Where in the World #268 - A Meeting of Minds

P'ter · Aug 15 2010, 11:19 AM

Off you jolly well go ...

jube · Aug 15 2010, 05:29 PM

Great pic, P'ter

A waterfront restaurant?

Lily · Aug 15 2010, 05:32 PM

Is is an amusement arcade?

P'ter · Aug 15 2010, 05:59 PM

Jube: well .. a waterfront cafe.

Lily: not in this photo. The arcade is actually on land in the building you have to go through to get out on the pier.

Greenrider Tresa · Aug 15 2010, 06:58 PM

California?

semantre · Aug 15 2010, 07:32 PM

Europe?

kevia · Aug 15 2010, 09:00 PM

USA?

P'ter · Aug 16 2010, 04:00 AM

semantre: yes;

therefore everybody else: .....

***Hans*** · Aug 16 2010, 05:42 AM

In the UK?

semantre · Aug 16 2010, 11:10 AM

France?

***Anneli*** · Aug 16 2010, 03:58 PM

England?

jube · Aug 16 2010, 05:39 PM

Spain?

P'ter · Aug 16 2010, 06:01 PM

Anneli: yes;

therefore Hans: yes;

Jube & semantre: no.

Lily · Aug 16 2010, 06:16 PM

South Coast England?

***Hans*** · Aug 17 2010, 02:31 AM

West coast?

Kath · Aug 17 2010, 03:04 AM

East coast? [That sun looks a lot more like it's rising than setting. Fewer people around at dawn than at dusk...]

-of course, there IS one spot on the east coast with a pier where you can watch the sun set over water, so I could be both wrong and right on this one!

P'ter · Aug 17 2010, 03:45 AM

Kath: yes (but not that one place);

Therefore all others: nay

***Hans*** · Aug 17 2010, 09:49 AM

South of Hull?

P'ter · Aug 17 2010, 09:56 AM

Yes

Kath · Aug 17 2010, 10:12 AM

South of The Wash?

***Hans*** · Aug 17 2010, 01:46 PM

(narrow it down together)

North of Kings Lynn?

jube · Aug 17 2010, 06:03 PM

Along Holbeach-St Matthew?

P'ter · Aug 17 2010, 06:44 PM

Kath: yes;

Hans: (therefore) no;

Jube: Holbeach is inland! Nearest pier is Skegness and no it's not that one.

jube · Aug 18 2010, 02:31 AM

Southwold Pier?

P'ter · Aug 18 2010, 05:18 AM

Jube: yes (you're second: Kath PM'd me yesterday.)

The original pier was built in 1900. It was shortened from around 200 yards to around 75 yards in 1939 to stop the Germans from landing on it. My mother remembers swimming round the end of it (accompanied by a friendly fishermen in his boat) and her older siblings used to go on holiday by sea from London to Southwold while the rest of the family went by train)

In 1951 the bad storms (and floods) broke a chunk out of the middle of what was left. I remember a USAF pilot flying his jet through the gap and ripping out the electric cable that fed the safety light out on the end of the "island".

This full 200 yard replacement was built in 2000 and has just been put up for sale at £6M.

semantre · Aug 18 2010, 02:18 PM

Good job Jube and Kath!

jube · Aug 18 2010, 05:43 PM

Thanks, semantre. Well done to Kath for getting it first though

Aug 15 2010, 11:19 AM	#1
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Where in the World #268 Off you jolly well go ... __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 15 2010, 05:32 PM	#3
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #268 Is is an amusement arcade? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Aug 15 2010, 05:59 PM	#4
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Jube: well .. a waterfront cafe. Lily: not in this photo. The arcade is actually on land in the building you have to go through to get out on the pier. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 15 2010, 06:58 PM	#5
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Fan of: The Ship Who Searched Now Reading: The Calhoun Collection, Nora Roberts	Re: Where in the World #268 California? __________________ Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist

Aug 15 2010, 07:32 PM	#6
semantre Dragonrider Candidate Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern Series Now Reading: Whatever I can get my hands on	Re: Where in the World #268 Europe?

Aug 15 2010, 05:29 PM	#2
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #268 Great pic, P'ter A waterfront restaurant? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Aug 15 2010, 09:00 PM	#7
kevia Ballybran Resident Tuner Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in the USA Gender: F Fan of: Nimisha's Ship Now Reading: Crystal Line	Re: Where in the World #268 USA? __________________ Kevia

Aug 16 2010, 04:00 AM	#8
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 semantre: yes; therefore everybody else: ..... __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 16 2010, 05:42 AM	#9
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Where in the World #268 In the UK? __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Aug 16 2010, 11:10 AM	#10
semantre Dragonrider Candidate Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern Series Now Reading: Whatever I can get my hands on	Re: Where in the World #268 France?

Aug 16 2010, 03:58 PM	#11
*Anneli* Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Shropshire Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dragonflight	Re: Where in the World #268 England?

Aug 16 2010, 05:39 PM	#12
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #268 Spain? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Aug 16 2010, 06:01 PM	#13
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Anneli: yes; therefore Hans: yes; Jube & semantre: no. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 16 2010, 06:16 PM	#14
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #268 South Coast England? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Aug 17 2010, 02:31 AM	#15
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Where in the World #268 West coast? __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Aug 17 2010, 03:04 AM	#16
Kath Starsmith Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oop North Fan of: Moreta	Re: Where in the World #268 East coast? [That sun looks a lot more like it's rising than setting. Fewer people around at dawn than at dusk...] -of course, there IS one spot on the east coast with a pier where you can watch the sun set over water, so I could be both wrong and right on this one!

Aug 17 2010, 03:45 AM	#17
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Kath: yes (but not that one place); Therefore all others: nay __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 17 2010, 09:49 AM	#18
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Where in the World #268 South of Hull? __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Aug 17 2010, 09:56 AM	#19
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Yes __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 17 2010, 10:12 AM	#20
Kath Starsmith Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oop North Fan of: Moreta	Re: Where in the World #268 South of The Wash?

Aug 17 2010, 01:46 PM	#21
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Where in the World #268 (narrow it down together) North of Kings Lynn? __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Aug 17 2010, 06:03 PM	#22
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #268 Along Holbeach-St Matthew? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Aug 17 2010, 06:44 PM	#23
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Kath: yes; Hans: (therefore) no; Jube: Holbeach is inland! Nearest pier is Skegness and no it's not that one. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 18 2010, 02:31 AM	#24
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #268 Southwold Pier? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Aug 18 2010, 05:18 AM	#25
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: avidly	Re: Where in the World #268 Jube: yes (you're second: Kath PM'd me yesterday.) The original pier was built in 1900. It was shortened from around 200 yards to around 75 yards in 1939 to stop the Germans from landing on it. My mother remembers swimming round the end of it (accompanied by a friendly fishermen in his boat) and her older siblings used to go on holiday by sea from London to Southwold while the rest of the family went by train) In 1951 the bad storms (and floods) broke a chunk out of the middle of what was left. I remember a USAF pilot flying his jet through the gap and ripping out the electric cable that fed the safety light out on the end of the "island". This full 200 yard replacement was built in 2000 and has just been put up for sale at £6M. __________________ "Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) The Pedants are revolting! (against bad grammar)

Aug 18 2010, 02:18 PM	#26
semantre Dragonrider Candidate Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern Series Now Reading: Whatever I can get my hands on	Re: Where in the World #268 Good job Jube and Kath!

Aug 18 2010, 05:43 PM	#27
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #268 Thanks, semantre. Well done to Kath for getting it first though __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

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