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BadNick · 10-02-2008, 08:07 PM

A bridge?

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 02:17 AM

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BadNick

A bridge?

No
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Originally Posted by uncle phil

us?

Yes

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 06:01 AM

Just to summarize so far for my own sanity: In the U.S., not a city, not a park, not a mountain, not a monument, not a bridge, but you can see water.

On a beach?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

Just to summarize so far for my own sanity: In the U.S., not a city, not a park, not a mountain, not a monument, not a bridge, but you can see water.

On a beach?

I'm not on beach.

Maybe this will help...

I see water all around me.

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 06:11 AM

swimming pool? .......J/K.

Are you on an island?

jewels · 10-03-2008, 06:18 AM

Martha's Vineyard?

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 06:29 AM

West of the Mississippi?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

swimming pool? .......J/K.

Are you on an island?

Yes, I'm on an island... what gave it away?
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Originally Posted by jewels

Martha's Vineyard?

No, but after yesterdays "who am I" post by you I almost feel like saying yes.

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BadNick

West of the Mississippi?

? ^

Island surrounded by salt water?

jewels · 10-03-2008, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars

No, but after yesterdays "who am I" post by you I almost feel like saying yes.

So you're saying it's not but it really is?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jewels

So you're saying it's not but it really is?

No I'm saying it's not Martha's Vineyard... and you still suck

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Originally Posted by BadNick

? ^

Island surrounded by salt water?

Which "one" question would you like me to answer?

I'll go with the first.

I am West of the Mississippi.

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 10:47 AM

santa catalina?

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 10:56 AM

^ sorry, Tul. I just quoted myself since my previous question was missed...oh missus. But hey, who's counting?

Are you near the Strait of San Juan de Fuca? ...near meaning less than 500 miles?

(...as an aside, or not: I tried a glass of Stella Artois again at lunch today since the tap I asked for was not pouring yet...I kindly asked her to pour it down the drain and give me a Yingling...that Artois stuff is nasty...imo)

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 12:39 PM

south padre?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

santa catalina?

Right coast, wrong Island... wrong body of water.
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Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

^ sorry, Tul. I just quoted myself since my previous question was missed...oh missus. But hey, who's counting?

Are you near the Strait of San Juan de Fuca? ...near meaning less than 500 miles?

(...as an aside, or not: I tried a glass of Stella Artois again at lunch today since the tap I asked for was not pouring yet...I kindly asked her to pour it down the drain and give me a Yingling...that Artois stuff is nasty...imo)

How did your question get missed? You asked one then jewels asked one then you asked another. I'm lost... yet again.

I'm farther the 500 miles from the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Jetée · 10-03-2008, 02:42 PM

Are you on one of the 'freak' states?

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 02:46 PM

alcatraz?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetée

Are you on one of the 'freak' states?

I'm going to say no but only because, even after reading through the link, I don't know where the freak states are.
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Originally Posted by uncle phil

alcatraz?

No, but I can see "The Rock."

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 03:19 PM

alameda nas?

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

alameda nas?

Nope, wrong island. Right branch of service.

Jetée · 10-03-2008, 03:23 PM

Drake's Island

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetée

Drake's Island

No. I'm in San Francisco Bay. I checked on wiki and can't find a Drake's Is. in SF Bay.

Jetée · 10-03-2008, 03:41 PM

I always forget clues that involve "East/West"...

your "Rock" clue shoved me off from the obvious, to a more abstract interpretation of a 'famous rock', 'initial rock', 'Plymouth Rock'.. ah

uncle phil · 10-03-2008, 04:10 PM

i have to pee...

Tully Mars · 10-03-2008, 05:08 PM

I'm man made for a specific purpose, if that helps.

BadNick · 10-03-2008, 07:31 PM

Treasure Island? ...though not the one by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island, a man made island, has been used as an international airport, site of the 1939–40 World’s Fair and as a military base. The Museum of The City of San Francisco has an article and links to other World’s Fair information.

Tully Mars · 10-04-2008, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

Treasure Island? ...though not the one by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island, a man made island, has been used as an international airport, site of the 1939–40 World’s Fair and as a military base. The Museum of The City of San Francisco has an article and links to other World’s Fair information.

Yes sir, I am on Treasure Island. Went to welding and firefighting school there.

Fun times. To graduate the school you had to don the "hot suit" (a silver looking thing with a helmet that appeared to be made by NASA) and walk through a 30ft diesel fire, pick up a 5 gallon bucket of water and walk back out.

A couple years later I found myself in Samoa where I visited the grave of Robert Louis Stevenson. His tombstone reads:

Quote:

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.

Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

You're up Nick.

BadNick · 10-04-2008, 08:30 AM

OK, where in the world am I?

Tul,
One of the products/business groups where I work develops and manufactures body cooling apparatus...for industrial workers, military, etc. About 10 or so years ago, we developed and tested a system for cooling those fire suits you mentioned. As we were running our tests, a guy...I wish I remembered his name...came to witness and help with development; he was pretty much the world's leading expert in specialized heat/fire protection suits and systems. I recall getting into that suit and getting into a big heat treatment oven to test it...we didn't have breathing air available at the first runs, so I had a tube that led from my mouth and out the door so I could breath, and we had some prearranged signals in case I felt faint...first test failed since I got too hot and had to get out.

Tully Mars · 10-04-2008, 08:54 AM

NH?

Nick:

Here I am somewhere in the Indian Ocean between Diego Gracia and Kenya. Standing a couple frames forward of the flight deck, starboard, just before sunrise. We did most of our drills in the pre-dawn hours due to heat. We had no air supply at all in those days, by 0900 or 1000 it would be well over 100 degree. In that suit it felt more like 150.

BadNick · 10-04-2008, 09:03 AM

yes, NH

Tully Mars · 10-04-2008, 09:10 AM

BadNick · 10-04-2008, 09:17 AM

yes WH

Tully Mars · 10-04-2008, 09:19 AM

US of A?

uncle phil · 10-04-2008, 02:51 PM

city?

BadNick · 10-04-2008, 03:05 PM

yes, U Sofa and I'm in a special building in a city.

uncle phil · 10-04-2008, 04:07 PM

the empire state building?

BadNick · 10-04-2008, 06:33 PM

Ahhh, Empire State building is one of my favorite buildings. I remember the first time I went up in it...I was about 10 years old.

per wiki: The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City and New York State.

...but sorry, unc. I'm not in the Empire State Building.

uncle phil · 10-05-2008, 04:13 AM

landlocked state?

Tully Mars · 10-05-2008, 05:53 AM

West of the Mississippi?

10-03-2008, 02:17 AM	#2722 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	us? __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 06:18 AM	#2727 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	Martha's Vineyard? __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

10-03-2008, 10:47 AM	#2733 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	santa catalina? __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 12:39 PM	#2735 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	south padre? __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 02:42 PM	#2737 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Are you on one of the 'freak' states? __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

10-02-2008, 08:07 PM	#2721 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	A bridge?

10-03-2008, 06:01 AM	#2724 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Just to summarize so far for my own sanity: In the U.S., not a city, not a park, not a mountain, not a monument, not a bridge, but you can see water. On a beach?

10-03-2008, 06:11 AM	#2726 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	swimming pool? .......J/K. Are you on an island?

10-03-2008, 06:29 AM	#2728 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	West of the Mississippi?

10-03-2008, 10:56 AM	#2734 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	^ sorry, Tul. I just quoted myself since my previous question was missed...oh missus. But hey, who's counting? Are you near the Strait of San Juan de Fuca? ...near meaning less than 500 miles? (...as an aside, or not: I tried a glass of Stella Artois again at lunch today since the tap I asked for was not pouring yet...I kindly asked her to pour it down the drain and give me a Yingling...that Artois stuff is nasty...imo)

10-03-2008, 02:46 PM	#2738 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	alcatraz? __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 03:19 PM	#2740 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	alameda nas? __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 03:23 PM	#2742 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Drake's Island __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

10-03-2008, 03:41 PM	#2744 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I always forget clues that involve "East/West"... your "Rock" clue shoved me off from the obvious, to a more abstract interpretation of a 'famous rock', 'initial rock', 'Plymouth Rock'.. ah __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

10-03-2008, 04:10 PM	#2745 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	i have to pee... __________________ "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.

10-03-2008, 05:08 PM	#2746 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	I'm man made for a specific purpose, if that helps. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

10-03-2008, 07:31 PM	#2747 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Treasure Island? ...though not the one by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, a man made island, has been used as an international airport, site of the 1939–40 World’s Fair and as a military base. The Museum of The City of San Francisco has an article and links to other World’s Fair information.

10-04-2008, 08:30 AM	#2749 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	OK, where in the world am I? Tul, One of the products/business groups where I work develops and manufactures body cooling apparatus...for industrial workers, military, etc. About 10 or so years ago, we developed and tested a system for cooling those fire suits you mentioned. As we were running our tests, a guy...I wish I remembered his name...came to witness and help with development; he was pretty much the world's leading expert in specialized heat/fire protection suits and systems. I recall getting into that suit and getting into a big heat treatment oven to test it...we didn't have breathing air available at the first runs, so I had a tube that led from my mouth and out the door so I could breath, and we had some prearranged signals in case I felt faint...first test failed since I got too hot and had to get out.

10-04-2008, 08:54 AM	#2750 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	NH? Nick: Here I am somewhere in the Indian Ocean between Diego Gracia and Kenya. Standing a couple frames forward of the flight deck, starboard, just before sunrise. We did most of our drills in the pre-dawn hours due to heat. We had no air supply at all in those days, by 0900 or 1000 it would be well over 100 degree. In that suit it felt more like 150. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

10-04-2008, 09:03 AM	#2751 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	yes, NH

10-04-2008, 09:10 AM	#2752 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	WH? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

10-04-2008, 09:17 AM	#2753 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	yes WH

10-04-2008, 09:19 AM	#2754 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	US of A? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

10-04-2008, 02:51 PM	#2755 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	city? __________________ "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.

10-04-2008, 03:05 PM	#2756 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	yes, U Sofa and I'm in a special building in a city.

10-04-2008, 04:07 PM	#2757 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	the empire state building? __________________ "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.

10-04-2008, 06:33 PM	#2758 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Ahhh, Empire State building is one of my favorite buildings. I remember the first time I went up in it...I was about 10 years old. per wiki: The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City and New York State. ...but sorry, unc. I'm not in the Empire State Building.

10-05-2008, 04:13 AM	#2759 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	landlocked state? __________________ "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.

10-05-2008, 05:53 AM	#2760 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	West of the Mississippi? __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club