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Swindon’s Magic Roundabout September 2, 2005 Dear DMC, At the risk of making our overseas correspondents nervous about visiting I apologise in advance if you have seen this photograph previously, but Sincerely Vernon + + + + + + + Dear Vernon, Thank you for this wonderful picture. The picture captures the feel of This roundabout is definitely a reason to make a trip to Swindon. As you Even visiting it several times would be in order. As you say, “there is Speaking of repetition, some of us dull men like to drive around A while back, a link was provided to us by Steve Reszetniak to a web site Roundly yours, DMC
Columbus Circle, New York City A roundabout – traffic circle – right in the middle of Manhattan. A highlight of a trip to New York for dull men. But look at these pictures: is this roundabout too exciting? Perhaps not. Watching water splash on gray marble gets to be dull after a while. Columbus Circle, according to a BBC News article – click here – opened in 1905 and is thought to be the first modern roundabout. (Question: what makes a roundabout “modern”?) An interesting fact about Columbus Circle is that it is very near The New York Athletic Club where the DMC started. The NYAC is at Central Park South and Seventh Avenue. Columbus Circle is at Central Park South and Eight Avenue.
Roundabouts of Great Britain Click here to view and order from Amazon Roundabout spotting is a favorite pastime of dull men. It's right up there with tubs-in-fields spotting and tractor spotting. This new book by Kevin Beresford is right up our alley. With this book, a dull man can in fact have a duller time roundabouting -- he wouldn't even need to get out of his house, which might be too exciting -- he can simply sit as home and read the book. This book has a chapter that seems to point directly at us dull men. This is the chapter "Types of Roundabout Spotter" which says the typical spotter is generally single and male, has reams of roundabout information amassed from local libraries town halls, and traffic island inspectors, and is very useful to glean roundabout facts from but never agrees to meet later for a drink. On page 43 you can combine roundabout spotting with electricity pylon spotting. A pylon right there in the middle of a roundabout in Meads. Some of the roundabouts might be too exciting for dull men, however. Especially on page 78 -- a roundabout in Birmingham that boasts three soaring Spitfires in commemoration of the part the airplanes played in the Battle of Britain. Some roundabouts are simply too beautiful -- all decked out in flowers -- like the roundabout on page 37 from Studley and the roundabout on page 73, the St. Bernard's Road Roundabout in Solihull. There's a roundabout under construction. What great fun -- watching a roundabout being built. The dullest roundabouts in the book? We like three: the one on page 25, the one on page 45, and the one on page 46. More letters we have received from roudabouters: What are the rules? September 23, 2004 Dear DMC, I read your review of Kevin's wonderful book. I immediately went out and bought it. But it doesn't answer a question I have had for a long time. What are the rules for drivers confronting a roundabout?
Thank you. Sincerely, Bea Wildered Roundabouting July 17, 2004 Dear DMC, I read Steve's letter about The Magic Roundabout. I am planning my next vacation to go to Swindon. Here is a link (click here) to an article that got me started on gong around roundabouts many times. It is really fun to do. I like to travel. But I don't want to go too far from home. Roundabouting is now how I travel but never get to far away from my home. Sincerely, Ron D. Boute The Magic Roundabout Dear Dull Men, Here's a link to a truly dull site about a multiple traffic roundabout in Swindon. I think the membership will enjoy this one. Quietly . . . http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm Steve Reszetniak
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