On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:38, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 02:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar > > > research budget. > > > > Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget. > > Don't forget all those social programs, and WV needs a new Interstate > > hwy every 2 years... > > Can you please explain what do WV and bwy stands for ? I know this is > way off-topic, but it's funny anyway and don't want to miss a thing :)
Sorry, a little North American cultural bias there. WV is the postal code for the state West Virginia. The senior US Senator from WV is a Past Master at directing federal money to his very small, very poor, very rural state. Hwy is an abbreviation of highway. The Interstate Highway system is a set of federally financed autobahns that began during the Eisenhower Administration. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch +------------------------------------------------------------+
