CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her

[Paul Mackin]

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  From: malignd at aol.com 
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  Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:12 PM
  Subject: Re: CoL49 (5) Two or Three Things About Her


  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.
  C
  I once lived for a which in San Jose, Costa Rica, where there are no numbers.  I remember my address as being 300 meters west of the National Museum
  P



    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). 
     



  -----Original Message-----
  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 Wisconsin 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 (Perennial 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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