On: The True Size of Africa

[LargeWu]

Reminds me of the adage: In America, 100 years is a long time. In England, 100 miles is a long distance.

[pavel_lishin → LargeWu]

My parents and I live in Texas, and they went to New York a few years ago on vacation, renting a car and just driving around for awhile.

They'd take out a map, determine their approximate route from point A to point B, figure it would take about three hours... and arrive, confused, 45 minutes later.

[nutjob123 → LargeWu]

Wish we had an autobahn-like road system here to get around faster. 80mph federal speed limit is ridiculous with the cars we have these days.

[noonespecial → nutjob123]

It is however, perfectly sane considering the drivers we have these days.