While watching a programme about whether the mythical Thunderbird is real, I found out that there is a real Lawndale. It's in Illinois. _____________________________
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I'm pretty sure that's not the only real Lawndale. I know there's on in California.
On Mon, 07 May 2001 17:41:47 GMT, [email] (Martin Edwards) wrote:
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... and North Carolina.
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"Martin Edwards" wrote in message news:[email]...
There are 12 towns called Lawndale in the United States.
There are three states that actually have TWO towns/cities/suburbs named Lawndale in them!
They are as follows:
2 in CALIFORNIA 1 in MINNESOTA 1 in ILLINOIS 1 in NORTH CAROLINA 2 in MICHIGAN 2 in OHIO 1 in PENNSYLVANIA 1 in MARYLAND 1 in DELEWARE
Special thanks to MapQuest for this information
www.mapquest.com
Firah
On Fri, 11 May 2001 17:45:05 GMT, "Firah" wrote:
Come to think of it, that could be why it was chosen
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"Martin Edwards" wrote in message news:[email]...
Huh?
Firah
"Firah" wrote in message news:yz8L6.18508$[email]...
Just 12? Seems like there could easily be more.
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Because it wouldn't be easy to pin down just *where* it is?
Right. I posted the above before I read that. _____________________________
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Come on! Nobody's gonna drive that lousy freeway when you can take the Red Car for a nickel
-Eddy Valiant
They chose a name with plenty of exemplars so that viewers would not be able to identify it with a particular place, like Branston Pickle.
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Come on! Nobody's gonna drive that lousy freeway when you can take the Red Car for a nickel
-Eddy Valiant
On Fri, 11 May 2001 17:45:05 GMT, "Firah" wrote:
I remember picking this information out of my old trucker's atlas a year ago.
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