_Dead End_ is...

[Jonathan Lighter]

I always thought "No Outlet" meant don't go that way because they didn't
have electricity yet.

JL

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:39 PM, David Barnhart
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> > _Dead End_ is usually (around here is usually at the end of the road or
> very
> > near to it.)
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> The same WRT "No Through Street" and "Street Not Through."
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