Forum Game - Where's That Landmark? Part 2

[Borek]

Strange, the bottle near Bird's Egg can is missing.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I'm pretty sure I would have spent countless hours searching around Hamburg for Mendelssohn's birth place. Thank you, edward!

Some beautiful music, for our listening pleasure, while we are waiting for edward:

Thanks Om; I've already scheduled the Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo from the same suite for one of our chamber orchestra concerts, on 7 Feb next year.

And yes, I wonder about those lost Brahms quartets. My wife and I have often played the surviving Brahms quartets (along with two other players, of course), and they are great works.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Strange, the bottle near Bird's Egg can is missing.

I see what you mean. It looks as if this "frozen in time" place is somewhat dynamic!

 

[OmCheeto]

The artist who created the original picture grew up only a few miles from where I grew up.

Really? I have ancestors who came from Chichester, just 14 miles away from where George was born.

Such a small world.

 

[edward]

The occupants of the landmark apparently had a taste for bottled pickles.

The last time the landmark was in the news several cases of really old whiskey were involved.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Really? I have ancestors who came from Chichester, just 14 miles away from where George was born.

Such a small world.

I grew up in the village of Bedhampton, near Havant, and I now run the Havant Orchestras, where we have several players from the Chichester area, although I now live a bit further away, in the Valley Park area of Chandlers Ford near Eastleigh. For a while I went to Portsmouth Grammar School, which is in Old Portsmouth, right next to Southsea, where George grew up, although after that I went to Winchester instead. My father's line lived mostly in south Hampshire since about 1770, and my mother's paternal line also lived in Gosport, Portsmouth and Havant.

 

[edward]

The man the landmark is named after also took along the first automobile to the area.

Google images is difficult to defeat. To get this image past Google I sprayed graffiti, and removed part of the driver.

Nothing worked until I removed the right front wheel and replaced it with one of my own design.

http://i62.tinypic.com/wbdtgp.jpg

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The man the landmark is named after also took along the first automobile to the area.

Google images is difficult to defeat. To get this image past Google I sprayed graffiti, and removed part of the driver.

Nothing worked until I removed the right front wheel and replaced it with one of my own design.

I think you're trying too hard. One can barely read that it says "Day with the Motor Car on the Sea Ice"!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

As far as I know, I'm not related to the man who first took him there and later led the competing expedition.

 

[OmCheeto]

This reminds me of the old "What's My Line" TV show.

Would your name be Scott?
Yes.
Would this place have been south of the equator?
Yes.
Were you trying to reach the south pole?
Yes.
Did you eat meals prepared with "Bird's concentrated egg powder", which was manufactured by the "Alfred Bird and Sons, Ltd" company of Birmingham England? And was the powder actually not made of eggs?
Yes, and yes.
Is this the website from which we determined that bottles have been moved?
Yes.

Is this the "Scott[/PLAIN] hut" on the Ross Island of Antarctica, used first by Scott and then later, by several of Shackleton's Ross Sea party?
Yes.

ps. One of the missing bottles, there were two, appears to have been labeled "Moir's Plum" something or other. Moir's is a South African company which is almost 100 years old:

The History of Moir's
...
Even Captain Robert Falcon Scott[no relation to Jonathan], on his heroic yet tragic expedition to the South Pole, was familiar with the name. When his abandoned base camp was discovered in the ice forty years later, cans of Moir's foods were found in perfect condition.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Is this the "Scott[/PLAIN] hut" on the Ross Island of Antarctica, used first by Scott and then later, by several of Shackleton's Ross Sea party?

I've been assuming it's not the Scott Hut but rather Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds.

 

[OmCheeto]

I've been assuming it's not the Scott Hut but rather Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds.

I've never been there, but my cousin-in-law spent a summer at McMurdo Station. I'll see if I can get his opinion.

 

[edward]

I've been assuming it's not the Scott Hut but rather Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds.

You are correct sir. Shackleton took the first automobile to Antarctica. It will spend all eternity trapped in a crevace in the ice. In 2006 there were numerous cases of whiskey found under the floor of the Shackleton's hut.

Scott's hut is only 26 miles away.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.55...3m3!1sIOpxazFg6mE9O-qaLRC_uQ!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US

This is an interesting panoramic picture. You can even go in and out of the door.

 

[edward]

I've never been there, but my cousin-in-law spent a summer at McMurdo Station. I'll see if I can get his opinion.

I have a friend who wintered over at the "Old Byrd" station. That was the one that eventually collapsed under the weight of the snow. He was there in the early 60's to study the psychology of isolation for NASA.

Those old Antarctic stations sometimes move around.

Admiral Richard Byrd’s “Little America III” station, built in Antarctic in 1940, was spotted by a Navy icebreaker sticking out of the side of this floating iceberg in the Antarctic’s Ross Sea, on March 13, 1963. The old outpost was buried beneath 25 feet of snow, 300 miles away from its original location. A helicopter pilot flew in close and reported cans and supplies still stacked neatly on shelves.

There is a picture in the link.

http://www.wodumedia.com/50-years-ago-the-world-in-1963/admiral-richard-byrds-little-america-iii-station-built-in-antarctic-in-1940-was-spotted-by-a-navy-icebreaker-sticking-out-of-the-side-of-this-floating-iceberg-in-the-antarctics-ross-sea-on/

 

[OmCheeto]

You are correct sir. Shackleton took the first automobile to Antarctica. It will spend all eternity trapped in a crevace in the ice. In 2006 there were numerous cases of whiskey found under the floor of the Shackleton's hut.

Scott's hut is only 26 miles away.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.55...3m3!1sIOpxazFg6mE9O-qaLRC_uQ!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US

This is an interesting panoramic picture. You can even go in and out of the door.

Drats!

I was so sure of myself...

hmmm...

They sure do look alike.

Perhaps they had the same architect.

Scott's Hut was prefabricated in England before being brought south by ship.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Google seems to have the same image for the outside of both. Perhaps one wasn't suitable, so they used the other as it is similar.

Now I've actually named the place, I guess I'd better find another landmark, but it's late in the day here so I'll do that tomorrow.

 

[edward]

Scott's hut:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.63...3m3!1sAfGF5tFC13NdN-qI2yHC8Q!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US

Shackleton's hut:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.55...3m3!1sUK5uoZmZ2JZr031JLR_WSQ!2e0!3e2?hl=en-US

To confuse the issue even further there is the Discovery hut which was built by Scott on his first expedition.

The one called Scott's hut was built on his second expedition, but was used by Shackleton's men on a later expedition.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, next one, unrelated to anything recent (but shouldn't be difficult):

 

[OmCheeto]

OK, next one, unrelated to anything recent (but shouldn't be difficult):

It took seconds to figure out what "it" is, but, apparently I don't know the proper American to British translation to plug into google for the "where".

What's the British term for amusement park? A Jolly park?

ps. The last landmark was very entertaining. I looked up "Irish Brawn", and decided you have very strange swine:

For the brawn
1 pig's head, ears removed and quartered
6 pig's trotters

You have six legged pigs?

And:

2. For the brawn: using a blowtorch, burn any excess hairs on the pig's head - especially around the snout.

Methinks that there are few people here in the colonies that could do this. We purchase only vine ripened swine from the market.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

It took seconds to figure out what "it" is, but, apparently I don't know the proper American to British translation to plug into google for the "where".

What's the British term for amusement park? A Jolly park?

It's not really an amusement park (which is a perfectly good British term).

If you describe what you are seeing, you might find a picture of it, or the very amusing Youtube video of its predecessor.

 

[Borg]

It's not really an amusement park (which is a perfectly good British term).

If you describe what you are seeing, you might find a picture of it, or the very amusing Youtube video of its predecessor.

I don't have a puzzle so I'll let someone else solve it but, I found the video.

 

[Borek]

Right wing contains the most important clue, but it can be difficult to read if you don't know what it is about. (And no, I don't have to google to know what it is, I have seen the video on tv).

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I think a lot of people know what it is, but I'm also looking for WHERE it is. Here's another picture from the same site:

 

[OmCheeto]

Ah ha! (maybe).

The World of Top Gear Exhibition at Beaulieu National Motor Museum

Address: John Montagu Bldg, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7ZN, United Kingdom
Phone:+44 1590 612345
Hours: Open today · 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

The shuttle looking thing is of course the Robin Reliant Shuttle.

Of which, I've just finished watching the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM​

Excellent work!

I played the video game yesterday. I could play it all day.

Top Gear Rocket Robin Game

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Ah ha! (maybe).

The World of Top Gear Exhibition at Beaulieu National Motor Museum

The shuttle looking thing is of course the Robin Reliant Shuttle.

Absolutely right. My son is a Top Gear addict and loves visiting that exhibition. The other vehicle I showed is the Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang car, which is in the main museum, as viewed from the monorail which runs through it.

Your turn.

 

[OmCheeto]

Absolutely right. My son is a Top Gear addict and loves visiting that exhibition. The other vehicle I showed is the Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang car, which is in the main museum, as viewed from the monorail which runs through it.

Your turn.

Yay!

And after watching the video, I can see why your son is an addict.

Ok then. I'm going back to lisab's "Famous Silesians" theme, as, being part Silesian, and having had a PF title once, I decided I am/was somewhat of a famous Silesian myself.

I couldn't find this famous person's birth house, so I plopped the Google Earth "street view" guy onto the city's marker, and saw this:

I'm just after the city's name here, of course.

 

[Borek]

Strzyżenie psów

 

[OmCheeto]

Strzyżenie psów

You can read that?! I spent hours trying to get a closer look, but could never make out what it said. I was hoping I could fool you.

Wait a minute. I read "Wzxyj'zblah Woblah".

hmmmm...

 

[Jonathan Scott]

And right underneath that it says "0 517 962 127", as I'm sure Borek can confirm.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

And you had difficulty working out where he was Born, eh?