Madison Crank
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://ads.geocities.ws/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Madison Crank</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Madison Crank</B> | <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crank letters"><U>Crank letters</U></A> | <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Briefly noted"><U>Briefly noted</U></A> | <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A> | <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Crank"><U>Contact Crank</U></A> | <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Headlines"><U>Headlines</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03c28c00ddtham.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Madison Crank</I></div> <div> Presently this is a construction site.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcome. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Two words of explanation:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>CRANK: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(definitions 2 and 3)</FONT></div> <div> 2 : an eccentric person 3 : a bad-tempered person : grouch</div> <div> (c)2000 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved.</div> <bR> <div> There used to be an expression, "crank letter". This referred to slightly nutso missives sent either to important individuals or the local newspaper. This is what I do! Or more accurately, this is what I appear to do. I'm not nuts- everyone else is. (OK, make your own judgment after reading my letters.)</div> <bR> <div> <B>MADISON:</B></div> <div> Wisconsin, that is. I write about issues of local interest, mainly involving transportation. But since the same nonsense is happening everywhere in America, much of what I say has relevance to nearly every city in the US.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>