From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 06:14:19 EDT
Me:
> > Note that the seller lists his "Location" as "Iowa", and "Country/Region" as "USA/Minneapolis-St. Paul".
> > I don't know what to make of that...
Alan:
> Well without even checking on the map if it's right or not it most
> likely means he lives in Iowa and is closest to the Minneapolis-St. Paul
> area.
To be honest, I didn't mean my post to be an indication that I was interested in the device but was worried
about the seller's integrity - though since you and Randal both read it that way, the fault must have been with
my wording. That said, I've lived for extended periods in both Iowa and Minnesota, and I've never met
or heard of anyone in either state who would would describe their location in this manner, especially since
there is no part of Iowa (IIRC) that is closer to MSP than it would be to one of Iowa's own metropolises
(Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport).
- David R.
Just like plenty of people in upper SC list Charlotte as their
> closest metro area.
> And like Randal said with high feedback it's a pretty moot point as
> long as he's in the US, doesn't really matter to me exactly what address
> is on the envelope as long as payment arrives to them and my item
> magically arrives by the UPS fairy shortly afterwards.
>
> Then again having driven for Dominos I can also say for sure that
> about 5% of Americans don't even know where they're at at any one time.
> At least not well enough to be of much use in telling someone else where
> they are, so he may just be wrong about where Min/St Paul is. I knew
> the entire area map off the top of my head, and most times once I
> finally got a right address I knew where their house really was relative
> to everything else much better than the people living there..
>
> Alan
>
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