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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2615818, member: 71723"]There were no astronauts at the next table, but there were two guys in matching dark blue company t-shirts and my ears picked up a reference to my Pennsylvania hometown. So I introduced myself. Both guys live less than five miles from me and were there doing some contract work on beautifying the NASA cemetery, a thing I wish didn't need to exist. We exchanged niceties before my son and I returned to our I-95 hurtle southward.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's been a while since I've been to the Broward/Miami-Dade metroplex - easily 30 years, maybe more. Growth, growth, growth. So that's why FL has 29 electoral votes! Here's a tip. South Florida drivers come in two flavors - old and slow like me, and young "whipper snappers" who apparently have a death wish to die intermixed with wrinkled and mangled steel. I have NEVER SEEN such aggressive maneuvers on pavement, and I used to photograph Indy cars as a sideline.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our hotel was a Comfort Suites some 17 miles from the site of the FUN show, which made for a 35 minute commute. Oh well, we put Siri to good use, and she knows stuff about how to get around in Broward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2615818, member: 71723"]There were no astronauts at the next table, but there were two guys in matching dark blue company t-shirts and my ears picked up a reference to my Pennsylvania hometown. So I introduced myself. Both guys live less than five miles from me and were there doing some contract work on beautifying the NASA cemetery, a thing I wish didn't need to exist. We exchanged niceties before my son and I returned to our I-95 hurtle southward. It's been a while since I've been to the Broward/Miami-Dade metroplex - easily 30 years, maybe more. Growth, growth, growth. So that's why FL has 29 electoral votes! Here's a tip. South Florida drivers come in two flavors - old and slow like me, and young "whipper snappers" who apparently have a death wish to die intermixed with wrinkled and mangled steel. I have NEVER SEEN such aggressive maneuvers on pavement, and I used to photograph Indy cars as a sideline. Our hotel was a Comfort Suites some 17 miles from the site of the FUN show, which made for a 35 minute commute. Oh well, we put Siri to good use, and she knows stuff about how to get around in Broward.[/QUOTE]
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