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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: the on-ramp Grand-Prix
Message-ID: <5127@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 13:20:19 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 13:20:19 1984
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Mine is the automated toll taker idiot.  This is the person who
gets in the exact change lane.  Stops, opens up her purse, gets
out 25 cents, rolls down the window, leans way out, drops the
quarter in the basket (optionally missing it), waits for the
green light, then rolls up her window and proceeds.

I am a person of no great coordination, but I have no problem
driving my manual transmission car to the gate while rolling
the window down and having the quarter ready to throw when I
get there.  There is just enough time usually to roll up the
window by the time the green light comes on anyway.

HUMOR TIME:  The funniest piece of road is I-95 as it approaches
Route 495 north of Washington.  495 (the Capital Beltway) is
a circular road around D.C.  When they decided that they would
never finish I-95 through Washington, they decided to change the
number on half of 495 between the north and south parts of the
real I-95.  When you approach the exits you see:

	I-495 Beltway West
	I-95 South
	Beltway East

as your choices.  I-95 South and Beltway East are two separate
ramps to the same road.  It's always funny watching someone trying
to decide which one he's supposed to use.  Invariably he makes his
final decision at the last moment, having to cross over the solid
lines.

-Ron