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From: Phred
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:23

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In article <40151A7A.3E61BE7E@yahoo.com>, cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>"J. Clarke" wrote:
>> 
>.... snip ...
>> 
>> And then there's Hartford, where they alternate left and right
>> exits so in some cases it's not possible to avoid passing on the
>> right unless you want to slow down at every other exit so as not
>> to pass the exiting traffic.
>
>And New Haven, and Connecticut in general.  I suspect back around
>the time of Ribicoff they gave prizes to highway designers for
>encouraging the use of insurance.  Don't forget left entries.

The surveyors who laid out some of the highways around here during the 
Depression allegedly got paid for each peg.  :-)



Cheers, Phred.

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