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Offline cmr107

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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2006, 03:49:42 am »
88% - Avg Error 33 miles - 320 secs


3rd time:

94% - 19 miles - 269 secs
« Last Edit: November 11, 2006, 04:02:25 am by cmr107 »
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Offline Ellemeno

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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2006, 04:19:14 am »
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2006, 09:06:37 pm »
Quote from: Meryl on November 11, 2006, 02:55:08 am
I wasn't dissing Indiana, David, just chuckling at Paul's forgetting there was one.  :)

Oh, I know you weren't dissing Indiana. I suppose I should have used a "wink" face (  ;) ) at the  end of my message.

I know you were just kidding.  :)
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #23 on: November 11, 2006, 09:43:57 pm »
92%, average error 5 miles.

Not bad given that Wyoming was my 3rd state.  ::) Only off by 54 miles, dropping a dang square into the middle of the continent.

I'm not so proud about being unable to place Pennsylvania correctly, though. I have trouble figuring out exactly where its Great Lake coast actually falls. That's embarrassing, because I've driven through it.

Minnesota is a good state to get to start. (Texas would be, too.)

3rd try: 100%, average error 0 miles. ;D (Had to stop in the middle and deal with family, so I didn't record the time.)

I am particularly proud of placing Nevada correctly without any other states in the western half of the US. I guess I do know where California's corner is.
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #24 on: November 11, 2006, 09:54:45 pm »
Quote from: nakymaton on November 11, 2006, 09:43:57 pm
3rd try: 100%, average error 0 miles. ;D

Dang, Girl!  That's amazin'.  You really know These United States. 
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2006, 10:02:30 pm »
8th time:

96%  3 miles  371 secs.
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2006, 10:09:04 pm »
Yay Mel, 100%!  8)

Yeah, it is cool when you just take a stab at it and it works.  I just did the same with Utah.  Latest score was 98%, 5 miles, 209 seconds.
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #27 on: November 12, 2006, 02:24:27 pm »
What's in Indiana?   ;)  They still got the Kinsey Institute up and running?  I know, David Letterman is from there. Of course, he annoyed me with BBM being a running gag for him.   Enough already. Gawd forbid you have Jake on your show. 

Did like how Letterman recently (pre-election)  told Bill O'Reilly "I believe 60% of the stuff you say is b.s."  That sorta made up for him not showing any respect for BBM. 
 
I've met some nice guys from Indiana. It's such a large state. How could anyone forget it, SouthendMD?  ;) Don't ask me to name the capitals of all the states because I'd surely screw up on North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #28 on: November 12, 2006, 03:03:00 pm »
I just read about a James Dean Museum planned for somewhere in Indiana. That's something I would like to see!
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Re: How's your U.S. geography? Play "Place the State"
« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2006, 06:14:50 pm »
32% - 950 miles - 315 secs

Shameful... and I only got those right 'cos I'm pretty handy with a jigsaw puzzle!  :D

Bet none of you know where Nempsett Thrubwell is in the UK though, hunh??  ;)
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