Re: Clarke - two questions

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:45:21 +0000, Mike Dworetsky wrote:

> "Gene Ward Smith" <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> A brief news story found in the London Times Tuesday: Bees on the
>>> loose
>>>
>>> SACRAMENTO Twelve million bees escaped after an articulated lorry
>>> carrying
>>> crates of the insects overturned on Highway 99 in California, police
>>> said.
>>> Officers and firefighters were stung by some of the bees as they tried
>>> to deal with the accident. (AP)
>>>
>>>
>> Absurd. There are no such things as articulated lorries in the US.
> 
> Sure there are.  Two nations separated by a common language, etc.  See
> "Semi-trailer truck".
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck
> 
> Yes, I knew you were being wry.

We even occasionally have a semi-tractor pulling two trailers.  I haven't 
seen the count go any higher than two here in the Southeast USA, but some 
parts of the USA reportedly allow up to three trailers.  We haven't 
adopted the Australian "road-train" terminology as yet.

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