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During my last visit driving in Chicago i thought he'd already done that to
all the freeways there Patrick student SP aircraft structural mech "Ben Hallert" wrote in message oups.com... Oblig: Breaking news, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley plans to carve giant "X's" into the I-35 Freeway at midnight tonight. Ben Hallert PP-ASEL |
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"Ben Hallert" wrote in news:1130446604.902097.250800
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Oblig: Breaking news, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley plans to carve giant "X's" into the I-35 Freeway at midnight tonight. Ben Hallert PP-ASEL Good one!!!! But according to the news article in the link, it was 'Chisago'. Is the mayor of Chisago also named Daley? I know, I'm picking on spelling. But it was done more than once. I'm beginning to wonder if many of the stories posted on news sites aren't scanned from print and the OCR software screws up, and of course, no one proofreads the article. I see such silly stupid mispellings every day. Another piece of evidence for scanning is I see a lot of double quotes " turned into two single quotes ''. BTW, that's was one cool and collected student pilot. Cudos to him! Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? Supernews sucks - blocking google, usenet.com & newsfeeds.com posts |
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"Skywise" wrote in message
... But according to the news article in the link, it was 'Chisago'. Is the mayor of Chisago also named Daley? I know, I'm picking on spelling. But it was done more than once. I'm beginning to wonder if many of the stories posted on news sites aren't scanned from print and the OCR software screws up, and of course, no one proofreads the article. No, they spelled it correctly. They're talking about Chisago, not Chicago. Chicago would be quite a distance from which to send tow trucks to Rush City, Minnesota. ("The plane, which had experienced an engine failure, was towed to the Rush City Airport by Chisago County Sheriff's deputies.") http://www.co.chisago.mn.us/ --Gary |
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Skywise wrote:
"Ben Hallert" wrote in news:1130446604.902097.250800 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Oblig: Breaking news, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley plans to carve giant "X's" into the I-35 Freeway at midnight tonight. Ben Hallert PP-ASEL Good one!!!! But according to the news article in the link, it was 'Chisago'. Is the mayor of Chisago also named Daley? There is no spelling error - the incident happened in Chisago county, Minnesota. There is also a town of Chisago in Minnesota. Note that if you follow I-35 south from Duluth you don't get anywhere near Chicago Illinois. |
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:56:14 GMT, John Theune
wrote: sfb wrote: Except the center between the roadways is where the drainage stuff lives. Except what the standard said was "At least two Lanes in each direction" to be a interstate. So the median where the drainage ditch runs would be to the left of Shoulder # 1 or Right of Shoulder #2 depending on your orientation. I would guess when Nathan said landing on the center he meant between the 2 lanes not in the median. Exactly. One caveat to all of this: Since most interstates exhibit asymetric shoulder widths - it would be tough to judge the actual center of the pavement. You can't just land in the center of the two traffic lanes. -Nathan |
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As an FYI, I did a quick search on interstate width requirements and
found the following document... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interst...hway_standards So a two-lane interstate like I-80 in rural areas would be: 12 ft (lane #1) 12 ft (lane #2) 10 ft (shoulder #1) 4 ft (shoulder #2) -------------------------------- 38ft So it would be possible to put a light single down on in the center and not even hit a mile marker or reflector post on the sides... And if you fly a high wing airplane, you don't even need that much width! ;_) |
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One caveat to all of this: Since most interstates exhibit asymetric
shoulder widths - it would be tough to judge the actual center of the pavement. You can't just land in the center of the two traffic lanes. While true, it's not a big deal (IMHO, who has never landed on an interstate). The difference in shoulder width is just a few feet (I have driven them), and half that is all you need to stay left of the center. Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Morgans wrote:
I know what most people think. They are all out to get me! (twitch - twitch) Calm yourself, Jim. There are some pretty competent people in this menagerie. If we were all out to get you, ........ George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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Skywise wrote:
Good one!!!! But according to the news article in the link, it was 'Chisago'. http://www.ci.chisago.mn.us/ George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in news:9cWdndJdrrvJ1fzeRVn-
: "Skywise" wrote in message ... But according to the news article in the link, it was 'Chisago'. Is the mayor of Chisago also named Daley? I know, I'm picking on spelling. But it was done more than once. I'm beginning to wonder if many of the stories posted on news sites aren't scanned from print and the OCR software screws up, and of course, no one proofreads the article. No, they spelled it correctly. They're talking about Chisago, not Chicago. Snipola Thanks for the info, guys. And here I thought I was good in geography! Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? Supernews sucks - blocking google, usenet.com & newsfeeds.com posts |
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