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Feb
17
Photos by the numbers: 107
March 22, 2003: North end of IA 107 at the Clear Lake city limits. This used to be where it intersected IA 106. The number, continuously in use since the second half of 1920, was decommissioned in 2003 — except … Continue reading
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Feb
16
They call this “progress”
(Warning: Rant ahead.) I have a seven-year-old, perfectly functional TV and VCR. I have been told I need to install an adapter to continue to get cable TV. After its installation, it is no longer possible to record one station … Continue reading
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Feb
16
Photos by the numbers: 106
May 19, 2004: Old county road sign near Gordonsville, Minnesota. (Same trip as 105.) The road runs one mile from US 65 at the Iowa border north to County Road 1.
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Feb
15
Pronoun trouble
Maybe the Cyclones.com writer copied and pasted from a game story about Royce White, since he’s had a lot of double-doubles too. Chelsea Poppens scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Hallie Christofferson added 14 points as Iowa State … Continue reading
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Feb
15
Texas vacation miscellaneous
Assorted thoughts that didn’t fit in the narrative, plus random pictures. (Photo galleries to come later. Much, much later.) Not even an Austin hotel (using Time Warner Cable) carries the Longhorn Network. Museums that close at 5 remain the most … Continue reading
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Feb
15
Photos by the numbers: 105
May 19, 2004: BGS for I-35’s northernmost exit in Iowa. Former IA 105 was never assimilated into the county road system after its decommissioning. Today, the exit is the site of the Top of Iowa Welcome Center and a casino, … Continue reading
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Feb
14
Big 12 schedules released
The Big East fired West Virginia this morning, clearing up the way for the Big 12 to release schedules we weren’t sure were going to arrive before the end of August. The good news for Iowa State is the lack … Continue reading
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Feb
14
Photos by the numbers: 104
August 2002: US 104 lives, 30 (now 40) years after decommissioning. This is at the east end of the route, and northeast end of US 62, in Niagara Falls NY.
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Feb
13
Photos by the numbers: 103
December 30, 2001: West end of IA 103 at the Avenue of the Saints. IA 27 and 103 were only contemporaries for two years before 103 was decommissioned. This intersection is in a different place now that 218 has been … Continue reading
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Feb
13
A bad omen
Gas went up 14 cents in Iowa last week. The current price for super unleaded is between 40 and 50 cents higher than it was in February 2008 and 2011, $1.30 above 2007, and nearly double that of 2009. Since … Continue reading
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