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Re: Definition of term
From: Steven Tripp
Date: 2003 Jan 27, 17:31 +0900
From: Steven Tripp
Date: 2003 Jan 27, 17:31 +0900
On 1/25/03 5:28 PM, "Peter Fogg"wrote: > There is a TV show called 'Survivor' or something similar. They did a series > using Americans (supposedly) surviving in the bush in Cape York (S15d E143d). > They got comprehensivly lost at one stage because they supposed that 'down > here' the compass needle must point in the opposite direction, just as the > seasons and day and night are reversed, compared to where they come from ... > I heard that the Sydney Olympic Committee solicited questions about Australia before the Olympics and got this one: In Australia which direction is north? Steve