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kladner 2015-01-09 06:03

[QUOTE=MattcAnderson;392029]A fact about a long highway.

Regards,
Matt[/QUOTE]

The Ultimate Ring Road! Eat your hearts out, Houston and LA. :smile:

Uncwilly 2015-01-09 06:54

[QUOTE=kladner;392032]The Ultimate Ring Road! Eat your hearts out, Houston and LA. :smile:[/QUOTE]
Los Angeles does not have "ring road".:razz:

kladner 2015-01-10 18:46

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;392035]Los Angeles does not have "ring road".:razz:[/QUOTE]

Guess not. Needs land on all sides for those.

xilman 2015-01-10 19:20

[QUOTE=kladner;392150]Guess not. Needs land on all sides for those.[/QUOTE]Or at least one bridge or tunnel. London is an example of a sea port with a ring road --- the M25.

(Except that the portion which goes over and under the Thames estuary isn't technically part of the M25, to allow the crossing to be use by traffic which is prohibited on motorways.)

retina 2015-01-10 19:38

[QUOTE=xilman;392153](Except that the portion which goes over and under the Thames estuary isn't technically part of the M25, to allow the crossing to be use by traffic which is prohibited on motorways.)[/QUOTE]Examples of traffic prohibited on motorways?

:ernst::piggie::cat::pancakebunny::newcat::snake1::spot::flyingpig::deadhorse::batalov::shark::wblipp::laurv::grenade::nuke::alien:

[size=1]Why there no bike smilie? I am disappoint.[/size]

xilman 2015-01-10 21:25

[QUOTE=retina;392154]Examples of traffic prohibited on motorways?

:ernst::piggie::cat::pancakebunny::newcat::snake1::spot::flyingpig::deadhorse::batalov::shark::wblipp::laurv::grenade::nuke::alien:

[size=1]Why there no bike smilie? I am disappoint.[/size][/QUOTE]Cyclists, pedestrians, motorcycles with engines < 50cc, learner drivers without full driving licenses and horse riders are the ones which come to mind immediately. There are doubtless others.

Xyzzy 2015-01-13 17:52

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_%28programming_language%29"]This[/URL] + [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics"]this[/URL] + [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheez_Whiz"]this[/URL] = [URL="http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/beachbot-draws-lines-dogs-turtles-in-the-sand-150113.htm"]this[/URL]?

:busted:

only_human 2015-01-15 03:04

[URL="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/nearly-40-year-old-alligator-found-living-at-van-nuys-home/"]8-Foot Alligator Found Living At Van Nuys Home[/URL]
[QUOTE]Animal services officials asked that residents who have lost small pets at any time over the past 40 years to contact Commander Mark Salazar[/QUOTE]

only_human 2015-01-16 17:31

[QUOTE=NBtarheel_33;389161]In recent years, the answer I have gotten is that everyone is so busy/moving so fast/etc. that these kinds of errors simply don't get noticed.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30835848"]'In dog we trust' motto on Florida police rug[/URL] (bbc.co.uk)
[QUOTE]Police in America have removed a rug from their office that read "In dog we trust".

The official motto of the United States is "In God we trust" - so someone got their spelling mixed up!

It's also the motto for the state of Florida, where the rug lay at the entrance to a sheriff's office for two months before the mistake was noticed.[/QUOTE]
Hat tip to Chris Foxx's retweet @thisisFoxx on Twitter.

davar55 2015-01-16 17:59

[QUOTE=only_human;392585][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30835848"]'In dog we trust' motto on Florida police rug[/URL] (bbc.co.uk)

Hat tip to Chris Foxx's retweet @thisisFoxx on Twitter.[/QUOTE]

IN DOG WE TRUST is the motto of untied dyslexics.

Xyzzy 2015-01-16 19:18

[url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/15/377589757/boy-says-he-didn-t-go-to-heaven-publisher-says-it-will-pull-book[/url]


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