Richard J.:
I was amused to note last month that buses in Paris ...
have a long horizontal board slotted into brackets on the
left side of the bus ...

Doh! I meant to say the right side of the bus (in Paris).

Good thing they keep the boards in the same city as the buses. :-)
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Mark is probably right about something,
| but I forget what" -- Rayan Zachariassen