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Re: Geography (was: We'll take in your poor....)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:42:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
> "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message
> > time he boards another jet, flies 7 hours east, and lands in the same country on
> > the same land mass.
> Careful though, 7 hours doesn't sound that impressive. Boston to LA non-stop
> is 6 hours.
Yeah, but LA to Boston is only 5 hours...he was flying east.
Chris
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 | | Re: Geography (was: We'll take in your poor....)
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| (...) Added to that the idea that LA and Boston are on opposite coasts, whereas Moscow and the city whonse name I can't remember are not really near the 'outer edges' of the former Soviet Union. So the 7 hours was 'in country', not even going from (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Geography (was: We'll take in your poor....)
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| (...) Last I checked, it's faster to fly west than east, since you'd be flying into the planetary rotation instead of overtaking it. Also, you can't judge the size of a country very accurately by board-to-debark times, since many airlines pad those (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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