BadNick

I had to look that up...but it's actually west of Easter Is.

uncle phil

independent country?

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Tully Mars

French Polynesian?

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BadNick

no and no ...I'll add a clue or two if you guys don't home in on it soon, but I think you will.

Tully Mars

South of French Polynesian?

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BadNick

south of.... YES

Tully Mars

Cook Islands?

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BadNick

not Cook. Go south, young man, go south.

Tully Mars

Pitcairn Island?

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BadNick

Nope, not Pitcairn....go south, young man, go south.

But as I was looking around French Polynesia I saw this place and WISHED I was there right now..I believe this is Bora Bora:

Tully Mars

Let's get cold then...

Carney Island?

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BadNick

not cold enough

uncle phil

south orkney?

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BadNick

oh brrrrrrr, you're getting colder...which is good. But still not far enough south.

uncle phil

only island i can see south of orkney is antarctica...

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Tully Mars

I'm out too, thought there might be a Shackleton expedition connection. But I checked and Elephant and Ross are both East of Easter.

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BadNick

Tully, can I borrow your GPS? I hope I got my bearings right, I'll have to double check that because I am in Antarctica and the spot I had in mind is on the Ross Ice Shelf...actually at McMurdo Station which is Lat & Long: 77°50' S & 166°40' E

uncle phil, since you said Antarctica first, I'd say it's fair for you to go next.

Tully Mars

Yep, your right. Trying to zoom into it on google maps and compare Lon. I kept getting this freaking message "unable to provide images at this level, please zoom out." The when I zoom out I can't tell which island is which, no names. I just gave up.

But I double checked on Wiki and your numbers are right.

I wonder if google doesn't provide zooming to IP addresses outside the states? UP gave me a link to Hell, Norway and I got nothing. Just one big gray screen full of "unable to provide images at this level, please zoom out."

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BadNick

I've also run into some google maps problems in this thread...lack of detail in some areas like you say. But then I just hunt down other sources.

Here's one of the maps of Antarctica that I used to determine approx. longitude, but then I looked up the numbers I posted above after you shook my confidence

Tully Mars

While we await UP's next locale.

Thanks for the map.

I wouldn't let my geog. knowledge shake your confidence. I'm dyslexic as hell. When I sail I have to triple check shit all the time. Same thing when I used to fly a lot. In fact the guy that got me to stop talking about flying and actually get my ticket used to call me "Corrigan." Though I can honestly say once in the sky I never got turned around or lost.

I was looking around down there and doing some searches based on Shackleton (long time hero of mine.) I glanced at the islands I mentioned based on those searches, but like I said when I zoomed out they looked east of Easter. I find those low lats. confusing, don't know why? The numbers are the numbers, they don't lie.

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BadNick

I have my own twist to your directionally challenged self. My problem is that no matter where I am, even if I've never been there, I really never feel "lost" and figure that eventually I'll get my bearings. This can lead to problems if my copilot is not like minded, but it can also lead to interesting discoveries. I can hardly believe all the cool stuff I've stumbled upon while randomly driving down unknown roads. Of course in a desolate, life-threatening environment like Antarctica, or other true wilderness, I would have to change my perspective on this.

uncle phil

ok, hang on while i fnd the darts...

ok...go...

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Tully Mars

WH?

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BadNick

SH?

...we're getting so concise, so efficient

uncle phil

tully - no

nick - no...

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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.

Tully Mars

North East Hem...

Europe?

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uncle phil

yes...

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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.

Tully Mars

Looking for a city here?

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little_tippler

landlocked country?

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uncle phil

tully - yes

tip - no...

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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

are you in a Balkan country?

uncle phil

no...

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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.

BadNick

Are you in a Baltic country?

uncle phil

yes...

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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"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

Are you in Estonia?

uncle phil

no...

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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.

Sticky

Latvia?

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Tully Mars

Canada?








Kidding!

Lithuania?

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uncle phil

no...

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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 Lithuania, not Latvia, not Estonia? ...or maybe you missed Sticky saying "Latvia" above? We might need a clue about this.