re [Powderworks] PG will play song of the rivers in
parliament
Kate Parker Adams
kate@dnki.net
Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:57:06 -0500
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For those not of US origin, Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US.
At only 1,212 square miles (3150 square km) it is frequently used as a unit
of measure when one wants to emphasize how large something is since it is,
after all, the size of a whole US state! For instance, one single forest
fire in my native Oregon last summer burned an area nearly two-thirds that
of Rhode Island (never mind that at least three Oregon counties are at
least the size of Massachusetts ...).
This makes for sensational press on the eastern seaboard where states are
small, population is high, and many people live entirely indoor lives
and/or rarely leave the neighborhood of their birth. My mother in law,
Boston born and bred, will call me up and say things like "be very careful
when you go out there and visit your parents ... I hear that fire in
Ary-gone is almost the size of Rhode Island!" - never mind that it is 400km
from anywhere I planned to be.
At 08:48 PM 1/2/03 +1030, Anna Offler wrote:
>Kate,
>Dont know about Rhode island but 1 MCG is probably about 1 and a half
>Yankee standiums. A large sporting arena indeed! It is to most Australians
>as Wembley is/was to England or Yankee Stadium to the US, Sydney excepted
>as they play that game where men with no necks and brains jump on each other.
>The main standium for the 1954 Olympics.
>A place where Pete's beloved Bombers play( sorry Pete being from Sth Aus
>we are one eyed Crows fans and may the Crows be playing there next September).
>
>See website
><http://www.mcg.org.au/Redesign/about.htm>http://www.mcg.org.au/Redesign/about.htm
>
>Lew and Anna
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For those not of US origin, Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US.
At only 1,212 square miles (3150 square km) it is frequently used as a
unit of measure when one wants to emphasize how large something is since
it is, after all, the size of a whole US state! For instance, one
single forest fire in my native Oregon last summer burned an area nearly
two-thirds that of Rhode Island (never mind that at least three Oregon
counties are at least the size of Massachusetts ...). <br>
<br>
This makes for sensational press on the eastern seaboard where states are
small, population is high, and many people live entirely indoor lives
and/or rarely leave the neighborhood of their birth. My mother in law,
Boston born and bred, will call me up and say things like "be very
careful when you go out there and visit your parents ... I hear that fire
in Ary-gone is almost the size of Rhode Island!" - never mind that
it is 400km from anywhere I planned to be.<br>
<br>
At 08:48 PM 1/2/03 +1030, Anna Offler wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Kate,</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Dont know about Rhode island but 1 MCG is
probably about 1 and a half Yankee standiums. A large sporting arena
indeed! It is to most Australians as Wembley is/was to England or Yankee
Stadium to the US, Sydney excepted as they play that game where men with
no necks and brains jump on each other.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>The main standium for the 1954
Olympics.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>A place where Pete's beloved Bombers play(
sorry Pete being from Sth Aus we are one eyed Crows fans and may the
Crows be playing there next September).</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2>See website
<a href="http://www.mcg.org.au/Redesign/about.htm">http://www.mcg.org.au/Redesign/about.htm</a></font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Lew and Anna</font></blockquote></html>
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