Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts

Friday, September 21, 2007

What the hell is a "F.M." road?

Driving to the sea, we spent a lot of time on FM roads, e.g. "F.M. 2292." where ever I'have been so far I have seen "I" roads (Interstate) and "SR" roads (State Route) and even "FS" roads out in the wilderness (Forest Service),, but an "F.M." road was new to us. At first I guessed the "F" stood for "Federal," but couldn't come up with an "M". Finally, noting that these roads traveled through the back-country, I decided that "F.M." was simply an abbreviation for "Farm" -- but the presence of a period between the F and M gave me a sneaking suspicion that I could be wrong. I decided to ask some one local ( a friend of mine ) answer from the friend - sorry dont know.

So, I looked it up. And the answer is ... FM = Farm to Market road. "The system of Texas Farm-to-Market Roads was created to provide access to the rural areas of the state ... The name is derived from the intended use of the roads: farmers bringing their goods to market in the cities."

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Johnny Depp






Birth name: John Christopher Depp II
Born: June 09, 1963
Height:5 ft 10 in


Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky to John Christopher Depp, Sr. and Betty Sue Palmer. Depp engaged in self-harm as a child, due to the stress of dealing with family problems and his own insecurity. He has seven or eight scars from practicing self-harm. In a 1993 interview, he explained his self-injury by saying that his "body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist".