Dee.Dee wrote:

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> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>>> Was it good? Or was it simply the only place to stop for miles
>>>> around?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Blinky
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>>>
>>> Nothing special at all. It was the only place. You would see the big
>>> billboards for miles ahead :-))
>>
>> Countdown billboards?
>
> You got me a-thinkin'. I don't know if they had those "so many miles
> to..." signs then. Eisenhower started the freeway system abt 1956, so I
> don't think the freeways were in Kansas then. People weren't in such a

Those signs were a staple on the state highways; they didn't require
freeways and predated them.


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