On Aug 31, 7:26*pm, Bob Villa wrote:
On Aug 31, 5:16*pm, "h" wrote:





"Tony" wrote in message

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On 8/31/2010 6:27 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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That is how I grew up using the name. *Macadam meant Asphalt. *I used the
word Macadam around some friends a few years ago and got strange looks and
questions, that's when I looked it up.

Huh. I'm late 50s in upstate NY and that's what EVERYone around here calls
it, both younger and my age. Or, at least, I've never had any strange looks
or questions. Probably because I'm in the boonies. I'll admit, though, "Red
Asphalt" is a sexier title for a drivers' ed video than "Red Macadam".

Others might over look this but equating blood and death with sex.
What ARE you some kind of necrophiliac?

He's talking about those standard driver's ed films that are intended
to scare teenagers into good driving habits. "Sexier" is loosely
used in advertising and other areas to mean "more interesting,
more compelling, more eye-catching".

I would google some examples of "sexier" being used this way,
but I know better than to plug those letters into a search engine.

Cindy Hamilton