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BadNick · 07-05-2010, 08:23 AM

good guesses considering yesterday was the 4th of July. But both of those places are too far west.

uncle phil · 07-05-2010, 12:58 PM

in the middle of the delaware river, on a rowboat?

BadNick · 07-05-2010, 03:19 PM

a lot closer, a bit too far east, a day late.

Zooksport2 · 07-05-2010, 09:58 PM

King of Prussia Mall??????

uncle phil · 07-06-2010, 02:25 AM

conshohocken, pa?

BadNick · 07-06-2010, 07:43 AM

now you are both too far west again.

When unc guessed in the middle of the Delaware River you were within a mile of where I am.

uncle phil · 07-06-2010, 07:59 AM

Penn boathouse, on the banks of the might "surekill" river...

Zooksport2 · 07-06-2010, 10:05 PM

Yeah, but the "middle of the delaware river", on a river that is 360 miles long, hardly seems logical to be less than a mile from you....

I base my answer in close reference to UP.

I originally said Barbadoes Island, but I see Tysons Dump.... Wonder why where Tyson took a crap is so important????

So..... BN, "Tyson's Dump! hehehe

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uncle phil · 07-07-2010, 02:31 AM

tyson's dump...i love it

BadNick · 07-07-2010, 03:52 PM

Sorry I was incommunicado for a bit. I went to Erie PA yesterday afternoon, came back this evening, and had no time for getting online. Stayed at the Sheraton on the downtown lakefront...nice spot.

OK, Tysons dump is also too far west, as is Penn's boathouse. But I have been to some good boathouse parties and in my high school art classes I drew a few pencil and pen & ink drawings of the boathouses and the boats in the water.

I'm in Philadelphia and since I was thinking of our recent Independence Day holiday, where I'm hiding is related to that holiday...though I'm not at Independence Hall.

uncle phil · 07-07-2010, 05:05 PM

anywheres near drexel, where my nephew currently rows?

BadNick · 07-07-2010, 07:57 PM

send him my best wishes, but no...I'm east of Broad Street and south of Arch Street.

Zooksport2 · 07-07-2010, 09:03 PM

Rittenhouse Square, is my latest guess.... i HAVE A BOOKMARK FOR THE MOVIE lAW ABIDING CITIZEN, JUST OVER THE ROAD, FROM HERE...

oops cap lock. meh

uncle phil · 07-08-2010, 02:53 AM

near the Bourse?

BadNick · 07-08-2010, 05:31 AM

Zook,
Rittenhouse Sq. is west of Broad St. so outside my defined perimeter. But if you're on the Square give me a call and I'll buy you a juicy steak dinner at Smith & Wolensky in the Rittenhouse Hotel.

unc, the Bourse building is less than 2 city blocks from where I am.

Where I am is closely related to the Declaration of Independence.

uncle phil · 07-08-2010, 05:40 AM

independence hall?

Zooksport2 · 07-08-2010, 06:30 AM

Oops, and I was looking at the other side an all..

I was gonna say, carpenters hall, but thought I was on the wrong side...

BadNick · 07-08-2010, 11:07 AM

Independence Hall and Carpenter's Hall are very close to where I am, within 2 city blocks. But neither of those are correct.

clue: who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

uncle phil · 07-08-2010, 01:10 PM

don't see nothin' jeffersonian within a two block radius of the bourse, independence hall, or carpenters...

BadNick · 07-08-2010, 07:07 PM

you ain't lookin' good enuff

You are right thinking of Jefferson, and I did mention that this place is related to the Declaration of Independence which Jefferson wrote. I'm not sure how much more I can say without giving it away.

uncle phil · 07-09-2010, 02:24 AM

jefferson university hospital?

BadNick · 07-09-2010, 05:22 AM

nope. This place has to do with the writing of the D.of I.

Zooksport2 · 07-10-2010, 04:56 PM

"The Signer" Statue

BadNick · 07-10-2010, 08:23 PM

nope, not at a statue. But "The Signer" is about 2 blocks away from the house I am in.

A house that is related to the writing of the D. of I.

Zooksport2 · 07-10-2010, 08:32 PM

I didn't think it was the statue, but I was hoping for another clue... remember that I'm not a local, so if I get it right, I want a green card........

City Tavern.....

BadNick · 07-10-2010, 08:39 PM

Zook, you don't need no stinkin' green card! Just come and call me when you get to the airport and I'll pick you up.

City Tavern is a good guess, and actually it is part of the story related to the house I am in, and the guy who was in that house writing the D. of I. and he got his meals sent in from the City Tavern.

Zooksport2 · 07-10-2010, 09:06 PM

Graff House

uncle phil · 07-11-2010, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooksport2

Graff House

that should be it...

BadNick · 07-11-2010, 08:21 AM

and it is. Good sleuthiness, Zook. Especially for someone not from this neighborhood. You're up!

The Declaration House (Graff House)

The Graff House, aka The Declaration House, is Jacob Graff's house where Thomas Jefferson spent the better part of three weeks writing his original Declaration of Independence. The Graff family was living there while he did that so I wonder if they talked about it and if they gave him any ideas? Even though now it's hard to imagine the corner of 7th & Market Sts. not being in the heart of the city, back then it was on the outskirts of old Philadelphia.

Fun Facts
- The house was once owned by Hyman and Simon Gratz. Their sister, Rebecca, is said to be the inspiration for Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" and Thackeray's "Rebecca."
- Jefferson complained about the houseflies from the stable across the street while writing the Declaration of Independence.
- Jefferson had an account at the City Tavern while writing the Declaration.
- The site became among other things a print shop and a Tom Thumb diner.
- The Independence Hall Association (owners of ushistory.org) led the efforts to have the Declaration House rebuilt in 1975 for the Bicentennial.

Zooksport2 · 07-11-2010, 10:17 PM

Gee that was easy..........

now, we head off to lands far far away..... from the USA...

24 degrees C here today...

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uncle phil · 07-12-2010, 02:39 AM

Northern Hemisphere?

Zooksport2 · 07-12-2010, 02:52 AM

BadNick · 07-12-2010, 04:53 AM

island?

Zooksport2 · 07-12-2010, 05:57 AM

No.... not an island either.....

This will be of absolutely no help, but the capital of this country was where my grandfather was born.

BadNick · 07-12-2010, 06:56 AM

Are you in Europe?

uncle phil · 07-12-2010, 10:49 AM

Eastern Hemisphere?

BadNick · 07-12-2010, 01:00 PM

Netherlands?

Zooksport2 · 07-12-2010, 02:28 PM

Europe yes
further North that the Netherlands.....

uncle phil · 07-12-2010, 03:41 PM

sweden?

BadNick · 07-12-2010, 04:16 PM

west of Berlin?

07-05-2010, 12:58 PM	#10282 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	in the middle of the delaware river, on a rowboat? __________________ "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.

07-05-2010, 09:58 PM	#10284 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	King of Prussia Mall?????? __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd Last edited by Zooksport2; 07-06-2010 at 03:33 AM..

07-06-2010, 02:25 AM	#10285 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	conshohocken, pa? __________________ "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.

07-06-2010, 07:59 AM	#10287 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Penn boathouse, on the banks of the might "surekill" river... __________________ "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.

07-06-2010, 10:05 PM	#10288 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	Yeah, but the "middle of the delaware river", on a river that is 360 miles long, hardly seems logical to be less than a mile from you.... I base my answer in close reference to UP. I originally said Barbadoes Island, but I see Tysons Dump.... Wonder why where Tyson took a crap is so important???? So..... BN, "Tyson's Dump! hehehe . __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-05-2010, 08:23 AM	#10281 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	good guesses considering yesterday was the 4th of July. But both of those places are too far west.

07-05-2010, 03:19 PM	#10283 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	a lot closer, a bit too far east, a day late.

07-06-2010, 07:43 AM	#10286 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	now you are both too far west again. When unc guessed in the middle of the Delaware River you were within a mile of where I am.

07-07-2010, 02:31 AM	#10289 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	tyson's dump...i love it __________________ "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.

07-07-2010, 03:52 PM	#10290 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Sorry I was incommunicado for a bit. I went to Erie PA yesterday afternoon, came back this evening, and had no time for getting online. Stayed at the Sheraton on the downtown lakefront...nice spot. OK, Tysons dump is also too far west, as is Penn's boathouse. But I have been to some good boathouse parties and in my high school art classes I drew a few pencil and pen & ink drawings of the boathouses and the boats in the water. I'm in Philadelphia and since I was thinking of our recent Independence Day holiday, where I'm hiding is related to that holiday...though I'm not at Independence Hall.

07-07-2010, 05:05 PM	#10291 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	anywheres near drexel, where my nephew currently rows? __________________ "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.

07-07-2010, 07:57 PM	#10292 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	send him my best wishes, but no...I'm east of Broad Street and south of Arch Street.

07-07-2010, 09:03 PM	#10293 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	Rittenhouse Square, is my latest guess.... i HAVE A BOOKMARK FOR THE MOVIE lAW ABIDING CITIZEN, JUST OVER THE ROAD, FROM HERE... oops cap lock. meh __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-08-2010, 02:53 AM	#10294 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	near the Bourse? __________________ "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.

07-08-2010, 05:31 AM	#10295 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Zook, Rittenhouse Sq. is west of Broad St. so outside my defined perimeter. But if you're on the Square give me a call and I'll buy you a juicy steak dinner at Smith & Wolensky in the Rittenhouse Hotel. unc, the Bourse building is less than 2 city blocks from where I am. Where I am is closely related to the Declaration of Independence.

07-08-2010, 05:40 AM	#10296 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	independence hall? __________________ "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.

07-08-2010, 06:30 AM	#10297 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	Oops, and I was looking at the other side an all.. I was gonna say, carpenters hall, but thought I was on the wrong side... __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-08-2010, 11:07 AM	#10298 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Independence Hall and Carpenter's Hall are very close to where I am, within 2 city blocks. But neither of those are correct. clue: who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

07-08-2010, 01:10 PM	#10299 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	don't see nothin' jeffersonian within a two block radius of the bourse, independence hall, or carpenters... __________________ "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.

07-08-2010, 07:07 PM	#10300 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	you ain't lookin' good enuff You are right thinking of Jefferson, and I did mention that this place is related to the Declaration of Independence which Jefferson wrote. I'm not sure how much more I can say without giving it away.

07-09-2010, 02:24 AM	#10301 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	jefferson university hospital? __________________ "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.

07-09-2010, 05:22 AM	#10302 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	nope. This place has to do with the writing of the D.of I.

07-10-2010, 04:56 PM	#10303 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	"The Signer" Statue __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-10-2010, 08:23 PM	#10304 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	nope, not at a statue. But "The Signer" is about 2 blocks away from the house I am in. A house that is related to the writing of the D. of I.

07-10-2010, 08:32 PM	#10305 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	I didn't think it was the statue, but I was hoping for another clue... remember that I'm not a local, so if I get it right, I want a green card........ City Tavern..... __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-10-2010, 08:39 PM	#10306 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Zook, you don't need no stinkin' green card! Just come and call me when you get to the airport and I'll pick you up. City Tavern is a good guess, and actually it is part of the story related to the house I am in, and the guy who was in that house writing the D. of I. and he got his meals sent in from the City Tavern.

07-10-2010, 09:06 PM	#10307 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	Graff House __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-11-2010, 08:21 AM	#10309 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	and it is. Good sleuthiness, Zook. Especially for someone not from this neighborhood. You're up! The Declaration House (Graff House) The Graff House, aka The Declaration House, is Jacob Graff's house where Thomas Jefferson spent the better part of three weeks writing his original Declaration of Independence. The Graff family was living there while he did that so I wonder if they talked about it and if they gave him any ideas? Even though now it's hard to imagine the corner of 7th & Market Sts. not being in the heart of the city, back then it was on the outskirts of old Philadelphia. Fun Facts - The house was once owned by Hyman and Simon Gratz. Their sister, Rebecca, is said to be the inspiration for Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" and Thackeray's "Rebecca." - Jefferson complained about the houseflies from the stable across the street while writing the Declaration of Independence. - Jefferson had an account at the City Tavern while writing the Declaration. - The site became among other things a print shop and a Tom Thumb diner. - The Independence Hall Association (owners of ushistory.org) led the efforts to have the Declaration House rebuilt in 1975 for the Bicentennial.

07-11-2010, 10:17 PM	#10310 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	Gee that was easy.......... now, we head off to lands far far away..... from the USA... 24 degrees C here today... . __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-12-2010, 02:39 AM	#10311 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Northern Hemisphere? __________________ "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.

07-12-2010, 02:52 AM	#10312 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	yes. __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-12-2010, 04:53 AM	#10313 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	island?

07-12-2010, 05:57 AM	#10314 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	No.... not an island either..... This will be of absolutely no help, but the capital of this country was where my grandfather was born. __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd

07-12-2010, 06:56 AM	#10315 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Are you in Europe?

07-12-2010, 10:49 AM	#10316 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Eastern Hemisphere? __________________ "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.