are you diving around the wreck site of the Might Servant2?

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MV Mighty Servant 2 carries USS Samuel B. Roberts from Dubai to Newport, R.I., in 1988

unc: mount agung?

nick: are you west of Surabaya?

tully: Yes.

unc: yes, what?

yes, sir!

sorry I missed this... no but you've got the right idea.


Nick no, not diving anywhere.

edit: oops....I just realized Tambora is east of Surabaya....nevermind. But this one's a cool hot one so I'll leave it:


I seem to recall that you have the hots for volcanoes. So maybe you're on one of these volcanoes?


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I'll go with Tambora. Mount Tambora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mount Tambora is an active stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and Tambora was formed by the active subduction zone beneath it. This raised Mount Tambora as high as 4,300 m (14,100 ft), making it formerly one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian archipelago. After a large magma chamber inside the mountain filled over the course of several decades, volcanic activity reached a historic climax in the super-colossal eruption of April 1815.

The 1815 eruption is rated 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, the only such eruption since the Lake Taupo eruption in about 180 AD. With an estimated ejecta volume of 160 cubic kilometers, Tambora's 1815 outburst was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island (more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away). Heavy volcanic ash falls were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java and Maluku islands. Most deaths from the eruption were from starvation and disease, as the eruptive fallout ruined agricultural productivity in the local region. The death toll was at least 71,000 people (the most deadly eruption in recorded history), of whom 11,000–12,000 were killed directly by the eruption; the often-cited figure of 92,000 people killed is believed to be overestimated. The eruption created global climate anomalies that included the phenomenon known as "volcanic winter": 1816 became known as the "Year Without a Summer" because of the effect on North American and European weather. Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century. The defeat of Napoleon on Sunday, June 18th 1815 has been partly attributed to the bad weather generated by Tambora.

mount batur?

No and no, but I'm on Nicks map.

it appears that the only place on bali in nick's map is agung, but i'll go with rinjani as it appears quite close...

No


I think I said I'd been to Bali, not that where I'm at now is on Bali... just in the same country... Indonesia

krakatau?

Bingo, I remember watching "Krakatau East of Java" as a kid. Wasn't until I was in Indonesia in Navy that I realized Krakatau is west of Java. Guess it wasn't a documentary. I can just imagine some young assistant telling the director "But Mr. Kowalski, Krakatatu is west of Java." "What's your name kid?" "I'm Jimmy Johnson sir." "Well Jimmy Johnson clean out your desk and be off studio property by noon because you're fired!" "But I don't have a desk." "Good, then be outta here by 10."

I should drink less coffee.

And you should go hide.

i'm hidden...

ok, find me...

NH?

WH?

I hope a few of those volcanoes don't blow at the same time.

yes to both...

how come you're not out whacking the ball?

on the sofa?

'cause i've got a full week of golf ahead of me, and need to get some "quality" time in with aunt phil...

yes, on the sofa...

west of the mrs.?

North of 40?

east and south...

in a coastal state?

in a coastal state...

hey, are you in Florida?

not yet...

are you in norf cakalacky where they found that humungous emerald a couple days ago?

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If I was President, I'd tell all the poor people to go out and find one of those.

i am in nawf cakalacky...

Maybe you'd better take cover from Earl! I like storms so I'd like to be on Ocracoke Island now ...are you there?

i am north of ocracoke island...

Are you near Kitty Hawk where the Wright brothers made their first controlled powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903, about four miles south of town near the sand dunes known as the Kill Devil Hills?

i am betwen kitty hawk and ocracoke island...

are you somewhere on Cape Hatteras National Seashore?

south of there...

are you on the Outer Banks?

i am in the heart of the outer banks - you should be tripping over me...

('tripping' is not a clue...)

are you in Rodanthe, the easternmost point of NC?

There are two other towns right there between Pea Island NWR on the north and Cape Hatteras NS but I'm going with this one first.

one town south, nick...

Waves! I love waves! unc, I'll meet you at the Top Dog Cafe.

took ya long enough, especially since the place was named after your thread in MP...

you're up...

thanks for the nice sentiments, but how would I know you were going with that?

Give me a bit to figure out my next move.

sorry for the delay. My inspiration was malfunctioning.

OK, where in the world am I?

Are you in a superfluous place as is your weakness?

amonkie, you are so smart! In my weakness in coming up with a place this time, I abandoned my typical superlative instincts and ended up at this superfluous place. So yes!

NH?

yes

WH?

yes ...not on the sofa this time.

canadia?

in am in 'C' eh?, 'N' eh?, 'D' eh?

In the skirts of Sask?

in the maritimes?

no, neither of those

not much of a clue, but I was at this place on a vacation

Were you speaking French in Quebec?

not in Quebec, and not speaking French anywhere near here that I know of

but I did predict you (amonkie) would post next in that prediction thread.

ontario?

I am in Ontario

are you in that peninsula between michigan and new york?

are you in the Elephant's gas at Owen Sound?

unc, I would say I'm in that area

amonkie, not at Owen Sound but within 50 miles.

are you along Georgian Bay?

I always did like George

queen elizabeth ii wildlands provincial park?

amo, yes, I'm in the Big George

not QEII WPP...more west of there

Are you at Peekabo Point?

I'm right around the corner from Peekaboo Point. Earlier in this round I said something like "no French" around here, but when I hear or see "Beausoleil" for some reason I think I'm in Nawrlins.

maybe honey harbor?

Howe's corners?

neither of those

If you were coming to visit me, you might drive from Honey Harbour to Howes Corners, but you'd not be here yet.

I said I was "in the Big George" so not near it or next to it.

are you on Present island?

you made a right but you should make a left

you clever clever man.. are you on Beausoleil island? now the Nawlins comment makes sense.

not exactly but Beausoleil is an important clue if you think of it as Beausoleil First Nation

So Little Beausoleil Island?

Spawn is always good, right?

i'll go with the monkey...

Nope. Head out of your protected little area and more out toward the open Bay. Look for me standing on the shore of this island waving.

North Watcher island? Cause I always knew you were a peeping Nick.

I have been known to peep, but I'm not on North Watcher. You're a bit too far north and look for a much larger island.

awenda provioncial park?

The island I'm on is not a park. I bet you could find me easier if you had one of those Jesus statues on the dashboard of your boat...he would point the way.

christian island?

bingo!!! I am on Christian Island. You're up next, unc.

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I spent a week there a few years ago with a bunch of my cousins from Canada. We stayed in a strange little cottage owned by the local Indians and we had a great time. We rented a motor boat from the Indian guy who owned the trading post/general store at the ferry dock on the mainland...cool boat with fins looked like a '57 Chevy in the water.

Christian Island is a large island in Georgian Bay close to the communities of Penetanguishene and Midland, Ontario. The island, with its neighbors Hope Island and Beckwith Island, is a 13,413.1 acre Ojibwa reserve, known as Christian Island 30 Indian Reserve. Together with the 18.5 acre Christian Island 30A Indian Reserve located at Cedar Point, Ontario and the 7.7 acre Chippewa Island Indian Reserve located in Twelve Mile Sound, 17.1 mi north of Christian Island, it forms the land base for the Beausoleil First Nation.

One day I took my cousin back to the mainland and headed back to the island in the boat. About half way across the motor suddenly died. I tried everything to get it started and nothing worked. It was getting kinda dusky and windy as I was drifting out of the inlet between the mainland and Christian Island, out toward the open waters of the Georgian Bay. In my head I was starting to hear the song by Gordon Lightfoot about the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee" and was imagining I'd soon be looking at the Edmund Fitzgerald if I didn't get this damn boat started. I decided that if I didn't get it running before I passed the tip of the island, I'd jump and swim to shore before I was too far out to try that. Just then another motorboat approached and I can see it's two local Indian guys. As they come closer they ask me about the boat, apparently they were suspicious that I may have stolen it from their buddy. But I tell them I rented it for the week. Eventually they started laughing at this stupid white man and finally told me to hook up the gas line to the tank cause they could see it was knocked off. After I did that the boat started right up again and only my pride was injured...but thanks to those two guys, whoever you were.

thanks, nick...

ok, where am i?

EH?

i am in the western hemisphere...

SoFA?

island?

sofa...

not on an island...

east of the mrs.?

west of mrs. sippy...

how about that old 40? North of it?

i am north of 40 degrees latitude; as for "north of the old 40," you know the answere to that as well as i do... :)

well I'm more than 50% north of the old 40 myself, so I'm no spring raptor

are you in a coastal state?

i am...

are you in Washington State?

not...

hmmm, or egon?

nope...

Alaska?

i am in alaska...

are you at a poolside shooting and smoking fest at Sarah Palin's house?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...20palin202.jpg

not even if i were paid to attend...

are you in a city in Alaska?