Date:         Tue, 24 Apr 2001 06:06:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Innes <linnes@innu.ca>
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From:         Larry Innes <linnes@innu.ca>
Subject:      Re: sharing my pain
Comments: To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@rcn.com>
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At 9:29 PM -0400 4/23/01, Derek Drew is rumored to have typed:

>
>I drove this road in about 1987 in a 72 bus. The road vibrated the
>car so much the bolts holding the accelerator cable on vibrated
>loose and fell out, and I had full acceleration all the time the key
>was on and the engine was running. I regulated the engine speed by
>the brakes only until I got to Labrador City and could diagnose what
>the problem was.

That must have been exciting!! Esp. in the s-turns around the
railroad tracks before Fermont!

>
>Don't turn left and drive 100 miles north from Churchill Falls by
>mistake the way I did. The trees kept getting shorter and finally I
>figured out I was driving north by mistake.

Yeah, great road, eh? They've done a bit of work on it since 87, so
it isn't quite the goat track you remember, but it has still gotta be
the worst bit of gravel this side of I don't know where.

My brother and sister-in-law drove their 82 diesel up to visit me
there a few years ago (on a round the continent tour that was
supposed to take them to Terra del Fuego) and, on reflection and with
careful comparisons to the best that Central America could offer,
decided that the Trans-Labrador Highway was the worse road in the
Americas.

Last summer, the road chewed both of my CV boots into shreds and
killed 2 ball joints. This time, I've got spares...

--
Larry Innes
Student, Faculty of Law
University of Victoria