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Dazza@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

And I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more.

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And I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more.

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Dazza@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 years ago
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  • moup@lemm.ee
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    3 years ago

    oh fuck they were going to france

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      3 years ago

      Hundred years war 2!

      Hundred years war 2!

      You liked the first so much have a sequel.

  • ᴄʜᴏᴋɪᴅᴀʀ@lemmy.world
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    Visualising it, it’s nowhere near as far as it sounds.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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    Thank God. Gibraltar is safe.

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    3 years ago

    Am american. do not understand. live in a state that is 1000 miles wide.

    • Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      The size difference is getting to me too lol

      I used to drive a 200 mile round trip weekly to visit home while I was in college.

      Houston to East Texas is a fun drive.

      • teydam@kbin.social
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        I had a german professor once remark to me about how different Americans are, like hundreds of miles is a day trip, hundreds of miles is a week long trip by car. Bet the trains are awesome though. Amtrak long distances seems way too expensive relative to my other options when factoring in time.

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          “An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a hundred years is a long time.”

      • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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        Houston isn’t East Texas?

        • Mr_Buscemi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          3 years ago

          East Texas is more when it gets woody and Louisiana-lite. Houston is sorta on the edge.

          Lufkin/Carthage/Nacogdoches/Tyler is more east Texas than Houston.

          • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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            Thanks. From MT everything east of the rockies is Eastern MT (or as we call it, West Dakota).

    • bigfish@reddthat.com
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      A 1000 mile radius does cover a chunk of the US. Centered on Denver it covers basically everything west of Michigan (excl Alaska and Hawaii of course).

      https://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?lat=39.739236&lng=-104.984862&r=1609340

  • ThisIsNecessary@lemmy.world
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    This map made me realize how small Great Britain really is. I drive 550 miles to visit my mom in the US, Great Britain is only 600 miles long from north to south.

    • Resistentialism@lemmy.world
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      I’m gonna say it.

      Even though we’re fucking tiny. We were some proper nasty bastards.

      • islandofcaucasus@lemmy.world
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        I’ve never read a comment with an English accent before

  • Jarmer@slrpnk.net
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    3 years ago

    So basically they just really wanted to go to Iceland. Cool!

  • jorge@sopuli.xyz
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    They never said that they were walking on a straight line

    • Poiar@sh.itjust.works
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      This just in!

      The Proclaimers are actually Jesuses with their amazing ability to walk on water

    • markstos@lemmy.world
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      Right. You need a proper isochrones map to visualize this based on walking routes.

      • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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        Thanks. Now I have a new hyper focus to work on.

        • markstos@lemmy.world
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          There are services that will generate isochrones of walk travel time for you, but they usually charge a small API fee for the calculations

          • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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            Thanks I’m half way through learning how to generate maps with D3.JS

    • MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world
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      Also thought, I wanna see someone cross Switzerland in a laterally straight line

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    TIL the proclaimers were both jesus somehow.

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    Man Europe is hilariously small! Don’t get me wrong, it’d love to abandon the US and live there. It’s just mind blowing the perspective this map gives.

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      With around 10.5 Mio square Kilometer surface it is a bit larger than the USA with around 9.8 Mio square Kilometer area.

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      Europe is bigger than the US though.

      Europe: 3,930,000 sq mi

      The US: 3,794,100 sq mi

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        You’re comparing continents and countries.

        North America is over twice as large. So yes, from anyone on this side of the pond it’s tiny.

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        Yeah Europe is a bunch of counties and an entire continent. United States is just 1 country and half a continent

        Not talking shit at all, I love how small Europe is. A few hours in a train and you’re in a brand new culture with a brand new language

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    Is this a nuclear blast radius map?

  • Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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    Just to act like Jesus and walk 1000 miles on water like never before.

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    And considering the song was released before the chunnel, he would’ve found difficulty achieving this feat

  • Ddhuud@lemmy.world
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    They meant in a circle

  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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    We use km here!

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    I’d like to see on Google Maps how far The Empire of The Proclaimers truly is when it’s put on roads.

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