Where am I?

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 9:09:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 9:09:21 GMT YES!!!!! Over to you Nightowl ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 10:00:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 10:00:10 GMT I and my twin used to be the tallest in the world and, sadly since 9/11, are again. What and where are we?

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 10:28:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 10:28:56 GMT The twin towers in New York - the World Trade Centre?
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 13:36:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 13:36:46 GMT Nooo, Plocket. They've gone now.

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:04:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 14:04:51 GMT Doh! I should have read the question right! The Petronas Twin Towers? In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:07:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 14:07:20 GMT Yay! Over to you Plocket.

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:10:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 14:10:22 GMT I'd love to walk over that bridge between them!!!!! ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:17:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 14:17:11 GMT I haven't been completed yet but am already classed as a megastructure, and I'm being built 4km out to sea. What is my name, what am I and where am I? ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:30:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 6, 2007 14:30:31 GMT Well, it's gotta be Dubai, UAE, hasn't it Plocket? And I'm guessing they have still not quite finished the Burg-al-Arab Hotel??? PS; re Petronas Towers, no I don't think I want to walk over the bridge...

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:33:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 14:33:35 GMT The Burj al Arab is finished now Nightowl - my OHs company were involved in the project ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 6, 2007 14:35:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2007 14:35:07 GMT (I'd need a very large drink before crossing the bridge, but it would have to be done if I was there!!! ;D ) Keep guessing/thinking/googling
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 9:35:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 9:35:57 GMT World Island Wonder, Dubai ? If it's not that I give up I'm all Googled out!

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 10:58:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 10:58:39 GMT I think you are talking about the same place of me Nightowl - a man made archipelago called The World which is being built off Dubai, and is already being bought up by the rich and famous! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_%28archipelago%29
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 11:07:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 11:07:13 GMT I'm swimming around and it's very cold. Even worse, if I sink, I'm going to sink nearly a mile!!!

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 11:28:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 11:28:50 GMT Is that your clue? Talk about cryptic!!! ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 12:45:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 12:45:04 GMT Not cryptic - just being deep and mysterious, like where I am!

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 12:53:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 12:53:17 GMT What? North East Hampshire, deep and mysterious? ;D
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 13:05:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 13:05:20 GMT Ooh yes!! We have little rural places down here where strange-eyed boys still strum banjos. And they say that unusual relationships with farm animals are not unknown!!

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 15:19:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 7, 2007 15:19:26 GMT Oh my!!!!! I'll have to get thinking.... I don't think I'll be the one to get this though - I'm taking LP to her gym cclass in about half and hour and I'm going out this evening
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 19:34:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Dec 7, 2007 19:34:05 GMT I'll kick off with the Arctic Ocean (the really deep bit!)
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 7, 2007 19:37:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 7, 2007 19:37:29 GMT Insufficient information Shrubby!

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Where am I? Dec 8, 2007 8:30:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Dec 8, 2007 8:30:49 GMT That was a wild guess! Now I've used finger power - is it the Canada Basin?
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

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Where am I? Dec 8, 2007 9:55:31 GMT

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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 8, 2007 9:55:31 GMT

Just cruising this Thread to get the gist so not really "posting" just to say knew the Dubai Q - been there a few times - this month it will be lovely lovely warm and heavenly weather for sitting on beach and sunbathing alllllllllllllllllllll day <sigh, bliss>
Wish I was there now

"Morning's at seven, the hillside's dew pearled. Jenny's in the garden, all's right with the world"

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 8, 2007 13:20:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 8, 2007 13:20:50 GMT Sorry, Shrub, but no. I am in fresh water. An enormous amount of it. And I'm still very, very cold!!!!

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Where am I? Dec 8, 2007 19:06:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Dec 8, 2007 19:06:44 GMT Tch!
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 9, 2007 12:26:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 9, 2007 12:26:53 GMT I'm in the deepest one in the world!

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Where am I? Dec 9, 2007 12:33:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Dec 9, 2007 12:33:56 GMT Are you one of those faults under water?
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 9, 2007 12:51:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 9, 2007 12:51:58 GMT Nothing to do with under-sea faults. I am swimming in it, I am still very, very cold, and I'd like to get out before I freeze to death and sink to the bottom, nearly a mile down!!

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Where am I? Dec 9, 2007 13:24:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on Dec 9, 2007 13:24:04 GMT Lake Baikal, south central Russia (and I'm all googled out now!)?
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Where am I? Dec 9, 2007 13:46:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on Dec 9, 2007 13:46:12 GMT YAY!!!!!! Never thought it would take so long!! ;D Lake Baikal, Siberia it is! The deepest lake in the world!! All yours Shrubby!!

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