The Kitchen Junk Drawer, Exchanges that need to be put somewhere |
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The Kitchen Junk Drawer, Exchanges that need to be put somewhere |
 Oct 11 2010, 05:54 PM
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Re: SF Valley -- My McMansion will be on the approaching side of Endeavour. In Mars gravity, maybe I could hit a golf ball all the way to Stu's Crater!
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Oct 14 2010, 07:13 AM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 11 2010, 09:43 AM)  r (maybe Doug will take a gigapan for us from Van Nuys on a clear day.) http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34....354.38,,0,16.61 That sort of place Dan? |
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Oct 14 2010, 01:24 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4495 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Sloughhouse, CA Member No.: 197 |
Ah yes, a shot from the Southern rim. What I meant was a a pan from the CENTER of the Valley. But you'd have to get on a tall building to see over all the other structures. Honestly though, Van Nuys is an unpleasant place to visit unless you are getting some body work done on your car or arranging a large printing job.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 14 2010, 04:08 PM
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Re: Van Nuys Giga Pan
100 jokes are swirling through my tiny brain.
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Oct 14 2010, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Ned Kelly! Funny... yes, it looks just like him!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 14 2010, 09:35 PM
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Nice try
 Phil but that's Crocodile Dundee and you must have Photoshopped him in in your photo. I hate to disagree with a senior member but here's the empirical (Aus style) proof that it was Ned Kelly in my undoctored  photo. (Death of Sergeant Kennedy by Sydney Nolan) |
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Oct 14 2010, 11:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That's no Crocodile Dundee! A virtual Mars Bar for the first person to correctly identify the shadow in my picture.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 14 2010, 11:31 PM
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Phil my gut reaction was that your's was a nod to Freddie Krueger but his hat was a Fedora - that shadow looks more of like an Abe Lincoln style to me but the rim is a bit weird.
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Oct 14 2010, 11:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Oh no, there's a strong Aussie connection. In fact, I once told an Australian woman that this person (the shadow) was my main source of information about Australia. She was very deeply offended (as I had anticipated).
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 14 2010, 11:41 PM
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Whatever happened to "Keeping UMSF at an 'impressively high level"? |
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Oct 14 2010, 11:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Oh yeah, I forgot about that...
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 14 2010, 11:53 PM
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Wild guess -- it's the hat of Sherlock Holmes?
***and yes, this thread is side-tracked -- for scientific investigations 
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Oct 15 2010, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
What else can we do when there are no pictures from Mars?
Sherlock Holmes? What's antipodal about him? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 15 2010, 12:59 AM
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Okay, gotta beg a hint: Is this related to a media and/or cultural figure in the UK or Canada? I'm totally at a loss here!
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Oct 15 2010, 01:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4513 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
British... with Ozzie roots... and there's a clue in the filename...
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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