When we were in Northern Ireland, the mile signs for distance seemed to be determined by the Mayors of each town. A sign would say 5 miles. After we traveled 4 or 5 miles, the new sign would read 5 miles. Both were for the same town.
As a former highway sign maker, I’m glad this never became a common practice. We did have certain mile post numbers stolen so frequently the engineers made them a decimal fraction, like 68.5.
Wilde Bill about 1 year ago
Yeah, but what is that in Kilometers?
TStyle78 about 1 year ago
Very Precise sign.
tudza Premium Member about 1 year ago
Just do it all in decimal miles. Don’t think I’ve seen more than one decimal place in mile makers, so 27.0 miles and 110.0 miles.
Erse IS better about 1 year ago
One of my profs was DEATH on over-precise results. Randall Munroe had a cartoon about that.
https://xkcd.com/2170
ekke about 1 year ago
Of course, this resurrects the debate about whether it’s the mileage to the nearest edge of town, or to the center of the town.
Virtual ream after virtual ream has been virtually inked (or the bits set to one) over that discussion.
rekam Premium Member about 1 year ago
When we were in Northern Ireland, the mile signs for distance seemed to be determined by the Mayors of each town. A sign would say 5 miles. After we traveled 4 or 5 miles, the new sign would read 5 miles. Both were for the same town.
Doug Taylor Premium Member about 1 year ago
The sign must have been made by Sheldon Cooper or Mr. Spock.
ThreeDogDad Premium Member about 1 year ago
No buildings. Must be the outskirts of Houston, TX.
FunnyReader - 2022 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Stop in Brenham for the ice cream factory tour if they still do that
ladykat about 1 year ago
My, those are precise distances.
bunwarpgazoo Premium Member about 1 year ago
I don’t get it, and the comments so far are no help.
The Brooklyn Accent about 1 year ago
“Antelope Freeway, 1/64 mile”
Stupid about 1 year ago
Where are the dogs? I come here for the dogs!
William Bednar Premium Member about 1 year ago
Hum. I sense a disturbance in the local fault line. One part is going up, the other going down.
rc_stone_1 about 1 year ago
Only problem is Wilcox is nowhere near I-10.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
My mom grew up in a small town in Iowa in the 1920s. The sign said “Welcome to *. 1,111 friendly people.”
eddi-TBH about 1 year ago
As a former highway sign maker, I’m glad this never became a common practice. We did have certain mile post numbers stolen so frequently the engineers made them a decimal fraction, like 68.5.