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Old 01-16-2019, 08:40 AM   #69 (permalink)
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^ Well, one is about culture and people, and the other is about the physical land - at least I imagine that's what Isbjorn is refering to.

Reposted, not so much for relevancy, but because it's a beautiful map that makes you rethink the geography of the British Isles:-

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In fact, England used to be part of Doggerland:-

Spoiler for for something of limited interest only:

That map shows Dogger Bank, right in the middle of the North Sea and still used as a point of reference today. It reminds me of how I used to hear the Shipping Forecast on the radio at night when I was a small child. Nodding off to sleep, it was a soothing litany of the cold and mysterious parts of the North Sea, with names like Dogger, Cromarty, Faeroes, Shannon, German Bight and Fastnet.

Anyway, here's a spoof, which gets the tone just right and shows just how close a weather forecast can get to pure poetry:-

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