dolphins
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As a true Brightonian I take issue... surely past the Pylons is all Northerners?
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[Travel] Interesting maps
- Thread starter Giraffe
- Start date
- Apr 5, 2014
- 26,339
Blimey, Le Harve would have been a local derby.
The Maharajah of Sydney
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Decades ago, a taxi driver told me he once picked up a couple of Americans from Sydney Airport and asked to be taken to Perth !!!I had to show my wife this, when she suggested that we could "just drive up to the Great Barrier Reef" from Tamworth when we visit for a few days in January.
"Just the 2000 km, dear? Yeah, no problem..."
Geography isnt her strong point.
When the taxi driver had finally finished laughing the comment was, "but it's only the other side of the island... isn't it ?"
Btw, Tamworth is an extremely happening place at that time of year as every January it hosts The Australian Country Music Festival.
The Golden Guitar is the big award to win ; https://www.tcmf.com.au/
Fignon's Ponytail
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Unfortunately we leave 2 days before it starts! Bit gutted as Im a huge Country music fan, but the schedule / time off work just didn't work out! Our lad is there until April though, so he will be donning the boots and Cowboy hat for a few days
maffew
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Ireland stayed exactly the same?
mr sheen
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- Jan 17, 2008
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About a million died of starvation and another million emigrated, so has taken a while for the population to climb back up
I'd guess the increase in Scotland being significantly smaller than England and Wales will have been for broadly similar reasons.
I've been trying to find that place for ages.
queens park pete
Prog off!
Ha, so am I. I will attempt to out the Fulham fan next time by wearing something Albion related. Good news about the lost path in Saltdean last night!
queens park pete
Prog off!
About the same odds as the Titanic then?
queens park pete
Prog off!
Although after the 1-3 at The Cottage, maybe not!
The map projection inflates the distance the further from the equator you look.
You'll note that Greenland is shown to be larger than Australia and roughly the same size as Africa.
And this is even more fun
Compare Countries With This Simple Tool
Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.
www.thetruesize.com
Yes, I only found out about this last year, like we've been lied to all these years. So I purchased a globe, much better representation of scale, except the relief ones massively exaggerate the height of mountains.
Anger
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- Jul 21, 2017
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That would never work. It would be constant wars.
We all need our space and of course, who doesn’t love a sea view?