-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-28-19  06:46 <=-

 >  JM> Palm trees aren't really native to CA, at least around LA.
 >  JM> They are more of a desert plant.
 > True... so that sounds more like NM and AZ....

 JM> Well, south Texas isn't exactly Vermont!  

True.... 
 
 >  JM> I was on state route 59, which merged along with several other
 >  JM> highways on the beltway or whatever.
 >  JM> Texas is really good with signage and painted in the centre of the
 >  JM> lane was whatever route it was.  Just stay in that lane, unless you're
 >  JM> like me and manage to get into a line of traffic going elsewhere... 
 > Should have just stayed in the lane, then
 JM> It was one of those deals where the lane veers off to the left of a
 JM> sudden and I was in the right centre lane in a flow of traffic and by
 JM> the time I saw the sign it was too late.

Ah, that's a different story... Gotta keep one's wits honed sharp for
that sort of driving.... and the eyes constantly moving.... 

 JM> Driving on a freeway in Houston was like driving in spaghetti the
 JM> way the roads go this way, that way, up, down, over, around and back. 
 JM> All at 75 mph.
 JM> I prefer going along around 50.  

I'd probably have compromised at about 60, 65... unless it was actually
posted for 75.... then it might have been 70.... 

 >  JM> It was from a nail I picked up at the border.  Texas has a lot of
 >  JM> unpaved side roads and I had parked under a tree on one.
 > Now you know.... 

 JM> With all my problems when parked under a tree, I think from now I
 JM> won't park under them any longer. 

Certainly can't blame you on that one...  

ttyl      neb

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