are you a railroad car?

not a railroad car of any kind. Try a different mode of transportation.

a boat?

yep

the Olympia?

She's a gem of the ocean, but I'm not on the Olympia. This ship is of more recent vintage and not intended primarily for military purposes. If you check every post I ever made at TFP, you'll find that i mentioned this baby in the past.

gazela?

not the gazela. Head down river.

the s. s. untied states?

you found me unc, you're up.

Ever since I was a little kid I was very impressed by and attracted to the S.S. United States. I built a couple models of it when I was quite young. What attracted me first was the sleek design and colors scheme. Then when I learned that it was the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic, I was permanently in love.

Here it is with it's sister ship, the S.S. America
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...nd_America.jpg

A shot of it departing port back in 1956:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tates_1956.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...I/Ssunited.jpg
Now it sits at a Philadelphia pier, almost certainly too far deteriorated to ever be a functional ship again. But there's still hope it can be financed into a museum or maybe even a docked casino type function. While that's not a glorious as it deserves, it's better than scraping it.

Here's a photo I took myself when I drove down there with my kid to show it to him:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...adelphia-1.jpg

nick, we're leaving for cancun wednesday so i probably shouldn't start something now. why don't you snag tully or jewels or somebody to take over. we'll be back on the 24th...

I hope you & aunti phil have great weather and a great time. I'll see what I can drum up while you're gone.

The next person who shows up in here and would like to go hide, just post and we'll try to find you:

I've never played this before, but I'll try.

I'm hiding. Sure does look cold outside.

Lindy

Somewhere in Canada?

Nope, not Canada. Good guess. Looks like snow as far as the eye can see.

Lindy

North of lat 66? (arctic circle)

somewhere in the Western Hemisphere? (aka WH)

South of the arctic circle.
Yes, in the Western Hemisphere.

So to clarify, I'll have to ask: Northern Hemi?

in Greenland?

Yeah, it's got a (Northern) Hemi.
But not in Greenland.

are you in the U.S.?

(aka "on the sofa" re: u s o f a)

Btw, Lindy, thanks for being so gamely and taking a turn.

Yes, in the U.S.

east of the Mrs.?

(i.e., Mississippi River?)

N of 40?????

Are you in a state that borders on Canada?

I imagine it might be hard to see snow as far as the eye can see below the 40, but not impossible. You can see 40 deg latitute line here:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ngitudeMap.gif

Nope. West of Mrs. Hippy.

I wasn't sure what this meant. I first thought US Hwy 40, but BadNick clarified in the next post. Answer is no, not North of 40° latitude.

No, I'm not in a state bordering on Canada.

Lindy

Are you in Colorado?

No, not in Colorado.

Hint - that's not quite exactly what I said.:paranoid:

Lindy

Salt lake! ? but which one?

Are you west of the Rockies?

Sorry, no salt lake around here.

No, not west of the Rocky Mountains. Google Image Result for http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/the-rocky-mountains0.gif

Lindy

how about White Sands, NM? (!?)

That's it!:thumbsup:
Here's a link to the photo I put up when I visited it in the middle of July, 2008. Temp about 90°
Hope the link works.
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...ml#post2814682
With my 1981 AMC Eagle. It sure does look cold.

Lindy

Lindy-Link works and that's a real cool pic...though I can feel the searing heat. I wonder what that large shadow on the lower right is from?

OK...I guess I'm up next so give me a bit to figure out a new place to hide.


If anybody drops in before I post again and wishes to take a turn hiding, just say the word and we'll try to find you.

It's a restroom. That's why I stopped there.

OK, where in the world am I this time?

Are you on the top of the planet?

I must be because when I look straight up I only see the sky. But it's definitely not cold here.