In past articles in which your participation was not only requested but also helpful and humorous, I did not give the answers to questions which I have posed to you; so this article is the twenty-eighth of a series to do just that — along with links to the aforementioned articles…
Answers to Past Articles — Part 28: Megabus Government JetBlue Through the Premesis Refuge
…and the links are embedded in the titles of each section as well as within the sections themselves; so please click on the links in each section to take you to the original article.
The Favorite Answer will usually be the correct answer by a reader of The Gate — along with a Favorite Comment from the same article which I found to be funny or informative.
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 136
When clocks spring forward for Daylight Saving Time, an hour is lost — so how can one enjoy an extra hour with Megabus…
…or with anyone else, for that matter?
Favorite answer by derek: “Megabus has lousy math. The subject line of the email states “Enjoy an extra hour of travel with megabus.com”. Advancing the clock one hour means one less hour of travel, albeit offset when DST ends.
“As a side note, I’ve traveled with Megabus twice. Once, I got a $1 fare. The other time, I got a $5 fare. Of course, there are booking fees but it’s still low. I wouldn’t want to use Megabus for anything longer than Philadelphia to Baltimore or New York.”
Favorite comment by Thomas Richard Potter.: “I am just pleased that my childhood play-school bus driver figurine found employment.
Good on him!!”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 137
Speaking of Daylight Saving Time, that is the proper term — not Daylight Savings Time, as noted by members of the House of Representatives of the United States, which is shown in the description for bill H.R.69 by the 117th Congress.
That is probably the least of their — and, for that matter, our — problems.
Favorite answer by derek: “The description suggests that it is forcing all states to comply, but it doesn’t. Their phrase is ‘States with areas exempt from daylight savings time may choose the’ …daylight savings time. The word error is that daylight savings time is not the ‘new, permanent standard time’ but is the ‘new permanent daylight savings time’ or the ‘new permanent time zone’.
“I heard that a federal court judge once made a judgment based on one comma! So words count. (the court case was along the lines of a union suing because the contract said ‘extra pay unless A, B and C’ versus ‘extra pay unless A, B, and C’”
Favorite comment by DaninMCI: “It’s almost like when you see a blog post on BoardingArea and you click on it to read the breaking news and then get to the comments that start off in 2017”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 138
So you think you know airport codes? Someone at JetBlue Airways apparently is not knowledgeable about official airport codes as indicated by a recent travel alert, as he or she needs a map or a review on where cities are located.
The errors which were found — with the exception of possible small little-known towns without airports — include:
- Boston is not located in the state of Maryland
- Cleveland is not located in the state of North Carolina — that airport code is supposed to be Charlotte
- Newark is not located in the state of New York
Perhaps they should play the Airportle game? Probably not — they would lose miserably.
Favorite answer by swag: “All of the above, plus Newark is not in NY.”
Favorite comment by Gary R: “I don’t think that Charlotte wants to be associated with Cleveland either!”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 139
Sadly, this sign is on multiple gates — not just on one gate. Someone was paid to create the sign; someone was paid to approve the sign; and someone was paid to affix the sign to the gate — which is not a good sign in more ways than one.
Favorite answer by derek: “The biggest thing that is wrong in the photograph is the weapons sign but the parking sign is also wrong. Unless there is a special named slab of concrete or area called ‘The Premesis’, the correct spelling is probably ‘premises’. The sign can also be interpreted as permitting weapons since it is ‘no weapons’ that is crossed out, or ‘yes, weapons’.
“A wise guy might find fault with the parking sign. The 3rd bullet point says that cars will be towed if not parked in the visitor’s section. I assume that all of the residents park outside or near that area and, as a result, should be towed! A better bullet point might be ‘Visitors must park in visitor’s area or will be towed’.”
Favorite comment by Thomas Richard Potter.: “Parking near or outside of a visitors spot will result in being towed…but what happens to the car?”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 140
Maps and legends are common in parks and other large natural areas and reserves so that visitors do not get lost — one word of advice is to take a photograph of one of them prior to entering one in case you need it to know where you are going and a physical paper version is unavailable — so when I took a photograph of the map of the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi, I realized that not one, but two areas of the legend have the phrase in parentheses (not sure what this is).
Well, if the creators of the map are not sure what some of the items are on the map, then how are visitors supposed to know?
Favorite answer by derek: “The legend at the bottom right appears to be a temporary, pre-edited form where it reads ‘not sure what this is’. It’s strange that the welcome sign is not at an entrance to the park but near the middle.”
Favorite comment by rmh: “i’m here…not there. this assumes ‘you’ means i.”
Access to Past Articles in the What is Wrong With This Photograph? Series
You can refer to this definitive list of past articles of the What is Wrong With This Photograph? series of articles — which also includes articles which reveal the answers — and that list will be continuously updated as additional articles are written and posted here at The Gate. This is to ensure that future articles in this series are not encumbered with a long list of links — especially when viewing and reading them from a portable electronic device.
This will hopefully be considered a positive step towards the reading experience of The Gate on portable electronic devices. Your constructive input as a reader of The Gate is always appreciated.
Final Boarding Call
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