Will also stan for those Fermor books - what a life. I put this on another thread at some point, but it bears repeating:
At the age of 18 Leigh Fermor decided to walk the length of Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople (Istanbul). He set off on 8 December 1933 with a few clothes, several letters of introduction, the Oxford Book of English Verse and a Loeb volume of Horace's Odes. He slept in barns and shepherds' huts, but also was invited by landed gentry and aristocracy into the country houses of Central Europe. He experienced hospitality in many monasteries along the way.Leigh Fermor arrived in Istanbul on 1 January 1935, then continued to travel around Greece. In March he was involved in the campaign of royalist forces in Macedonia against an attempted Republican revolt. In Athens he met Balasha Cantacuzène (Bălaşa Cantacuzino), a Romanian Phanariote noblewoman, with whom he fell in love. They shared an old watermill outside the city looking out towards Poros, where she painted and he wrote. They moved on to Băleni, Galați, the Cantacuzène house in Moldavia, Romania, where he remained until the autumn of 1939. On learning that Britain had declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 Leigh Fermor immediately left Romania to return home and enlist in the army.As an officer cadet, Leigh Fermor trained alongside Derek Bond[11] and Iain Moncreiffe, and later joined the Irish Guards. Due to his knowledge of modern Greek, he was commissioned in the General List in August 1940 and became a liaison officer in Albania. He fought in Crete and mainland Greece. During the German occupation, he returned to Crete three times, once by parachute, and was one of a small number of Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers posted to organise the island's resistance to the occupation. Disguised as a shepherd and nicknamed Michalis or Filedem, he lived for over two years in the mountains. With Captain Bill Stanley Moss as his second in command, Leigh Fermor led the party that in 1944 captured and evacuated the German commander, Major General Heinrich Kreipe.Leigh Fermor was noted for his strong physical constitution, even though he smoked 80 to 100 cigarettes a day. Although in his last years he suffered from tunnel vision and wore hearing aids, he remained physically fit up to his death and dined at table on the last evening of his life.
As an officer cadet, Leigh Fermor trained alongside Derek Bond[11] and Iain Moncreiffe, and later joined the Irish Guards. Due to his knowledge of modern Greek, he was commissioned in the General List in August 1940 and became a liaison officer in Albania. He fought in Crete and mainland Greece. During the German occupation, he returned to Crete three times, once by parachute, and was one of a small number of Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers posted to organise the island's resistance to the occupation. Disguised as a shepherd and nicknamed Michalis or Filedem, he lived for over two years in the mountains. With Captain Bill Stanley Moss as his second in command, Leigh Fermor led the party that in 1944 captured and evacuated the German commander, Major General Heinrich Kreipe.
Leigh Fermor was noted for his strong physical constitution, even though he smoked 80 to 100 cigarettes a day. Although in his last years he suffered from tunnel vision and wore hearing aids, he remained physically fit up to his death and dined at table on the last evening of his life.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
dined at table on the last evening of his life.what now?
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
xp that was what was known as "a good war"
― Neil S, Friday, 23 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
The very high positivity rates around the country suggest actual case counts are *much* higher, which weirdly may be good news insofar as where we are in this wave. https://t.co/bNeCmpEwBk— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 23, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 24 July 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
Fort Lauderdale?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
Hope this works...🖼
― willem, Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
Haha sorry about the covid content. Wrong thread.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 24 July 2021 06:44 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/GhXxX8M6/qqr.jpg
New
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
I've been on a street in Copenhagen that looked just like that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
the drain pipes all end on the pavement bit there's no street gutters = not much rain here?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
but little rain + quite British feeling terraced housing (van on the left side of the street?) = ?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
if the van's sun flap is on the driver's side, then the steering wheel is on the right side = UK
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
satellite dish looks to be pointing at a very shallow angle. does that imply more Northern? i'd've said cornwall otherwise, based on general feel.
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Tartu, Estonia
― treeship., Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
No real evidence. I just feel that this is what I am looking at.
Otherwise, Aarhus, Denmark
Someday I will go to Aarhus
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
It’s a great city. I loved my brief time there.
― treeship., Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
is there a treasure buried under this X?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
I've heard Aarhus is a very, very nice hus.
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
TEC on that red box (lightbulb on top?) should be a clue. Some kind of alarm system?
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Edinburgh, Scotland?
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Trying to make out the TO LET agent but it's broken my eyes
― kinder, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
I can't remember which guess the city it was but one time I ended up looking around pretty much every city in the North of England and iIn Sunderland there were a hell of a lot of these single story terraces
so... Sunderland?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
3 Noble Sthttps://maps.app.goo.gl/6SMRyY1knG6FSCw76
It is Sunderland! Managed a lucky drop on a road with a bend in it and two left hand adjoining roads
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
wow!
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
well done!
― kinder, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
Interesting detour via Denmark first, but good work in getting to Sunderland in the end. They do have a bunch of these single story terraces that don't seem to occur elsewhere like that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/cCZdjvCg/501.png
space
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
sure looks like the US of A, and a city big enough to have a bus system
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
feels very southwestern USA to me too
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
The look of the building and the fact that the lot has a number (under YES - ATTENDANT ON DUTY) suggests that the parking lot belongs to a big institution -- my first guess would be state university campus? The lower-slung brick buildings in the background work with that too.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Red white and blue piping on the windows of the shuttered building (bar?) match U of Arizona colors, is this Tucson?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
oh - I was drawn to Austin/Houston but not based on anything in particular
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
Actually looks more like Texas than Arizona to me but at UT there would for sure be some burnt orange in frame. Bike rack in front of the parking lot also very consistent with university campus but maybe I'm letting myself get functionally fixed on that.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
hospital? government building?
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Sorry this isn't helpful at all, but I'm not seeing much to indicate any region in particular (except for the lack of sunshields in the cars, which would indicate somewhere less sunny than AZ to me). This also looks to me like any urban parking lot not a university one, which would possibly have a nicer, branded attendant hut?
― rob, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
idk though I've been pretty wrong on this thread lately
Reno seems like a place that could have a large tower next to an old single-story neighborhood.
― nickn, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
appreciate cherry blossom going the extra mile by first covering the sign? text? on that wall with a blanket before taking the picture they wanted to post. such dedication to the thread concept!
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
I'm not getting any very distinct regional vibe either. It does look vaguely like some sort of government office building to me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Key would be figuring out building and which cities have buses with the colors of the one in the background. Also: must be in a state that requires front license plates.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 July 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
just gotta find where this deluxe double Toyota is availablehttps://i.imgur.com/x4agn0H.png
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
cleveland!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5030512,-81.6829351,3a,75y,337.04h,86.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seQlBXKh-dNZVAA1YoBoR5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― circles, Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
the articulated bus livery got me there eventually
― circles, Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
Huh. The Brutalist concrete building is an apartment tower for senior citizens, it turns out.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 29 July 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
ah yes, that famous southwestern city Cleveland. I was wrong.
― StanM, Thursday, 29 July 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
the fortunes of the Barber Shop / Beauty Salon / Deli is interesting.
― koogs, Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:38 (two years ago) link
Checks out.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
― koogs,
I initially thought it was some kind of Greyhound building till going back in time
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/XJmvvZCh/pe.jpg
Last for the week
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link