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(Message started by: jollytall on Dec 10th, 2006, 4:21am)
Title: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Dec 10th, 2006, 4:21am
Following the example in Japan (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1155211379) we started our journey around the world in Great Britain (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1157473314). We are now just over 80 days and saw nine great destinations besides GB in Hungary (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1157524526), Egypt (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1157657248), India (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1159951718), Malaysia (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1161801168), Australia (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1162134956), Brazil (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1162972426), the US (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1163186906) and Canada (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=what_am_i;action=display;num=1164229811). Finally we are back to Great Britain again.

Here are my last four postcards from this journey.

First postcard:
Do you like the music of Rod Stewart and Gavin Sutherland?

Second postcard:
See attachment:

Third postcard:
Shall I bring you a cup of tea?

Fourth postcard:
Since I moved back to GB, I like Whisky more than anything else.

So, let's meet.

P.S. To make it more difficult for the enemy agents (and those don't have the solution) and to have a bit more fun, let's still use the absolute GPS positions instead of a descriptive solution.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by Iceman on Dec 10th, 2006, 7:59am

on 12/10/06 at 04:21:20, jollytall wrote:
Fourth postcard:
Since I moved back to GB, I like Whisky more than anything else.

You must be in Scotland!    ::)
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by grungy on Dec 12th, 2006, 2:16am
Well.. Rod Stewart was [hide]born in Highgate, London, [/hide][hide]England[/hide] (thanks to Wikipedia) and Gavin Sutherland was [hide]born in Peterhead, Scotland... [/hide]
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Dec 21st, 2006, 12:19am
It is so sad that after all that long travel we cannot meet at the final destination.

I am lonely. Please meet me before Christmas eve...
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Dec 25th, 2006, 10:50am
Needless to say, I was said to be alone in GB for Christmas. Please join me. If you need some help, please let me know. Although one of the cards is much more than a hint, it practically gives away the solution in one go. Yes, I know it is the most difficult one.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 7th, 2007, 6:37am
It seems you need a bit of a help.

So in
#1, the and is an AND.
#2 gives away the solution immediately (but I don't think many of you know what it is).
#3 take it literally (not the shall and the cup though).
#4 Actually it is the other way round. Those who drink whiskey like me.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 11th, 2007, 12:06pm
I am so sad. The first 10 were solved in no time. Now the last one even after some spoilers is still unsolved. So I have to give really big hints. Please try without them, or using only few.

#1. [hide]What is the title of the song that both of them contributed. So it is a real AND.[/hide]
#2. [hide]If you do not know the title of the painting, and cannot find it, then this is really not a big help. But can be excellent to double check your solution, once you have it.[/hide]
#3. [hide]Who brought tea?[/hide]
#3. double help. [hide]Actually "What", not "Who".[/hide]
#4. [hide]And a big transformation, from bringing tea into whiskey.[/hide]
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by Three Hands on Jan 11th, 2007, 11:54pm
Well, if it helps anyone, #1 would be [hide]Sailing[/hide], but I'm not sure where that leads to...
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by kwaku on Jan 12th, 2007, 12:56am
ok,

I got [hideb]sailing[/hideb], but then there's 2: [hideb]a highlander on a white horse. Hmm. [/hideb] 3 is [hideb]ships (it was the Dutch and the Portuguese that brought tea to Europe on ships)[/hideb] and then there's 4: Something with [hideb]smuggling?[/hideb]

ok, there's a shipwreck in Scotland called the San Tiburico (also known as "San Ti", get it? Tea?) and there's a company called White Horse that takes you there. I'm pretty sure that's not the answer, but it's would have been a really nice answer!
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 12th, 2007, 4:03am
Finally some good steps into the right direction. But not there yet.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by Miles on Jan 12th, 2007, 6:04am
I keep thinking [hide]Skye[/hide] - as in [hide]Bonnie Prince Charlie / Skye Boat Song[/hide], but I'm not sure if that's him in the picture
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by Miles on Jan 15th, 2007, 1:48am
Jollytall - I think we need some more help
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by kwaku on Jan 15th, 2007, 3:36am
maybe an extra hint on the guy on the horse?
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 15th, 2007, 6:50am
OK, I sort of give up. So:

Sailing, bringing tea, but  recently more a whiskey.

Keep the picture as a double check once you know the solution. Just enter the solution plus "painting" in google images and you will immediately know whether you were right or wrong.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 19th, 2007, 12:34pm
Ok, so you really want the painting. Then don't look at the man on the hoarse. Instead look at what she is wearing.
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by kwaku on Jan 20th, 2007, 4:01pm
[hideb]Cutty sark!!!!!![/hideb]
sailing + whiskey should really have been enough!!
Title: Re: Where am I? - In Great Britain again
Post by jollytall on Jan 21st, 2007, 1:44am
I thought so too. But sailing, bringing tea and then a whiskey, should have been really enough.

Anyway better later than never.


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