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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 3871054, member: 9260"] ur wasting ur time. as i get older, i am more and more [I]astounded [/I]by the seeming lack of both knowledge and understanding by '(north)east coasters' for the actual length and breadth of our nation. scary bad. loosely speaking, a good way to think about it from the ground, is around [I]1/3[/I] of a coast to coast drive gets you to the [I]big river, [/I]and then another [I]2/3s[/I] till you hit the pacific. that 2/3s part is first a loooooong flat ride, then another looooong run [I]up[/I] to the crest of the mountains, then another loooong run [I]down [/I]the western slope to the sea. yuge distances by global standards. physical unfamiliarity leads to cultural unfamiliarity. to their credit, western and southern folks don't pretend to know aboot eastern ways and life (mostly cuz they don't care), while many easterners, who maybe go once or twice to kali/seattle/vegas, will give phd dissertations on how life is every square inch from, say western pa to sacramento, or butte down to galveston. and while they're demonstrating their superior understanding for our nation, they'll tell you that it's all [I]fly over country, [/I]because they say so. disgusting. uninformed. clueless, insulting. good thing the folks don't/didn't listen, cuz their too busy roaring past our parochial thinking by creating epic examples for success like, Texas, Florida, etc. kali is almost 900 miles from top to bottom. it's 8000 miles from bangor, maine, usa to dededo, guam, usa. let's add diamond head polytechnic and nome college of fish to our conference. they'll just be a short drive for family, friends, and fans who like to go to away games, but can't afford to fly. but hey, it's only aboot half again [I][U]longer[/U][/I] to go from spokane to storrs than it is to go from london to istanbul. [/QUOTE]

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