Planning: general 🌇 Random Planning Thoughts (and Photos) Deserving No Thread Of Their Own

[mendelman]

There’s a popular planning-adjacent podcast out there that planners like and support (based on the social media posts, reposts, likes, and comments that I see), and every time I try to listen to an episode that sounds interesting, I get all “I can’t. I just can’t!” A lot of buzzwords, a lot of hand-wringing, a lot of self-congratulatory back-patting, all with a healthy dose of finger pointing at the seemingly obvious albatrosses around the neck of planners. I know what the albatross is, and the host never quite comes out and straightforwardly calls it what it is, instead, the host uses code words and pulls out the ol’ “the revolution will come from the bottom up” rabbit from the hat, and guess what listeners, do I have the org and resources for you to make that happen!

That sounds like a Strong recommendation.

 

[Planit]

Traffic Jams in the 1500s.

A Shakespearean History of Traffic

Could Shakespeare ride a horse? How did Tudor wine orders get delivered? Did playhouses cause congestion? and other questions

shakespearestage.substack.com

 

[Dan]

Daily Mail: Welcome to Britain's vape capital: How FIFTY FOUR e-cigarette shops lining two streets in Manchester is a damning indictment of our high streets

Welcome to Britain's vape capital: FIFTY FOUR e-cig shops on two roads

Cheetham Hill, an inner city neighbourhood in Manchester, once home to Marks and & Spencer's first ever store, has been transformed into the 'Canary Wharf of vapes'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

That's a violation.

I wonder if vape shops in the UK have 10,000 lumen string lights in their windows like those in western New York.

 

[jumbach]

Daily Mail: Welcome to Britain's vape capital: How FIFTY FOUR e-cigarette shops lining two streets in Manchester is a damning indictment of our high streets

Welcome to Britain's vape capital: FIFTY FOUR e-cig shops on two roads

Cheetham Hill, an inner city neighbourhood in Manchester, once home to Marks and & Spencer's first ever store, has been transformed into the 'Canary Wharf of vapes'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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That's a violation.

I wonder if vape shops in the UK have 10,000 lumen string lights in their windows like those in western New York.

Let's me guess: This is High Street (a common street name in the UK)

 

[Doohickie]

 

[jumbach]

‘Man Camps’ are the answer to building data centers

These temporary housing structures with free golf simulators and steak are designed to attract workers

www.morningbrew.com

 

[jumbach]

I must really love my train simulator game. Just crossed the $1,000 total* threshold for downloadable content with last night's download of a Chinese HSR line.

(It's my personal funds, and it doesn't take up physical space, so wife can't complain. And she doesn't.)

* Over the course of two years; not all at once.

 

[SlaveToTheGrind]

I must really love my train simulator game. Just crossed the $1,000 total* threshold for downloadable content with last night's download of a Chinese HSR line.

(It's my personal funds, and it doesn't take up physical space, so wife can't complain. And she doesn't.)

* Over the course of two years; not all at once.

No worries if it is worth it to you. The same can be said for any hobby.

 

[jumbach]

No worries if it is worth it to you. The same can be said for any hobby.

Whoops, wrong "random thoughts" thread. But I agree.

I find driving a virtual train incredibly relaxing, even if there are a lot of things to watch for. I think it's good for my mental health, even though I take the game a bit too seriously sometimes.

And, it keeps me from having a model railroad running all over the house.