> > My favorite (and sometimes I repeat myself myself)is the town called 88 in Kentucky. It seem the first postmaster couldn't read words, but he could read numbers.
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> > Howard
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> I just read a factoid about this town the other night. According to The Bathroom Reader's Institute, 88 Kentucky got its name because the man who founded the town had 88 cents in his pocket that day.
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> Gri"if I founded a town today it would be called 112"shny

Back in the 50's, I understand that most of the cars in 88,Ky were Oldsmobiles, but I'm not going to take that train of thought any further.
Howard