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Reginald P. Smithers III[_9_] Reginald P. Smithers III[_9_] is offline
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Default More political cut and paste from Harry..

harry krause wrote:

On Jan 20, 3:34 pm, wrote:


My brother (not by blood) is building a house on some land he got that
is a couple of miles off the exit ramp at route 10 and 75, think he is
in Live Oaks, or real near it...- Hide quoted text -



It's a very small town and a pretty much "isolated" area, but it is near
the Suwanee River. Used to drive by the road signs to Live Oak on my way
to and from Tallahassee. I think there was a truck stop on I-10 near
Live Oak. Maybe it was a burger joint.

I assume the name of the town comes from the "evergreen" oaks found
throughout Northern Florida (and much more of the southeast). It's a
nice wood, strong, but the damned trees are fragile and lose limbs easily.


I-10, I assume the name comes for a shortening of Interstate 10, in
Florida and Georgia they use concrete for the driving surface. In
Georgia they normally use granite gravel as the base, and then use a
granite dust called Crush and Run to smooth out the base before pouring
the concrete. In Florida, they often use a limestone/shell crush as the
base.

I find the concrete doesn't have the problem of pot holes you often see
with asphalt.