Directions Atlanta

[Dick7Access]

on Sept 21 I am driving up from Ocala, FL to Chattanooga, TN. My heart is already starting to beat faster just thinking about Atlanta. Anybody out there have any great secrete about the best route to take, taking into consideration of 20 miles per gal, and $4.00 a gal. A associate of mine goes 100 miles out of his way, but he gets 40 miles per gal.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Here is an ugly detour that completely avoids Atlanta. Your criteria about mileage, however, says this probably isn't so good.

Ocala, FL - Take I-75 N through/past Gainesville, FL to Macon GA.
Macon, GA - Take US 80 W through Columbus, GA through Tuskegee, AL to Shorter, AL
Shorter, AL - Take I-85 W to Montgomery, AL
ALTERNATE POSSIBILITY: From Macon, GA - US 80 W to Columbus, take US 280 W to Opelika, GA take I-85 W to Montgomery, AL
Montgomery, AL - Take I-65 N to Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL - Take I-59 N to Chattanooga, TN

THE ABOVE IS A WIDE, SWEEPING DETOUR that avoids Atlanta. It goes WAY out of the way, probably more than 150 miles, but is the best route I can see to stay on good, well-traveled roads and yet avoid that sprawl of a city. I have no idea how to do this in only 100 miles of detour. May I ask why you are preparing for your coronary if you go through Atlanta?

The most direct route is I-75 N to Atlanta, then use I-285 which is the "ring road" around the city, then continue on I-75 N.

 

[ColinEssex]

What's wrong with atlanta? In the UK we are encouraged to go there for a holiday.
Col

 

[Dick7Access]

Here is an ugly detour that completely avoids Atlanta. Your criteria about mileage, however, says this probably isn't so good.

Ocala, FL - Take I-75 N through/past Gainesville, FL to Macon GA.
Macon, GA - Take US 80 W through Columbus, GA through Tuskegee, AL to Shorter, AL
Shorter, AL - Take I-85 W to Montgomery, AL
ALTERNATE POSSIBILITY: From Macon, GA - US 80 W to Columbus, take US 280 W to Opelika, GA take I-85 W to Montgomery, AL
Montgomery, AL - Take I-65 N to Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL - Take I-59 N to Chattanooga, TN

THE ABOVE IS A WIDE, SWEEPING DETOUR that avoids Atlanta. It goes WAY out of the way, probably more than 150 miles, but is the best route I can see to stay on good, well-traveled roads and yet avoid that sprawl of a city. I have no idea how to do this in only 100 miles of detour. May I ask why you are preparing for your coronary if you go through Atlanta?

The most direct route is I-75 N to Atlanta, then use I-285 which is the "ring road" around the city, then continue on I-75 N.

two hours longer, $50.00 more. Might be worth it.

 

[ColinEssex]

on Sept 21 I am driving up from Ocala, FL to Chattanooga,

Get the choo choo.
Col

 

[Dick7Access]

What's wrong with atlanta? In the UK we are encouraged to go there for a holiday.
Col

Atlanta is nice to visit. If you go see the Atlanta Underground, Atlanta Speed Way, much more. The problem for men is the traffic driving thru.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The truth is, NONE of the major cities you would hit are nice during rush hour. Both Montgomery and Birmingham get REALLY busy during their rush hours. (I have family in Birmingham and visit fairly often, which is how I know.)

 

[Dick7Access]

The truth is, NONE of the major cities you would hit are nice during rush hour. Both Montgomery and Birmingham get REALLY busy during their rush hours. (I have family in Birmingham and visit fairly often, which is how I know.)

I think what I will do is get a motel just short of Atlanta and start out in the morning around 4 am. Any advise about east or west 285

 

[Cotswold]

$4 a gallon.........I wish

In England for 97 Ron petrol we are paying equivalent of $9.60 a gallon ( £1.73 a litre Shell VPower).
Probably not many years away from the £10 gallon and nearly managed that when Loopy of Leningrad started the Ukraine fiasco

 

[Dick7Access]

And the Biden crime family contributed to the price hike by shutting down US oil production putting us in the market buying which increases the upward pressure instead of selling which we used to do under Trump which increased the downward pressure.

Pat, I would vote for you for president. Last Sunday in Texas I got a good laugh. I said I want you folks to know I do not preach politics. I think all the woman in this church are beautiful. I think all the woman in America are beautiful, except Nancy Polise and Hillary Clinton.

 

[Dick7Access]

Thanks Dick. 85 million more to go and I've got it won Unless the Dems find more ballots three weeks after election day. It is just amazing how that happens. It is happening in the town next to me as we speak. It just never ends.

Ganim wins Bridgeport mayoral primary, as absentee ballots once again decide election

Incumbent Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim defeated challenger John Gomes, his former aide, for the Democratic primary, with results announced early Wednesday morning.

www.ctpublic.org

Pat, right now I don't have much hope for president Trump getting elected, in 2024 for a variety of reasons. 1. Rino's. I have more respect for some dem's, than for Rino's. 2. Even if the polls are way off, how can that many citizens can't easily see, as you pointed out, the reason they can't afford gas, and these people vote. 4 most most of all, if republicans could not stop the vote tampering last time, then what chance do we have this time.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

@Pat - Got to love how you take a conversation about travel and turn it into a Dem vs Rep argument and basically sideline the original conversation.

To be fair, Dick7Access brought up that he would vote for Pat as President and her humorously oriented response (only need 85 million more votes) led to the diversion, in which Dick participated. So maybe it wasn't ALL on Pat. Besides which, I think Dick's question about avoiding Atlanta has run its course. When that happens, a little sidelining is commonplace.

 

[Dick7Access]

@Pat - Got to love how you take a conversation about travel and turn it into a Dem vs Rep argument and basically sideline the original conversation.

I love it also: It helps me remember that maybe there's a few people that haven't gone completely insane.
I have another political comment will not post it now, or here. 1. to keep Doc happy. 2 also just checked in to my hotel in Stockbridge, GA just south of Atlanta, and last 14 miles at 2 miles an hour. I booked here and plan to leave at 4:00 in the morning

 

[The_Doc_Man]

last 14 miles at 2 miles an hour

DAMN, that's ugly. North of us is the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capitol, and due to a combination of construction and apartment traffic, I-10's Essen Lane interchange traffic would lose a race to a snail on a salted road. But your report implies 7 hours. That's insane. I'm surprised that we don't here about more road-rage shootings in Atlanta.

Dick, you don't have to make me happy politically. If you want to blast any candidate, go for it. But from your blow-by-blow here, get some sleep first. You'll need that more. Good luck on your travels, bud!

 

[Dick7Access]

DAMN, that's ugly. North of us is the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capitol, and due to a combination of construction and apartment traffic, I-10's Essen Lane interchange traffic would lose a race to a snail on a salted road. But your report implies 7 hours. That's insane. I'm surprised that we don't here about more road-rage shootings in Atlanta.

Dick, you don't have to make me happy politically. If you want to blast any candidate, go for it. But from your blow-by-blow here, get some sleep first. You'll need that more. Good luck on your travels, bud!

I was referring to not listing it on a separate

DAMN, that's ugly. North of us is the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capitol, and due to a combination of construction and apartment traffic, I-10's Essen Lane interchange traffic would lose a race to a snail on a salted road. But your report implies 7 hours. That's insane. I'm surprised that we don't here about more road-rage shootings in Atlanta.

Dick, you don't have to make me happy politically. If you want to blast any candidate, go for it. But from your blow-by-blow here, get some sleep first. You'll need that more. Good luck on your travels, bud!

I was humorously referring to listing it on a new thread. Besides I have to be careful as I have meetings with churches with different political persuasion

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The point was, as of post 10 you hijacked the thread from its original purpose (there was no political crap until you posted). I'm an admin on 3 sites, and this would have been dealt with promptly at most other sites. I see AWF moderators don't care, I guess it is normal with you based on several other posts of yours that I check out, and protect their own. So be it. I won't waste my time here anymore. I thought the site was more governed than it obviously is.

And provoking people with your replies won't work with me. Sorry to burst your bubble. I'm not here to take political sides, argue, which seems to be your objective. I guess this is your release platform.

I was here to help others with their questions, but I can just as easily do it elsewhere with less of this superfluous spammy posts.

Take care.

I've got to point out that we are talking about a non-technical post in the Watercooler section, which is intended to be chatty. If we see that kind of behavior in the technical areas, we try to steer it back to topic fairly quickly. You, who only joined the site less than a week ago and have only posted 4 times (2 of which are kvetching about chatty posts in the Watercooler) should perhaps spend more time in the specific-topic forums before you judge us. You are looking at a VERY SMALL slice of our overall site. Compare our popularity to other sites.

We are glad to have people here who want to help with questions, but we are also a site whose owner tends to be more free-wheeling in what he allows vs. some other forums that get persnickety about the tone of the posts. We have a rule that you don't directly attack other members and we ask you to hold down vulgarities. There are rules about unauthorized advertising and excessive posting of links to commercial sites in a non-relevant manner. We consider unannounced cross-site posting to be rude. But we try to be friendly and some of us "know" each other well enough to BE a bit chatty now and then. I've been around here for twenty years. I stayed because this site is (a) people-friendly and (b) tech-savvy.

You say "AWF moderators don't care." Ah, but we do. Pat, whom you berated, is herself a moderator. She knows the rules. Our rules work to keep us from being so heavy-handed that getting a tech answer is like pulling teeth, particularly if the first answer isn't quite right. Here, we loosen our ties and kick off the uncomfortable shoes.

Therefore, @ProgrammerFreak, you are welcome to stay and help - but be mindful of the sub-forum in which you are posting. Because between the Watercooler and the Politics & Current Events forums, any topic that stays civil is fair game for discussion.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

@ProgrammerFreak

I will add one more rule that has nothing to do with forums. It is an unwritten but thoroughly understood rule that when planning to enter a poker game, first you observe a round or two in order to know what kind of game it is. THEN if guns and knives don't show up on the table, maybe it IS a friendly game. But if you jump right in and start raising a ruckus, those guns and knives might still be waiting. Here, it would be less violent - but the rule applies here as well. Before YOU jump in with guns blazing, test the caliber of the game.