On 9/3/2013 7:51 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 9/2/2013 11:24 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:42:08 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I'll betcha if a national poll was taken the majority of people would
prefer spending money on fixing roads and airports in lieu of
building a
rail system network and trains capable of travelling 200+ mph.

The power grid isn't as big of a problem as you may think. Demand has
basically flat lined in the past several years and has actually dropped
in some. Smart grids and energy efficient devices have helped.



Not to worry. Nothing much is happening in refurbishing roads,
bridges, dams, infrastructure.

That must be a North East problem. Florida maintains it's roads
..

BTW who was talking about dams?
The environmentalists want all of them blown up anyway

Roads don't freeze in Florida. Northerners haven't figured out how to
build roads to survive the harsh winters they experience.

The "infrastructure" is not crumbling... I drive all over the place with
a trailer. The roads are fine... the bridges are fine....

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:57:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Roads don't freeze in Florida. Northerners haven't figured out how to
build roads to survive the harsh winters they experience.

The "infrastructure" is not crumbling... I drive all over the place with
a trailer. The roads are fine... the bridges are fine....

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I agree for the most part. We just got back from a road trip to the
north east and there were no issues in the NY/NJ/CT area other than
the usual heavy traffic. Some of the overpasses on the New York
State Thruway show some signs of rust and corrosion however. There's
no excuse for that since it is a highly profitable toll road but NY
has a good track record for fixing things like that.

Parts of I-81 through Virginia could use some road work and widening.
The truck traffic on the long two lane stretches is slow but part of
that is the fault of the truckers who insist on racing each other
uphill at 45 mph.

On 9/3/2013 9:10 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:57:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Roads don't freeze in Florida. Northerners haven't figured out how to
build roads to survive the harsh winters they experience.

The "infrastructure" is not crumbling... I drive all over the place with
a trailer. The roads are fine... the bridges are fine....

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I agree for the most part. We just got back from a road trip to the
north east and there were no issues in the NY/NJ/CT area other than
the usual heavy traffic. Some of the overpasses on the New York
State Thruway show some signs of rust and corrosion however. There's
no excuse for that since it is a highly profitable toll road but NY
has a good track record for fixing things like that.

Parts of I-81 through Virginia could use some road work and widening.
The truck traffic on the long two lane stretches is slow but part of
that is the fault of the truckers who insist on racing each other
uphill at 45 mph.

Thanks for the road conditions report.

You didn't go far enough up into NY to see the serious infrastructure
rust and decay. Some parts of NY seem to be stuck in the 50s/60s, but
that doesn't stop them from collecting serious tolls, rivaling Illinois.

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:26:21 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

You didn't go far enough up into NY to see the serious infrastructure
rust and decay.

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We got as far as Watertown, Syracuse, Binghamton and the Finger Lakes
region. How much farther did we need to go?

On 9/3/2013 10:20 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:26:21 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

You didn't go far enough up into NY to see the serious infrastructure
rust and decay.

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We got as far as Watertown, Syracuse, Binghamton and the Finger Lakes
region. How much farther did we need to go?

You went far enough. Did you notice the serious rusting under bridges
and tressles?

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:48:47 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 9/3/2013 10:20 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:26:21 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

You didn't go far enough up into NY to see the serious infrastructure
rust and decay.

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We got as far as Watertown, Syracuse, Binghamton and the Finger Lakes
region. How much farther did we need to go?

You went far enough. Did you notice the serious rusting under bridges
and tressles?

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Yes, I commented on that earlier. It looks bad in places and should
certainly be sand blasted, inspected and re-painted at the very least.
The Thruway Authority should have the money for that sort of thing
with all the tolls they collect.

On 9/3/2013 9:26 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 9/3/2013 9:10 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:57:34 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Roads don't freeze in Florida. Northerners haven't figured out how to
build roads to survive the harsh winters they experience.

The "infrastructure" is not crumbling... I drive all over the place with
a trailer. The roads are fine... the bridges are fine....

===

I agree for the most part. We just got back from a road trip to the
north east and there were no issues in the NY/NJ/CT area other than
the usual heavy traffic. Some of the overpasses on the New York
State Thruway show some signs of rust and corrosion however. There's
no excuse for that since it is a highly profitable toll road but NY
has a good track record for fixing things like that.

Parts of I-81 through Virginia could use some road work and widening.
The truck traffic on the long two lane stretches is slow but part of
that is the fault of the truckers who insist on racing each other
uphill at 45 mph.

Thanks for the road conditions report.

You didn't go far enough up into NY to see the serious infrastructure
rust and decay. Some parts of NY seem to be stuck in the 50s/60s, but
that doesn't stop them from collecting serious tolls, rivaling Illinois.






Sure, CT to Long Island can be tough, if you don't plan your trip around
easy traffic times.... If you are talking "Down Town", that is not
really what I would consider, "infrastructure" in the sense that we are
talking here like highways, and bridges...

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:26:00 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Sure, CT to Long Island can be tough

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Port Jeff ferry or New London to Orient Point !

On 9/3/2013 11:46 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:26:00 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Sure, CT to Long Island can be tough

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Port Jeff ferry or New London to Orient Point !


Sure, if you can afford it... Had some friends up PJ a couple weeks
back, think they paid over 100 bucks to take the car across the water
iirc, said if they left OP, would have been about 150 iirc...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:26:00 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:

Sure, CT to Long Island can be tough

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Port Jeff ferry or New London to Orient Point !

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Took the New London/Orient Point ferry every weekend for a year back
in the 1980s while working for a defense contractor on Long Island.
It sure beat driving "the long way" around.