William STAIT 1817 & family - Temple Guiting area (General)

by Jim Davis , North Carolina, USA, Saturday, February 09, 2013, 18:23 (4307 days ago) @ Jefff

Jeff

Thanks for the clarification.

It reminds me of a story several years ago when I was working with a company in the the London area. We had some material we desperately needed here in states and were going to fly it into Atlanta from Gatwick. But bad weather in the Atlanta area had temporarily closed the airport there. Seeking alternate routes, I got a call from a counterpart in London who joyously announced that he had arranged to have it flown into Houston, where "you can drive over and pick it up". I responded that it was a nice effort but the driving time to Houston is two days. "Oh", he responded, "back to the drawing board." He thought that if he could just get it into the country the rest would be easy. The vastness of the US is so much in contrast to the geography in Europe. Neither of us really appreciates the difference and how it can effect so many things.

So I take your point that 20/25 miles can make a big difference in your area.

Jim