**spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US

[sagehen]

>>NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER is also a familiar sight in NYC.
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>>The most understandable is DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PARKING HERE, seen
>>on Fifth Ave. & 44th (I think) St. about 25 years ago.  Is it still
>>there ?  Who was the genius behind it ?
>
>I always assumed it was in the spirit of Ed Koch, whoever was
>actually responsible for creating.  It's his voice I hear scolding me.
>
>L
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>>Most infuriating are those which detail "alternate side of the
>>street parking," and believe me, if you don't know what that means,
>>you don't want to know.  Just don't try to park on the street in
>>Manhattan.  Ever.
>>
>>JL
>>
>>Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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>>I've always enjoyed this pair:
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>>Saint Louis: NO THROUGH STREET
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>>Los Angeles: STREET NOT THROUGH
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>>They both mean "DEAD END," of course.
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>>As a child, I was totally confused by Saint Louis's NO PARKING HERE TO
>>CORNER street signs, which I understood to mean NO PARKING HERE [IN
>>ORDER] TO CORNER. For years, I wondered exactly what it is that one
>>does, when one "corners." I was also impressed by the efficacy of this
>>traffic law, since I never saw so much as a single car park in such a
>>space and then follow that act by cornering.
>>
>>-Wilson Gray
>>
>>On May 23, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Sally O. Donlon wrote:
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>>>  Poster: "Sally O. Donlon"
>>>  Subject: Re: **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking
>>>  in the
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>>>  My favorite traffic sign in New Orleans reads: LEFT TURN PERMITTED ON
>>>  GREEN. It perplexed me for months because I wondered when else one
>>>  would turn.
>>>
>>>  sally donlon
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The one that startled me the first time I saw it was DRIVE THROUGH WINDOWS
ONLY.
A. Murie

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