[LMB] Lois-Bujold Digest, Vol 35, Issue 78

[James M. BRYANT G4CLF]

Mary CatMtn grew up in an area where:-

 >...the names of the small towns were painted  on
 >whatever large, flat or nearly flat roof was available,
 >for the use of aviators.

I am reminded of the (apocryphal?) tale of the company
in Milwaukee who painted "The ????? Company welcomes
you to Milwaukee" on their factory roof and were
threatened with prosecution under a 1920s law forbidding
advertising between ground and air (aimed a loudspeakers
in aeroplanes).

Their request that the law be clarified resulted in a
statement that mention, in any way, of a company was
"advertising" and forbidden but that anything else,
including a simple welcome, was allowed.

Their request that the law be repealed as no longer
necessary was initially rejected, but a few weeks later,
after they had changed their message to an entirely legal
one, was reconsidered and the law repealed.

The new message simply read "Welcome to Cleveland".

James - the raconteur
http://www.jbryant.eu/pages/racontur.htm