#U.S. Highway 2

[blarson77]

The 59er Diner on U.S. Highway 2 right outside of Leavenworth, Washington State. One of the nicest “old themed” diners I’ve ever been too. Full of memorabilia from the 1950s and 1960s. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Roy Rogers. Simply delicious food you’d find at any diner around the country. Guy Fieri did one of his shows here. Sooooo y’all knw it’s pretty good. They hv a jukebox full of classics. They even let me sing one of my favorite classics from my fave film “Top Gun”.

[vintagelasvegas]

State Line Chevron & Bar, c. 1960s Whiskey Pete's restaurant, State Line (Primm), Nevada, 1983

 When U.S. Route 91 was established in the 1920s along the Nevada-California border, "Whiskey Pete" McIntyre opened the State Line service station. McIntyre shot a man at the station, spent time in a sanatorium, and was buried on the property when he died. On his deathbed Pete made a request: "Bury me up on the hill, standing up facing the valley so I can see all those sons of bitches goin' by."

The property changed hands after McIntyre, and was still just a gas station when it was bought by gaming pioneer Ernest Primm with land totaling 750 acres sides of the state border. Primm filed water rights with the Bureau of Land Management and tended barley fields on the property for three years to satisfy the bureau's requirements for ownership.

Primm opened Whiskey Pete's in '77, a European castle-themed casino with a 12-room motel, and a coffee shop. A hotel tower was added in the 80s. The business passed on to son Gary, whose Primm Valley Resorts opened Primadonna and Buffalo Bill’s casinos in the 90s and renamed the area Primm.

The exact location of Whiskey Pete's burial had been lost. Workers grading a railroad track linking the resorts in '94 accidentally uncovered his coffin and remains.

"The tractor caught the edge of the box and the skull popped out," said the project manager Bruce Sedlacek. "There was Whiskey Pete staring at us."

Sedlacek said the coffin was about 80 percent intact and buried "at an angle" to the highway. The remains were moved to another burial site on the property.

Postcard & photo from Felix Lenox, Nevada Armored Transport.

Whiskey Pete McIntyre faces charge. Review-Journal, 3/26/31; Whiskey Pete Is Freed of Insanity Count. Review-Journal, 10/15/32; Whiskey Pete Can Stand in Grave in Peace. Review-Journal, 2/10/41; Strip City Between Here, Los Angeles is Proposed. Review-Journal, 3/31/54; R. Cornett. Duel in the desert just a family feud. Review-Journal, 9/16/84 p1; D. Palermo. Remains of Whiskey Pete Found. Review-Journal, 2/5/94; Primadonna Resorts, Inc. and subsidiaries. SEC.; Don Catlin. The Lottery Book: The Truth Behind the Numbers. Bonus Books, 2003; L. Benston. Primm's Lure: Freebies. Las Vegas Sun, 7/2/2009.

[silkjade-archived]

genshin men x driving

this is so dumb but it had to be said. I've been driving for a while so a lot of these are taken from irl experiences I've had myself or from friends. also I'm american so this is based on driving in the u.s. | modern au, humor, fluff, reckless driving

𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐭

albedo ;; he has a habit of driving on the inner most lane of the highway but he doesn’t start switching to the exit lane until like 1 exit before. drove klee to the beach once 2 years ago and is still somehow finding sand in his car. all his turns are super wide

diluc ;; probably drives a very classic luxury car, like an aston martin or something. it’s sleek, it’s black, it’s giving batmobile because he drove with his high beams on for like 6 months and doesn’t get why it’s bad. it makes the road brighter he says as he blinds everyone going the other way. drives stick shift (manual), very hot when he reverses and puts his arm around the passenger seat

kaeya ;; he was the first person to get his license and everyone would ask him for rides, so now he drives a tiny sports car that doesn't fit anything. it’s also a luxury car but it’s flashier than diluc’s. follows driving laws to the T except for the fact that he never fully stops at stop signs

venti ;; an okay driver but it’s a terrible experience. you're amazed at how he hasn't run into any trouble yet. like at all. the kind of person who would try to run the yellow light except he’s doesn’t make it and is forced to brake really hard and just goes like "is everyone ok ehe.” you almost die and he says “oops”

𝐥𝐢𝐲𝐮𝐞

xiao ;; pet peeve: slow drivers. absolutely cannot stand sitting in traffic so he rides a motorcycle. always weaving in between cars but does it significantly less if you’re riding with him. has yanfei on speed dial in case of an accident. doesn’t know he’s super hot when he takes off his helmet and shakes his hair

zhongli ;; a slow driver. goes under the speed limit on the highway and gets cut off like no tomorrow. he doesn't think he's the problem though, just complains about how everyone is going way too fast. safety king. fakes injury for insurance money when someone hits him; only feels kind of bad

𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚

ayato ;; has a driver that takes him everywhere because he does not drive, doesn't even have a license. passed his written exam with flying colors but failed on all three tries behind-the-wheel. his younger sister drives the car their parents bought for him. always likes tweets that are like “hot people don’t have their license”

gorou ;; family van kind of guy. very reliable and will drive you to the airport or help you move. doesn’t signal when switching lanes though which is kind of annoying. gets anxious driving in areas where there are a lot of one ways. always buys fruits from vendors selling it on the side of the road

heizou ;; drives with the top down, windows down and will make you feel like a coming of age movie protagonist. has the best driving playlist but will still hand you the aux if you ask. doesn’t pay for street parking though; parking meter? never heard of her

itto ;; car guy ™ who goes to car meets and mods his car. revs his engine when he sees his friends on the road but other than that he's actually a really good driver. takes very good care of his car— that’s his baby. he’s hot when he backs into parking spaces perfectly. blasts his music too loud at night though

kazuha ;; public transport icon. somehow never misses his bus/train/whatever and always manages to squeeze on even during rush hour. he tells people it's for the environment but that’s only half true. it's not that he can't drive, he just has the jankiest car; it's old as hell, has a dent on one side, and the passenger door doesn't even open from the inside

thoma ;; shining example of a perfect driver, the dmv wants him to do all their instructional videos. was only ever pulled over once before for swerving, but talked his way out of a ticket because he was trying to avoid hitting an animal. has those family stickers on his rear windshield except it's one man and like 3 dogs

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐮

al haitham ;; probably has an suv because he thinks it’s the most useful car and can get the most out of it. almost exclusively listens to audiobooks while driving. he had a great record until he accidentally rear ended a bus because he turned around to argue with kaveh in the backseat and now his car insurance is insanely high

cyno ;; super responsible driver, both hands on the wheel at 9 and 3 at all times. secretly really wants a retired police car because he thinks the idea of people suddenly slowing down when they see him on the road, thinking it’s a cop, is hilarious. names his car something stupid like attila the hyundai

kaveh ;; terrible at directions, his gps is constantly saying “rerouting” because he keeps missing turns and exits. cannot parallel park to save his life and will ask you to switch and park for him. generally a polite driver but if he's ever behind al haitham at a stop light, he beeps his horn at him 0.2 seconds after the light turns green

tighnari ;; his trunk is always full of plants and bags of soil, fertilizer, etc. has mild road rage; if he’s forced to brake hard because someone cut him off, especially while he has the right of way, he’s yelling in the car like “I should’ve hit you” because insurance would be on his side. carries snacks in his glove compartment, soccer mom energy

𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

childe ;; exclusively uses the term 'my tesla' instead of 'my car.' he insists on having it self drive to you from the parking lot; it takes forever and more often than not, it'd be faster to just walk. doesn't matter how far away he is, he's gonna go for that yellow light, it's a race against time and he's gonna win. one hand on the wheel, one hand on your thigh

dainsleif ;; drives in silence, no music no radio— nothing; sometimes he'll listen to self help podcasts though. a lot of the times he zones out and doesn’t know how he got from point a to point b. sits in his car for like half an hour after arriving home. likes holding your hand while driving

dottore ;; mutters “this would be a good place to dump a body” whenever he drives past a ditch. got pulled over for driving in the carpool lane by himself and using a mannequin to fake a passenger. they also found a bunch of questionable things in his car that he swears is for science. no longer drives because his license got revoked

pantalone ;; his car is immaculately clean. charges you for gas and makes you wipe your shoes before stepping in. always wants to stop for coffee first before going anywhere. has a lot of money but doesn’t know shit about cars so he gets way overcharged at bodyshops

scaramouche ;; says things like “I will crash this car right now” if he’s arguing with someone. hates backseat drivers and will threaten to kick you out if you are one. sometimes speeds down an empty highway at night just to feel something but drives extra carefully when nahida’s around. parks in the far corner of a supermarket parking lot to cry

[planesawesome]

(8/5/2021)An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., prepares to land on a public highway in Alpena, Mich. The highway landing was a part of exercise Northern Strike 21-2, a multi-component, multinational exercise hosted by the Michigan National Guard designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability with coalition forces to fight and win. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson)

[toastthewolfie]

Selena Harris’ Masterlist of sorts

for context, Selena is my CoD OC. She’s in shadow company, this is her masterlist of sorts. This will be updated as I create more content for her :)

-*- Art -*-

Ref Sheet

Introduction Piece

Doodle 1 - Lighting Practice with Selena

Doodle 2 - Doodle Page

Doodle 3 - Eye doodle :)

Doodle 4 - guitar doodle

Doodle 5 - Family Photo

Doodle 6 - Chibi Selena

Bad Comic - Phonecall

Tw: Death. ‘Alone’

-*- Writing/Non-Art Rambles -*-

Selena Notes - Pt. 1

Selena Notes - Pt. 2

Selena Notes - Pt. 3

Fear of Highways

Flare Up

How she met Graves and joined Shadow Company

Character Development

touch aversion

-*- Information -*-

This is Selena Harris, she’s a former member of the army (Went by Iris, MWD Handler) and is currently part of Shadow Company (10-13). She’s 24 years old (4/12/2000, M/D/Y). She speaks English and Spanish (vaguely understands telgu as her mother is Indian). She had a mostly normal childhood until her father literally got hit by a car in front of her when she was 14 and dying, then fell in with the wrong group of people and ended up having no purpose. Ended up joining the U.S. Army at 18 for the sake of it, got her life in order and joined Shadow Company at 23 (she she’s a fairly new arrival).

She’s incredibly touch aversive and one of her habits is that when some misbehaves around her, her brain immediately goes into ‘bad dog’ type mode and scolds people like they’re a naughty dog (it’s engrained in her from her MWD days and the fact their family used to volunteer at an animal shelter, they still do just less nowadays).

[dyrewrites]

Meandering notes

So, @blue-manuscript challenged me to write slapstick vampires.

I've got ideas, but what I am sharing are meandering notes...should anyone be interested. I dunno when I will actually write the thing, but I keep jotting notes and dialogue (as this is how I learn characters -- if they sound familiar I have no excuse, those two live in my brain and are tainting everything).

It is long, and disjointed, be warned.

They don't have names yet, but the plan is a road trip following the U.S Highway 2 from Washington to Maine. No, I don't know why. This is just what they told me. They'll be dealing with vampire hunters, local authorities, especially brave prey with weapons they expect to work, whatever fun response to sunlight I am going to give them (that is not death because nyeh) and most of all...each other and the road itself. I'm hoping they get lost a lot, personally.

Enjoy the nonsense notes.

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Two vampires trying to get to a wedding. The wedding is for one of their sister's descendants--he's kept in contact through generations and they help out and visit family regularly--and it's on the other side of the country but one of them refuses to fly on an airplane, and while they can both turn into bats it doesn't work in daylight, and they've never found shoes able to withstand their speed long enough to run--and one's not running barefoot. 

"How's Paris sound this spring? We could take the houseboat, with the roomy cabin."

"Mm, raiding yachts and eating rich assholes does sound fun but we're due in Maine for a wedding this spring."

"Another one?"

"Well it's legal now, so more are out there doing it."

"It was legal in the 1700s too, but that didn't require we drag our asses half a country away."

"I'm not sure draining the clergy and enchanting a priest to marry us counts as legal, and we also sprung for a big ceremony when laws changed--"

"Semantics. So, how many mewling brats are these ones going to pop out, ready to haunt us for all our eternity?"

"None, but they may adopt. Point is, I made promises and they expect us there."

"How long are we expected to play with our food this time?"

"They're descendants, my sweet, not food and we'll be there a day at most."

"I meant long term, love, how long are you going to keep this up?"

"Until the bloodline dries up."

"They're prey and you should eat the lot of them. Or at least stop indulging them. It's been so many generations now. You have your own life, you have me."

"And I love you, but you knew what you were getting when you married me, so zip it."

"I love you too, you and your highly specific bleeding heart. So you expect me to sit in some stuffy rental while you drive us across the country?"

"We can stop for meals along the way, do some sightseeing."

"We've seen all the sights. Why don't we just fly?"

"No planes."

"This again. We can't die. Even if the whole thing drops out of the sky. We'll live."

"I'm aware. Doesn't make it any less unnerving to soar through clouds in a massive metal coffin."

"You fly higher every night, and often sleep in a coffin..."

"As a bat, meant for flight and the coffin doesn't bother because you're in there with me."

"I'll be with you in the plane too, love. Maybe we could charter a private jet, something with a big, comfy bed?"

"I'm not sure that's something we can charter, sweets, and what would we eat during the flight? We can't drain passengers, they'd revolt and we'd be forced to kill all of them. I don't know how to fly a plane, do you?"

"Then we fast, nipping sips here and there but no deaths."

"After what happened last time?"

"It wasn't that bad."

"Tell the settlers of Roanoke that."

"Was a fun first date alone though, wasn't it? Both of us free. You covered in all that blood. Oh, fine, fine. We'll drive, but I'm not getting in a rental. We're buying something shiny and fast and speeding the whole way."

"Feeding on patrolmen?"

"I do enjoy the taste of overinflated ego, oh and hitchhikers. Maybe stop at some of those ridiculous roadside attractions, snatch a family or two. Throw a few into the grand canyon...watch them break into little pieces."

"My sugar excited?"

"Sugar?"

"What, I can't try new things?"

"No, no, it's cute and a road trip sounds great...babe."

"You take that back."

"Mm-mm, you're babe now."

"I'm not answering to it."

"You will."

"I won't."

No becoming, they just are. Have been since sometime in the 1400s. Together since early 1500s. Different makers, bonded over poor treatment. Both makers long dead--one of them killed his own and hunted the other's to free him. They've kept in the world, blending well enough, eating whoever they want and killing anyone who tries to stop them. Most of their money is stolen or inherited from sham marriages to wealthy prey--one marries them, the other is hired as help, they enjoy one another's company and eat anyone who notices the husband isn't aging until the spouse dies. Spent some time as pirates as well, because crews have high turnover anyway, who would notice. A few of their crews did, tried to set the ship on fire with them in it. So they stopped. Lot of treasure hidden about though.

We meet them in the present, before the wedding announcement, as they're on a date that's interrupted by a vampire hunter. One who tries to shoot one of them, in the head. 

His neck snaps back with the force before he scoffs, "great, there goes the hair and now I have a hole ruining my face and fuckin wiff my wordth for the next phoo ors."

His husband laughs, "oh, buddy, you're fucked. No, no, don't run. That'll just make him chase and I promise he's faster."

"Wath there holy water in thith? It thtingth."

"He drank some too, so don't bother with the blood."

"Oh I'm botherin. Drainin him dry, nithe an thlow, damn the burn."

"But your throat, and that beautiful voice..."

"You'll live. He won't."

"Share then, so you get a hot little rasp?"

"Keep that up, he geth all twitchy when you flirt with me."

"All that religion, I bet."

"Don't theem to help now."

"Well, they do leave out the why of the water and the weapons. Might as well be piss and plastic."

"Crath, love."

"We better eat him so you can heal that quicker or I'm just going to be giggling the next few hours."

They are indestructible vampires who keep getting into situations that would kill anything else...and handling them with sass or needless hysterics.

Arguing at night on a rural road, and a car hits them. The car is completely totaled, the vampires aren't even scratched but they keep arguing while yanking survivors out and eating them.

"My whole pants? All the pants. Couldn't take a leg or some of the shirt, it had to take all my fucking pants!"

"I suppose that's my fault too?"

"Well you're the one who got us lost out in fuckall and stomped your dainty little toes out to the middle of the street to scream at me so..."

"Dainty? How about we see how dainty they are when I shove them up your ass!"

"We both know what you want to shove up my ass and it's not your toes."

"Are you flirting? There's glass and bits of metal stuck in your thighs and you're flirting?"

"Noticed my thighs, did you."

"I noticed you're an idiot who doesn't know how to move out of the way!"

"Well I couldn't let the big ugly van hit that beautiful face, now could I?"

"You, don't you dare try to flatter me, you insufferable ass!"

"But you're so hot when you're angry."

"Shut. Up."

"Mm, and you want me so bad you're monosyllabic."

"Your meal is fleeing."

"Whose fault is that?"

"Oh, now you're blaming me for your running mouth?"

"If the lips fit."

"What does that even me--"

"Mm, terrible."

"Hold that heat while I catch the runner..."

"Grab his pants too, he looked your size."

"Checking out prey now?"

"Oh yes, I lust for prey, you better hurry before I flag me down a hot piece of trucker."

"I love you!"

"I love you too...you ass."

Stopping under movers raising a piano to a second floor, start making out, and the piano falls, cracking in half. The vampires are unharmed, keep making out while people scream around them trying to clean up the mess.

Making out over a dead body, shoving it out of the way to do more--using a corpse's head as leverage.

Having a delightful dinner conversation in a diner full of bodies and one living waiter left, enchanted to make and fetch them coffee.

Random prey is not afraid, "oh, what, you're going to kill me? Big vampire thinks he's scarier than a man with a gun, or a knife or determination and a spoon?"

"Well I was hungry...now not so much."

"Yeah, kinda kills the mood. What about the walking Adonis back at the clothing store?"

"Mm, he did look delicious..."

"Wait, you're not going to eat me?"

"You clearly just want to die, so you can go ahead and do that yourself."

"We're not here to eat your pain, buddy."

"Or fulfill some sick little desire you have for fangs."

"We can read them all, you know, and it's quite a show in there."

"You can...see my thoughts?"

"Yes, and it's a show you can enjoy alone." 

"But I, I mean I saw you. I could, I could tell someone. Hunters."

"Oh, it's threatening us. Isn't that cute."

"Hunters are delicious, little bite. Call all you like. We're going to go drink someone hotter while we wait."

[plethoraworldatlas]

Red wolves are the world's most endangered canines, with fewer than 25 left in the wild. In just the past year, five were killed by vehicle strikes along or near Highway 64 in eastern North Carolina, which passes through the heart of red wolf habitat.

The Center and the Wildlands Network have launched a campaign to secure a safer future for red wolves by building wildlife crossings. The campaign envisions wildlife crossings that would connect habitat in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, which lies on both sides of U.S. highway 64.

Join us for a special webinar Tuesday, July 2, at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST to learn more about this important campaign.

You'll hear from experts from several groups — including the Center's Southeast Director and Senior Scientist Will Harlan, Wildlands Network's Chief Scientist Dr. Ron Sutherland, the Wolf Conservation Center's Senior Research Scientist Dr. Joey Hinton, and National Parks Conservation Association's Southern Appalachian Director Jeff Hunter.

[legend-collection]

Fouke Monster

the Fouke Monster also known as the Boggy Creek Monster and the Swamp Stalker, is purported to be an ape-like creature, similar to descriptions of Bigfoot, that was allegedly sighted in the rural town of Fouke, Arkansas during the early 1970s. The creature was alleged to have attacked a local family.

The creature was named by journalist Jim Powell, who reported on it for the Texarkana Gazette and the Texarkana Daily News.

Various reports between 1971 and 1974 described it as being a large, bipedal creature covered in long dark hair. It was estimated to be about 7 feet (2 m) tall with a weight of 250–300 pounds (110–140 kg). Later reports claimed that it was far larger, with one witness describing it as 10 feet (3 m) tall, with an estimated weight of 800 pounds (360 kg). Some accounts describe the Fouke Monster as running swiftly with a galloping gait and swinging its arms in a fashion similar to a monkey. Reports also describe it as having a terrible odor, the odor being described as a combination of a skunk and a wet dog, and as having bright red eyes about the size of silver dollars.

A variety of tracks and claw marks have been discovered which are claimed to belong to the creature. One set of foot prints reportedly measured 17 inches (43 cm) in length and 7 inches (18 cm) wide, while another appeared to show feet that only possessed three toes.

Prior to the 20th century, several alleged sightings in the general area related to a large, hairy creature circulated in an 1851 report in the Memphis Enquirer, and an 1856 report in the Caddo Gazette.

Local residents claim that the creature had roamed the area since 1964, but those sightings had not been reported. Local folklore also holds that the creature can be further traced back to sightings in 1946. Most early sightings were allegedly in the region of Jonesville as the creature was known as the "Jonesville Monster" during this period.

In 1955 the creature was allegedly spotted by a 14-year-old boy who described it as having reddish brown hair, sniffing the air, and not reacting when it was fired upon with birdshot. Investigator Joe Nickell observed that the description was consistent with a misidentified black bear (Ursus americanus).

The Fouke Monster first made local headlines in 1971, when it was reported to have attacked the home of Bobby and Elizabeth Ford on May 2, 1971.

According to Elizabeth Ford, the creature, which she initially thought was a bear, reached through a screen window that night while she was sleeping on a couch. It was chased away by her husband and his brother Don. During the alleged encounter, the Fords fired several gun shots at the creature and believed that they had hit it, though no traces of blood were found. An extensive search of the area failed to locate the creature, but three-toed footprints were found close to the house, as well as scratch marks on the porch and damage to a window and the house's siding. According to the Fords, they had heard something moving around outside late at night several nights prior but, having lived in the house for less than a week, had never encountered the creature before.

The creature was allegedly sighted again on May 23, 1971, when three people, D. C. Woods, Jr., Wilma Woods, and Mrs. R. H. Sedgass, reported seeing an ape-like creature crossing U.S. Highway 71.[19] More sightings reports were made over the following months by local residents and tourists, who found additional footprints. The best known footprints were found in a soybean field belonging to local filling station owner Scott Keith. They were scrutinized by game warden Carl Galyon, who was unable to confirm their authenticity. Like the Ford prints, they appeared to indicate that the creature had only three toes.

The incident began to attract substantial interest after news spread about the Ford sighting. The Little Rock, Arkansas, radio station KAAY posted a $1,090 bounty on the creature. Several attempts were made to track the creature with dogs, but they were unable to follow its scent. When hunters began to take interest in the Fouke Monster, Miller County Sheriff Leslie Greer was forced to put a temporary "no guns" policy in place in order to preserve public safety. In 1971, three people were fined $59 each "for filing a fraudulent monster report."

After an initial surge of attention, public interest in the creature decreased until it gained national recognition in 1973 when Charles B. Pierce released a docudrama horror film about the creature in 1972, The Legend of Boggy Creek.

By late 1974, interest had waned again and sightings all but stopped; only to begin again in March 1978 when tracks were reportedly found by two brothers prospecting in Russellville, Arkansas. There were also sightings in Center Ridge, Arkansas. On June 26 of that same year, a sighting was reported in Crossett, Arkansas. During this period the creature was blamed for missing livestock and attacks on several dogs.

Since the initial clusters of sightings during the 1970s, there have been sporadic reports of the creature. In 1991, the creature was reportedly seen jumping from a bridge. There were forty reported sightings in 1997 and, in 1998, the creature was reportedly sighted in a dry creek bed 5 miles (8 km) south of Fouke.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This beautifully restored stone home is a piece of history. It was built in 1795. (Geo. Washington was Pres. in 1775; Washington, DC, was established as the capital of the U.S.in 1791; & the U.S. Post Office Dept. was established on Feb. 20, 1792.)  $490K

It’s located on Rt. 22 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (US 22 is named the "William Penn Highway" throughout most of Pennsylvania.)

The front door opens directly into the cozy living room- beautiful knotty pine wide plank floors. There’s a staircase to the 2nd level in the living room and a step-up into the kitchen. 

Also off the living room is this wonderful room being used as a home office. Wow, look at the built-in closet and large fireplace. And, the floor!

At the back of the home, there is a mudroom and an entrance to the kitchen. Love the tile flooring.

Perfect kitchen restoration- love the cabinetry and floors. The colors are also historically perfect.

I’m not sure what this room is, but it has an interesting tile floor and beautiful ceiling.

For a home that had no bath when it was built, this is lovely.

The home is surprisingly large with 4 bds. and 4 baths. You can see that it’s been extended b/c that’s the original outer wall of the house in the main bd.

Love the built-in closet and floor. This is probably one of the 7 bds. that the owner isn’t using. 

Lovely bd. and en suite.

This bd. that’s not being used has a wonderful stone fireplace.

Check out the attic bd./balth.

The carriage house has 2 furnished studio apts. 

The 1st apt.

2nd apt. What a great property for the price.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/361-Route-22_Hollidaysburg_PA_16648_M42736-86179

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned and funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines and make it easier to add more wind and solar energy.

The new rule by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees interstate electricity transmission, is the most significant attempt in years to upgrade and expand the country’s creaking electricity network. Experts have warned that there aren’t nearly enough high-voltage power lines being built today, putting the country at greater risk of blackouts from extreme weather while making it harder to shift to renewable sources of energy and cope with rising electricity demand.

A big reason for the slow pace of grid expansion is that operators rarely plan for the long term, the commission said.

The nation’s three main electric grids are overseen by a patchwork of utilities and regional grid operators that mainly focus on ensuring the reliability of electricity to homes and businesses. When it comes to building new transmission lines, grid operators tend to be reactive, responding after a wind-farm developer asks to connect to the existing network or once a reliability problem is spotted.

The new federal rule, which was two years in the making, requires grid operators around the country to identify needs 20 years into the future, taking into account factors like changes in the energy mix, the growing number of states that require wind and solar power and the risks of extreme weather.

Grid planners would have to evaluate the benefits of new transmission lines, such as whether they would lower electricity costs or reduce the risk of blackouts, and develop methods for splitting the costs of those lines among customers and businesses.

The commission approved the rule by a 2-1 vote, with the two Democratic commissioners in favor and the lone Republican, Mark Christie, opposed. Mr. Christie said the rule would allow states that want more renewable energy to unfairly pass on the costs of the necessary grid upgrades to their neighbors.

Nationwide, energy companies have proposed more than 11,000 wind, solar and battery projects, but many are in limbo because there’s not enough capacity on the grid to accommodate them. What’s more, individual developers are currently required to pay for grid upgrades to accommodate their projects in a process that is piecemeal and slow.

Some critics say that’s like asking a trucking company to pay for an additional lane on a highway that all motorists ultimately use. A better approach, they say, would be to plan ahead for broad upgrades with the costs shared by a wide set of energy providers and users.

But the question of who pays for those grid expansions has sparked furious debate.

[rabbitcruiser]

Alaska Highway, CDN (No. 2)

The road was originally built mostly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a supply route during World War II. In 1942, the Army Corps of Engineers assigned more than 10,000 men, about a third of whom were black soldiers, members of three newly formed African-American segregated regiments. There were four main thrusts in building the route: southeast from Delta Junction, Alaska, toward a linkup at Beaver Creek, Yukon; north then west from Dawson Creek (an advance group started from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, after traveling on winter roads on frozen marshland from railway stations on the Northern Alberta Railways); both east and west from Whitehorse after being ferried in via the White Pass and Yukon Route railway. The Army commandeered equipment of all kinds, including local riverboats, railway locomotives, and housing originally meant for use in southern California.

The official start of construction took place on March 9, 1942, after hundreds of pieces of construction equipment were moved on priority trains by the Northern Alberta Railways to the northeastern part of British Columbia near Mile 0 at Dawson Creek. Construction accelerated through the spring as the winter weather faded away and crews were able to work from both the northern and southern ends; they were spurred on after reports of the Japanese invasion of Kiska Island and Attu Island in the Aleutians. During construction the road was nicknamed the "oil can highway" by the work crews due to the large number of discarded oil cans and fuel drums that marked the road's progress. The construction crew had also passed through an Indigenous village known as Champagne (Shadhala-ra) which they used to set up camp. Unfortunately, disease spread and nearly wiped out the indigenous population of the village. After the war, the survivors left the village to find work, leaving the location a ghost town.

Source: Wikipedia

[blarson77]

One of my stops in Leavenworth. I visit every year. This was a one and only stop to this sausage place called München Haus. And the beautiful Wenatchee River. There’s soooo many places to stop and take photos along U.S. Highway 2 near Steven’s Pass in Washington State. And yes, that’s a boot full of beer and I bought the boot. I’ve been wanting one for awhile. The Craft Beer is the Alpenhaze from the local brewery called Icicle Brewing Company. Quite possibly there best Craft IPA.

[puppet-purgatory]

you won't post 1 headcanon for every puppet. you wont

i WILL. AND i'll do it in chronological order from appearance (more or less). but it will be under a readmore after the first season so i dont interrupt anyones scrollin

The Professor: i think in addition to growing a bit from Dino DNA(tm) he also has feathers now. just some feathers in there with his fur. maybe even molts and is miserable about it

Death: he plays guitar And piano, but just as a hobby. he's like a salaryman who had a garage band as a teenager and never fully gave up on the dream

Propeller: propeller SADSTUCK: i think he legitimately had to go to therapy for the britannica shit that happened. PH feels like it would be that realistic about mental health tbh

Big Pile of Diamonds: his mustache is fake. his greatest secret. his greatest shame.

God: he actually really likes to dance! unfortunately next 2 no one will do it since... The Incident

Train: does he not have a better name... maybe put a mr. in front of there... anyway he feels betrayed by the U.S. since they gave up the train model for highways/interstates and the motorcar industry. gets REALLY heated about it

Mt. Vesuvius: has a bunch of speeches given by famous latin authors and orators memorized, but sometimes he mashes them up without realizing/misattributes which one was written by whom. old man moments

Hatshepsut's Goose: can't remember what their gender was in life. that's fine, they love being a nonbinary icon. AMAB (Assigned Mummy at (em)Balming)

Clipped Coin: dodges the spool's wrath by being unflappable and so down to earth despite his apparent success. truly the king of staying in his own lane

Olympic Torch: hes a cranky piece of shit and only really enjoys sporting competition. he was complaining about being in the group puzzle photo so god just picked him up and he went ffffffffffine. okay. ill smile for 2 seconds

Gay Oars: i think they Also went to therapy, mostly relationship counseling, and now they are back and better than Ever. unbreakable bond. im abt to pen a whole ass comic series about them getting married in purgatory

Policarpa's Spool: still thinks of himself as a spy type, but there's only so much spying he can do in... purgatory. of course, his primary nemesis is the treasure chest.

Lake Donner Snowman: idk if this counts as a headcanon per se but in my very short list where i recast the puppets as famous singers, he is ABSOLUTELY voiced by Weird Al Yankovic.

St. Nick's Wet Bones: sort of taking the whole purgatory thing in stride. he kinda feels like he's in retirement! now he's a minor agent of chaos who's looked after by his darling Pickle Boys

Beast of Gevaudan: i was so sad when the infinitiger wasn't real, i wanted them to have a cooking show together so badly and destroy the horse's self-esteem. i love him. hes so abominably french

Stool of Gold: well-traveled, well-read, literally just as sensible as the Book or the Oars, but finds the chaos entertaining to spectate.

Ziryab's Oud: I think that the puppets have divvied up the whole Wondrium Arena and all have designated Living Areas, and he has a whole dressing room filled with shitty costumes he can't even wear. every time someone knocks he answers like hes on MTV's Cribs.

Bye Bye Brothers: they live in the orchestral pit and treat it like a secret lair. only other Murderer Puppets are allowed in. EXCLUSIVE club

Flower Boat: GNC Icon. this is a flower boat stan account. jenuinely a wholesome, emotional vessel doing their best to pitch in.

Molasses Horse: you can wash him as much as you want, that shit always just comes back somehow. the book theorizes it's psychosomatic at this point, since they're technically only souls at this point.

Tiny Piece of Wheat: bro i bet they went through SUCH phases after finding out about the professor's death. like all five stages of grief and then four more that have not yet been discovered by humans. dw kiddo, u got Grandparents incoming

Emu: the type of guy to fistfight you and then help you up. laid back but ready to throw down at a MOMENT'S notice. has no beef with the Wheat, but generally avoids them to keep from any Upsets.

Treasure Chest: has a little list of get-rick-quick schemes he wants to test, but has no way to in purgatory. he has one braincell bouncing around in his head like the DVD logo

Scabs & Pus: they get to hang out with the Bye Bye Brothers in their little club :) they're gross dudes to look at and be around. but they are ultimately harmless and friendly and just happy to be included.

Book: i love da book. I think he lives in the music library backstage and finds librettos for stageplays/musicals to pitch to the group to put on, as well as produces their little TV shows.

Birch Trees: since they share a root system, they have a telepathic link and communicate without even speaking, which is fucking creepy as hell when one or both of them just start laughing out of nowhere. they probably enjoy acting sinister

Asmodeus: he worked HARD on his song for the show!!!!! i think he's a bit of a ham sometimes when he gets the chance. also his goat head bites literally anything that comes close on reflex.

The Devil: while everything he does is to get souls, it also feels like he wants for positive and is less an Enemy of God and more an Irritating Coworker. in my brain they have a whole Tom and Jerry thing going on.

I don't have anything for the Fake Puppets the Substitute impersonated, but im planning on drawing some infinitiger soon bc he was my fave for sure

The Substitute: this is PURELY crack but i think it would be hilarious if he had voice commands like some tech does. i want him to climb back in the window and ryan just yells XBOX TURN OFF and he vanishes.

Dino Dad/Dinosir: i think even after he gets to the present and learns about all kinds of rocks and gems and crystals he Still just loves a big old rock he can lay on and sun himself with. like a dad and his armchair. doesnt gotta be fancy, just has to be comfy.

Dino Mom/Dinosara: i think she would be REALLY into the fake tv shows the puppets in the Wondrium Arena make. and they'd probably Love to have her as a fan. i think both the professor's parents are Hella popular.

[codmw2019-2022]

MW 2019 - Allied NPCs:

Mission and what group followed by Character Call Signs and Name if shown/give and the character's Status.

Fog Of war | CIA with Marine Raiders

Hammer 2-1 [ U.S. Crew Chief? ] Blue Viking 5-1 [ Gunship ] Hitman 7-1 Sgt. Hoyt (KIA) Hitman 7-2 Cpl. Davis (KIA) Hitman 7-3 Spc. Gonzavi (KIA) Hitman 7-4 LCpl. Randoff (KIA) Hitman 7-5 Pvt. Myers (KIA) Echo 3-1 Alex (Alive)

Cutscene

Charlie 2-Actual Colonel Noris (Alive) Watcher Station Chief Laswell (Alive) General Lyons (Alive) Bravo 0-6 Captain John Price (Alive)

Piccadilly | SAS with CTSFO

Raven [ Overwatch ] Saber 2-4 Sgt. Crowley (Alive or KIA) Saber 2-6 Sgt. Kyle Garrick (Alive) Trojan 3-1 Cst. Brooks (KIA) Trojan 3-2 Cst. Fowler (Alive or KIA)

Embedded + Proxy War | CIA with Urzik Militia

Vipper 1-1 [ Unmarked Gunship ] Farah Karim (Alive) Hadir Karim (Alive) Tariq (Deceased) Lina (KIA) Yasin (Alive) [ Armen, Ziryan, Hemin, Renas, Kejal, Zerya, Jorin, Rozhin, Dozan, Daryan, Erdelan ] *

Clean House | SAS anti-terror unit

[ Alpha: 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 ] *

Hunting Party | CIA with Demon Dogs

Demon 1-2 Sgt. Griggs (Alive) Demon 3-2 Sgt. Norman (Alive) Demon 3-5 Cpl. Lee (Alive) Demon 3-6 Pvt. Hughes (Alive) [ Demon: 8-2, 7-6, 7-5, 7-4, 7-2, 7-1, 6-6, 6-2, 5-6, 5-4, 5-2, 4-6, 4-4, 4-1, 3-4, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 1-3 ] * **

The Embassy | SAS, CIA, Urzik Militia

Jaguar 4-1 [ U.S. UAV Operator ] UK Pilot 1 (KIA) Ambassador Harris (Deceased) Assistant Stacy Davidson (Deceased or Alive) Adam (Deceased) Romeo 4-6 Mikey (KIA) Romeo 4-7 Cpl. Davidson (KIA) [ Emerald: 2-4, 2-6 | Romeo: 3-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-7, 4-8, 4-10 ] *

Highway of Death | Urzik Militia

Ali (Alive or KIA) Alyah (Alive or KIA) [ Ziryan, Ashti ] *

Flashback

Farah's Father Walid Karim Shadi / Shadi's Kid (Deceased)

The Wolf's Den | SAS, CIA

Lifter 1-1 [ Air Transport ] Sinner 1-1 [ Overwatch ] [ Alpha: 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5 | Crown: 6-3, 6-4, 6-5 ]

Captive

Azadeh (Alive or KIA) Darine (Alive or KIA) Ayah (Alive or KIA) [ Ghalia, Hadia ] * 2 SAS Soldiers (Alive)

Old Comrades | SAS Unsanctioned

Nikolai (Alive) Yegor Novak (Alive) Butcher's Wife Ousa (Deceased or Alive) Butcher's Son Amon (Deceased or Alive)

Going Dark | SAS

Hostages are Barkov's Family

Into the Furnace | CIA, SAS, Urzik Militia

Jaguar 4-7 [ Air Support ] [ Erdelan, Daryan, Ziryan, Yaran, Hemin, Dila, Royar, Mazar, Renas, Avdar, Ashti ] *

Spec Ops

Sgt. Kamarov ( ALIVE ) Dr. Linda Morales (Alive)

* Names are randomised for these characters since they aren't important to the plot, and because of this their status is unknown. ** There are probably more callsign numbers in between but these were the ones I was able to catch.

AN:

This post is formatted a bit differently from my other posts because I wanted it to be a bit easier to read without having change everything.

As always I hope this helps fanfic writers as well as other members of the fandom with wanting their OCs to be connected back to our favourite main characters.

[angelkarafilli]

The Irish Hills Towers are two wooden observation towers located at 8433 West U.S. Highway 12 in Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, in the Irish Hills region. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2007.

Photo By Matt Callow

[maklodes]

Americans traditionally measure the fuel economy of their cars in miles per gallon. Europeans tend to use liters/100 km. Americans not only use their customary unit rather than metric, but also have a measurement that is reciprocal to the European one. (To convert one to the other, divide 235.215 by the number you already have – although official stats may still not be comparable, because the U.S. and Europe use different test-routines to determine city/highway mileage. FWIW, I’ve heard that both U.S. and European tests are too optimistic about fuel economy compared to the real world, but European tests are a little more optimistic and further from reality.)

I think metric is better in general (but Europeans really should have done liters/1000 km! Then their measurements would have two digits of precision for typical modern sedans, crossovers, and such without going past a decimal point, plus 10^6 m is a better metric distance standard than 10^5 m.), but fuel per distance and distance per fuel both have arguments in their favor: do you want to know how far you can go on a tank of gas (American), or how much gas you’ll need to go a given distance (European)? Is it better to have bigger numbers be better, so good fuel economy is viscerally impressive in the same way as high horsepower (American), or is it better to have a number directly proportional to fuel consumption, so it’s obvious that going from 12 L/100km to 6 L/100km is twice as important as going from 6L/100km to 3L/100 km, whereas in the American system it’s less readily apparent that going from 19 MPG to 38 MPG saves twice as much fuel as going from 38 to 76 MPG? (assuming constant distances) I think the European system of volume over distance is probably somewhat more sensible on the whole, but not as clearcut as the metric vs customary issue.

What strikes me as interesting, though, is to consider the European system: liters per 100 km. That’s volume – x^3 – over distance – x. Phrased like that, you can see the immediate temptation: what if we reduce x^3/x to x^2? Now our units of fuel economy are in area. If we have a vehicle that uses 6 L/100 Km, we can phrase that as 6 * 10^-3 m^3 / 10^5 m, which is 6 * 10^-8 m^2, about 6% of a square millimeter.

Does that actually mean anything, though, or is it just an artifact of misused dimensional analysis, like claiming that torque can be measured in joules because newtons * meters = joules, when really torque just isn’t energy? I think the area measurement of fuel economy actually does have a physical interpretation: if you were driving, and a tiny filament of liquid gasoline with this cross-sectional area traced your route, then that filament of gasoline would be approximately enough fuel for your trip.

I can’t think of a physically intuitive explanation of what the dimensionally-reduced American measure of efficiency (reciprocal area) is, though.