On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 10:29:45 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 11:20:06 AM UTC-4, Graham wrote:
> > On 2021-03-21 8:02 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > > On 3/20/2021 3:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > >> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:27:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On 3/19/2021 4:38 PM, wrote:
> > >>>> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:59:04 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Bruce wrote:
> > >>>>>> You couldn't even point at Belgium on a map
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>> Nobody cares about them except for eastern europe and most Americans
> > >>>>> don't care about eastern europe and all their bickering.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Belgium is in eastern Europe??? Dang, what map have I looked at all
> > >>>> these years??? Belgium would be surprised as well to find they are
> > >>>> not in western Europe.
> > >>>
> > >>> All I know is that Belgium is somewhere in the vicinity of eastern and
> > >>> western Europe. Close enough for me as I don't really care.
> > >>>
> > >>> Easy enough for you to google it before responding though.
> > >>
> > >> Did you really think Belgium was eastern Europe? That's as weird as
> > >> thinking that Oklahoma's in South America.
> > >
> > > Bad example.
> > >
> > > I've never paid attention to Europe's tiny countries. Never needed to
> > > know or care. Naturally you know very well where Belgium is as you grew
> > > up right next to it.
> > >
> > > Relatively speaking, ALL of Europe is in the east from the US.
> > > Given a blank map of Europe test, you would do better than me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Crikey! Someone who is proud of being ignorant!
> Millions of Americans are proud of being ignorant.
>
> Cindy Hamilton


Some are simply not interested in geography, doesn't mean one is "ignorant"...

I love maps and atlases, always excelled at geography. I can still name all 15 constituent Soviet republics and their capitals...all districts of the city of Berlin...I have old Czech, East German and Soviet world atlases, several globes...

Collected airline timetables for many years, specifically " exotic " East Bloc items...Aeroflot, Air Koryo, Cubana, Interflug...

I like to read old train timetables, too...

Gary may be "ignorant" about geography, but very knowledgeable about things I or others may be "ignorant" of...



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Greg