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bhoward
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response 32 of 96:
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Jan 11 14:45 UTC 2006 |
Actually, policy on how alchohol may be sold varies on a per-state
basis.
My folks used to live in CT which (at least at the time) only allowed
alchohol (or maybe it was just hard liquor) to be sold at state run
stores that closed by 8pm or so.
It was extremely freaky when I came home from MI for holiday to not
be able to find any place other than a bar to get a beer after 8pm.
Though not as freaky as the dry counties I encountered in Arkinsas.
Most freaky were the weird drinking hours I encountered living in
the UK. Apparently they were holdovers leftover from WWII to keep
the factory workers from showing up drunk at munitions plants and
blowing themselves up. I had mixed feelings though, when they were
repealed shortly before we moved to Japan...something was lost when
we no longer had our weekly session during the Sunday afternoon
lock-ins at our favorite pub.
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marcvh
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response 33 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:04 UTC 2006 |
Re #30: I thought the Lodge was M-10 (used to be US-10.) I-96 (the part
I think you're talking about anyway) is the Jeffries. I suppose that
subsequent freeways should be named things like the Little Ceasars Bypass.
Virtually no highways have names out here in the west; I-5 isn't (and,
to my knowledge, never has been) called anything other than I-5. A few
specific structures are named (like the "Albert D. Rossellini Evergreen
Point Floating Bridge") but nobody calls it that. I guess it's an era
thing; there's no particular reason why we shouldn't have a "Boeing
Freeway" or a an "IAMAW Freeway" (a la the UAW in Flint) but we don't.
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klg
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response 34 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:07 UTC 2006 |
The Lodge is not 96. 96 would be the Jeffries. The Lodge is US 10.
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klg
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response 35 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:16 UTC 2006 |
In the San Diego area (according to my AAA map):
I 805 = Jacob Dekema Fwy
I 15 = Escondido Fwy
I 5 = San Diego Fwy, Montgomery Fwy
SR 163 = Cabrillo Fwy
SR 94 = Martin Luther King, Jr Fwy
I 8 = Ocean Beach Fwy
SR 4 = South Bay Fwy
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rcurl
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response 36 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:18 UTC 2006 |
Re #s 30 & 34: see what I mean? People can't keep the names straight. It
is a problem when they refer to these routes by name in news reports.
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mcnally
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response 37 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:20 UTC 2006 |
re #33: "the Little Caesar's Bypass" sounds more like a heart
(or maybe gastro-intestinal) operation..
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marcvh
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response 38 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:21 UTC 2006 |
Re #35: Urban California isn't part of "the west", it's an entity unto itself.
:-)
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mary
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response 39 of 96:
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Jan 11 21:26 UTC 2006 |
Thanks for the corrections re: I96.
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gull
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response 40 of 96:
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Jan 11 21:37 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:24: I don't know, but there's a point where they start getting
listed on the freeway signs. (Like the sign will have the I-75 shield,
and then underneath it'll say 'Chrysler Expressway.') The main reason
to know the names is so you know what they're talking about on the WJR
traffic report.
Re resp:33: Don't forget the Valley Freeway. I almost never hear it
referred to by number (it's SR-167.) The floating bridges seem to be
referred to as "the floaters" on traffic reports. And I'm still trying
to figure out where "the Michigan curve" is.
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happyboy
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response 41 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:12 UTC 2006 |
over by columbia & i5?
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tod
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response 42 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:19 UTC 2006 |
heh...michigan curve is just north of the corson & i-5 exit
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marcvh
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response 43 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:57 UTC 2006 |
True, the Valley is an exception. It seems to cause a lot of
confusion, since the "West Valley Freeway" is nearby but is a
different road and is more prominently signed as such than the
"Valley Freeway" is.
The dynamic ends up being different because there are so many "new"
people here, particularly among the tech sector. In a typical workday
the only native Washington resident who I talk to is the bus driver.
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tod
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response 44 of 96:
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Jan 11 23:20 UTC 2006 |
There's (E.)Valley Hwy and then W.ValleyHwy(167)
One will get you to Carpinito Bros at Center Rd for cheap produce and the
other will get you to the industrial park just over the 167 hwy from auburn
drive-in
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marcvh
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response 45 of 96:
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Jan 12 01:33 UTC 2006 |
Nope, East Valley Highway and West Valley Highway (SR 181) are different
roads, and both of them are different from the Valley Freeway (SR 167.)
So, the Valley Freeway is in the center, with East Valley Highway off to
the east and West Valley Highway off to the west, right? Well, yes in
some places, but no in others.
Also, the roads include directional indications, so there's a West
Valley Highway North and a West Valley Highway South, and the South one
is actually north of the North one. And also south of it!
This is why Seattlites try to stay the hell away from South King County
unless we're summoned to jury duty there.
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jep
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response 46 of 96:
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Jan 12 05:16 UTC 2006 |
Doesn't the highway sign for Washtenaw Avenue call it "M-117" or something?
There's a state highway designation for the road that runs between
Clinton and Tecumseh. I've seen the sign any number of times. But I
couldn't tell you what it is now. It's "Clinton-Tecumseh Rd."
Tecumseh is pronounced, "Tek-UMP-see" by almost everyone in Lenawee County.
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marcvh
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response 47 of 96:
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Jan 12 07:17 UTC 2006 |
M-17. Parts of Washtenaw are also business loops for I-94 and US-23, of
course.
I believe the Tecumseh Highway is/was also designated the "Tecumseh
Historic Auto Trail" but I don't believe it's a numbered state route;
there's M-52 but that's further west.
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tod
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response 48 of 96:
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Jan 12 07:42 UTC 2006 |
re #45
I'm trying to lure people down here so they can get lost in Kent Kangley hell.
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md
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response 49 of 96:
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Jan 12 13:08 UTC 2006 |
Re 4, Yeah, it's "tawnic" in "Bastin." The brats from Newton across the
street from our summer house on the Cape used to think "soda" was odd.
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edina
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response 50 of 96:
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Jan 12 15:29 UTC 2006 |
Re 47 "The Tecumseh Highway"? I've never heard of it, unless you mean M-50
- and I'm from Tecumseh.
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rcurl
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response 51 of 96:
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Jan 12 16:31 UTC 2006 |
You need to get out more, though it IS the "Techumseh-Clinton Highway". See
http://www.tecumsehskydiving.com/directions.php#first
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ric
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response 52 of 96:
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Jan 12 16:48 UTC 2006 |
re 10 - yes, a place where you buy party supplies is a party supply store.
like "Party Time"
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edina
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response 53 of 96:
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Jan 12 17:26 UTC 2006 |
Re 41 I've always heard it referred to as Tecumseh-Clinton "Road" - and my
family (who has lived there for over 50 years) has never called it "Highway"
either.
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rcurl
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response 54 of 96:
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Jan 12 17:47 UTC 2006 |
I suppose people can call any road anything they want (if they don't mind a
little confusion now and then), but MapQuest thinks it is Techumseh-Clinton
Highway (and I vaguely recall road signs call it that). See
http://tinyurl.com/774r6 and zoom in a couple of times.
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slynne
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response 55 of 96:
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Jan 12 17:51 UTC 2006 |
One of my pet peeves about highway signs is the sign for the nine mile
road exit on US-23. It just says "South Lyon M-36" and doesnt say "Nine
Mile Rd" at all.
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marcvh
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response 56 of 96:
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Jan 12 19:14 UTC 2006 |
Huh. Mapquest calls it "Tecumseh-Clinton Hwy." Google Maps calls it
"Tecumseh Hwy" and so does Yahoo! Maps.
On a Google Search, "Tecumseh Clinton Rd" has somewhat more hits than
any permutation of "highway" although it's common to call something a
"road" in town and a "highway" between towns, and obviously there are
more businesses with web pages within town.
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