Availability, or lack thereof

[ctwaterman]

*chuckles*

I think there holding our domestic beer brands against us.   That and our butchery of the Queens English.... ;D ;D

[Kaiser Kirk]

PASSED!!!  ;D ;D ;D

Congratulations :)
If you're near Cleveland, I'm guessing you won't be anywhere near my town.

We're hard by the Pacific, and the main highway in through the coastal mountains is a little curvy, for example, one of the first warning signs on 7mile grade is for a turn that starts about N60W and 300 feet later your heading slighly SE, about a 140 degree turns :)

About as far from civilisation (read: Europe) it is possible to get then?

Not quite, but somewhat in the "sticks".
It is indeed a long long long way to Tipperary (or other areas in Europe). About 4-5 hours depending on traffic to an international airport...THEN the flight to Shannon/Heathrow/Degaul/Prague etc.

However we do have a history of trucking in relation to those sticks (they aren't so large now)

We also have our own brewery in town, don't have to accept domestic beer :)

[The Rock Doctor]

Good news - I found my spike belts, and have them sitting beside the road just in case I need 'em.

[Sachmle]

Leaving for Chicago soon to pick up my truck. Then off Monday for real work. Catch y'all in a week or two.

[Borys]

Re trucks and automobiles in general - I'm taking driving lessons at present. Hopefully I'll get my license somewhere early next year.

I'm driving a New Beetle with speedometre scaled in miles. After I hit 40 mph I felt like breaking the sound barrier!

As I'm learning to drive on an automatic gearbox, not a stick, like 99% of the population, I'm looked down upon as an effeminite wuss :D

Borys

[Guinness]

You'd find roads around where I live fearsome. We've got 16 lane wide urban interstates which are posted with a 55 mph (88 kph) speed limit, but on which people regularly do 80 mph (128 kph) +.

[Kaiser Kirk]

thats funny, we have 2 lane wide "highways" posted at 55mph where the @#$% tourists like to go...oh say 25mph...

[Logi]

Ah the highways around here aren't as extreme... We have 6-8 lane wide highways posted at 55 mph speed limit. All the drivers go at 65-70 mph with the exception of some idiots who like zigzagging in traffic at +85 mph.

[Tanthalas]

HA the bigest road around here is the 2 lane state highway and its posted at 65 LOL

[Eugenius]

This week is going to be nuts (school, engineering project, last exams before finals), so I'll probably need to wait until Friday or Saturday to fix up Imperial China's reports for 1913 and 1914.  :(

[The Rock Doctor]

Not a problem.  Good to know.

[Sachmle]

Hello all. This is to inform you all that I may be unavailable for a while. Unfortunately my previous career choices have bit me square in the ass and I am now unemployed. As such my landlady is evicting me AND my car doesn't work anymore. So...I'm going to live w/ my mother and her boyfriend. They have internet, but I do not know if it's dail-up/DSL/Cable/Whatever. If dail-up my availability will be limited as they will want to be able to use their phone at night and during the day I will be job hunting more often than not. I fully intend to participate further and have no desire to quit the sim at this time. I appreciate the understanding of all parties involved and apologize to all. Hopefully this will be a short term problem, but w/ the current job market one never knows. We could very well be looking at the next "Great Depression" as employers continue to cut jobs. Of course as a single (legally, not realistically) white male the Gov't could care less if I have a place to live or food to eat (I.E. I'm not eligible for ANY assistance). SO...wish me luck, but please don't pity me. I put myself in this position.

[The Rock Doctor]

I'll hope to see you online again soon, but more importantly, good luck with the job hunting.

[ledeper]

Good Luck Sam :)

[Borys]

GOOD LUCK!!!