Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And in Australia, Texas would fit three and a half times into Western Australia at 976,784sq.m Queensland is 668,203.19 sq.m Northern Territory is 520,898 sq.m ( a bit smaller than Alaska) South Aust is 379,722 sq.m and New South Wales is 309,127 sq m. All of which are more than twice the size of California Then we have the smaller states of Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT. I don't think most people realise how big this place is! Rob Jeff Moore wrote: > 2002-12-10-12:47:48 Martin Howard: > > Any large rangefinder gets called a "Texas Leica" -- in some way odd, > > since I thought Texas was only the second largest state in the US, > > after California. > > Second largest, yes; after CA, I don't think so. > > Reminds me of the old joke: after listening to the Texan brag over and > over how everything about his state is the biggest, the Alaskan suggests > that if he and his kind don't shut up, Alaska will split itself in > half... and then there there will be *two* states bigger than Texas. > > California: 155,973 square miles; > Texas: 261,914 square miles; > Alaska: 570,374 square miles. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- __________________________________ Rob Heyman M.Photog 32 Binyara Street CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 __________________________________ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html