Fwd: CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her

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Unless it's been fixed, the numbering system of the town of Skowegan, Maine is random.  2 next to 47 next to 11 -- that sort of thing.


One slightly odd thing is that although Palo Alto and Menlo Park seem 
inseparable they are in different counties--Santa Clara and San Mateo, 
respectively but that's no excuse for not maintaining a sensible numbering 
system.  Where I live now in Northwest DC the same numbering that is used on 
Wisconsin Avenue continues for many miles out through Maryland (as far as 
Rockville where I think they start over). 

 






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From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>

To: pynchon-l at waste.org

Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 11:33 am

Subject: Re: CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her











----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com> 


To: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at gmail.com> 


Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org> 


Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:39 AM 


Subject: Re: CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her 

 


 


That's all real familiar territory to me. Lived there in the early 50s and 
still have close family=2
0ties there. 

 


One slightly odd thing is that although Palo Alto and Menlo Park seem 
inseparable they are in different counties--Santa Clara and San Mateo, 
respectively but that's no excuse for not maintaining a sensible numbering 
system.  Where I live now in Northwest DC the same numbering that is used on 
Wiscons
in Avenue continues for many miles out through Maryland (as far as 
Rockville where I think they start over). 

 


P 

 


 


> 


> On 6/16/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote: 


>> years ago driving the main drag on my way to the Packard Fdn offices 


>> near Stanford was confusing for this east coaster--looking for a 


>> certain building address was made more complicated by the fact that 


>> once u enter a town whether its Menlo Park or Palo Alto e.g. the 


>> numbers revert back to the beginning--you don't know really when the 


>> new numbers start so u end up not only missing the building but the 


>> building numbers start up again 


>> took me at least 30 minutes to figure this out w/ lots of u-turning 


>> its all so seamless 


>> 


>> On 6/15/09, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote: 


>>> 


>>> ----- Original Message ----- 


>>> From: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.ne
t> 


>>> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org> 


>>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:45 AM 


>>> Subject: Re: CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her 


>>> 


>>> 


>>>> On Jun 15, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Paul Mackin wrote: 


>>>> 


>>>>> Chapter 1 leads us to think it's a town along El Camino. 


>>>> 


>>>> Could you point to the reference? 


>>> 


>>> P. 19 in Harper and Row paperback (P
erennial Library) during O's meeting 


>>> with Roseman (near end of chapter 1). 


>>> 


>>> "They often went to the same group therapy sessions, in a carpool with a 


>>> photographer from Palo Alto . . . ." 


>>> 


>>> I pick Menlo Park as the model because the two cities abutt and living 
>>> in 


>>> one 


>>> is practically like living in the other. P.A. is of course better known. 


>>> 


>>> Also I like the association of Menlo Park with the famous VA Hospital 


>>> LSD, 


>>> etc, experients of a few years earlier. 


>>> 


>>> Ken Kesey et al. 


>>> 


>>> 


>>> 


>>  





 





 

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