Downunder, things happen differently....

Hi Boyd,

> The antipodes of Pflugerville, Texas, USA
> are a very lonely stretch of ocean, roughly
> equidistant from Australia, India, Africa
> and Antarctica.

Ah, yes.... There's quite a lonely stretch of ocean there, as I recall from my copious TV watching.(*)

An Englishman, who was sailing round the world as part of a competition, Tony Bullimore, had his boat capsize around there a few years ago. We heard all about it in Australia since, although it's in the middle of nowhere, Australia was the closest country, so the Aussie rescue service flew out and rescued him. I believe they may have made it into a TV miniseries in the UK.

> God is spread pretty thin at 30:44:00S
> -82:37:00E. If you remember your science
> fiction, you'll recognize this citation...

I don't unfortunately.... Is it from Heinlein? I did used to read Heinlein, though that was mostly when I was still in high school. I also enjoy Ray Bradbury. :)

- Dien

(*) Actually, I don't watch that much TV.... I was kidding about that. The internet sucks up too much of my time. :)