Subject: Re: ctri dispute<br/>
Date: May 26, 2003 @ 13:54<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-483506226"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; &gt; Mr. Majeika has made a crusade of uncovering boundary<br/>
&gt; &gt; markers to determine the true line between Connecticut and<br/>
&gt; &gt; Rhode Island, although in some cases, the markers are just<br/>
&gt; &gt; adding to the mystery. One resides right next to a busy<br/>
&gt; &gt; strip of Route 216. It is an unmarked stone tablet, leaning<br/>
&gt; &gt; like the Tower of Pisa in its spot. Then earlier this<br/>
&gt; &gt; month, a resident on Route 216 called Mr. Majeika to report<br/>
&gt; &gt; the discovery of yet another, newer marker, across the<br/>
&gt; &gt; street from the first one. A few days later, Mr. Majeika<br/>
&gt; &gt; stood over his newest discovery, wiping away years of<br/>
&gt; &gt; compacted soil and debris to unearth &quot;CHO Baseline.&quot; <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &quot;I have no idea what that means,&quot; he said, estimating that<br/>
&gt; &gt; the marker is from the 1940&#39;s. &quot;Who would put a baseline<br/>
&gt; &gt; marker here, when 100 feet away we have a boundary <br/>
 </span></blockquote>marker?<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; &gt; I have to figure out where this fits in the puzzle.&quot; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; sounds like try pointing at its best<br/>
&gt; yet for presumably practical purposes<br/>
&gt; yikes<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>but here is the solution to mr majeikas puzzle anyway i believe<br/>
<br/>
his supposed cho baseline marker <br/>
is not a state line marker at all<br/>
nor even really a cho anything<br/>
but simply a misapprehension<br/>
<br/>
such things happen all the time in try pointing<br/>
<br/>
instead <br/>
the position of this marker near the shoulder of a connecticut <br/>
state highway <br/>
& its approximate vintage as well as its humble stature <br/>
all together <br/>
pretty well identify it as one of those ubiquitous connecticut state <br/>
highway department right of way markers that intermittently <br/>
distinguish the public from the private domain at statutorially <br/>
fixed distances from both shoulders of every numbered state <br/>
highway in connecticut<br/>
<br/>
i even used to have such a rock in my front yard when i lived on <br/>
route 128 in west cornwall village<br/>
<br/>
except it said chd <br/>
for connecticut highway department <br/>
& not cho<br/>
an easy confusion to make when these letters are in full caps<br/>
aha<br/>
which may well have been what actually happened to mr majeika<br/>
owing probably to all that compacted soil & debris obscuring it<br/>
<br/>
so i think all he really has here is a red herring puzzle<br/>
tho the baseline rock could still be standing on the state line<br/>
yikes<br/>
but just as likely not exactly<br/>
& could still be marking the point where the chd baseline actually <br/>
terminates<br/>
but just as likely not exactly<br/>
to further confound his try<br/>
<br/>
but that is often how it goes in this game</div>