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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:47 PM
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W h a t _ d o e s _ a _ y e l l o w _ l i g h t _ m e a n ?
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:50 PM
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1. It means . . .
slow down and get ready to stop, because the light is getting ready to change to red. Even I know that, but most drivers in this town don't seen to get the concept.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:52 PM
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4. Cool !
A stereo reply ! :)
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:55 PM
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8. I think . . .
This concept deserves a stereo reply. :)
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:57 PM
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11. Lol,well said.

:)

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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:50 PM
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2. It means . . .
slow down and get ready to stop, because the light is getting ready to change to red. Even I know that, but most drivers in this town don't seen to get the concept.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:57 PM
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12. off the topic

:hi::hug:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:51 PM
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3. Damn I miss that show.

Thanks for the linky.:)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:52 PM
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5. S _ l _ o _ w _ _ _ D _ o _ w _ n
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:56 PM
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9. D_a_m_n __I __m_i_s_s __t_h_a_t __s_h_o_w.

:P

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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 10:03 PM
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14. W h a t _ _ _ d o e s _ _ _ a _ _ _ y e l l o w _ _ _ l i g h t _ _ _ m e a n ?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:53 PM
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6. Slow down!
Hell, I've never seen that show and even I know that part. :)
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:54 PM
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7. In Boston, green means "go"
yellow means "go faster". :P
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 09:33 AM
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18. In Boston, traffic lights are simply suggestions
Which are usually ignored!
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:56 PM
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10. go through the traffic light very quickly
If I remember my Starman movie lore. :rofl:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 09:59 PM
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13. It means step on it, the light's about to change n/t
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RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 11:18 PM
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15. No bugs on your porch!
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 11:38 PM
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16. it means tears in my eyes from laughing so hard
I don't care how old that clip is and how many times I have seen it, I still think it is one of the funniest bits ever.

:rofl:

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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 11:54 PM
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17. Hurry up! The light's about to change.
Actually, I act depending on how far from the light I am.
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 10:34 AM
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19. Obviously it's a TOW light
72 COLREGS
International Navigational Rules..........................Public Law 95 - 75;
Act of 1977...........................................................91 Stat. 308;
...........................................................33 U.S.C. 1601 - 1608
COLREGS Demarcation Lines............................33 CFR 80
72 COLREGS: Implementing Rules....................33 CFR 81
72 COLREGS: Interpretative Rules.....................33 CFR 82
Amendments to 72 COLREGS effective.............48 FR 28634
June 1, 1983

Rule 21 Subpart D

(d) “Towing light” means a yellow light having the same characteristics as the “sternlight” defined in paragraph (c) of this Rule.

Unless it has a special flashing pattern
Rule 1 Subpart C Note 1
Submarines may display, as a distinctive means of identification, an intermittent flashing amber (yellow) beacon with a sequence of one flash per second for three (3) seconds followed by a three (3) second off-period.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 10:58 AM
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20. Speedthehellup
Basing this conclusion on observations I've made.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-29-09 11:01 AM
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21. go very fast
:rofl:

Jeff Bridges - Starman
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