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    #1922
    cdeb
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    That's brilliant! At first glance you'd hardly notice. Anyone name the missing 7?

    American geography not my strong point, but I think Maryland and Kansas are two. And is there two Dakotas? They're both missing.

    Edit - actually, Maryland is top right (MD); I just didn't know where it is. Don't see Delaware though.


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    #1923
    Seth Brundle
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    Isla Nublar
    Jurassic_Park_-_National_Park_Style_Map_-_16x20_940x.jpg?v=1570207013


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    #1924
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    That's brilliant! At first glance you'd hardly notice. Anyone name the missing 7?
    North Dakota
    South Dakota
    Nebraska
    Kansas
    New Mexico
    Pennsylvania
    Delaware


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    #1925
    Kermit.de.frog
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    #1926
    Capt'n Midnight
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    #1927
    Capt'n Midnight
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    #1928
    Capt'n Midnight
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    #1929
    Seth Brundle
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    I don't work for them, etc...

    https://twitter.com/geolsoc/status/1335959822638968840


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    #1930
    Seth Brundle
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    Schematised River Hydrology of Germany...

    https://twitter.com/GrasshopperGeo/status/1337291063468371969


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    #1931
    retalivity
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    ^ It's almost like East Germany is back!


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    #1932
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Places where you can't fill your car at a petrol station in Oregon.

    https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c


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    #1933
    BonnieSituation
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Places where you can't fill your car at a petrol station in Oregon.

    https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c

    Nothing has ever prepared me for the utter weirdness of mandatorily having someone "pump my gas" when in the States.

    Though,there is a place in or near Dundalk, possibly near the IT that used to do it from memory.


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    #1934
    Qiaonasen
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    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Nothing has ever prepared me for the utter weirdness of mandatorily having someone "pump my gas" when in the States.

    Though,there is a place in or near Dundalk, possibly near the IT that used to do it from memory.


    What is the reasoning for that?


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    #1935
    BonnieSituation
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    Qiaonasen wrote: »
    What is the reasoning for that?

    I have no real clue. I assumed it was some sort of safety thing. No idea though.


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    #1936
    Conchir
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    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    I have no real clue. I assumed it was some sort of safety thing. No idea though.

    I'm not sure of the original reasoning, but I think it's remained in Oregon in part due to the huge number of jobs it creates for High School and College age people.


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    #1937
    Shedite27
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    Qiaonasen wrote: »
    What is the reasoning for that?

    Started out after someone got badly burnt, they tried to do away with it in the 90s and realised it employed about 3000 people.

    Same situation in New Jersey


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    #1938
    blackwhite
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    Shedite27 wrote: »
    Started out after someone got badly burnt, they tried to do away with it in the 90s and realised it employed about 3000 people.

    Same situation in New Jersey

    It’s been the law in New Jersey since the 1940s.

    Originally lobbying from Esso in NJ to allow them push for “full service” stops where they’d clean windscreens etc, and charge for the pleasure

    Safety was the reason offered for it - but was never actually evidenced



    Ironically, in the late 90s and early 2000s, Esso were one of the first oil majors to convert significant parts of their networks (before selling them off) to unmanned, automatic sites.


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    #1939
    BonnieSituation
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    The other extreme is the auto filling hoses that they have which to me are just: 1. the height of laziness 2. Dangerous as hell.


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    #1940
    josip
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    Filling station in Muff this summer had an attendant at the pumps.

    I think it was a Covid-measure to prevent contamination via the handle.


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    #1941
    Stovepipe
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    they had a guy at Crookstown in Kildare for a long time, would approach you and offer to pump the petrol. usually worked with women.


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    #1942
    sligojoek
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    josip wrote: »
    Filling station in Muff this summer had an attendant at the pumps.

    I think it was a Covid-measure to prevent contamination via the handle.

    For Muff drivers.


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    #1943
    Professor Moriarty
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    For Muff drivers.

    Or....https://www.muffdivingclub.ie


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    #1944
    mikhail
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    Qiaonasen wrote: »
    What is the reasoning for that?
    I think there are two states in the US where there's an old union that has successfully kept pump attendant as a job by insisting it's an elf and safey issue. Because it's so complicated and dangerous that people just randomly blow themselves up pumping petrol everywhere else, obviously.

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    EDIT: Down to one state (NJ) and one town in New York after Oregon repealed those laws recently.
    https://www.myimprov.com/states-dont-allow-pump-gas/

    EDIT to the EDIT: It seems Oregon only temporarily repealed that law in response to covid-19, and it's back in force there. https://www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/sfm/Pages/Self-Service-Rules-Change-FAQs.aspx


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    #1945
    Junkyard Tom
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    I think the people interested in this thread would enjoy this YouTube channel.


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    #1946
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Every light is a GAA pitch.

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    #1947
    Capt'n Midnight
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    France and the Netherlands share a border.


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    The French part is in the EU. Neither are in Schengen.

    st.martin.jpg

    The island just to the North is Anguilla. It's a British overseas territory.
    It doesn't have an airport and you have to go through French territory to get to the Dutch airport beside Maho beach.

    You've seen those pictures of the very low flying airliners.

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    #1948
    retalivity
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    I was there last year.
    There is no real border, just a sign stating a Welcome/Bienvenue/Wilkommen on the road. The French side is really french, use the Euro, and speak mostly French. The Dutch side is very americanised, mainly English speaking and while they have their own currency, everywhere uses USD - I did not see any guilders the whole time I was there. Didn't go to Anguilla, they use different currency there again.


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    #1949
    KevRossi
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Every light is a GAA pitch.

    Nice. But a fair few missing.
    retalivity wrote: »
    I was there last year.
    There is no real border, just a sign stating a Welcome/Bienvenue/Wilkommen on the road. The French side is really french, use the Euro, and speak mostly French. The Dutch side is very americanised, mainly English speaking and while they have their own currency, everywhere uses USD - I did not see any guilders the whole time I was there. Didn't go to Anguilla, they use different currency there again.

    Euro surely?


    Here's a map of the Caminos. Some small local ones missing but they big and medium sized ones are there. And it only shows a brief glimpse of the ones in France; they also have a huge network of them.

    wisepilgrimcaminomap.gif


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    #1950
    Dyr
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Every light is a GAA pitch.

    EpcdApxVgAAChSr?format=jpg&name=900x900

    GAA pitch or GAA club? I'm pretty sure its not accurate either way, but note the darklands above in Mordor


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    #1951
    Capt'n Midnight
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    Here's a map of the Caminos. Some small local ones missing but they big and medium sized ones are there. And it only shows a brief glimpse of the ones in France; they also have a huge network of them.

    https://thecaminoprovides.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/wisepilgrimcaminomap.gif
    St James Gate in Dublin is named after the starting point of the pilgrimage Camino de Santiago leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.


    800px-Ways_of_St._James_in_Europe.png


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