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Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:02 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:02 pm
Colorado is not a rectangle, it's an isosceles trapezoid. Ditto Wyoming.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56524 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:03 pm to
You're talking all gay
Posted by lsuguy84
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2009
26275 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:03 pm to
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83093 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

isosceles trapezoid


That’s not even a thing
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:05 pm to

Colorado could be a rectangle if the world was flat.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
34308 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:20 pm to
quote:

isosceles trapezoid


That’s not even a thing



quote:

Isosceles trapezoid is a trapezoid in which the top and bottom sides are parallel, while the remaining two non-parallel sides have the same length.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28241 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:27 pm to
But is it two weeks from everywhere?
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
46259 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:27 pm to
St. Martin Parish (LA) has an exclave, which can only be reached by going through another county. Fulton County (KY) has one that can only be reached by going through another state.
Posted by Pork Que
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2010
849 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:54 pm to
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100358 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:54 pm to
Dammit I was coming to post that
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 5:56 pm to
quote:

Colorado is not a rectangle, it's an isosceles trapezoid. Ditto Wyoming.


Only on flat maps. Not in real life.
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1415 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 6:08 pm to
Prove it
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
60686 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 6:38 pm to
quote:

Colorado is not a rectangle, it's an isosceles trapezoid. Ditto Wyoming.


But are either 2 weeks from everywhere?

Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
16593 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 6:44 pm to
How many marijuanas have you had?
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28241 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 6:45 pm to
quote:

Dammit I was coming to post that

You were both late.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72759 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 6:54 pm to
Newton County Mississippi is the only exactly square county in the Land Mass.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:21 pm to
In before "Reno is west of Los Angeles "
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
79105 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:26 pm to
The closest world capital to Barrow, Alaska is Reykjavik.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71514 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:39 pm to
quote:

Colorado could be a rectangle if the world was flat.


The hell you mean "if"?
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9465 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:59 pm to
The Pacific Entrance of the Panama Canal is further East than the Atlantic entrance.

Panama is the only place on Earth that you can watch the Sun rise over the Pacific and watch it set on the Atlantic.
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