Crescent wrenches (was: Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Tue Jan 8 11:31:12 2002

! From: Don Maslin [mailto:donm_at_cts.com]
!
!
! On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
!
! > Asphalt when subjected to low temperatures will buckle
! > when temperatures get milder. Likely the reason most
! > main roads out here on the Canadian prairies are laid
! > in cement slabs with a space between them.
! >
! > Lawrence
! >
! <snip>
!
! ... So that the whole slab tips when the water that enters the space
! freezes. Some of us older folks remember when Canada's approach to
! frost heaving was gravel roads - much easier to repair!

Hey, a _lot_ of seconday roads in Vermont (outside of the few major cites)
are still gravel, cruched stone, & dirt mix. During the winter, they don't
really plow the dirt roads all that much. Just pack the sonw down. Works
quite well for them. And traction is not really a problem.

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