Third Cellar Field of 64: World Landmarks
I think UT is recovering from the last one, so let's get ready for the next one.
I still think television shows would be a good one. or actors/actresses. that could be pretty good.
we could do a favorite investment and wait for tw to tell us why we are all wrong... the possibilities are endless.
We could do favorite sexual position....and that would leave tw out of it completely! :angel:
Comedy or drama (this can apply to either possible topic)?
I was working on World Landmarks, but feel free to come up with whatever category y'all prefer.
Favorite cartoon character.
world landmarks? *sits back to think* ok, i know 2 and a half. who can name 61.5 others?
Scary movies (pants wetting factor, can't finish the popcorn, can't finish the movie, nightmares, easily as many opinions as what qualifies as "funny" and pleeeennnnnty of room for cellar-ly discourse)
World Landmarks: I can think of ten off the top of my head, more if we expand the definition to include manmade structures
Mt Fuji
Grand Canyon
The Amazon River
The White Cliffs of Dover
El Capitan
Mt Ranier
Bridal Veil Falls
Yellowstone National Park (Old Faithful)
The Arches at Cabo San Lucas
Bryce Canyon
Mt Kilimanjaro
Niagra Falls
......
Include man-made and ancient structures.
Machu Picchu (sp?)
Statue of Liberty
Colosseum
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Stonehenge
Eiffel Tower
Big Ben
CN Tower
Sears Tower
La Brea Tar Pits (what happens here, stays here)
Notre Dame (cathedral, not university)
The Underground
The Golden Gate
The White House
The Pentagon
The HOLLYWOOD sign
Christ the Redeemer at Corcovado
Times Square
Sorry, I forgot nominations aren't open...my bad.
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La Brea Tar Pits (what happens here, stays here)
When someone says "The La Brea Tar Pits" I always smile, since the phrase translates and unpacks to "The The Tar Tar Pits". Hehehehe
Let's make nominations open and keep it if we can come up with 64 good ones.
I don't think the pits count anyway. Landmark = when you see it you recognize it.
Mount Rushmore
Sydney Opera House
Empire State Building
Arc de Triopmhphhe
m'kay...
Disneyland
Trafalgar Square
Waikiki Beach
The Great Barrier Reef
Taj Mahal
The Vatican
The Las Vegas Strip
The Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Auchwitz
The Great Wall of China
The Pyramids
The Parthenon
Death Valley
The Space Needle
Denali
Pamela Anderson
(sorry...how the hell did they slip in there?? Oh yeah, manmade mountains)
The Chunnel
(no cracks :snort::))
Giant's Causeway
The Everglades
The Mississippi
The Andes
Lake Titicaca
Mt Vesuvius
Mt Etna
Chernobyl
The Viet Nam Memorial
The Washinton Monument
The Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial
67 not counting Pamela Anderson... didn't even break a sweat, but I gotta fly. As Fred Flintstone so eloquently put it:
Yabba Dabba Dooooo! :slides down dinosaur's tail:
Include man-made and ancient structures.
Machu Picchu (sp?)
Statue of Liberty
Colosseum
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Stonehenge
Eiffel Tower
[COLOR=Yellow]Big Ben[/COLOR]
C'mon he's a good QB and all but lets give the kid a couple years.
Starruca Viaduct
Great Wall
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Eiffel Tower
Colesseum
Pyramids
Empire State Building
Hagia Sophia
Wailing Wall
Machu Picchu
Easter Island
The Strand
Longbeach Shipyard
It's on then. l123, permission to edit the thread title?
I would challenge a few in your last set BV. The Mississippi? Which mile?
Others may nominate or second or challenge as they see fit - no limit
The Forbidden City
The Sphinx
St. Peter's Basillica
Mt. Everest
St. Louis Arch
guggneheim bilboa
guggenheim nyc
zzzzzzzzz
shoulda did rock bands. there would have been knife fights.
I think there will be time for every category.
shoulda did rock bands. there would have been knife fights.
We're all still licking our wounds over the bloodbath that was comedy movies.
The
Rock Band [google!]
field of 64 [/google!] promises to leave the Cellar a smoking pile of twisted wreckage and body parts with only the deep hum of the servers to moderate the silence of the aftermath.
nah, you'll be ok if you vote for dream theater or megadeth. There aren't really any other choices, unless you put in dreck like the stones or nirvana.
Other than from the Cellar, I have never heard of Dream Theatre.
Please recommend somewhere I can listen to their stuff without having to drop $20.00 on a CD that I may not like. Not looking for free downloads - just some samples.
EDIT: I found a bunch of their stuff on iTunes. Which CD/song represents them the best??
Put in a Scottish entry, Edinburgh Castle
And im suprised it took til the 22nd post for someone to mention Mount Everest...
corn palace
largest ball of twine
Carlsbad caverns
Oral Roberts prayer tower
Area 51
Very Large Array, Socorro
It's on then. l123, permission to edit the thread title?
do what needs to be done, sir.
Which CD/song represents them the best??
They keep changing their stripes. Depends on your taste, really. I like Images and Words, Falling into Infinity, and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence best, but there are DT fans who loathe SDIT because it's too orchestral and doesn't have the "progressive" nature of some of the others.
Images and Words has "Pull Me Under" on it, which got quite a bit of radio play and is palatable to most ears that like plain rock without all the mastubatory noodling that we guitar nerds live for. Hollow Years is a good slow song, "As I Am" is a good fast one, "A Change of Seasons" is a good long prog-rock thing.
Asking a Dream Theater geek which song is best is fruitless :D More often, we talk about which keyboardist is best (Rudess), debate whether having no vocalist is better than having James LaBrie (it's not, you just have to get used to him), and make bets as to how many more consecutive "Rock Drummer of the Year" awards Portnoy is going to get (I think he's up to like 9). Oh yeah, and wondering why Petrucci has decided to start playing nothing but speedy chromatic runs (hard to play but musically uninteresting).
Yah, so. anyway.
sorry, i found dream theatre to be completely uninteresting in the mid-90's when a friend of mine thought they were the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread.
Experience Music Project
Arriceibo
Pipeline
Bay of Fundy
Mammoth Caves
Bonneville Salt Flats
UT:
The Mississippi?! Which mile? Uh, the part that's a MILE WIDE. Which part of the Amazon is the landmark or the Grand Canyon for that matter? Or the Great Wall of China? I think that you can see it from space qualifies it as a mark on the land. [/soapbox]
sorry, i found dream theatre to be completely uninteresting in the mid-90's when a friend of mine thought they were the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread.
they hit a rough patch there for a couple of albums. is it the style you don't like, or their execution of it?
actually we should wait until the rock band thing comes up. sorry UT. :blush:
we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
um,
Arches Nat'l Monument
Mesa Verde
Ayers Rock
Mormon Tabernacle or temple or whatever.
Great Salt Lake
the Matterhorn
Stonehenge
Music Row in Nashville
French Quarter, N'awlins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Wall Drug
Bass Pro Shop
Buffalo Bill's grave
ok i think i ran out awhile ago
La Familia Segreda Cathedral in Barcelona
Notre Dame Cathedral
Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, NC
The Sun Dagger in Chaco Canyon, NM
Big Ben/Houses of Parliament in London
The Kremlin
Devil's Tower, Wyoming
Mount Rushmore, SD
Hoover Dam
Niagara Falls
Golden Gate Bridge
Pont du Gard
Millau Viaduct
Great Wall of China
Pompolona Towers
Giza Pyramid
Stonehenge
Hollywood sign
Grand Canyon
Devil's Tower (An actual landmark for wagon trains in the 1840's - 1850's)
Great Barrier Reef
Mount Fuji
What would be neat, but obviously a burden for UT, would be a picture of each landmark as they go head to head during the games. Sure, Mt. Everest is the highest and most famous mountain, but most people couldn't pick it out of a lineup of mountains. It's not much of a landmark. Mount Fuji is much more recognizable, I think.
Mount Fuji would probably win in a photo contest, but Mt. Everest would probably win in a text contest.
i heard the snow on Kilimanjaro melted....dang.
That's just a bunch of tree hugger claptrap...there is absolutely no scientific proof that global warming is occurring. At least, that's the Conservative Party line...
Does anyone find it odd that the same people who say that Global Warming is crap firmly believe that the version of Creation as detailed in the Book of Genesis is 100% accurate and proveable?
Hang on, there was something on the front of the Independent newspaper here that said there was definate proof of golabl warming, gimme a while and i might be able to find it...
My brother-in-law is an internationally recognized ecologist who has participated in a number of studies on global warming, atmospheric CO2 levels and how they affect soil nitrogen, etc. etc. Plant scientist stuff. He's also a deacon at his Baptist church. He's tried to explain the global warming thing to me, but i'm too dumb.
Landmarks, people. LANDMARKS.
Statue of Liberty.
Hoover Dam
Taj Mahal
Sphinx
Neuschwanstein castle
Disneyworld
Taipei 101
The "Rocky" statue in Philadelphia
Landmarks, people. LANDMARKS.
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:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
/wipes tears/
All the good ones are listed, except the Mary Tyler Moore statue in Minneapolis. Taj Mahal, eat your heart out.
Where's ThreadHijackMan when you need him?
Oh man! I was going to nominate
Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire as a cool landmark we used to visit while camping as kids but I looked it up just to see where in NH it was and find out it fell down over a year ago! :( Bummer, guess it's doesn't qualify as a landmark anymore, huh?
We have 116 nominations and so I'm gonna build a little voting tool that lets everyone place seconds.
Gentlemen, (and women), start your browsers!
did this idea die, or is it in a new location?
We all had a fun time playing it. The Taj Mahal won. I wondered why you weren't playing too, since you seem to enjoy this sort of thing too. ;)
Can we nominate for a new Cellar field? something FUN this time????
:biggrinba
yeah - good idea. i think we should have the next category be "most sarcastic cellarite". i've got a couple of nominations.
great idea, Lookout! I like! Anyone else want to do another with a cooler category? I think someone once mentioned best comedian? Or best rock band? :band:
Best shot? :apistola:
Best insult from a movie (or just best line, period)
Best makeout scene from a movie (porn excepted)
Coolest technological advancement since 1970 (gee-whiz factor, not usefulness)
Best TV marketing campaign (Mikey eating Life cereal vs. Spongemonkeys, anyone?)
Ugliest car
Worst song
Most horrific fashion trend
Best internet comic strip
Funniest stand-up comedian/enne
there are dozens to do.
mrnoodle-you are a fucking show-off.
It's like he wants to do a field of 64 on what to do a field of 64 on...
I blew it by having my mind on other things. I can still complete the nominator, do we want to go that way or just start over?
We have the nominations. Why not play?
surprise us, ya big stud.
Line from a movie is cool ...
I'm up for playing on Landmarks, but I don't think it's as sexy as breakfast cereal, or as passionate as comedy films.
i'm not a show-off, i just lack the ability to stop commenting on things. :compute:
Best two out of three, please post your votes, but stop when a winner has been chosen for a match.
The Pyramids (1)
vs
Lake Titicaca (16)
ummm...refresh me, what method did we run with? post a matchup, first reply?
Sorry, I edited my post with a clarification.
Pyramids win.
Washington Monument (8)
vs
Hagia Sophia (9)
Darn I wanted to vote Hagia Sophia but etiquete...
You can always argue on behalf of a side.
For the uninitiated, you're not supposed to vote on two matches in a row, so that others can have a chance.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksHagia Sophia, no question. I would like to see it in a computer game someday.
I would like to see it in a computer game someday.
here you go
hagia sophia (um...I AM voting, right?)
Hagia Sophia wins.
Arc de Triomphe (5)
vs
Great Barrier Reef (12)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksGreat Barrier Reef (bet you all thought I would say Arc de Triomphe, but having nearly been killed trying to cycle around it, it has lost some of its charm for me...)
Sadly, I am totally knackered and cannot last any longer today - the boiler stopped working tonight. Spent ages trying to get it to fire up. The oil sight gauge on the tank said we had plenty. Boiler's under guarantee. Half hour searching for guarantee papers. For some unknown reason, thought I'd check the fire valve and then discovered the sight gauge valve was in the off position (could only have been the guy who made the last delivery did that). Turned the valve and watched all the oil in the sight gauge rush downwards into the tank - so problem solved - no oil! Problem now will be to get a quick delivery. So sorry can't stay longer, and sorry for loading off my story on you here. I'll leave you alone now. Enjoy the rest of your day. I'll see who won tomorrow....
barrier reef. that thing is just amazing. you have to go snorkling there
Great Barrier Reef wins.
Golden Gate Bridge (4)
vs
Wailing Wall (13)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarkshmmmm... both bring up images of death so I'll go with... suicide. Golden Gate no Wailing Wall definitely Wailing Wall not what politicos do with it but what it means to the faithful. Wailing Wall.
Golden Gate Bridge. At least its pretty and has other uses besides sorrow.
i think the vote is over but id say golden gate. mainly because i im scientific and dont see the difference between one rock and another.
eg, in mekka(sp) they put bigger walls and slabs of rock for the inscrease of people to throw stones at. kinda takes away the spirituallity of it all
Wailing Wall wins.
Devil's Tower, Wyoming (6)
vs
Mt Vesuvius (11)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksVesuvius...too much history, and Devil's Tower isn't likely to snuff out thousands on short notice anytime in the future.
Mt Vesuvius - the Last days of Pompeii and all that. The Devil's Tower is actually sort of a disappointment up close and personal. Wyoming should stick to Yellowstone to bring the tourist trade in.
Mt Vesuvius wins.
Taj Mahal (3)
vs
The Space Needle (14)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksTaj Mahal (the world needs romance - good morning BTW - bloody cold with no heating!)
the taj, barry. all the way
Taj Mahal, obviously. Good night Cyclefrance. Not only does my heating work, but its supposed to get up to 60 degrees Fahrenheit here tomorrow. :p
(hope you get the problem quickly resolved)
Taj wins, next up;
Edinburgh Castle (7)
vs
Millau Viaduct (10)
:neutral:
Not that I have anything against the Scottish (isn't that Hadrian's Wall marvellous, though...?), but that Millau Bridge is something else. We saw it being contructed as we travelled to Spain via the Massif Central each year. For once modern construction has it over history - well, for me, anyway - maybe the first split vote...?
Millau Viaduct
(Oil delivery tomorrow at high cost - I feel a long exchange with my supplier coming on as I try to claw back the overage...)
Millau Viaduct - what CF said.
Millau Viaduct wins.
Big Ben (2)
vs
Very Large Array, Socorro (15)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
(tx for the assist B!)
Very Large Array, Socorro wins, what an upset!
Stonehenge (1)
vs
White Cliffs of Dover (16)
Stonehenge - mystery construction, Druids, human sacrifices (well, maybe that's pushing it a bit - still, much more interesting than a big lump of chalk immortalised by Vera Lynne)
(still, much more interesting than a big lump of chalk immortalised by Vera Lynne)
Vera! Vera! What has become of you?
Very Large Array, Socorro wins, what an upset!
Well, we gotta have at least one Cinderella!
I hadn't even looked at the rankings in the brackets before I voted. I thought the two were pretty evenly matched. I think the VLA is much cooler looking and much more interesting than some old clock tower. I'd much rather visit it.
I encourage any fence-sitters to vote for Stonhenge.
Wait a minute! - Some old clock tower..???!!!!
Well at least you've heard of Big Ben - wish I could say the same about this very large ashtray or something - I mean, what sort of descriptive quality is that - where's the alliteration?? Sounds like 'maybe it's big, maybe it isn't - probably best we say it's larger than a lot of other things we know - that sounds safe enough, won't offend anyone there...'
PS. - Vera is still alive and well - just that she's hung up the vocal chords...
I believe Stone hedge wins.
The rest of you have obviously never seen the VLA. It is NOT that impressive. Its just a bunch of satellite receivers strung out along the desert in New Mexico. If you're ever down that way, I recommend the Socorro Wildlife Refuge instead which is most cool. They have whooping cranes and everything!
If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams.
I accept that you don't get it.
Stonehenge wins.
Mt Kilimanjaro (8)
vs
Mesa Verde (9)
If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams.
I accept that you don't get it.
Just pretend we're the Russian and East German judges...
Mesa Verde
Oh, I love the CONCEPT of the VLA, but to just go look at it is rather disappointing.
Mesa Verde wins.
Buckingham Palace (5)
vs
Sears Tower (12)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksBuckingham Palace. Sears Tower isn't even the tallest building anymore.
But it's still cool, man.
Not that I'm biased or anything but Buckingham Palace has a status that cannot be bettered. It isn't just the main building, there are the stables for horses and carriages (including the famous gold coronation carriage) , the Queen's Gallery which displays all manner of art works (Faberge Imperial Russian jewel-encrusted eggs last year) and a wonderful walled garden. Sears Tower doesn't come close even to the Chrysler Building and I would still vote Buck House ahead of that. Well, OK, maybe I am a teensy weensy bit biased...
Yeah, but at least a commoner can set foot in the Sears Tower instead of looking at it from 100 yeards away through a wrought iron fence.
(But I would have voted for Buckingham Palace myself, because the Sears Tower looks like a couple big shoe boxes stacked next to one another.)
Edit: a "yeard" is also known as a "ye olde yard," an English measurement equal to 3 Queen's heads, measured from bloody neck stump to top of crown.
I don't recall seeing the Changing of the Guard at the Sears Tower.
Buckingham Palace wins.
Hollywood sign (4)
vs
Guggenheim Bilboa (13)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksGuggenheim Bilboa wins.
St. Louis Arch (6)
vs
The Everglades (11)
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What? I'm sorry, but could you explain?:confused:
We have to skip a matchup between votes. :)
St. Louis Arch
The
design of the arch is an inverted catenary (known to your graphing calculators as -cosh[x]).
A catenary is the curve of a flexible chain held at each end and pulled down by gravity.
St. Louis Arch wins.
Empire State Building (3)
vs
Trafalgar Square (14)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksUsed to be a time when you could go to Trafalgar Square and climb aboard the lions at its base - I remember being photographed astride one - now it's cordoned off, and the Square is just one of many open spaces to gather. Even after 'Sleepless in Seattle'. I still go for:
Empire State Building
Still a great symbol of American achievement
Phew. And here I thought I was going to have to present a case for The Empire State Building, a triumph of early 20th Century engineering and innovation, versus nothing surrounded by a few things with some attractive statuary plonked in the middle.
Thank you, Cyclefrance.
They plonk over there? :mg:
OK, Empire State wins
Sydney Opera House (7)
vs
Guggenheim Nyc (10)
I think more people would recognize the opera house, even in abstract, than the Guggenheim Nyc.
The Guggenheim is, I've seen a picture of that, it's a famous building, what is it?:2cents:
My thinking exactly. Plus, the opera house looks cooler.
Opera House has become as synonimous with Sydney as the Harbour Bridge, whereas Guggenheim NY is not such a landmark - hey, where are all the Ozzies when we need them....
Opera House...we *do* still need the second vote for this, right?
Oh sorry, I should have made it clear I was voting for the Opera House and not just extolling it's coolness. :blush:
Sydney Opera House wins.
Colosseum (2)
vs
The Las Vegas Strip (15)
A stunning "very new vs very old" matchup.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksCollosseum - a classic of architecture. They'll eventually build a half-scale one in LV, anyway (assuming they havn't already).
Colosseum.
In it's day it WAS the Las Vegas Strip, and probably did it a lot better.
Edited for surplus "l" removal.
Can't wait for the next one....
Nag, nag, nag. :p
Great Wall of China (1)
vs
The Chunnel (16)
Now how do I make the Chunnel more exciting than the Great Wall of China...?
well, there was that chase scene in Mission Impossible where a helicopter flew into the Chunnel after the train.
I vote Great Wall.
It's only a load of bricks - and who wants a wall that big anyway - and what with all that pollution the economic growth is creating it must be crumbling at a rate of knots by now as well.
Whereas....
I have instant access to all that lovely wine now, and they even
take bikes as well. OK so it's bankrupt, it's still an amazing feat of engineering - and who'd have believed they'd actually meet in the middle like that, uh? (or is that the reason there are two tunnels???)
A brave attempt to promote a win for
The Chunnel
(somehow I think it just might not be a successful attempt, though....)
So is this thread about over? sounds like 64 have been named. I can't be arsed to read ALL the posts. I love Red Rock Arizona. Gods creations are the ones i admire. :p
It's only a load of bricks - and who wants a wall that big anyway - and what with all that pollution the economic growth is creating it must be crumbling at a rate of knots by now as well.
Now just think of the jobs that would have been created if only Regan had been standing at the "Great Wall" instead?
Favorite cartoon character.
I'm in if you do this one.
Or maybe something sci-fi related. :)
You're right Glatt, the Chunnel's too dangerous - I change to Great Wall, if that's allowed...
speaking of scifi..... does fyre not want to come here? :(
Was that an actual vote change Cyc? Or just sarcasm? Being the official vote-checker, I hafta determine.
that one is a hanging chad UT. so you must throw it out!
God - I've been plagued by boiler problems since arriving home and only just got back here and seen yr post UT - yes, I wanted to change - have sent you a PM to explain - sincere apologies for holding everything up
That's OK. The slow of the thread reminded us that sometimes the ancient makes for a better landmark. :D
Great Wall wins.
Tower of London (8)
vs
St. Peter's Basilica (9)
If you don't understand what's going on here, see this link:
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
It's a tournament and we vote 2-out-of-3 for winners.
I'm not sure how these came to be so closely graded - Tower of London may have the crown jewels (believe they are replicas anyway), ravens and beefeaters, but cannot put these on a par with the works of art and grandeur of St Peter's.
Making up for lost time, my vote goes to St Peter's Basilica
Tower of London - I love all that mysterious history like the two young princes that Richard III supposedly had offed there. And didn't the Duke of Clarence drown in a barrow of malmsey there?
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Cyc, sorry, that's the other unwritten rule... you can't vote for two matches in a row. To give the others a chance, you know.
:headshake
not sure how this thread works... but I like the great pyramids...
Sneaky rule - but makes sense....
Well treating it as just a bit of publicity for St Pete's won't do any harm anyway....
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not sure how this thread works... but I like the great pyramids...
umm... We've moved on from there. The current choice is between The Tower of London and St. Peter's. There are three votes per pair of choices. Two out of three wins and we move on to the next pair. As has been noted, you can't vote for two choices in a row. You have to skip one pair between your last vote and the next.
- Helpie Helperton aka Anastasi Girl ;)
St. Peters had alraedy taken the win there.
Grand Canyon (5)
vs
The Pentagon (12)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksMy...what an unfortunate pairing.
Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon wins.
Mount Rushmore (4)
vs
Mt Etna (13)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksMount Rushmore!
The world's got lots of volcanoes, but not a lot of ridiculously huge sculptures.
Good movie.
The statue's OK, too.
Mount Rushmore wins.
Easter Island (6)
vs
The Parthenon (11)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
More than halfway through the tough round one here.
DAMMIT EASTER ISLAND!
Looks like you lost by a head!
The Parthenon wins.
Leaning Tower of Pisa (3)
vs
The Reflecting Pool (14)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksYeah, the pool is only really interesting when the cherry blossoms distract you from the dead fish, and that's only a couple of weeks a year. The Tower leans year-round.
But the pool
can be pretty.
Reflecting pool, tidal basin... close enough :)
Leaning Tower of Pisa wins.
The Sphinx (7)
vs
The Kremlin (10)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksReflecting pool, tidal basin... close enough :)
Doh!
The Sphinx wins.
Statue of Liberty (2)
vs
The Viet Nam Memorial (15)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksInteresting. I thought that one would have been closer. The Kremlin is very impressive, and the Pyramids have already been represented.
Statue of Liberty. No contest.
I now understand that I can't vote in this round, so this is just a comment. The Vietnam War Memorial had a profound impact on me when I visited it. So many names. I found the name of a high school friend who had been killed in the war and traced the letters of his name with my finger tip and got tears in my eyes. The Statue of Liberty was crowded and is now a lie. France should take it back. COMMENT ONLY, K? ;)
I still been working on my collection,... I guess I'll just post it and go back through this novel of post pages and see how many I duplicated.
In no particular order of my preferences:
01: Watts Tower
02: Twin Towers Crater
03: Devils Mountain (you know where ET play tuba in Close Ecounters)
04: Brokebutt Mountain ( don't know its exact location but I hear ia a cheeky place, and the sheep finally get good nights' sleep)
05: The schoolbook depository on Elm Street, Dallas Tx
06: Carnaghie Hall
07: CBGBs
08: The Ice Hotel in Canada (but i think the location changes everytime it melts
09: The Titanic (not sure how long before it completely rusts away)
10: Moulin Rouge (outside Paris somewhere)
11: In Alaska (you'll need or ship to get there) In a narrow Alaskan bay about 250 miles west of Juneau, the highest tsunami ever recorded loomed to a height of 1,700 feet (520 meters)-almost twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower.
12: The Monastary in Italy that Da Vinci painted the supper scene with Mary Mag next to Jesus, and some unknown arm is pointing a knife .
13: Manicouagan, Quebec, Canada
51°23'N, 68°42'W; rim diameter: ~100 kilometers (62 miles); age: 212 +- 1 million years .
The Manicouagan impact structure is one of the largest impact craters still preserved on the surface of the Earth.
14: Jimi Hendrix, grave site.
15: Elvis' ol mansion
16: Wherever the hell the Blarny Stone is that Irish people/tourist kiss
17: The "ONLY GUYs" retreat, somewhere near the redwoods in California, where the rich, political powered, illuminati, and baby killing sacrificers meet to throw down.
18: ANY BATHROOM you can find at Mardi Gras time in New Orleans
19: That Mountain Of Steps, the Canadians monitored during the early gold rush days, the make sure that each individual had one ton of goods to last them for a year... that they had to carry up the steps.
20: Hitlers bunker site.
21: Beaches of Normandy
22: Hiroshima
23: Area 51
24: Salt Lake
25: That lake stuck in the middle of one of the "Survivor" eppies, where ya could swim with thousands of jellyfish, and not get stung.
26: Atlantis,... (well we're still looking for the location)
27: Australian Beerier Reef
28: Weird ass looking land and territory in New Zealand
29: "Cheers" where everybody knows your name (forgot the real Boston club name"
30: That ranch they showed for the "Dallas" tv... outside Dallas city.
31: Seseme Street
32: Woodstock
33: Grenada (fastest won invasion by US military)
34: Panama Canal
35: The whole Phillipines (damn, how can ya get 10,000 islands or whatever number, with each speaking their own dialect and language, together?)
36: NY Stock Exchange
37: Fort Knox
38: That big ass satillite in Costa Rica, that peoples like Seti and others use.
39: The Jap building that extreme architecturalist are basing upcoming entire cities being built upwards.
40: The sets of the Days of Our Lives and As the World Turns
41: The KGB faq rooms in beautiful Moscow.
42: Anywhere in Siberia... it all seems to be the same.
43: The Berring Straight, before the Ice Age.
44: That street, where that dude got killed, by some Serbian, which "single handedly" (?) started the war to end all wars.
45: The mountain, where Mohammand got jazzed up by Archangel Gabriel
46: The Alamo
47: That funky cave in France, where punk caveman made grafitti
48: Gona Study Area in northern Ethiopia unearthed skeletal fossils of a human ancestor believed to have lived about 4.5 million years ago.
49: Walmart
50: That place in the UK where that dude, made the clock that could travel on ships and apparantly laditudes and longitudes became "infacto more dependo" ( damn brits and their clocks to position the earth)
51: That underpass where Lady Di had her last popparotzi pic taken.
52: Cape Kennedy
53: Auschwitz bar b cue and poleish polka fest roundup site.
54: Nombre de Dios should have been a very recognizable part of the history of the Western Hemisphere, but for one reason or another – lack of security being the main reason - it was abandoned for other more accessible and secure places, and then forgotten about completely. Seems funny to think that such an obscure place as Nombre de Dios is as important to the discovery of the Western Hemisphere as more famous places like, Cuzco, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jamestown, Virginia or the island of Hispaniola, but such is the magic of Nombre de Dios.
(not my statement, this guy probly spelled everything correctly)
55: The set Sat Night Live
56: The set of CNN
57: The bedroom of Stevebsjb
58: That shoe factory in UK, where they make Kinkyboots
59: Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on Earth. ... to the deepest known point on Earth, the Mariana Trench. They dived to a depth of 10915 meters. ... (sorry, that's google speaky... i have no clue how deep that is in real measurments)
60: Any/all fireworks
61: The Superdeep Well Kola SG-3, Zapolyarny, Russia,
(ольская сверхглубокая была пробурена с Мая 1970 г. до 1989 г. с глубиной 12262м чтобы изучить)
62: UPS
63: Fedex
64: [Censored by UT. Not Undertoad's address but a very nice try]
So, once again,... i posted these without reading the other pages, and humbly apologize for the multiple responses i gave, which no doubt probably duplicates many of those posting before me...
(i not reading all this stuff agin, if there are mis-spelled words... tuff shit)
Statue of Liberty wins.
Eiffel Tower (1)
vs
Mt Rainier (16)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
TiddyBaby, you don't want to fuck with me, because I will fucking kill you.
Death is bad, or being killed does not seem like a good fucking time either.
So, nobody gonna vote on any of my landmarks?
Geeze, what a tuff room.
TiddyBaby, you don't want to fuck with me, because I will fucking kill you.
:mg:
Don't worry, steveiebs, I don't wanna fuck with nobody... so I may live... UNfortunately for you,. if i do survive... It may be a lil tardy at you getting my copies of Teen Steam, I left in my will.
Well I'll vote for the Eiffel Tower. It's impressive, Paris is a beautiful city, and I'd rather be on top of it than Mt. Rainier.
I think the Eiffel Tower should win - look at all that merchandising potential and reality. I bought pepper and salt Eiffel Towers last year - and, believe me, there were even stranger items than that!
Eiffel Tower
from me
Eiffel Tower wins.
The White House (8)
vs
Yellowstone Natl Pk (Old Faithful) (9)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksInteresting. I thought that one would have been closer. The Kremlin is very impressive, and the Pyramids have already been represented.
Well pyramids vs. sphinx in a later round would represent an intra-conference rivalry!
But, it's a small sample with 2 out of 3 votes. To do it "right" and really get the sense of the community we'd have to have everybody vote on each matchup.. then it would take weeks to finish the whole bracket! :lol:
(Crap I spent damn near 4 hours of trying to figure out landmarks, and trying to "go fishing for where to send the check" to do my part in keeping all this up whether my input, or $$ are useful) and NOBODY voted for one of my landmarks....
*note to self... stay away from serious threads*
I thought the twice the effiel tower size tsenumi was a pretty friggin impressive landmark... i don't care how many t-shirts they sell there.
Alaska tsunomi landmark + 01
TiddyBaby - your post was cool, but this thread is a game. UT posts a pairing, and best two out of three wins. That win goes into the brackets at the link in UT's posts.
Dear Tiddy - strange but true - it would take you less effort than it did to compile your list to discover why your landmarks aren't being voted for, but only you can prove that for yourself...
hahahahah, exactly... it took forever to find "not popular" or more blatanly, not inane "obvious" landmarks...
geeze, everbodies heard of that big ol Oil Derrick they got in France.
But thanks.
I have done my thread qouta for the while, maybe somebody can take up the challenge when thing come around and come up with :
" Cellar Field 64, less likely known ...but catalystic landmarks you might have to discover on your own" or something like that...
@ Happy Monkey, thanks... I got it now...
I just stopped reading this thread after the first few initial posts, cuz i didn't want everbodies guesses influencing me choices.... But I see now, the chosen sites have been made, and its not an "add on" situation...
My bad.
No problem.
I'll vote Yellowstone.
Yellowstone (was Clinton 'Old Unfaithful' at the Whitehouse?)
Hey TiddyBaby, don't feel bad that we didn't respond to your post. Feel free to vote for something as it comes up if the feeling grabs you. You can still join in on the thread if you want.
Yellowstone Natl Pk wins.
Niagara Falls (5)
vs
Christ the Redeemer at Corcovado (12)
Probably a closer match than the seeding allows.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksNIAGRA FALLS.....slowly i turned
Step by step...inch by inch...
Niagara Falls!
TB - Start the unique landmark thread and dare others to add their own.
It's too late to count but I'll vote for Rio. James Bond was at the Christ The Redeemer statue in Moonraker, so it deserves some attention.
Niagra Falls (where the hell IS Corcovado?)
It's too late to count but I'll vote for Rio. James Bond was at the Christ The Redeemer statue in Moonraker, so it deserves some attention.
Your post was not in vain, Glatt, at least I now know where Corcovado is. Thanks.
Niagra Falls (where the hell IS Corcovado?)
Voting (after the polls close) without educating yourself on the issues? Tsk. Tsk.
Niagara Falls wins.
Machu Picchu (4)
vs
The Arches at Cabo San Lucas (13)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksVoting (after the polls close) without educating yourself on the issues? Tsk. Tsk.
Hey, its the American Way! (besides, I didn't see Patrick's post till after I posted my vote - I went and got some chips before I hit the send button)
Machu Picchu wins.
CN Tower (6)
vs
The Lincoln Memorial (11)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksLincoln Memorial. CN Tower is unique and all, but really very ugly.
Lincoln Memorial -- MLK didn't deliver the 'I have a dream' speech at the CN Tower.
Lincoln Memorial wins.
Hoover Dam (3)
vs
Times Square (14)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksThat's a tough one, but I'll give the nod to El Capitan in honor of Ansel Adams.
El Capitan (but only because I haven't been to Mt. Fuji, yet. YET.)
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(There I made it a little less intense.) Chain, y'can't vote for two questions in a row... just to give other ppl a chance.
I think this rule should be changed for the first round, maybe next tournament. The first round is always brutal! But necessary!
El Capitan (Captain Kirk climbed it)
AS we're nearly there, do the rules change for the second round. It looks like there are some close decisions coming - does the best of number go up a little?
El Capitan wins.
Notre Dame (2)
vs
The Forbidden City (15)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
Maybe best of 5, re-voting IS allowed?
I'm not voting, but just to clarify, I assume we're talking about the cathedral in Paris? :D
Maybe best of 5, re-voting IS allowed?
Aaah, rules not yet decided?
Best of 5 sounds good - think the re-voting restriction should stay
Alternative
as yours above
Do you want a best of 5 on that to decide?
Forbidden city - it's a whole culture not just a church
Forbidden City wins
This completes round 1:
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
All #1s made it through to the second round, but 2 #2s were dumped.
For round 2, it's best 3 out of 5:
with revoting permitted. Repeat, you
may vote for two questions in a row during this round.
(Five potential voters is a lot of voters to be ineligible, and there would surely be a lot of [COLOR=Red]FOUL[/COLOR]s.)
The Pyramids (1)
vs
Hagia Sophia (9)
so, my potential vote may be impotent or foul....
Where's the goddamn viagrant lobbyiest
when ya need him to make some stuff come around agin?
Didn't take long. Pyramids win!
Great Barrier Reef (12)
vs
Wailing Wall (13)
Both fresh off upsets, one of these kids is going up against the Pyramids next. Choose wisely! All may vote, no fouls!
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksThe Reef, the wall will only stay in humans willpower.
The pyramids should take either one of them, but they will have trouble in the Elite Eight if they end up facing the Taj Mahal.
The Reef for me as well - let's hope we don't destroy it too soon....
I've been throught this thread a couple times.
All I can think of is, if it's still on landmarks, is the Space Needle which by the way looks better on a postcard.
I can't help but include McDonalds as a great american /and world landmark. It's got it's mark everywhere. :)
Not being a smart arse just a feebee of friends type of post :p
Great Barrier Reef wins
Mt Vesuvius (11)
vs
Taj Mahal (3)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksOh, man, I like 'em both ...
Taj
If the volcano were actively erupting right now, it would win, though.
very large array, Soccoro
We're not done with this one yet, lj.
I thought it was 2 out of 3
This round's best-of-5, repeat voting allowed.
For round two, it's 3 out of 5, and voting in consecutive matches is allowed.
Edit: You said that so much more efficiently than I did.
That's 3 for Taj.
Let's see what's up next?
Millau Viaduct (10)
vs
Very Large Array, Socorro (15)
:)
I'd take the array over the ditch.
Not as pretty to look at but mind boggling.;)
If the mount is still up for grabs, i'll take it.
If its been moved on to Viaduct,
I vote Viaduct
Has to be Millau Viaduct for me - just awe-inspiring modern architecture...
Millau Viaduct wins!
Stonehenge (1)
vs
Mesa Verde (9)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarkshengy..... for a half vote. :right:
screw you guys, I fill spunky
Mesa Verde
(the first mall)
The henge wins and looks dominant in the south division.
Buckingham Palace (5)
vs
Guggenheim Bilboa (13)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksFor entertainment you can't beat Buckingham Palace. :haha:
Buckingham Palace, because I can't get past the tawdry excess represented by something as ugly as the Guggenheim Bilboa.
im gonna give guggen a chance. its a modern marvel in construction (or so discovery channel tells me)
Buckingham Palace is boring and Guggenheim Bilbao reminds me far too much of Seattle's ugly-ass EMP building.
Guggenheim Bilbao is interesting, even fascinating, as a piece of architecture, but Buck House just takes it for me because it has so much going for it in terms of English/British tradition and history.
Buckingham Palace
either one for me...
But I'll go bucky.... they got cool uniforms
The Palace wins, and will take on the Henge in the sweet 16, the two most powerful Brits. Only the tournament can produce such surprises.
We proceed,
St. Louis Arch (6)
vs
Empire State Building (3)
A good match.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksI like the Arch and the tunnel underneath (although never did get to ride the elevator)
The Arch is more visually striking, because it's set off by itself, while the Empire State Building is in a forest of other tall buildings.
But still, it's the Empire State Building. A very impressive building, with lots of history.
I vote for the Empire State Building.
The arch is too slippery for Kong to climb, so I vote for the ESB.
ESB, I can see it from my window.
Empire State Building wins. And will take on the winner of the next match:
Sydney Opera House (7)
vs
Colosseum (2)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksThis one is hard. To choose one is to reject the other. I don't want to reject either one. Both have tremendous merits.
Opera House. It's more visually pleasing.
Opera house - like to see the Italians have to slug it out (St. Peter's vs Great Wall next....)
wake up Pink Floyd and put em in the Colosseum
Coloseum. I can't beleive I missed round two entirely, and almost all of round three. Have a busy weekend and you miss alot around here.
Colosseum in a squeaker.
Great Wall of China (1)
vs
St. Peter's Basilica (9)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksthe great wall. it's just great
wake up Pink Floyd and put em in the Colosseum
Something to be said for that. I saw Pink Floyd do the DarkSide tour concert (15 March 1974) in
"The Spectrum".
Words fail me.
The wall.
Me too Maggie. :D
A hard one to call. but someone's got to do it - so why not a Brit?
St Peter's Basilica
(The Wall IS great, but St Peter's is just, well, greater...)
Woooooooo in your face Qin Shi Huangdi!
how would the mongols vote?
St Peter's Basilica wins, and will take on the winner of...
Grand Canyon (5)
vs
Mount Rushmore (4)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksGrand Canyon. I can't imagine how anyone who has been to both would ever vote for Mount Rushmore.
grand canyon. the only way you vote for rushmore, is if you just want the grand canyon to lose so stonehenge will have weaker competition in the final round. what? look what happened to the great wall. i mean, please....you can see it from space for chrissakes.
Grand Canyon wins, no voting fraud evident
The Parthenon (11)
vs
Leaning Tower of Pisa (3)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksPisa. Pisa. Pisa. That's fun to say. Pisa.
BUMP . . . oops!
I meant to say < insert option 1 or 2 >
...because bump threads are bad!
BUMP . . . oops!
I meant to say < insert option 1 or 2 >
...because bump threads are bad!
LET ME AT HIM LET ME AT HIM, IM GONNA KILL HIM!!!
parth i say. pisa is just lucky
The Parthenon wins
The Sphinx (7)
vs
Statue of Liberty (2)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksMt Fuji
Grand Canyon
The Amazon River
The White Cliffs of Dover
El Capitan
Mt Ranier
Bridal Veil Falls
Yellowstone National Park (Old Faithful)
The Arches at Cabo San Lucas
Bryce Canyon
Mt Kilimanjaro
Niagra Falls
......
Don't forget the Hanging Vines and Natural Bridge... Wait, world landmarks - does that include natural wonders?
sphinx. the statue of liberty is small and boring.
Sphinx too easily defeats a #2 seed!
Four games to finish the West and the Sweet 16 is set.
Eiffel Tower (1)
vs
Yellowstone Natl Pk (Old Faithful) (9)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksive been to the eiffel tower and loved it but i havent been to yellowstone. i have seen heaps of docco's though and i just wanted to say, im staying out of this one
Yellowstone wins. I would not have thought it! Another #1 seed falls.
Niagara Falls (5)
vs
Machu Picchu (4)
machu picchu. the falls are natural and nature is always good. something man made and still as wonderous just has that extra something
Machu Picchu.
The falls are cool, although the Canadians did end up with the better set. The falls, however, represent an accident of water, while Machu Picchu is another one of those amazing feats of spiritual engineering created by guys that hadn't really figured out concepts like pants or shoes.
Niagara Falls
The falls are cool, although the Canadians did end up with the better set
We certainly did, although there are usually more New Yorkers on the Canadian side and vice versa.
or
Machu Picchu wins.
The Lincoln Memorial (11)
vs
Hoover Dam (3)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksDid you know there are some pretty big stalactites in the Lincoln Memorial? It's true.
I vote Hoover Dam.
Are you sure there not stalagmites?
Lincoln Memorial (when Lake Mead silts up and Bould, I mean Hoover Dam becomes a big waterfall, then I might reconsider.)
Lincoln Memorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lincoln Memorial wins. And the final match of round 2,
El Capitan (7)
vs
The Forbidden City (15)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksForbidden City.
Near as I can tell from 5 minutes with Google Image Search, El Capitan is just a rock. Okay, bigass granite upthrust, but it's still a rock.
Forbidden City.
Near as I can tell from 5 minutes with Google Image Search, El Capitan is just a rock. Okay, bigass granite upthrust, but it's still a rock.
my favorite ansel adams print tho
Forbidden City.
I was never that impressed with El Capitan. Half Dome is much cooler looking.
Forbidden City - for same reason as before
Forbidden City wins, this 15th seed giant-killer goes to the sweet 16!
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
We continue with the best-of-5, repeat voting allowed, for round 3.
St. Peter's Basilica (9)
vs
Grand Canyon (5)
Canyon puts 'em in the hole!
Taj Mahal (3)
vs
Millau Viaduct (10)
The awesome historical versus the awesome modern.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksTaj Mahal - always awe-inspiring whereas the bridge really needs clouds to make a mgical statement
Taj, wins, a strong player.
Yellowstone Natl Pk (Old Faithful) (9)
vs
Machu Picchu (4)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksHmmm,
I'm going Machu Picchu, although I love Yellowstone.
Machu Picchu wins.
Stonehenge (1)
vs
Buckingham Palace (5)
stonehenge!
I'm surprised they're all so one-sided in this round.
i like the sphinx...has a bit more mystery to it
The Sphinx also ( I wonder how big its nose was originally?)
Parthenon advances.
The Pyramids (1)
vs
Great Barrier Reef (12)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksPYRAMIDS
this IS the LANDmark thread. the reef is more of a SEAmark, dont ya know
I'd have to go with the Pyramids too.
You know the thing about the barrier reef is that as huge as it is, you can only see one small section at a time, and going to visit it, you have no sense of its size. Underwater visibility is less than 100 feet in most cases. On the other hand, another large natural thing, the Grand Canyon, is big, and it looks big. The reef, however, is like being in the woods. You can be in a huge national forest, or you can be in a smaller regional park. Both appear pretty much the same from the inside.
Pyramids for me too. 100% manmade...or was it aliens?
Pyramids win.
The Lincoln Memorial (11)
vs
The Forbidden City (15)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksLincoln Memorial (interesting juxtaposition)
Forbidden City (because there's no Starbucks in the Lincoln Memorial :rolleyes:)
Forbidden City
Who needs pennies anyway?
Forbidden City hits the elite eight! Totally unexpected by me.
And the last match of this round,
Empire State Building (3)
vs
Colosseum (2)
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksColosseum wins, finishing out the third round.
The elite eight!! This best-of-5 seems to work well...
Machu Picchu
vs
Forbidden City
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksMachu Picchu takes the questionnable West division.
It's clashes of titans time!
The Pyramids
vs
Taj Mahal
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksOK, I'll go for Pyramids this time
(mainly because I remembered how well it (sorry, one of them) featured in
Robert Rankin's 'Brentford Triangle' - being transferred from it's Egyptian location to
Brentford Football Stadium - or so they say...)
Pyramids survives all though competition and takes the North.
Stonehenge
vs
Colosseum
The druids take the South division, setting up the big expected battle...
Annnnd.... your final match to set the final four:
Grand Canyon
vs
The Parthenon
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksThe canyon makes the final four and now, is the only remaining natural place left on the list.
We go to a BEST OF SEVEN series to find the winners from here on out. Repeat, it takes FOUR votes to win.
By flip of a credit card, the north-south semi final match will happen first. Ready ---
The Pyramids
vs
Stonehenge
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksStonehenge
(While the pyramids are a bigger landmark, Stonehenge is more mysterious and intriguing.)
Don't agree - the Pyramids are just as intriguing - think of all the
astronomy connections with the belt of Orion and such-like, amazing how the Egyptians were so in touch with planetary and star systems...Stonehenge is modest in comparison
Pyramids
Pyramids - both are linked to astronomy, both are mysteries when it comes to how ancient people could have assembled them without modern machinery... but the pyramids are friggin' huge.
3 for the Henge and 3 for the Mids - who's gonna be the brave decider...?
....Jeopardy theme playing in background....
Pyramids! Don't think I've seen a closer match here, the tension was mighty.
And your other semi-final:
Grand Canyon
-vs -
Machu Picchu
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksIt's best of 7 now, Ducksnuts - so you still have a chance....
buggeration....now I'll have to wait till tomorrow
Both take the breath away, but Grand Canyon achieves the effect without the lack of oxygen. Hard one to call, but every time I try to move towards Machu Picchu, the Canyon hauls me back...
Grand Canyon
The Incans put in a remarkable stand, but fall in overtime!
Ladies and Gentlemen your World Landmarks Cellar Field of 64 Final....
The Pyramids
- vs -
The Grand Canyon
Best of 7, may the best mark win.
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarksgrand canyon. mostly cuz i've been there, but also because of the scale of the thing.
I can't vote either out...
The pyramids are big and impressive but kind of a one trick pony. The Grand Canyon is big and impressive, but so varied, constantly changing with time, long and short. It changes with the weather, with the season, with the light. It can also kick your ass in a heartbeat, if you aren't careful.
Grand Canyon it is. ;)
Pyramids have so much going for them: secret chambers, association with the planets and solar systems, mystery of construction, plus they are the only surviving one of the original seven wonders of the world. And let's not forget that they spawned two blockbusters: 'Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark' and 'Stargate'.
So I vote Grand - no, only joking - for me it has to be:
Pyramids
(only best of 7 in the final?)
Grand Canyon
And if you have Google Earth, here are some marks (attached) that you can use to follow the trail from the south rim down to the river. I've only gone to Plateau Point, myself. The order is:
South Rim
Plateau Point
Switchback
Riverside
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks
Canyon
An enjoyable Field. In retrospect, though, I only realized yesterday, that I should have tried to group them according to division - you know, all the east in the east etc. It wouldn't have been perfect, but the real tourney isn't perfect either that way.
Go again? What topic next?
hmmmm?
What do you suggest?
ok.... Can I play the producer with the futon couch?
Guess it should be restricted to current film actors(?), such as (from the Brit/non USA side):
Ralph Fiennes
Anthony Hopkins
Pierce Brosnan
Christopher Plummer
Rachel Weisz
Jude Law
Russell Crowe
Michael Caine
Judy Dench
Bob Hoskins
Clive Owen
Hugh Grant
Keira Knightley
Kate Winslet
Maggie Smith
Michael Gambon
Ian McKellan
Christopher Lee
holy crap..... this
"serfer too bizzy creaps to upload your post"
IS WAY beyound me...
THESE actors.... WHO the fuck are they?
JUst kill my thread, on lthe "64 yabba dabba doo waaas"
hahahahahahahah
*Catches breath*
ok,
Todays actors?/actresses are:
Hmmm, I'm fickle, my fav actors are mostly about bonkability.
But I do have a couple of creditable ones on my list.
Actors.
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I was promised [SIZE=3]
Rock Bands[/SIZE] next!
Forgot about that. OK, I'll close this thread and we'll open a new one for bands.
