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Date:         Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:33:42 -0800 (PST)
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From:         Scott Beckstead <sbeckst@dpc.com>
Subject:      Re: Which is the outside lane?

On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Neil Wigley wrote:

> I'm serious. Given a four-lane freeway, or blvd, the fast lanes are the two > in the middle. The slow lanes are the ones nearest the border of the > highway. > > Which are the inside lanes? > > I just had a conversation in the elevator, all of us born in N Amer (3 > Yanks, 2 Canucks), and the vote was 3-2 that the outside lane is the fast > lane! > > Two of the voters were born and raised here in Windsor and they disagreed. > > So here's a Friday question: > > Which is the outside lane? The fast one? The slow one? > > Neil > who's terribly perplexed and probably won't sleep tonight > > Neil Wigley > U of Windsor > Windsor Ontario > South of the border, down Canada way > > > The number 1 lane is the fast one. Lanes are numbered from the median out toward the outside lane! Scott

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A nation that trades liberty for security deserves neither!. Ben Franklin

sbeckst@dpc.com <Scott Beckstead>


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