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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
AlanK #24147 05/19/12 05:03 PM
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What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119):

The place has been referred to as El Dorado, but the gold comes in identical, discrete units.

Is this the fabled school of hard knocks?

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I'd characterize it as a far-away place that has proven to be an incredible concentration of talent.

Talent with fortitude? Wasn't OddJob employed there for a short period?


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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
wagga #24149 05/19/12 06:42 PM
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Talent with fortitude? Wasn't OddJob employed there for a short period?

Fortitude is good. A prime characteristic is endurance, followed by a healthy dose of speed.

I don't associate OddJob with the place, but maybe I need to watch Goldfinger again. It's been a long time.

Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
wagga #24153 05/19/12 08:38 PM
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Too many buildings, too few wings, and two few engines to be the Wright Brothers. Plus it has a Euro look.

Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
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Too many buildings, too few wings, and two few engines to be the Wright Brothers. Plus it has a Euro look.


Single engine, 2 chain-driven props.



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Oops! I meant to write "too few engines." But I provided an excuse for a pic of the Wright Brothers. Meanwhile, that other aircraft looked like it had no engine at all.

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AlanK #24165 05/20/12 05:13 PM
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I believe that this is only the second entry representing this continent.

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What In The World Happened Here? CXVII (117):

Hap, Amelia, Jimmie D., Chuck, John G., Jacqueline, Eddie & Charles L. all present and accounted for.


Hap Arnold
Amelia Earhart
Jimmie Doolittle
Chuck Yeager
John Glenn
Jacqueline Cochrane
Eddie Rickenbacker
Charles Lindbergh

Are pilots, not all dead yet. At first I thought the wings might be a clue about the Burbank Portal to Valhalla, but it appears not.

The glider over a European city must be someone else.

too many quizzes going on for me to keep straight.

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Harvey Lankford #24172 05/20/12 08:16 PM
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too many quizzes going on for me to keep straight.

I am trying to keep the summary up to date. I claim that there are four currently active puzzles, including the two flight-related ones.

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Single engine, 2 chain-driven props.



speaking of flight, that picture harkens us all the way back to
nearly the beginning, WITWHH VI (6)
http://www.whitneyzone.com/wz/ubbthreads.php/topics/12513#Post12513

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there are 151 pairs of 10 inch wings

ok - Alan/Riverside and Wagga/mission were blatant clues.
went supersonic over my head.

Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
AlanK #24226 05/22/12 01:31 PM
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Perhaps the most famous of many famous residents.

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Perhaps the most famous of many famous residents.



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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
wagga #24286 05/23/12 08:01 PM
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Cold. It's cold. It's cold. Or at least I was cold.

Finally, I tried "glider low over town" and added possible countries, one by one. Brute force solution to a puzzle about an elegant plot.

And the launching ramp is even in the picture. I had no idea what that was!

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Eva thinks we should give out another clue about her little church, but that would be redundant.

You should comment on the Yorkshire pudding picture, though.

Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXIX (119)
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Originally Posted By: AlanK
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What In The World Happened Here? CXXII (122):


Cold. It's cold. It's cold. Or at least I was cold.

Finally, I tried "glider low over town" and added possible countries, one by one. Brute force solution to a puzzle about an elegant plot.

And the launching ramp is even in the picture. I had no idea what that was!


Birdmen soaring

What In The World Happened Here? CXXIII (123)
Harvey Lankford #24344 05/25/12 08:07 PM
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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXXIII (123)
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What In The World Happened Here? CXXIII (123):

This is a deep puzzle. Nothing springs to mind. Any collegiate advice available?


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Re: What In The World Happened Here? CXXIII (123)
wagga #24379 05/27/12 09:30 AM
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What In The World Happened Here? CXXIII (123):

This is a deep puzzle. Nothing springs to mind. Any collegiate advice available?

I'll help by picking an easier one next time. laugh

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