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Re: Google Street View

Post by ZachL » Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:38 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Something i just noticed is that the Canadian island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon uses French road signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1000634 ... 312!8i6656
That is because Saint Pierre and Miquelon is French... They vote in the French Presidential election and they are represented by a single MP in the French Parliament.
Disregard my previous statement. Seth is right. :oops:
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Re: Google Street View

Post by Erik-Gorb-Hamilton » Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:41 pm

ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Something i just noticed is that the Canadian island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon uses French road signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1000634 ... 312!8i6656
That is because Saint Pierre and Miquelon is French... They vote in the French Presidential election and they are represented by a single MP in the French Parliament.
Disregard my previous statement. Seth is right. :oops:
Fun Fact: This means France has a direct border with Canada! They also have something similar in one of their French territories in South America.
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Re: Google Street View

Post by ToledoRailfan » Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:46 pm

Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:
ZachL wrote:
ToledoRailfan wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:Something i just noticed is that the Canadian island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon uses French road signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1000634 ... 312!8i6656
That is because Saint Pierre and Miquelon is French... They vote in the French Presidential election and they are represented by a single MP in the French Parliament.
Disregard my previous statement. Seth is right. :oops:
Fun Fact: This means France has a direct border with Canada! They also have something similar in one of their French territories in South America.
Yep. Although it is a nautical border so Canada is still pretty much a single neighbored country. What you're thinking about in South America is French Guiana which is considered an overseas department of France while Saint Pierre and Miquelon is more acquaint to U.S territories and British Overseas territories (even though in French elections). I think Saint Pierre and Miquelon not that long ago had a referendum on whether or not they wanted to become a overseas department or remain their current status, I think independence might've also been an option on the referendum. The dialect of French that they speak is more similar to Standard Parisian French than it is to Canadian French.
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Re: Google Street View

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Re: Google Street View

Post by ZachL » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:03 pm

That my friend is a street light.
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Re: Google Street View

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:46 pm

ZachL wrote:
That my friend is a street light.
Those span-wire street lights are (or at least were) common in Michigan for a long time. They can be found in other states, IIRC, though very rarely.
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Re: Google Street View

Post by NathanFromEngland » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:25 am

U.S. style 4 way intersection sign in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province
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Re: Google Street View

Post by ZachL » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:33 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:U.S. style 4 way intersection sign in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province
https://www.google.com/maps/@-38.770633 ... 312!8i6656
Pretty sure that's one of the more universal signs used by a lot of countries.
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Re: Google Street View

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Cowangie, Hometown of Larry Perkins.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.231788 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Street View

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