_Dead End_ is...

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> No outlet has a different meaning in my experience. It means that while there are turns off the present road, they all tie into each other so there is literally no outlet.

That could well be the case, here, too. I haven't driven down any
streets marked "No Outlet" to see. The streets so marked that I've
looked down appear to dead-end <har! har!> in the expected way. But…

Youneverknow.
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