A place for the discussion of all things not closely related to the sport and its competitive side. (Locked down several times a year during the major championships)
bambam wrote:C'mon, Macadamia is a great name for a country. I think we should invent an Olympic track & field team from Macadamia.
I bet you already have it invented....history, bios, stats, medalists. You should sneek one of their athletes into one of your websites and see how long it takes someone to catch it.
Yes, I bet just about everybody would read Macedonia. I am pretty sure I would.
gh wrote:<<4. Boston uses the CharlieCard in honor of a fictional passenger in a song made famous by the Kingston Trio. Charlie was riding the subway when the fare went up, and, without an extra nickel to pay the newly imposed "exit fee," was forced to "ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston." In the song, Charlie's wife goes down to the Scollay Square station each day and hands him a sandwich through an open window. Why she doesn't just hand him a nickel is a question best left to a marriage counselor.>>
It must be something new, or something for tourists. When I lived in Boston back in the 80's everyone, including me bought a T pass.
gh wrote:7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
So Darjeeling and/or India must be correct.
I am heading to Wales this summer and I'm excited to ride their new (to me) narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. When I was a kid we used to walk through the abandoned tunnels looking for fools gold.
gh wrote:7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
So Darjeeling and/or India must be correct.
I am heading to Wales this summer and I'm excited to ride their new (to me) narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. When I was a kid we used to walk through the abandoned tunnels looking for fools gold.
<<8. China drives on the right, except for the former British colony of Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony of Macau, which drive on the left. (The latter because it used to import most of its cars from the former.)>>
Everest lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet, it should be one of those two countries. Does Tibet issue its own currency? - I do not think so. But, the Chinese claim the northern face of Mt Everest as part of their territory.
10. Officially called "Liberty Enlightening the World," this French-built monument grew out of a plan for a lighthouse at the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal. After the Egyptian sultan balked at the notion, where did it end up?
