Retroreflective sheeting Puns

After my recent trip to Raleigh, I noticed some fading overhead signs along I-540.

Retroreflective should last 20 years according to this link - http://www.trafficsign.us/signsheet.html

>Single-layer glass bead sheetings usually fail by gradually losing their retroreflective intensity. This is due to increasing opacity of the pigmented material caused by ultraviolet ray exposure due to sunlight. This can result in a sign that looks good in daytime but is difficult to read at night. After extended exposure (20+ years), this sheeting will crack and peel from the sign substrate.

But when looking at these overhead signs, which are nearly 15 years old, they reached the end of their life span and need replacement surprisingly. The older ones along US-264 from Zebulon to Wilson, US 64 from Zebulon to Rocky Mount, and pretty much all of I-95 did better!

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8607013,-78.5473176,3a,15y,346.95h,92.07t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-qqQIySom8E0efETHF8clA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D-qqQIySom8E0efETHF8clA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D104.005806%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.853995,-78.5287258,3a,43.2y,104.03h,100.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdQesmZYDxjVICLgQBU6EKQ!2e0!5s20211001T000000!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8541237,-78.5280378,3a,45.7y,298.03h,106.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdkP_Y_X562u7yrXSWsLcoQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

Looking at another article, - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_copy

>In contrast, signs made out of retroreflective sheeting are expected to last only around 15 years.

So the signs along I-540

Hi everyone,

I am trying to figure out what products I will need for this project. I am a High School Track coach and I want to build a series of two timing gates. Each timing gates will be made out of a retroreflective photoelectric sensor. In running terms, athletes will be doing flys (aka fly-ins).

Once the runner passes through the first timing gate, a stopwatch will start. 10 meters later as they pass through the second timing gate, the stopwatch will finish. The elapsed time is recorded.

The goal then is to have the time uploaded to a Google Sheet or an Excel file.

I've seen enough that I think I could hobble together the timing gates to trigger some sort of indicators that the photoelectric beam has been broken. I have no idea how to have it trigger a stopwatch start, trigger a second stopwatch finish, and upload to Excel / Google Sheets.

Any advice on how I might accomplish this would be very appreciated... From purchase suggestions to arduino software. A laptop (for excel) or an ipad (for bluetooth / google sheets) are available for use. Systems like DASHR timing gates are outside my non-existent High School Track budget.

Thank you!

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.

Gender is fluid.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Amy

Put it on my bill

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

He’s the new temp.

But let me give it a shot.

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

A play on words.

Calcium, nickel, neon

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Until he discovered it was extra sharp.

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

The bartender says, "Sorry, no minors”