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 ML> Water Street though not being very informative.
 NB> No, but one runs out of informative names faster than one runs out of
 NB> little streets to be named... ;)

That's why you name things after your kids!

In Salem MA, Valley Way runs along the ridgetop.

 ML> in Boston. Milton St. in Cambridge never went to Milton
 ML> nor near it.
 NB> In Cambridge it's probably named for the poet...

Though there are Longfellow things, cultural figures in
Cambridge take back seat to 19th century captains of industry
and commerce. The city government has a list of streets for
which the name origins are known; neither Milton nor Russell
(see below) is on it.

   :)   And I probably
 NB> should have said above that it's TO or FROM, generally... except for
 NB> when it's not..  (G)  Up in the North Country, I think county road 24
 NB> is called Russell Turnpike for its whole length, including through the
 NB> town and village of Russell...  Probably depends on who named it, when,
 NB> and what they thought their reasoning was...  :)

Interestingly, the street next to Milton St. in Cambridge
is Russell St.

 ML> So if it's a mile deep, that would make it 1/125. If it's
 ML> 10 ft deep, generous considering the navigability evidence,
 ML> it would be 1/66000. So a millionth might be chintzy, but
 ML> a thousandth would still be enormously generous.
 NB> Part of what makes the river not too navigable is that it has a number
 NB> of falls along the way... great for setting up grist and flour mills,
 NB> not so great for getting places without regular portages..  :)
 
Falls don't usually happen where the water is deep, though.

 ML> I am surprised there's no easy lookup for the volume of rivers.
 NB> Makes some sense... the volume of a river changes a lot more with time
 NB> of year and rainfall or lack thereof than that of a lake (especially a
 NB> larger lake) does... Quite the difference for a river between flood
 NB> stage and drought time... even the Pond isn't that much affected,
 NB> although it can be lower or higher at times... 

But the mean high and low waters are well documented for
all navigable and some nonnavigable waterways, and from
these, we can calculate the capacities without too much
trouble.

 ML> More's the pity that there isn't one now. What fun that would be,
 ML> to ride the trolley down to the big water.
 NB> Quite true.  It was the highlight of the week, so I've read... :)

Might still be, were people not so jaded.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Salsa De Pepitas (Pumpkinseed Sauce)
 Categories: Sauces, Vegetables, Squash, Tex-mex, Poultry
      Yield: 3 Cups

      1 c  Pepitas; (pumpkin seeds),
           -shelled
    1/4 c  Onion; chopped
      1 sl Bread, white; torn small
      1 cl Clove; crushed
      2 tb Oil
      2 tb Green chilies, chopped;
           -canned
     14 fl Chicken broth
    1/2 c  Whipping cream
      1 ds Salt

  Cook pepitas, onion, bread, and garlic in oil, stirring
  frequently, until bread is golden brown. Stir in chiles.
  Place mixture in food processor work bowl fitted with steel
  blade; cover and process until smooth. Stir in broth,
  whipping cream and salt.

  BLENDER METHOD: Place pumpkin seed mixture and about half
  the broth in blender container; cover and blend until
  smooth. Stir in remaining broth, the whipping cream and
  salt.

  Submitted By SAM WARING

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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