Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 10/16/09

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:13:23 +0000

Northeast (Doraville), Northwest (North Springs), and Proctor Creek-Candler Park are overlays to the N-S and E-W. That’s the reason for the color codes.

By: Nelliebelle1197

Nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:59:37 +0000

Yeah, but other systems actually curve around and crisscross and go in more than one direction.
Since we just go north-south, east-west, the name change seems costly (they will have to change maps, signs, etc.), poorly thought out and sort of stupid.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:01:28 +0000

Great festival this past weekend, but you might want to see if you can get a refund on that weather order. Seems like they were a day late delivering the wonderful weather!

By: cfn

cfn — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:54:07 +0000

If you’re wanting to head west from the post office, you should just come down Water St to Trinity and come out at the light on Ponce. It would probably be easier anyway, and is only a short way out of your way.

By: cfn

cfn — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:41:35 +0000

The carpool route for dropping off and pick up was dictated by the City of Decatur and parents are required to enter the queue at Water Street. The school is aware of the inconvenience and trying to figure out a better way to propose. No one is trying to be inconsiderate, just following the rules given to them for getting their kids to school safely.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:30:57 +0000

The Washington Metro has been using color codes only since its inception and doesn’t seem to cause a problem.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:48:32 +0000

Agreed Steve, but wouldn’t it make more sense to keep direction and color-coding and ditch the endpoint label (at least on the marquee)? Any uninitiated visitor can understand cardinal directions, but they’ll have to spend at least a few minutes in front of the wall map to identify their desired line’s terminus (if they even realize in the first place that the trains are being labeled by their terminus).

I’m an advocate and a heavy user, but sometimes it does feel like they’re trying to deter riders.

By: Pika

Pika — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:36:54 +0000

I had an email exchange today with my father-in-law, who is an immunologist and infectious diseases expert, about whether or not to get our infant vaccinated. I also asked him what he thought about this article. This was his reply: “There have been several infant deaths from H1N1 in otherwise healthy kids, so unless someone showed that the vaccine were harmful I would definitely try to get him immunized. This is not to say that if vaccinated you should ignore the other precautions to avoid infection, as the article assumes one will do. I agree with some of the points in the article especially the fact that each year’s vaccine does not get a rigorous test. This is very difficult to do and the ethical question can not be ignored. On the other hand, I have listened to the epidemiologists for years and find them to be like economists – very long on hindsight but not so good at extrapolating.”