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

[the phelp]

Thanks, Tom!

[glhs509]

Congrats all you Red Wing fans...Would love to know what was going through Osgood's mind as he watched the puck pass the front of the goal in the last tenths of a second.

[tomd]

Congrats Detroit fans. Great game and a fitting finish to an entertaining Stanley Cup Final.

Tom

[DDCSD]

Either 38.899650, -77.065659 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38.899650,+-77.065659&ie=UTF8&ll=38.903441,-77.064736&spn=0.01209,0.028303&t=k&z=16) or on a boat? :)


You must have a government satellite at your disposal, you sure are getting a bunch of these like that Ken! ;)


Oh and........ Go Wings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tomd]

I don't have anything at the moment, so I'll put it up for grabs.

->Mike

Reminder: It's open for anyone to post a new location. :D

[the phelp]

Okay, I'll post one. This might be kind of hard, but hopefully not epic.

WAIN?

[tomd]

Asia?

[the phelp]

Not asia.

[DDCSD]

Scotland?

[the phelp]

Let's see *checking hidden GPS data in EXIF file* Yes, Scotland!

[andydajo]

Looks like UK weather to me. UK??

[the phelp]

If it isn't clear by now, I'm trying to get you all so tired of my Scotland photos that you pony up to pay for my next vacation.

[the phelp]

It's in the UK too!

[PeteJaffa]

Is this place in the Scottish Borders?

[the phelp]

Is this place in the Scottish Borders?

Nope.

[PeteJaffa]

Highlands?

[the phelp]

Yep!

[DDCSD]

Urquhart Castle?

Right about here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/1383665552/

Did you see Nessie!??

[the phelp]

That's the place, Derek! Nice find. The hole is just big enough to slap a hockey puck through it...but why would anybody be thinking about hockey in June? :lol:

We didn't see Nessie, and the Scotland Tourism Office wouldn't even refund my travel expenses. I'm a little ticked off about that, but I guess that teaches me to read the fine print.

Over to you!

[DDCSD]

We didn't see Nessie, and the Scotland Tourism Office wouldn't even refund my travel expenses. I'm a little ticked off about that, but I guess that teaches me to read the fine print.

That is hilarious!

It was actually a fairly simple search, surprised no one else got it. Simply "scotland highlands hole" in flickr and it was the second photo I believe. :lol:

How about this one.
WAIN?
http://derekcecil.smugmug.com/photos/307923285_n8VjT-X3.jpg


Darn kids and their graffiti. ;)

[tomd]

Florida?

[DDCSD]

Florida?

Am I getting that predictable? :rolleyes:

Yes in Florida.

[tomd]

Am I getting that predictable? :rolleyes:


;) Did the Wings win the Cup again?:lol:

[DDCSD]

;) Did the Wings win the Cup again?:lol:

Only for the eleventh time. ;)

Now if my Eagles could just win a Super Bowl......

[glhs509]

How about: the Sisters of St. Joseph motherhouse (St. Augustine)?

[the phelp]

Go Iggs! (okay, I'm faking it, but my fiancee is an Eagles fan, so I figured I'd give a shout out on her behalf.)

[tomd]

How about: the Sisters of St. Joseph motherhouse (St. Augustine)?


looks good...it's at 241 St. George Street.....

[DDCSD]

How about: the Sisters of St. Joseph motherhouse (St. Augustine)?

Darn! I thought this one was going to be very tough, how did you get it so quickly? I figured everyone would be off searching for churches.

Good work! Over to you Ken!

[glhs509]

Darn! I thought this one was going to be very tough, how did you get it so quickly? I figured everyone would be off searching for churches.

Good work! Over to you Ken!
Sorry Derek..."1874 JMJ Church Florida" was all it took :(

Don't wait up on me if you feel like posting...getting ready for din din and then off to the couch for the Cubbies...

[DDCSD]

Sorry Derek..."1874 JMJ Church Florida" was all it took :(

Don't wait up on me if you feel like posting...getting ready for din din and then off to the couch for the Cubbies...

Hmmmm... I left that on there because I couldn't find anything when I put that in..... :cry:

[DDCSD]

Alright, I'm going to take this again, see if this one lasts a bit longer.....

WAIN?

Pulled photo, too busy.

[DDCSD]

Wow, talk about a thread killer....

The creek 175 ft from my house is 1 foot from coming over its banks, a tornado passed about 10 miles from here an hour ago. Man I love South Dakota! :)

[the phelp]

D'oh! Hope everything stays dry for you, Derek!

[DDCSD]

D'oh! Hope everything stays dry for you, Derek!

Great thing is, my sump pit is bone dry. I know people that aren't anywhere near the creek who's pumps are always running.

The only way I'll have water in my basement is if it runs way over the banks and it runs in the windows. But that is what flood insurance is for. :lol:

I just hope the tornado managed to avoid all the farmhouses.

[bikinicenter]

LOL, very cool game.

[DDCSD]

Well....... creek just went over....... basement still dry for now! I've got water rushing 20 feet from my door...........

[DDCSD]

Well, got water rushing out of my driveway right now. Might be extremely busy tomorrow so I pulled my photo, will post another day. My 88 year old neighbor and I have dry basements right now, so I'm going to try and get a quick nap in. I'll catch up with you guys (and gals? ;)) in the coming days. Please do a "no-rain" dance for me tonight! :) Pit is still dry too!!!!

It is open for anyone that has something to post.

[PeteJaffa]

Great thing is, my sump pit is bone dry.

Whose isn't? ;)

[the phelp]

Hopefully the answer to your next WAIN won't be "standing in water"!

[Pete]

Well, got water rushing out of my driveway right now. Might be extremely busy tomorrow so I pulled my photo, will post another day. My 88 year old neighbor and I have dry basements right now, so I'm going to try and get a quick nap in. I'll catch up with you guys (and gals? ;)) in the coming days. Please do a "no-rain" dance for me tonight! :) Pit is still dry too!!!!

It is open for anyone that has something to post.

I'l step up, if you don't mind....

http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/20060819_IMG_1467.jpg

[glhs509]

Hard to search for a comparative image via mobile but I'll take a stab...Pete, is this Whitby Abbey (North Yorkshire)?

[Pete]

Hard to search for a comparative image via mobile but I'll take a stab...Pete, is this Whitby Abbey (North Yorkshire)?

Nice stab, but no...

[PeteJaffa]

Afternoon Pete.

UK?

[DDCSD]

Quick update, creek is within its banks, it was a good night. Hopefully the rain holds off for a few days.

Nice shot Pete!

[tomd]

LOL, very cool game.

Welcome Nadine to the WAIN game. :)

Tom

[tomd]

;) I'm glad Roy is not online..he'd probably know this one right away :D

[Pete]

Afternoon Pete.

UK?

Yeah, it is...

[the phelp]

Is this in England?

[Pete]

I hope someone guesses this evening. I'm away this weekend.

But... If anyone guesses over the weekend and the others can verify (I've already checked google images and it's there), then group consensus can verify the first correct guesser.

[Pete]

Is this in England?

No.

[tomd]

Italy?

[Pete]

Italy?

Refer to Pete's guess above....

[tomd]

thanks, I didn't see that one.

[the phelp]

Melrose Abbey?
http://www.darkisle.com/contrib/mnopqr/melrose/cmelrose.html

[PeteJaffa]

Nice find, never been there in my puff.

[Pete]

Melrose Abbey?
http://www.darkisle.com/contrib/mnopqr/melrose/cmelrose.html

Correct...

It seems I make them too easy for you guys!! :D

[the phelp]

If you think yours was easy, wait until you see my next one! This will definitely be a speed round. I'll get it ready and post at or shortly after 4:30 EST (17 minutes) (assuming I don't get interrupted).

[the phelp]

Ready...set...WAIN!?!?!?
(bonus points if you pinpoint my vantage point for the photo)

[PeteJaffa]

Princes St, Edinburgh?

[Pete]

Gotham City?

[PeteJaffa]

Gotham City?

hahaha

[the phelp]

Princes St, Edinburgh?
1 Princes St. to be exact. Nice find, Pete!

Gotham City?
:lol:

[PeteJaffa]

Uninteresting story but related. My old boss took a few of us to his parents farm house in the trossachs and they had this old building at the back that Walter Scott wrote some stuff...or got drunk. Neither can be 100% verified. :)

[the phelp]

:lol: That's funny.

I imagine in 250 years, people will have stories just like that, but instead of Scott and scotch, it'll be J.K Rowling and coffee.

[PeteJaffa]

Very true.

I forgot to add I don't have anything handy so if someone could step in that would be great.

I'm just having a cider fuelled guess-a-thon tonight.

[the phelp]

I'm just having a cider fuelled guess-a-thon tonight.

:D:D I'm just getting off work. I'll try to catch up!

[PeteJaffa]

This could be very easy or drag on for far too long but here goes anyway.

WAIN?

[glhs509]

LOL...good one Pete!

The wife wouldn't let me take the kids there, but at least I got them imitation Nedved/Rosicky jerseys (and got myself a tan ;))

[PeteJaffa]

LOL...good one Pete!

The wife wouldn't let me take the kids there, but at least I got them imitation Nedved/Rosicky jerseys (and got myself a tan ;))

:D I got the same treatment. "it looks too scary" etc etc

[glhs509]

This could be very easy or drag on for far too long but here goes anyway.

WAIN?
Hmm...did you expect it to drag this long due to non-posting ?

[PeteJaffa]

I really didn't. I'm away to bed anyway to continue my Cheers marathon. Someone should just take over here. :)

[DDCSD]

Well, update on the situation. The sewer ended up filling up with creek water and backed up into my basement. Was 3-4 inches deep..... At least it wasn't sewage. Spent the last 2 days cleaning out the basement, mostly just a matter of taking things out of boxes, throwing the boxes away and disinfecting what was inside. Now we're in the process of trying to get the basement dried out.

Enough of my woes.... is this in Prague?

[PeteJaffa]

Well, update on the situation. The sewer ended up filling up with creek water and backed up into my basement. Was 3-4 inches deep..... At least it wasn't sewage. Spent the last 2 days cleaning out the basement, mostly just a matter of taking things out of boxes, throwing the boxes away and disinfecting what was inside. Now we're in the process of trying to get the basement dried out.

Enough of my woes.... is this in Prague?

At least your semi-dry and safe eh.

Not Prague.

[DDCSD]

At least your semi-dry and safe eh.

Not Prague.

Europe at least?

[DDCSD]

How about in Chorzow, Poland, at Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko. The most attractive happy town in Poland, according to a translated Wikipedia Poland. ;)

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2 F%25C5%259Al%25C4%2585skie_Weso%25C5%2582e_Miastec zko&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=pl&tl=en

[monty28428]

Nice to hear all is well Derek if a bit wet...

[PeteJaffa]

Europe at least?

Yes

How about in Chorzow, Poland, at Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko. The most attractive happy town in Poland, according to a translated Wikipedia Poland. ;)

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2 F%25C5%259Al%25C4%2585skie_Weso%25C5%2582e_Miastec zko&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=pl&tl=en


No it isn't the "most fun city in Poland" lol

[DDCSD]

At least your semi-dry and safe eh.


Nice to hear all is well Derek if a bit wet...

Thanks guys, the only things we through out was mostly junk anyways that we didn't want to bother to clean.

[PeteJaffa]

Thanks guys, the only things we through out was mostly junk anyways that we didn't want to bother to clean.

It's amazing how much rubbish we keep. We think it's part of our identity when really it's just crap no one else wants. I've got a loft full of it.

[DDCSD]

No it isn't the "most fun city in Poland" lol


Don't forget attractive!!

Man, that is all I can find on this, lets start narrowing it down.... UK?

[PeteJaffa]

Don't forget attractive!!

Man, that is all I can find on this, lets start narrowing it down.... UK?

No.

[DDCSD]

It's amazing how much rubbish we keep. We think it's part of our identity when really it's just crap no one else wants. I've got a loft full of it.

We actually needed to go through that stuff, been five years and its been just sitting down there. Time to make some shelves though!

[DDCSD]

Is it in a predominantly English-speaking country?

[PeteJaffa]

Is it in a predominantly English-speaking country?


No.

[DDCSD]

Western Europe according to this list?
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe

[PeteJaffa]

Not Western Europe.

[DDCSD]

Same list, Eastern Europe?

[PeteJaffa]

Same list, Eastern Europe?

Yes.

[DDCSD]

Back to my first instinct, Czech Republic?

[PeteJaffa]

Nope

[DDCSD]

Slovakia?

[PeteJaffa]

Not Slovakia.

[monty28428]

Romania ??

[DDCSD]

Hmmmmm... You didn't eliminate Poland, so Poland?

[PeteJaffa]

Romania ??

No

Hmmmmm... You didn't eliminate Poland, so Poland?

No

[DDCSD]

Belarus?

[PeteJaffa]

Belarus?

No.

[DDCSD]

Bulgaria? Pretty sure this is it!

[PeteJaffa]

Bulgaria? Pretty sure this is it!

Yes Bulgaria.

[DDCSD]

Sofia?

[DDCSD]

Wait, how about Nessebar?

[PeteJaffa]

Not Nessebar.

[DDCSD]

How about Sofia?

Bulgaria is a black hole of information. Look on Google maps, the only city shown is Sofia. It shows almost no roads either.....

[PeteJaffa]

Not Sofia. Try a bit sandier.

I would never go back to be honest.

[DDCSD]

Not Sofia. Try a bit sandier.

I would never go back to be honest.

:lol:

Burgas?

[DDCSD]

Varna, in front of Pirin Hotel.

[PeteJaffa]

Not Burgas which incidentally is the most boring city in the world.

[DDCSD]

Did you see my other guess Pete?


Varna, in front of Pirin Hotel.

[PeteJaffa]

Not Varna, getting warmer though.

[DDCSD]

Sunny Beach, in front of the Pirin hotel. Misread a website. Also may be the Rila Hotel....

[PeteJaffa]

That's the very one. I didn't know the hotel. Well done and over to you mate.

[monty28428]

Nice job Derek... I could not find it anywhere.

[DDCSD]

That's the very one. I didn't know the hotel. Well done and over to you mate.


Wow, I still can't find a picture of it, just a couple of mentions in websites. Mostly from reviews of hotels. Couldn't even find anything on the Bulgarian google, in Bulgarian.....

I'll put this one up that I took down the other night.

WAIN?
http://derekcecil.smugmug.com/photos/307966539_GYTVg-XL.jpg

[PeteJaffa]

I can't find a single picture of the place myself.

Southern U.S. state?

[DDCSD]

I can't find a single picture of the place myself.

Southern U.S. state?

Yes, going by this map.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Census_Regions_and_Divisions.PNG

[glhs509]

Georgia?

[monty28428]

Florida ?

[DDCSD]

Couldn't you guys guess Louisiana or something first..... ;)


Georgia?

No.

Florida ?

Yep.

[monty28428]

lol -- somewhere between Jax and Cape Canaveral?

[glhs509]

Fernandina Beach Courthouse?

[monty28428]

nice ken ... just found it myself on flikr -> link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whenlostin/2522127377/)

[DDCSD]

Fernandina Beach Courthouse?

Good work! That went quicker than I though it would.

Over to you Ken!

[glhs509]

Good work! That went quicker than I though it would.

Over to you Ken!
Thanks Derek (I had a slight head-start from the first time you posted that image though)...Stay dry!

WAIN?

[DDCSD]

Thanks Derek (I had a slight head-start from the first time you posted that image though)...Stay dry!

WAIN?


That explains it a bit. :)

Is this in Chicago?







;) Just kidding!!!

How about eastern Europe, according to this list:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe

[corbie3]

Germany?

[glhs509]

How about eastern Europe, according to this list:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe
Not in Eastern Europe (Never realized that much of a breakdown of Europe...what happened to the simple Western/Eastern?)
Germany?
Not Germany either

[DDCSD]

You know what drives me nuts, when someone uploads 300 photos onto Flickr like this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynehuzzey/2445930910/). I get at least 300 of this guys photos on almost every search I do, none of my search terms have anything to do with the Tower of London There is no reason to have a 5,000 word essay on everyone of your photos. Just explain what is in the photo and post a freaking link to the history lesson.

[DDCSD]

I like that list for the breakdown. East/west Europe is almost like saying north/south America, just too much there.

How about southern Europe according to the same list.

[glhs509]

I like that list for the breakdown. East/west Europe is almost like saying north/south America, just too much there.

How about southern Europe according to the same list.
Not in Southern Europe

[DDCSD]

Hmmmm..... how about Western Europe? Same list of course.

[DDCSD]

That's Salzburg Castle, right?

[glhs509]

That's Salzburg Castle, right?
It is Derek...

[DDCSD]

Mirabel Gardens?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98034212@N00/257807899/

[DDCSD]

Anyone else having problems with Flickr? About 1/3 of all images are not showing up for me....

[glhs509]

Mirabel Gardens?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98034212@N00/257807899/
Nicely done Derek...over to you!

[DDCSD]

Nicely done Derek...over to you!

Look like quite an amazing place, very interesting shot too.

Here is my next offering.
WAIN?
http://derekcecil.smugmug.com/photos/309404752_rXwbY-XL.jpg

[monty28428]

brunswick, GA city hall ?

[DDCSD]

brunswick, GA city hall ?

Darn, made it a little too easy I guess. :)

Good work Monty!

[monty28428]

Yeah - I remembered the bowling name town! I shouldn't be guessing... I don't have anything so somebody feel free to post up a WAIN.

[DDCSD]

OK, this one promises to be much more difficult.

WAIN?
http://derekcecil.smugmug.com/photos/309424724_b8N5C-XL.jpg

[monty28428]

GA ? just checking..

[Roy Mathers]

Is this in the Dakotas?

[DDCSD]

GA ? just checking..

Not this time!

Is this in the Dakotas?

Yes it is, I figured everyone would get caught up looking in the south this time! :lol:

[monty28428]

hmm Maltese Cross Cabin ?

[Roy Mathers]

North Dakota?

[Roy Mathers]

Theodore Roosevelt's cabin?

[DDCSD]

hmm Maltese Cross Cabin ?

No...

North Dakota?

no...

Theodore Roosevelt's cabin?

and no.

[Roy Mathers]

Is it in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park?

[DDCSD]

Is it in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park?

No it is not, TR National Park is in ND, this is not.

[Roy Mathers]

I'm an idiot - I didn't see your answer to my question about North Dakota (I thought you said it was!) I've been to the TD park and know very well where it is!