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Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split

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From: Mark Slagle
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 07:25
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In article <2ov974$63n@lll-winken.llnl.gov> ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi) writes:

> In article <isisCoBB6E.EGy@netcom.com> isis@netcom.com (Mike
> Cohen) writes:

>> I don't drive (I did learn to drive when I moved here 6 years
>> ago, but I found driving such a hellish experience that I
>> quickly gave it up). I never felt that my life was in danger
>> crossing the street in NY as I always do here.

Get fun down on purpose, get run down by accident.  What's the
difference?

> In my experience, the North American city with the worst
> drivers is Boston.

Without a doubt, hands down worst.  NY is hectic, but the drivers
generally hold out for a crack of daylight before changing
course.  In Boston they just do it and expect everyone else to
get out of their way.  Only city in the country where it's not
rare to see someone driving on the sidewalk to get by traffic and
around a corner sooner.

=Mark
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Mark E. Slagle                                 PO Box 61059
slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com                       Sunnyvale, CA   94088
408-756-0895                                   USA
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From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
Subject: Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split
In-Reply-To: ed@wente.llnl.gov's message of 19 Apr 1994 00:39:00 GMT
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