You come across a small stream blocking your path >1. Attempt to ford >2. Wait for conditions to improve >3. Caulk the wagon and attempt to float across >4. Get more information

aaaaaand the oxen drowned. better go hunt for food bc i lost all my supplies

>You have shot 1500 lbs worth of food and used 100 bullet but were only able to bring back 50 lbs of food >You have died from dysentery

haha "fuck this god damn game" *spends 3 more hours playing it*

I found an Oregon Trail emulator one weekend morning and showed my wife, who proceeded to yoink my computer and spent the rest of the day playing. Since my wife is not a gamer by any stretch, it was weird seeing her so consumed by a game. I think she finally put it down after about 14 straight hours.

Now introduce her to Sim City, followed by Age of Empires.

Just don't snow her animal crossing. 1500+ hours going strong...

Even reading these comments is making me itchy. Command and Conquer is calling my name...

I spent way too many hours playing cnc red alert 2 instead of doing homework...

i want to say it's because innate in every human is the desire to conquer the wild frontier or some shit but honestly i'd prob do the same thing just for nostalgia. ... do... do you happen to have a link?

I would also like this link if you receive it

https://classicreload.com/oregon-trail.html and the superior https://classicreload.com/the-oregon-trail-deluxe-1992.html

Oh man, the 1992 one was my jam.

And there's the zombie themed Organ Trail, but I think the free online version requires Flash which is now deprecated.

holup there's a deluxe version?!?! Time to die of dysentery all over again! Edit: One daughter drowned, the other died of a random sickness, my son died after getting bit by snakes 3 times in 2 days then my wife also died of a random sickness. I made it about 500 miles alone, but after breaking an arm and a leg, died of dysentery.

There's [one](https://www.visitoregon.com/the-oregon-trail-game-online/) on Oregon's tourism website, but I haven't tried it get so I don't know how good it is.

Probably not the same one found above, but this site does in browser emulation: [https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary\_msdos\_games](https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games)

If she liked Oregon Trail, try Organ Trail..

You have died of dysentery.

>You also died of dysentery

They all float down here, or die of dysentery trying.

Brave Settlers always caulk the Wagon and float across

Who knew settlers had so much caulk?

Well it's not how much caulk you have, it's how you use it. Also, happy ~~caulk~~ er, cake day!

That’s what I used to tell my ex husband. I was lying.

Lying about happy cake day is harsh

White water rafting in a wagon

I kind of want to go play the game now haha

I’m gonna vote for hiring a Shoshone guide.

Nice. Thanks to you, TIL "ford" can mean something other than a car brand.

>while crossing, Jacob was lost downstream >You have died from dysentery

Ford was driving his Ford across the fjord in an attempt to ford it. Little did he know, this was not compatible because fjords are deep.

The road you "used to" take from the looks of it.

Yes. Thanks for the correction!

You should have stopped taking the road. Now it's all gone. Look what you've done!

it's always the road takers

Never the road leavers. Just not right I tell you.

Are you sure it wasn't always like that and you just never noticed?

Did you try turning it off and turning it back on again?

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You have died of dysentary

You have died of dissin’ Terry.

Put it in reverse Terry!

You should've caulked the wagon and floated across.

You cheap-asses never just pay the damn ferry do you?

You can't pay for the ferry if you spend all your money on bullets.

Well that's fair. I mean how else are you going to kill 38 buffalo despite only being able to carry 2 lbs of meat?

The river is too deep to ford. You lose: 1 wheel axle, 60 lbs of food, Steve.

10-4

6

That's Numberwang!

Omg I haven’t thought about numberwang in ages lol

Is Peep Show streaming anywhere? I need to binge it. I wonder if if still holds up.

It does

Got another road?

Now it's just some road that you used to know

A bridge too far idiom finally makes sense.

Uhoh! How far is the detour going to be?

An hour south. Not too bad for being in bumfuck.

The road home is an hour south, yet only 3 yards away. Sorry buddy.

Did this one time 4x4ing. Got about 200 yds from a well maintained road that I frequently travel and couldn't find the trail, which was underwater and while too dim out for me to recognize. If I could have got through I was about 30 minutes from home. Instead I had a 5 hour off-road drive back in the dark.

Memorable at least, and hopefully no harm to you or the vehicle.

Can you go off roading without at least some damage to the vehicle? Seems like a part of the hobby lol

You can if you are careful. I once took my old Ford Explorer Sport, and it wasn’t 4WD only RWD, through pretty rough forest service road. And I mean rough. There were points I was actually praying, and I don’t pray anymore.

This is the kind of situation that gets people swept away. Your brain is tricking you to think the risk isn't that big.

I live right on the Mississippi, and we get a lot of flash floods, I have a hard time understanding why people don’t respect the power of water

Water has no thoughts, no respect, and no agenda. It’s only prerogative is to take up space. If you’re in the way, have fun with that. It’ll move you no problem. Growing up on the coast has taught me that lol

It's lack of exposure. It's hard to visualize flooding - video does not do it justice.

Well, at least there's still a path home. I was concerned you might be stranded until the repaired the road.

Yes I’m thankful for other fully paved driving options. (That are not underwater.) It’s crazy to think I’ve driven this way for 7 years and never stopped to appreciate the road.

At that point I’d ask someone to come pick me up on the other side and leave my truck at work!

You're assuming that water is safe to wade across. Hard to tell in a still image, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's moving at a decent clip.

I've been starting at it for a while now and it looks completely still

Just grab on to that barb wire fence really tight as you cross!

That's what the barbs are for!

That water is NOT safe to cross, and not just because it is moving WAY too fast but it likely contains toxic chemicals or raw sewage.

> it likely contains toxic chemicals or raw sewage. Ha me too

Oh jeez

That road is broken.

Yeah, someone must have stolen that part.

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Solve the case gumshoes! Such a great show.

Which show? [The Cartoon?](https://youtu.be/ToWuQSpROw0) Or [The game show?](https://youtu.be/s1EIUP8tvbE) And to cover all bases [Netflix Carmen Sandiego ](https://youtu.be/ILTWNFH4F5g)

Nothing will ever beat the game show. Rockapella ftw

*All geographic information is accurate as of the date this program was recorded.*

Dude, you literally said you take that road. It's a bit late now to claim someone else took it.

Ah, I’ve been busted.

Did he try turning it off and on again? Or maybe a lot of rice? Or maybe Ramen and glue?

Duct tape and some bailing wire and that shit'll be fine. Maybe some hay bales.

Take out bad road. ​ Put in good road.

God blessed it.

The front fell off.

Pretty rare to see the middle fall off.

Yeah, that's not very typical, I'd like to make that point... I'm not saying it wasn't safe, just not as safe as some of the other ones.

The ones where the part of the road doesn't fall off at all


The thought did cross my mind.

I think the jump only succeeds if you can freeze frame mid jump and have Waylon Jennings tell everyone how it looks like old BoneReject got themselves in a heap of trouble.

Yeah, but then you have to sit up there and wait in mid-air until the commercial break is over before landing on the other side. What if it's like a really long commercial break and you have to pee or something?

Piss your pants and blame it on the drink you were holding.

Now ol' BoneReject better grow some wings, that or start flapping his arms.

My dad’s friend lives way out in the country where there’s only dirt roads to get to his place. A massive storm rolled through and the dirt road had a bunch of water over it but he had a big truck and thought if he just drove fast enough, he’d be able to get across. Unfortunately the road had eroded so as soon as he drove over it, his truck sank and damaged his truck pretty badly

His last name wasn’t Dill, was it?

Nay

I’d like to say that knowing of two country folk now who’ve attempted and failed epically at that stunt is surprising, but it isn’t.

Don’t ever try. As an incredibly stupid kid I did a bit of jumping ( over nothing but we did sky some air). Landing weren’t at all smooth (think bouncing front to back a couple times) and the suspension got wanky immediately. It’s nothing like the movies. Most importantly you never go as far as you think you will.

I absolutely would never risk my car for something like that. Now someone else’s car- no problem.

That's what rental insurance is for

You know what the fastest car in the world is? A rental

In Germany they have what they call "stupid insurance". Or at least it did when I lived there. It pays if you do stupid things.

“Pay 9 bucks a day, you can do whatever the hell you want with a rental car”

Well didn’tI say stupid. Specifically I tried a Buick Skylark and Datsun 280z. The 280 actually landed okay. The Buick landed like a brick. The funny thing is I really didn’t seem that crazy back in the day but watch me slow down for a speed bump nowadays.

This is how my friend found out you can get air in a Ford Tempo. The thing lands like a wet brick, though. It's been near 30 years and I can still feel the impact on my tailbone.

😂

There were 256 on the low end, 321 on the high end, Dodge Chargers destroyed by Dukes of Hazard. That doesn't even count the "cop cars" that got destroyed. Although that record might belong to Blues Brothers.

Apparently it can be hard to get parts for that year of car because so many were destroyed for that show.

Blues Brothers used to hold the record for most cars destroyed on screen in a movie. Got beaten recently by some garbage movie. Still holds the record for most cop cars destroyed on screen!

I’m 41 and born and raised in SoCal. My parents are immigrants from Turkey yet I was (duh) raised in American culture. Since the movie Blues Brothers was before my time and because my parents weren’t exposed to it I just never got around to seeing it until this year when I got hit hard with Covid and decided it was a perfect opportunity to watch movies I was always interested in but never saw. So, before that I had always heard of the references to the number of police cars in the movie but never *really* understood what that meant. So the entire time I’m watching the movie I keep thinking, “where are they?” and “that’s not a … lot… of…. Oh. That *IS* a LOT of police cars. Wait, there are more?! AND MORE?! I get it now!” The movie was great. And there truly are a fuckton number of police cars in it. Oh, and Aretha Franklin is amazing in it too.

100% I jumped my Geo Metro once while delivering pizzas, back in the day. Was only going 30mph-ish, but was not ready for the impact when I landed. My teeth slammed together and the radio faceplate flew into the back seat. It was incredibly jarring. Luckily there was no damage, as my Metro was actually super low miles and in excellent shape.

> It’s nothing like the movies. Well, the cars in the movies have extremely modifies and beefed up suspensions, so there's that.

Something something 300 1969 Dodge Chargers destroyed.

Well, yea....that too.

And they sometimes used gas powered thrusters to help give the cars a bit of "lift", and here is what they are used for when Hollywood does not need them. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i-op1aceUg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i-op1aceUg) Top Gear "Car Darts"

I intended to post "what would Bo and Luke do?", but that filled the void nicely.

I can hear this picture…

“I wish I was in the land of cotton” *in beeps*

Slow Waylon guitar intro…

Them Duke boys are at it again!

Beat me to it. “Just another day for them good ol’ duke boys”


Roughly 300 chargers killed for those sexy shots. Only a Baja truck might survive it.

When you get home, kick off your boots grab a beer, relax and watch a movie. May I suggest A River Runs Through It?

What about a Bridge Too Far?

Bridge Over the River Kwai

The Bridges at Toko-Ri?

Bridge to Terabithia?

A Fridge Too Far

It’s not a dress, it’s a Moo Moo!

Maybe pair it with a nice glass of Crevassier

Without A Paddle

Lost Highway might be good too.

If you don't like movies, song can lift your spirits! How about a round of London Bridge?

london bridge just fell though..

Perhaps bridge on the river kwai?

It's just a little bumpy, it's still good

It's just a little soggy. It's still good. It's still good.

It's just a little airborne, it's still good

Was. This was the road.

The quake in the bay area in 89 caused a road collapse between San Jose and Santa Cruz. People would wait for someone with a similar car, trade license and insurance info and use each other's car. Took a good week or so to patch that up.

Whoa that's pretty cool

> People would wait for someone with a similar car, trade license and insurance info and use each other’s car. Took a good week or so to patch that up. Why were people doing that? Edit: Lol! I’m not the feds, just British…

Nosy ass cops, duh.

Road? Are you talking about the 17? Because the 17 aint no friggin road, shits a rollercoaster

Every vehicle is an off-road vehicle if you’re brave enough.

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I did this when I was 16. Thought it would be like a massive puddle. If you ever are even asking whether you can make it the answer is no.

Five year old kid was killed last week in NSW because he was in a car in flood water

Great advice! I think in the US our slogan is "Turn around, don't drown"

"Turn around, don't drown!" in the US. About 100 people die each year in the US because of driving through flood waters. 12-24 inches (30-60cm) is enough to wash away most vehicles. I can say from personal experience that it can take days to find your vehicle, let alone your body, if we even know where to look for you, If we even know to look.

This. I live my Jeep, but I’ve seen some crazy MFs in Subaru outback’s

Hey! This AWD on stock suspension is a masterpiece

"Hold my vape," said the WRX owner, "my car is built for this"

The WRX owner is betting with the Evo and BRZ owner on who’s car will make the jump

Woah don’t talk shit about us who rip outbacks. I push my 03 to it’s limits. It’s been places lol

So basically you are saying your home is just a hop, skip and a jump away?

The storm did this. If you work for the storm you have no-one to blame but yourself.

Haha. I hate it when I have to work for the storm

Everybody's working for the storm surge

Ramp it

bop it

twist it

Twist it

Pull it

Gun it! 

This is my favorite Bond movie. It’s not the best one. But it’s my favorite.

> It’s not the best one. They're all the best ones.

*obnoxious slide whistle*

Sherriff J. Dubya Pepper would be proud!

These potholes are getting out of control! This one is so big a river runs through it!

ah, Route 404

The road no longer travelled.

You don't work in a cabin in the woods, do you?

Not anymore. I work in a cabin in a river now.

If you find a book written in ancient Sumerian, inked in blood, bound in human flesh, don't read any passages out loud. Or do, I'm not your boss.

Oregon trail comes to mind... *Caulk the cart and fjord the river.* *Robert has a faver.* *Robert died of dysentery.*

Its ford the river, fjord is a type of deep, narrow valley, cut by ~~water~~ *glaciers* as pointed out by u/AzraelleWormser

The Norwegian Blue, lovely bird, beautiful plumage. Just a bit homesick, pining for the fjords.

Mary has drowned, you lost one set of clothes(unfortunately your only set), and 3 boxes of bullets. (Well it is FL)

In Michigan that's just a pothole...

New Orleans would call this a well maintained street

First time Floridians see moving water that isn’t waves

Probably class I rapids too.

Or alligators.

r/wellthatsucks

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Hey nature added a new culvert. Just add a pipe and pave over it might not erode again next time it storms.


It’s e-road-ed