Yes and happy father's day back at you. Haven't heard from my kid and probably won't, she's doing sea survival school in northern California. Hope she survives.

So, I'm getting lost are we in the Med or the Adriatic?

...he's on the med, tully. Croatia maybe?

Former Yugoslavia country touching the Med? I think I give up.

Tully...you can give up for now but don't go away
...i think you need a BIG hug to cheer you up ((((tully))))

...i'm sure he'll throw in a clue for us soon...i'm a little confused too...it's not an area i know much about (obviously, since i'm still calling it yugoslavia lol...i guess my atlas is old and i can't find a good detailed online map

I wasn't leaving, surely won't now.

Still confused, self portrait?

Thanks for the hug, I'll do my best to get my arms around you.:)

...hahaha...very funny


`

/me weighs the idea of saying "get a room..."

where are we, in old yugoslavia?

zagreb?

not zagreb.

Sorry about my being "on meds" clue, maybe I was a bit too loose with my geography. Actually the town I'm in is on the Adriatic Sea which I figure is sort of an extension of the Mediterranean ...but again, sorry, it's Adriatic.

According to several sources I checked, the Adriatic is considered a part of the Mediterranean; for better or worse, this wiki page also says that: Adriatic Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm in a coastal town.

dubrovnik?

So are we in Croatia?

...i asked that in post #6602 but haven't received an answer yet. We'll have to cut him some slack cuz he was totally into father's day yesterday.

he's alive, he's alive!!! = I mean me

OK, Shell was correct with her Croatia guess, as was Tul with his follow up check on that. And then uncle phil swoops in for the kill by finding me in Dubrovnik.

You're up unc.

I picked Dubrovnik since it seems like such a cool place, with so many cultural influences from both Eastern and Western Europe and Asia, plus I have a lovely aunt who lives there and she's invited us to come visit quite a few times so I'm planning to do that in the not too distant future. I'm glad that in spite of the ugly conflicts in that area, the cultural history was not wiped out and what was damaged has or is being rebuilt.

In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...%20I/Dubra.jpg

Historical lore indicates that Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th century. Dubrovnik, also known as "the Pearl of the Adriatic" is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...%20I/91978.jpg

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

The prosperity of the city of Dubrovnik has always been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic of Dubrovnik, it became the only eastern Adriatic city-state to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the city achieved a remarkable level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Dubrovnik was one of the centres of the development of primarily the Croatian language and literature, home to many notable poets, playwrights, painters, mathematicians, physicists and other scholars.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ubrovnik02.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...man-Bridge.jpg

Pack light if you go, you don't need clothes at many of the gorgeous beaches along the Adriatic coast of Croatia.

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

your "nick" gave it away...

i'll think of someplace by this afternoon...

unc, may I suggest the Northern Hemisphere? It's quite popular this time of year.

Mind if I tag along?

Tul, please do. Can I impose on you for some diving guidance?

Tul, if you ever want a change of pace from Mexico, I'm sure you could get a diving guide/instruction job in Dubrovnik. Even though all women are beautiful, I know from looking at some of the women in my family that Slavic blood can also be a good thing.

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

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...nikdiving2.jpg

(me wonders how nick does that, the "pasting" of web pages in a reply...)

ok, where am i?

You are in North America.

i am in north america...

You are in a capital city.

no...

in the U.S.?


unc,
this is how I do it:
1) view what you want to get a pic of on your screen
2) hit "print screen" button of keyboard; note that on most keyboards, this requires you to "shift" to the upper key context, so you probably have to hold down the "shift" key and then hit the "print screen" key
3) open almost any graphics program...I use MS Paint
3) under the "edit" tab at the top, drop down to "paste" and let loose
4) you should now have that screen shot in front of you
5) you can simply go to "file" and "save as" and do what you want or you can manipulate the pic, change it, etc. and then save it. Almost anything your dear heart desires is possible.
6) after I have the pic saved, usually as a "jpg", I might choose to copy it to my photobucket account, and then use the "img" code to paste it into a post here for all of you to enjoy or be annoyed with.

in your sofa...

i'll try to remember that stuff; i'll have to see if i've got ms paint or anything like that, though...

Northeast

east of the miss?


unc, if you're running MS Windows, you can download Paint for free. I know my son with the MacBook has an Apple default program that is similar and can do the same or more. I'm not sure about Linux or other OS's but usually by the time Microsoft has it, everybody else already had it.

Sorry I'm late, been checking pics of Slavic ladies all day. Wonder if their language would be any easier then Spanish?

So north of 40?

unc, are you going coastal on us?

Tul, from what I gather, English is taught to almost all students in much of Europe so if you make an effort, I think the Slavic ladies will engage you and help communicate. I was surprised when my cousins who were never in England or the U.S. or other English-speaking country came to visit and they spoke pretty decent English. Same with my Hungarian cousins and my Czech cousins. They told me that when I come visit them, just bring one suitcase full of GAP jeans and that will pay for the whole vacation since they're worth that much over there.

...landlocked?

hi Shell. Of course you're invited, too.


a state that has the word "new" in it?

jet - no

nick - no

tully - yes

nick - no

shell - yes

nick - no

Just to be clear, the state you're in is landlocked?

yup...

West of 105?

nope...

:hearts::hearts::hearts:
...heartland?
:hearts::hearts::hearts:

shell - not sure

One of the Dakotas?

Nebraska?

...sorry phil...that was a broad question...
Heartland of America is very general to mean
all those states centrally located.

Basically

North and South Dakota,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin
(maybe kentucky and ohio)

...so, assuming your answer would have been yes to those, my question now is...does it start with an "I"?

tully - no

nick - no

shel - no, no

are you in Missouri?

Central time?

...i think phil just said "no" to the heartland states, and "no" to states that start with an "I"

nick - no

jet - no

shell - yes

Pacific time?

nope...

only leaves one, and not the eastern one...

state bordering or within Arizona?

yup...

alright now.

state beginning with an "N"?

nope...

are u in utah?

...soooo, Arizona?

nick - no

shell - no

and that leaves...

Colorado?

colorado...

Looking for a city here?

i am...

Town of more then 1 million residents?


edit:

Well that was a dumb question I can't find any Colorado cities of more then 1 mil. Denvers seems to have .5 mil.

But I'll wait for you to tell me no.

no...

More then 100K?

less...

50K?

are you in Trinidad, Colorado the "Sex Change Capital of the World"?

Houston - Hair Balls - A Small Colorado Town Becomes "Capital of Transsexuals" And Houston Hears About It
Trinidad, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

tully - more

nick - no

West of 25?

no...

Greeley?

i would be in greeley...

Greeley, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you go, sailor...

Ok, Where am I.

in an octopus's garden?

Nope, not under the sea.

NH?

SWH

SA?

No.

a South Pacific Island?

No, you were on the right track before you edited.

ahh, you're too fast for me, Tul.

OK, are you in Antarctica?

No but you're close.

are you on one of the Falkland Islands?

No. Be ernest follow your trek and you'll find me.

might you be on Gough Island aka Diego Alvarez

No, think you missed the clue of being ernest.

I saw that clue but haven't figured it out yet. I'm figuring.

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ok, I figured you might be where Ernest Shackleton is buried, on South Georgia Island.

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

Xplore Expeditions : : galerie of photos of antarctica, tierra del fuego, cap horn, chile south georgia, falklands

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...giaisland2.jpg

isla navarino?

Right island, right guy, checking to see if his grave is in the town I'm in.

Edit: Nope looking for a different town or station. Absolutely connected to Shackleton.

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See above.

grytviken?

No that's where Shackleton's grave is, which was Nick's guess. I'm not at his grave site nor in that town.

Shackleton was alive when he was here, though probably just barely.

elephant island?

No I'm on South Georgia Island, just not the location you guys keep coming up with.

I'm in a location Shackleton just walked into one day. Much to the surprise of the station manager.

stromness?

damn, I was expecting to check in today and see that I won with my guess of his burial site. Anyway, I like that your location is less obvious than that, Tul.

So reading quite a bit about Shackleton, I think unc is most likely correct since E.S. apparently walked into the whaling station there and surprised everybody.

Yes Sir Phil, you found me. Made you do some reading. Really wasn't my intent. I thought Shackleton was buried in England.

I assume you guys read the Wiki page on Shackleton. I did a paper on him in school years back (ya think I'd know where he was buried, D'oH!) The whole open boat through a hurricane force storm and the trek over South Georgia Island blows me away. He's the original "Yeah, well in my day..." Too bad he didn't live long enough to use that line on his grandchildren.


Yer up Phil.

While reading stuff about Shackleton, I found this interesting map and time line of his "Endurance Voyage" where he ended up in Stomness whaling station

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rance_map2.jpg

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

I also find it hard to believe that they managed to get photos of a lot of this stuff

As time wore on it became more and more evident that the ship was doomed. Endurance among ice pinnacles, February 1915
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ndurance10.jpg

The long, long night the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, 27th August 1915
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ance_night.jpg

Endurance crushed to death by the icepacks of the Weddell Sea, the sinking ship, watched by the dogs, 1st November 1915.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...endurance2.jpg

Frank Wild (probably) by the wreckage of the Endurance before she slipped beneath the ice.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rance_wild.jpg

That the men kept going during this time was a tribute to Shackleton's leadership skills and his abilities and understanding of the importance of keeping up morale. The whole group were kept together in the monotonous and strenuous task of pulling laden lifeboats across broken up and ridged ice floes. It was now 14 months since the Endurance had become frozen into the ice and nearly 5 months since she had sank marooning them in a featureless icy wilderness. On April 12th Shackleton found that instead of making good progress westwards, they had actually traveled 30 miles to the east as a result of the drifting ice. They did however spot Elephant Island, part of the South Shetlands group and headed that way in seas that were by now largely open for navigation. They made landfall on Elephant Island being ecstatic to do so. It had been 497 days since they had last set foot on land.

Shackleton realised that in order to effect a rescue, he was going to have to travel to the nearest inhabited place which was the whaling station back on South Georgia, some 800 miles distant and across the most stormy stretch of ocean in the world. They expected to encounter waves that were 50 feet from tip to trough "Cape Horn Rollers" in a 22 foot long boat. Their navigation was by a sextant and a chronometer of unknown accuracy, they were dependent on sightings of the sun that could sometimes not be seen for weeks in the overcast weather so characteristic of these latitudes.

ok, where am i?

US?

US...

:)

east o' miss?

west o' miss...

There's even film footage too. I own this one but it's up north in storage-

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

Sometimes when I'm sailing (or even diving) when something goes wrong or the seas pick up I think about what Shackleton managed and think "Oh yeah, he'd really think this is a pickle. Probably laugh his ass off at me."

Of course now days most people won't walk to the store two blocks away. My house up north is a few miles away from where Lewis and Clark spent the winter in 1805-1806. They spent the winter there after walking pretty much 3/4 of the way across the continent. That spring they turned around and walked back.

So Phil, ya tough old bastard, are you north of 40?