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Published Sep. 6, 2008
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
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GOLO member since July 20, 2007
September 7, 2008 6:19 a.m.
Commercial Aviation is required to have flotation for every passenger they CAN have aboard. Chutes need a mandatory minimum to deploy, and SKILL to use... then they can act like an anchor if there is a current undertow if the person fails to release it (you get pulled under). Not to mention you have no flotation device then. So stick to a flotation pad.
Plowing, is no problem. Most of the drivers have 4WD. Often they will plow out their driveways and roads so THEY can get out before getting to work to use the fullsize trucks. Unless we get 12-18 inches would there be an issue. Over 2 FEET have fallen before (Halloween in Minneapolis if you want to check) in one storm. Even then the guys pulled double overtime in the trucks.
You CAN drink in a car. Limos. As long as there is a barrier between the driver and passenger cavity it is legal, just not for the driver.
September 6, 2008 5:03 p.m.
Some people are just too easy
GOLO member since July 20, 2007
September 6, 2008 2:21 p.m.
GOLO member since December 15, 2007
September 6, 2008 2:17 p.m.
www.hawaiianswers.com
(I'm still picturing people trying to drive through multiple states, falling into the ocean and acting surprised. "but they said it was an "interstate"!)
GOLO member since July 20, 2007
September 6, 2008 2:03 p.m.
There are three major interstate highways in Hawaii, creatively named H-1, H-2, and H-3, and a little-known fourth, H-201. They are called "interstates" because they are all part of the national network of interstate highways — technically the The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and National Defense Highways — and were built with the same funds and built to generally the same specifications
When I first read it, I just pictured cars driving off into the ocean....lol
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September 6, 2008 1:58 p.m.
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