XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: jimled@bellsouth.net   
      
   Matthew Beasley wrote:   
      
   > Jim wrote:   
   > > Ann wrote:   
   > >> Jim wrote:   
   > >> > Ann wrote:   
   > > <...>   
   > >> >> their car went off I-95 in NC.   
   [....]   
   > >> >   
   > >> > I heard about this wreck today.   
   [....]   
   > >>   
   > >> Since the person who called 9-1-1 gave the next mile marker (141; the car   
   > >> was eventually found near 140),   
   > >   
   > > see what poor math skills can do.  "dumb southerner   
   > > can't even read a number correctly."   
   > >   
   >   
   > Emergency workers know to look BEFORE the reported mile marker also because   
   > so many people report the next mile marker they see.  Do you mentally note   
   > every mile marker so that at any time you can report the correct one?   
      
   no.  as a matter of fact, I go to great lengths to   
   stay off the interstate highways.   
      
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