Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 01:47:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Cc: mallison@konnections.com, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Information Superhighway, etc. (was: Price of FreeBSD) Message-ID: <199704260847.BAA22977@superior.mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <199704260125.TAA13305@obie.softweyr.ml.org> from Wes Peters at "Apr 25, 97 07:25:05 pm"
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Wes Peters said: >mike allison writes: > > I have to differ.... > > > > The subway system in New York was initiated in the late 1800's and most > > the others were around long before the 2nd WW and WAY before IKE. The > >No, I meant to say that the Eisenhower administration made the decision >to build the interstate highway system and let mass transit rot. This >is why the longest of all US "Interstate" highways is named for >Eisenhower. (Ten net-dollar bonus if you can tell me which I-x0 is the >Eisenhower; the only place I've ever seen it mentioned on a sign is in >Santa Monica, CA.) > [ DELETED ] The Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway, or The Eisenhower as it is known in Chicago is Interstate 290. I have had the displeasure of spending uncounted hours of my life sitting on The Eisenhower studing the bumper stickers of the guy in front of me while crawling home at 5 mph. Josef "Give me mass transit or give me death" Grosch -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.1 jgrosch@sirius.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses
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