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Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Levyathan on January 07, 2003, 12:51:47 am
...Unless the FBI is after you, of course.

Here's my hometown and surrounding areas.

Veranópolis at night. I live 30 seconds from this place -walking, that is.
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g301.jpg)

(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g17.jpg)

General landscape view, 5 minutes from town. A large hydroelectric power plant is being built right next to that bridge.
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g14.jpg)

Ernesto Dorneles Bridge, ten minutes from town. It's the first bridge using parallel arcs (no pillars) ever built, and the third of the world in size (278 meters long). A few years ago I crossed it walking on one of the arcs.
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g15.jpg)

A small waterfall, about fifteen minutes from town. There used to be a hydroelectric power plant here, now there are just ruins.
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g12.jpg)

Três Monges waterfall, about ten minutes from town. It's 112 meters high.
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g11.jpg)

Edit: Picture descriptions are good.
Title: It's hard as hell to find pics of where I live
Post by: Knight Templar on January 07, 2003, 01:23:24 am
Spring lake - Near by, never been though

(http://www.parks.sonoma.net/springlake1.jpg)

Bodega Bay - 45 minutes away. Note: George Lucas named Dagobah after this town.

(http://cgsd.com/rlatham/BodegaBay/BodegaCoastView.jpg)

My High School - Note the Gray Sky

(http://www.phs.srcs.k12.ca.us/Assets/performingarts.jpg)

Grapes! They're friggin' everywhere (I live in sonoma county, America's "Wine Country" )

(http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0411/napa-valley-42.3.jpg)

Good o' Golden Gate

(http://www.recgov.org/energy/San%20Francisco.jpg)

Another picture of my school (From the interior)

(http://www.annyoung.net/hell.jpg)

Remind me to take some better pics sometime this weekend
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sesquipedalian on January 07, 2003, 01:54:11 am
Home (St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada):

(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/ourtown/images/lonicera.gif)

(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/ganong-building.gif)

(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/ourtown/doverlookout.gif)

(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/ourtown/images/whale.jpg)

High tide:
(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/low-tide.gif)

Low tide:  (25 foot difference)
(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/high-tide.gif)

(http://www.town.ststephen.nb.ca/generatingstn.gif)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sesquipedalian on January 07, 2003, 01:55:37 am
Current Location (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada):

UBC Campus (where I live and study):
(http://www.ubc.ca/images/main/iona.jpg)

(http://www.ubc.ca/images/main/campus_ovrhd.jpg)

Vancouver generally:
(http://www.ubc.ca/images/main/burrard_inlet.jpg)

(http://www.sans.org/northpacific/vancouver.gif)

(http://www.screensavershot.com/nature2/vancouver.jpg)

(http://www.imba.com/epics/images/vancouver.jpg)

And because no Canadian should ever miss an opportunity to promote The Sport™:

(http://www.sportserver.com/images/gallery/hockey/nhl/20020412/van0119.4.jpg)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Nico on January 07, 2003, 02:33:14 am
find my house, it's on that pic :D :
(http://www.paris-normandie.fr/dossiers/ciel/76Seine-Maritime/Yvetot1/PHyvetot1/YVETOT10.JPG)

our "oh so beautiful" round, pink church
(http://www.paris-normandie.fr/dossiers/ciel/76Seine-Maritime/Yvetot1/PHyvetot1/YVETOT11.JPG)

lots of pics: http://www.paris-normandie.fr/dossiers/ciel/76Seine-Maritime/IndexYvetot.html
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: vyper on January 07, 2003, 05:34:40 am
Hmm... here's the view from my back window...
http://www.vyper.web1000.com/pics/200102_newyear/scene.htm
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Carl on January 07, 2003, 07:20:57 am
(http://www.annyoung.net/hell.jpg)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Nico on January 07, 2003, 07:30:48 am
Quote
Originally posted by Carl
(http://www.annyoung.net/hell.jpg)


I was expecting something more original :sigh:
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: CP5670 on January 07, 2003, 08:06:54 am
http://www.rockvillemd.com

Nothing really notable about my immediate location (aside from my room, that is). One good thing is that they are building this huge array of single-family houses (some 2500) just a few streets away, so I get to see all these great construction machines at work. ;7 Washington DC is also a 25 minute drive from here. :D
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Darkage on January 07, 2003, 08:16:54 am
Our upgraded shooping center. I live 5 min from it on my bike.

(http://www.gemeentebelangenleidschendamvoorburg.nl/images/5_Leidschenhage.JPG)


The store to the right of the picture is where i worked 2 years ago.

(http://www.mrfish.nl/pleid1.jpg)


his is the Tram i take when i go to work.
http://www.htmfoto.net/lijn6rit.html
Click on the pics then you can see more stops, and also the shopping center where i work:) till the pic Halte Essesteijn
thats leidschendam:D
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Zeronet on January 07, 2003, 08:38:00 am
i live here :D

(http://www.people.ku.edu/~jwesk/Norad.jpg)

(http://sictir.org/Arhiva/170301/Images/norad.gif)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Ulundel on January 07, 2003, 08:51:42 am
I present you: Estonia - Tallinn: The medieval capital :D

(http://www.inetstrat.com/1-158cav/tallinn.jpg)

(http://www.forumtallinn.net/pictures/img01.jpg)

(http://www.eurovision-es.com/saku1.jpg)

*searches for more*
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: diamondgeezer on January 07, 2003, 09:06:24 am
(http://web.odu.edu/webroot/orgs/ao/ip/ip.nsf/files/leicester-m.JPG/$FILE/leicester-m.JPG)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Gortef on January 07, 2003, 09:24:06 am
here...

(http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/myhome.jpg)

:p
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Stunaep on January 07, 2003, 09:39:40 am
pictures from TPL, the school where I and ToT go:

(http://www.tpl.edu.ee/images/pildid/hariduse_fuajee.JPG)

(http://www.tpl.edu.ee/images/pildid/hariduse_valjast.JPG)

(http://www.tpl.edu.ee/images/Leesi.jpg)

the director of our School. Good with teachers, yet gay.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 07, 2003, 10:20:22 am
Quote
Originally posted by Gortef
here...


I never met someone who lived on a red X...
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Stealth on January 07, 2003, 11:00:56 am
hmmmmm... in the area i live:

(http://www.houstonian.freeservers.com/Images/NFL2002/stadiumpics/stadium_photo2.jpg)
The new "Reliant Stadium"... the roof opens, it's pretty neat.
http://www.houstonian.freeservers.com/WebPageLinks/nfl/main.htm

(http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/astrod02.jpg)
(http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/astrod61.jpg)
The Astrodome (that's a good picture, pity about the "click to buy this photo"... sorry, that was the best i could do)

(http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov/media/calendar/Photos/Monday/moody1.jpg)
Moody Gardens (Aquarium, zoo, IMAX theater, etc.)

that's all Houston has to offer.
Title: Re: It's hard as hell to find pics of where I live
Post by: Stealth on January 07, 2003, 11:03:57 am
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Remind me to take some better pics sometime this weekend


all the pictures you posted you didn't "take" any of them, you bummed them off other people's pages :wtf:
Title: Re: Re: It's hard as hell to find pics of where I live
Post by: Knight Templar on January 07, 2003, 11:26:55 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stealth


all the pictures you posted you didn't "take" any of them, you bummed them off other people's pages :wtf:


err... No **** sherlock...


Why are you trying to sell me your pictures?
Title: Re: Re: Re: It's hard as hell to find pics of where I live
Post by: Stealth on January 07, 2003, 11:32:04 am
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar


err... No **** sherlock...


you said
Quote
Remind me to take some better pics sometime this weekend


you're implying that you took at least SOME of those pictures.

;)
that's plagarizing other people's work :nod:
:D
Title: Re: Show us where you live!
Post by: Shrike on January 07, 2003, 11:52:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Levyathan
(http://www.veranopolis-rs.com.br/turismo_g12.jpg)
I've got a pic of this, except it has Styxx in it as well. :cool:
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Stunaep on January 07, 2003, 12:59:22 pm
post?
Title: Re: Re: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 07, 2003, 01:04:43 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Shrike
I've got a pic of this, except it has Styxx in it as well. :cool:


There's one with you in too, if you don't remember. :p
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Unknown Target on January 07, 2003, 01:08:22 pm
Right here:

One of my favorite beaches:

(http://www.visitstcroix.com/tya-chenay-bay-photo.jpg)

Christiansted harbor (I live about behind that large hill in the center of the pic):

(http://www.caribbeandreamvilla.com/st_croix_pictures/christiansted.jpg)

One more, I couldn't find any others:

(http://www.unm.edu/~pmhall/sunset.jpg)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Thorn on January 07, 2003, 01:19:56 pm
*points at Sesquipedalian's 2nd post*
I live there too....
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: SKYNET-011 on January 07, 2003, 01:45:31 pm
(http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/hires/s112e05823.jpg)

Hehehe... :mad2:
Title: Re: Re: Re: Re: It's hard as hell to find pics of where I live
Post by: Knight Templar on January 07, 2003, 05:48:52 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Stealth


you said


you're implying that you took at least SOME of those pictures.

;)
that's plagarizing other people's work :nod:
:D


... or it could imply that those pictures suck and I could take better ones this weekend, which wouldn't be plagerising at all, unless the city is somehow copywrited which would then make me an art theif. I think I could live with that.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Knight Templar on January 07, 2003, 07:24:14 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Carl
(http://www.annyoung.net/hell.jpg)


I see you are also familiar with hell...
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Setekh on January 07, 2003, 07:25:38 pm
Knock yourselves out. ;)

http://guesswhohasa.tripod.com/
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Darkage on January 07, 2003, 07:27:15 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar


I see you are also familiar with hell...



Aint we all?
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Darkage on January 07, 2003, 07:48:39 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
Knock yourselves out. ;)

http://guesswhohasa.tripod.com/



I seen steak for da first time!:D

Cool site dude!:yes: Good pictures and stuff!:)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Solatar on January 07, 2003, 07:51:28 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Zeronet
i live here :D

(http://www.people.ku.edu/~jwesk/Norad.jpg)

(http://sictir.org/Arhiva/170301/Images/norad.gif)


That second pic looks like the converted missile silo from Stargate...
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Knight Templar on January 07, 2003, 07:53:32 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Hades


That second pic looks like the converted missile silo from Stargate...


Mount. Cheyenne or whatever its called?
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: beatspete on January 08, 2003, 10:51:05 am
The club house at the golf course: (yes, wow)

(http://www.golfeurope.com/clubs/kintore/kintore.jpg)


and, the town house:

(http://www.scotiaweb.co.uk/kintore/images/townho.jpg)


 I'll try to get some of my own photos when its light tommorow, thought theres not much to see this time of year. :blah:


Edit: W00t! My crappy school! Also with a free view of the wonderful wooden houses of Kemnay.  Thankfully, i live down the road in Kintore.

(http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/kemnay.ac/graphics/kemnay.jpg)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Nobilis Draco on January 08, 2003, 05:22:44 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Hades


That second pic looks like the converted missile silo from
Stargate...


it's the cheyenne mountain complex one of the US most important strategic facilities. designed to survive direct nuclear attacks. it's where NORAD is.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Darkage on January 08, 2003, 05:50:28 pm
Meh...where i live it sucks.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 08, 2003, 09:04:34 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
Knock yourselves out. ;)

http://guesswhohasa.tripod.com/


Ditto: http://www.brainzipper.com/gallery/


Here's a bird's eye view of my hood (the diagram was something a friend of mine put together, he also lives in Gilo):

(http://www.brainzipper.com/gilo.jpg)

And here is a surreptious (sp?) shot I got of downtown Jerusalem - note the Dude™ with blue jeans and Uzi. ;) Major reconstruction going on downtown; they're putting in a light rail system all over the city.

(http://www.brainzipper.com/armed-and-cool.jpg)

And lastly, something from my gallery: a shop in downtown J-lem (clickety for big pic):

(http://brainzipper.com/albums/hall/aai.thumb.jpg) (http://brainzipper.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=hall&id=aai)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Knight Templar on January 08, 2003, 09:15:06 pm
heheh "whoop ass" grocery?

and what are the requirements for you to be able to walk around with a gun in Israel again? Don't you have to be in the millataryor reserves?
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Levyathan on January 08, 2003, 09:19:17 pm
:lol:
That seems like a very nice grocery shop!

And on a side note, I didn't know that that ice cream company was everywhere.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 08, 2003, 09:27:07 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
and what are the requirements for you to be able to walk around with a gun in Israel again? Don't you have to be in the millataryor reserves?


You need to have a permit/liscence. Getting that is another story. :p Basically, you need to have a need for a gun (live/work in Judea, Samaria or Gaza) or be an ex-military officer of a certain rank and up.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Dr.Zer0 on January 08, 2003, 09:55:44 pm
(http://www.yikes.com/bryce/big/hell.jpg)

(http://www.yikes.com/bryce/big/stuff.jpg)

(http://www.yikes.com/bryce/big/columns.jpg)

(http://www.bradthegame.com/jones/hot-dog-hell.jpg)

whoops, where did that one come from :doubt:
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Setekh on January 09, 2003, 05:07:29 am
Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
note the Dude™ with blue jeans and Uzi. ;)


:eek2::yes:

That's a far cry from the prohibition that you see over here in Aus! :o
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 09, 2003, 05:18:24 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
:eek2::yes:

That's a far cry from the prohibition that you see over here in Aus! :o


Around here it's very rare to see someone brandishing a gun on the streets, and the guy's usually a criminal. (not counting police forces, of course)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Setekh on January 09, 2003, 05:29:11 am
I don't think I've ever seen a real gun face-to-face before. Even the cops around here, most of them carry batons - and their guns are concealed.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 09, 2003, 06:13:41 am
Heh - here if you walk downtown without seeing at least 10 people (police, soldiers, or just regular civvies) with guns, you are clinically blind.  ;)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Fetty on January 09, 2003, 06:26:20 am
(http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/~zima/wienlu.gif)
i live a 5 min walk from the lower left corner :D
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 09, 2003, 06:41:27 am
Ok, so I'll post some pics of where I live too (found some decent ones):

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/imperial.jpg)

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/ponte.jpg)

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/pordosol.jpg)

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/foto14.jpg)

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/borges.jpg)

(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/foto17.jpg)

This is the view from the building where I work:
(http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/cenaspoa/imagens/redenca2.jpg)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Stunaep on January 09, 2003, 07:24:08 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
I don't think I've ever seen a real gun face-to-face before. Even the cops around here, most of them carry batons - and their guns are concealed.

Ten Of Twelve has a Makarov at home, fyi.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 09, 2003, 07:47:50 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stunaep

Ten Of Twelve has a Makarov at home, fyi.


Whazzat? (gun, obviously, but gimme a pic. ;7)
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Stunaep on January 09, 2003, 07:58:13 am
(http://makarov.com/graphics/Russian_military_Makarov_small.jpg)
happy?
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 09, 2003, 08:06:07 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stunaep
happy?


Ahhh... eh, looks aren't everything, so I ain't gonna judge it before I've used it. :) Nice.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Cannikin on January 09, 2003, 08:14:40 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
I don't think I've ever seen a real gun face-to-face before. Even the cops around here, most of them carry batons - and their guns are concealed.


Heh, for a couple months after September 11 my school had some police guys patrolling in front of the school carrying M16's and kevlar vests. Must've been boring though since all they did was stand around the whole day and watch for terrorists trying to blow up our school or something (and I'm not even in the US).
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Gortef on January 09, 2003, 10:18:32 am
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx


I never met someone who lived on a red X...


... yeah it's a nice quiet place to live... a bit boring time to times but one can handle that quite well

(damned... )
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Zeronet on January 09, 2003, 12:14:03 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Hades


That second pic looks like the converted missile silo from Stargate...


Its called NORAD.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Setekh on January 10, 2003, 04:16:31 am
Quote
Originally posted by Zeronet
Its called NORAD.


The North American Aerospace Defense Command?
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 10, 2003, 07:21:43 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh


The North American Aerospace Defense Command?


Oh, my my my.... has anyone visited (http://www.norad.mil/) NORAD's official site recently? Looks like something from 1993. :ick
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 10, 2003, 07:23:59 am
Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Oh, my my my.... has anyone visited (http://www.norad.mil/) NORAD's official site recently? Looks like something from 1993. :ick


Darn, ain't loading.
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 10, 2003, 08:07:15 am
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx


Darn, ain't loading.


Eh? They must have IP banned Brazil. :p


(...and not the Middle-East? Hmmm.... :nervous:  )
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Styxx on January 10, 2003, 08:22:25 am
Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Eh? They must have IP banned Brazil. :p


(...and not the Middle-East? Hmmm.... :nervous:  )


That's because our new pseudo-communist government wants to build a nuclear bomb!!

:D
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Sandwich on January 10, 2003, 09:08:31 am
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx


That's because our new pseudo-communist government wants to build a nuclear bomb!!

:D


How many times have I told you to move to Israel? At least here we know where the nukes are. :D
Title: Show us where you live!
Post by: Levyathan on January 10, 2003, 02:30:44 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
That's because our new pseudo-communist government wants to build a nuclear bomb!!

Did you even hear him talking about it on TV? I won't quote him just to prevent unnecessary embarrasment.