measuring along the centreline, the Welsh street is only 28.6%.

Of course there could be other roads steeper for which the citizens have never bothered to claim the title.

Bradford from below:

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Looks like just one bit is really steep, and nobody parks there.

Doen't look all that steep ? Might be some good exercise though !

That steep stretch might be the claimed 41% bit. I should buy a level gadget and measure it next time we go the farmer's market.

Try this, carrying a 10 lb bag of oranges and a watermelon or two:

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Am 03.10.21 um 23:09 schrieb snipped-for-privacy@highlandsniptechnology.com:

Happy, who's got a Significant Other who's used to 2 melons.

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