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bobthepanda
42 days ago
The mnemonic i use is latitude is flat.
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neogodless
42 days ago
I usually say to myself "ladder" and that helps. But this time I slipped. Rough morning. Wheels fell off on the way to work.
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dec0dedab0de
42 days ago
I say longitude goes longways, which I know isn't accurate except fairly close to the poles, but I remembered it like that when I was a kid and it stuck.
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rkomorn
42 days ago
I was going to ask if you were making a joke or just too tired to spell mnemonic correctly, but they would've been pneumatic, not pneumonic.
Edit: oh, boo, you fixed it.
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bobthepanda
42 days ago
Hadn’t had the morning coffee yet.
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triceratops
42 days ago
Latitude is the only one that matters between the two.
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yread
42 days ago
Longitude is also twice as long - 360 vs 180 degrees
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DangitBobby
42 days ago
latitude -> flatitude
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mtklein
42 days ago
I hate to admit it, but the Corona "Change your Latitude" ads are what locked it in for me.
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bobthepanda
42 days ago
As they say, if it works it’s not stupid.
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amanaplanacanal
42 days ago
Ha! Mine is the Jimmy Buffett song.
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