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Post by bjd on Oct 4, 2023 18:06:24 GMT
Tanzania East African country composed of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 4, 2023 18:19:07 GMT
Zandvoort - major beach resort of the Netherlands. I think it has a racetrack, but I may be mistaken.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 4, 2023 20:25:54 GMT
PORTUGAL. splendid country with exceptional good food.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 4, 2023 22:53:13 GMT
Zandvoort - major beach resort of the Netherlands. I think it has a racetrack, but I may be mistaken. Not just a racetrack, an F1 racetrack. Newport, Rhode Island, USA. I made a nice pile selling art to a gallery there over the years.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 5, 2023 5:56:28 GMT
Portugal -- country in the Iberian peninsula
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Post by whatagain on Oct 5, 2023 8:15:33 GMT
Galway somewhere in Scotland ?
Ps : Portugal is mentioned 2 posts above.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 5, 2023 9:42:47 GMT
Yes, Galway is in Scotland. Nice place to drink Guinness and eat haggis.
Galashiels - western Éire. Usually shorten to just Gala because the year round sunny weather allows for numerous galas to be held at any time of year. As it was a centre of the textile industry one of the biggest events is the Tartan Heritage gala which pulls in visitors from all over the world. Especially those wanting to design a tartan material to make it look like they are part of a real Clan. The original McDonalds brothers, Dick and Mac, visited and opened one of their first fast food places there. At one time Ronald was seen wearing a tartan skirt in the adverts to celebrate their heritage.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 5, 2023 9:46:06 GMT
I’ve been to Galway. The Scottish accent there is very unusual.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 5, 2023 9:57:43 GMT
I've not been. I take your word for it. I have read it's somewhat incomprehensible and difficult to pin down as to the exact region.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 5, 2023 10:02:18 GMT
(Whatagain -- they are implying that Galway might not be in Scotland.)
Fort Wayne (Indiana) - lost by the French in the French & Indian War in 1760
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 5, 2023 10:03:58 GMT
Possibly Spanish in origin as the Armada came ashore not far away, just north of Glasgow.
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Post by onlyMark on Oct 5, 2023 14:18:18 GMT
Yes Mick, that's actually a little known fact. There's still Spanish descendants there I'm told. Carlos El Sporran was the most well known.
Fort Monroe - at the top of the pass on the road between Dera Ghazi Khan and Quetta in Pakistan. Now has a decent road to it but in my time it was a single carriage way dirt and part tarmac road with passing places. If you timed it wrong you had to reverse down or up it a kilometre or two to let a convoy of trucks past. Not so easy when you had a trailer. The road passes through the tribal areas where the rule of law doesn't apply. One time over the top of the pass I had stopped to let a truck past who misjudged where the edge was and rolled onto its side. I checked all were ok then carried on, only to be stopped by a pick up with AK47 wielding locals which came up rapidly from behind me and demanded I pay for the damage to the truck. We carried on to the next village where the discussion continued whilst all the villagers, all the men also hoisting K47's in my face, surrounded me.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 5, 2023 21:22:06 GMT
Hence the question mark.
Monrovia. Capital of Liberia. Very close tonGalway actually. This explains the accent.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2023 10:12:02 GMT
Rovinj - coastal city in Croatis, once part of the Republic of Venice
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Post by whatagain on Oct 6, 2023 10:30:31 GMT
Rovinari . Town in Romania. Never been but know quite a few guys there.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2023 14:06:11 GMT
Kalahari - the desert in Namibia and Botswana
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Post by whatagain on Oct 13, 2023 6:07:16 GMT
Mariupol. Touristic destination.
Mr et madame Souleybom, Turcs, vont avoir un enfant sans en connaître le sexe. Quels prénoms ont ils choisis ?
Marie ou Paul Sous les bombes.
(No translation can work here(.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2023 11:26:15 GMT
Lariboisière - Parisian hospital with the busiest emergency room in France, right next to Gare du Nord
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Post by whatagain on Oct 13, 2023 13:35:22 GMT
Worth entering the hospital to have a look.
bois des Caures.
Small wood in the north of Verdun which had the dubious privilege to be the first sector to be attacked in feb 1916. 1200 French soldiers under command of a cavalry colonel (Driant) fought to the last instead of dissolving under the artillery preparation,as expected by the Germans. They held their position during 2 days buying time for reinforcements to come. Less than a hundred survived. It was the first day of a gigantic carnage that would last close to a year.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2023 15:23:58 GMT
Causses du Quercy - regional natural park in the Lot department of France
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Post by whatagain on Oct 13, 2023 16:28:43 GMT
Quebec. La belle province.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 13, 2023 19:52:25 GMT
Dunkerque - French name of Dunkirk, where bad things happened in WW2. I thought the movie was excellent.
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Post by mossie on Oct 14, 2023 6:48:44 GMT
Dunkirk, - village in Kent near Canterbury
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Post by whatagain on Oct 14, 2023 10:31:51 GMT
Irkutsk major city in Siberia. Close to Galway.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 14, 2023 14:18:24 GMT
Sirkeci - hillside district of Istanbul near the Topkapi palace
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Post by mossie on Oct 14, 2023 14:32:03 GMT
Kirkwall - largest town on Orkney, Scotland
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2023 23:08:16 GMT
Wallachia -- region in Romania. A 15th century ruler, Vlad III Dracula (aka the impaler), became a source of vampire legends because of his cruelty
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Post by whatagain on Oct 15, 2023 14:09:07 GMT
Wallonia. Blessed piece of land where you can find a concentration of beautiful smart and funny people.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 15, 2023 15:33:57 GMT
Isn’t that where the Wallies live?
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 15, 2023 18:15:12 GMT
London -- capital & largest city of England & the UK
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