>>>>>I think Americans routinely drive greater distances than us. I had a friend who thought it was no big deal to drive 600 miles at the weekend to go skiing.
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>>>>Wow! I'm driving 180 miles to Gloucestershire this Friday and I see that as a major undertaking. I guess it's easy to forget just how small the UK really is.
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>>>It's a major schlepp for me to do the 250-odd miles to see my ma for a few days! :-)
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>>This is true. I think nothing of driving 230mi to take someone to see the big rat in Orlando.
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>What's the big rat - Disneyland?

Yeah. No mouse is that big. Mick is a rat.