Where in the World #277 - A Meeting of Minds

AnnMarie · Nov 18 2010, 07:36 PM

Okay folksies...go for it!

P'ter · Nov 19 2010, 03:40 AM

On the banks of an American river?

AnnMarie · Nov 19 2010, 01:32 PM

Pter..No

P'ter · Nov 19 2010, 01:57 PM

North of the Mason-Dixie Line?

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 19 2010, 03:41 PM

East coast of the US?

Brenda · Nov 20 2010, 12:04 AM

In the US?

Lily · Nov 20 2010, 05:33 AM

I dont care where it is, I loves it

South of the Mason/Dixon line?

AnnMarie · Nov 20 2010, 01:38 PM

P'ter...yes
Tresa...yes, technically
Therefore Brenda...yes
Lily...no

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 20 2010, 02:40 PM

One of ot eh original 13 colonies?

***Hans*** · Nov 21 2010, 06:13 AM

It's got that feeling...

In a Confederate State?

P'ter · Nov 21 2010, 11:27 AM

Delaware?

AnnMarie · Nov 21 2010, 11:39 AM

Tresa...yes
Hans ... all the Confederate states are south of the Mason-Dixon line, so no
P'ter, no, not Deleware

***Hans*** · Nov 21 2010, 02:25 PM

New York State?

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 21 2010, 03:23 PM

Massachusettes?

jube · Nov 21 2010, 04:10 PM

Pennsylvania?

AnnMarie · Nov 21 2010, 09:25 PM

Hans, yes
SO...Tresa and Jube...nope

jube · Nov 21 2010, 09:57 PM

Part of a school?

Lily · Nov 22 2010, 04:15 AM

Can the public visit freely

AnnMarie · Nov 22 2010, 06:47 AM

Jube...no
Lily...free of charge,

jube · Nov 22 2010, 07:37 AM

Public library then?

***Hans*** · Nov 22 2010, 10:41 AM

Birthplace/living place of somebody famous?

Brenda · Nov 22 2010, 10:51 AM

Built before 1900?

AnnMarie · Nov 22 2010, 11:38 AM

Jube...no
Hans... at this point "infamous" might be closer.
Brenda: yes

***Hans*** · Nov 22 2010, 01:48 PM

Does "at this point" mean he/she is not an historical figure?

Lily · Nov 22 2010, 02:47 PM

Museum?

Greenrider Tresa · Nov 22 2010, 03:23 PM

Near the coast?

AnnMarie · Nov 22 2010, 07:10 PM

Hans...in a limited sense
Lily...no
Tresa...no

I may need to define an earlier answer, when P'ter asked if it was on a river. It is NOT on the river, but when it was built, you could have seen the river from the upper porch and windows.

Lily · Nov 22 2010, 07:41 PM

Is the birth/living place of an infamous person we are looking for, well known for somewhat shady deeds perhaps on the wrong side of the law?

Lily · Nov 22 2010, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lily

Can the public visit freely

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnMarie

Jube...no
Lily...free of charge,

Were you asking me to clarify whether the public could visit free of charge?

I meant, was it now a public building where people could visit, for any reason

Lily · Nov 22 2010, 10:06 PM

PM sent
Ignore last two posts

***Hans*** · Nov 23 2010, 09:41 AM

In Albany?

P'ter · Nov 23 2010, 01:13 PM

Well it's not the birthplace of JFK or Nixon...

I asked about river because there's a length of rope on the right of the photo, so I wondered whether it had been 'shot' from the water...

Is that a sentry in the porch?

AnnMarie · Nov 23 2010, 06:18 PM

Lily's PM was correct! Good detective work, Lily!

Hans... yes, it is in Albany
P'ter... what you see sitting on the porch is a SCARECROW with a pumpkin head.... the picture was taken in October....

AnnMarie · Nov 24 2010, 08:09 AM

We now have three corret answers. I will wait until tonight before unveiling the answer...unless those who haven't gotten it want to keep trying a few more days... let me know.

AnnMarie · Nov 25 2010, 06:56 PM

Okay, the answer revealed:

It's the NY state Governor's Mansion, currently home to Patterson the Peabrained. Andrew Como, it's next inhabitant, spent part of his growing years there while his dad was governor. Prior to 1877, governors of New York did not have an official residence in Albany. After Governor Samuel J. Tilden rented 138 Eagle Street for two years, Governor Lucius Robinson convinced the State Legislature to buy the house Originally built in 1856, the Executive Mansion reflects the many different styles of the last half of the 19th century. The first house on this site was a simple Italianate structure that was renovated in the in 1860’s into a home with elaborate Second Empire details.

As years passed and as tastes changed and families grew, the Mansion evolved from a simple two-story house into the picturesque Queen Anne style building it is today. In 1971 the Executive Mansion and its grounds earned a place on the National Historic Register.

P'ter, I took the picture from the Aquaduck on Halloween, which is why you see part of the rope there...it's on one of the life preservers on the duck.

Nov 18 2010, 07:36 PM	#1
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Where in the World #277 Okay folksies...go for it! __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 19 2010, 01:32 PM	#3
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Pter..No __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 19 2010, 01:57 PM	#4
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Where in the World #277 North of the Mason-Dixie Line? __________________ "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 To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 19 2010, 03:41 PM	#5
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Where in the World #277 East coast of the US? __________________ 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

Nov 20 2010, 12:04 AM	#6
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 In the US? __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Nov 19 2010, 03:40 AM	#2
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: WitW 277 On the banks of an American river? __________________ "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 To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 20 2010, 05:33 AM	#7
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 I dont care where it is, I loves it South of the Mason/Dixon line? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Nov 20 2010, 01:38 PM	#8
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 P'ter...yes Tresa...yes, technically Therefore Brenda...yes Lily...no __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 20 2010, 02:40 PM	#9
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Where in the World #277 One of ot eh original 13 colonies? __________________ 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

Nov 21 2010, 06:13 AM	#10
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Where in the World #277 It's got that feeling... In a Confederate State? __________________ 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.

Nov 21 2010, 11:27 AM	#11
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Where in the World #277 Delaware? __________________ "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 To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 21 2010, 11:39 AM	#12
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Tresa...yes Hans ... all the Confederate states are south of the Mason-Dixon line, so no P'ter, no, not Deleware __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 21 2010, 02:25 PM	#13
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Where in the World #277 New York State? __________________ 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.

Nov 21 2010, 03:23 PM	#14
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Where in the World #277 Massachusettes? __________________ 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

Nov 21 2010, 04:10 PM	#15
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Nov 21 2010, 09:25 PM	#16
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Hans, yes SO...Tresa and Jube...nope __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 21 2010, 09:57 PM	#17
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 #277 Part of a school? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Nov 22 2010, 04:15 AM	#18
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 Can the public visit freely __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Nov 22 2010, 06:47 AM	#19
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Jube...no Lily...free of charge, __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 22 2010, 07:37 AM	#20
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 #277 Public library then? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Nov 22 2010, 10:41 AM	#21
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Where in the World #277 Birthplace/living place of somebody famous? __________________ 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.

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Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 Built before 1900? __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Nov 22 2010, 11:38 AM	#23
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Jube...no Hans... at this point "infamous" might be closer. Brenda: yes __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 22 2010, 01:48 PM	#24
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Where in the World #277 Does "at this point" mean he/she is not an historical figure? __________________ 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.

Nov 22 2010, 02:47 PM	#25
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 Museum? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Nov 22 2010, 03:23 PM	#26
Greenrider Tresa The Contrary Planetary Brain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Gender: F Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy	Re: Where in the World #277 Near the coast? __________________ 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

Nov 22 2010, 07:10 PM	#27
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Hans...in a limited sense Lily...no Tresa...no I may need to define an earlier answer, when P'ter asked if it was on a river. It is NOT on the river, but when it was built, you could have seen the river from the upper porch and windows. __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 22 2010, 07:41 PM	#28
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 Is the birth/living place of an infamous person we are looking for, well known for somewhat shady deeds perhaps on the wrong side of the law? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Nov 22 2010, 10:06 PM	#30
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #277 PM sent Ignore last two posts __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Nov 23 2010, 09:41 AM	#31
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Where in the World #277 In Albany? __________________ 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.

Nov 23 2010, 01:13 PM	#32
P'ter Crafter Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Gender: M Fan of: Favorite? Now Reading: Didius Falco Series	Re: Where in the World #277 Well it's not the birthplace of JFK or Nixon... I asked about river because there's a length of rope on the right of the photo, so I wondered whether it had been 'shot' from the water... Is that a sentry in the porch? __________________ "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 To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) More Bach than sound bite!

Nov 23 2010, 06:18 PM	#33
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Lily's PM was correct! Good detective work, Lily! Hans... yes, it is in Albany P'ter... what you see sitting on the porch is a SCARECROW with a pumpkin head.... the picture was taken in October.... __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 24 2010, 08:09 AM	#34
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 We now have three corret answers. I will wait until tonight before unveiling the answer...unless those who haven't gotten it want to keep trying a few more days... let me know. __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

Nov 25 2010, 06:56 PM	#35
AnnMarie Momma Wolf Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the Edge Gender: F Fan of: Pern and Talent Now Reading: The Name of the Rose	Re: Where in the World #277 Okay, the answer revealed: It's the NY state Governor's Mansion, currently home to Patterson the Peabrained. Andrew Como, it's next inhabitant, spent part of his growing years there while his dad was governor. Prior to 1877, governors of New York did not have an official residence in Albany. After Governor Samuel J. Tilden rented 138 Eagle Street for two years, Governor Lucius Robinson convinced the State Legislature to buy the house Originally built in 1856, the Executive Mansion reflects the many different styles of the last half of the 19th century. The first house on this site was a simple Italianate structure that was renovated in the in 1860’s into a home with elaborate Second Empire details. As years passed and as tastes changed and families grew, the Mansion evolved from a simple two-story house into the picturesque Queen Anne style building it is today. In 1971 the Executive Mansion and its grounds earned a place on the National Historic Register. P'ter, I took the picture from the Aquaduck on Halloween, which is why you see part of the rope there...it's on one of the life preservers on the duck. __________________ "...If my body dies tonight, my soul rides on the wind..." (from "The Man" by Mark Ryan/ Wuthering Heights)

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