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Post by nawlins51 on Nov 14, 2009 2:07:21 GMT -5
Joe its right next to BFE
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Post by gsro on Nov 14, 2009 2:09:40 GMT -5
right by Egypt..this geogrpahy lesson was brought to you by Nawlins
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Post by nawlins51 on Nov 14, 2009 2:10:13 GMT -5
haha
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Post by gsro on Nov 14, 2009 2:11:02 GMT -5
Joe, you on Bahrain too?
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Post by joepublic on Nov 14, 2009 2:12:12 GMT -5
Nah, I laid off.
You say it's right next to Egypt, but I'm looking at the old atlas here and it's really not showing it.
Frankly there are a number of really little countries in here that I can't find names for. It's really quite troubling.
Joe may have opened up a geographical can of worms here. Stay tuned.
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Post by thepanda1 on Nov 14, 2009 2:12:22 GMT -5
who the heck is panda1? BC? AlexGruv. I'd just like to point out I'm not sure I could find Bahrain on a map. I mean, I could probably come up with the general area, but . . . Bahrain is an island in the Persian sea to the east of Saudi Arabia...pretty small country.
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Post by thepanda1 on Nov 14, 2009 2:12:49 GMT -5
sorry Persian Gulf not sea
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Post by gsro on Nov 14, 2009 2:13:31 GMT -5
Bahrain is running hard, bad offisde call there
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Post by thepanda1 on Nov 14, 2009 2:13:32 GMT -5
I dont know much about it but it but if i had to guess its an extreme Muslim country. No Jews, No alcohol...etc...
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Post by gsro on Nov 14, 2009 2:15:26 GMT -5
big dive from the defender from Bahrain
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Post by thepanda1 on Nov 14, 2009 2:17:58 GMT -5
just by reading a bit about Bahrain, doesnt seem like a bad place....tourism, good weather (if you like heat) beaches all around you. Government is friendly to the US. US has a base on the island even...
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Post by joepublic on Nov 14, 2009 2:18:02 GMT -5
Opening this atlas was the worst thing I could have done with my evening.
First off, I was right if it's near Saudi Arabia, at least about the region. But I still can't find it.
Second, as the search widened, there are some countries in Africa that I have never, ever heard of and that are pretty f**king sizable. For example, what the f**k is Mauritania? Have they changed their name since the 1990s or whenever this thing was published?
This is so not cool.
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Post by joepublic on Nov 14, 2009 2:19:28 GMT -5
Ah ha, there it is. Man that's small.
(Insert Steed joke here.)
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Post by thepanda1 on Nov 14, 2009 2:20:00 GMT -5
No joe, that country has been around since the the 60's
Did you know that there was a sizable country off the coast of Europe called England Joe? PM me I will tell you all about the world
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Post by gsro on Nov 14, 2009 2:20:30 GMT -5
too much diving in this game..wait..it's soccer
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