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Abbreviated is such a long word for its purpose
Bobby abreu has 29 extra base hits, Mark Reynolds has 28 home runs
Jonathon Broxton's k/9 is 14.3....nobody else is close
Johann Santana and Luke Hochevar have the same WHIP, 1.25
Ian Kinsler has hit almost twice as many fly balls than ground balls
Bengie Molina HAS hit more than twice as many fly balls than ground balls
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
The Mets have hit more ground balls than any other team in baseball
Andruw Jones has hit a home run in every 12 at bats this year. Last year, one in every 70 at bats
Melvin Mora has one home run in every 94 at bats this year
Ichiro has grounded into one double play this year
Grady Sizemore and Carlos Gomez still do not have double digit steals
How come we never see this headline-
'Psychic Wins Lottery'
Nelson Cruz and Russ Branyan each have 24 home runs. James Loney and Bobby Abreu each have seven. Loney and Abreu have more rbi than Cruz and Branyan
Garrett Olson has a better WHIP than Jonathon Papelbon....honest
[ July 30, 2009, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: DOUGHBOYS ]
Bobby abreu has 29 extra base hits, Mark Reynolds has 28 home runs
Jonathon Broxton's k/9 is 14.3....nobody else is close
Johann Santana and Luke Hochevar have the same WHIP, 1.25
Ian Kinsler has hit almost twice as many fly balls than ground balls
Bengie Molina HAS hit more than twice as many fly balls than ground balls
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
The Mets have hit more ground balls than any other team in baseball
Andruw Jones has hit a home run in every 12 at bats this year. Last year, one in every 70 at bats
Melvin Mora has one home run in every 94 at bats this year
Ichiro has grounded into one double play this year
Grady Sizemore and Carlos Gomez still do not have double digit steals
How come we never see this headline-
'Psychic Wins Lottery'
Nelson Cruz and Russ Branyan each have 24 home runs. James Loney and Bobby Abreu each have seven. Loney and Abreu have more rbi than Cruz and Branyan
Garrett Olson has a better WHIP than Jonathon Papelbon....honest
[ July 30, 2009, 05:42 PM: Message edited by: DOUGHBOYS ]
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Excellent! I love the everyday life stuff that is thrown in.
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Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?Because in this politically correct environment, all groups must be fully represented, silly....
I myself am lobbying for urinals with handrails in both the restrooms for "Pointers" and "Setters"!
[ July 30, 2009, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: Edwards Kings ]
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?Because in this politically correct environment, all groups must be fully represented, silly....
I myself am lobbying for urinals with handrails in both the restrooms for "Pointers" and "Setters"!
[ July 30, 2009, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: Edwards Kings ]
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
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Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical.
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical.
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One omission I had, and one that is so very relevant in this forum.
Today is the 150 year anniversary of the box score.
For those that wonder why the walk was never in a box score, Henry Chadwick, the box score originator felt that it was a pitchers doing and had little to do with the batter.
I find that highly amusing now. The only time while watching a baseball game, we ever hear, "What a great at bat!" is after a walk.
A trivial by the way, Chadwick also coined the phrase, 'strike out'.
Today is the 150 year anniversary of the box score.
For those that wonder why the walk was never in a box score, Henry Chadwick, the box score originator felt that it was a pitchers doing and had little to do with the batter.
I find that highly amusing now. The only time while watching a baseball game, we ever hear, "What a great at bat!" is after a walk.
A trivial by the way, Chadwick also coined the phrase, 'strike out'.
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Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without.
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without.
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Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
The only time while watching a baseball game, we ever hear, "What a great at bat!" is after a walk. Usually the case, but you'll also hear this term after a hitter repeatedly hits foul balls and has a 12+ pitch at-bat. Once it gets to more than a dozen pitches thrown, you'll hear the announcers use the "great at-bat" line even before the eventual outcome.
The only time while watching a baseball game, we ever hear, "What a great at bat!" is after a walk. Usually the case, but you'll also hear this term after a hitter repeatedly hits foul balls and has a 12+ pitch at-bat. Once it gets to more than a dozen pitches thrown, you'll hear the announcers use the "great at-bat" line even before the eventual outcome.
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Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though.
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though.
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So true.
If a batter goes up looking curve ball, gets it and hits a home run. Nothing.
12 pitch at bat? A great at bat.
As a kid, the announcers wouldn't count the pitches. They would just say that the batter was making a lot of fans happy.
If a batter goes up looking curve ball, gets it and hits a home run. Nothing.
12 pitch at bat? A great at bat.
As a kid, the announcers wouldn't count the pitches. They would just say that the batter was making a lot of fans happy.
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Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though. [/QUOTE]From WikiAnswers.com:
Why is there braille lettering on drive-up ATM machines?
It's cheaper to manufacture one kind of ATM that can be used in all situations than it is to manufacture a special one without braille for drive-through ATMs, and there is no downside to doing so (other than apparently making some people scratch their heads).
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though. [/QUOTE]From WikiAnswers.com:
Why is there braille lettering on drive-up ATM machines?
It's cheaper to manufacture one kind of ATM that can be used in all situations than it is to manufacture a special one without braille for drive-through ATMs, and there is no downside to doing so (other than apparently making some people scratch their heads).
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Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though. [/QUOTE]From WikiAnswers.com:
Why is there braille lettering on drive-up ATM machines?
It's cheaper to manufacture one kind of ATM that can be used in all situations than it is to manufacture a special one without braille for drive-through ATMs, and there is no downside to doing so (other than apparently making some people scratch their heads). [/QUOTE]Don't believe everything you read on Wiki king....those answers are given by everyday men & women like you and I, not necessarily experts....in fact, if you look further, there are several different answers given to that same question on Wiki and those who are giving the answers are debating amongst themselves which one is correct.....the following is probably the correct answer given that it utilizes sources....(found on Amazon)....
"Q: Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
(4 answers - asked 36 months ago)
A: Americans with Disabilities Act
Drive-up ATM buttons are marked with braille because federal regulations require it. To be specific, section 4.34.4 of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings & Facilities says, "Instructions and all information for use [of an automated teller machine] shall be made accessible to and independently usable by persons with vision impairments." Drive-up ATMs, unlike the walk-up variety, don't need to be wheelchair accessible, but the rules make no exception regarding accessibility by the blind.
Source(s):
Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov
Want to read more...
You're now thinking: boy, those federal bureaucrats sure are stupid. Don't they realize a blind person isn't going to be able to drive to a drive-up ATM? Cecil reserves judgment on the stupidity question, but even if the feds weren't smart enough to notice this little problem on their own, there were plenty of poeple who pointed it out for them before the rule was finalized. The American Bankers Association, for one, asked that drive-up machines be exempt from the visually-impaired requirement, arguing that a blind person using a drive-up ATM would have to be a passenger and that the driver of the vehicle could help with the transaction.
No dice, said the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, reasoning that driver assistance "would not allow the [blind] individual to use the ATM independently." This may sound like one of those absurd points of principle, but ATM manufacturers say a fair number of blind people do take cabs to drive-up ATMs, and nobody wants to ask a total stranger to help with a financial transaction.
Your question does point to a more serious problem, which other readers have also raised: how the hell is a blind person supposed to use any kind of ATM? Whether the keypad numbers are identified with braille or not, there isn't any braille translation of the on-screen instructions, without which the machine is useless. Maybe, you're thinking, the problem isn't the brainless bureaucrats, it's the brainless (or cynical) bankers and ATM builders, who figure a pretense of accessibility will get them off the hook.
But that isn't it either. At the time the accessibility rules were written, and to a great extent still today, there was no agreement on the best way to make ATMs accessible to the blind. More than 50 ideas have been proposed, including a "talking machine," detailed braille instructions, an automated "bank-by-phone" setup with a telephone handset and a keypad, and so on. (Sample problem: if you use a "voice guided" ATM, how do you keep others from overhearing?) Another difficulty was retrofitting the thousands of machines already installed.
The bankers and ATM builders argued that the best thing to do was leave the federal rules vague until the industry figured out a practical approach. The not-entirely-satisfactory solution in the interim has been to (1) mark ATM keypads, input and output slots, etc., with braille, and (2) send braille ATM instruction brochures or audio cassettes to blind bank patrons requesting them. The theory is that while ATM operation varies from machine to machine, people conduct most of their transactions at just a few locations, the operating sequences for which they can memorize. The drawback of this approach is that you have to know that the special instructions are available and you can only use the machines you have instructions for.
Happily, the banks and ATM builders have been reasonably diligent in trying to come up with more accessible equipment, some of which is starting to show up in the marketplace now. About time, say some advocacy groups. "We don't want to see information technology [e.g., ATMs] become the new curb," says Elga Joffee of the American Foundation for the Blind. "There's certainly no reason to squelch evolving technology. I just wish they'd hurry up and evolve it."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html"
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quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:
quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:
Why do drive-up atm machines have braille lettering?
This one is hysterical. [/QUOTE]Easy: cheaper to order 10,000 of the same ATM mold than it is to order 8,000 with braille and 2,000 without. [/QUOTE]Pretty sure the outdoor drivethrough ATM's have certain weather proof properties & materials the indoor ones might not......just a guess though. [/QUOTE]From WikiAnswers.com:
Why is there braille lettering on drive-up ATM machines?
It's cheaper to manufacture one kind of ATM that can be used in all situations than it is to manufacture a special one without braille for drive-through ATMs, and there is no downside to doing so (other than apparently making some people scratch their heads). [/QUOTE]Don't believe everything you read on Wiki king....those answers are given by everyday men & women like you and I, not necessarily experts....in fact, if you look further, there are several different answers given to that same question on Wiki and those who are giving the answers are debating amongst themselves which one is correct.....the following is probably the correct answer given that it utilizes sources....(found on Amazon)....
"Q: Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
(4 answers - asked 36 months ago)
A: Americans with Disabilities Act
Drive-up ATM buttons are marked with braille because federal regulations require it. To be specific, section 4.34.4 of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings & Facilities says, "Instructions and all information for use [of an automated teller machine] shall be made accessible to and independently usable by persons with vision impairments." Drive-up ATMs, unlike the walk-up variety, don't need to be wheelchair accessible, but the rules make no exception regarding accessibility by the blind.
Source(s):
Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov
Want to read more...
You're now thinking: boy, those federal bureaucrats sure are stupid. Don't they realize a blind person isn't going to be able to drive to a drive-up ATM? Cecil reserves judgment on the stupidity question, but even if the feds weren't smart enough to notice this little problem on their own, there were plenty of poeple who pointed it out for them before the rule was finalized. The American Bankers Association, for one, asked that drive-up machines be exempt from the visually-impaired requirement, arguing that a blind person using a drive-up ATM would have to be a passenger and that the driver of the vehicle could help with the transaction.
No dice, said the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, reasoning that driver assistance "would not allow the [blind] individual to use the ATM independently." This may sound like one of those absurd points of principle, but ATM manufacturers say a fair number of blind people do take cabs to drive-up ATMs, and nobody wants to ask a total stranger to help with a financial transaction.
Your question does point to a more serious problem, which other readers have also raised: how the hell is a blind person supposed to use any kind of ATM? Whether the keypad numbers are identified with braille or not, there isn't any braille translation of the on-screen instructions, without which the machine is useless. Maybe, you're thinking, the problem isn't the brainless bureaucrats, it's the brainless (or cynical) bankers and ATM builders, who figure a pretense of accessibility will get them off the hook.
But that isn't it either. At the time the accessibility rules were written, and to a great extent still today, there was no agreement on the best way to make ATMs accessible to the blind. More than 50 ideas have been proposed, including a "talking machine," detailed braille instructions, an automated "bank-by-phone" setup with a telephone handset and a keypad, and so on. (Sample problem: if you use a "voice guided" ATM, how do you keep others from overhearing?) Another difficulty was retrofitting the thousands of machines already installed.
The bankers and ATM builders argued that the best thing to do was leave the federal rules vague until the industry figured out a practical approach. The not-entirely-satisfactory solution in the interim has been to (1) mark ATM keypads, input and output slots, etc., with braille, and (2) send braille ATM instruction brochures or audio cassettes to blind bank patrons requesting them. The theory is that while ATM operation varies from machine to machine, people conduct most of their transactions at just a few locations, the operating sequences for which they can memorize. The drawback of this approach is that you have to know that the special instructions are available and you can only use the machines you have instructions for.
Happily, the banks and ATM builders have been reasonably diligent in trying to come up with more accessible equipment, some of which is starting to show up in the marketplace now. About time, say some advocacy groups. "We don't want to see information technology [e.g., ATMs] become the new curb," says Elga Joffee of the American Foundation for the Blind. "There's certainly no reason to squelch evolving technology. I just wish they'd hurry up and evolve it."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html"
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Just realized: I've never once used a drive-through ATM.
They don't have many of them in Queens
They don't have many of them in Queens

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Stevie Wonder doing a bank commercial for drive through atm's....
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