MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 71 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: country by TAMRA SPIELVOGEL 2) Re: country by mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) 3) country by J Hulley-Miller 4) re countries by John Oliver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 08 Jul 95 09:58:35 EDT From: TAMRA SPIELVOGEL To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: country Message-ID: <9507081403.AA21467-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Traffic Circles?!?!?!?!? Matt, if you want traffic circles try our good old National Capitol Washington D.C. There are so many here it is ridiculous, not to mention confusing for a transplanted Brooklynite and her visiting parents. Getting out of them is the easy part, making sure you are going the right way.. ...now that is a horse of another color. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Tamra Ann Spielvogel A hotline consultant's motto: Letts Hall #205, The American U. I'm not god but I'll gladly 4400 Mass. Ave., NW connect you. ;) Washington, DC 20016-8104 E-mail:ts3763a -+AT+-american.edu ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 15:11:20 +0100 From: mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: country Message-ID: <9507081411.AA21682-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> > Traffic Circles?!?!?!?!? Matt, if you want traffic circles try our good old > National Capitol Washington D.C. There are so many here it is ridiculous, not > to mention confusing for a transplanted Brooklynite and her visiting parents. > Getting out of them is the easy part, making sure you are going the right way.. > ..now that is a horse of another color. > No, no, no. For traffic circles, which I presume are what we normal people in the UK call "roundabouts", try Bracknell... M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 16:17:11 +0000 From: J Hulley-Miller To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk (Jennifer S. Broekman) Subject: country Message-ID: <199507082155.RAA07080-+AT+-cnj.digex.net> Greetings, Saturday July 08 1995 04:13, "Jennifer S. Broekman" wrote: >JSB> New Jersey drivers scare all sane people, in or out of your traffic >JSB> circles.:-) Compared to NYC drivers, we are angels... jhm -- J Hulley-Miller ____ <1:107/330-+AT+-fidonet.org> \/\/ "Human nature is never so weak as in a bookstore" - Henry Ward Beecher ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 09:45:46 +1000 From: John Oliver To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: re countries Message-ID: <199507082345.JAA07151-+AT+-gass.cc.uow.edu.au> We have lots of traffic circles down here in Wollongong and Australians drive on the left. If you US drivers want to be VERY confused, come down for a visit! :-) John ******************************************************** * _--_|\ | jdo-+AT+-uow.edu.au * * / \ | That's the University of Wollongong * * \_.--\_* <-- Wollongong is a city of 200,000 about * * v | 100 km south of Sydney, Australia * ******************************************************** ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 71 ********************************