Expressway to your Heart

David Casseres casseres at apple.com
Wed Jun 11 11:41:55 CDT 1997


somebuddy asked
>> And mine is: what the fuck is a turnpike????

'n' Dale Larson sez
>Best I can tell, it's just another name for a toll road.  I know, you 
>don't have those on the left coast, either.

Working from memory, I believe a turnpike is actually a tollgate in the 
form of a pole (pike) mounted on a swivel to bar the road.  And so a toll 
road was a "turnpike road."


Cheers,
David




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