[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

[Jim Kinney]

+1

The Alamo was far smaller than I imagined.

The river walk is quite nice. For all the Texas bragging about "bigger",
that's a big creek they call a river :-)
On Aug 15, 2014 9:03 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:

> The River Walk is kind of charming although "River" would lead you to
> think it was going to be wider than your average creek.   I was
> underwhelmed by the Alamo though I'll never forget it...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James
> Sumners
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:49 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate
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> So you're saying not to visit San Antonio...
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:15 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> > The universe averages out - in San Antonio they drive 45mph on their
> loop.
> >
> > On 08/15/2014 08:00 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > > It's crazy. There you have speed limit sign saying 55 Mph and above
> > > it light board informing you that the speed in both directions are 55+
> ...
> > > There is no limits only the speed of the light :)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I recall driving up to my folks home the first time, and getting a
> > little
> > >> nervous driving 55 in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 285
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Remember- those red white and blue signs are suggested speeds!
> > >>>
> > >>> The spur off I85 is terrifying!
> > >>> On Aug 14, 2014 8:17 PM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <kilpatms at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> This graf is from an article on trying to be a "hypermiler" in a
> > >>>> Honda Insight -- in Atlanta:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "The speed thing was especially a problem for us, because we
> > >>>> conducted this test in Atlanta, where the speed limit is 55 miles
> > >>>> per hour – a number we decided to stay close to for efficiency
> purposes.
> > >>> Unfortunately,
> > >>>> no one in Atlanta goes 55 miles per hour. Little old ladies don't
> > >>>> go
> > >> 55.
> > >>>> Church vans don't go 55. Even an illegal immigrant driving a
> > >>>> stolen
> > car
> > >>>> with a trunk full of cocaine and human body parts would be pushing
> 70.
> > >>>> And no one would give him a second look."
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-went-hypermiling-in-a-
> > >>>> honda-1621059406
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