Re: CHAT: postcodes

Roger Mills wrote:
>When we travelled, when I was a child, it was always a fun game to see how
>many different states' license plates you could spot.  Out in South Dakota
>(is that on European maps?? ;-) )
Depends on scale, but for a general or political map of North America,
almost certainly, probably not on a world map.

Tangentially irrelevantly, it's always irked me that all the atlases I've
got fails to name, let alone indicate the borders of, the Chinese provinces.
This despite some of them giving name and borders of every French
departement and Mexican province. I can't help but feel that Sichuan is
slightly more interesting than Jalisco.

>in the 40s, it was rare to see anything
>from much further than two or three states away.  NY, Florida, Calif. were
>really exotic.  Even now, when people drive all over the country, and
>license plates tend to look almost the same, I still do it.  I've seen only
>one or two Alaskas in my entire life.
>
>Vaguely ObConlang/Conculture:  There are so few privately owned vehicles on
>Cindu that I suspect they will get by with a simple numeric system
Vehicles owned by private citizens are rare in Tairezan society. Intra- and
intercity communications are generally of the collective kind (trains,
aircraft etc). Presumeably there's some sort of registration system for
spacecraft, but these are almost always owned by companies or state
agencies.

                                             Andreas

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