oh good grief, we are all suffering from holiday season autocross
withdrawal. is it almost the 16th???
please, im trying to read my new Jegs catalog! :) now what size MAF should
i get?
-james c
"True Street Autocross Series"
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael R. Clements <mrclem@telocity.com>
To: Michael R. Clements <mrclem@telocity.com>; Darren Madams
<darren@madams.com>; <Sethracer@aol.com>
Cc: <kkelly@spss.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: Accents
> Ah, Google is soooooo awesome.
>
> Highway 880 was named in honor of Admiral Nimitz by Senate Concurrent
> Resolution 23, Chapter 84 in 1958.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael R. Clements [mailto:mrclem@telocity.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 14:45
> To: Darren Madams; Sethracer@aol.com
> Cc: kkelly@spss.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Accents
>
>
> I always thought 880 was called the Nimitz for the same reason the Navy
has
> named an aircraft carrier the Nimitz, and also the Nimitz museum. It's in
> honor of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, who served with distinction
> and helped lead the USA to victory in both World Wars.
>
> But why anyone would name a freeway after a distinguished Naval commander,
I
> do not know.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Darren Madams
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 14:24
> To: Sethracer@aol.com
> Cc: kkelly@spss.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Accents
>
>
> Probably the same reason that up in Sacramento, where half the freeways
> are called some form of 80 and travel in all directions.
>
> It's so confusing that pretty much everyone calls one of the 80s "The
> Capital City Freeway" which nearly everyone appreviates "Cap City
> Freeway" and I've even heard "The Cap" a few times on traffic reports.
> The morning news even abbreviates it "CCF", not to be confused with GGF!
>
> A better question, is why is 280 labelled North/South when the majority
> of it's use is East/West? And why the hell is 880 called "The Nimitz"?
>
> --Darren
>
> p.s. English accents are still pretty geographic. My mom (who only has
> started adjusting her strong English accent in the last few years) can
> generally pinpoint the county, if not the city of true English people.
> As travel and migration have picked up, they've all muddled, but in the
> smaller lower-class communties accents are so strong they're even their
> own language (Cornish for example, which my Grandfather speaks and I
> attempted to learn a few years ago).
>
> You wrote:
> > Katie writes:
> > I find accents really fascinating, and all of them possess their own
> charm. I wish people would stop moving so much, so there could be some
> consistency.
> >
> >
> > Okay. Why do Southern California call their freeways "THE 405" and "THE
> 605", etc.? I don't take "THE 280" up to San Francisco, or "THE 101" to
> Gilroy. I take Highway 280 or 101. My daughters used to laugh at the
> southerner's naming convention. Both live there right now and use the same
> terms. ARRRGH! -Seth
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