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Re: Daily gripe: all the traffic is in the left lane

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From: Marc
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 00:00
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alanh@galaxy.nsc.com (The Hepburn) said:
>In article <5jmo7s$fs5@s-cwis.unomaha.edu>, jquick@s-cwis.unomaha.edu (QUICK JASON STEWART) writes:
>> Well, true, but you'd get quit dizzy driving round and round the island. :)

>> The US isn't 5000 miles from one end to another (more like 3000), but it
>> wouldn't take too long to accumulate that sort of mileage.  Traveling
>> from one coast to another, then up/down the coast would get you
>> pretty close to 5000 miles (say, on a route from Seattle-Miami-Boston).

>Actually, there are several ways to get a 5000 mile one-way trip over here;
>how about Anchorage, Alaska to Key West, Florida?  How about Victoria, BC
>to St. John's, Nfld? Or Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Florida?  As you can see
>if you look at a map, from Fairbanks or Ancharoage to just about anywhere
>on the East coast will be a lot of miles, and coast-to-coast in Canada is
>a long drive also.

My 5000+ mile trip is D.C. to Anchorage, with some stops in the
midwest, two weeks 'till I leave, two more 'till I get back...

Marc
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From: Gumbyy@tamu.edu (Marc)
Subject: Re: Daily gripe: all the traffic is in the left lane
Date: 1997/04/24
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