Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Mon Apr-21-14 12:56 PM
6. "When was Eritrea made an independent nation on Western maps?" In response to Reply # 1
Because I'm 95% sure that when I was memorizing the countries of the world in school and their locations (and thus when I was achieving my peak awareness of the majority of the countries of the world), Eritrea was not present.
I was learning countries when there was still a Yugoslavia, if that's a good time reference.
I need to re-visit world geography one of these days.
8. "RE: I think the sentiment is that USA wants to puff out their chest..." In response to Reply # 7
>the ticker reads, 1st American to win marathon, etc... > >and then you see the name Meb Keflezighi
a moot point considering our president is Barack Hussein Obama.
------- "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled, and less than that no man shall have." - TR
9. "They gained independence from Ethiopia in the mid 90's." In response to Reply # 6
Which must have been after I stopped watching Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, because I don't remember Eritrea being on their map of Africa lol...
16. "Eritrea gained independence after the USSR collapsed " In response to Reply # 6
Basically Ethiopia used to be allied w/ the USSR when USSR collapsed so did the Ethiopian gov't which is when the Eritreans won the war of independence in 91. My father actually said my name was influenced by the series of events that took place after the USSR collapse which were unthinkable a couple of years before.
>Because I'm 95% sure that when I was memorizing the countries >of the world in school and their locations (and thus when I >was achieving my peak awareness of the majority of the >countries of the world), Eritrea was not present. > >I was learning countries when there was still a Yugoslavia, if >that's a good time reference.
that was over 20 years ago - so you knew the majority of the countries in the world and their locations on the map when you were in elementary school?
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