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1. Robert W. Gore, the inventor of Gore-Tex fabric, dead at 83

   https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/robert-w-gore-the-inventor-of-gore-tex-fabric-dead-at-83

   I’m pretty sure that material has saved me a few times.

2. Matt,

   I second that. A miracle fabric for the cold, wet weather of Southeast Alaska. And, of course, the Pacific Northwest.

3. For RKRGRL68,

   Thinking of you and praying for your surgery and recovery this week.

   May God, our heavenly Father, hold you close, give you peace and healing.

   Krissy

   1. I join my prayers with yours, Krissy.

      Carry on in grace

4. I travel by car & trailer a lot in the West. An interesting thing has happened over the last few decades. First large trucks have moved onto surface roads. They haven’t abandoned freeways but there has been a huge increase in truck traffic and most of that has flowed over onto surface roads even those long remote roads that a few years ago you could drive for an hour and not see another vehicle. Hwy 50 in Nevada is definitely not the loneliest road anymore. The second thing that has happened is that the trucking lobby has quietly convinced state legislatures to raise speed limits on surface roads. Many of these roads were not designed for speeds above 55 MPH but now the limits are 65, 75 and even 80 MPH. I could cite 50-100 roads that are now unsafe because of the two factors (increased 18 wheeler traffic and higher speed limits). I have had 18 wheelers pass me on Hwy 20 between Bend and Ontario Oregon in no passing zones while I was driving 60 MPH pulling a trailer. I have had to slow down to allow trucks to get past me without hitting oncoming traffic because of their poor judgement in passing when it was unsafe. A fully loaded 18 wheeler traveling at 65 MPH cannot stop in time to prevent an accident. Their option is to simply plow into whatever is in their way or drive off the road. I don’t think that a lot of non-truck drivers understand this.

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