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smodgley · 18-02-2021 10:09am

As the scandal affected only French league matches, Marseille's status as 1993 European champion was not affected. (Wiki)

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 10:48am

Interactive map of radio stations around the world

http://radio.garden/

josip · 18-02-2021 11:02am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Interactive map of radio stations around the world

http://radio.garden/

When I was a young teenager, the last thing I'd do before going to sleep was turning the tuning dial on my clock radio (remember them) until I found a French radio station. I guess that living in the South East of the country helped with the signal.
I had enough secondary school French to understand about every tenth word. In 80s Ireland it was all very exotic for want of a better word.
The idea that there were real French people hundreds of miles away in France, listening to the same radio station, was mind blowing.

Gregor Samsa · 18-02-2021 11:24am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Interactive map of radio stations around the world

http://radio.garden/

Great. Now instead of doing work, I'm listening to Yemeni talk shows, Alaskan Christian stations and Japanese country music. And I don't ever listen to the radio.

Gloomtastic! · 18-02-2021 12:12pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Interactive map of radio stations around the world

http://radio.garden/

Interweb find of the week. Thank you!

Barna77 · 18-02-2021 12:31pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Great. Now instead of doing work, I'm listening to Yemeni talk shows, Alaskan Christian stations and Japanese country music. And I don't ever listen to the radio.

Súper Tokio Radio, in American Spanish playing salsa. Absolutely bizarre

IAMAMORON · 18-02-2021 3:20pm

Treasure Maps of Cornwall and the Caribbean.

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El Weirdo · 18-02-2021 4:39pm

josip wrote: »

Some might also say that Wales should not be coloured the same as England or Scotland since they have a separate soccer federation.

This is what I was on about.

Gregor Samsa · 18-02-2021 5:05pm

josip wrote: »

Some might also say that Wales should not be coloured the same as England or Scotland since they have a separate soccer federation.

El Weirdo wrote: »

This is what I was on about.

But don't some Welsh clubs (Cardiff, Swansea) play in the English divisions, and as such would compete in Europe under the English FA?

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 5:16pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

But don't some Welsh clubs (Cardiff, Swansea) play in the English divisions, and as such would compete in Europe under the English FA?

They do but the Welsh FA submit their own clubs to EUFA competitions including the champions league. One of their teams even played at anfield against liverpool in the champions league qualifying rounds a few months after Liverpool won the champions league in Istanbul against AC Milan. Stevie G scored a hat-trick in the game.

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 5:16pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

But don't some Welsh clubs (Cardiff, Swansea) play in the English divisions, and as such would compete in Europe under the English FA?

They do but the Welsh FA submit their own clubs to EUFA competitions including the champions league. One of their teams even played at anfield against liverpool in the champions league qualifying rounds a few months after Liverpool won the champions league in Istanbul against AC Milan. Stevie G scored a hat-trick in the game.

IAMAMORON · 18-02-2021 6:14pm

Can we keep this to maps please?

I genuinely hate soccer and the debate is still ongoing as to why a map of europe with 20 odd soccer club badges on it was ever interesting?

Gregor Samsa · 18-02-2021 6:31pm

In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks (brand name "Friendly Floatees") were lost from a container ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This is when and where they made landfall.

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BonnieSituation · 18-02-2021 7:17pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks (brand name "Friendly Floatees") were lost from a container ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This is when and where they made landfall.

It famously taught us more about the world's ocean currents than we had already known to that point or confirmed theories that were out there!

JupiterKid · 18-02-2021 7:26pm

Detailed map of the landing site of the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover mission, which, all going well, will be landing at this site on Mars in just over two hours.

The map is based on images taken by the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, and the map is approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.

The Perseverance Mars river will land by a sky crane system that will allow a landing location accurate to 1 kilometre in diameter.

IAMAMORON · 18-02-2021 7:29pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Great. Now instead of doing work, I'm listening to Yemeni talk shows, Alaskan Christian stations and Japanese country music. And I don't ever listen to the radio.

The Ivory Coast is where it is at.

There is a guy at lunchtime who goes around to interview people at the local market about food prices... you haven't lived.

Gregor Samsa · 18-02-2021 7:33pm

IAMAMORON wrote: »

The Ivory Coast is where it is at.

There is a guy at lunchtime who goes around to interview people at the local market about food prices... you haven't lived.

I'm just ecstatic that the first Japanese station I clicked on, the very first word I heard was "Konnichiwa”. I was like "OMG, I can understand this!".

Of course I hadn't a clue what was being said from the second word.

Listening to the two lads in Yemen talking in Arabic for half an hour was not the most productive part of my day, but I actually forgot I had my headphones on.

IAMAMORON · 18-02-2021 7:38pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I'm just ecstatic that the first Japanese station I clicked on, the very first word I heard was "Konnichiwa”. I was like "OMG, I can understand this!".

Of course I hadn't a clue what was being said from the second word.

Listening to the two lads in Yemen talking in Arabic for half an hour was not the most productive part of my day, but I actually forgot I had my headphones on.

Listening to a Samba Blues show from Utopia Radio in Higúey in the Dominican Republic. It is borderline Flamenco... with a twist.

I haven't a word of Spanish, cracking open the dark rum in an hour.

Tell me how · 18-02-2021 7:47pm

I listened to a particular show in Ireland a few days ago on that garden radio site. Open your mind Radio. They were discussing Covid and how it was a step in the government take over of all individual rights. My immediate thought was what would other nationalities think if they clicked on it.

If people aren't distracted enough by listening to radio stations from around the world, doing that while virtually driving through different cities will definitely help to ensure you get no work done.

https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

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ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 7:56pm

Tell me how wrote: »

I listened to a particular show in Ireland a few days ago on that garden radio site. Open your mind Radio. They were discussing Covid and how it was a step in the government take over of all individual rights. My immediate thought was what would other nationalities think if they clicked on it.

If people aren't distracted enough by listening to radio stations from around the world, doing that while virtually driving through different cities will definitely help to ensure you get no work done.

https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

so basically a real life version of Grand Theft Auto?

AndyBoBandy · 18-02-2021 9:17pm

^^ They picked a lovely day to drive through Dublin!!!

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 9:34pm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

^^ They picked a lovely day to drive through Dublin!!!

and they picked a terrible day to drive through Rio.

Stihl waters · 18-02-2021 9:36pm

More shìte talk than interesting maps going on a lot recently

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2021 9:38pm

Stihl waters wrote: »

More shìte talk than interesting maps going on a lot recently

feel free to post one.

Stihl waters · 18-02-2021 9:42pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

feel free to post one.

My ability ends with posting I'm afraid :pac:

New Home · 19-02-2021 12:38am

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I'm just ecstatic that the first Japanese station I clicked on, the very first word I heard was "Konnichiwa”. I was like "OMG, I can understand this!".

Of course I hadn't a clue what was being said from the second word.

Listening to the two lads in Yemen talking in Arabic for half an hour was not the most productive part of my day, but I actually forgot I had my headphones on.

I clicked on this one, and the first thing I heard was an ad for Bank of Ireland in an obvious Irish accent. The next ad was some other Irish ad, too. Are they replacing the ads from the country in question with ads from the country from which you're listening, or was it just a complete fluke?

Charles Babbage · 19-02-2021 12:38am

Gaelic Map of Scotland and Gaelic Place Names

Gregor Samsa · 19-02-2021 1:31am

New Home wrote: »

I clicked on this one, and the first thing I heard was an ad for Bank of Ireland in an obvious Irish accent. The next ad was some other Irish ad, too. Are they replacing the ads from the country in question with ads from the country from which you're listening, or was it just a complete fluke?

That station is anyway. I got an ad for Irish broadband rollout, and then it went straight into the middle of a Latin american song. I didn't come across that on any other station I listened to, so I assume it's the station doing it, not the site.

Biafranlivemat · 19-02-2021 1:38am

Biafranlivemat · 19-02-2021 1:40am

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