XPost: alt.forestry, misc.rural   
   From: lithar@hamiltoncomwb.net   
      
   Jim wrote:   
   > Matthew Beasley wrote:   
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   >>Jim wrote:   
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   >>>Ann wrote:   
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   >>>>Jim wrote:   
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   >>>>>Ann wrote:   
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   >>>>>>their car went off I-95 in NC.   
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   >>>>>I heard about this wreck today.   
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   >>>>Since the person who called 9-1-1 gave the next mile marker (141; the car   
   >>>>was eventually found near 140),   
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   >>>see what poor math skills can do.  "dumb southerner   
   >>>can't even read a number correctly."   
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   >>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?   
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   > no.  as a matter of fact, I go to great lengths to   
   > stay off the interstate highways.   
      
      
   On behalf of interstate travellers everywhere, allow me to say,   
   "WHEW!!!, Thank God!"   
      
   AL   
      
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