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  1. On numbered roads, whether expressed in numbers or written out, the speed limit will be that road’s number. I live close to 1st Ave where the “limit” would therefore be 1 MPH. Not a speedy choice.
  2. On named roads, the normal posted limit would continue to be the speed limit.
  3. Choose a starting and ending point, say your home to work, or to your favorite CostCo or Sams.
  4. Find the route that gets you there the quickest.

In Phoenix where N-S roads are mostly numbered, the farther out from Central (the center “zero” line), the faster you could go when traveling North or South. But since most E-W streets are named, you’d be stuck with the posted speed limit on those roads.

Android Tablet
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November 20, 2012

I’m shifting to an Android tablet, the Insignia Flex (NS-13T001) from Best Buy for $249 and tax. They hit the stores this past Saturday and I grabbed mine shortly after they opened on Monday.

Lunch is $9.95. Impeccable.

Hunkering Down
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November 18, 2012

I’m home after two weeks out. I’ll be letting my mettle, and my metal, rest today.

Question
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November 17, 2012

With the demise of Hostess, will all the Twinkies leave America?

Word of the Day
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November 16, 2012

Retroproctologist

(I don’t want to know.)

Interesting Omission
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November 15, 2012

Provided with equipment, space and operating expenses by the National Security Agency (NSA), the museum is immediately next to NSA’s headquarters in Ft Meade Maryland. It contains many very nice examples of systems, starting with completely manual systems and progressing through mechanical, electromechanical and then some very heavy duty computer-based systems, both for the transfer of secret messages, and also for breaking open those secret communications.

USNA, Annapolis MD
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November 12, 2012

This is the Chapel at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland.

Old School
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November 11, 2012

So Tony Brong, seen here calling the line, said we would continue “old school” - he would call the “Fire!” and “Cease Fire!” on static targets.

CMP now has a walk-in store at Camp Perry - and it is open today. Can’t pass up an opportunity like that!

History

EDSkinner.net began in 2023. Fiction and non-fiction publications are included as well as (blog) posts and supplemental materials from flat5.net (2004-present).

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