Bike pic mission game, if anyone wants to play.
04-12-20, 10:55 AM
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Fortification Photo Fulfilled; Next Mission In Place
Nice. Hadn’t thought of missile silos.
When I was young we lived about a half a mile from a Nike missile launcher. It wasn’t buried but was out in the open. Sure glad Khrushchev and Kennedy found a way out of their spat. I’m sure we were in a blast zone.
Better as a garden ornament.
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Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
When I was young we lived about a half a mile from a Nike missile launcher. It wasn’t buried but was out in the open. Sure glad Khrushchev and Kennedy found a way out of their spat. I’m sure we were in a blast zone.
Better as a garden ornament.
Mission from Fredo_Adagio:
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
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04-14-20, 06:59 PM
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It's been awhile, how about a haunted Lighthouse?
Hueneme Lighthouse, near Ventura, not Victorian, but will Art Deco do ?
Hueneme Lighthouse, near Ventura, not Victorian, but will Art Deco do ?
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04-15-20, 05:11 AM
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I can only offer a (possibly haunted) Soviet army something (no idea what exactly it was), tying it with the previous mission 
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04-15-20, 07:23 AM
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How about if we allow this challenge another day or two? I hate to nitpick, but I had specified a large Victorian house.
There might be some debate about what is Victorian. Our local historic district made a homeowner tear up a brick walkway because they said the style was Queen Anne, not Victorian. I wouldn't have known the difference.
If you all are bored with it, I won't protest if there is a consensus to move on to something else.
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
There might be some debate about what is Victorian. Our local historic district made a homeowner tear up a brick walkway because they said the style was Queen Anne, not Victorian. I wouldn't have known the difference.
If you all are bored with it, I won't protest if there is a consensus to move on to something else.
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
04-15-20, 09:56 AM
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How about if we allow this challenge another day or two? I hate to nitpick, but I had specified a large Victorian house.
There might be some debate about what is Victorian. Our local historic district made a homeowner tear up a brick walkway because they said the style was Queen Anne, not Victorian. I wouldn't have known the difference.
If you all are bored with it, I won't protest if there is a consensus to move on to something else.
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
There might be some debate about what is Victorian. Our local historic district made a homeowner tear up a brick walkway because they said the style was Queen Anne, not Victorian. I wouldn't have known the difference.
If you all are bored with it, I won't protest if there is a consensus to move on to something else.
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
04-15-20, 10:14 AM
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The Lumber Baron Mansion. Haunted after the death of a tenant when it was an apartment building in the 70s
Mission from Fredo_Adagio:
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
Post a photo of a haunted mansion. (For the purposes of this mission, any large Victorian house will do.)
The Lumber Baron Mansion. Haunted after the death of a tenant when it was an apartment building in the 70s
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04-15-20, 10:34 AM
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04-15-20, 10:57 AM
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04-15-20, 11:05 AM
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yup. And completely out of place.
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Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
04-15-20, 11:09 AM
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04-15-20, 11:13 AM
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Next mission: A math or science themed sculpture. Not a sculpture of a scientist but something that coveys a scientific idea.
These, for example, represent a hypercube (a 3D projection of a 4D cube and a methane molecule, respectively.
These, for example, represent a hypercube (a 3D projection of a 4D cube and a methane molecule, respectively.
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
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Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
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Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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04-15-20, 02:34 PM
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
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Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
04-15-20, 02:45 PM
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Damn, I'm too late. Not entirely Victorian either, but I think the spooky factor is there. Oh well, at least I had a good 67 km ride.
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04-15-20, 04:19 PM
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Jaume Plensa is a Barcelona Artist. One of the sibling sculptures to Alchemist, Anima, is a few hundred meters from where I stayed in Barcelona. Seems like forever ago.
So in these untravelling times, something close to home that transports you, personally, to another place. Tell why. Bonus points if you have a picture you took of the other place.
(Warning, No, the local Italian restaurant does not count as like Napoli. Or other ethnic restaurant. Be creative, something that means something near but is somehow connected to something that means something far.)
Mission: Travel Near to Travel Far.
-mr. bill
So in these untravelling times, something close to home that transports you, personally, to another place. Tell why. Bonus points if you have a picture you took of the other place.
(Warning, No, the local Italian restaurant does not count as like Napoli. Or other ethnic restaurant. Be creative, something that means something near but is somehow connected to something that means something far.)
Mission: Travel Near to Travel Far.
-mr. bill
04-17-20, 02:20 AM
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A clock that shows both the local time and time in Kobe, Japan. I have never been to Japan though.
04-17-20, 01:11 PM
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Whta's the new mission?
Dan
Dan
04-18-20, 10:54 AM
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The tree really is in bloom...or was. Two days of record breaking cold does a number on blossoms (25F on Thursday and 18F on Friday)
Edit: I forgot about the record low on Easter. And what’s even worse is that the greatest peaches in the world...Palisade peaches...got hit to. As if 2020 couldn’t be made worse!
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04-19-20, 07:46 PM
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What’s the new mission?
Just want to remind posters that you when you post your picture fulfilling a mission that you need to post the new mission as well. Otherwise the mission is not complete. Not doing so stalls the games, and someone could actually preempt your post and post with a new mission.
Dan
Just want to remind posters that you when you post your picture fulfilling a mission that you need to post the new mission as well. Otherwise the mission is not complete. Not doing so stalls the games, and someone could actually preempt your post and post with a new mission.
Dan
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04-19-20, 09:09 PM
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Dog Ate My Homework.. but I finally scooped it up!
From time to time I run across opportunities for really good pics of old missions. In the spirit of Fredo_Adagio I would like to offer a few pics for your amusement only; none are current entries. (I see the mile high post-frost photo has 2 likes including one from subgrade and a _ForceD_ prompt so we're awaiting cyccommute's new mission.)
Carb and protein power only.
I did bag a magnolia and something I think is a privet. (I'm not well versed in landscape plants so if someone knows better please let me know.) However, late is late..
Magnolia beginning to bloom.
Magnolia flower.
PlantScan says this is a Glossy Privet.
Detail of Glossy Privet flowers.
Next mission is pending from cyccommute.
Carb and protein power only.
I did bag a magnolia and something I think is a privet. (I'm not well versed in landscape plants so if someone knows better please let me know.) However, late is late..
Magnolia beginning to bloom.
Magnolia flower.
PlantScan says this is a Glossy Privet.
Detail of Glossy Privet flowers.
Next mission is pending from cyccommute.
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04-20-20, 09:15 AM
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What’s the new mission?
Just want to remind posters that you when you post your picture fulfilling a mission that you need to post the new mission as well. Otherwise the mission is not complete. Not doing so stalls the games, and someone could actually preempt your post and post with a new mission.
Dan
Just want to remind posters that you when you post your picture fulfilling a mission that you need to post the new mission as well. Otherwise the mission is not complete. Not doing so stalls the games, and someone could actually preempt your post and post with a new mission.
Dan
But, here goes
Next mission: A transportation mode for carrying people that isn’t powered by an internal combustion engine that isn’t a bicycle...nor, for the clowns out there, a tricycle.
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
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Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
04-20-20, 11:39 AM
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Sheez, what's left then? Horses? Hmmmm….. Sleds? Paddle boats, boats with oars.... Aaaaaaaaa...…. Hmmmm….. sliding downa rail? LOL. bobsled or luge.... hehehehe Oh wait, electric trains... Like in San Francisco and probably other places... I'm not sure what all trains are powered by electrics and what aren't...… What's the name of the things you ride up when skiing. That's bad, I should know the name of them. I used to work at a ski hill and run them. This is what happens when you get old. You lose words. At least I do. LOL.