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  • M martin_hughes

    ...I did not previously know. 1) You end up in Italy. 2) There's not all that much driving. 3) Brunelleschi's Dome is more impressive* than the Great Pyramid (just not as old). Still, you can expect no more when the sat-nav packs up somewhere in Belgium and the wife "reads" the map. *from an architectural and engineering point of view, but not in a ruddy great big thing out in the desert sort of a way.

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    Single Step Debugger
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    Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

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      Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

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      don't ask, he's going to blame the wife again. :)

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      • D Dan Neely

        martin_hughes wrote:

        1. There's not all that much driving.

        Belgium to Italy appears to be ~650km minimum. Even in the US that's a respectably long drive. :-\

        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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        martin_hughes
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        Well it would be if you were doing it in one "sitting", but not when you're on hols with no deadline to meet (and no clue where you are in the world). That said, I wanted to do the Mille Miglia route, but my co-pilot was having none of it. Silly girl. Could have hired a Lambo and aced that circuit easily.

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          Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

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          Since they elected Berlusconi.

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          • D Dan Neely

            martin_hughes wrote:

            1. There's not all that much driving.

            Belgium to Italy appears to be ~650km minimum. Even in the US that's a respectably long drive. :-\

            3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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            Dan Neely wrote:

            Belgium to Italy appears to be ~650km minimum. Even in the US that's a respectably long drive. Shucks

            Long drive? I drove that far on Sunday 2 weeks ago and never even got out of the state.

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              Since they elected Berlusconi.

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              Good hit! I'm giving you 5 reluctantly cause I'm from Eastern Europe.

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              • M martin_hughes

                ...I did not previously know. 1) You end up in Italy. 2) There's not all that much driving. 3) Brunelleschi's Dome is more impressive* than the Great Pyramid (just not as old). Still, you can expect no more when the sat-nav packs up somewhere in Belgium and the wife "reads" the map. *from an architectural and engineering point of view, but not in a ruddy great big thing out in the desert sort of a way.

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                Mycroft Holmes
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                Had nothing to do with the direction, it was the shopping opportunities and all those shoes the italians love so much. Take a slight detour to the right and go through Tuscany, lovely place to visit.

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                • D Dr Walt Fair PE

                  Dan Neely wrote:

                  Belgium to Italy appears to be ~650km minimum. Even in the US that's a respectably long drive. Shucks

                  Long drive? I drove that far on Sunday 2 weeks ago and never even got out of the state.

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                  Sounds like you need Sat-Nav, too. ;P

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                  • M martin_hughes

                    ...I did not previously know. 1) You end up in Italy. 2) There's not all that much driving. 3) Brunelleschi's Dome is more impressive* than the Great Pyramid (just not as old). Still, you can expect no more when the sat-nav packs up somewhere in Belgium and the wife "reads" the map. *from an architectural and engineering point of view, but not in a ruddy great big thing out in the desert sort of a way.

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                    peterchen
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                    martin_hughes wrote:

                    Brunelleschi's Dome

                    That's the big one in Florence, with the heaven & hell painting, right?

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                      Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

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                      Bah, did they move it again? I told them not to, but they wouldn't listen. Aside from that note, I think it's more to the right than england, so you could say it's part of eastern europe.

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                        Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

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                        Deyan Georgiev wrote:

                        Since when Italy has moved in Eastern Europe?

                        Remember it was the wife reading the map?.... :laugh:

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                          Sounds like you need Sat-Nav, too. ;P

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                          That is too good! Reminds me of the joke. Welsh farmer, Texas farmer, discussing their farms: Texas farmer: "It takes me three days to cross my farm in my car" Welsh farmer: "I used to have a car like that..."

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                            martin_hughes wrote:

                            Brunelleschi's Dome

                            That's the big one in Florence, with the heaven & hell painting, right?

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                            No, its the bald guy in Puglia...

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                              That is too good! Reminds me of the joke. Welsh farmer, Texas farmer, discussing their farms: Texas farmer: "It takes me three days to cross my farm in my car" Welsh farmer: "I used to have a car like that..."

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                              :laugh:

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                                :laugh:

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                                Its a great joke, not only does it have surprising ligic, the corner stone of any joke, but it digs at americans, which is always ammusing.

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