[madfly]

LMAO . . .I thought distances in that part of the world were measured in units of alcohol: "Tempe? Two six-packs from here, a six-pack and a half if you're in a hurry."

When I was young, in the 60's, my girlfriend and I would get off work at 7am Fridays, working at Motorola, and grab 2 eight-packs of baby-coors for our trip to Flagstaff.

For many years I lamented because I had never been out of the West and got invited on a road trip to Indiana. Oh brother, Texax, Okl., Missouri, Illinois all blended together. I was impressed at first that they had green grass growing in the highway dividers and the Mississippi was neat, but then it was all the same. I came home loving this beatiful state with all its many landscapes and history.

[HiJinx]

You've gotta be real careful nowadays, we finally have an open container law. Doesn't mean we don't use the alcohol measurement method, just means we may take more back roads to get where we're going!