Greetings, Jim!
  On 01 Feb 98, Jim Sanders entered the following ASCII codes for the express 
viewing pleasure of All:
 JS>      I often wonder why the news media continues to use the archaic
 JS>  term "tarmac" when writing of airfield locations or areas.
Seems to be a common term in newspapers around here.  It is used when 
referring to any hard surfaced area.  Perhaps they don't have access to go 
onto the airfield and see if the area they are commenting on is concrete 
(usually called cement (my pet peeve - you use cement to make concrete, the 
finished product is not "a cement walk", it is concrete), asphalt, or a new 
layer of asphalt over an old concrete base.
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