While getting tired of all of the Michael Jackson on the radio…I found this slightly amusing
Category: Cool Link
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Albert
He is a pretty special player…
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Who all has a blog?
I added a few blogs to the blogroll, but I really don’t know who has a blog out there. So who does?
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Couple chuckles
As I avoid another formal model of legislative behavior, I share two items that gave me a chuckle today.
First, a cartoon
And from AJ’s copassenger this week, a quote (not from the airplane ride)
Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.
Lee Sigelman put it a little better I think (where I found the quote).
In discussing how football has overtaken baseball in popularity, he characterized it this way:
Moreover, I think George Will got it exactly right when he proclaimed football a perfect reflection of how we now organize our society: three seconds of action followed by a thirty-second committee meeting.
Okay. Back to models I barely follow.
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You can now buy Boardwalk with paper or plastic.
It is a sad day… I love technology but don’t mess with Monopoly.
Passing Go is no where near as fun now.
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Brown Trucks Making Right Turns
Source – Fuel Conservation No Idle Matter at UPS
You wouldn’t think of something as benign as avoiding a left-hand turn could conserve fuel, but Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) swears by it. In fact, the parcel carrier has technology in its systems that help map this out routes that minimize the number of left turns the driver has to make. According to spokesperson Steve Holmes, avoiding left turns at intersections reduces idling which in turn lowers fuel consumption. “It seems small, but when you multiply it across 88,0000 vehicles making nearly 15 million deliveries every day during the course of a year, it adds up.”
And at stop lights, making a right turn at an intersection tends to be faster than at a left turn, since you have only to wait for an opportunity to turn in one lane of traffic. You also have the option of “right on red” in most jurisdictions, unless otherwise indicated by traffic signs. “So even if you didn’t save fuel, you’re going to move more quickly through a route.”
“Because 98% of our packages are processed electronically by shippers, we know what’s entering our system each day, what’s still in our system each day, when each package is going to arrive at a center, when the package is scheduled for delivery — including time of day — and where it will be delivered,” Holmes says.
What’s more, Holmes says, UPS drivers are trained to always turn off their package cars when they stop for a delivery, never idling at the curb or in a driveway. “Even if the driver is out of the truck for a few seconds, the vehicle is always turned off.”
