tonyh29 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) On 13/02/2021 at 15:50, HanoiVillan said: It's only when you look carefully at this you realise what a complete mess it is: My absolute favourite part is the bit of Greenland that is three hours ahead of the rest of Greenland. Samoa was on the right of the date line when I went they moved it a few years later to make it easier to deal with Australia ( I think ) On 15/02/2021 at 07:31, Mark Albrighton said: Sort of map related. For anyone who wants to switch from WM to Tonga FM with relative ease. They have an iOS app if anyone is interested ( probably other inferior phone app versions are also available) Edited February 16, 2021 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1880 What are the red lines indicating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2021 Is the answer something to do with disease and water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Is the answer something to do with disease and water? I’d be fairly confident it would lead to disease, but no it’s not typhoid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) The locations where women of a certain profession might ply their trade? (guess is based on the disease comment) Edited February 18, 2021 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Streets containing known brothels. Victorian values, eh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted February 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Possibly been done already but http://radio.garden allows you to zoom anywhere in the world and listen to radio stations from that place. Edited February 19, 2021 by choffer Oops. Literally already on the previous page! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2021 18 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Streets containing known brothels. Victorian values, eh. Of course, as I say, my guess was based on the disease comment and absolutely not on any knowledge I have on modern day brothels operating in that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 21:49, bickster said: Concentration camps Re-education centres? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 56 minutes ago, BOF said: Concentration camps Re-education centres? Just the languages of China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Just the languages of China I was actually joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 Just now, BOF said: I was actually joking Yeah I thought that but then again I've been awake 5 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 15 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Streets containing known brothels. Victorian values, eh. The map was interesting to me regardless of the red lines, Is there a bigger version that has wider coverage and is zoomable? There's a big chunk of those streets that no longer exist the hospital and the University appear to have eaten them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, bickster said: The map was interesting to me regardless of the red lines, Is there a bigger version that has wider coverage and is zoomable? There's a big chunk of those streets that no longer exist the hospital and the University appear to have eaten them up Got it from here, yes this is the sort of content I follow on twitter... The linked post after it is an article on ‘little hell’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 57 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Got it from here, yes this is the sort of content I follow on twitter... The linked post after it is an article on ‘little hell’. That's also the sort of content for the Cheery Twits thread! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Got it from here, yes this is the sort of content I follow on twitter... The linked post after it is an article on ‘little hell’. There are parts of that area where ladies of the night still ply their trade to this day. And the other main area for that kind of behaviour is still only a mile up the road 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, bickster said: There are parts of that area where ladies of the night still ply their trade to this day. And the other main area for that kind of behaviour is still only a mile up the road It’s something I’ve shown tremendous naivety on in the past. I mentioned to a friend that’s a local historian that it was odd that our town of 55,000 people, with a dock, didn’t have any sort of red light street or knocking shop. Turns out we did! Turns out I’m a posh boy from the soft side of town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: It’s something I’ve shown tremendous naivety on in the past. I mentioned to a friend that’s a local historian that it was odd that our town of 55,000 people, with a dock, didn’t have any sort of red light street or knocking shop. Turns out we did! Turns out I’m a posh boy from the soft side of town. I've been familiar with the Irish folk song "The Holy Ground" since I was a kid. I always assumed it was a sentimental reference to legends of St Patrick and Celtic mysticism. It was only in recent weeks that I've found out that 'the holy ground' was a notorious red light district in Cork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 When I moved to my current home, I mentioned to a workmate that there was no red light district. "Why look for professionals when there are so many keen amateurs?" was his witty reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Just been looking at google maps, as you do and found a mini UK in Norway. Maybe we could gather one of each region's accents and put them in place for some ROFLs I think the island is about 2.5km long and 750m wide. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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