[Travel] Interesting maps

[Weststander]

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Continental Drift on steroids.

 

[raymondo]

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 !!!
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/

I believe my brother's niece sometimes plays at that festival

 

[raymondo]

Liberation of Provence 1944

 

[AZ Gull]

I believe my brother's niece sometimes plays at that festival

Isn't your brother's niece also ...... your niece?

 

[Han Solo]

Never knew you guys were Lithuania lovers... or haters.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Ireland has the same population now as 200 years ago, presumably due to mass emigration?

When you consider their birth rate over that period then yes, emigration, very little immigration and stupidity I guess.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Peters Projection is a more realistic view compared with the much older Mercator Projection.

 

[Bodian]

Isn't your brother's niece also ...... your niece?

Daughter?

 

[raymondo]

Isn't your brother's niece also ...... your niece?

No, not according to Google AI: My brother's daughter is my niece, but my brother's niece is errr... something else to me I think. Niece once removed,?

 

[raymondo]

Daughter?

Very good

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Isn't your brother's niece also ...... your niece?

Not necessarily if there are half brothers/sisters involved.
I have a niece who isn't related to half of my siblings.

 

[Anger]

The ancient kingdoms.


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Surprised to see Northum-brie there.
I thought the French influence came in a bit later. Around about 1066ish if my memory serves me correctly.

 

[Giraffe]

All battles since 2500BC

 

[Eeyore]

Brighton & Hove bus map from 1973. Pure porn.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Dad bought this back after the war

 

[Anger]

All battles since 2500BC

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There seems to be a high correlation between the sites of football pitches and battles since 2500 BC.

 

[Giraffe]

 

[Gazwag]

And celebrating 100 years of the shipping forecast yesterday. Always wondered about Dogger.

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[Blue&WhiteSea]

Stumbled upon this world map rescaled by population size

 

[Giraffe]

Stumbled upon this world map rescaled by population size

This is 2018, I suspect our island would look bigger now.