***Where am I now?*** (game) (2)

[tomd]

San Diego?

[filmgirlie]

Yay! I'm no longer blind!!
: )

[tomd]

Yay! I'm no longer blind!!
: )

the effects of the vodka from the Absolute ice bar must have finally worn off.

[StewartR]

San Diego?No.

[StewartR]

Re-post for the 50-posts-per-page people.

http://StewartR.smugmug.com/photos/226733853-XL.jpg

Incidentally I've just noticed that you can see a flaw on the image - there's a vertical line running right down alongside the spire of the building. This is a scan from film, and apparently there must have been a bit of dust or grit in the film canister to scratch the negative like that. Hooray for digital!

[Roy Mathers]

Is this in an east coast city?

[StewartR]

Is this in an east coast city?No. (Did you have a particular east coast city in mind? Or a reason for supposing it might be an east coast city?)

[Roy Mathers]

It's just that the skyscraper(s) are similar to those in the east. Do I assume it's on the west coast then?

[Kwils69]

Hello all, long time.....

Is it New york

[filmgirlie]

Is it neither coast? Like the middle of the States?

[glhs509]

The fir is making me think West coast, so I'll guess Portland...

[filmgirlie]

The fir is making me think West coast, so I'll guess Portland...

What's a fir? Other than a tree...

EDIT: Oh God, I'm an idiot. You literally meant the tree in the photo.
My brain doesn't always function properly.
Really, I ought to delete this post completely as it is going to make me look really bad...
ha ha ha ha

[Roy Mathers]

What's a fir? Other than a tree...

EDIT: Oh God, I'm an idiot. You literally meant the tree in the photo.
My brain doesn't always function properly.
Really, I ought to delete this post completely as it is going to make me look really bad...
ha ha ha ha


Why didn't you then?:)

[StewartR]

Do I assume it's on the west coast then?I don't know. I can't read your mind. Do you?

[filmgirlie]

Why didn't you then?:)

Because I figured it gets emailed to people... at least I'm subscribed to get emails... so then if you delete it, people know you deleted it.

I just thought it was another acronym that I didn't know. Until I looked at the photo again.
It's Monday... be nice to me!
I've almost got all the blonde out of my hair!

[tsk1979]

SFO bay area?

[filmgirlie]

I don't know. I can't read your mind. Do you?

Ha ha! That's like when someone asks if they CAN go to the bathroom and I retort, "I don't know, CAN you??"

Nice!

[StewartR]

Is it New yorkAre you referring to:
(a) New York state, USA?
(b) New York City, in the above state?
(c) New York, Missouri, USA?
(d) New York, Texas, USA?
(e) New York, Lincolnshire, England?
(f) New York, Tyne & Wear, England?
(g) or some other place called New York?

If you were thinking (b), as I suspect you might have been, the answer is no.

[StewartR]

Is it neither coast? Like the middle of the States?Yes. Yes.

[StewartR]

The fir is making me think West coast, so I'll guess Portland...Not west coast, therefore not Portland.

[StewartR]

SFO bay area?Not west coast, therefore no.

[filmgirlie]

Chicago?

[PeteJaffa]

Oklahoma?

[tomd]

Cour de Alene Idaho?

[StewartR]

Chicago?No.Oklahoma?No.Cour de Alene Idaho?No.

[filmgirlie]

Texas?

[StewartR]

Texas?No.

[StewartR]

With the honourable exceptions of Roy and Ken who have tried to use their powers of deduction, you all seem to be flinging darts at the map with your eyes closed. Would you like a clue?

[glhs509]

My last guess: Minneapolis
...since the blue building resembles the American Express Tower.

[PeteJaffa]

Oh get a room :)

Yeah hit us with a clue.

[StewartR]

My last guess: Minneapolis
...since the blue building resembles the American Express Tower.Interesting, but wrong.

Incidentally, I would have thought the building in the middle was far more distinctive.

[StewartR]

Oh get a room :)

Yeah hit us with a clue.OK Pete. Anybody who doesn't want a clue, look away now.

How tall are those trees?

[Roy Mathers]

That central building is reminiscent of the skyscrapers in Moscow. Is this a part of the states with a Russian influence, or am I barking up the wrong samovar?

[glhs509]

Argh! DOH: Las Vegas (NYNY Hotel)

[Roy Mathers]

Denver, Colorado?

[glhs509]

At first I thought the thin red line behind the trees was a crane boom, but now I can see how it resembles the NYNY's roller coaster's track (red w/ white supporting members)

[tomd]

Argh! DOH: Las Vegas (NYNY Hotel)

must be from the back side.

[StewartR]

That central building is reminiscent of the skyscrapers in Moscow. Is this a part of the states with a Russian influence, or am I barking up the wrong samovar?Woof woof.Denver, Colorado?Nope.

[tomd]

At first I thought the thin red line behind the trees was a crane boom, but now I can see how it resembles the NYNY's roller coaster's track (red w/ white supporting members)

http://www.genecowan.com/vegas/IMG_0534.jpg


nice job

[StewartR]

Argh! DOH: Las Vegas (NYNY Hotel)DING DING!

Yes, it's the New York New York hotel/casino in Las Vegas. I tried very hard to find an angle where it looked like a "real" city skyline. The perspective is all wrong, of course; the "skyscrapers" are only around 100-200 feet tall, rather than the 500+ feet they are pretending to be. And unfortunately it's still possible to see parts of the roller-coaster track between the trees. But all in all I was quite pleased with it.

Your turn, Ken.

[Roy Mathers]

The reason I said Denver, Stewart, was that I thought you were giving us a very oblique clue about the mile-high city!:D

[filmgirlie]

So... was that building trying ot be the empire state building?
Ha ha... my first thought was that it was a knock off...

[glhs509]

Thx Stewart.

Here goes...
WAIN?

[Scorpio]

Looks European... is it? In Europe, that is.

[glhs509]

Looks European... is it? In Europe, that is.
Europe it is...

[Scorpio]

Looks... ermmm... German, is it? =D

[glhs509]

Looks... ermmm... German, is it? =D
Not Germany

[Roy Mathers]

Switzerland?

[Scorpio]

Austria?

[StewartR]

I'd say that tower at the back on the right looks more Austrian than Swiss or German...

[Roy Mathers]

Czech Republic?

[DDCSD]

Guess I'll throw a country out there too. Liechtenstein? We should about have them covered now. :lol:

[glhs509]

Sorry all...can't quote with OperaMiniMobile, but Roy is correct w/ Czech Republic.

I'll repost the image later at home for the 50post/page people (although it may go quick now that the country is known)

[StewartR]

I'll repost the image later at home for the 50post/page peopleNo need. Done.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=239990

[Roy Mathers]

Kromeriz?

[glhs509]

Not Kromeriz

[PeteJaffa]

Rožmberk?

[Roy Mathers]

I'm sure you're right Pete - it's Rozmberk Castle.

[PeteJaffa]

If I am correct I can't go since my camera hasn't been on its first holiday yet. :(

[Roy Mathers]

I felt very pleased that I had discovered where it was - then I saw that you'd already got it (pending confirmation of course):)

[PeteJaffa]

I'm just pleased to have finally got one correct.

If it is correct.

[StewartR]

If I am correct I can't go since my camera hasn't been on its first holiday yet. :(It doesn't need to have been on holiday Pete. These WAIN locations might look familiar to you: One (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4315201&postcount=7923), Two (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4088536&postcount=6470).

Though of course, now that you've let the cat out of the bag, we might not find it very hard to guess Where You Are Now! ;)

[PeteJaffa]

It doesn't need to have been on holiday Pete. These WAIN locations might look familiar to you: One (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4315201&postcount=7923), Two (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4088536&postcount=6470).

Though of course, now that you've let the cat out of the bag, we might not find it very hard to guess Where You Are Now! ;)

I know mate, would rather have something a little more exotic than Scotland for my first shot at the big time :)

The fireman at Central Station is excellent.

[PeteJaffa]

Stewart, just had a look at your London shots. Really really good. I can't get the image of the Pearl Jam album cover 'Binaural' out of my head when I see your London Eye reflection.

http://www.nealosis.com/demo/playlists/album/art/690.jpg

[glhs509]

Rožmberk?
Well done Pete!
Rožmberk it is...one the lesser-visited castles, tucked away near the Austrian border

[PeteJaffa]

Thanks mate.

Ok someone else can do a WAIN.

[StewartR]

Thanks Pete. Here's one that's a bit different.

Where Am I Now?

http://StewartR.smugmug.com/photos/248495588-XL.jpg

[Roy Mathers]

I would assume that someone well-known lives here - is that correct? Is it in London? Is there anything else in the photo that can conceivably help us ascertain where it is?

[StewartR]

I would assume that someone well-known lives here - is that correct? Is it in London? Is there anything else in the photo that can conceivably help us ascertain where it is?You assumption is incorrect, so far as I am aware. Whoever lives here at number 28 is not well-known. However, it is in London.

[glhs509]

Since all I can make out on my mobile screen is '28', I'd presume a residence so: Winston Churchill's at 28 Hyde Park Gate?

I'll guess James Joyce in a separate post unless someone beats me to it ;)

[StewartR]

Since all I can make out on my mobile screen is '28', I'd presume a residence so: Winston Churchill's at 28 Hyde Park Gate?

I'll guess James Joyce in a separate post unless someone beats me to it ;)Winston Churchill did not live here. James Joyce did not live here. Nobody well-known currently lives, or to the best of my knowledge has ever lived, at number 28.

Here's a clue though (well, two clues really): that handwritten label was stuck there very hastily last May.

[PeteJaffa]

Madeleine McCanns house?

Did they even stay in London?

[Roy Mathers]

Is this a government department or headquarters?

[PeteJaffa]

Cancel my guess.

[glhs509]

Was this address depicted in a movie released around that time?

[StewartR]

Is this a government department or headquarters?No, neither. Number 28 is a residential address, as are the houses either side of it, and indeed most of the properties in this street.Was this address depicted in a movie released around that time?No. There would be no reason for that.

[Roy Mathers]

You say that nobody well-known lives, or has lived, there - but someone obviously did not want the press calling, Would it be fair to assume that it was someone in the news last May who lived there at the time?

[tomd]

28 Tooley Street?

OOps, probably not, this is a commercial address

[tomd]

Was last May those bomb scares?

[StewartR]

You say that nobody well-known lives, or has lived, there - but someone obviously did not want the press calling, Would it be fair to assume that it was someone in the news last May who lived there at the time?No. As I've said, to the best of my knowledge nobody well-known has ever lived at this address.

[StewartR]

28 Tooley Street?

OOps, probably not, this is a commercial addressHa ha. 28 Tooley Street is the address of the London Dungeon!

[Roy Mathers]

No. As I've said, to the best of my knowledge nobody well-known has ever lived at this address.

Why therefore would there be any likelihood of reporters wishing to visit an unknown?

[StewartR]

Was last May those bomb scares?I can't remember. To be honest, working in central London for 20 years means you're pretty inured to bomb scares. We had loads of them (and not all just scares) courtesy of the IRA in the late 80s and early 90s - at the time I worked in an office that was above a major rail station, so we were frequently evacuated! Then more in the late 90s (IRA again) and now more in the 00s (but not the IRA). They all tend to blur together. I couldn't even remember when the big Canary Wharf bomb was without looking it up just now.

But anyway, this WAIN is nothing to do with bomb scares.

[PeteJaffa]

Would this residence have been featured in the national news?

[StewartR]

Was this the home of a famous person at some point?I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous replies (here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=519) , here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=521) and here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=530)).

[tomd]

Why therefore would there be any likelihood of reporters wishing to visit an unknown?

I'm thinking the address is similar to that of a notable event. Maybe an error in news reporting?

Maybe a famous person never actually lived there, but a news worthy event happened there.

[StewartR]

Would this residence have been featured in the national news?Hmmm. Number 28 has almost certainly been seen on the news. However, I don't think it would be fair to say it has been featured. More like being a bit of accidental background in a news story that's about something (or somewhere) else.

[Pete]

Was last May those bomb scares?

That would be July 2006.

[Roy Mathers]

Why therefore would there be any likelihood of reporters wishing to visit an unknown?

I don't believe you answered this;)

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous replies (here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=519) , here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=521) and here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=530)).

Is the phrasing of this reply significant? Does this residence have political connections?

[StewartR]

I'm thinking the address is similar to that of a notable event. Maybe an error in news reporting?Ingenious. I must admit I do not know precisely why the person who lives at number 28 put that sign up. Certainly he had legitimate reason to expect that he might get reporters knocking on the door. But I cannot say for certain whether he thought they might knock on his door by mistake, or whether he thought they might want to talk to him despite the fact that he is not famous. I suspect it might actually be the latter, and that he thought reporters might want to talk to him not because of who he is, but because of where he is.

EDIT: Thinking about it further, the second option must be right. There could be no possibility, at any time of day or night, of a reporter knocking at this address by mistake.
Maybe a famous person never actually lived there, but a news worthy event happened there.Not to my knowledge.

[Pete]

I was going to guess "Acacia Avenue".

But that's number 22.

And about 20 years too early...

[StewartR]

Why therefore would there be any likelihood of reporters wishing to visit an unknown?I don't believe you answered this;)Sorry Roy, I thought it was a rhetorical question. I'll answer it later if I have to, but it would give the game away.I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous replies (here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=519) , here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=521) and here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4806811&postcount=530)).
Is the phrasing of this reply significant? Does this residence have political connections?Ah, someone's paying attention! As I've said repeatedly, nobody noteworthy lives or has ever lived at number 28, and nothing noteworthy has ever happened at number 28. But there is a political dimension to the answer, yes.

[StewartR]

I was going to guess "Acacia Avenue".

But that's number 22.

And about 20 years too early...Ooh. An Iron Maiden fan? Nice one.

[Roy Mathers]

Is the resident of No 28 the neighbour of someone well-known?

[StewartR]

Is the resident of No 28 the neighbour of someone well-known?Yes!! And you also know how long he's been the neighbour of someone well-known.

[Pete]

Ooh. An Iron Maiden fan? Nice one.

In that case, the sign would have been a red light, not a "no reporters".

Jusy trying to get into your head.

You've a mean, crossword-compiler, head to you, Stewart....

[Roy Mathers]

Is this 28 Millbank?

[glhs509]

Well Downing St doesn't seem to go that far in numbers (unless the other side of the building)

[Roy Mathers]

Yes!! And you also know how long he's been the neighbour of someone well-known.
That's puzzled me!

[StewartR]

Is this 28 Millbank?No. The Royal Mail postcode finder implies that there isn't a 28 Millbank - though there are both higher and lower numbers. And in any case I've already told you that most of the properties in this street are residential. (Though not 100% residential: by a complete coincidence, the hotel my wife stayed in for the night before our wedding is also in this street! - we got married just around the corner from here.)

[tomd]

OK you folks over the "pond" what happened last May?

Something with the Royal family? Criminal act?
Sports related?

[StewartR]

Well Downing St doesn't seem to go that far in numbers (unless the other side of the building)No, it doesn't. There are only 4 houses in Downing Street - numbers 9, 10, 11 and 12. Interestingly they are all alongside one another - many of the old-established parts of central London do not follow the usual convention of odd-numbered houses on one side and even-numbered on the other side.

[StewartR]

Re-post for the 50-posts-per-page people.

http://stewartr.smugmug.com/photos/248495588-XL.jpg

[StewartR]

OK you folks over the "pond" what happened last May?

Something with the Royal family? Criminal act? Sports related?No, no, no.

Well, I mean, things did happen, of course, but the thing that I'm referring to was none of these.

[Roy Mathers]

I think that this is now a pure guessing game - I'm not sure that anything can be deduced further from a door number!

[StewartR]

I have dropped a few more obscure clues in passing.

One is that the owner of the house put up the sign very hastily last May. How did I know that? Because I walk past it twice a day. I also couldn't help noticing the huge throng of reporters and armed policemen that were in the street that day, which is presumably what inspired the sign.

The reporters have since gone - mostly, though they come back from time to time - but the armed police are still here 24/365. (You'll have noted that I said there is no way a reporter could get the address wrong at any time of day or night. That's why.)

I also made a comment about house numbering practices. Just to make it clear, number 28's next-door neighbours are not 26 and 30.

[Pete]

I think that this is now a pure guessing game - I'm not sure that anything can be deduced further from a door number!

Yup. Stewart is too devious for me. I'm all googled out.

[StewartR]

OK, so who was the politician who announced last May that he would be moving house?

[Roy Mathers]

Tony Blair.

[Pete]

Chester Square, London perhaps?

Maggie's next door neighbour?

Dang - wrong PM...

Oh well, I'm due for a conference call - I didn't have a decent start to the next one anyhow... :D

[StewartR]

Tony Blair.And so Where Am I Now?

[Roy Mathers]

No idea!

[Pete]

Connaught Square, London?

[Roy Mathers]

Connaught Squate?

[StewartR]

Connaught Square, London?DING DING!

Tony Blair and his family have lived at 29 Connaught Square, which is next-door to number 28, since he resigned as Prime Minister. There is a 24-hour armed police presence at the front and the back, plus a whole load of parking spaces have been taken out of action outside the house, presumably to provide some sort of security buffer zone. I'm not sure all this is too popular with the other residents, and that's even before he does the home improvements (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=46340&in_page_id=34)!

You're up, Pete.

[Pete]

Roy. Please take over. I have nothing here at present.

[Roy Mathers]

OK Pete, will do. Thanks. Here it is -

[tomd]

looks like a shoreline/boat dock......lots of luggage...
Is this the train station in Venice?

[Roy Mathers]

Absolutely right Tom - I thought you'd remember it!:)

[StewartR]

Brilliant Tom. I was racking my brains trying to work out which railway's logo that is, but surprisingly quite a lot of them (e.g. Bosnia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, ...) are generically quite similar. [Reference (http://www.uic.asso.fr/baseinfo/vademecum/vademecum.php).]

As it turns out, that's actually not the current Italian Railways logo on the station, so I was never going to get it like that!

[tomd]

OK; lets try this one, I think it'll be a hard one.
WAIN?

[Roy Mathers]

In the US?

[tomd]

Nope, and I hope your zoom feature can't read the plaque.

[Roy Mathers]

Is it in Europe?
It looks like a fire watch tower - is that the case?

[Roy Mathers]

As it turns out, that's actually not the current Italian Railways logo on the station, so I was never going to get it like that!


This photograph was taken only last August, so either they have changed the logo in the meantime, or they are using an old one.

[tomd]

Is it in Europe?
It looks like a fire watch tower - is that the case?

I don't they were used for fire look outs. I'll google a little and respond.

[Roy Mathers]

But is it in Europe (it looks like English countryside)?

[tomd]

But is it in Europe (it looks like English countryside)?

Yes Europe (not English)

[monty28428]

Looks like the photo on this page (http://www.livius.org/a/germany/rainau/rainau.html)

Rainau-Schwabsberg ?

[Roy Mathers]

I don't think it's this one Monty - Tom's tower has supports under the walkway.

[DDCSD]

I don't think it's this one Monty - Tom's tower has supports under the walkway.

I don't think they are the same either, but I bet they are in the same general area.

[tomd]

getting warmer

[Roy Mathers]

Is it in Germany then Tom?

[DDCSD]

In the Black Forest somewhere?

[monty28428]

I agree -- still looks like that kind of tower...

[tomd]

Is it in Germany then Tom?

Yes it is

[monty28428]

there I go not hitting refresh again...

[tomd]

In the Black Forest somewhere?

I'm not certain of the exact boundaries of the Black Forest, sorry.

[PeteJaffa]

Roman watchtower along the Upper Germanic Limes border near the Southwest German village of Lorch?

[tomd]

Roman watchtower along the Upper Germanic Limes border near the Southwest German village of Lorch?

yes exactly correct!
http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=0e730559-6c7c-4fd7-b4f1-d8cbfc43f7fa&lat=48.285083&lon=9.008483&t=6

I thought it would be more difficult.

read more:
Long Description:
The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier) was a remarkable line of frontier forts that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Raetia, and divided the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes, from the years 83 to 260. At its height, the limes stretched from near Bonn on the Rhine to near Regensburg on the Danube.
Watchtowers were constructed at intervals along the frontier. The watchtowers have all been given unique identifiers starting with the letters WP (Wachtposte in German) followed by a number series.

This tower was reconstructed by the town of Lorch in 1969 in the supposed location of Tower WP 12/14 although the location of this tower has never been firmly identified. It stands very near in the vacinity of the Lorch Cloister.

The entrance of the reconstructed tower, being at ground level, is an exception to the way these towers are known to have been constructed, with the entrance one story above ground level.

It's possible to enter the tower and climb the stairs to the stop without a key.

[PeteJaffa]

Searched using "German watch tower park", the result was in there somewhere.

Ok someone else can go again.

[StewartR]

Wow, that was fast. Nice work, Pete.

[Roy Mathers]

Wow, that was fast. Nice work, Pete.


Nowhere near as fast as Tom got my one!:cry:

[Roy Mathers]

Is no-one going to post?

[Scorpio]

Nope, sorry!

All done, nothing more to see here... move along!! =D

[Roy Mathers]

OK then, I'll throw one in (it's a scan)-

[Scorpio]

Are you saying we're not done? ? ? Oh, fine then!

Europe?

Italy??

[Roy Mathers]

One guess at a time please:)

[Scorpio]

LOL!

OK, one at a time... Europe?

[Roy Mathers]

No.:)