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Old January 11th 05, 09:54 PM
Bob Lutz
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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:43:17 -0700, Olaf Gustafson wrote:

> I've heard they often announce where and when they'll be. I have yet to
> find any of these notices where I live now, but the conventional wisdom
> holds that they only do them on major holiday weekends and in the 2 years
> I've lived in a state fascist enough to have such checkpoints, I've never
> seen one.


They do them around here during a lot of non-holiday times, like on Friday
and Saturday nights, on the major streets leading out of downtown.

This of course, from the city that got tired of people 'cruising' the main
drag, and thusly closes it to vehicular traffic on Friday and Saturdays.
This is a US highway they are doing this on.

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Old January 13th 05, 07:26 PM
John David Galt
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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> Chow down on some onions and then breath hard in his face when he comes
> near you.


They just tried that on MythBusters. The machine wasn't fooled.
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Old January 13th 05, 07:26 PM
John David Galt
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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> Chow down on some onions and then breath hard in his face when he comes
> near you.


They just tried that on MythBusters. The machine wasn't fooled.
 




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