50 Years (Not entirely OT)

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. Some interesting facts and figures about the Interstate Highway System.

Craig.

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Some interesting facts and figures about the Interstate Highway System. _____________________ I reckon you could start a bar fight about anywhere, left or right, with that line about the Interstate being "a symbol of freedom."

Hell, let's do it here. At least Gore didn't invent this one.

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HA!!!! Maybe not Al, but I'll bet you didn't notice the "Pioneers" section that has this:

Albert Gore, Sr. A U.S. Senator from Carthage, Tennessee, Albert Gore, Sr. had a major role in the political battle for the Interstate Highway System. Along with Rep. George H. ("Highways") Fallon from Maryland, Gore was a key congressional player in reaching the compromise that led to the 1956 Federal-Aid Act, often called the Fallon-Gore Act. The act provided $25 billion for twelve years to fund the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. In honor of his role in the Interstate system, part of I-65 in Tennessee has been named the Albert Gore, Sr. Memorial Highway.

Bob (I'm certainly no Al Gore fan...but this coincidence is FUNNY!)

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Bigbob62

TomAto, Tomahto, PotAto, Potahto Interstate, Internet.... Jeff (damn you for the earworm...) Rice

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Jeff Rice

Google can connect anything, here's anonther funny coincidence by searching "Studebaker Gore."

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That led me to a Studebaker runn> HA!!!! Maybe not Al, but I'll bet you didn't notice the "Pioneers"

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John Poulos

Dammit, JP...don't start us off down THAT road again!

Don't you have a car to work on today?

How are the floodwaters up there? I've read your posts about a little flooding...you sure downplayed it, according to the news reports!

You can send some of that rain down this way if you can figure out the right Rain-Dance to divert it 2000 miles!

Bob (water> Google can connect anything, here's anonther funny coincidence by

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Bigbob62

I'm waiting for the relief efforts to start in Maryland... where are the buses to haul people out of the area, where are the $2000 purchasing cards, where are the 6-month hotel vouchers, etc...

Lee

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John Poulos

That would depend if you were between the ages of 18 and 21 in a handful of states where the Feds were going to hold back Interstate funding unless they raised the drinking age. Remember that from a few years ago??

Craig.

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studebaker8

I was part of that group of young adults that caused the re=raising of the drinking age from 18 to 21. Lost 6 from my high school senior class. Jeff

That would depend if you were between the ages of 18 and 21 in a

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Jeff Rice

Why are there interstate highways in Alaska and Hawaii?

mike hunt

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Mike Hunter

That was our Al Bores father LOL

mike hunt

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Mike Hunter

Where are the looters???? ;)

mike hunt

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Mike Hunter

Only in the USA, the land of the free, can you get married, make a contract and vote at 18 but must wait till 21 to drink Wonder why the ACLU has never tested that in court? LOL

mike hunt

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Mike Hunter

How old are you Mike? Reason I ask is that when the voting age was changed from 21 to 18, a lot of states changed the drinking laws too. It did not work out very well, as a lot of teenagers died. They changed it back to 21, and I think that was probably a prudent thing to do. Parental responsibility is more the issue. How many parents allow their children to drink at 18? A law makes that responsibility a moot point. Parents need to be parents. Jeff ( RIP'd a few friends due to that law) Rice

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Jeff Rice

Bring on the hookers, champagne and crack...

JT

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Grumpy AuContraire

Maybe by 2056, Canada will be the 51st state, and the Alaska highway will be the continuation of I-15 which will overtake the I-90 as the longest.

And in 2056, the might be a loooonnnnnngggg bridge/tunnel/bridge/tunnel/bridge/tunnel complete with resorts and casinos on all those man-made islands all the way to Hawaii!

Craig

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studebaker8

I'm eighty years old and if I drink twice a month, that's a lot. I haven't been drunk in the fifty-five years since I got rid of my first wife. The rational that one is smart enough to vote, make a contract, join the military or marry but not drink does not make sense. .

When I was under 21 we could drink in the local bars where we danced, played pool and shot darts, and tried to pick up girls. We were supervised by the older folks who would not let us drink enough to get drunk. If we walked in drunk we could not get served. After the government started to clamp down on drinking in the sixties, those too young to drink bought a barrel, went up to the mountains, and they all got drunk. I went into the Navy in March of 1944, after I received an early diploma, to help in the war effort. We never were asked our age wherever we went as well as on the base. If we were in uniform we could drink. It seems to me making it illegal to drink merely makes it more attractive to do so, just as more people drank during prohibition than before or after.

Ask any police officer they will tell you drunk driving laws have only succeed in removing the occasion social drinker from the roadways. The real drunks are paying big fines but they are still driving. The only difference is now they are doing it unlicensed and uninsured with you left to cover the costs.

Same is true of drugs. We are today right were we were in the late twenties and early thirties with prohibition. Drive by shootings in our streets, murders, robberies , crooked cops, lawyers, judges, and other elected officials. Take the huge profits away by legalizing and taxing the stuff. . Fewer people will use drugs, just like fewer drank after prohibition. At least we will not need to worry about getting shot or robed by the drugies and the drug sellers or paying huge amounts of money in taxes to catch them and keep them in prison. . ;)

mike hunt

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Mike Hunter

Hello...If you learn anything today...anything important...read what Jeff wrote here on what Parents need to BE...Kids today need us to be Parents to them not friends !!!!! They will not live to make all the mistakes...they need to learn from the mistakes of others...

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ConcreteGuy

One exception to your generalization, MIke. I call him the "journeyman drunk". He gets plastered every night at the same bar, usually with a small group. He drives home the same route - one where he knows every fixed hazard and every dangerous intersection. If he gets into an accident on this trip, it will probably be the other guys fault. He may get into one in the morning, when he is still drunk but think that he is sober.

The guy to worry about is the one who gets plastered every couple of months or so and thinks he is the greatest driver in the world.

Karl

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