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Skriven 2013-06-30 21:39:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 NB> I'd guess at least that the new standards are more strict.  The ends
 NB> of interstates often are at grade, with a traffic light.

Well, the end is the end. That seems to be the case with
I-291 in Springfield, where the terminus at I-90 is thus
vexed. This apparently doesn't violate the letter of the
rule, as one can get to 291 without the traffic light and
the left turn through traffic by going via 91, which adds
at least 10 extra miles.

 And any
 NB> intersections that are at grade for interstates (not merely multi-lane
 NB> limited access roads) are undoubtedly the exception, not the rule.

Indeed: but nonetheless they exist.

 ML> I remember at-grade train crossings as well
 NB> That may well be changed by now.  I've not encountered anything like
 NB> that... although admittedly, most of my experience has been east
 NB> coast... 

According to Internet wisdom, they fixed this train crossing
quite some time ago. I don't have the time or energy or
imagination to find out if there are still any.

 NB> I'm not at all surprised.  They probably did at one time.  NY's route
 NB> 3, totally unrelated to MD's, has been modernized (and somewhat
 NB> rerouted) a number of times... one can still follow bits of old route
 NB> 3... and see other bits from time to time, just some old concrete in
 NB> front of some old house or farm.  :)

The oddity is that these tiny slices of MD 3 are still on
the books as state highways (and thus presumably under the
responsibility of the state highway department).
 
 ML> Boy, we can go from food geeks to road geeks in the
 ML> twinkling of an eye.
 NB> We're just such well-rounded people...  ;)

I've gained 3 or 4 lb these last two weeks. I like my own
cooking.

 ML> Title: Twinkie Pie
 NB> And I heard on the news that Twinkies are coming back into production,
 NB> this fall, I think they said... ;)

I think I heard this, too.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Flowerpots (baked Alaska) Helen Corbitt - Texas Highways Mag
 Categories: Desserts
      Yield: 8 servings

      1    Small Yellow Cake layer             1    Meringue
      1 pt Ice Cream or Sherbet                3    Egg Whites
      8    Clay Flower Pots                    6 tb Sugar
      8    Large Soda Straws                 1/2 ts Vanilla

  +-------------------------------MERINGUE------------------------------
  NOTE:  Flower pots should be 2 1/2 in. high by 3 in. Diameter.
    Sterilize flower pots by boiling.  Dry pots.  Place a piece of plain
  yellow cake in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole in the bottom. Add
  ice cream or sherbet to pots until three-quarters full.  In the middle of
  each pot, force a large ice cream soda straw and cut off even with top of
  the pot.  Pile meringue around the inside of the pot, leaving s over the
  soda straw open.  Bake at 400 degrees until the meringue turn brown, (about
  5 minutes). Insert fresh flowers in the soda straw. For a holiday look, use
  holly and red roses or carnations. For the Meringue: Beat the egg whites
  until foamy before slowly adding the sugar, beat well after each addition.
  Beat until shiny and stiff, but not dry. Fold in vanilla. Each flowerpot
  requires about a third of a cup of meringue Each serving, (vanilla ice
  cream was used for analysis) contains 262 calories, 5 grams protein, 9
  grams fat, 42 grams carbohydrate, 158 mg sodium and 38 mg cholesterol. This
  recipe used to be prepared at the Hotel Driskill in Austin, Tx, b Ms.
  Corbitt.  According to Texas Highways Magazine, Dec 90, it is now served by
  the hotel only at Banquets.  Ms. Corbitt passed away in 1978 but her
  cookbook, Helen Corbitt's Cookbook is still enjoyed.

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