Re: Strange bits of Oklahoma?

On or around Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:09:23 GMT, Krane <oiorpata@xxxxxxxxxxx>
enlightened us thusly:

>In article <1126795600.863125.224020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>malcolm.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>
>> Krane wrote:
>> > There I was, trying to see how many of the states I could guess the
>> > right name for, when I found a bit that didn't quite make sense.
>> >
>> > It's a bit that seems to be above Texas, below Colarado and Kansas, and
>> > is possibly part of Oklahoma,or then again, perhaps not.
>> >
>> > Anyhow, I was sneaking a closer look, like you do, to see if it had any
>> > towns I'd recognise. And discovered that it is full of strange
>> > geometrical shapes. Not the usual straight edged fields, but weird big
>> > circles and pie charts.
>> >
>> > Anyone know what it is?
>> >
>> >
>> Irrigation or so one of my colleagues says. One of those gurt whirly
>> round things which doen't necessarily scan a full circle. It looks like
>> they only harvest within the circle TAAW.
>
>That makes perfect sense. Isn't the shed wonderful? I'm glad I asked,
>cos now I can devote that bit of previously niggled brian to other
>tasks, such as deciding what to do make from the aubergine, courgette,
>carrots and On!ons in the fridge.

and the squares are defined by various roads - if you turn roads on in
google earth you can see 'em. Your marker is south of County Road Gg, east
of N0570 Rd, west of N0580 Rd and north of E0340 Rd.
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