Gail: Definitely the town of Macon. Davine ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail Moore <embracer@strato.net> To: <GAMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [GAMACON] need a look-up for obituary!! > Ok and bless you this is what I most needed to know. > And one more thing, was it not Macon the town that at least at one time had > all of the one way streets in it? > Or am I nuts? > The reason is we went once long ago to visit some kin who lived at Macon. > That was all that Dad ever called the place. > But as I child I do remember him and Mom in the middle of the night using > the road map and flashlight and getting angry because the streets did not > match the map because they had gone through and changed a lot of the streets > to ONE WAY only. > They would find the Street and could not turn down it. He finaly got out of > a the car and stopped a cop and asked him "How the Hell do I get that way > down this Street" , and showing him the map they both laughed and the Cop > had us follow him to the other Street by that name that went the way we > needed to go. Come to find out to get to these folks home, we had to go > down a couple of blocks turn left go down so far to the end of the one way > part and then make a very sharp turn to the left again and go back up the > same Street the other way to get to their home!! > > And I think it was Macon the town. > > Does this sound right? > I mean the part about all the one way Streets? > > See Dad had not been in a very long time and over the years the City had > grown and they changed it a lot and he was in the right spot and knew where > the house was but could not get to it for all the ONE WAY only signs!! Dad > used landmarks to go from place to place you see and this just threw him > bad. > > Gail > > > ==== GAMACON Mailing List ==== > Deo Vindice= God our Vindicator. Appears on The Great Seal of The Confederacy, UDC medals of Honor and UDC iron grave markers, just to > mention a few. American by birth Southern by the Grace of God. >