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Subject:Re: Signs of the Times ( Fryedaye Follies)
From:Mike Miller
Date:Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:02:05 -0800

Darn steep mountains in the east, just not real tall.

But I'm really more. impressed with those new facilities for mixing grates,
must be some powerful hydraulics to do that.

Mike

On 1/25/03 7:11 PM, "Chris S" <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>>> Here in the Pacific NorthWest, we call them "Runaway truck ramps".
> They're
>>> spurs off the hiway, pits actually, with three feet or so of gravel to
> cause
>>> sudden deceleration when a trucker points his rig at it.  (Pardon my
> scoff,
>>> but *ALABAMA* ???? )
>
> Yes, in Alabama.  If you look on the map,  assuming you know where Alabama
> is located, the Blue Ridge and Tennessee Valley in north and north-eastern
> Alabama can be quite challenging to semi-trucks.  It's not Colorado, but
> what is.  Oh, we have intergrated facilities, too.
>
> Chris S.
> '85 Westy
> www.knology.net/~vw/
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
>