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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5941 Post by FD2 » Sat May 23, 2020 11:49 pm

An old facility on the side of a volcanic island. What's the island called?

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5942 Post by Rossian » Sun May 24, 2020 9:48 am

Ascension - over by English Bay. OH if correct.

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#5943 Post by FD2 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:26 am

No - wrong ocean.

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#5944 Post by tango15 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:34 am

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By Jimmy Nail, I assume you mean James Michael Aloysius Bradford =)) ....
He used to live just round the corner from us when he was a lad. Him and his mates played football on a bit of spare ground near our house and their football regularly landed in me dad's garden. He would jump over the fence to retrieve the ball and trample on the plants. Things came to a head when he trampled all over me dad's leeks. His dad worked with my dad in Swan Hunters so a word was had and little Jimmy was grounded - leek growing was a serious business in them parts.
Ah yes, leek growing! For several years, I lodged at a pub in the lovely village of Ovingham and I got to know the landlord and the locals quite well. One morning after returning from a trip overseas, I asked the landlord how things had been. "Well, for the first time in my life (he'd owned the pub for at least 15 years), I had to call the police on Sunday night." He explained that they'd held the regular leek-judging competition at the pub, but one of the competitors had taken umbrage with the fact that he hadn't been given first prize. People began to take sides and a fight ensued. Apparently both the combatants were pensioners, so your point is well proven 4ma! :)) .

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5945 Post by tango15 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:39 am

It's a very barren island. Are we in the Indian Ocean?

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#5946 Post by FD2 » Sun May 24, 2020 10:41 am

No - not the Indian Ocean.

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#5947 Post by tango15 » Sun May 24, 2020 11:14 am

Arctic Ocean?

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5948 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sun May 24, 2020 11:42 am

Iceland area?
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#5949 Post by ian16th » Sun May 24, 2020 1:49 pm

Aleutian Islands
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5950 Post by FD2 » Sun May 24, 2020 7:06 pm

ian - you're moving in the right direction. Think of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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#5951 Post by 4mastacker » Sun May 24, 2020 7:42 pm

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ian - you're moving in the right direction. Think of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5952 Post by FD2 » Sun May 24, 2020 8:51 pm

Winter draws on down here, in fact there's a definite 'nip' in the air at present...

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5953 Post by ian16th » Sun May 24, 2020 9:05 pm

So a Japanese Island, or one occupied by Russia?
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#5954 Post by tango15 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:09 pm

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ian - you're moving in the right direction. Think of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Not another Johnny Cash clue?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5955 Post by FD2 » Sun May 24, 2020 9:29 pm

Yes ian - a Japanese island.

I told our local Indian takeaway he should change his name to The Ring of Fire after one particularly strong one. He told me that we westerners should develop some intestinal fortitude.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5956 Post by FD2 » Mon May 25, 2020 6:04 am

This one seems to have stalled, which maybe isn't surprising! The buildings are the remains of a met station on the active volcanic Japanese island of Torishima due south of Tokyo. https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Tor ... 40.3017515

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori-shima_(Izu_Islands)

The eminent ornithologist Lance Tickell, who specialised in the study of seabirds, especially albatrosses, was dropped on Torishima in April 1973 from HMS Brighton with a party of four and a week later they were picked up by us in Antrim Flight after studying the resident birds.

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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5957 Post by 4mastacker » Mon May 25, 2020 11:38 am

Here's something. Shouldn't last long.

The structure is named after product that was sold here.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5958 Post by ian16th » Mon May 25, 2020 11:39 am

A market place in the Cotswolds.

A wool market?
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5959 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 25, 2020 12:38 pm

Barnard Castle butter market.

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I also thought Cotswolds and a Corn Exchange as in Witney.
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Re: The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

#5960 Post by 4mastacker » Mon May 25, 2020 1:19 pm

Knew it wouldn't last long.

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