Grease wrote --

Blink, and it's gone. Lived there for about 6 years. Taught and coached

there.

A e-mail friend I was on the way to La to visit lived there a while as
well.
Seemed like a nice little town.
On my trip I avoided interstates like the plague and used them only when
I absolutely had to. I've always enjoyed driving the old roads, through
small towns, etc. And this time I was able to stop and go as I pleased. I was under a bit of a deadline to ge
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Re: Newton
By: JOE MACKEY to WILL MILBERGER on Mon Dec 30 2019 07:31 am

Seemed like a nice little town.
On my trip I avoided interstates like the plague and used them only when
I absolutely had to. I've always enjoyed driving the old roads, through small towns, etc. And this time I was able to stop and go as I pleased. I was under a bit of a deadline to ge

It is. You just want to not get too far off the beaten path there. Some of those "pulpwood" roads can get you lost real quick.

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On 30 Dec 2019, Will Milberger said the following...

It is. You just want to not get too far off the beaten path there. Some
of those "pulpwood" roads can get you lost real quick.

Oh yeah. Even using Google Maps I've managed to get on some real ugly dirt roads. Not fun in my car.

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Grease wrote --

It is. You just want to not get too far off the beaten path there. Some of

those "pulpwood" roads can get you lost real quick.

That happened to me once in a while, which I considered "unexpected side trips" since I never get lost. :)
There are several reasons I like the old roads over interstates.
You see more of the country, I don't like driving fast, and if you miss
an exit you can just turn around and go back, not travel 20 miles to the next exit and turn around. Those are only a few of the reasons.
As Charles Kuwalt said "with interstates you can travel across the
country and see absolutely nothing" (or words to that effect).
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Richard wrote --

Oh yeah. Even using Google Maps I've managed to get on some real ugly dirt

roads. Not fun in my car.

Don't get me started on using those things.
The rental I drove had GPS and it would send me on very circuitous
routes.
I also quickly learned to never ask anyone under 30 for directions. They can't give directions to the corner without looking at their phones.
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Re: Newton
By: Richard Miles to Will Milberger on Mon Dec 30 2019 09:12 pm

Oh yeah. Even using Google Maps I've managed to get on some real ugly dirt roads. Not fun in my car.

You can hide a body out there and it will never be found. At least until someone decides to cut the pulpwood.

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Re: Newton
By: JOE MACKEY to WILL MILBERGER on Tue Dec 31 2019 05:58 am

As Charles Kuwalt said "with interstates you can travel across the
country and see absolutely nothing" (or words to that effect).

I knew here was a reason I liked the guy. Yep, my family groans when I say, "I know a shortcut". Ususally because it's never a shortcut, just the road less traveled by.

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Joe,

The rental I drove had GPS and it would send me on very circuitous
routes.

Or the cartoon where the GPS says "turn left here", and you go off the
side of the mountain if you do so. :P

I also quickly learned to never ask anyone under 30 for directions. They
can't give directions to the corner without looking at their phones.

I'd call AAA for trip planning if I was driving. But, with Amtrak
doing the driving for my trip in July, I'm not worried about that.

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Grease wrote --

my family groans when I say, "I know a shortcut". Ususally because it's never

a shortcut, just the road less traveled by.

I take short cuts as often as possible.
Sometimes when I travel I'll find a street that goes from point A to
point B without having to go around to Point G.
I enjoy driving along residential streets since while it may be slower
its takes just as long as the long way around.
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Re: Newton
By: JOE MACKEY to WILL MILBERGER on Thu Jan 02 2020 06:11 am

I enjoy driving along residential streets since while it may be slower
its takes just as long as the long way around.

You don't happen to drive a plain, white, non-descript van, do you? Haha, just kidding. No... really?
I try to stay away from residential. Of course, nowdays no kids to run out in front of you. Went to my daughter in laws for Chrismtas. At around 10:30-11:00 am. Not a kid in sight. no footballs, basketballs or bikes.

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Grease wrote --

I try to stay away from residential. Of course, nowdays no kids to run out in

front of you.

True

Went to my daughter in laws for Chrismtas. At around 10:30-11:00
am. Not a kid in sight. no footballs, basketballs or bikes.

They were all inside with their heads down looking at a screen of some sort...
Back in our day sonny, things were different. ==sigh==
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Richard Miles on 12-31-19 06:01 <=-

Oh yeah. Even using Google Maps I've managed to get on some real ugly dirt roads. Not fun in my car.

Don't get me started on using those things.
The rental I drove had GPS and it would send me on very circuitous
routes.

The rental I used in September had a GPS, and just for the jollies, we
turned it on... someone before it had messed with the settings, so when
we were on the Beltway, it kept telling us to get off at the next exit,
so it could route us through Washington DC... We just ignored it and
kept on our planned pathway.... My rider checked it out later, and
turned out that it was programed to avoid ALL limited access roads...
there are some times that one really doesn't want to do the city
streets.... <G>

I also quickly learned to never ask anyone under 30 for directions.
They can't give directions to the corner without looking at their
phones. Joe

Yeah... I found that out on a different trip... I'd thought I'd missed a
turn, but as it turned out, I'd gone barely not quite far enough... but
I'd turned around and went back into the little hamlet I'd started
from... turned into a driveway that had a slim chance of being where I
thought I was going, and a youngish man came out to see who the stranger
was... I told him where I was trying to go, and he wasn't sure where
that was, so pulled out his phone.... At least I got a somewhat map to
picture where I needed to go, and did finally find my destination....
and spent a pleasant afternoon with an old friend... :)

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Quoting Will Milberger to Joe Mackey on 12-31-19 09:19 <=-

As Charles Kuwalt said "with interstates you can travel across the
country and see absolutely nothing" (or words to that effect).

I knew there was a reason I liked the guy. Yep, my family groans when I say, "I know a shortcut". Usually because it's never a shortcut, just
the road less traveled by.

Some of my excursions onto roads less traveled by have found actual
shortcuts, both time and distance... :) Some of them (along a route
used year after year), other family members started using... ;)

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Joe,

They were all inside with their heads down looking at a screen of some
sort...
Back in our day sonny, things were different. ==sigh==

And, those days are long gone. :(

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Nancy wrote --

but as it turned out, I'd gone barely not quite far enough... but
I'd turned around and went back into the little hamlet I'd started
from

One time in the mid '70s I was in DC for a wedding.
It was late at night and I missed my exit so I drove on to the next one.
I was intending to just turn around and back on the beltway.
But, this exit went directly to another road that was four lane with a
wide tree lined median and no way to turn. There was fencing between the trees.
I kept going thinking there had to be somewhere to turn and finally came
to the end of the road, that was at the entrance to the CIA HQ! I just made
a turn around, waving at the armed Marine guard and went back to the
beltway.
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 01-06-20 07:25 <=-

but as it turned out, I'd gone barely not quite far enough... but
I'd turned around and went back into the little hamlet I'd started
from

One time in the mid '70s I was in DC for a wedding.
It was late at night and I missed my exit so I drove on to the next
one. I was intending to just turn around and back on the beltway.
But, this exit went directly to another road that was four lane with
a wide tree lined median and no way to turn. There was fencing between the trees.
I kept going thinking there had to be somewhere to turn and finally
came to the end of the road, that was at the entrance to the CIA HQ! I just made a turn around, waving at the armed Marine guard and went back
to the beltway.

Now that was an interesting adventure... :) How long was that entrance boulevard...?

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