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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:43 PM
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New game! Figure out where this is on the Earth
Edited on Sun Feb-28-10 04:46 PM by MrScorpio


It's the old hot and cold game.

Cold is anything more than 3,000 miles, anything less than that will be varying degrees of warm. If we make it to the 51st post without a correct guess, I win

Let's play
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:46 PM
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1. is it in Utah?
as an aside, making that path took some dedication. Imagine hauling just the water up there to make the concrete
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:47 PM
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3. Freezing
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:47 PM
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5. Peru?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM
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15. freezing
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:46 PM
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2. Central Mexico?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:47 PM
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4. Frigid
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:48 PM
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6. China?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:00 PM
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10. Freezing
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:49 PM
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7. South Africa?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM
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11. Freezing
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:50 PM
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8. Chile
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM
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12. freezing
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MrsBrady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 04:54 PM
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9. Royal Gorge, Colorado n/t
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM
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13. freezing
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM
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14. Europe? (nt)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:03 PM
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16. Very warm
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:04 PM
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19. It's the paving. but the mountains ...
It's not the Dolomites. Or is it?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:05 PM
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20. Cooler
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:11 PM
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22. Tara River Canyon?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:15 PM
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26. Cooler
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:10 PM
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21. Alsatia?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:12 PM
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23. a tiny bit warmer
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:03 PM
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17. Kyrgyzstan?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:04 PM
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18. Freezing
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:13 PM
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24. Spain? Portugal? (nt)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:15 PM
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27. Hot!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:20 PM
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34. Andalusia has this kind of mountain range.
At least from what I remember.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:21 PM
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35. Cooler
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:28 PM
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37. Pyrenees?
Has to be somewhere around there ...
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:29 PM
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38. Cooler
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:40 PM
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47. Darn, then it must be in Africa already. (nt)
Edited on Sun Feb-28-10 05:41 PM by Call Me Wesley
On edit: Just saw that someone already thought of it.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:42 PM
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48. Hot
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:14 PM
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25. crete????
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:16 PM
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28. Cool
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:17 PM
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29. Andorra?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:18 PM
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30. Cooler
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:19 PM
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31. Catalonia?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:20 PM
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32. Cooler
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:20 PM
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33. China?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:21 PM
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36. Winter Wonderland
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:29 PM
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39. Tibet
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:30 PM
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40. Arctic
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:32 PM
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42. gibralter
Edited on Sun Feb-28-10 05:32 PM by vadawg
though it looks like the atlas mountains..
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:33 PM
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43. Hot
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:34 PM
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45. its north africa for sure, looks like morrocco
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:35 PM
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46. Hottest
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:44 PM
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50. bad thing is it looks familiar but i cant place it
Edited on Sun Feb-28-10 05:46 PM by vadawg
dude do me a favour email me where it is, as i go of shift soon and ill not have a computer for 4 days, this will annoy the crap out of me...
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:31 PM
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41. oh forget Tibet.
Basque country between France and Spain?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:34 PM
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44. Warmer than Tibet
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:44 PM
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49. Switzerland?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:44 PM
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51. COLD!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:46 PM
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53. You won.
Morocco, somewhere there is my last choice. ;)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:46 PM
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52. Alright, I win. The place is the Island of MADEIRA!
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9981058

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:47 PM
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54. Gibraltar?
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:48 PM
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55. Damn. lol.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:48 PM
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56. It's Madeira
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9981058
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:51 PM
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57. Next time, give us a hint!


;)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:52 PM
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59. I can be done with the hot and cold choices and a photo
Wanna do it again?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:54 PM
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60. Yup, why not. It's fun!
:hi:
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:56 PM
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61. Alright, let me spin my Google Earth and see what I come up with
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:51 PM
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58. You guys got really close with the Morocco and Portugal picks
You almost had me
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:57 PM
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62. fuck i was thinking lanzarote as well...
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