1. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    fellow bp cocreators giants kings & indeed divinities todd has suggested sharing this interesting thread & it may well be shameless of us to include such
    Oct 02, 2001 @ 19:54 - Michael Donner ("Michael Donner" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  2. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    ... From personal experience, I think you can strike Uzbekistan and Botswana - Tashkent and Gaborone are near, but not on, international borders. The others
    Oct 02, 2001 @ 21:38 - Grant Hutchison ("Grant Hutchison" <granthutchison@...>)
  3. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    I would like to add to the capitals vs borders list. Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, is definitely very near the border if not on it. Jerusalem lies kind of on
    Oct 02, 2001 @ 22:21 - Arif Samad (Arif Samad <fHoiberg@...>)
  4. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    ... Yep, another good one, and again on a river. Liechtenstein, too, has a capital just across the river from another country. On the topic of small countries,
    Oct 02, 2001 @ 23:02 - Grant Hutchison ("Grant Hutchison" <granthutchison@...>)
  5. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    I think you can strike Uzbekistan and ... Before independence as Botswana, British Bechuanaland s administrative capital was Mafeking, outside the
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 00:20 - Brendan Whyte ("Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@...>)
  6. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    ... Note that Koebenhavn was not on a border before 1658. -- Anton Sherwood -- br0nt0@p0b0x.com -- http://ogre.nu/ ............ unemployment 2002, here i
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 02:19 - Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>)
  7. RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    I agree with Lome, Togo s inclusion on this list. I was just at the Ghana-Togo border last March. On the Ghana side, it s a small town called Aflao, but
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 04:39 - Dallen Timothy (Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@...>)
  8. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    On a secundary level, there is that strange situation of Chandigarh being the capital of two Indian states, Punjab and Haryana, but being outside of them. It
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 09:05 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
  9. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    ... called ... the ... If we re willing to include state/provincial/regional capitals in this group, then as far as I recall Providence, Rhode Island is right
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 09:13 - Asher Samuels ("Asher Samuels" <asher972@...>)
  10. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    I m not sure that the capital city of Providence itself is up against the state border at any point...the adjoining city of East Providence is though. Bill
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 11:12 - Jane Hanrahan (Jane Hanrahan <hanrahan@...>)
  11. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thanx bill it is close but my map thinks you are right too m ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 18:51 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  12. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    this is truly awesome can you elaborate further or point to maps m ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:01 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  13. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thanx anton also my hunch about koebenhavn & all the many other capitals that face outside their country across wide bodies of water is that their city limits
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:06 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  14. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thank you thank you in this case the fewer the merrier m ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:07 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  15. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thank you thank you where truth is concerned the more the merrier too m ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:10 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  16. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    right arif you have beaten me to the point the breadth of the body of water is critical if city limits & visibility are really the issues the delaware at
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:16 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  17. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    grant wonderful to learn of any street plan in the third world also there could be a side balcony so we cant rule it out yet will you be going back soon m ...
    Oct 03, 2001 @ 19:21 - m donner ("m donner" <maxivan82@...>)
  18. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    Isn t Trenton, NJ right on the Delaware River boundary w/ PA? ... against the ... is ... right ... http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
    Nov 21, 2001 @ 22:54 - Pete ("Pete" <Osafp@...>)
  19. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    ... thank you very much indeed pete for presenting us here with our first full circle discussion point or global point as it were for trenton was where this
    Nov 21, 2001 @ 23:12 - orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
  20. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thank you, i feel very welcome. Now do you know why the along the otherwise-straight border of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Massachusetts takes a little bite
    Nov 24, 2001 @ 00:22 - Pete ("Pete" <Osafp@...>)
  21. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    The reason for this peculiar deviation from a straight boundary, known as the Southwick jog, is that in adjusting errors in the boundary line beteen
    Nov 24, 2001 @ 00:44 - David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
  22. Re: Capitals vs. Borders
    thanx pete we do know why because in addition to what david has offered from van zandt below there is also given on the same page in bus&ss the more
    Nov 24, 2001 @ 01:43 - orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)