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Re: One of the Mindfest pics
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:00:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > 
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
> > > One of the more interesting events in Massachusetts sign history happend
> > > about 15 to 18 years ago when they decided to reverse all the signs in
> > > Rotaries (For those that don't know what a Rotaries is.  Rotaries are the
> > > same Round-Abouts
> > 
> > Up here in Canada, we quite sensibly call them traffic circles. :)
> 
> I have also heard them called "Massachusetts Death Circles" (MA is the
> only state in the US I am aware of which has a significant number of
> traffic circles, though I think DC has a bunch, and down south there is
> probably one for every other county or so - with county courthouse in
> the center).

Yup, DC does have a bunch.  Most of them are at large intersections, IIRC.  I
don't usually drive in DC (Gotta love the Metro!).  :)

Jeff

P.S.  Actually, my neighborhood has one: the Woodmoor Circle.  It has a really
big pine tree in the center.



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  Re: One of the Mindfest pics
 
(...) I have also heard them called "Massachusetts Death Circles" (MA is the only state in the US I am aware of which has a significant number of traffic circles, though I think DC has a bunch, and down south there is probably one for every other (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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