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Wacky directions

  • 02-02-2005 11:26pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,476 ✭✭✭✭


    This has to be one of the best things I've ever seen

    1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
    2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
    "Haugesund" into the "City" field
    3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
    "Trondheim" into the "City" field
    4. Click on "Get Directions" ...
    5. Laugh, Snigger, Cry


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Lol!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,962 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Start: Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
    End: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
    Total Distance: 1685.9 Miles
    Estimated Total Time: 47 hours, 31 minutes

    the return journey

    Start: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
    End: Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
    Total Distance: 476.1 Miles
    Estimated Total Time: 10 hours, 45 minutes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭nanook


    i'm going back to bed, sorry lads not the best post i have seen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    very good. wont be using that site for directions!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Deadwing


    i dont get it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Deadwing wrote:
    i dont get it.


    from start follow the directions line, eh notice it leaves norway then comes back??

    Start: Depart Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway on 47 [Karmsundgata] (West) 0.6
    1: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto 47 [Djupaskarvegen] 0.9

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    2: Road name changes to Garpeskjærvegen 0.1

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    3: *Check timetable* Take Haugesund-Newcastle Upon Tyne (North-East)

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    4: Entering United Kingdom

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    5: Take Local road(s) (West) 0.3
    6: Bear LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.1

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    7: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Coble Dene 0.3
    8: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A187 [Howdon Road] 0.6

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    9: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.4
    10: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A193 0.2

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    11: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp 0.1
    12: Merge onto A19 2.1

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    13: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    14: Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    15: Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    16: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    17: Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    18: Merge onto Local road(s) < 0.1
    19: Keep LEFT onto A19 0.6

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    20: Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.2
    21: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A194 [Leam Lane] 2.2

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    22: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A194(M) 3.8
    23: Merge onto A1(M) 33.4

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    24: Road name changes to A1 24.0
    25: At Exit 49, road name changes to A1(M) [Leeming Lane] 12.9

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    26: Road name changes to A1 towards A1 / The South / Wetherby 9.1
    27: Road name changes to A1(M) 4.5

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    28: Road name changes to A1 16.9
    29: Road name changes to A1(M) 15.2

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    30: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A1 towards A1 6.8
    31: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A1 [Worksop Road] 5.4

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    32: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A1 37.0

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    33: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A1 [Great North Road] 5.1
    34: Stay on A1 18.2

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    35: At Exit 17, road name changes to A1(M) 12.4
    36: Road name changes to A14 15.8

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    37: Road name changes to M11 towards M11 / London 42.1

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    38: At Exit 6, keep LEFT onto 6 towards M25 / M20 / M1 / Dartford Tnl. / Watford < 0.1
    39: Road name changes to Local road(s) 0.2

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    40: Take Local road(s) (LEFT) onto M25 towards M25 / M20 / M23 / Dartford Tnl. / Gatwick Airport 15.6
    41: Road name changes to A282 4.9

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    42: At Exit 2, keep LEFT onto Ramp towards A2 / M2 / M'way / Canterbury / London 0.6
    43: Take Ramp (LEFT) onto A2 towards A2 / M2 / Canterbury 9.1

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    44: Road name changes to M2 towards M2 / Dover / Channel Tunnel / Canterbury / Chatham 5.5

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    45: At Exit 3, keep LEFT onto Ramp towards A229 / M20 / Maidstone / Chatham / Channel Tunnel 0.4
    46: At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Local road(s) 0.4
    47: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp 0.2

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    48: Merge onto A229 2.0

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    49: Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.4
    50: At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp towards M20 / Ashford / Channel Tunnel / Dover 0.4

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    51: Merge onto M20 29.6

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    52: At Exit 11A, take Ramp (LEFT) onto Local road(s) towards Channel Tunnel 1.3
    53: *Check timetable* Take Channel Tunnel (East)

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    54: Entering France

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    55: *Check timetable* Stay on Tunnel Sous la Manche (South)
    56: *Check timetable* Stay on Tunnel Sous la Manche (South)

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    57: Take Local road(s) (West) 0.1
    58: Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.7
    59: Road name changes to Avenue de France 0.6

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    60: Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto A16 [E402] towards A16 / E402 / A26 / E15 / Calais / Lille / Reims Paris / Bruxelles 35.4

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    61: Entering Belgium

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    62: Road name changes to A18 [E40] 26.2

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    63: Merge onto A10 [E40] 30.2
    64: Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) towards E17 / Kortrijk / Antwerpen / Gent 1.7

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    65: Merge onto A14 [E17] 30.7

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    66: Merge onto R1 3.1

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    67: Road name changes to A12 [R1] 0.3

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    68: Merge onto A1 [A12] 2.0
    69: Keep RIGHT onto Antwerpen-Oost towards E34 / E313 / Eindhoven / Turnhout / Aken / Luik / Hasselt 0.5
    70: Road name changes to A13 [E313] 5.3

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    71: Keep RIGHT onto E34 [Ranst] towards E34 / Eindhoven / Turnhout 1.3

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    72: Road name changes to A21 [E34] 29.0

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    73: Entering Netherlands
    74: Road name changes to A67 [E34] 11.9

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    75: Merge onto A2 [A67] 2.2
    76: Keep LEFT onto A67 [E34] towards E34 / Venlo / Duisburg 32.4

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    77: Entering Germany
    78: Road name changes to A40 [E34] 26.4

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    79: Keep RIGHT onto E34 [14] towards A3 / Hannover / Du-Kaiserberg / Arnheim / Köln 0.6
    80: Merge onto A3 [E34] 3.2

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    81: At Exit 12, keep RIGHT onto Ramp [Autobahnkreuz Oberhausen-West] towards A42 / Kamp-Lintfort / Dortmund / Oberhausen 0.1
    82: Take Autobahnkreuz Oberhausen-West (RIGHT) onto A42 [Emscherschnellweg] towards A42 / Dortmund / Oberhausen 17.8

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    83: Keep RIGHT onto 21 [Autobahnkreuz Herne] towards A43 / Wuppertal / Münster / Recklinghausen / Bochum 0.1
    84: Road name changes to Autobahnkreuz Herne 0.4

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    85: Merge onto A43 37.1

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    86: Keep RIGHT onto 2 [Autobahnkreuz Münster-Süd] towards A1 / Bremen / Osnabrück / Münster-Nord / Dortmund / Flughafen 0.1
    87: Keep LEFT onto Autobahnkreuz Münster-Süd towards A1 / Bremen / Osnabrück / Münster-Nord / Flughafen 1.1

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    88: Merge onto A1 [E37] 244.7

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    89: Keep STRAIGHT onto E47 [B207] 20.4
    90: *Check timetable* Take Puttgarden-Rodby (East)

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    91: Entering Denmark
    92: Take Local road(s) (North-East) 0.6
    93: Road name changes to E47 [Sydmotorvejen] 74.8

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    94: Merge onto E20 [E47] 17.2

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    95: Road name changes to Amagermotorvejen [E20] 5.3

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    96: Road name changes to E20 [Øresundsmotorvejen] 192.2

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    97: Entering Sweden

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    98: Keep RIGHT onto E6 [Kungsbackaleden] towards E6 / E45 / 45 / Oslo / Frederikshavn 60.8
    99: Keep STRAIGHT to stay on E6 82.2

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    100: Entering Norway

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    101: Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3

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    102: Keep LEFT to stay on Ramp < 0.1
    103: Turn RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.3

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    104: Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto E6 7.4

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    105: *Toll road* Stay on E6 (North) 0.4
    106: Stay on E6 (East) 18.5

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    107: Road name changes to E18 [E6] 11.5

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    108: Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1
    109: At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.2

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    110: Merge onto 190 3.2

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    111: Road name changes to E6 63.8

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    112: Keep RIGHT onto Kolomoen Vegkryss 0.2
    113: Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto 3 18.1

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    114: Turn LEFT (North) onto 3 [Trondheimsvegen] 128.6

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    115: Stay on 3 33.8
    116: Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto E6 58.8

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    End: Arrive Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
    kdjac


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Deadwing


    Its still pretty unfunny tho


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭JackKelly


    agreed


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