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Re: Lights on for Kinder, Gentler...

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From: William C. Fenner
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 12:31
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In article <2oi7mo$ni4@clarknet.clark.net>,
Jonathan Hazzard <thonhazz@clark.net> wrote:
>     On I-295 northbound just before the Howard Road interchange there is
>an overhead electronic message board that has had the following message
>displayed for probably four years now:  "Turn your lights on for a kinder
>and gentler beltway."  

Either I was really inobservant two years ago, or it's been there for
less than two years.  I thought it used to say things like "4/32 64:19PM".
(The clock was actually right for a while, then there was a big storm and
it apparently never recovered).

  Bill
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Bill Fenner                  fenner@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
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