Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:15:26 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:53:36 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:28:10 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Now that's a lie. 5 miles from my house? No.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. 5 land miles. Another half a mile if you count the bay. 5.5
>>>> miles total. How much do you expect us to believe the cuisine changes
>>>> in that 5.5 miles?
>>>
>>> The bay? What bay is this?
>>
>> Excuse me, Lake Washington. Happy now? I thought that was all
>> seawater there.
>>
>>> There is no way in hell that Seattle is 5 miles
>>> from my house.
>>
>> It's called a MAP, Julie. Seattle extends halfway into Lake
>> Washington due east of 145th Street. Here is the measurement from
>> that point to your house using the Google Maps measuring tool.
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=znagbb&s=9
>>
>> Now you should apologize and shut the **** up. Or are you going to
>> start yet another stupid argument and make ridiculous excuses? My
>> money is on options B and C.
>
> Excuse me, that's 7.5 miles. About 6 LAND miles. I was looking at
> the 5 mile marker on the line thinking that was total miles.
>
> But in the context of the original discussion (which has now been
> obscured by a bunch of Julie's blathering) does the extra 2 miles make
> a difference? Not at all.
>
> -sw

I worked with someone in the 90s who, despite living in Chicago, had
never been downtown -- "too dangerous"