Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 8 2007, 05:37 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 8 2007, 05:30 PM
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Re: Where in the World #116
Yup, it's the Bastei Bridge, and the river involved is the Elbe river flowing on the other side of those rocks and thus blocked from sight. We call pretty much anything that's remotely mountainous...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 8 2007, 10:53 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 7 2007, 09:27 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 7 2007, 09:25 AM
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Re: Where in the World #116
That map is different from the one I looked at when P'ter asked, so I checked again whether it could be within the "temporary contests" within Germany. The answer is: It's borderland. The foreground...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 7 2007, 09:15 AM
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Re: Where in the World #116
Yup. We Germans were more successful than the Gauls in keeping Cesar's legions at bay. Or more specifically: south-west of the Rhine and Danube rivers - some parts of Germany were part of the Roman...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 7 2007, 01:36 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 6 2007, 10:51 AM
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Where in the World #116
http://annkatrin.familierose.net/fotos/steine.jpg
One of my favorite vacation spots! Sadly I hardly ever get time to get there any more... ~sigh~
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 6 2007, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 6,887
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 4 2007, 12:43 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 1 2007, 11:10 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Sep 1 2007, 03:07 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 30 2007, 07:01 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 29 2007, 07:29 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 20 2007, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,673
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 20 2007, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,673
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 18 2007, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,673
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Forum: Where in the World?
Aug 10 2007, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 515
Views: 107,223
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 30 2007, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,084
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 30 2007, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 8,484
Re: Chocolate on Pern?
Actually, theoretically they could make white chocolate with another vegetable fat than cocoa butter (e.g. nut or coconut butter). I think that would be entirely possible to do on Pern, except they...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 30 2007, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 61
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Re: Chocolate on Pern?
I seem to remember a mention in Dragonsdawn (or was it the DLG?) that neither chocolate nor coffee plants grew on Pern, which made the candy and coffee stores so much more valuable. Wasn't there the...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 30 2007, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 28 2007, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 24 2007, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,015
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 7 2007, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,018
Re: Where in the World #107
Hehe, well, it looks like it's Hans Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island). I wonder, what does it take to have an island named after you? ;)
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 6 2007, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 49
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Re: Where in the World #107
Is the country that is disputing that it belongs to Canada Denmark by any chance? (If yes I think I know who's island it is.) :grin:
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 6 2007, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,018
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 5 2007, 09:13 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 5 2007, 01:50 AM
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Views: 9,018
Re: Where in the World #107
Hm, not an ocean, not a sea, not a lake, and not a river... Maybe we should start asking questions about the non-watery part. Is the white stuff in the picture chalk?
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 4 2007, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 9,018
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jul 3 2007, 11:06 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 29 2007, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,136
Re: Where in the World #106
Thanks to a combination of good timing and lucky circumstances! We went in October after the summer crowd died down and basically were in front of the gates when they opened up and among the first...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 28 2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 27
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Re: Where in the World #106
Hehe, yes, there's plenty of rides. We went there in Fall on a day that was forecasted to be rainy (but turned out really nice actually), so the lines were short enough that my dad and I managed to...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 28 2007, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 28 2007, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,136
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 27 2007, 12:08 AM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 26 2007, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 26 2007, 06:58 PM
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 26 2007, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,136
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 25 2007, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 25 2007, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 515
Views: 107,223
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 25 2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jun 25 2007, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,773
Re: You've GOT to be kidding me!
Horse poop seems to be an absolute necessity for your toy horse farm (http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/ViewProductDetail-Detail?ProductRef=4190%40Sites-DE), too. I saw...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 25 2007, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 24 2007, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 27
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Where in the World #106
Another weekend has gone by without a sign from Apo, so I'm posting the next WitW picture. Where was I when I was screaming my lungs out on this thing? If we have any coaster freaks, this might be...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 23 2007, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,499
Re: Where in the World #105
Where's Apo? :confused: It's been more than a week now since her last post... Can I start #106 until she's back?
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Forum: Café Archives
Jun 22 2007, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,970
Re: Reading speed?
I'm a slower reader than most people when reading in English simply because it is a second language for me and thus takes more concentration than if I read in my native language. When I started...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 19 2007, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,499
Re: Where in the World #105
Or maybe it is along the line of the Trans-Mongolian Express from Moscow to Bejing? I can't seem to find an exact map of the railroad as it goes through Hebei...
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 19 2007, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,499
Re: Where in the World #105
My guess is if it's north of Bejing, it probably also is north of the Great Wall since it is running around the northern edges of Bejing. Is it straight north from Bejing, or more northwest/northeast?
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Forum: Where in the World?
Jun 11 2007, 04:00 AM
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Replies: 56
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