BILL,
     In a message dated 04-01-98 you wrote ...
> 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.
     It seems that wee agree.. You should see what a jet engine
 does to "tarmac" as in the Old F-89 vacuum cleaner...  Melts it
 right down like a blowtorch... We seem to agree on the limited
 knowledge of some of these reporters...
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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