On this day 2005......
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i'd never actually seen Malfuntion Junction until now. Thank goodness they constructed the Junction. What a cluster.
Funny this comes up today. I was in Starkville with my son yesterday and road through/by the Junction and mention to him what is was like 25 yrs ago. We had a good laugh.
There were rarely wrecks there because everyone always paid attention when they got there. One did not simply drive through malfunction junction. It required extreme focus. Every. Single. Time.
it was a nightmare, but you guys are right. hardly ever a wreck. i did come through there one night after having more than i needed. went up the wrong way. thank Jesus there were no campus po po's riding around.
campus is way better now. kids these days have no idea. haha
campus is way better now. kids these days have no idea. haha
My fondest memory was one Spring evening in 1983, that we went through there, headed to Dudy Noble with a keg of beer and about a dozen folks in the back of a pick up. One of the guys fell out and bounced about three times. We never slowed up as he jumped up and raced to catch up .
Maybe you had to be there to appreciate, but ah, life's sweet little memories!!
Maybe you had to be there to appreciate, but ah, life's sweet little memories!!
And there was the intricate system of interminable stoplights that made getting through there a chore. One late Thursday night I was leaving a study group and trying to get home (seriously, I was studying and not drinking at all). I still needed to study up some and I was really nervous about the test, and I was stuck at a redlight in Malfunction Junction. The light would not change, and there was absolutely no other traffic. After carefully looking all around and getting impatient, I ran the redlight, and sure enough there was a campus cop hiding in the shadows up by the stadium.
He really didn't want to buy my study group story, but once I got out of my car it was obvious I was not drunk or anything. He actually let me go with a stern warning.
I aced my test.
Back in the day, during our Old South week at the KA house, we would shoot tennis ball out of the cannon and hit cars there.
There were actually 7 roads that either entered or exited that intersection. Some engineer actually thought that would be a good idea.
I took the wife up for her first visit last year. I was on campus from 99 to 04. The place is hardly recognizable now.
Was a five way stop back in the day.
And on a busy day or between classes....it was a malfunction junction.
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MJ was significantly modified in the first stadium expansion around 85-86...
Perhaps that is the time frame you speak of.
Perhaps that is the time frame you speak of.
I count 6 in this picture.
And damn I wish Dudy Noble was located where Dorman is!
Five roads at the "Junction" the other was thrown in for entertainment purposes only