Comments on: “Why Civilization Is on the Verge of Collapse”

By: orion

orion — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:39:30 +0000

Rorschach,
I stand corrected! I relied on a commentator, I should have checked Wisden.
Rick
Wood Buffalo is a ‘regional municipality’ and comprises several hamlets and other communities. Mt Isa is just a city.
See what you can do with records!!!

By: Rick Pikul

Rick Pikul — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:40:39 +0000

@Orion:

Wood Buffalo, Alberta is larger than Mt Isa in both population, (103,000) and physical area, (63,343 sq km).

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:36:27 +0000

It was largely because Mike Hussey and Peter Siddle scored the highest 9th wicket partnership for Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in test history.

Their 123-run stand was in fact the second-highest 9th wicket stand, to be precise, and threatened to break the 116-year-old record of 154 runs set by Syd Gregory and Jack Blackham.

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:22:01 +0000

Ah, good old airport envy. I wonder if Antwerp still has the record as the busiest seaport on the planet – not that such claims have any relevance whatsoever to society. Well, “most expensive city to live in on the planet” is certainly not a good title for a city.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:32:59 +0000

A good friend of mine wrote that book.

By: orion

orion — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:28:46 +0000

Oh yes – every Australian cricket fan knows about the Aborginal cricket team.
We know EVERY time the poms get beaten – its our lifeblood.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:01:58 +0000

The city with the largest dimension in the world (or the us or Minnesota, can't remember) is Duluth because it owns some crazy RR right-of-way that runs out of town several miles. Or so I hear. But I might have that wrong. Do you know about the Aborigine Cricket Team and its defeat of the English team? See: Cricket Walkabout: The Aboriginal Cricketers of the 1860s

By: orion

orion — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:17:41 +0000

Thanks Greg – I had read it and agree with the nonsensical nature of a lot of these ‘records’.
Here’s one for you:
Did you know the largest city in the world is Mt Isa in outback Queensland?
Reason – the ‘city’ boundaries cover more than 44,000 sq km, even though no-one lives in most of it (pop 23,000).
On the subject of sport – I am a cricket fan, and it’s incredible the statistics and record the commentators come up with all the time. I guess baseball is pretty similar.
Did you know that Australia just defeated Pakistan in a test match? It was largely because Mike Hussey and Peter Siddle scored the highest 9th wicket partnership for Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in test history.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:48:06 +0000

Orion… it makes no sense at all!!!!!!!!

… unless you go read the whole post.

By: orion

orion — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:25:50 +0000

Don’t want to sound like a pedant, but:
‘Heathrow is the world’s largest…. second only to (two others!!!)…????
That would make it the third largest.
But of course, if all three are eclipsed by two others,
that would make Heathrow the 5th largest airport etc.