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Posted by marty on 3/20/2006, 8:32 am, in reply to "Jersey and Guernsey" --Previous Message--
and did you know, Norm, they also serve as the namesake of New Jersey, which is the Garden State, and often referred to in the vernacular, as Jersey. And furthemore, Norm, Newark is named after the English port city of Ark, located below the northern midlands of Scotland.
: Some fun facts about the Channel Islands,
: where my track team visited as a part of our
: overseas tour after senior year of college:
: - It was the only portion of the United
: Kingdom to fall to Nazi Germany. You can
: still see tons of fortifications there.
:
: - Victor Hugo (Les Miserables, etc.) used to
: write there. Think he may have died there,
: too.
:
: - the islands sit in the middle of the
: Channel (duh), really close to France.
: Because of the currents, it's a much more
: sunny and (almost) tropical sort of climate.
:
: - Cornell and Penn college students hold the
: majority of the track records there, so I
: can't imagine that their Commonwealth teams
: are too formidable.
:
: I am a fortress of useless information.
: Miss you guys, and safe travels to you, Bri.
: Give a ring if you have a moment when
: you're back in Florida.
:
: DT
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