Date: 17 Jul 1996 23:40:32 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@freebsd.gaffaneys.com> To: "Josef C. Grosch" <jgrosch@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> Cc: Barnacle Wes <softweyr@xmission.com>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD keyboard (as related to road-signs) Message-ID: <87g26qqim7.fsf_-_@freebsd.gaffaneys.com> In-Reply-To: "Josef C. Grosch"'s message of Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:20:12 -0700 References: <199607172148.PAA15023@xmission.xmission.com> <9607171520.ZM16496@xsvr2.cup.hp.com>
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"Josef C. Grosch" <jgrosch@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> writes: > Echo Trail and is know as "Ed Shave", A number of years ago there > was a warning sign that said: > Warning > Dangerous Curve > We're not kidding! > I should add that it is imposible to backup once you are into this > turn and logging truck come barrling around this turn on a regular > basis. Last time I was in Ely, MN. which is near this turn I checked > and the road dept had replaced the sign with one that did not > include the last line. Hey! I've seen that. I was riding with one of the locals (loco's?), and he pointed it out. He also slowed to about 10-15 mph, while he drove 50-70 the rest of the way. The Echo Trail (emphasis on trail) is about like the little mountain roads in California, Oregon, and Washington; except it is somewhat narrower, and reverting from blacktop to gravel under the pounding of all the logging trucks. Speaking of signs, there is an intersection here in Grand Forks that looks like this: | | | 1|2 +----+-parking lot | | | | The sign at #1 was a one-way sign pointing right, and the sign at #2 is a one-way sign pointing right. If you looked closely at the sign posts, you'd see that they were really twisted 90 degrees, but you had to have sharp eyes to see it. The north-south road is the one-way road, but obviously someone thought it'd be cool to have conflicting one-way signs for the east-west road :-) It stayed like that for several years before they "fixed" it by removing one of the signs (and neglecting to turn the other one the correct way). -- Zach Heilig (zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com) | ALL unsolicited commercial email Support bacteria -- it's the | is unwelcome. I avoid dealing only culture some people have! | with companies that email ads.
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