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Old 28-October-2005, 07:41 AM
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If only we had more exact locations for the rest of the world. I'm about 20 km from my pin.
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:49 AM
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If only we had more exact locations for the rest of the world. I'm about 20 km from my pin.
Sweetie, mine and several others are way off, too. Don't feel bad.
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:53 AM
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I'm on there. All alone in Wyoming.
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:55 AM
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Sweetie, mine and several others are way off, too. Don't feel bad.
So I shouldn't wallow in self pity?
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:55 AM
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Is that because you're the only person living in Wyoming? I knew it wasn't densly populated but ...

Matthew, 20kms isn't far from Melbourne. If you were over seas and people asked where you were from you'd say Melbourne, yeah?
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:59 AM
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So me and Matthew are both from Melbourne. I put my entry on earlier today but am not showing up as a balloon anymore. is there only one balloon per city? i feel jibbed.
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Old 28-October-2005, 08:01 AM
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So I shouldn't wallow in self pity?
Personally, I'd prefer to live in Africa, Asia, or with Argos. It seems less complicated.
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Old 28-October-2005, 08:02 AM
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nevermind ... just have to zoom in a LONG way
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Old 28-October-2005, 08:18 AM
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as opposed to the short way????
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Old 28-October-2005, 10:10 AM
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So me and Matthew are both from Melbourne. I put my entry on earlier today but am not showing up as a balloon anymore. is there only one balloon per city? i feel jibbed.
I registered after you Josh. But if say Kashi registered I'd say he'd take precedence.

But from how I'm reading this your closer to Melb. Uni and I'm in the south east corner of the CBD.
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Old 28-October-2005, 10:37 AM
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I appear to live out on Ovenden Moor underneath the big windfarm...
Although to be fair, I can see it from our village, so the placement isn't too bad.
Where's cap'n swoop?
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Old 28-October-2005, 12:25 PM
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Argos, you owe me dinner and drinks!
My pleasure. I know a nice place...
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Old 28-October-2005, 12:34 PM
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Personally, I'd prefer to live in Africa, Asia, or with Argos. It seems less complicated.
Oh, there´s lots of room as you can see. Now I can´t say it would be less complicated.

Talking bout precision, I live 1 mile from my pin. A Minuteman wouldn´t spare me.
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Old 28-October-2005, 01:06 PM
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hmm about 30k's away from where I live.

But right across from the Gabba!

Go the lions!!!
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Old 28-October-2005, 01:06 PM
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Wow, I clicked for a close up and for the size of the postal code I live in, they hit it almost right on....

I must live near the center...
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Old 28-October-2005, 01:45 PM
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You can't see my pin unless you zoom into Kullat Nunu's.
It's right under his pin.
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:10 PM
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When's your birthday, Gillianren? Is there a theme? Don't worry, I won't come. I don't want your friends beating on me for not seeing the Princess Bride.
My birthday's December 6, but the party will be the 3rd, which is the preceding Saturday. Yes, Discworld will be the theme of my party. And, frankly, Candy, I assume the fact that you're more than half a continent away will be a bit more of a deciding factor of your attendance than whether or not you've seen The Princess Bride (which I do own, come to that).
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:14 PM
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You can't see my pin unless you zoom into Kullat Nunu's.
It's right under his pin.
WOW! More BABBlers from Jyväskylä!
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Old 28-October-2005, 07:59 PM
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Although there are a couple of others in the DC area (including #1 himself. Hi) I'm the first inside the Beltway, although I'm across the river from the true Heart of Darkness (as some would want to describe it.)

The pin for mine is in the general area of my neighborhood but nowhere near my home. My guess is the program picks a corner of the zip code boundry (upper right, etc) as the place to put the pin.
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Old 28-October-2005, 08:18 PM
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My birthday's December 6, but the party will be the 3rd, which is the preceding Saturday. Yes, Discworld will be the theme of my party. And, frankly, Candy, I assume the fact that you're more than half a continent away will be a bit more of a deciding factor of your attendance than whether or not you've seen The Princess Bride (which I do own, come to that).
Cool.

Hey, that weekend I will be in St Louis hanging with crosscountry. My new hobby is traveling around visiting people.
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Old 28-October-2005, 08:29 PM
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Nicolas, why did you misspell your name on one of your photos?
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Old 28-October-2005, 09:28 PM
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