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uncle phil · 03-10-2011, 03:33 AM

are you a railroad car?

BadNick · 03-10-2011, 06:00 PM

not a railroad car of any kind. Try a different mode of transportation.

uncle phil · 03-10-2011, 06:09 PM

a boat?

BadNick · 03-10-2011, 06:14 PM

uncle phil · 03-11-2011, 03:34 AM

the Olympia?

BadNick · 03-11-2011, 12:12 PM

She's a gem of the ocean, but I'm not on the Olympia. This ship is of more recent vintage and not intended primarily for military purposes. If you check every post I ever made at TFP, you'll find that i mentioned this baby in the past.

uncle phil · 03-12-2011, 03:40 AM

gazela?

BadNick · 03-12-2011, 09:08 PM

not the gazela. Head down river.

uncle phil · 03-13-2011, 02:43 AM

the s. s. untied states?

BadNick · 03-13-2011, 08:27 AM

you found me unc, you're up.

Ever since I was a little kid I was very impressed by and attracted to the S.S. United States. I built a couple models of it when I was quite young. What attracted me first was the sleek design and colors scheme. Then when I learned that it was the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic, I was permanently in love.

Here it is with it's sister ship, the S.S. America

A shot of it departing port back in 1956:

Now it sits at a Philadelphia pier, almost certainly too far deteriorated to ever be a functional ship again. But there's still hope it can be financed into a museum or maybe even a docked casino type function. While that's not a glorious as it deserves, it's better than scraping it.

Here's a photo I took myself when I drove down there with my kid to show it to him:

uncle phil · 03-13-2011, 08:57 AM

nick, we're leaving for cancun wednesday so i probably shouldn't start something now. why don't you snag tully or jewels or somebody to take over. we'll be back on the 24th...

BadNick · 03-13-2011, 09:05 AM

I hope you & aunti phil have great weather and a great time. I'll see what I can drum up while you're gone.

BadNick · 03-13-2011, 05:50 PM

The next person who shows up in here and would like to go hide, just post and we'll try to find you:

Lindy · 03-13-2011, 06:03 PM

I've never played this before, but I'll try.

I'm hiding. Sure does look cold outside.

Lindy

fill23ca · 03-13-2011, 07:05 PM

Somewhere in Canada?

Lindy · 03-13-2011, 07:16 PM

Nope, not Canada. Good guess. Looks like snow as far as the eye can see.

Lindy

Zooksport2 · 03-13-2011, 09:25 PM

North of lat 66? (arctic circle)

BadNick · 03-14-2011, 05:43 AM

somewhere in the Western Hemisphere? (aka WH)

Lindy · 03-14-2011, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooksport2

North of lat 66? (arctic circle)

South of the arctic circle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

somewhere in the Western Hemisphere? (aka WH)

Yes, in the Western Hemisphere.

Zooksport2 · 03-14-2011, 06:02 AM

So to clarify, I'll have to ask: Northern Hemi?

BadNick · 03-14-2011, 06:23 AM

in Greenland?

Lindy · 03-14-2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooksport2

So to clarify, I'll have to ask: Northern Hemi?

Yeah, it's got a (Northern) Hemi.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

in Greenland?

But not in Greenland.

BadNick · 03-14-2011, 10:06 AM

are you in the U.S.?

(aka "on the sofa" re: u s o f a)

Btw, Lindy, thanks for being so gamely and taking a turn.

Lindy · 03-14-2011, 05:18 PM

Yes, in the U.S.

BadNick · 03-14-2011, 07:39 PM

east of the Mrs.?

(i.e., Mississippi River?)

Zooksport2 · 03-15-2011, 02:06 AM

N of 40?????

BadNick · 03-15-2011, 06:53 AM

Are you in a state that borders on Canada?

I imagine it might be hard to see snow as far as the eye can see below the 40, but not impossible. You can see 40 deg latitute line here:

Lindy · 03-15-2011, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

east of the Mrs.?

(i.e., Mississippi River?)

Nope. West of Mrs. Hippy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooksport2

N of 40?????

I wasn't sure what this meant. I first thought US Hwy 40, but BadNick clarified in the next post. Answer is no, not North of 40° latitude.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

Are you in a state that borders on Canada?
I imagine it might be hard to see snow as far as the eye can see below the 40, but not impossible. You can see 40 deg latitute line here:

No, I'm not in a state bordering on Canada.

Lindy

BadNick · 03-15-2011, 04:06 PM

Are you in Colorado?

Lindy · 03-15-2011, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

Are you in Colorado?

No, not in Colorado.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

...I imagine it might be hard to see snow as far as the eye can see...

Hint - that's not quite exactly what I said.

Lindy

Zooksport2 · 03-15-2011, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lindy

Looks like snow as far as the eye can see.

Salt lake! ? but which one?

Ourcrazymodern? · 03-15-2011, 11:18 PM

Are you west of the Rockies?

Lindy · 03-16-2011, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zooksport2

Salt lake! ? but which one?

Sorry, no salt lake around here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern?

Are you west of the Rockies?

No, not west of the Rocky Mountains. Google Image Result for http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/the-rocky-mountains0.gif

Lindy

BadNick · 03-16-2011, 05:56 PM

how about White Sands, NM? (!?)

Lindy · 03-16-2011, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

how about White Sands, NM? (!?)

That's it!

Here's a link to the photo I put up when I visited it in the middle of July, 2008. Temp about 90°
Hope the link works.
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...ml#post2814682
With my 1981 AMC Eagle. It sure does look cold.

Lindy

BadNick · 03-17-2011, 05:12 AM

Lindy-Link works and that's a real cool pic...though I can feel the searing heat. I wonder what that large shadow on the lower right is from?

OK...I guess I'm up next so give me a bit to figure out a new place to hide.

If anybody drops in before I post again and wishes to take a turn hiding, just say the word and we'll try to find you.

Lindy · 03-17-2011, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadNick

Lindy-Link works and that's a real cool pic...though I can feel the searing heat. I wonder what that large shadow on the lower right is from?

It's a restroom. That's why I stopped there.

BadNick · 03-18-2011, 05:59 PM

OK, where in the world am I this time?

Ourcrazymodern? · 03-18-2011, 07:05 PM

Are you on the top of the planet?

BadNick · 03-18-2011, 07:30 PM

I must be because when I look straight up I only see the sky. But it's definitely not cold here.

03-10-2011, 03:33 AM	#12641 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	are you a railroad car? __________________ "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.

03-10-2011, 06:09 PM	#12643 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	a boat? __________________ "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.

03-10-2011, 06:14 PM	#12644 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	yep

03-11-2011, 03:34 AM	#12645 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	the Olympia? __________________ "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.

03-12-2011, 03:40 AM	#12647 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	gazela? __________________ "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.

03-10-2011, 06:00 PM	#12642 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	not a railroad car of any kind. Try a different mode of transportation.

03-11-2011, 12:12 PM	#12646 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	She's a gem of the ocean, but I'm not on the Olympia. This ship is of more recent vintage and not intended primarily for military purposes. If you check every post I ever made at TFP, you'll find that i mentioned this baby in the past.

03-12-2011, 09:08 PM	#12648 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	not the gazela. Head down river.

03-13-2011, 02:43 AM	#12649 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	the s. s. untied states? __________________ "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.

03-13-2011, 08:27 AM	#12650 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	you found me unc, you're up. Ever since I was a little kid I was very impressed by and attracted to the S.S. United States. I built a couple models of it when I was quite young. What attracted me first was the sleek design and colors scheme. Then when I learned that it was the fastest ship to ever cross the Atlantic, I was permanently in love. Here it is with it's sister ship, the S.S. America A shot of it departing port back in 1956: Now it sits at a Philadelphia pier, almost certainly too far deteriorated to ever be a functional ship again. But there's still hope it can be financed into a museum or maybe even a docked casino type function. While that's not a glorious as it deserves, it's better than scraping it. Here's a photo I took myself when I drove down there with my kid to show it to him:

03-13-2011, 08:57 AM	#12651 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	nick, we're leaving for cancun wednesday so i probably shouldn't start something now. why don't you snag tully or jewels or somebody to take over. we'll be back on the 24th... __________________ "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.

03-13-2011, 09:05 AM	#12652 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I hope you & aunti phil have great weather and a great time. I'll see what I can drum up while you're gone.

03-13-2011, 05:50 PM	#12653 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	The next person who shows up in here and would like to go hide, just post and we'll try to find you:

03-13-2011, 06:03 PM	#12654 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	I've never played this before, but I'll try. I'm hiding. Sure does look cold outside. Lindy

03-13-2011, 07:05 PM	#12655 (permalink)
fill23ca Crazy Location: Ontario	Somewhere in Canada? __________________ "The worst day of your life, so far." Homer Simpson

03-13-2011, 09:25 PM	#12657 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	North of lat 66? (arctic circle) __________________ "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

03-14-2011, 06:02 AM	#12660 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	So to clarify, I'll have to ask: Northern Hemi? __________________ "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

03-15-2011, 02:06 AM	#12666 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	N of 40????? __________________ "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

03-13-2011, 07:16 PM	#12656 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Nope, not Canada. Good guess. Looks like snow as far as the eye can see. Lindy

03-14-2011, 05:43 AM	#12658 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	somewhere in the Western Hemisphere? (aka WH)

03-14-2011, 06:23 AM	#12661 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	in Greenland?

03-14-2011, 10:06 AM	#12663 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	are you in the U.S.? (aka "on the sofa" re: u s o f a) Btw, Lindy, thanks for being so gamely and taking a turn. Last edited by BadNick; 03-14-2011 at 11:25 AM..

03-14-2011, 05:18 PM	#12664 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	Yes, in the U.S.

03-14-2011, 07:39 PM	#12665 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	east of the Mrs.? (i.e., Mississippi River?)

03-15-2011, 06:53 AM	#12667 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Are you in a state that borders on Canada? I imagine it might be hard to see snow as far as the eye can see below the 40, but not impossible. You can see 40 deg latitute line here:

03-15-2011, 04:06 PM	#12669 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Are you in Colorado?

03-15-2011, 11:18 PM	#12672 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	Are you west of the Rockies? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

03-16-2011, 05:56 PM	#12674 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	how about White Sands, NM? (!?)

03-17-2011, 05:12 AM	#12676 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Lindy-Link works and that's a real cool pic...though I can feel the searing heat. I wonder what that large shadow on the lower right is from? OK...I guess I'm up next so give me a bit to figure out a new place to hide. If anybody drops in before I post again and wishes to take a turn hiding, just say the word and we'll try to find you.

03-18-2011, 05:59 PM	#12678 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	OK, where in the world am I this time?

03-18-2011, 07:05 PM	#12679 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	Are you on the top of the planet? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

03-18-2011, 07:30 PM	#12680 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I must be because when I look straight up I only see the sky. But it's definitely not cold here.