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Topic: Mystery Photo Contest
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Re: One of my favorite places while growing up.
'Tis Camden Yards. Which is where the ball park got its name. It's the biggest enclosed roundhouse ever built and really one of the wonders of the world. As I kid I got to sit in the cab of many an Allegheny, the most powerful, heaviest steam locomotives ever built, while they were turned around. Even got to drive one off and back out into the yard once.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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MangyTiger
Member (Idle past 6375 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: 07-30-2004
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Message 77 of 130 (215463)
06-08-2005 7:43 PM
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Reply to: Message 69 by jar
06-08-2005 3:24 PM
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Re: Yet another of my favorite haunts while growing up.
Again I found it on Googlemaps but I don't know what it's called. My guess would be Fort McHenry but that doesn't line with the little pink bubble for the Fort McHenry National Monument. However, now I zoom in on that bubble (C) it seems to be in the middle of a freeway!?
Oops! Wrong Planet
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Re: Yet another of my favorite haunts while growing up.
That it is. And the folk on your side of the pond are very familar with it. LOL When I was growing up it was in pretty run down shape. Sometimes we'd go out there at night and the Dads would tell us ghost stories. What a wonderful place for ghost stories.
The children huddled together in fear,
as the old man
told tales of ghosts.
And deep,
within their wide eyes
I saw a smile
sparkle.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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MangyTiger
Member (Idle past 6375 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: 07-30-2004
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Message 79 of 130 (215468)
06-08-2005 8:06 PM
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Reply to: Message 78 by jar
06-08-2005 7:49 PM
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Re: Yet another of my favorite haunts while growing up.
Actually I'd never heard of it - I got the name by Googling 'Baltimore' and 'fort'! I suspect very few Brits can tell you anything about the Revolutionary War (we mostly use the War of Independence description over here actually) - the only thing they could name relating to in any way would be the Boston Tea Party. I've always wanted to study it, just never had the time.
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Re: Yet another of my favorite haunts while growing up.
Oops! Wrong war. Ft. McHenry actually was significant during the Stupid War, the War of 1812. That's when you guys were nice enough to teach us about urban renewal. 
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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MangyTiger
Member (Idle past 6375 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: 07-30-2004
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Message 81 of 130 (215493)
06-08-2005 9:43 PM
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Reply to: Message 80 by jar
06-08-2005 8:36 PM
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Re: Yet another of my favorite haunts while growing up.
And the War of 1812 is virtually unheard of over here! We were too busy fighting Napolean to worry overmuch about some minor spat with the ex-colonials  Note to self - add War of 1812 to list of things to learn about...
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Slightly OT ...
but the War of 1812 was fascinating. Classic stupidity on all sides. The big issue on this side was that you mean folk were impressing our sailors. But two weeks before the US declared war on GB (the mouse that roared) Parliment passed an act outlawing the passage. When war was declared the ships carrying the news were met by US vessels and told to diverted to Canada and Bermuda. So... on with the War!
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1488 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: 03-20-2003
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Anyone know how to find out when the sat images were taken I googlemapped the apartment and town I used to live in; just north of my apartment I saw the big development project that included a Target and a minimall. The status of construction informed me that that particular image was from October of 2003. Obviously some of the images are newer or older than that; there's no one date for all the images but I doubt many are older than a few years.
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 84 of 130 (215528)
06-09-2005 12:06 AM
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As long as we're doing Islands
one of the neater places I've lived.
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kjsimons
Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: 06-17-2003 Member Rating: 5.3
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Message 85 of 130 (215586)
06-09-2005 9:25 AM
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Reply to: Message 84 by jar
06-09-2005 12:06 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
The Outer Banks, perhaps?
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 86 of 130 (215596)
06-09-2005 10:27 AM
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Reply to: Message 85 by kjsimons
06-09-2005 9:25 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
No, not really. Closer to you than they are.
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kjsimons
Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: 06-17-2003 Member Rating: 5.3
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Message 87 of 130 (215600)
06-09-2005 10:59 AM
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Reply to: Message 86 by jar
06-09-2005 10:27 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
Cape Canaveral Air Station then!
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Asgara
Member (Idle past 2324 days) Posts: 1783 From: Wisconsin, USA Joined: 05-10-2003
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Message 88 of 130 (215601)
06-09-2005 11:00 AM
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Reply to: Message 84 by jar
06-09-2005 12:06 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
Hilton Head
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 89 of 130 (215605)
06-09-2005 11:03 AM
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Reply to: Message 87 by kjsimons
06-09-2005 10:59 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
Nope.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 90 of 130 (215607)
06-09-2005 11:06 AM
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Reply to: Message 88 by Asgara
06-09-2005 11:00 AM
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Re: As long as we're doing Islands
Yup. I worked for Sea Pines and Charlie and Joe Fraser developing HHI and many of the later projects. He was one of the realy unique people I've been lucky enough to have known and totally changed the way folk viewed development. It wasn't a bad place to live either.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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