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Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 02:41 PM

Thought I would start a new Off Topic thread, just because I can.

From the picture, figure out where in the world I am. start with country, then town, then where in the town...

I got a million of them. Feel free to play along!

so...where am I?


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Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jan 9 2007, 02:48 PM

Paris, Left Bank.

Posted by: grantsfo Jan 9 2007, 03:05 PM

Denmark

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 9 2007, 03:06 PM

sign is in english...

england?

Posted by: brer Jan 9 2007, 03:09 PM

Calais

Posted by: Gustl Jan 9 2007, 03:21 PM

3 french cars in a line ... France

Posted by: SteveL Jan 9 2007, 03:22 PM

Straight from the website:
Spar Shipping is a shipping line based in Copenhagen. With a total of five ships we offer all kinds of passenger sailing all over Denmark.

Posted by: balljoint Jan 9 2007, 03:31 PM

I think the phone number is a French number as well. How about Nice?

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 03:33 PM

denmark is correct..

Copenhagen is correct..

We could go on or I will find another picture later...

but, where in copenhagen???
keep playing...

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 03:45 PM

that clue was too easy....

Posted by: r_towle Jan 9 2007, 04:08 PM

Spar Shipping ApS · Nyhavn 61 · 1051 København K

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 05:38 PM

rich you got it!!

only it was 71 Nyhavn....

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 05:50 PM

now for another....


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Posted by: Headrage Jan 9 2007, 06:18 PM

Jim Bobs Kiddie Carnival Rides. Lexington, Kentucky?

Posted by: robby750 Jan 9 2007, 06:27 PM

Wrong! No such place.

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 07:20 PM

nope

Posted by: ejm Jan 9 2007, 07:30 PM

Looks like a Nike Hercules?

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 07:31 PM

hmmmmm could be.....

Posted by: ejm Jan 9 2007, 07:53 PM

They were deployed all over the world but I would guess that one is in San Francisco

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 9 2007, 08:00 PM

Yeah, definitelythe San Francisco Nike Site...

Check this out...

http://www.bigcrow.com/davebw/ggnra/nikesite.html

Posted by: r_towle Jan 9 2007, 08:02 PM

Los Alamos

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 9 2007, 08:03 PM

How about this one...


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Posted by: GWN7 Jan 9 2007, 08:04 PM

Looks like mulitple launch sites and the trees look like Palm trees...Tel Aviv, Israel

*Edit- dam, you guys are fast

Posted by: Headrage Jan 9 2007, 08:56 PM

With Tony. They had Nike sites all along the west coast until the '60's and that one looks to be in the bay area.

BTW Tony, as you drive along the San Pedro part of the PV drive, there are a bunch of old 16" gun implacements.

When I was a kid we use to go down there and watch the asians (no dis-respect intended) pluck the snails from the ivy that grew around them.

They would occasionally fire them off for testing, and believe me, it would shake the shit out of our windows. I remember it really well even though I was only 6 or 7 at the time. Scared the out of me...

Posted by: crash914 Jan 9 2007, 09:50 PM

Yea just north of San Francisco...

Yea tony you got the right idea...

lets play along..

hmmm berlin?

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 9 2007, 09:58 PM

Its almost Italian looking but not quite . . . if only we could see what the store windows say.

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 10:55 AM

It is not Berlin.

Posted by: Lavanaut Jan 10 2007, 11:55 AM

Hmmm....fnac....extremely clean...Switzerland?

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 11:57 AM

It is not Switzerland.

Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Jan 10 2007, 12:00 PM

Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.

Posted by: WaideS Jan 10 2007, 12:01 PM

Amsterdam

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 12:06 PM

It is not amsterdam.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 10 2007, 12:12 PM

austria

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 12:14 PM

It is not Austria. To help things move along....

I have said "It is not _____" to all the places it is not. Note the exclusion(s)

i.e. think the country shaped like a boot. Question is, where in that country?

Posted by: crash914 Jan 10 2007, 12:22 PM

how about milano?


and I was going to say madrid too.....

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 12:45 PM

Ding Ding Ding. Milan is correct. Its a tricky one, because its not really the prototypical Italian looking city (like Rome or Florence).

Posted by: crash914 Jan 10 2007, 01:19 PM

see, this is fun...who is up next??

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 10 2007, 01:37 PM

Ahh, that makes sense

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 10 2007, 01:43 PM

If no one minds . . . give this picture a try.


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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 01:46 PM

My guess is in central or south america.

Brazil?

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 10 2007, 01:51 PM

nope . . . it sure looks like it doesn't it. but its not even from the same continent

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 01:51 PM

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/SA_BRAZ.html

Posted by: Gustl Jan 10 2007, 02:55 PM

the license plate of this Mercedes looks italien to me

AP stands for Ascoli Piceno - thats a small district at the adriatic coast

so that could be a city somewhere there ...

Gustl

Posted by: Howard Jan 10 2007, 03:30 PM

Southern France

Posted by: Crazyhippy Jan 10 2007, 03:40 PM

Portugal

Posted by: Crazyhippy Jan 10 2007, 03:44 PM

Here's a fun one....



I'll tell you this much, it's not in the USA


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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 10 2007, 03:49 PM

I doubt its France, or Portugal. None of the current license plate designs in those countries are plain white, they all seem to have the EU ring of stars...

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/


Actually. Could be Italy. I don't know if that Merc. could be a 99, (appears to be the last year they issued those plates) but the car in front of it might have the blue bars on either side of the plate.

I'm going to have to go with Gustl....

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 11 2007, 10:35 AM

Yup . . . Gustl's right, the car was in front of the Hotel Eden in Sorrento Italy. The water is almost right across the street.

Posted by: Gustl Jan 11 2007, 12:08 PM

- so I take the right to post the next photo, o.k.?




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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 12:57 PM

I said Netherlands fiurst...

Edit: Its an Anglican church in Ireland. Still figuring this out... I think Dublin

Posted by: Gustl Jan 11 2007, 01:20 PM

nope - I've never been to the Netherlands so far ...

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 01:30 PM

Confirmed. It is Dublin. Whew, that was a tough one to solve. The red door on the church nailed it.

edit: Specifically, St. Anne's Church on Ann Street South.


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Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 01:45 PM

Here's the next picture...

Bondo and jkeyzer are not eligible for guessing here...


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Posted by: DEC Jan 11 2007, 01:50 PM

Lissabon / Lisboa

Posted by: highways Jan 11 2007, 02:14 PM

Mohave Desert....

Posted by: bondo Jan 11 2007, 02:51 PM

Looks like a good place to get a truck stuck...

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 03:24 PM

Yes, its in the Mohave desert... Any more specific? (Mohave Desert it a HUGE place)

Posted by: Gustl Jan 11 2007, 03:37 PM

congrats

to be honest, I didn't expect the correct answer that fast

Gustl

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 03:46 PM

Well, first thing I did was to look at the pay phones. There are web sites that show pictures of pay phones from around the world. Unfortunately that didn't help much. I noticed some signs had some english in them, none were useful though. Then I tried looking up gothic churches and cathedrals of which there were far too many. Then I noticed the door on the church was red. I did a search for red door church and I ended up at photo album web sites of peoples' vacations. Sure enough I found a few of that church. One of them was sharp enough to make out the St. Anne's Church sign on the front.

-Tony

Posted by: Crazyhippy Jan 11 2007, 03:58 PM

Off of ZZYZX road?

Posted by: ejm Jan 11 2007, 04:06 PM

Lucerne Dry Lake

Posted by: TonyAKAVW Jan 11 2007, 06:28 PM

Bingo. Lucern Dry Lake bed. Your turn to post a picture.

Posted by: ejm Jan 11 2007, 06:36 PM

next pic...


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Posted by: Howard Jan 11 2007, 06:39 PM

Not my turn, but..




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Posted by: crash914 Jan 11 2007, 06:49 PM

c'mon, keep it going....one at a time though....

ferry to st. johns?

somewhere in london?

Posted by: Crazyhippy Jan 11 2007, 06:55 PM

Singapore...

Posted by: Bigbohr Jan 11 2007, 06:56 PM

last pic (from Howard) is in Belgium

Posted by: ejm Jan 11 2007, 06:56 PM

nope.... hint.. the ship isn't the only thing in the pic that's floating

not Singapore...

Posted by: Howard Jan 11 2007, 07:19 PM

Brussels it is!

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jan 11 2007, 07:24 PM

:edited because there is not delete function:
but the punchline was pretty freakin' funny

Posted by: ejm Jan 11 2007, 07:33 PM

hint picture.. same place.. opposite view and somethings not open


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Posted by: Bigbohr Jan 11 2007, 07:33 PM

panama

Posted by: crash914 Jan 12 2007, 06:34 AM

beat me too it..
I was going to say ferry to the outer banks...
now I will say panama canal...

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 07:07 AM

not panama

Posted by: pfierb Jan 12 2007, 08:08 AM

Lisbon Portugal

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 08:12 AM

nope... much closer to panama than europe

Posted by: jd74914 Jan 12 2007, 10:30 AM

Suez Canal?

Posted by: crash914 Jan 12 2007, 10:44 AM

barbados?

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 11:13 AM

it is an island in that part of the world

Posted by: Dr. Roger Jan 12 2007, 12:08 PM

oh dang, how did i miss this thread...???? =-)

i'm guessing some port near Costa Rica?

Posted by: Bigbohr Jan 12 2007, 12:24 PM

Port of Spain

Posted by: pfierb Jan 12 2007, 02:34 PM

Come on Ed give me a hint first and last letters.

Antigua

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 02:48 PM

blue

Posted by: Howard Jan 12 2007, 02:52 PM

Curaçao

Posted by: effutuo101 Jan 12 2007, 02:53 PM

plus vodka and 7up= Blue Angel...tasty

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 02:57 PM

Queen Emma floating bridge, Willamstad, Curacao

Posted by: Howard Jan 12 2007, 03:10 PM

Easy one

Posted by: SLITS Jan 12 2007, 03:13 PM

Snow White's Castle .... Disneyland

Posted by: ejm Jan 12 2007, 03:19 PM

Vatican

Posted by: pfierb Jan 12 2007, 03:20 PM

Tower of London

Posted by: pfierb Jan 12 2007, 03:24 PM

Try this one


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Posted by: Howard Jan 12 2007, 04:08 PM

Sure looks like Scotland/Ireland, but don't have a clue what course.

Posted by: pfierb Jan 12 2007, 04:16 PM

Not Scotland or Ireland

Posted by: markb Jan 13 2007, 01:43 AM

D@mn! I was even on that sucker & didn't recognize it.

Posted by: ejm Jan 14 2007, 07:14 AM

Jenny Lind Tower overlooking the Highlands Golf Course, Truro Massachusetts

Posted by: pfierb Jan 14 2007, 07:30 AM

We have a winner... a bottle of our very best Moet Chandon champagne and a tin of Royal Beluga Caviar is on it's way to you by private courier.