Vermont's the one with maple syrup and civil unions, New Hampshire's got libertarians and maple syrup.
Missisissippi's named after the big river, so you just have to figure out what side it's on....
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
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Theodosia - Apr 01, 2003 10:05:13 am PST #2896 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jim - Apr 01, 2003 10:05:30 am PST #2897 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I can never ever get my head around the size of the USA. As far as I'm concerned the 2 coasts are about 10 hours drive apart. Any further than that is, to my mind, Abroad.
meara - Apr 01, 2003 10:08:04 am PST #2898 of 9843
Heh. In high school, one year one of my friends was an exchange student from Germany. I mentioned one day at lunch how the summer before, I'd gone on a trip to Wyoming (from Indiana) that involved driving for 36 hours straight. She looked at me, and said "If I drove for 36 hours straight, I'd fall off the continent!"
technically, I suppose if she'd driven toward Russia/Chinawards, she wouldn't have, but still
Hayden - Apr 01, 2003 10:08:19 am PST #2899 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jim, I live in Austin, which is Center-East of Texas. Last week, we drove to Big Bend, which is West-South, near Mexico but roughly due West of Austin. All in all, the drive is near eight hours, and we never left Texas.
sarameg - Apr 01, 2003 10:09:37 am PST #2900 of 9843
moonlit, did you see yesterday's Thomas Friedman column? He's got a theory on reordering of the world that he plays from a focus on NATO.
(and I'm loving reading your posts!)
Betsy HP - Apr 01, 2003 10:11:07 am PST #2901 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
I don't respond to moonlit's postings because they're so comprehensive, but I really enjoy reading them.
And what, she said plaintively, is the meaning of 'diachronic'?
amyth - Apr 01, 2003 10:11:55 am PST #2902 of 9843
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Continuing to mess with Jim's head: To drive from Montauk, New York to Niagara, New York in itself takes ten hours. And that's if you don't hit traffic or stop.
brenda m - Apr 01, 2003 10:12:51 am PST #2903 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I can never ever get my head around the size of the USA. As far as I'm concerned the 2 coasts are about 10 hours drive apart. Any further than that is, to my mind, Abroad.
Yeah, I had some Dutch guys staying with me once. They had just under a week free before they had to go home, so they planned to rent a Suburban and drive to California and back. Heh.
They still did rent the Suburban, though, and spent every possible minute in it.
Hil R. - Apr 01, 2003 10:12:59 am PST #2904 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Driving from home to my university (which I've never actually done, but I know people who have) is something like 25 hours driving time, not counting rest stops. And that's only like halfway across the country.
sarameg - Apr 01, 2003 10:15:40 am PST #2905 of 9843
If I drive 19 hours from NC, I get to Houston. That's 19 hours at a likely average of 60 mph (100kmh) roughly.
I used to do it on long breaks in school. Except Houston was just the first stop. Then it was another 10ish hours to where my parents live in NM.