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Old 04-10-2007, 02:01 AM   #1
Burns
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I was told to swim.

I seen this and didnt think it would say this but it turns out google wants people to swim. Just read the directions from my home town to paris france. Can anyone really swim 29 days?

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From: Sparta, TN 38583
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Drive: 4,602 mi (about 29 days 19 hours)

1. Head east on US-70 toward TN-84 25.8 mi
38 mins

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2. Slight left at Elmore Rd/US-70N 0.3 mi
1 min

3. Turn right at N Main St/US-127 0.7 mi
2 mins

4. Turn left at Genesis Rd/TN-298 2.1 mi
4 mins

5. Turn right to merge onto I-40 E 101 mi
1 hour 36 mins

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6. Take exit 421 on the left to merge onto I-81 N toward Bristol
Passing through Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
Entering Pennsylvania 526 mi
8 hours 9 mins

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7. Take exit 89 to merge onto I-78 E toward Allentown
Partial toll road
Entering New Jersey 136 mi
2 hours 12 mins

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8. Take the N J Turnpike North/I-95 N exit
Partial toll road 1.3 mi
2 mins

9. Slight left at I-95 N (signs for I-95/Exits 15W - 18W/I-280/Geo Washington Bridge/RT-3/Meadowlands Sports Complex)
Partial toll road
Passing through New York
Entering Connecticut 88.0 mi
1 hour 42 mins

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10. Take exit 48 on the left to merge onto I-91 N toward Hartford 36.8 mi
37 mins

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11. Take exit 29 for US-5 N/CT-15 toward I-84/E Hartford/Boston 0.4 mi

12. Merge onto CT-15 N 1.7 mi
2 mins

13. Merge onto I-84 E
Partial toll road
Entering Massachusetts 40.7 mi
38 mins

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14. Take the exit onto I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike toward N.H.-Maine/Boston
Partial toll road 56.0 mi
56 mins

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15. Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy 0.4 mi
1 min

16. Merge onto Atlantic Ave 0.8 mi
3 mins

17. Turn right at Central St 0.1 mi

18. Turn right at Long Wharf 0.1 mi

19. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi
29 days 0 hours


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20. Slight right at E05 0.5 mi
2 mins

21. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban 0.1 mi

22. Turn right at E05
Partial toll road 17.3 mi
22 mins

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23. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A131/E05 heading to A131/Rouen/Paris/Evreux
Partial toll road 9.1 mi
8 mins

24. Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie
Partial toll road 20.3 mi
17 mins

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25. Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie
Partial toll road 56.5 mi
47 mins

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26. Take the exit on the left onto A14 toward Nanterre/La Défense
Partial toll road 12.5 mi
16 mins

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27. Slight right at N13 1.4 mi
3 mins

28. Turn right at Avenue de Neuilly/N13 269 ft

29. At the traffic circle, take the 4th exit onto Avenue de la Grande Armée 0.7 mi
3 mins

30. At Place Charles de Gaulle, take the 5th exit onto Avenue des Champs-Elysées 1.3 mi
3 mins

31. Slight right at Voie Georges Pompidou 1.4 mi
3 mins

32. Slight left to stay on Voie Georges Pompidou 440 ft

33. Slight right at Quai de la Mégisserie 377 ft

34. Continue on Quai de Gesvres 0.2 mi
1 min

35. Turn left at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville 194 ft


To: Paris
France
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Old 04-10-2007, 03:33 AM   #2
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Was that for real??

Man!! I guess they are trying to be funny. I wonder what they'd say for driving to South America?? at the Darien Gap, get your snorkel-fitted Explorer, and proceed 110 miles to Colombia.




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Old 04-10-2007, 03:57 AM   #3
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It only works for the European countries. I can't swim to Hawaii or Japan.


From:
Valencia, CA
Drive: 8,322 mi (about 32 days 6 hours)
. . .
33.
Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi
. . .
114.
To:
Moscow
Russia

Thats a long way to drive/swim.




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Old 04-10-2007, 11:37 AM   #4
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yeah i tried to do it with diffrent bodies of water and it wouldnt say it...
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