BadNick

yes

Ourcrazymodern?

Western?

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Lindy

North of 40th parallel?

uncle phil

oceanic coastal state/country?

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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

not WH but north of the 40 and yes in a country that has an oceanic coast

uncle phil

your rope?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Ourcrazymodern?

...or Asia?

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BadNick

in the rope.

uncle phil

germania?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

eww...no

Lindy

Does any part of the country you are in coast on the Mediteranean Sea?

BadNick

that's a true one, Lindy

Lindy

Thanks. In your country would I say grazie, merci, or something else?

uncle phil

are you in france?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

Lindy, "yes" or "no" answers is the rule....so yes.

unc, yes.

uncle phil

does the province you are in border on the med?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

bien sûr que non

uncle phil

the channel?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

nope...I am not in a coastal province.

uncle phil

does the province you are in border on another country?

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

nope, quite interior

Ourcrazymodern?

as deep as you can go?

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uncle phil

are you in gay paree?

__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Lindy

Sorry, I should have known that.

Are you south of a line from Strasbourg to Nantes?

BadNick

oh, you don't have to apologize, Lindy! North of that line because as unc has so astutely discovered, I'm in gay Paree.

I'm at a specific location in Paris that had an unusual mystical effect on me when I was there and the place is usually associated with a historically important person.

Lindy

Is he/she a 20th Century person?

uncle phil

did marie antoinette lose her head there?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

Lindy, this place is not associated with a 20th century person.

unc, no. Sadly Marie was monarchial at a time in France when that was no longer popular

The person who is associated with the place I am came after Marie.

uncle phil

did mr. picasso ever paint there?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Lindy

Is the person who is associated with the place a female person?

BadNick

unc, I am not aware of Picasso ever painting at this place. I just searched to check on that question and didn't find anything.

Lindy, the person associated with this place is a male.

uncle phil

related to mr. deGaulle?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

nope, not Mr. De Gaulle...this was before his time.

uncle phil

the richelieu library?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Lindy

Are you at the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Ourcrazymodern?

Are you north of the river?

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BadNick

sorry, Ocm?, but I just realized that Lindy found me an hour before you posted.

You're up next, Lindy...go hide!

Not because I have any special reverence for Napoleon, but to me his tomb had a mystical aura about it. There have been a few other tombs that affected me that way, so maybe I'll go to one of those later in this game.

Besides being the tomb of such a historically significant person, the design of Napoleon's tomb is burial high-art.



Talk about high art, high on the ceiling of the dome over Napoleon's tomb are murals which always remind me of the ones my dad painted high up on church domes and ceilings. This is over Napoleon's tomb:



An interesting fact many people don't appreciate is how the visual perspective of what's painted so high above the viewer and on a curved wall has to be distorted by the artist in certain ways so that it looks right from the ground...my dad used to explain that to me when I climbed up the high scaffolds to watch him paint. He painted murals in most churches and cathedrals around here, and up and down the east coast of the U.S. I guess I'll throw in a couple bonus pics, one of St. Monica's Church in Philadelphia after it totally burned down.



This presented a rare opportunity for my dad to design and paint the murals for the entire inside of the church. The parish wanted a bright, more modern style than some of the "more traditional" styles seen in churches, so this is what my dad came up with on the front area of the church...bright colors and themes carry throughout the church and are quite striking when you first walk in

Lindy

Sorry, I've been away from the computers.
Well, how 'bout that! I made an intuitive leap and landed on my feet instead of on my face.

OK, I'm hiding.

Ourcrazymodern?

NH?

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uncle phil

WH?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.