14 Sep
1997
14 Sep
'97
1:14 p.m.
Steve Goldstein <sgoldste@nsf.gov> writes:
At 9:37 PM -0400 9/11/97, Richard Irving wrote: ...
Now, the North American Continent is about a 4000 mile trip .... This is a VERY ROUGH estimate.
DARN! And here United has been crediting me with just 24xx Frequent Flier miles for the trip. I wanna recount!
He did say "the North American Continent", and it does get slightly wider farther north. (The Trans-Canada Highway, for example, is 7600 km long, or 4720 or so miles). North America is also very long north-to-south. http://www-nais.ccm.emr.ca:80/wwwnais/select/northamr/english/html/en-a.html gives a decent view of the continent. Don't let your mind be as narrow as the "contiguous" parts of your country. :-) Sean.