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Road Atlas
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 20, 2014 11:42PM
[b]I have an Alstate Road atlas and the copyright is MCMLV11 Can anybody tell me what year that is? Roman Numerals?[/b]
Re: Road Atlas
Posted by:
Mornac
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Date: January 21, 2014 01:18AM
It's a good thing that Rome fell before the advent of electronics. I'd hate to see how our calculators would work with [i]that[/i] mess on 'em.
Re: Road Atlas
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 21, 2014 09:06PM
WayOutWardell Wrote:
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> 1957
Thanks for the help. I see things have changed since 1957.
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> 1957
Thanks for the help. I see things have changed since 1957.
Re: Road Atlas
Posted by:
Mr Downtown
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Date: January 22, 2014 11:45PM
For one thing, people apparently no longer learn roman numerals.
Re: Road Atlas
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 24, 2014 12:44AM
[b]I learned them back in school but that was 60 years ago and don't remember. Thanks for the help.[/b]Mr Downtown Wrote:
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> For one thing, people apparently no longer learn
> roman numerals.
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> For one thing, people apparently no longer learn
> roman numerals.
Re: Road Atlas
Posted by:
Mikey
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Date: January 29, 2014 12:52AM
Dating old maps with Roman numerals isn't such a bad thing. I'd rather have to use them than have to use map companies' crazy codes to decipher the year. Here's the site for decoding map dates:
http://roadmaps.org/map-information/dating-rand-mcnally-and-gousha-maps/
Mikey
http://roadmaps.org/map-information/dating-rand-mcnally-and-gousha-maps/
Mikey
