[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> In a message dated 11/1/2002 6:38:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> << so it was either vote early on this side of IH-35, or
> drive 35 minutes on election day to cast my ballot. >>
>
> That can equal up to 4 miles for Austin's rush hour.
Assume I'm not insane enough to drive during rush hour unless absolutely
necessary, and have a flexible schedule that *ought* to let me avoid it
most days.
It's about 20 miles, actually. Almost exactly 20 miles from the new
house to the old house, and just a few blocks from the old house to the
school where voting for that precinct is held.
> Now, how about a rant just for the sake of a rant?
>
> Why da hell is it I-5 in California, I-10 in Arizona, I-20 in New Mexico,
> I-12 in Louisiana, I-95 in Maryland, but IH-35 in Texas.
>
> Totally meaningless question. Totally unimportant if unanswered. All in good
> fun. Only way to rant.
I have no clue. But that's what it is on everything official, and I
picked up the (bad?) habit of using the "H".
Most of the time, in conversation, I just say "35". "Oh, yeah, I went
to that Kohl's on 35 between Parmer and Howard. Found some great
slipper socks for Sammy. They're Carter's."
> I stopped driving cross country just as truck stops stopped having pinball
> machines. Related or coincidence?
Only *you* can answer that question. :)
Julia
who likes pinball machines as well
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