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Matt Fig wrote:
 
> Actually, if his email is to be believed, Walter hails from Canada.  He would have to drive
> through ND to get to LAX.  Miami might be closer!  (Correct me if I am wrong Walter)

Exactly right -- though I suppose I could take the even more desolate route across
the Canadian prairies instead of going down by way of North Dakota.

Looks like Miami is 200 driving miles further away from me than LAX is.
The monument marker for the geographic center of North America is about 3 miles
from the western edge of the (Canadian) city I live in.

Scales are a bit different around here. Around here, we consider Minneapolis
to be "close" -- because it is only 450 miles away.

To echo Gertrude Stein: there is no "Nowhere" here either ;-)

-- 
.signature note: I am now avoiding replying to unclear or ambiguous postings.
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