crashmonitor Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Doesn't matter what the areas are, it's true for any set of boundaries that you could possibly draw on any map, real or imaginary (without going into extra dimensions or anything like that). The only exception would be if you start having completely disconnected enclaves of a country or county or whatever (so as far as topography goes a separate self-contained boundary on the map). Well I assume it is from what's been said, I've not tried working it out. I see it took the combined wisdom of mankind until 1976 to reduce the five colour theory to four, so I guess doodling a few maps on a scrap of paper wont do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattydread Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 As per the OP - I've always had a fascination with geography; as a child I received a wooden jigsaw of the counties of the UK, never seen one since. Always had my head in an A-Z & atlases - One of the most telling images of the earth has to be the Aral 'sea' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I see it took the combined wisdom of mankind until 1976 to reduce the five colour theory to four, so I guess doodling a few maps on a scrap of paper wont do it. Well I'm just accepting it on faith for the sake of argument, I'm certainly not trying to demonstrate it one way or the other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Like Fermat's Theorem, the Four Colour Theorem was a deceptively simple-looking idea that in fact took mathematicians centuries to prove, and requiring very complex mathematics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 TOP TIP You can simulate a visit to Ayer's Rock more cheaply by visiting a smaller, more accessible rock, and standing closer to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Geography-wise I'm convinced that oxbow lakes only exist in school geography textbooks, I've never actually seen one (I'm probably going to get inundataed with links to maps and pictures showing them now). There's loads along the Teme where I spent many a happy hour. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/River+Teme/@52.1886741,-2.3287223,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4870404fd85b9a43:0xb57a4ff00269117d!8m2!3d52.2978775!4d-2.7370048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 peculiar pɪˈkjuːlɪə/ adjective: peculiar a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop. "deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably Westminster Abbey and Windsor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 peculiar pɪˈkjuːlɪə/ adjective: peculiar a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop. "deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably Westminster Abbey and Windsor" Erm, ITYM peculier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Erm, ITYM peculier. Either spelling is accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Erm, ITYM peculier. Mr Renting has been out on the piss! I've just couriered him a gallon of mine in a Klein bottle. It's for his garden (allegedly)! I hope the lid doen't pop off in transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Either spelling is accepted. By whom? Autocorrect may have "fixed" the word you meant to give you the more everyday homonym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 By whom? Well, the online Oxford English Dictionary accepts the spelling 'peculiar' for the definition I gave, for a start... peculiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Well, the online Oxford English Dictionary accepts the spelling 'peculiar' for the definition I gave, for a start... peculiar Yes well, you probably call a 'shoppe' a 'shop'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yes well, you probably call a 'shoppe' a 'shop'. A displeasing misuse of Englyshe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Mr Renting has been out on the piss! I've just couriered him a gallon of mine in a Klein bottle. It's for his garden (allegedly)! I hope the lid doen't pop off in transit. Stay on the Old Peculier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yes well, you probably call a 'shoppe' a 'shop'. I was most disappointed recently to learn that the Olde Curiosity Shoppe in London is a post-Dickensian impostor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Stay on the Old Peculier. That was my first encounter with the word peculier. I thought it a peculiar misspelling or archaism, until I got to the bottom of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 That was my first encounter with the word peculier. I thought it a peculiar misspelling or archaism, until I got to the bottom of it. Bottoms again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 That was my first encounter with the word peculier. I thought it a peculiar misspelling or archaism, until I got to the bottom of it. You know that it's of French origin, and pronounced accordingly? "Pay-cool-ee-ay" I always find that barmen are very appreciative if you pronounce it properly. Try it and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 You know that it's of French origin, and pronounced accordingly? "Pay-cool-ee-ay" I always find that barmen are very appreciative if you pronounce it properly. Try it and see! Have you been to DTMark's local? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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