All About McCain

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I'm not leaving.
But I am moving as far away as I can from Washington DC and still be in the US of A.

Um, wouldn't that be Alaska

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Um, wouldn't that be Alaska

Actually it would be the US embassy or military base nearest to the islands St. Paul and New Amsterdam.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Actually it would be the US embassy or military base nearest to the islands St. Paul and New Amsterdam.

I suppose that's true.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Um, wouldn't that be Alaska

I hear you can see Russia from there.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I hear you can see Russia from there.

And Putin rears his head over there, too.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I hear you can see Russia from there.

On a clear day......maybe someday they'll build a bridge. Imagine that, you could like drive from New York to Berlin via Russia

Are we there yet

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Um, wouldn't that be Alaska

Unless you go to the very tip of the Aleutians, nope. And even there it's only about the same distance as Hawaii, not further.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Um, wouldn't that be Alaska

Nope, even out at the end of the Aleutians you're about 800 miles closer to Washington, D.C., than when you're in Honolulu.

Blame Mercator.


Of course, if you include territories then Guam wins.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex

Nope, even out at the end of the Aleutians you're about 800 miles closer to Washington, D.C., than when you're in Honolulu.

Blame Mercator.

As the crow fly's....but what about a true straight line right thru the Earth itself?

[Moonliner]

I'm trying very hard not to think of this as the "How far can we get from Moonliner" thread.