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Today is Friday and its February. Days and months felt meaningless for a while now
 
The beaches on the East coast will never see the sun set.
 
Ethan said:
The beaches on the East coast will never see the sun set.
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Not 100% true.

Beaches on barrier islands on the west side of the island will see sun set. Lots of barrier islands on the East coast
 
AllforOne said:
Delaware is the only US state without commercial international flights.

Pheasant Island has switched ownership between France and Spain every six months for the past 350+ years.

The term “bug” as a reference to a malfunction in a computer or software program originated when a moth got trapped in one of the earliest machines.

Point Roberts, WA, cannot access any other part of the US via land. You have to go through Canada to get to the rest of Washington.

(Might not be obvious stuff, but it looks like we’ve taken some detours into trivia, so I figured I’d add a few.)
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The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, or "Da Angle" in Minnesotan, is also not accessible from the United States, and is an US enclave surrounded by Canada. It is also the furthest northern point in the contiguous United States...

But as it is not connected to the rest of the US, is it actually contiguous?
 
Lee said:
Not 100% true.

Beaches on barrier islands on the west side of the island will see sun set. Lots of barrier islands on the East coast
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Nah not accurate, they still have cities and trees in the way.
Plus beaches don't typically form on the inside of the barrier since it blocks the waves.

Nothing beats a sun set over the ocean.

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Sebastian said:
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, or "Da Angle" in Minnesotan, is also not accessible from the United States, and is an US enclave surrounded by Canada. It is also the furthest northern point in the contiguous United States...

But as it is not connected to the rest of the US, is it actually contiguous?
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Same with Allburgh VT. It’s on land that extends from Canada into Lake Champlain. I believe there may be bridges to other parts of VT, but without them, it’s a drive through Canada and then back into the States.
 
Ethan said:
Nah not accurate, they still have cities and trees in the way.
Plus beaches don't typically form on the inside of the barrier since it blocks the waves.

Nothing beats a sun set over the ocean.
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I’m in North Carolina (some of the year, anyway) and can see sunrises and sunsets (our beach town faces south).

My next post will include a couple of pictures of sunsets from our home. (I’d put them here, but the mobile client doesn’t seem to like inline photos.)
 
Why is everyone taking the sunset thing seriously? I just assumed that was a joke…
 
Ethan said:
Nah not accurate, they still have cities and trees in the way.
Plus beaches don't typically form on the inside of the barrier since it blocks the waves.

Nothing beats a sun set over the ocean.

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My brothers wife has a house on the Jersey shore on a barrier island, it does have a sun set because the island is far enough away from the mainlaind.
 
Cavatt said:
Oh that arrow on the gauges that shows you which side the gas is on. Not always useful, but good when you have a rental or borrow someone's car.

Also, highway signs. If the exit is on the left, so will the exit number be on the signs above the highway. It will be on the left for a left exit and right for a right exit.
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Highways with an odd number go north to south and highways that go east to west have even numbers. If it's a 3 digit highway, the first digit tells you if it's connects in 1 or two places. A loop or bypass will have a even first digit like 271 or 480. A interchange or spur will have an odd number as the first digit.

I realized the highways being the directs when drive cross country. I need the first digit meant it came off the main highway but I didn't realize the odd or even first digit part of it until I looked it up just now.
 
inliner311 said:
Highways with an odd number go north to south and highways that go east to west have even numbers. If it's a 3 digit highway, the first digit tells you if it's connects in 1 or two places. A loop or bypass will have a even first digit like 271 or 480. A interchange or spur will have an odd number as the first digit.

I realized the highways being the directs when drive cross country. I need the first digit meant it came off the main highway but I didn't realize the odd or even first digit part of it until I looked it up just now.
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You know how I know you didn't read the thread :chuckle:
 
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