On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:17:40 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 1:09:16 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:49:21 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I used to think that Americans couldn't possibly be as bad as Europeans
>> >make them out to be. Now I know better.
>> >
>> I always compare it to the US states. You'll have a hard time finding
>> a European who can point at more than 1 or 2 US states on a map.
>
>Fair enough. I'm pretty good with Canadian provinces, but not with
>Australian states/territories.

I know nothing about Canada. I also didn't know much about Australia
before I moved here. With regards to topography, I was mainly taught
about the Netherlands and Indonesia in junior school.

>And I'm nearly hopeless with anything since about 1975. My mental
>map of the world still has a big chunk labeled "U.S.S.R."

It's hard to remember what the USSR fall apart into. Russia,
Kazachstan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, but there must be more.

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