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Ask Microsoft for directions - this is what you get
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cszar2001
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Jan 18, 2005, 12:56 PM
 
I don`t know if you guys have seen this already:
Long way round

Enter Norway and Haugesund as your starting point
and
Norway and Trondheim as your destination
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demograph68
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:04 PM
 
That's one big loop.
     
hardcat1970
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:04 PM
 
i don't .....get it

     
macintologist
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:06 PM
 
Link no worky :/
     
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:07 PM
 
Ahahahah, well I guess I'll be sticking to MapQuest.

[edit] For those that just wanna see the result:



Start:�_Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
End:�_Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Total Distance: 1685.9 Miles
Estimated Total Time: 47 hours, 31 minutes
     
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:09 PM
 
     
Jaey
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:12 PM
 
Originally posted by macintologist:
Link no worky :/
Linky worky, linky just take long time to worky

Anyway, MapQuest doesn't seem to have Norway in its direction-giving database...
     
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Jan 18, 2005, 01:20 PM
 
Originally posted by macintologist:
Link no worky :/
Who started that worky **** anyway?

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Jan 18, 2005, 01:45 PM
 
see now that's just retarded.
     
E's Lil Theorem
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Jan 18, 2005, 02:16 PM
 
Originally posted by brapper:
see now that's just retarded.
It's beyond...

     
olePigeon
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Jan 18, 2005, 02:26 PM
 
Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Who started that worky **** anyway?
Chris Farley and David Spade
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Jan 18, 2005, 02:33 PM
 
Originally posted by hardcat1970:
i don't .....get it

M$ user ?

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mac-at-kearsarge
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Jan 18, 2005, 04:50 PM
 
ROTFLMAO! It gets even better! Do it again, but this time change the route setting on the right from "Quickest" to "Shortest".....Apperently Microsoft has something about travelrs touching what I believe is UK soil
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Jan 18, 2005, 04:56 PM
 
Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Who started that worky **** anyway?
For some reason, there's a long-standing stereotype that non-English-speakers talk like that. All verbs are appended with "ee."
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Jan 18, 2005, 05:06 PM
 


Buy this and they will give you cash!
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Jan 18, 2005, 05:15 PM
 
Originally posted by mac-at-kearsarge:
ROTFLMAO! It gets even better! Do it again, but this time change the route setting on the right from "Quickest" to "Shortest".....Apperently Microsoft has something about travelrs touching what I believe is UK soil
     
   
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