Things I learned today (Part 2)

[Batigol]

That’d be incredible

[habanerocat]

I found you a place to get a pizza and a beer.

Dare I ask why Utqiagvik?

[Fagan_ODowd]

@habanerocat

I found you a place to get a pizza and a beer.

Dare I ask why Utqiagvik?

Northernmost City.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@flutehook

Thanks for that info Fagan. Seattle - Anchorage - Utqiagvik seems to be the preferred route and you can only access the latter by air. I’d be looking to build 3/4 days there into a larger 2/3 weeks spell in lower Alaska. An organised group might be the best option as car hire & accommodation options appear to be limited there. Anyways, the planning will shorten the Winter.

What do you mean by Lower Alaska? Dinali/Mount McKinley is supposed to be fabulous and the wilderness/wildlife tours are amazing. Further south Juneau and Ketchikan are in the middle of amazing scenery but can be very wet. 2-3 weeks of peering out at heavy rain could get in on you.

[Kyle]

Male black widows twerk at their female counterparts to get their attention to mate.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Kyle

Male black widows twerk at their female counterparts to get their attention to mate.

Would they not be better called black widowers?

[flutehook]

@Fagan_ODowd

What do you mean by Lower Alaska?

Looking at some combination of Barrow, Nome, Denali, Anchorage, Seward and Anchor Point - not necessarily in that order!

@habanerocat

Dare I ask why Utqiagvik?

As Fagan says it’s the northernmost city in USA and beyond it is Barrow Point - the northernmost point in US. The trip will be primarily a photographic/wildlife one however and there are some tundra specialities up there, as well as the possibility of Polar Bears in Summer.

[PhattPike]

I had toyed with a similar idea a few years back, in my case going to Dead Horse instead, because you can drive there from Fairbanks along the Dalton Highway. A nice handy drive.

Anyways, since then I’ve had children so I won’t be doing any of that shit until I’m in my 50s.

[Cheasty]

There is apparently something wankers do with a pint of Guinness called “splitting the G”.

[Arthur]

How can you exist almost completely on the internet and only find that out now

[ScorpioLyons]

Used be split the e back in my day.

[Gary_Birtles_Lovechi]

@myboyblue

Wet Wet Wet was a computer band. Couldnt do it live.

History begs to differ…

- YouTube

[myboyblue]

Ah Jaysus

[habanerocat]

If Limerick was in South America it would be situated in Tierra del Fuego.
That’s basically the tip of South America and is fairly south.

It was posted on here before about how skewed the world maps are in regard to the northern hemisphere being ‘prioritised’ over the southern hemisphere.

[habanerocat]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1129/1483762-holly-cairns-baby/

People in hospital can’t vote.

I suppose she should have known there might be a clash and opted for a postal vote, so it’s hard to have pity. But most people in hospital don’t plan to be there so it seems a bit unfair. Is it addressed in other countries?

@Locke throw her the auld No.1 in lieu…

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Walk me through that one

[habanerocat]

Which one?

[artfoley]

@habanerocat

If Limerick was in South America it would be situated in Tierra del Fuego.
That’s basically the tip of South America and is fairly south.

It was posted on here before about how skewed the world maps are in regard to the northern hemisphere being ‘prioritised’ over the southern hemisphere.

is limerick several thousand miles south of the equator?

[habanerocat]

Emergency voting is available in most US states…

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-11-02/hospitalized-people-can-still-vote-in-most-parts-of-the-country

[habanerocat]

@artfoley

@habanerocat

If Limerick was in South America it would be situated in Tierra del Fuego.
That’s basically the tip of South America and is fairly south.

It was posted on here before about how skewed the world maps are in regard to the northern hemisphere being ‘prioritised’ over the southern hemisphere.

is limerick several thousand miles south of the equator?

Did you see the ‘was’?