Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron 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 Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5127 Posted: Mon Oct 8 13:20:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Oct-84 20:01:53 EDT References: <655@hound.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 30 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