Comments for The House of Debo http://www.houseofdebo.com Welcome to my house of craziness Mon, 11 May 2009 17:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Fact Check Tuesday: Emergency Vehicle Slowdown by fractalfrog http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=822&cpage=1#comment-137 fractalfrog Mon, 11 May 2009 17:53:20 +0000 http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=822#comment-137 There's an additional law in Texas, that went into effect (IIRC) on 9/1/05, that requires that if you're passing an emergency vehicle in the lane next to it, you reduce your speed to 20 MPH below the posted speed limit, unless the posted speed limit is below 25 MPH, in which case you may proceed at 5 MPH. So, if I'm driving on a highway in Austin and there's a police car in the shoulder and I'm in the right lane and the speed limit is 60 MPH, I have to slow down to 40 MPH or slower. (If the lane next to the right lane is clear for me to make a lane change before I reach the pulled-over police car, I can change lanes and continue on my merry way at 60 MPH or whatever speed of traffic in that lane happens to be.) There’s an additional law in Texas, that went into effect (IIRC) on 9/1/05, that requires that if you’re passing an emergency vehicle in the lane next to it, you reduce your speed to 20 MPH below the posted speed limit, unless the posted speed limit is below 25 MPH, in which case you may proceed at 5 MPH.

So, if I’m driving on a highway in Austin and there’s a police car in the shoulder and I’m in the right lane and the speed limit is 60 MPH, I have to slow down to 40 MPH or slower. (If the lane next to the right lane is clear for me to make a lane change before I reach the pulled-over police car, I can change lanes and continue on my merry way at 60 MPH or whatever speed of traffic in that lane happens to be.)

]]> Comment on Mercy mercy me by fractalfrog http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=813&cpage=1#comment-136 fractalfrog Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:50:24 +0000 http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=813#comment-136 I know how that goes -- sometimes I talk about how long it takes to recover from the antibiotics. :P If you haven't already, get yourself some probiotics, that'll help some with the digestive system, and next time you're on antibiotics, unless your doc tells you otherwise, get some probiotics and take them as far (temporally) from the antibiotics as possible. We recently had one kid on antibiotics at 8AM and 8PM, and dosed her with probiotics at noon and 4PM, and her digestive system was fine, which was a relief for everyone! I know how that goes — sometimes I talk about how long it takes to recover from the antibiotics. :P If you haven’t already, get yourself some probiotics, that’ll help some with the digestive system, and next time you’re on antibiotics, unless your doc tells you otherwise, get some probiotics and take them as far (temporally) from the antibiotics as possible. We recently had one kid on antibiotics at 8AM and 8PM, and dosed her with probiotics at noon and 4PM, and her digestive system was fine, which was a relief for everyone!

]]> Comment on You gotta love it… by MamaWise http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=712&cpage=1#comment-120 MamaWise Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=712#comment-120 Don't you hate how people just don't listen. Sorry you are "disconnected" from the online world for a while. At least it will give you some time to start packing without interruption. :) Don’t you hate how people just don’t listen. Sorry you are “disconnected” from the online world for a while. At least it will give you some time to start packing without interruption. :)

]]> Comment on Super mega ultra happy dance!!! by MamaWise http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-118 MamaWise Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:53:46 +0000 http://www.houseofdebo.com/?p=710#comment-118 Congratulations little brother! Looks like we will be neighbors very soon! Congratulations little brother! Looks like we will be neighbors very soon!

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