[tcb] Re: [tcb]
- From: Steve Chamberlain <steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 06:45:40 -0500
Sammie, I think what Jeff is saying is "Welcome to Austin....now get the
hell out!"
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:22 PM, atx_bus <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I understand there is frustration for folks driving through. However, the
> locals know the shortcuts. Unless it rains, then all bets are off. It
> hardly ever rains these days so traffic is pretty good. Just need to know
> your way to avoid the masses. Traffic is of course getting worse but
> compared to the other big cities I have lived in, Austin is more
> manageable.
>
> Traveling through Austin? If so, most of your gridlock isn't Austin
> people.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 31, 2013, at 10:04 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Well, let's see; I 35 through Austin, 290 out by the airport, and that
> thing that they call the MO-PAC. And mo-pac is correct, there is a lot of
> mo-pac, but not sure they could pac anymore cars on that thing. Last time
> I went down the mo-pac it took about 1 1/2 hours to go from the start on
> the north side to the end on the south side, a total of what, about 5 miles
> or so. Last time (coming back from the Classic) it took 1 1/2 hours to go
> from the airport to Bastrop (about 20 miles) stop and go the entire way.
> We used to (late 50s) drive our sports cars out the 2222 from town all the
> way to the lake as fast as we felt safe and never saw a house and very few
> other cars. Austin traffic now is as bad as southern CA around LA. A
> friend of mine is a Texas DOT engineer and told me a couple of years ago
> that Austin had the highest traffic count on their freeways of any city in
> Texas. I love Austin, just as I love southern CA; just one problem now:
> There are too many )(&(%^&#$$^#@ people living there.
>
> --- On *Fri, 5/31/13, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: [tcb]
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013, 9:04 PM
>
> Where you been driving Sammie?
> Not where I live.
>
> On May 31, 2013, at 4:55 PM, sammie smith
> <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc1811.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
>
> Yep, and 90% of the population is all out on the streets and freeways
> when I try to drive in that friggin town.
>
> --- On *Fri, 5/31/13,
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> >* wrote:
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> Subject: [tcb]
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> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013, 2:39 PM
>
> I just heard Austin is now the 11th largest city in the country. IN THE
> FRIGGIN COUNTRY!
>
>
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