Posted by
alice: battle creek, MI on November 24, 2008:
Hi! I seem to remember from when this story was first published that there was some question over where the sixth image of Ankrom is, but I don't remember the answer. I just checked again, but I really can only find five of him. Can you help?
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If you look closely at the far-left image, you can see there are two hardhats, and two vests -- so there are two of him merged there. -rc
Posted by
Mike from Dallas on November 27, 2008:
Probably the weirdest part of this story is that they decided to keep the improvement. Bureaucracy has never been noted for intelligent decisions, especially when the Rules are much more important than the intent or purpose of the rules, as evidenced in your #748 issue containing The Tomb of Stifled Patriotism.
Posted by
Ian, Selangor, Malaysia on December 30, 2008:
Mike from Dallas: that was my thought as well when I read this story again today. But I'm glad that Caltrans has some sensible people in responsible positions.... guess more so than your Federal Government! :-)
Posted by
Calvin, Singapore on June 13, 2009:
Well, someone forgot to replace their brains with a rulebook. :D
Posted by
Bonnie, Florida on January 1, 2011:
In past years our dirt road had become drug corridor central. So we ordered internet signs that look like the real deal. We bought the same type of upright that the road department attaches them to so we could fake out the stupid drug people.
The signs read PRIVATE ROAD 20 MPH and a second one that reads DEAD END. And yes, the incredibly stupid druggies that were using the road the week before, saw the signs, got confused and left.
This worked for two years and then somebody complained that ours was not a dead end and they wished to use it to exit to a major highway. So they called the county to come out. Checked out our signs. Talked to each other in their trucks for awhile, came back two weeks later and upgraded our real signs and left our phonies out there, still diverting the drug traffic.
Ah yes, the real world is much stranger than fiction.
Posted by
Dennis, Washington on February 20, 2011:
Unfortunately, this is a harbinger of bad news: the signs that Mr. Ankrom put up are long gone, and nobody knows where they went. But fear not, my fellow road geeks who haven't been in the LA Basin for a while: CalTrans has upgraded the roads, installed electronic signs, and there is even an I-5 shield where the old one was!
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs - Comments
Posted by alice: battle creek, MI on November 24, 2008:
Hi! I seem to remember from when this story was first published that there was some question over where the sixth image of Ankrom is, but I don't remember the answer. I just checked again, but I really can only find five of him. Can you help?
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If you look closely at the far-left image, you can see there are two hardhats, and two vests -- so there are two of him merged there. -rc
Posted by Mike from Dallas on November 27, 2008:
Probably the weirdest part of this story is that they decided to keep the improvement. Bureaucracy has never been noted for intelligent decisions, especially when the Rules are much more important than the intent or purpose of the rules, as evidenced in your #748 issue containing The Tomb of Stifled Patriotism.
Posted by Ian, Selangor, Malaysia on December 30, 2008:
Mike from Dallas: that was my thought as well when I read this story again today. But I'm glad that Caltrans has some sensible people in responsible positions.... guess more so than your Federal Government! :-)
Posted by Calvin, Singapore on June 13, 2009:
Well, someone forgot to replace their brains with a rulebook. :D
Posted by Bonnie, Florida on January 1, 2011:
In past years our dirt road had become drug corridor central. So we ordered internet signs that look like the real deal. We bought the same type of upright that the road department attaches them to so we could fake out the stupid drug people.
The signs read PRIVATE ROAD 20 MPH and a second one that reads DEAD END. And yes, the incredibly stupid druggies that were using the road the week before, saw the signs, got confused and left.
This worked for two years and then somebody complained that ours was not a dead end and they wished to use it to exit to a major highway. So they called the county to come out. Checked out our signs. Talked to each other in their trucks for awhile, came back two weeks later and upgraded our real signs and left our phonies out there, still diverting the drug traffic.
Ah yes, the real world is much stranger than fiction.
Posted by Dennis, Washington on February 20, 2011:
Unfortunately, this is a harbinger of bad news: the signs that Mr. Ankrom put up are long gone, and nobody knows where they went. But fear not, my fellow road geeks who haven't been in the LA Basin for a while: CalTrans has upgraded the roads, installed electronic signs, and there is even an I-5 shield where the old one was!
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