Pariah Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 ...which is way the heck on the other side of the continent from where you are. Correct? (Okay, I had to Google it. I'm not up on my Aussie geography. But still.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 ...which is way the heck on the other side of the continent from where you are. Correct? (Okay, I had to Google it. I'm not up on my Aussie geography. But still.) Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 At least he's not in Alice Springs, where *every* side is the far side of the continent. Pariah and Bazza 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 At least he's not in Alice Springs, where *every* side is the far side of the continent. The definition of "middle of nowhere". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Kinda like Arco, Idaho, or Winnamucca, Nevada. Or Alamosa, Colorado. It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 ...and I just discovered that someone I know is currently living in Winnemucca. Awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 I've been to Vuöni, that my father described as "the village God forgot!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Well nearly forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 In the early days of Mapquest, when you requested a map of Tampico, WA (where my folks lived), literally what you got was an otherwise empty box with a single dot in the middle. A case can be made that that was appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 I sort of like/dislike mapmakers putting in fake towns to catch plagiarisers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Well, Tampico WA is a real place; it's just in the hinterlands and very little more than fork in the road with a sometimes-open-sometimes-not store, a fire station, and a church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Can't have a place without a church! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 I lived in a little town in West Virginia that had a church and a post office and a grocery store, but no gas station. If you ran out of gas in that town, you had to find a way to the next town 2 miles down the road in order to get gas. Don't ask me how I know this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 So, how do you know this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 The difference between West Virginia and states in western half of the US is that instead of 2 miles the crucial dimension there is upwards of 20, and quite possibly upwards of 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 We drove about 2,000 miles about a week and a half ago, and regularly saw signs that said things like, "Next services: 57 miles". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 That close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Of course, Pariah was driving in states that believe in informative signs. Here in Washington you'll never see such things. That would be helpful, and we can't have that. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 But isn't Washington basically socialist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Only in some densely populated urban pockets which are thoroughly hated by the residents of most of the area of the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Cascadia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Only in some densely populated urban pockets which are thoroughly hated by the residents of most of the area of the state. Sounds like the Denver/Boulder vs. the rest of Colorado situation I grew up in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Or the reverse of Stockholm vs. the rest of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Why does the rabbit have a smart phone? In case he gets a call from God? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Probably he's addicted to the Carrot Crunch game app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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