Subject: Re: gulf county
Date: May 11, 2001 @ 11:12
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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> Looking at the De Lorme Atals, the Intracoastal waterway would seemto be
> the spot chosen for the line. It and the swamp around it isolatedthe south
> of Gulf county from the north, and the southern half was connectedto the
> rest of Florida to the east by rail, while the north, thoughunrailed, seems
> more in contact economically and infrastructurally with the west ofFlorida.
> White city is a small town on the north side of the waterway.slightly
> RandMcnally seems to show the waterway and the time zone are on
> different paths, and De Lorme doesn't show the time zone path, butthe
> waterway would seem a 'natural' bounsdary to follow ifI think the waterway is the most logical choice, too. Rand McNally
> one doesn't follow the county lines, which are unatural.
> The zone heads south down the Al/Ga line, so following theApalachicola
> river to the sea is the natural extension of this. Obviously theydeviated
> the line to the west in the S of Gulf county to include the head ofthe
> railroad from there to the rest of FLorida.a few
> Makes sense not tosever the railroad at one end over a distance of
> miles for a time zone.Auckland:
>
> Of course there's also the old joke about flights from Sydney to
> "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just landed at AucklandInternational
> Airport. Please set your watches back twenty years."One of the standard Dutch jokes, told in any town A, where the
>