Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-18-18 02:19 <=-

Lilli says she's waiting for the go-ahead from her
regular doc, which may not be for a while because
of her blood pressure. Meanwhile she's avoiding
driving in inadequate light and driving in
hyperadequate light and stuff like that.

Probably a wise idea.... as long as there are other drivers to pick up
the slack.... Is her blood pressure coming under control...?

There are a couple such, but they're inconvenient
or have other defects. Such as living an hour away
and/or talking from the driver's seat with both
hands gesturing and away from the wheel, and/or
being almost as blind as me. Don't know about the
second issue.

Hmmm.... those don't sound like such great choices, true.... Hope the
blood pressure resolves sufficiently for the surgery to be safely
done....

It's a rather odd designation in the first place.
If it followed the interstate standard, it would be
hugging the Jersey shore and on into Delaware.
Logically it should be an extension of I-77 or 79.

True, it is odd... I'm not sure I have a clue where I-77 or 79 are...
I-76 is the PA turnpike, I-78 is north of that, running essentially East-West... I-80 crosses central PA, also east-west....

The proximity of 76 and 77 is a coincidence,
the even numbers being east-west and the odd
being north-south. By convention, there is a
progression of numbers from west to east and
from south to north, with 99 being an exception
enacted by Congress as sponsored by some self-
important halfwit or other.

Ok, I finally found I-77 and I-79... they're both way farther west, in
Ohio and a bit in western PA around Pittsburgh... why would I-99
logically be an extension of either of those...? I'm not sure on what
the conventions are, anyway... :)

I didn't see anything in the Lewisburg to Selinsgrove section, but then that is south of Williamsport, and I-99 leaves Rt 15 in Williamsport
to take over Rt 220 to State College...

As 15 south into Lewisburg and Harrisburg has
sections that for various reasons would be hard to
Interstatize, that makes sense.

They're working on some parts... but I agree that the corridor along the river after Selinsgrove, down to Harrisburg, would have some major
problems with making it interstate-ish... The four-lane divided highway
with various accesses is probably the best they could do... it's pretty
nice to drive for most of it now... :)

There's a lot of 4-lane stuff that doesn't qualify,
and one or two cases of road that is deemed to be
qualify but doesn't by the rules.

Exactly. :)

Some of those future I-99 corridor signs I've seen
have been on 220 as we headed to State College for
some Peachy Paterno ice cream, that before the downfall
of that icon (whom I disliked, though the confection
named after him was pretty good).

So has the confection been totally discontinued, or merely renamed...?

Neither. After weathering some hard times, the
flavor continues to this day. The reason for my
dislike is not Paterno's stonewalling in favor of
a child molestor (which people suspected but could
not prove) but his winner-takes-all Vince
Lombardiish attitude (winning isn't everything,
it's the only thing, that kind of nonsense).

So he's never been so peachy.... ;) Does the confection continue to be tasty....?

In the northern hemisphere blind reckoning most often
gets me where I want to go, and when that fails, being
not quite like the stereotypical male, I don't hesitate
to stop and ask for directions (which is easier for
someone on foot than in a car). In the southern
hemisphere and on the west coast, I often get flummoxed.

Maps are generally useful... when they exist... :) Are there decent
maps for the southern hemisphere....?

There are, some of them actually with the
southern hemisphere up top. No such resides in
my head, however.

Hard to keep them all straight, in any case.... :)

I took it in the first place only out of
politeness to the doctor, not for any valid
therapeutic reason. Hitherto I've always
refused this always recommended regimen.

And hereafter, you have yet more ammunition for not doing it again... Politeness to the doctor has not been sufficient reason for me to give
in to what I'm sure is a bad call.... :) Sometimes one just has to
stand firm...

I was moderately sure that that concession
wouldn't kill me, and if it maimed me, I could
be made mostly whole by litigation.

I can almost follow that line of thinking, except for the litigation
part, being very non-litigious... one might even say litigation
adverse... ;)

ttyl neb

... Teaching: Appearing to have known your subject forever.

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