I've often found Americans to be a bit "geographically challenged". I got chatting to a very pleasant American couple a few years ago while visiting the USA. They asked where I was from originally and I told them North Wales. They asked if that was near New South Wales.
> This story would be funnier if when she finally arrived in Portland, Oregon, she discovered that her meeting was actually in Portland, Maine.
I thought this was going to be the punchline.
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In my neck of the woods Newark and New York sound similar but the former is in New Jersey and is home to one of the three major airports serving the greater-NYC area. In addition if one takes Amtrak, Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station are consecutive stops, so I'm sure those coming from Philadelphia or DC for the first time have to watch themselves to make sure they don't get off in New Jersey.
On a smaller scale Livingston High School and Governor Livingston High School are located 7½ miles away from each other in the tony suburbs west of Newark. The former is the alma mater of Jason Alexander and Chris Christie, while the latter is one of the top-ranked high schools in New Jersey as it serves the children of Bell Labs where C was invented by Dennis Ritchie
There was a story in the news a couple of days ago about a couple of young American ladies who thought they had purchased plane tickets from Rome to Nice, but then found themselves in Tunisia.
There was an old episode of Full House (set in San Francisco) where one of the younger characters got on a plane thinking the destination was Oakland, California, but in actuality was Auckland, New Zealand
This may be an urban legend but I read the Portland, Maine airport has a dedicated service to assist people who wind up there when they intended to fly to Portland, Oregon.
Steve's graduate alma mater is struggling in football, both on the field and in the stands. They officially drew 31163 last night by judging from pictures on twitter* it seemed a lot less.
I'm curious on Steve's thoughts on the Rose Bowl as a sports venue. For those not familiar it is located in Pasadena 18 miles northeast of the UCLA campus in Westwood. I understand that they can't play their games at Drake Stadium as it is currently configured but the current setup doesn't seem to be working; maybe they can play at the soccer stadium 18 miles southeast in Carson
I think that one should be officially filed under “cool story, bro…”.
2 Panama Citys and 2 San Joses - 1 of each in the States and the others in Panama and Costa Rica. Should be some interesting stories there 🤔
I've often found Americans to be a bit "geographically challenged". I got chatting to a very pleasant American couple a few years ago while visiting the USA. They asked where I was from originally and I told them North Wales. They asked if that was near New South Wales.
Is my husband the only one who told a cab driver to go to Chicago's Midway, because he didn't notice his booking said O'Hare?
> This story would be funnier if when she finally arrived in Portland, Oregon, she discovered that her meeting was actually in Portland, Maine.
I thought this was going to be the punchline.
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In my neck of the woods Newark and New York sound similar but the former is in New Jersey and is home to one of the three major airports serving the greater-NYC area. In addition if one takes Amtrak, Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station are consecutive stops, so I'm sure those coming from Philadelphia or DC for the first time have to watch themselves to make sure they don't get off in New Jersey.
On a smaller scale Livingston High School and Governor Livingston High School are located 7½ miles away from each other in the tony suburbs west of Newark. The former is the alma mater of Jason Alexander and Chris Christie, while the latter is one of the top-ranked high schools in New Jersey as it serves the children of Bell Labs where C was invented by Dennis Ritchie
There was a story in the news a couple of days ago about a couple of young American ladies who thought they had purchased plane tickets from Rome to Nice, but then found themselves in Tunisia.
I flew into John Wayne airport many years ago.
There’s a Portland in Australia too. A travel agent booked me rooms there when I was flying from Melbourne to Portland, Maine!
There was an old episode of Full House (set in San Francisco) where one of the younger characters got on a plane thinking the destination was Oakland, California, but in actuality was Auckland, New Zealand
This may be an urban legend but I read the Portland, Maine airport has a dedicated service to assist people who wind up there when they intended to fly to Portland, Oregon.
O/T
Steve's graduate alma mater is struggling in football, both on the field and in the stands. They officially drew 31163 last night by judging from pictures on twitter* it seemed a lot less.
I'm curious on Steve's thoughts on the Rose Bowl as a sports venue. For those not familiar it is located in Pasadena 18 miles northeast of the UCLA campus in Westwood. I understand that they can't play their games at Drake Stadium as it is currently configured but the current setup doesn't seem to be working; maybe they can play at the soccer stadium 18 miles southeast in Carson
* https://x.com/StoolWestwood/status/1966685061819904468