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Default Some USIANs opinion of England and the English <g>

In article >, The New Other
Guy says...
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> On Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:28:24 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> >Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> "S Viemeister" wrote in message
> >> ... On 12/7/2016 2:32 PM,
> >> Ophelia wrote:
> >> > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >>
> >> > I prefer to keep the clothing clean and pollen free. We alwys use
> >> > the dryer
> >> >
> >> > ============
> >> >
> >> > I don't seem to have any problems with that.
> >> >
> >> > Sheila? Do you?
> >> >
> >> The winds in Sutherland don't let any pollen or schmutz sit on the
> >> laundry (I have to use lots of clothes pegs to keep my sheets from
> >> flying off to Orkney), there aren't many cars and my drying green is
> >> a fair distance from the road. Very rarely a bird will drop a bomb on
> >> my laundry - the last time was about 6 years ago. ===
> >>
> >> How about in US?

> >
> >You need to understand how BIG the US is to realize that question makes
> >no sense.

>
> Brits don't seem to understand that California is more
> than *3 times* larger than England, and California is
> but a small part of the United States.
>
> The continental US is almost 3.2 million square miles,
> and California is 359,000 of that. England is just over
> 50,000 square miles.


But European countries have a higher resolution than the new world.