Bob Spidell wrote:
> I hit 100mph+--if my speedometer is to be believed--in my BJ8 with a
> full load (passenger, luggage, etc.) on a deserted stretch of Nevada
> highway (aren't they all deserted?).
>
> Nothing else to do out there.
>
Back in 1984 I worked as a summer intern at the IBM San Jose research
labs. I drove
out there in my TR6, drove back early fall. No digital cameras or
phones back then, and
I was out of film or I would have taken a picture of this old sign. It
was on a piece of
road just south of US 50. The sign basically said something like the
next stretch of road
is flat and straight. There is a marker at 0 miles, a marker at 5 miles
and a marker at 10
miles - if you do something stupid it isn't our fault.
I had a trunk full of California wine. I didn't want to spill any, so I
kept it under 100.
mjb.
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