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Re: Sun-Centered? (was: The Flat Earth?)

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From: Robert Roosen
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
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Let's not forget Boston.  Three right turns are seldom the equivalent of 
a left turn.  Also, it is nearly impossible to get anywhere without 
crossing the Mystic River Bridge at least once.
Street signs used to be an endangered species there (one every twenty or 
so blocks).  For the Bicentennial (1976) a lot of signs were put up.  
Don't know the present situation.

And what about those damn traffic circles?  Revolving around a center 
that requires centrifugal force to keep up (forget gravity)
Clive D.W. 
Feather (clive@stdc.demon.co.uk) 
wrote: : In article <3p6kb9$k3j@manuel.anu.edu.au>,
: Andrew Christy <christy@rschp2.anu.edu.au> wrote:
: > Doesn't work either here (Canberra, Australia) or in Cambrige, UK. In both
: > cities, streets that are intuitively parallel turn out not to be
: > (as a rule in Canberra, they are 45-60 degrees out). In Cambridge, two of
: > them even meet at a right angle (by the Round Church).

: > I can only conclude that space shows a very strong local positive curvature
: > in these cities.

: Huh ? Didn't you *know* that there's a Tardis Effect somewhere on
: Christ's Pieces (in Cambridge). It's well known here.

: -- 
: Clive D.W. Feather     | If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
: clive@stdc.demon.co.uk |   - Henry Spencer
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From: roosen@crash.cts.com (Robert Roosen)
Subject: Re: Sun-Centered? (was: The Flat Earth?)
Date: 1995/05/21
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