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LeftyMom

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Thu Jul-28-11 12:43 AM
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81. Distance is measured by wildly optimistic driving times.

The answer to "How far is it to Reno?" is "an hour and a half." You can only get there that fast if you drive 100 mph the whole way, and it's a windy road through the mountains and there are cops so if you're lucky you might do 85, but if you ask ten Sacramentans how far it is to Reno all ten of them will measure it in drive times and none of them will ever tell you it takes more than two hours, even if there is a chain control, road construction has shut down two lanes of traffic over the summit and drivers are being attacked by bears.

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