Subject: mt vernon il Re: Texas county quadripoints<br/>
Date: Oct 24, 2004 @ 20:13<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-720090583">beautifully done maestro<br/>
nor can i account for any of my data in message 547 at this point<br/>
but i trust & salute all your obviously more advanced results here<br/>
<br/>
& since only iowa exceeded texas in my preliminary census of probable <br/>
megapoints<br/>
you have already accounted for a very significant chunk of the action<br/>
with just this experiment alone<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
meanwhile <br/>
i checked into the loyal order of moose in fairfield last night for <br/>
the world series<br/>
since it is a dry county<br/>
<br/>
members only<br/>
& you have to ring a buzzer & they let you in & act as if they know <br/>
you & you are their guest rather than a customer<br/>
<br/>
like speakeasy days<br/>
only entire families with all their kids etc are there too<br/>
<br/>
great local color <br/>
& i would have returned for game 2<br/>
but they are shut tight on sundays<br/>
<br/>
fortunately tho<br/>
one of my symposiasts suggested he would buy me still more drinks in <br/>
mt vernon tonight<br/>
where there is a sports bar open on sundays<br/>
& that is why i am here now preparing for the sequel binge<br/>
<br/>
but as it was only a few miles from fairfield to mt vernon<br/>
& i had all day to play<br/>
i was inspired to make another local try<br/>
<br/>
much like bagging wvs from tazewell during a similar stall last week<br/>
<br/>
however there was nothing very appealing any closer than joposawi<br/>
the probable johnson pope saline williamson quadricounty point<br/>
situated all the way down south just beyond stonefort<br/>
<br/>
which name btw will almost beam it up at topozone if wanted<br/>
since i am racing ahead on a timed computer myself now<br/>
<br/>
& i apologize for such a jumble but there is no helping it now<br/>
<br/>
but the point was<br/>
there was no library open where i could check this topo til now <br/>
so i drove all that way out of the way <br/>
even for a zigzag man like myself<br/>
& made the try basically blind except for an aaa map<br/>
getting within 500 feet anyway <br/>
until stopped by a sign that said<br/>
go away<br/>
<br/>
or rather i realize 500 feet now <br/>
after finally seeing the topo<br/>
because i thought i actually made my point by circling around that <br/>
sign anyway<br/>
but not so<br/>
<br/>
& i would have done better had i not trusted a local informant<br/>
oops<br/>
since i had nothing better to go on in the moment of truth<br/>
<br/>
well i have to run now & wont get more time today<br/>
so i hope you can even follow this hodgepodge<br/>
& will hope to do better next time <br/>
<br/>
--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; <br/>
&lt;mcmanus71496@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Mike D.:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I decided to perform an experiment by independently evaluating <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Texas for county<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; quadripoints.  I have consulted a number of detailed map sources <br/>
 </span></blockquote>and have<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; produced the attached result.  The possible candidates shown in red <br/>
 </span></blockquote>are definite<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; misses (in most cases where there is an offset from a true cardinal <br/>
 </span></blockquote>cross).  The<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; ones in green seem (within the limits of my best maps) to be true <br/>
 </span></blockquote>quadripoints.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; I then compared my results with your count in message 547.  You <br/>
 </span></blockquote>have 31 dry and<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; two wet quadripoints.  I have 31 dry and one wet.  What am I <br/>
 </span></blockquote>missing?  My only<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; wet one is Brazos-Leon-Madison-Robertson (where the Old San Antonio <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Road crosses<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the Navasota River).<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I realize that you might not have your notes with you on the road, <br/>
 </span></blockquote>but we<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; probably need to resolve this eventually.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Thanks,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Lowell G. McManus<br/>
&gt; Leesville, Louisiana, USA </span></blockquote></div>