Wow, I had no idea!
That poor lady sure took a beating.
>We have reflectors on most of our roads here. The problem occurs after the snowplows tear up the road ad one woman found out:
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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050107/NEWS01/501070390>
>Surprisingly, a small reflector has a HUGE portion underground (as seen in the photos near the bottom of the story).
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>>>>PS is that how you guys spell "plough"?
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>>>I had typed "plough" but then realized that here the word "plow" is used, so I changed it.
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>>Strange. YOU know the classic spelling but other canucks don't, and use "plow" instead. You're the second to mention ploughing reP: cats' eyes and both of you used "plow". How do you spell "draught" as in "draft beer"? - "Draft"?
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>>>Obviously, if a cat's eye has to be sunken into the road surface then it cannot be fired from a gun.
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>>Why not? It's like a mechanical lance that embeds the eyes into the (yielding) tarmac. Mind you, if you've ever looked closely at eyes then you'd see they're a piece of work, probably quite expensive.