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In article <335FE05A.1722@SPAMBLOCK.wmin.ac.uk>, Vince Young <fsaec@SPAMBLOCK.wmin.ac.uk> writes:
> The Hepburn wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > Actually, there are several ways to get a 5000 mile one-way trip over here;
> > how about Anchorage, Alaska to Key West, Florida?  How about Victoria, BC
> 
> that's in Canada not the US, if you want to do that we'll include the
> whole of Europe into the discussion.
> 
>Okay; you want to keep it within the continental USA I guess, so we'll
eliminate driving to Alaska.  How about Blaine, Washington to Key West
Florida?  THat's a distance of about 3638 miles.  Now, can you give us
an example of of driving from one corner of the UK to another corner of
the UK that comes close to that?  Hey, I'll even let you round the distance off
to the nearest hundred:  give us an exemple of a 3600 mile drive in the UK
that does not include backtracking or driving in circles.
 
And then for fun, give us an example of driving corner-to-corner in Europe.
Here I'm actually curious; I'd really like to know the driving distance
from corner-to-corner in Europe.

> > to St. John's, Nfld? Or Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Florida?  As you can see
> > if you look at a map, from Fairbanks or Ancharoage to just about anywhere
> > on the East coast will be a lot of miles, and coast-to-coast in Canada is
> > a long drive also.
> > 
> > --
> The point was that you can drive a long way in the UK too, your points
> don't change that fact.
> 
I guess it's a question of semantics; here in the USA a "long way" is
usually thought to be several thousand miles.  The last time I looked,
the UK was not several thousand miles long, or wide.  If you consider 
driving 200 or 300 miles "a long way" then I guess you can indeed drive
a long way in the UK.  In the USA you can drive 300 miles and not even
leave a state.  California is over 800 miles end-to-end, and Texas is
also over 800 miles across.  Those distances might be considered "a long way"
to drive, especially if you're trying to do it in one day.

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