Re: ping half_pint, other threads are crazy

From: |{evin (You_at_dont.need)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:04:39 GMT

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:49:16 -0000, "half_pint"
<esboella.nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"|{evin" <You@dont.need> wrote in message
>news:cmak20pvqfvbngq74a7f84j1rb2fvpenue@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:26:57 -0000, "half_pint"
>> <esboella.nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Well where ever you stand on the earths surface you weight
>> >approximately the same.
>> >Unless you spend too long in a McDonalds.
>>
>> How does that make the Earth flat?
>
>Well a globe is round but is you look at an Atlas you
>will notice the pages are flat.
>We use atlas's as maps because they are more
>accurate for measuring distances.

Really? So I suppose the shortest flight from New York to Los Angeles
is a straight line over the midwest?