***Where am I now?*** (game) (4)

[Roy Mathers]

Chris - you're right about the picture, in that the sky is very blown out, taking the top of the tree with it!

[tomd]

Is this currently a private residence?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes.

[tonylong]

England?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes Tony.

[RandallC]

Does the house have any particular historic or cultural significance?

[Roy Mathers]

I'm afraid I have to alter the answer I just gave to Tom - it is not strictly speaking a private residence.

[tomd]

Is this part of a larger estate? Such as a guard house?

[breal101]

Is it in the Midlands? Possibly west of Birmingham?

[Roy Mathers]

Is this part of a larger estate? Such as a guard house?


No sorry Tom.

[Roy Mathers]

Is it in the Midlands? Possibly west of Birmingham?

No.

[MSJGD]

Is it close to Wales?

[MSJGD]

Roy is it far from Hertfordshire?

[tonylong]

OK, is it north of Birmingham?

[Darsk47]

Is it a bed and breakfast?

[Roy Mathers]

Is it close to Wales?

Not particularly.

[Roy Mathers]

Roy is it far from Hertfordshire?

What do you call 'far'? It is quite a way.

[Roy Mathers]

OK, is it north of Birmingham?


Yes.

[Roy Mathers]

Is it a bed and breakfast?

No.

[Roy Mathers]

Bedtime for me I'm afraid folks.

[tomd]

OK, time to get this rolling again

[Roy Mathers]

You're right Tom.

[tomd]

http://www.holidayhomerental.co.uk/Sites/HolidayHomeRental.co.uk/graphics/england_regions.gif

Is this in Yorkshire?

[Roy Mathers]

No sir.

[tonylong]

Well then, is it north of Manchester?

[RandallC]

East of, let's say, Sheffield?

[Roy Mathers]

Well then, is it north of Manchester?


Yes.

[Roy Mathers]

East of, let's say, Sheffield?



No.

[RandallC]

Northumberland?

[Roy Mathers]

No.

[tonylong]

Well, then, is it south of Darlington?

[Roy Mathers]

No.

[RandallC]

We're slowing running out of England. A couple more questions and there will be nothing left.

Cumbria?

[tonylong]

Well, then, is it east of Carlisle?

[Roy Mathers]

No.

[tonylong]

Then it's in Cumbria?

[Roy Mathers]

It is.

[tonylong]

Well, then, is it west of Carlisle?

[Roy Mathers]

You asked earlier whether it was east of Carlisle and I said no - so yes, it's west of Carlisle.

[tonylong]

You asked earlier whether it was east of Carlisle and I said no - so yes, it's west of Carlisle.

OK, I couldn't see on my map whether Carlisle was in Cumbria, so that was a way of asking whether it was in Carlisle. Nothing to see here folks, on with the show:)!

[Roy Mathers]

It's not in Carlisle (and yes, Carlisle is in Cumbria):D

[tonylong]

It's not in Carlisle (and yes, Carlisle is in Cumbria):D

Well, then, my question wasn't off the track, was it:)?

[Roy Mathers]

I don't know. If it isn't Carlisle and it isn't east of Carlisle, there aren't too many options left:D

[tonylong]

Hey, I think my logic was good:

1) Is it east of Carlisle? If no, then

2) Is it west of Carlisle? If no, then either it is in Carlisle or on a north/south line running through Carlisle.

So, you inadvertantly answered both no it is not in Carlisle and it's not on a north/south line by, instead of simply saying "no" to #2, adding "you should automatically realize that if it's not east of Carlisle that means it's west of Carlisle"!

Hah! See, you saved me an additional question (but got this typing jig going anyway):)!

[monty28428]

hey hey -- You are cracking me up today Tony :-)

[Roy Mathers]

I got lost halfway through that Tony - but I 'm sure you're right.

[Darsk47]

Is it a residence of a religious person, like a priest's rectory?

[Darsk47]

Is it north of Ireby?

[Roy Mathers]

No.

[Darsk47]

north of keswick?

[RandallC]

Is this in the Lake District?

[RandallC]

Millbeck Towers!
http://www.nationaltrustcottages.co.uk/search/lake_district/millbeck_towers/219

[Roy Mathers]

Yes, you've got it Randy. Well done.

[RandallC]

Thanks. That was a good one. Looks like a great place to visit.

I don't have anything with me, so I'll open this up to the first taker (if no one posts by the time I get home I'll find something).

[Darsk47]

Here's one.... WAIN ?

[tomd]

is this currently a school?

[Darsk47]

is this currently a school?

yes it is

[tomd]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=6144195&postcount=9344

:lol: Interesting to see how our detective work has "evolved" ;)

[Darsk47]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=6144195&postcount=9344

:lol: Interesting to see how our detective work has "evolved" ;)

Wow - that took us 2 days and 62 posts to get and it was a repeat from 1 year ago !! Good memories, just short.

[tomd]

is this north of the cont US border?

[Darsk47]

is this north of the cont US border?
Technically yes - one of the borders.;)

[DDCSD]

US?

[Darsk47]

US?
Yes it's US.

[DDCSD]

Does the state share a border with Canada? (land and/or water boundry)

[tomd]

New York State?

[Darsk47]

Does the state share a border with Canada? (land and/or water boundry)

Yes

[Darsk47]

New York State?

Not NY

[DDCSD]

Michigan?

[Darsk47]

Michigan?

Not Michigan

[DDCSD]

Ohio?

[Darsk47]

Ohio?


Not Ohio.

[Roy Mathers]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=6144195&postcount=9344

:lol: Interesting to see how our detective work has "evolved" ;)

Wow - that took us 2 days and 62 posts to get and it was a repeat from 1 year ago !! Good memories, just short.


A year ago it only took 34 posts to get it, so the detective skills must be declining! (How long did it take you to trawl through the past WAINs Tom?:D)

[Roy Mathers]

is this north of the cont US border?

Technically yes - one of the borders.;)

Yes it's US.

I can't reconcile these answers - it must be Alaska!

[Darsk47]

I can't reconcile these answers - it must be Alaska!


No. Not Alaska. It is north of the US-Mexico border though. Literal answer to the question, where we all assume it was for US -Canada border, since I'm from the GTA ;)

[breal101]

Maine?

[tomd]

west of Mississippi River?

[Roy Mathers]

Vermont?

[Roy Mathers]

Pennsylvania?

[tomd]

New Hampshire?

[Darsk47]

Maine?


not Maine

[Darsk47]

west of Mississippi River?


east of the Mississippi

[Darsk47]

Vermont?

Not Vt.

[Darsk47]

Pennsylvania?


Yes ( guess I should've scrolled down and answered this one first. )

[breal101]

Lehigh University?

[Darsk47]

Lehigh University?


no it isn't

[breal101]

Is it a public school?

[tomd]

Is this a high school?

[Darsk47]

Is it a public school?


not a public school

[Darsk47]

Is this a high school?


not a high school

[breal101]

University of Pennsylvania?

[breal101]

Villanova?

[bahelmer]

North of interstate 80?

[bahelmer]

Is this school named a "college"? (as opposed to a school named "univerisity")

[Darsk47]

University of Pennsylvania?

no it isn't

[Darsk47]

Villanova?

not Villanova

[Darsk47]

North of interstate 80?


yes

[Darsk47]

Is this school named a "college"? (as opposed to a school named "univerisity")


yes

[jacuff]

Is the building a residence hall?

[jacuff]

Is it at York College?

[Darsk47]

Is the building a residence hall?

no it is not

[Darsk47]

Is it at York College?


not at York College

[glhs509]

Oh, mercy mercy me...

[Darsk47]

Oh, mercy mercy me...

You like the song huh Ken - which edition? ;)

[RandallC]

Oh, mercy mercy me...

So, I guess this is in the "North East" part of PA?

[Darsk47]

So, I guess this is in the "North East" part of PA?


Absolutely. :D

[Roy Mathers]

It's got to be Mercyhurst College.

[Darsk47]

It's got to be Mercyhurst College.


Yes - which campus?

[DDCSD]

Neumann Hall?

Mercyhurst College, North East Campus.

http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1111

[DDCSD]

I think I just pulled a Monty!

[Darsk47]

Neumann Hall?

Mercyhurst College, North East.

http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1111

That's the place. The green sign in front said "admissions office".

Over to you.

[DDCSD]

That's the place. The green sign in front said "admissions office".

Over to you.


Let's give this a shot.

WAIN?

http://www.derekcecilphotography.com/photos/632944602_2FfKQ-O.jpg

[breal101]

Normandy, France?

[Darsk47]

Liberty Road Marker, Bastogne , Belgium

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/kantors_abroad/amsterdam/1075863600/image036.jpg/tpod.html

[Darsk47]

If Derek confirms the above is correct, it is open to the first taker.

[tomd]

looks promising

[DDCSD]

Normandy, France?

No and...


Liberty Road Marker, Bastogne , Belgium

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/kantors_abroad/amsterdam/1075863600/image036.jpg/tpod.html


No.


But that is uncanny.

Certainly looks to be from the same mold.

[tomd]

different base
more:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Liberty_Road

[DDCSD]

different base
more:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Liberty_Road


Yes, apparently there are a lot more of these things than I realized when I took the photo.

[DDCSD]

To note, I have done nothing to this photo. Nothing has been blurred or erased.

[breal101]

Yes, apparently there are a lot more of these things than I realized when I took the photo.

Apparently there are 1446 of them.:lol: We have a lot of guesses to go.

[DDCSD]

Apparently there are 1446 of them.:lol: We have a lot of guesses to go.

Seriously? There's one for every mile?

[breal101]

Seriously? There's one for every mile?

One for every kilometer. This wouldn't happen to be the first one at St. Mere Eglise?

[DDCSD]

One for every kilometer. This wouldn't happen to be the first one at St. Mere Eglise?


Nope.

[RandallC]

And I don't suppose you have another photo of this from just slightly to the side :)

[DDCSD]

And I don't suppose you have another photo of this from just slightly to the side :)


I have shots slightly off to either side, but I'd have to blur some stuff out on those shots. :lol:;)

[Darsk47]

One for every kilometer. This wouldn't happen to be the first one at St. Mere Eglise?
Ha ! no wonder it was so quick to find on the first google! I was so happy to see it there that I didn't pay attention to the base....duh.

[RandallC]

I have shots slightly off to either side, but I'd have to blur some stuff out on those shots. :lol:;)

Well.. it was worth a try

[Kendoway]

Well.. it was worth a try

Well, I'm certainly not going to try and guess which one this is (not with 1446 of them) :)

[Roy Mathers]

Nor me!:D

[tonylong]

Is it east of Antwerp?

[Roy Mathers]

I should think that highly unlikely Tony:D

[tonylong]

Is it east of Antwerp?

I should think that highly unlikely Tony:D

Well, hey, I wanted to participate somehow:)!

[Roy Mathers]

That's understandable.

[Darsk47]

Eleven more questions and we would have the answer. Same theory as is used frequently here to zero in on what it's not.

Is it in the first half of marker numbers between 1 & 1446 ?
Then the same question for the remaining 723, 361, 180, 90, 45, 22, 11, 5, 2 and bingo.

Guess any word in the dictionary using the same method in about 17 questions or less.

[Roy Mathers]

Go ahead then - you can ask the eleven questions!

[breal101]

Eleven more questions and we would have the answer. Same theory as is used frequently here to zero in on what it's not.

Is it in the first half of marker numbers between 1 & 1446 ?
Then the same question for the remaining 723, 361, 180, 90, 45, 22, 11, 5, 2 and bingo.

Guess any word in the dictionary using the same method in about 17 questions or less.

Exactly what I was thinking, it's difficult but not impossible. We have to assume that this one has a kilometer marking on it. So, Derek, are you still with us?

[Kendoway]

I was thinking that we could discuss the primitive artistic fertility aspects of this stone obelisk, and what Sigmund Freud would have deduced from it's shape and size.

Or we could guess the numbers...

[Roy Mathers]

Exactly what I was thinking, it's difficult but not impossible. We have to assume that this one has a kilometer marking on it. So, Derek, are you still with us?


He's off-line.

[glhs509]

Or...it may say "Replica...made in the U.S.A." then we've wasted our 11 questions ;)

Nonetheless, I'll start with one of the larger towns along the route (judging by the building size in the background)... Chartres?

[Roy Mathers]

I was thinking that we could discuss the primitive artistic fertility aspects of this stone obelisk, and what Sigmund Freud would have deduced from it's shape and size.

Or we could guess the numbers...

Yes, Freud would no doubt have had something to say about it, but I'm sure he wouldn't have put an apostrophe in 'its' :D

[glhs509]

Yes, Freud would no doubt have had something to say about it, but I'm sure he wouldn't have put an apostrophe in 'its' :D
I had no idea Freud was an English Lit major :)

[breal101]

Or...it may say "Replica...made in the U.S.A." then we've wasted our 11 questions ;)

Nonetheless, I'll start with one of the larger towns along the route (judging by the building size in the background)... Chartres?

That's a good point, it wouldn't be impossible to have a replica on a military base. I'll ask is this in the US?

[Kendoway]

Using the POTN spell checker means never having to say you are soggy.

[Roy Mathers]

That's a good point, it wouldn't be impossible to have a replica on a military base. I'll ask is this in the US?

That's a good point - Derek hasn't actually confirmed what country it's in! Everyone is assuming that it's in France, but it may not be (although it's very likely).

[Roy Mathers]

I had no idea Freud was an English Lit major :)


You don't have to be an English Literature major to know where apostrophes go!:D

[glhs509]

You don't have to be an English Literature major to know where apostrophes go!:D
If English is your native tongue, I agree ;)

[Roy Mathers]

Isn't it yours Ken (a serious question)?

[glhs509]

Isn't it yours Ken (a serious question)?
Sure...and it annoys me to death when I see ads, correspondence, etc. with incorrect usage...I was merely bringing up the point, presuming that Freud's English would be sub par based on his background...

[Kendoway]

It's a sorry day on WAIN, when the possibility of discussing phallic symbols (while waiting for Derek) is hijacked by a possessive pronoun lesson. :p

[monty28428]

Freud was too high to spell anything :-)

I'll try a random dart at 1147 Derek.