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Ducimus

02-17-14 03:41 PM

Thanks for the laugh, it was fun to look at geographical knowledge on both sides of the pond. We both suck! :O:

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er (Post 2175780)

It is really surprising how many Americans don't know much about their next door neighbour. I am not talking about Mexico here.

I think your right. I'd hazard the assumption that most of us know very little about Canada except it's the land of snow, french accents, red maple leaf's, and "Eh?"

I do remember when i was in Jr High, I had a geography teacher that for some reason, was burning it into our brains what was beyond our northern border, to such a degree we were reciting the names of different provinces in a little chant. Looking back,I think she was a Canadian ex patriot who moved to the US for one reason or another because, no other teacher i encountered ever took that much interest in Canada. Not in Jr high, high school, nor in college. It really is the country our education system glosses over aside from historical references that intersect our own history.

TarJak

02-17-14 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens (Post 2175720)

Lol, # 2 is awesome. :haha:

So, at the next Subsim Convention we will have a geography faceoff contest, between the Americans and the Europeans... we'll settle this for once and all.:cool:

The Great Subsim Geography Quiz!

Fight!

Herr-Berbunch

02-17-14 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 2175831)

The Great Subsim Geography Quiz!

Fight!

Good job it's between Europeans and Americans, you Aussies only know the cells on either side of yours. :O:

Betonov

02-17-14 04:00 PM

Serbia will never recognize Kosovo. And why should they.
But they have only themselves to blame. Albanians moved to Kosovo in waves and slowly became a majority and the Serbs reacted with violence and nationalism and made the Albanians the victims.

If it weren't for Milosevich and Tudjman, Yugoslavia would slowly fall apart peacefully into a loose confederacy, not unlike the EU. And slowly joined the EU piece by piece.

You think you know the Balkans ?? You merely served in the Balkans.
I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the rest of the world until I was already a man.

TarJak

02-17-14 04:00 PM

I don't even know my own let alone my neighbours.

Peter Cremer

02-17-14 04:13 PM

I saw a short piece on TV recently about a survey somebody did. They said they were shocked to find out that 70% of Americans under the age of 40 did not know that the Earth revolves around the Sun. About the same number could not find their own state on a map. Also, when asked which countries border the U.S., the number one answer was China. Morons!!

Herr-Berbunch

02-17-14 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 2175844)

You think you know the Balkans ?? You merely served in the Balkans.
I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the rest of the world until I was already a man.

Nah, what I know is barely a scratch on the surface of graphene. All I can remember is that it's been a battleground on and off for hundreds of years and not likely to cease being so in the future.

My point was why should we assume you are any more enlightened to Kosovo just because you're in the Balkans? You're about 500 miles (rough guess?) away, and that's like me knowing all about the French, or the Belgians . . . which I don't, other than their stereotypes.

Betonov

02-17-14 04:19 PM

Because I work in a company that employes Bosnians, Serbs, Macedonians, Albanians and Montenegrans. Plus a few Bulgarians and Romanians.

Info from all sides comes to me :03:

Herr-Berbunch

02-17-14 04:21 PM

All fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth columnists, just waiting for the day. :D

swamprat69er

02-17-14 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus (Post 2175829)

Thanks for the laugh, it was fun to look at geographical knowledge on both sides of the pond. We both suck! :O:

I think your right. I'd hazard the assumption that most of us know very little about Canada except it's the land of snow, french accents, red maple leaf's, and "Eh?"

I do remember when i was in Jr High, I had a geography teacher that for some reason, was burning it into our brains what was beyond our northern border, to such a degree we were reciting the names of different provinces in a little chant. Looking back,I think she was a Canadian ex patriot who moved to the US for one reason or another because, no other teacher i encountered ever took that much interest in Canada. Not in Jr high, high school, nor in college. It really is the country our education system glosses over aside from historical references that intersect our own history.

Back in the day, Canadian teachers didn't make as much as US teachers and that may have been the reason she moved. My 89 year old cousin just retired (2010) from teaching University in New York. She holds a doctorate in English.

In 1985 when I trrucked down south, I was in a truck stop in GA. The waitress found out I was a Canadian and asked me how we got around in the snow so easily. I told her that most mornings I would have to kick the penguins off my doorstep to get to my truck. :)

Jimbuna

02-17-14 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 2175822)

The map is outdated, Kosovo broke of from Serbia, located somewhere between Serbia and Albania without coastline

And sadly Spain still uses her veto to allow Kosovo to join the EU :-?

Oberon

02-17-14 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2175870)

And sadly Spain still uses her veto to allow Kosovo to join the EU :-?

Honestly? Good idea, there's just too much baggage there to go for it, and to be honest, the way things are, Kosovo is probably better off outside of the Eurozone rather than intravenous attached to it. It still has NATO protection, so Serbia cannot remove kebab from premises, but taking anything further would just be asking for trouble right now, in my opinion anyway.

Jimbuna

02-18-14 05:50 AM

The burning question has to be....would the UK veto an independant Scotlands attempt to join the EU? :)

Sailor Steve

02-18-14 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2175995)

The burning question has to be....would the UK veto an independant Scotlands attempt to join the EU? :)

That depends on whether the UK leaves the EU first. :D

Schroeder

02-18-14 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2175941)

I second that. Stop enlarging the monster named EU. Especially not with countries that can't carry their own weight and are overgrown with corruption. We've more than enough of those already.:damn:

Wolferz

02-19-14 08:27 PM

It's not knowing everything by rote that makes people intelligent.
It's knowing where to find the information.
Maps are cheap and abundant.:woot:

nikimcbee

02-19-14 10:40 PM

Everybody knows that Scotland goes down to the Tyne:up:

Jimbuna

02-20-14 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 2176625)

Everybody knows that Scotland goes down to the Tyne:up:

Comes up short by 70+ mile ya cheeky bugga :shifty:

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