[amc] Re: Fwd: This is austin--too funny!
- From: rdkoehn <rdkoehn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 20:43:24 -0600
This is great!!!!!!--so true!!!
Are you enjoying the "deep freeze"?
--Bob
judith clark wrote:
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> Subject: This is austin--too funny!
> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:38:34 -0600
> From: "Melissa L. Olive" <molive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Aaron Rochlen" <aaron.rochlen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Alissa Sherry" <alissa.sherry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Ben Smith" <ben.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Brian Cohen" <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Connie Brownson" <connie.brownson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Dan Funk" <danfunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Dan Robinson" <dan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Dawn Dokken" <swtdokken@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Denise and Scott Thomas" <Scottred65@xxxxxxx>,
> "Gaby Snyder" <gabriellesny@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Jeannie Wanzek" <JWanzek@xxxxxxx>,
> "Jeff Sigafoos" <j.sigafoos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Jenifer Shaw" <jshaw92397@xxxxxx>,
> "Jude Smithey" <judeclark@xxxxxxxxx>,
> "Linda Krull" <Linda.Krull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Mandy Jenkins" <mandyjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Matt Campbell" <mc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Melba Bunch" <MBUNCH@xxxxxxxxx>,
> "Richard Viktorin" <rv@xxxxxxx>,
> "Ronnie Schleiss" <dschleiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Sandy Hansmann" <shansmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Tasha Beretvas" <tasha.beretvas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Vanessa Green" <vgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Rules For Living in Austin:
>
> 1. First, it's pronounced AWS-TUN. It doesn't matter how they say it in
> other places.
>
> 2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Austin has it's own
> set of traffic rules. There's no book about them. All you can do is get
> in your car and hope you survive to learn them.
>
> 3. All directions start with " Go down Mopac...'cause you don't want to
> get on 35."
>
> 4. Burnet, Braker, and Lamar have no beginning and no end.
>
> 5. It's impossible to go around a block and wind up on the same street
> that you started on. The Chamber of Commerce calls this a "scenic drive"
>
> 6. The 8:00 am rush hour is from 6:30am to 9:30am. The 5:00pm rush hour
> is from 3:30pm to 7:15pm. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning.
>
> 7. If you actually stop at a yellow light, then you cannot be from
> Austin. You may only apply your brakes when the end of a yellow light
> and the beginning of the red light create a "burnt-orange" hue
>
> 8. If you like being an individual, don't even think of working for
> Dell. You'll be branded like a cattle and made to walk all over town
> with your "Dell tag" around your neck or clipped on to your belt loop.
> 98% of the people within a 200 mile radius work for Dell. When someone
> says "Michael
> Dell", Dell employees are trained to face Round Rock, hit their knees,
> put their face to the ground, weep, and rock back and forth.
>
> 9. Just remember that Mopac IS Loop 1, Capital of Texas Hwy IS 360, and
> 183 IS Research, Anderson, Ed Bluestein, Old Bastrop Hwy. 2222 IS
> Northland or Allendale or Koenig. Don't try to figure it out. Just
> accept it. If you question the intelligence behind this naming
> convention, people will
> simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you.
>
> 10. If moisture is determined to be rain, not sweat, all traffic must
> immediately cease. Ditto for daylight savings time, girl applying
> eye-shadow across the street, or a flat tire 3 lanes over. Do not
> attempt to access any road after an apocalyptic event like snow or South
> X Southwest.
>
> 11. Construction on I-35 is a way of life, and a permanent form of
> Entertainment. Get used to it!
>
> 12. Keep in mind that the sloppily dressed "hippie" in sandals and
> earrings is probably the latest IPO millionaire around here.
>
> 13. Stay away from the Congress bridge at sundown if you do not like the
> thought of being in an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
>
> 14. And, yes, we all know that's a man in a teddy and a tiara on
> Congress. It's Leslie, and he probably makes more money than you do.
>
> Melissa L. Olive, Ph.D., BCBA
> Early Childhood Special Education
> The University of Texas at Austin
> Dept. of Special Education
> 1 University Station D5300
> Austin, TX 78712
> PHONE (512) 475-6585
> FAX (512) 232-5686
> www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/sped/people/personal%20pages/olive.htm
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