{"id":336,"date":"2005-06-27T22:48:30","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T22:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2022-08-10T22:26:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:26:20","slug":"absolute_bs_sort_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/absolute_bs_sort_of\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolute BS (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So on the way back from the Headlands (see previous entry), there was a gently curving road that was fun until we hit this red light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"1787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/absolute_bs_sort_of\/img_0699\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD400&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1119809612&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG 0699\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 0699&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 0699&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 0699\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0699-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>It was 5 minutes.  I timed it.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read that sign underneath the signal. FIVE MINUTE LIGHT?!? And no countdown signal or anything!<br><br>But it&#8217;s there for a good reason since the tunnel you enter after the light has ONE lane. <br><br>But it still can use a countdown timer at that friggin&#8217; five-minute light&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So on the way back from the Headlands (see previous entry), there was a gently curving road that was fun until we hit this red light. Read that sign underneath the signal. FIVE MINUTE LIGHT?!? And no countdown signal or anything! 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