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[Mark Kohut]

Well, Monte Davis did a memorable post here on the Argentine plains bit in GR and the gauchos and in that thread or another we talked about barb-wire fences....

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> On Jul 25, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for that podcast. It was interesting. It reminded me of something I read, and I can't remember where I read it but I think it was either something posted here, or in Gravitys Rainbow, or maybe an article about Borges (I think my brain has simmered long enough to go back and re-read GR now) about Gauchos in Argentina, and the placing of barb-wire fences. If someone here knows what I'm talking about could you let me know where to find it?
> 
>> On Jul 25, 2014 2:51 AM, "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Look at the magnificent chaos of all of those cars and pedestrians! So
>> many ways of singling up all lines that hadn't yet been imagined. No
>> dividing stripes or crossings, pedestrian signals, traffic cops,
>> median strips, keep left signs (probably keep right over there),
>> two-dimensional zebras, speed cameras, sharply defined sidewalks,
>> internalised fear of traffic, commercials reminding us of the
>> pedestrian's responsibility for their own life. Not against most of
>> these things but fascinated by the way they have crept into our lives.
>> The photo reminded me of a recently heard episode of 99% Invisible (a
>> podcast devoted to the hidden logics behind our built environment).
>> 
>> http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-68-built-for-speed/
>> 
>> "Long dividing lines and clear vistas give the illusion that you're
>> going at a reasonable speed..."
>> 
>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > http://www.shorpy.com/node/18231
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