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1-2-3 Distance Challenge Thread

Started by peperodriguez2710, August 06, 2016, 06:16:34 AM

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Here's a stock photo from Alamy that shows a sign with 477 km to Malaba, Kenya


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478 km to Kandahar



Road sign in Zaranj
Sgt. Shawn Coolman (U.S. Armed Forces) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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486 km to Prince Rupert
Found in Google image search belonging to a site called ottercartographer.ca. Unfortunately, the site doesn't seem to be up and running currently.


Henry

487-km marker somewhere in Indonesia:

Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

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489 km to Pirmasens.   https://goo.gl/maps/kSSEvks2u39VLFMc9
I found this sign very odd. It does seem to be a street sign, and the mileage to Pirmasens Germany is more or less correct. But the location of it is very strange. Basically in the middle of a city, with a distance sign to a seemingly unrelated city. Upon further research, it appears that Pirmasens is a twinned (i.e. sister city) of Poissy, where this sign is found.

Panneau distance de Poissy à Pirmasens
Hydrel, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Jim

I never thought I'd get another play in this one, but I do!  490 miles to New York on I-90 East just across the border from Pennsylvania.  August 2, 2016.

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493 miles to Salt Lake City.

This is a Shutterstock photo by Darren J Bradley, found on this Bloomberg page (which is an interesting read): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-27/the-sign-says-you-ve-got-72-miles-to-go-before-the-end-of-your-road-trip-it-s-lying


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Rats.  I was hoping that piece would explain why '493' was bolted on later.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

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