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Not particularly on topic for .debate but what the heck( was Re: Geography
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Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > Seattle to the north (visted the Evil Empire). Boston to the east. Hawaii
> > to the west. Only 10 states. Belize to the south (quick one day dash out
> > of Mexico). Tried to get the assignment that would have taken me to London,
> > but alas. So, I'm further down the "piddly" scale, I'm afraid.
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> Downright provincial:-)
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> Moi: Canada, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, France, (West) Germany, Austria,
> Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Jordan; most of those countries on
> multiple occasions, and 34 states.
Not bad. You have me beat for foreign countries, that's for sure.
Countries: US, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark,
Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Japan
States of the US: All but HI, ME, MT, AR, NM, ND (unless you count flyovers in
which case all but HI but no one ever does)
Territories of the US: PR, DC
Furthest North: Ester Dome (N of Fairbanks, but mostly W of it) AK
Furthest South: S of Wollongong, NSW, Australia (which in turn is S of Sydney)
Furthest East and West are tough since I've flown across the 180 line.
I think furthest East in terms of landfall is probably somewhere around Brisbane
Queensland... we went to the Gold Coast which is a bit SE of downtown.
Furthest West in terms of landfall is probably somewhere NW of Anchorage AK but
I'm not sure of a town name, we were in a Beaver and landed somewhere on the
Little Susitna river.
In another bit of trivia, I went to this list:
http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab22.txt
looking for metropolitan areas I haven't been in. Starting at the top, I had to
go to #44 (Honolulu) before I found one I hadn't been in. (changing planes in
the airport of that area counted for that particular analysis, as did driving
through it without stopping)
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| (...) Oo! Oo! Finally a piddling contest I can do reasonably well in! Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany (both sides before the wall came down), Ireland, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Not particularly on topic for .debate but what the heck( was Re: Geography
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| Nations (in order, to the best of my ability): West Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, England, Denmark, Austria, United States, Mexico, Canada, Jamaica I have driven, as an adult, on my own, and (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Downright provincial:-) Moi: Canada, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, France, (West) Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Jordan; most of those countries on multiple occasions, and 34 states. JOHN (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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