the real state mottoes:
Jul. 3rd, 2005 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabWelcome to Tennessee: Lane Shifts Ahead
Welcome to Virginia: Speed Limits Enforced by Aircraft
Welcome to Maryland: Right Lane Ends
Several cities have similar mottoes - they're on at least one sign per mile, and on all the signs entering the city. For example, when I lived in Boston, I actually lived in a separate town, surrounded on 3 sides by Boston, called Brookline-No-Overnight-Parking. That's what all the signs said: "Entering Brookline No Overnight Parking." And San Francisco's city motto is clearly "Left Turn Prohibited" - they have a sign announcing that roughly every single block.
I was reminded of all this because we drove down to my brother Gene's wedding in the southern part of Maryland - the part that's south of Washington DC, about a 45 minute drive for us. Sure enough, the "Right Lane Ends" signs are on Route 5 and Route 223 down there the same as they are on all the state and local roads around here. Nice wedding; Jen seems nice, and I guess, since we now live closest to them, we'll get to see more of them and I'll get to know her better. By the way, nephews to whom I mentioned my blog, if you're reading this, hi!!
Anyway, we have to hit the road early tomorrow - need to be in Montgomery Village by 9 AM to form up for the 10 AM parade, followed by 11 AM concert. Then home for a couple of hours nap, then off to Bel Air to get there by 5, before they close the streets off, for their parade around 6:30, followed by a concert at 8:30-ish. Whee! So I am off to crash into bed. Need my sleep! We're gonna be playing "Stars and Stripes Forever" till our lips fall off!
Welcome to Virginia: Speed Limits Enforced by Aircraft
Welcome to Maryland: Right Lane Ends
Several cities have similar mottoes - they're on at least one sign per mile, and on all the signs entering the city. For example, when I lived in Boston, I actually lived in a separate town, surrounded on 3 sides by Boston, called Brookline-No-Overnight-Parking. That's what all the signs said: "Entering Brookline No Overnight Parking." And San Francisco's city motto is clearly "Left Turn Prohibited" - they have a sign announcing that roughly every single block.
I was reminded of all this because we drove down to my brother Gene's wedding in the southern part of Maryland - the part that's south of Washington DC, about a 45 minute drive for us. Sure enough, the "Right Lane Ends" signs are on Route 5 and Route 223 down there the same as they are on all the state and local roads around here. Nice wedding; Jen seems nice, and I guess, since we now live closest to them, we'll get to see more of them and I'll get to know her better. By the way, nephews to whom I mentioned my blog, if you're reading this, hi!!
Anyway, we have to hit the road early tomorrow - need to be in Montgomery Village by 9 AM to form up for the 10 AM parade, followed by 11 AM concert. Then home for a couple of hours nap, then off to Bel Air to get there by 5, before they close the streets off, for their parade around 6:30, followed by a concert at 8:30-ish. Whee! So I am off to crash into bed. Need my sleep! We're gonna be playing "Stars and Stripes Forever" till our lips fall off!
