Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 29, 2011

Been wondering where the stripes come from.

It’s the end of the road for you.

No need to plow the snow off the road – just roll, melt and evaporate it!

They must have an In-line skater do the dashed lines during the summer.

Could use a Zamboni… now wouldn’t that be fun?

JohnnyDiego, there’s a dog following the skier to take care of the yellow.

Where do you buy hot tar in January?

I think it’s cute!

obviously Liberals. The steamroller and the skier are both heading to the extreme left.

OK, plus4: the roller is Obama paving the way to his socialist paradise and the skier is the public trying to stay on the middle course. :-)

The steamroler is the democrats paving the way for “healthcare” and the skiier is the republicians tring to cross it out. -LAME-

your right plus4 its hard to make a political arguemant out of this one

The worker is obviously an overpaid, state-employed union hack more interested in goofing off than doing a good job.

Has Wiley finished pulling out his hair yet?

DroptmaStyx - you must live in S. Florida too

DroptmaStyx: these days, it seems folks think ALL WORKERS are overpaid and that the folks at the top should have all the wealth. WOW! Nobody calling anyone names yet, how wierd is that? Peace

Bode Miller: The Later Years.

Passing zone. Tap your foot.

After seeing so much road construction this past Fall, I find this comic amusing. :D

This guy is lucky. Our road commission guys have a steaming pile of hot amalgamate in the back of a truck, stop, toss shovels full in the potholes. Don’t even bother to tamp them down with even the shovel, then drive on so the cars can “steamroller” the mix.

You get hot tar by heating it up this time of year Lew. Same as any other time. You just can’t keep it hot enough for real major paving around here. Ripples if you try ti.

As for the pols: You remain fixated. Get some help.

DOT trivia: those stripes cost 30,000 USD per mile. Crater City in virginia: blow torch in hole for 10 seconds, spray with bonder, and inject with patch solution. sets in 5 seconds. snorkel armed injector on a hot-tanker, in a “rolling lane-closure” repair crew. all done remotely from the truck cab. the patch lasts forever (in VDoT terms, or in real-life, 3 or 4 days). oh, and it’s a sub-standard wage earning non union contract employee with no benefits. DoT layed everyone off and outsources everything now.

To fully understand the politics of this one, the skier needs to be in FRONT of the roller going in the opposite direction.

Around here the only time anyone can drive is in the winter – cuz they can’t do roadwork (tho I think they’re gonna try again in February). Of course, we can only drive if the guys remember to salt the roads – and that doesn’t always happen either.

FUNNY! LOL!

They can’t repair the roads around here in winter–not even cold pack bonds well to snow or ice. And hot asphalt just makes a big mess.

More than forty years ago I saw a cartoon where the road was yellow and a worker was painting the entire road black except for the center line. I still think it was one of the funny bits I’ve ever seen.