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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

"... old navigational charts were “west up”, hence Maine was “Down East”

Really?
Never could understand that strange expression.

61 posted on 02/10/2015 6:38:59 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")

To: Redbob

63 posted on 02/10/2015 4:42:06 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)

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