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W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Sun Oct 12 16:31:59 UTC 2014


LH:  <The La Brea Tar Pits>
WB:  For the longest time during my ten years at UCLA, I thought there
was a freeway from Los Angeles to Canada, because of the sign reading
<LA CANADA HIGHWAY>.  But alas, 'twas but a road to <the ravine>
(orig. Rancho La Can~ada, aka La Can~ada Flintridge).

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