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« Reply #400 on: December 28, 2011, 06:11:47 am » |
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Well Greetings Ms. LaBryn.
Interior B.C. is somewhat of a Waste Land in more ways than one; hardly anyone there, except my good lady wife, shares any of my interests. I don't belong there; I'd leave for the B.C.coast (one place on the planet where I feel somewhat at home) in an instant if I could, but for various reasons that's not possible.
I won't be back in Canada until April next year, but, in the meantime, PM me if you feel like it. I might make it to the Victoria Steam Exposition in April, but I can't be certain.
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« Reply #401 on: December 29, 2011, 02:54:29 am » |
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Yeah, I'm having a helluva time finding any fellow geeks. I know they're out there, but they hide really well. Standing out from the norm isn't necessarily a good thing in the Bible belt, especially if you're still in school, alas. I'd love to go to the Victoria Steam Expo but I'm not sure I'll even still be in BC; we ought to be moving out to Kingston to join my Airforce husband there sometime this coming year but none of us are sure exactly when that will be, which makes planning things hard. Plus there's the kids... I am hoping to take them and their SP outfits and anyone else who is interested up to Barkerville for the May long weekend for their annual Victoria Day Tea with the Queen. If I can find about four more people, we can take over one of the in-town historical hotels for about $30/person(/bed). IIRC that even includes breakfast! If you're back in BC, would you and your good lady be interested in such a venture? I've got one other friend already lined up for it, and even if we end up just camping out instead of staying in style, I think it would be great fun to visit there in a group in our full regalia! |
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« Reply #402 on: December 30, 2011, 08:44:45 am » |
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« Reply #403 on: December 31, 2011, 12:45:55 am » |
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Yeah, I'm having a helluva time finding any fellow geeks. I know they're out there, but they hide really well. Standing out from the norm isn't necessarily a good thing in the Bible belt, especially if you're still in school, alas.
If you're back in BC, would you and your good lady be interested in such a venture? I've got one other friend already lined up for it, and even if we end up just camping out instead of staying in style, I think it would be great fun to visit there in a group in our full regalia!
Ah yes, living in the B.C. Bible Belt, just a barrel o' laughs...... This far ahead, I can't make any definite plans for the May long weekend...... and our camping days are definitely over!!!! - but I really like Barkerville, a sort of Steampunk/Wild West abandoned mining town - I was there about 30 years ago, before it became so touristy; it really was a Ghost Town back then. I worked as a mining geologist and prospector for many years, so I became familiar with abandoned towns and mining camps all over B.C. and the Yukon. Athanor |
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« Reply #404 on: January 01, 2012, 10:41:50 pm » |
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Yeah, I'm having a helluva time finding any fellow geeks. I know they're out there, but they hide really well. Standing out from the norm isn't necessarily a good thing in the Bible belt, especially if you're still in school, alas.
If you're back in BC, would you and your good lady be interested in such a venture? I've got one other friend already lined up for it, and even if we end up just camping out instead of staying in style, I think it would be great fun to visit there in a group in our full regalia!
Ah yes, living in the B.C. Bible Belt, just a barrel o' laughs...... This far ahead, I can't make any definite plans for the May long weekend...... and our camping days are definitely over!!!! - but I really like Barkerville, a sort of Steampunk/Wild West abandoned mining town - I was there about 30 years ago, before it became so touristy; it really was a Ghost Town back then. I worked as a mining geologist and prospector for many years, so I became familiar with abandoned towns and mining camps all over B.C. and the Yukon. Athanor Was it really? It must have been about 30 years since I was there myself, but I was about 10 at the time (maybe a wee bit older) so my perceptions will probably have been a bit off. But I do remember that the theatre was there and doing shows, and the Chinese restaurant was there (which I remember because my brother and I wanted to eat there and we went somewhere else, lol), and at least a couple of stores (a general store and a souvenir shop I can specifically remember), along with the gold sluice at the end of the town. I honestly don't remember now if every building was open or not, but there were a fair number of tourists about even then (although not too many costumed interpreters). In any case, it sounds like it's a pretty happenning place these days, and I figure a great place for a bunch of Steampunkers to go and take in the sights! |
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« Reply #405 on: January 01, 2012, 11:13:08 pm » |
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I was there in the winter, which might have skewed the situation (and my perceptions) a bit..... I remember we stayed at a motel in Wells, as apparently nothing much was open in B'ville, but a fascinating place nonetheless.
Athanor.
So, apropos of the main purpose of this thread, since our map is apparently fossilized, is there any chance of some other way of finding out where we are?
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« Reply #406 on: January 01, 2012, 11:30:48 pm » |
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I was there in the winter, which might have skewed the situation (and my perceptions) a bit..... I remember we stayed at a motel in Wells, as apparently nothing much was open in B'ville, but a fascinating place nonetheless.
Athanor.
So, apropos of the main purpose of this thread, since our map is apparently fossilized, is there any chance of some other way of finding out where we are?
Make another map? |
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« Reply #407 on: January 02, 2012, 12:24:09 am » |
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That'll have to be done by someone A LOT more net-savvy than me......
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« Reply #408 on: January 02, 2012, 12:32:37 am » |
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That'll have to be done by someone A LOT more net-savvy than me......
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Its not that hard, I made one for the Edinburgh Steampunk Society earlier and if I had time free now I could do another but I ought to be getting to bed. |
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« Reply #409 on: January 22, 2012, 12:33:39 pm » |
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So, apropos of the main purpose of this thread, since our map is apparently fossilized, is there any chance of some other way of finding out where we are?
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« Reply #410 on: January 25, 2012, 05:00:00 pm » |
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Actually, the map-per-country/continent idea sounds like a really good one, and a good way to get around that pin limit on the free maps. Maybe we can keep this one as an archive, and do up ones for the countries/regions that have people already there? Like Canada, the US, England... Can we do Europe as one map or does that need to be broken down further too? If it gets really crowded we can do East/West Canada/US, but if it took this long to hit that pin limit in the current map we probably don't need to. Sadly I can't crate maps myself and I'm about to run out the door. But I'd vote for multiple maps, if we're voting. I guess we have to do something. It's a great tool for helping those of us out in the boonies find others-- if we can stick a pin in. |
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« Reply #411 on: January 25, 2012, 05:03:14 pm » |
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Aren't there other (free) map pinning websites? What about something with Google Earth? I'm not shure how to, but I guess there is someone who knows.
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« Reply #412 on: February 03, 2012, 05:22:20 pm » |
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I seem to remember a site I passed through (sorry can't remember the name) had a rotating globe with 'pins' in for the locations of those logged in. I'm guessing that this was done in some flavour of java but that's just a guess. Something like but listed by country might be a way to go.
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« Reply #413 on: April 27, 2012, 01:29:27 am » |
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I made one for the Edinburgh Steampunk Society
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« Reply #414 on: October 30, 2012, 08:43:22 pm » |
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Hello friends,
I just came across this map posting... it seems the last posting was several months ago... has anyone made any progress on starting a new map? Id so love to be included in the cataloging of us steamies world wide!
Thanks,
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« Reply #416 on: November 08, 2012, 03:16:29 pm » |
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Put myself up on the map.
Been non active for a loooong time. Now time to be back again:)
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« Reply #417 on: November 08, 2012, 04:56:26 pm » |
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Octavius, Ive placed my mark! Thanks!
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« Reply #418 on: November 12, 2012, 05:53:41 pm » |
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B*gger, I've just realised one can't un-pin and relocate when one moves about, so I'll be stuck at this spot until Map Mk.3.
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« Reply #419 on: November 13, 2012, 03:39:37 pm » |
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I've placed my mark on the map!
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« Reply #420 on: November 29, 2012, 06:52:15 pm » |
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Placed 2 markers; one for West Kelowna, B.C. where I live April-October, and one for La Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico, where I live the rest of the year. I know, it's confusing....
It confuses the hell out of me sometimes, I can tell you.....
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« Reply #421 on: November 29, 2012, 07:45:18 pm » |
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Placed myself. What happened to the other map?
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« Reply #422 on: November 29, 2012, 10:22:34 pm » |
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Placed myself. What happened to the other map?
From what I have been able to work out, the maps only allow a maximum of 500 markers. |
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« Reply #423 on: November 29, 2012, 11:41:21 pm » |
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Just pinned our Treehouse to the new map. Delighted to find that our Library is already a part of the map! You'll find the beginnings of our catalog here on LibraryThing : http://tinyurl.com/3bbywwjThrew most of the books up on the shelves, all higgledy-piggledy, just in time for the Twins' Fourth Birthday ( needed the floor space ). We hope to sort and catalog all of the books soon. |
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« Reply #424 on: February 17, 2013, 12:32:14 pm » |
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Hello from Denmark! I am new to the SP world and I have just pinned my self to the map. (Can one say that?!) I am indeed looking forward to exploring this exiting universe |
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