[Magdalen] Marching through Georgia

[Jay Weigel]

The late Pascual Perez, a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and a native of
the Dominican Republic, got his nickname of "I-285" by getting stuck on the
beltway that surrounds Atlanta and being 3 hours late to the ballpark when
he first came up with the team. He was quite a flamboyant character anyway
and that only added to his legend.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > Atlanta, besides being the city with the fastest average freeway
> driving,
> > is home to the Coca-Cola Company.
>
> Phoenix seemed like a very fast-driving city when I arrived there in
> the early 1980s, helping someone move by driving her car full of most
> of her belongings while she started her new job in Phoenix.
>
> Maybe it was the contrast between the interstate over the Continental
> Divide, or more likely slower driving through northern Arizona, but
> when I reached the Valley of the Sun, it seemed everyone hit the gas
> pedal and you'd better do likewise and know where you're headed.
>
> Suburbanites here in Chicagoland love to kvetch about "those crazy
> Chicago drivers," but I find the driving here is mostly orderly and
> predictable. Very little of the habitual tailgating and
> left-lane-hogging I grew up with in Michigan. Bicyclists here in
> Chicago, on the other hand, are another story. I'm glad I've only
> contemplated and never acted on an impulse to put a foot to the frame
> of a red-light-running biker's bike when they've just about run me
> down.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>