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Traffic Quiz 7

Where do you stop in relation to a stop sign?

A. As far out into the main road as possible and as far left as possible in the lane.

B. One or more car lengths before you get to  the stop sign.

C. Anywhere you like. 

D. With your front bumper even with the stop  sign, stop line, pedestrian markings or curb, in the center of your lane.

Moliner’s Answer :

A. As far out into the main road as possible and as far left as possible in the lane.

  • Sometimes there is limited visibility onto the main street, but even if you can clearly see everything, you might want to do this, just so everyone can see you.
  • Any cars turning left from the main street will have to perform a sharp, slow turn in order to get around your car. The driver will probably give you a dirty look, too.

(Also acceptable)

C. Anywhere you like

Conventional Answer:

D. At the stop sign, markings or curb.

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Installing GBridge on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

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Just because I don't want to have to look this up again. Windows 8's driver signing enforcement prevents installing GBridge's network drivers. I posted how to work around that on gbridge.net forums when I was testing the Windows 8 preview, but their forum is offline now.

Windows 8

This method works for Professional or Home versions.

Grape Harvest

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I finally got a full harvest off of this vine (before birds, etc.) These grapes are pretty sour, if you just pick and eat. And seedy. However, I always thought they might make good jelly or something. So this year, I have lots of grapes to try something.

Basically, the process is:

Raspberry-Vanilla Pudding

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We have a picnic on July 4 where we are supposed to bring a dish. An hour before the picnic... what should we bring? We have lots of fresh-picked raspberries and that vanilla pudding I got last week. After a few minutes of Google-searching for things that use those two ingredients (no results, except for baked items and stuff of the wrong kind), I am going to make my own recipe for this.

Five Crunch Mix

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Five different textures of crunch for a delightful and versatile snack that doesn't leave your taste buds feeling like you drank an ocean of saltwater.
 
Shake together in a container (or snack bag) in the desired proportions....
  • honey nut cheerios
  • pretzels (thin style, broken in pieces)
  • unsalted peanuts
  • Spanish peanuts
  • banana chips
  • raisins
 
I usually go heavy on the cheerios.