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Skriven 2013-10-28 16:39:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> river, where Lake St. itself is not quite on the bank.
 ML> I had to look this up.
 NB> And Water St on the other side of the river, I think...  Little
 NB> streets going down to the river... ;)

Water Street though not being very informative.

 ML> Up here that's mostly in the 'burbs, where one street
 ML> is called Woburn St. (say) when in Winchester but
 ML> Winchester St. when it's in Woburn. This makes sense
 ML> in a horse-drawn way. 
 NB> It's the street TO...

Yes, but not always. Milton St. in Milton is in Milton.
Milton St. in Boston does not go to Milton; the possible
explanation is that perhaps it once did, but that doesn't
explain why West Milton St. in Boston is east of Milton St.
in Boston. Milton St. in Cambridge never went to Milton
nor near it.

 ML> consistently inconsistent.
 NB> That's pretty standard, at least here in the east...  :)

I expect inconsistently inconsistent so as not to be
unpleasantly surprised. I usually get it.

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 NB> I suppose it might make a difference how one was measuring size, and
 NB> thereby relative size...

Well, I was thinking liquid capacity.

 NB> that a millionth the size is a bit chincy... ;)

Maybe; I did some poking around.

Lake Ontario has 393.5 cu miles of water (not 393.5
miles cubed, which is something altogether else, which
is what I assumed earlier).

The Genesee River is 157 mi long; if it were a mile wide
and a mile deep throughout it would have 40% as much water
as Lake Ontario.

dec.ny.gov claims that it averages 100 ft wide (I am guessing
this means the navigable northern reaches, but let's give the
benefit of the doubt) but is "relatively shallow ... making
boating difficult."

So if it's a mile deep, that would make it 1/125. If it's
10 ft deep, generous considering the navigability evidence,
it would be 1/66000. So a millionth might be chintzy, but
a thousandth would still be enormously generous.

I am surprised there's no easy lookup for the volume of rivers.

 NB> No, because it was the main drag down to the Lake, so it was called
 NB> Lake Avenue... Once upon a time there was a trolley line down the
 NB> middle of the road to take Rochesterians down (or up) to the Lake... 

More's the pity that there isn't one now. What fun that would be,
to ride the trolley down to the big water.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Lemon Bars Deluxe
 Categories: Cookies, Cyberealm, Mom's best
      Yield: 8 servings

      2 c  Flour
    1/2 c  Confectioners sugar
      1 c  Butter
      4    Eggs
      2 c  Sugar
    1/3 c  Lemon juice
    1/4 c  Flour
      2 ts Baking powder

  Mix the 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, and 1 cup butter
  together. Cut into and press into 13 x 9 x 3 pan, and bake at 350 F
  for 20-25 minutes.

  Add other ingredients together, and pour over the crust. Bake at 350F
  for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar after the cookies
  have cooled.

  (Very rich, but wonderful!!)

  From:  Paula Schmidt, Rochester, NY 1971

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