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re: The More You Know: Alabama is only 34 miles from Louisiana!
Posted on 7/1/19 at 2:36 pm to JPinLondon
Posted on 7/1/19 at 2:36 pm to JPinLondon
Grand Isle is closer to Progeso (Yucatan) Mexico than Dallas.
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Posted on 7/1/19 at 2:45 pm to cyarrr
the entire mainland of South America is farther East than Atlanta
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:01 pm to OweO
quote:I know its not an OweO quality observation, so my excitement was tempered as I watched that sunrise yesterday.
I would have guessed 40-50 miles so I wouldn't have been too far off. Not sure why this is something to be excited about
BTW, if you split the difference in your guess, and say 45 miles... your guess would have been 32.4% high, and thus pretty far off. Not awful, but not all that impressive either.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:05 pm to MorbidTheClown
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crazy, i woke up this morning wondering this exact thing.
This IS better than most of the shite posted here.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:07 pm to JPinLondon
In the community of Tribbett, Mississippi you are 365.5 air miles away from 4 different MLB Ballparks.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:12 pm to LSUBoo
If you travel south from Detroit, you enter Canada.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:48 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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The Eastern entrance to the Panama Canal is further West than the Western entrance. And vice versa.
I know what you are trying to say, but that isn't technically correct. The western entrance is the one located further west.
What you were trying to say was: "The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is further West than the Pacific entrance. And vice versa"
Also, I am not the one that down voted you.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 3:56 pm to JPinLondon
How many miles is LA to 30A?
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:01 pm to JPinLondon
Lubec, Maine (easternmost town in US) is farther east in longitude than Punta Cana.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:04 pm to NorthEndZone
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:05 pm to JPinLondon
Sad that they are so close, yet light years ahead of us in football. 
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:28 pm to JPinLondon
Weird. I was thinking about this today while watching the weather on TV. 
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:37 pm to SaturdayTraditions
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I know what you are trying to say, but that isn't technically correct. The western entrance is the one located further west.
What you were trying to say was: "The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is further West than the Pacific entrance. And vice versa"
Also, I am not the one that down voted you.
I agree with your correction. The geography of the Panama Canal is quite fascinating; but the use of "eastern entrance, western entrance" is really not done, because of this, as you stated.
I have always heard it stated as "did you know that when traveling from the Pacific to the Atlantic in the Panama Canal, you travel westbound?" Or more correctly, northwesterly? I may or may not have downvoted that post, I cannot recall.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:40 pm to JPinLondon
Damn. Only 34 miles from that shithole known as Louisiana.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 4:44 pm to Ted2010
Minneapolis is further north than Toronto, Canada.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:04 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Reno, Nevada is further west than Los Angeles, California
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That is crazy. And awesome. I love fun facts like this.
I have one that is more subjective, I suppose:
Denver is NOT a "western" city! Not even all that close. Denver is a city very near the western edge of the Great Central Plains.
Don't believe me? Look at a map. Consider these facts too:
- Denver is ~950 miles east of San Francisco
- Denver is ~825 from the nearest Pacific coastline (near Oceanside, CA)
- Denver is only 1,554 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean (near Norfolk, VA)
- Denver is closer to Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis than it is to San Francisco.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:06 pm to JPinLondon
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Denver is NOT a "western" city!
whoooo, now don't go trying to tell our Texas baws that Ft. Worth isn't the gateway to the west!
Posted on 7/1/19 at 5:28 pm to JPinLondon
Dalhart, TX is closer to the capitals of six other States than it is to Austin, capital of TX.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:32 pm to SaturdayTraditions
You are correct. Thanks. I dont give two shites about the downvote.
Posted on 7/1/19 at 6:41 pm to JPinLondon
No matter what part of the state you go to, a gump is a gump.
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