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Re: [OM] - OT - back to cars and commuting

Subject: Re: [OM] - OT - back to cars and commuting
From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:11:13 +0000
>Yo Gregg,
>
>on Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:21:57 -0400, Gregg wrote:
>
>>I will have to admit that freeways east of the Mississippi have gotten
>>quite crowded for the most part.
>
>Well, what is considered crowded in the States (unless you get to really
>clogged areas - I'm thinking of the I-95 through Philly, for instance) is
>just moderate to average traffic over here. 

Man, I can't get used to a pruebred German speaking like a damned 'murican! <
g> Can you like throw some germanic americanisms in your emails so's I don't 
think yur emailing from down the hall or something??? <gg> How long did you 
live in the 'states anyway? You've got the lingo down pat.

>
>> But when I lived
>>in Wyoming, the most common accident was from falling asleep.  The
>>boredom of the (then) 55 mph speed limit did many drivers in.
>
>I have no trouble believing that - I remember some pretty long trips in the
>US. Driving long distances at a really low (like 65 mph) speed is an
>absolute killer. 

It's so that the US car manufactures don't have to make really crash worthy 
cars and so that the gov'mt don't have to pay for really good roads.....more 
profits all around - the ;murican way! <G>



-- 
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
Watson's Law:
        The reliability of machinery is inversely proportional to the
number and significance of any persons watching it.


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