If you sailed from the west coast USA to Japan, you would be going west.

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May 18, 2024
4:31:52pm

bluesloth Political Junky

If you sailed from the west coast USA to Japan, you would be going west.

It doesn’t matter what hemisphere Japan is in. Japan is to the west of the starting location.

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bluesloth

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Last login: Jun 1, 2024
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Time

What's something new you learned today?

SV72 Sale

May 18, 3:15pm

I learned that lemonade stands are charging 50 cents a glass.

BlueFever

May 18, 3:26pm

wait, glass?

SV72 Sale

May 18, 3:44pm

Crystal. May have been antique. I had to drink it there, so that was awkward.

BlueFever

May 18, 9:42pm

The chocolate chip cookie is gross there. Ours was all chocolate inside. Haven’t

Magneto

May 18, 3:30pm

Using the law of diminishing marginal returns as an excuse to half-a** clean

reagan21

May 18, 3:31pm

That was my complaint about the cookie. They don't have any dough. It is 99% chocolate chips.

byuluvr

May 18, 3:32pm

That it was spring cleaning day. Trip to DI with a completely full car.

Ted Lasso

May 18, 3:33pm

That Alaska is both the Easternmost and Westernmost state

May 18, 3:43pm

RE: That Alaska is both the Easternmost and Westernmost state

SV72 Sale

May 18, 3:46pm

wrong

Count Cougar

May 18, 3:49pm

It crosses the International Dateline in the Aleutian Islands, so it is the

May 18, 3:59pm

Yes. The outer Aleutians are in the eastern hemisphere.

Brisco

May 18, 4:07pm

so where is the east coast of the continental usa?

Count Cougar

May 18, 4:22pm

Yes, and you go West to Japan but Japan is in the "Far East" We live on a globe

May 18, 4:29pm

If you sailed from the west coast USA to Japan, you would be going west.

bluesloth

May 18, 4:31pm

So Japan is in the "Far West" then? I think we are arguing over semantics here

May 18, 4:43pm

no it is relative to the points you are discussing.

Count Cougar

May 18, 5:15pm

You need to use a globe. There is only one line that can be furthest east or

May 18, 6:39pm

I’ve never seen a globe that dictates something as furthest east or west.

bluesloth

May 18, 6:58pm

Hemisphere is a name, not always the direction. The British named them and saw

Count Cougar

May 18, 5:40pm

I never said hemisphere, I said international date line

May 18, 6:40pm

its not even a straight line and has been moved at different times

Count Cougar

May 18, 8:58pm

must have been taught geography by a teacher who didn't like it

Count Cougar

May 18, 5:12pm

Costco can shove its onions, and its hotdogs. Bring back the combo pizza!

May 18, 3:49pm

RE: Costco can shove its onions, and its hotdogs. Bring back the combo pizza!

Russell Feathers

May 18, 3:53pm

RE: Costco can shove its onions, and its hotdogs. Bring back the combo pizza!

SV72 Sale

May 19, 6:17pm

I saw someone get one of those lidded plastic cups and got excited.

bluesloth

May 18, 4:22pm

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Smack'sWife

May 18, 4:35pm

Cutting bricks is a lot of fun.

NumbersGuy

May 18, 4:57pm

I learned my hip hurts. Dang body getting old.

Ted Lasso

May 18, 9:04pm

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