#27538
05/01/2001 9:43 AM
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And I still have uncomfortable moments remembering the Birmingham North Interchange ... Spaghetti Junction!
Spaghetti Junction was well named for its day, but is tame compared to some modern junctions. My worst moment was trying to get to a hotel in north Austin, Texas. The only access to the hotel appeared to be on (or off) one of the slipways of a multi-level freeway interchange, and although I could see the hotel it took me several turns around several interchanges to make it. In daylight and not jet lagged it was a little easier.
Rod
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#27539
05/01/2001 12:42 PM
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In the theme of the main thread-- we gone off and started talking about Spagetti Junctions
In the Rochester (NY) there is a mess of highways that is commonly called The Can of Worms. In NYC- on traffic mess had a whole book written about it Will they ever finish the Brukner Expressway Interchange? --(i didn't google the title-- its close to that-- the book is about 20 years old now-- and the answer was Yes, about 10 years ago.)
Any other intersitng names for memorable patches of highways or byways? Does anyone remember the Hawthorn Traffic Circle? -- the name only give no idications of the mess! Or does any other state use New Jersey's Jug Handles?
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#27540
05/01/2001 1:12 PM
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Winnipeg has a Confusion Corner. I imagine it's not as messy as NYC, but it is confusing for anyone who doesn't get into the correct lane well in advance. There are, I think, 7 streets which come together all at once, with nothing as sensible as a traffic circle to deal with the cars, and the signs for the lanes and directions are not clear - one particular sign looks very much like the new name of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. 
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#27541
05/01/2001 2:01 PM
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one particular sign looks very much like the new name of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. He has resolved a contractual dispute with his former record label (by blowing a big raspberry beret  , I think) and has resumed use of the appellation, "Prince." I now think of him as The Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
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#27542
05/01/2001 6:50 PM
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He has resolved a contractual dispute with his former record label (by blowing a big raspberry beret , I think) and has resumed use of the appellation, "Prince." I now think of him as The Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.I read a tongue-in-cheek commentary on Prince's rapid-fire appellation-rearranging process which suggested that his lawyer told him to change his name to avoid his taxes ... sort of the Hot-Black Desiato of the real world! 
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#27543
05/01/2001 8:35 PM
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#27544
05/01/2001 8:44 PM
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and there have been several books, movies etc, that have been critical of the fire bombing that was done in Dresden and Tokyo during WWII-- so we do have some collective guilt.
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#27545
05/01/2001 10:00 PM
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The eh train?
Bad Max. Bad, bad Max. If the Duke were alive, he'd be rolling in his grave.
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#27546
05/01/2001 10:14 PM
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#27548
05/02/2001 11:47 AM
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In the Oh, Duh! Department Max Q responds :'Twas supposed to be a gentle jibe
to AnnaS's Bad Max.
Bad Max. I like it. Maybe we can make a movie. I see a whole series of movies. About some guy his wife and kids get burned in the Great Christchurch Fire of aught-twelve when the West Islanders invaded and he gets really, really bad and invades the West Island all by himself and introduces rabbits and cane toads. We'll use that great Oz actor (nobody knows the difference between them and the Newzies anyway)... no, wait a minute, he's from Poughkeepsie... I know! That guy, whatsisname? Paul Hogan, yeah, that's it. We'll make a fortune.
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#27549
05/02/2001 7:29 PM
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Bad Max. I like it. Maybe we can make a movie. I see a whole series of movies. About some guy his wife and kids get burned in the Great Christchurch Fire of aught-twelve when the West Islanders invaded and he gets really, really bad and invades the West Island all by himself and introduces rabbits and cane toads. We'll use that great Oz actor (nobody knows the difference between them and the Newzies anyway)... no, wait a minute, he's from Poughkeepsie... I know! That guy, whatsisname? Paul Hogan, yeah, that's it. We'll make a fortune.
No chance. It'd be a dreary documentary. And you don't need Katipo Dundee for that ...
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#27550
05/03/2001 1:17 AM
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Bad Max. I like it. Maybe we can make a movie. I see a whole series of movies. About some guy his wife and kids get burned in the Great Christchurch Fire of aught-twelve when the West Islanders invaded and he gets really, really bad and invades the West Island all by himself and introduces rabbits and cane toads. We'll use that great Oz actor (nobody knows the difference between them and the Newzies anyway)... no, wait a minute, he's from Poughkeepsie... I know! That guy, whatsisname? Paul Hogan, yeah, that's it. We'll make a fortune
No, no, no, Faldage. We'd need the other Aussie
actor: Mel Gibson. He rhymes, after all (ref. the M-- Max
movies), and since we have no reason, we must perforce have a rhyme. With me so far? Plus, there's a close resemblance--Max, don't you dare contradict me on this! So, see, they are both family-loving men, and this movie would also have to be set in the future; but I'll go along with "Bad Max" losing his family, and the rest of the movie could be about him seeking revenge. (To fit the title.) Hey! The movie title could be "Bad Max's
Sundered Home". That's pretty close to Mad Max at Thunderdome, don'tcha think? [ducking rotten tomatoes e]
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#27551
05/03/2001 1:21 AM
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#27552
05/03/2001 1:42 PM
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Jackie Pooh-Bah (the second) protests: We'd need the other Aussie actor: Mel Gibson.
But, but, We'll use that great Oz actor (nobody knows the difference between them and the Newzies anyway)... no, wait a minute, he's from Poughkeepsie...
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#27553
05/03/2001 10:32 PM
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#27554
05/04/2001 3:57 AM
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From Phar Lap to Sunline, if a NZ horse does well, the West Islanders will claim it as their own.One of the cultural differences between us, I guess ... 
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#27555
05/04/2001 5:15 PM
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From Phar Lap to Sunline, if a NZ horse does well, the West Islanders will claim it as their own.
Nothin' new there! The Brits have laid claim to the many horses that were bred and trained in Ireland that then went on to become part of British racing legend.
Although one horse's legend lives in the Irish song with words and music by Dominic Behan : (Mighty Millhouse) "ARKLE"
"It happened in the Springtime of the year of 'sixty four,
When Englishmen were making pounds and fivers by the score. He beat them in the hollows and he beat them on the bumps. A pair of fancy fetlocks he showed them o'er the jumps.
Verse II:
He's English! he's English! As English as you've seen
A little bit of Arab stock and more from Stephen's Green*
Take a look at Mill House and throw out your chest with pride
He's the greatest steeplechaser on the English countryside."
(*Stephen's Green is in Dublin.)
I won't bore you with the next five verses!
The great horse was riden by Pat Taffe whom I had the privilege of meeting when in Ireland in 1972! The horse was bred by Mrs. Lawlor's stable (The lady is a distant cousin!)
Puffed up with pride in a great Irish horse emoticon
And, being Irish with horse love in the veins, I send a deep bow to the great Phar Lap.
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#27556
05/07/2001 7:58 AM
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Re: Debate concerning a person's nationality
The contrary practice can be witnessed with an infamous person.
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#27557
05/07/2001 8:04 AM
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#27558
05/07/2001 8:20 AM
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CK - to remind you, and so you can practice in your dreams before you get here.Omigod. Never going north of Coventry ever again. Never. No!
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#27559
05/07/2001 8:23 AM
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Seldom better illustrated than by Albert Einstein, when said: "If the relativity theory will be proven true, the Germans will say I am a German, the Swiss I am a Swiss and the French that I am a great man. If not, the Germans will call me Swiss, the Swiss will call me German, and the French will say I am a Jew."And, in relative terms, he was probably right!
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#27560
05/07/2001 12:56 PM
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And, in relative terms, he was probably right!
Let me rephrase that: his parents, uncles, and awnts all thought he was probably right.
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#27561
05/07/2001 3:34 PM
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Rod-- that is scary looking (Spaghetti juction) The Bruckner Interchange is just about as bad-- i couldn't find an aerial photo-- but the map give a rough idea-- and as bad as this is, where I-95 meets I-91 in Hartford CT is worse i think-- since it has several sudden (1/4 mile warning) Left hand exits.. But if you have ever rented a car from one ot the NY airports and drive up to big blue-- you'll have passed through at least part of it.. both the white stone and throgs neck bridge feed into the interchange..
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#27562
05/10/2001 5:10 PM
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Just read an adulatory blurb for a new movie, A Knight's Tale, I think, starring the "new Aussie hunk" with the improbable name of Heath Ledger. (Sounds like what you get if you cross Heathcliff with Jacob Marley.) Who has ever heard of this guy? Any of the Aussie members know about him? Is the movie likely to be any good?
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#27563
06/09/2002 6:01 AM
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In a city near where I live is a road that all the locals call "The Penetrator". Just try and find a street sign for that one. Ask for directions and all you'll hear is "Take the Penetrator...." Arggggghhhhh! It is a straightforward, quick and "Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma'am" way to get from one side of the city to the other, I must admit. What is the real name? [shrug-e]
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