Comments on: guess what this is http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/ your source for illegal theology downloads Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-110080 michael lee Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:58:29 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-110080 [quote comment="110069"]It's like being in Europe...except for the barren dry wasteland, scorching heat and just plain ugly landscape. But other than that....totally the same.[/quote] This made me LOL out load. [quote comment="110069"]It’s like being in Europe…except for the barren dry wasteland, scorching heat and just plain ugly landscape. But other than that….totally the same.[/quote]

This made me LOL out load.

]]> By: Faith Kathleen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-110069 Faith Kathleen Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:40:26 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-110069 There's a section of AZ highway where all the signs were changed to metric when we were supposedly going to switch over. Thing is, the AZ government was apparently too lazy to switch them back, so between Sunrise and Nowhere, AZ, you can measure the distance to the next exit, or calculate the speed limit in the same was as the rest of the world. It's like being in Europe...except for the barren dry wasteland, scorching heat and just plain ugly landscape. But other than that....totally the same. And yes, Sunrise and Nowhere are real towns. There’s a section of AZ highway where all the signs were changed to metric when we were supposedly going to switch over. Thing is, the AZ government was apparently too lazy to switch them back, so between Sunrise and Nowhere, AZ, you can measure the distance to the next exit, or calculate the speed limit in the same was as the rest of the world. It’s like being in Europe…except for the barren dry wasteland, scorching heat and just plain ugly landscape. But other than that….totally the same.

And yes, Sunrise and Nowhere are real towns.

]]> By: Josiah Mory http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108466 Josiah Mory Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:48:09 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108466 Brings to mind something my mom would say..."So if everybody jumped off a cliff, would you?". We must heavily weigh comformity! I personally would like to see the US move to the imperial system...then we can be using furlongs and leagues and fathoms as well! Brings to mind something my mom would say…”So if everybody jumped off a cliff, would you?”. We must heavily weigh comformity! I personally would like to see the US move to the imperial system…then we can be using furlongs and leagues and fathoms as well!

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108352 michael lee Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:59:19 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108352 [quote comment="107975"]The United States, Liberia and Burma are the only countries in the world who have refused to adopt the metric system.[/quote] Ash wins the prize. These are the only countries in the world who have not gone metric. [quote comment="107975"]The United States, Liberia and Burma are the only countries in the world who have refused to adopt the metric system.[/quote]
Ash wins the prize.

These are the only countries in the world who have not gone metric.

]]> By: Pi http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108274 Pi Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:22:38 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108274 Isn't Burma a former name, Myanmar now? Isn’t Burma a former name, Myanmar now?

]]> By: corey http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108096 corey Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:57:40 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108096 those are what are commonly known as the "4 corners of the earth", athough they had to eyeball it since the earth is spherical. those are what are commonly known as the “4 corners of the earth”, athough they had to eyeball it since the earth is spherical.

]]> By: Ariah Fine http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108045 Ariah Fine Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:36:51 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-108045 yeah, no metric system! I saw it on digg though, so that's kind of cheating. yeah, no metric system!

I saw it on digg though, so that’s kind of cheating.

]]> By: meninweb http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107986 meninweb Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:57:52 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107986 Opps.. its shows your traffic to your site <a href="http://meninweb.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">meninweb.blogspot.com</a> Opps.. its shows your traffic to your site
meninweb.blogspot.com

]]> By: Ash http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107977 Ash Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:50:48 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107977 Actually, I believe the U.S. technically adopted the metric system in 1866 but we've failed to broadly embrace it's use with respect to our "everyday" systems of measurement. Actually, I believe the U.S. technically adopted the metric system in 1866 but we’ve failed to broadly embrace it’s use with respect to our “everyday” systems of measurement.

]]> By: Ash http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107975 Ash Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:47:09 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107975 The United States, Liberia and Burma are the only countries in the world who have refused to adopt the metric system. The United States, Liberia and Burma are the only countries in the world who have refused to adopt the metric system.

]]> By: Chris Hahn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107974 Chris Hahn Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:42:35 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107974 Based on your entry tag...something to do with, hmm. Global Warming? Oil? Based on your entry tag…something to do with, hmm. Global Warming? Oil?

]]> By: Ash http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107973 Ash Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:39:10 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/07/30/guess-what-this-is/#comment-107973 A grey and white map of the world with red accents? A grey and white map of the world with red accents?

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