RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund

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Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to Ron.M)

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Identify this structure....

OK Folks,

Well, Doit obviously has not trained hard enough for my Geographical challenge.

So I'll lay it open to ANY member willing to cast an educated guess as to what the two photographs depict.

Open to all NON UK Residents or NON UK Passport Holders only!!

No Googling or cheating now!

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 9:22:09

edguerin

Posts: 1590
Joined: Dec. 24 2007
From: Siegburg, Alemania

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to Ron.M)

Ok,
obviously my second picture was recognized easily (if not by Doit).
But what about the first?
Open to any member wether UK Resident or not...
You can even try and cheat!

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Ed

El aficionado solitario
Alemania

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 9:42:15

srshea

Posts: 833
Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to Ron.M)

Alright, I'm pretty sure the first one is in a coastal town that starts with a B. So, Brighton Tower, Blackpool Tower, Blackburn?

I dunno. We had a revolution a couple centuries back so I wouldn't have to know this kind of stuff..........

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 9:45:59

Ron.M

Posts: 7051
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to srshea)

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Blackpool Tower

OK Adam...well done! (I don't really know if they accept the best of 3 answers on "University Challenge" though!

)

Very good for someone outside the UK though!

Yes, the famous Blackpool Tower in the NW of England (up the road a bit from Liverpool and Manchester).

Probably every UK member here over the age of 40 has been to the top at some point in their childhood.

Ah...Blackpool....the British Disneyland ...(without the weather or the attractions) !!

10 points

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 9:58:39

Ron.M

Posts: 7051
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to edguerin)

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Ok,
obviously my second picture was recognized easily

Hmm...

No idea what or where the first picture is, but I get the feeling it's Central European, (maybe Germany?).

I had another look at the photograph, this time with a magnifying glass (I've really got to get a bigger screen) and discovered that the folk in the centre of the picture are actually pushing bicycles and NOT walking pet goats, as I first thought!

This is very disappointing and I will now have to cross this off my "must see" list of destinations.

Once I find out the location, I intend writing a strong letter of complaint to the Mayor or Local Authority for this odious attempt to boost local Tourism by means of misleading photography!

I'll take a guess and say Munich?

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 10:32:39

edguerin

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Joined: Dec. 24 2007
From: Siegburg, Alemania

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to Ron.M)

quote:

No idea what or where the first picture is, but I get the feeling it's Central European, (maybe Germany?).

o-k- first clue: not in Germany (that'd be too easy, given that I live there)...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 12:38:24

srshea

Posts: 833
Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to Ron.M)

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OK Adam...well done!
10 points

Ten “points”!?! I thought I was getting a year’s worth of Sedlak lessons. I want my three dollars back!

Never been an anglophile myself, per se, but I’ve known a lot of limey-lovers and expatriates over the years, and met a lot of folks in bands from the U.K., touring over here throughout the 90s. So I guess I’ve absorbed a higher than average degree of British cultural references….

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Ah...Blackpool....the British Disneyland ...(without the weather or the attractions) !!

The British seaside resort town thing has always fascinated me, It just seems so…..dour, and kind of like a parody of a vacation spot rather than the real thing (taking that parody to an extreme gets me thinking about the “funfair” episode of Father Ted). No offense intended to anyone with fond memories of such places

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 15:38:06

val

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 16:54:21

srshea

Posts: 833
Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest

RE: ForoFlamenco Small Prize Fund (in reply to val)

Wow, all great context, Val. I love learning about this kind of stuff. Didn’t know about the forced closure of the factories, and the locking people out of the boarding houses thing is crazy! I didn’t realize it was that grim.

That all tracks with my own idea about northern Europeans being a bit tougher and less spoiled than Americans in regards to leisure time- the idea of plunking one’s self down on some frigid, rocky beach and LIKING IT, GODDAMMIT, ‘cause it’s the only game in town…..

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 4 2009 17:14:51