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AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:34 am I ordered a package recently from Amazon and I wondered from where it was going to be shipped. So I checked the tracking. Apparently, its first stop is "Earth City." Huh? This would make sense to me for a package coming from... outer space. Regardless, I would think a place called "Earth City" would have to be pretty big and important. You know, "New York City" and "Mexico City" are the biggest cities in New York and Mexico, respectively, so shouldn't Earth City be the biggest city on Earth? How did I ever miss it? Well, this is how: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_City,_Missouri
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Is that like "World Series" baseball which is (as I understand it, being an ignorant Aussie) the US premier league?

Or maybe (a big step up!) "Universe City"? https://www.universecity.nyc ;)
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DeanD wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:41 am
AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:34 am I ordered a package recently from Amazon and I wondered from where it was going to be shipped. So I checked the tracking. Apparently, its first stop is "Earth City." Huh? This would make sense to me for a package coming from... outer space. Regardless, I would think a place called "Earth City" would have to be pretty big and important. You know, "New York City" and "Mexico City" are the biggest cities in New York and Mexico, respectively, so shouldn't Earth City be the biggest city on Earth? How did I ever miss it? Well, this is how: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_City,_Missouri
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Is that like "World Series" baseball which is (as I understand it, being an ignorant Aussie) the US premier league?
A fair point. We need more inclusivity in the World Series. It should be possible for countries with baseball as their national sport to compete: Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Nicaragua, Northern Marianas, and Taiwan in addition to the US and Canada. Maybe in 1903 it was "World" but now it is just a vestige of our colonial past.
Or maybe (a big step up!) "Universe City"? https://www.universecity.nyc ;)
I think you skipped a couple of steps. Solar System-ville, Milky Way-burg, Local Group Borough. Where are they? ;)
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notFritzArgelander wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:08 am
DeanD wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:41 am
AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:34 am



I think you skipped a couple of steps. Solar System-ville, Milky Way-burg, Local Group Borough. Where are they? ;)
I did say "a big step up"! ;)
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"Is that like "World Series" baseball which is (as I understand it, being an ignorant Aussie) the US premier league?

Don't even get me started on the Miss Universe pageant.....
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pakarinen wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:17 pm "Someone like you is way too special for just a birthday card, so I'm giving you the envelope too!"
A thoughtful touch ;)
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notFritzArgelander wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:08 am ...
I think you skipped a couple of steps. Solar System-ville, Milky Way-burg, Local Group Borough. Where are they? ;)

Who has been to Vulcan?
https://townofvulcan.ca/

They have an airport AND a spaceport.
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SparWeb wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:13 am
notFritzArgelander wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:08 am ...
I think you skipped a couple of steps. Solar System-ville, Milky Way-burg, Local Group Borough. Where are they? ;)

Who has been to Vulcan?
https://townofvulcan.ca/

They have an airport AND a spaceport.
I was there while working in Alberta, we also stopped at the Gopher hole museum in Torrington and the erratic at Okotoks :lol:
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[qutoe]I was there while working in Alberta,[/quote]
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My new meditation chamber.
Seriously, why would anyone want a full window door on this? So they can wave to passersby? Watch out for Sasquatch?
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pakarinen wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 1:07 pm My new meditation chamber.
Seriously, why would anyone want a full window door on this? So they can wave to passersby? Watch out for Sasquatch?
:think:

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Just a little experiment in 'perspective'.

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