Proposed highway to connect London to NYC
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I drove the ALCAN/Alaska Highway in both directions. As remote as some of the places in Canada were, and I'm talking several hundred miles between outposts, Siberia would be several times worse. I can't see it being practical in our lifetimes, even if the road already existed.
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You've guys all seen those Russian dash cam videos, right? I'm not sure if Russia is the best place to ride your bike.
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aren't there folks who do bike touring through Siberia?
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Back in the day it was 85 in some sections.
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I was in the infantry for 24 years. We used to spend all summer and winter in the field, with maybe a weekend or two break. I think the longest was around four months when I was living in a 5 foot hole on the Iraq/Saudi border during Desert Shield before we finally got relieved for Christmas.
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I like the rule they used to have in Montana, you could drive as fast as you thought "reasonable and prudent."
Remember 'reasonable and prudent?' Speed limits long controversial in Montana
Remember 'reasonable and prudent?' Speed limits long controversial in Montana
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Wouldn't the 50 miles of sea crossing between Siberia and Alaska have some Bering on this?
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Not a problem, since, according to the former governor of AK, "you can actually see Russia, from land, here in Alaska, from an island."
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A photo of Russia (Big Diomede, large island across strait) from land, in Alaska, from an Island (Little Diomede, AK USA). What's your point?
The Diomedes would be important way station for Bering Strait bridge or tunnel project.
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Tina Fey's spoof version was much better...('...from my house')
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If was a perfectly accurate statement. But is was also the primary evidence she gave on her foreign policy and international relations experience.
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The international relations of this Administration are not OT to this thread, as the highway project isn't likely to get very far in the climate of mistrust existing between the US and Russia.
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Biden? He's good for a solid gaffe every month (backrubs). But that's probably enough, I don't want to see this thread moved or locked.
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Where I am going I don't need roads.
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