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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Dec
18
License plate countdown: YXF
Following the pattern, there may have been no YU’s or YV’s, although the YW’s have to be out there somewhere. The Z’s are just around the corner.
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Dec
18
Photos by the numbers: 46
June 26, 2006: Pickstown, South Dakota. West end of SD 46, the road that IA 10 becomes as it crosses the state line. Hometown of Tom Brokaw and location of the Fort Randall Dam.
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Dec
17
Photos by the numbers: 45
June 29, 2003: North end of IA 45, two days before its demise along with dozens of other short state routes in the Second Great Decommissioning.
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Dec
16
Photos by the numbers: 44
August 1, 2002: Providence, Rhode Island, and the state capitol. My first, last, and only time in the state. (See the 2:23 mark of this video, “Welcome to Rhode Island! Thanks for visiting Rhode Island!”) This is one of the … Continue reading
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Dec
15
Updated post office information
The stays of execution are, in all likelihood, temporary. But it’s something. In Kilduff, for example, doomsday was going to be in November, until it was moved to January, and now May. Same for Fostoria and Rembrandt. Unfortunately, the USPS … Continue reading
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Dec
15
Photos by the numbers: 43
May 13, 2010: Beloit, Wisconsin, at the south end of I-43, less than a mile from the Illinois state line. Straight ahead is a cloverleaf and the beginning of I-43. This is all one big sign panel.
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Dec
14
Some post office closures delayed
AP/Iowa City Press-Citizen report. This may only apply to a certain subset of the post offices on The List and the four processing centers (Carroll, Cedar Rapids, Creston, and Waterloo). It’s already too late for some; the ICPC reports that … Continue reading
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Dec
14
Photos by the numbers: 42
July 1, 2007: North end of US 42 in downtown Cleveland. Also the former north end of US 21 and, thus, former location of the US 20/21 junction.
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Dec
13
Mmm…mail-order ham
The Washington Post: It’s no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn’t electrify broadcast journalism with her debut Monday night on NBC’s “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” because she has no experience in broadcast journalism. She didn’t cut her teeth with … Continue reading
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Dec
13
Photos by the numbers: 41
June 3, 2009: Sarasota, Florida, at the south end of US 301. This is near my southernmost traveled point in the United States.
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