Zoe ,'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Left or right-hand drive helps me a lot, especially for distinguising Australia/NZ/South Africa from the US and Canada
Fiona, fucking brilliant (also big fucking fail on my part). I've never been able to remember which side of the street anyone drives on--I have to mentally get into my car, work out what the placement of the steering wheel implies, and then go from there. But I didn't know the map would look like that, even counting the countries I've been driven in. Interesting.
So we appear to be out of crisis mode. Dad reports Mom's back to her condition of a week ago, but I'm not sure how good Dad's reporting is. OTOH it lets me go running with the dog with a clearer conscience...
Strix, did you use Google, or no? I want to be fair when I lose horribly.
I'm now hooked on geoguessr. Got.within 5 km when I saw a bus with the words, "Alice Springs." But I think I'm proudest when I got within 200km from only a sign that said "Sportsmen's Paradise." (I guessed the middle of Louisiana, but it was on the Gulf.). Lesson -- it's amazing what trivia helps.
On the other hand, I once guessed in South Africa when I was actually in Nova Scotia.
11916! Dammit, now I'm hooked. Guessing Gallup, AZ, from the logo on a passing truck got me over 4000 points. Then I got two scrubby forests and downtown Osaka. Forests? Tend to look alike.
Not even looking at the Geoguessr. I am confident that, 1) I don't have enough hours in my day and 2) I would suck at this.
I am however, enjoying the play by play competition.
I'm not looking things up but I just got 6406 for getting within a few blocks of the picture. I was trying to eliminate - it looks tropical. It looks like it might be in the US, and I pan around and there's a not every well hidden sign for the Key West Art History Museum.
Steph -- Hell, yeah, I used Google!
With Google on your challenge, I got 22000-something. Part of that was the amusement park one, Tim looked at the very first shot of it and said "Busch Gardens."
Me: "What? How do you know?"
Him: "I was there. Just try it."
Sure enough. Damn prodigy.