How did you find it? Are you familiar with Davenport?
― nickn, Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
nope, I googled 11'8 bridge and it turns out there's a really famous one in North Carolina, but it's not the one in the picture. Then I googled "overheight vehicle route" and found a Flickr picture of it! so I got lucky for sure.
― kinder, Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
An unexpected route to it for sure. Surprised this one took so long!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
There are some places that I don't "get" because why would I want to even think about that place, and Davenport, IA, is one of them. What an absolute pit.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 15 November 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
well done though
― a (waterface), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
so the sign in the Santa/street/piano picture says "Gifts" - and it's "Schmitt ??? - ??? Santa" - meanwhile, the family pic is "German Family Christmas" and the three landscape/tower drawings aren't labeled.
https://www.google.be/maps/@41.5214872,-90.583515,3a,41.1y,186.89h,76.73t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya283.5709-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
and it's a Santa costume, no famous pope/cardinal
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Gifts, omg.
― a (waterface), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
This one was wild
how the hell did you end up in a place like this, cherry blossom? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
the costume looks more like Saint Nicholas though - who comes with gifts on December 6th here in Belgium and looks/sounds suspiciously like Santa Claus (Sint Nicholas -> Sint Nikolaas -> Sinterklaas / Santa Claus)
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/kHjf8zR/orph.jpg
I think the vertical KUM might be EUM as port of RKO Orpheum (which is todays Adler)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Haha I was wrong about more or less everything so I am likely wrong about this too but Iām clinging on to this being Schmitts Music Store Santa.
― Tim, Monday, 15 November 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
in July 1913, relocated to 111-113 W. Third St. Schmidt Music Company continued in business in Davenport until 1964.
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
which is next to the Adler
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
I was pretty sure that I read "Schmitt Music Store Santa" in that photo caption. I found a Schmitt Music store website with all of their store locations, which are all in the Midwest, and I checked many of them for a historical museum. But they have no current location in Davenport, IA, so I never looked there!
― o. nate, Monday, 15 November 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
Ok since I guessed one not so long ago, here's today's:
https://i.ibb.co/7yzZ7rW/Screenshot-2021-11-16-at-11-20-39.png
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:22 (two years ago) link
Thinking Israel
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
All the cars are white. Feels like in Israel they wouldn't all be white, but then it is a small sample size. And it could be near an airport
Black and white striped poles
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
yeah I was thinking that most of them are taxis perhaps. Airport or big hotel on the right.
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
Direction signs with blue background and white text: not Israel?
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
definitely Middle East though
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
Man is wearing a Kippah I think?
― willem, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
I'm not finding blue traffic signs like that in Israel (or yellow buses) - maybe I'm not looking in the right spots
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
Thought it might be Tunis, but I did some wandering and didn't find many signs that were similar.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
i think it's somewhere moister than that. getting pacific vibes, philippines maybe. can't find those traffic stripes though
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
those are canary island date palms fwiw so maybe north africa a little more likely that middle east (although obviously they're all over the world at this point)
― š šš¢šØ (caek), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
are we seeing letters on the right? something like FAH ?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
I think I found some striped poles
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:19 (two years ago) link
All non-white cars are forbidden in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) but I don't think this is it
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:25 (two years ago) link
Striped poles for both street signs and lights are very distinctive. Googling around I found striped poles in Kuwait. The blue sign with two indecipherable lines of text - wondering if this is arabic script on top and Roman script underneath
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:52 (two years ago) link
The striped poles I found were in Haifa, near the airport but not had a chance to look properly
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
I'm not 100% on that cap being a Kippah - could be a Taquiyah or Kufi too?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
I see FAH too, and the word underneath looks like "depot."
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
The area immediately north of Tel Aviv airport is festooned with striped poles. Festooned!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
one more before I go to bed:
https://i.ibb.co/gSGGnMf/Screenshot-2021-11-17-at-21-28-33.png
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@23.5885384,58.3844859,3a,75y,55.9h,77.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi1.1677419-ya168.24538-ro0.124545805-fo100!7i5760!8i2880
Got him!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
O Man!
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
(indirectly via https://trafficfineslist.com/images/oman-traffic-fines.jpg)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
The land of the stripey pole...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
nice one!
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
Second pic: https://goo.gl/maps/DCEtf1CDDXDucce1A
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
That was a good one. I definitely got sidetracked by finding stripey poles in Israel. Haifa and Tel Aviv both felt too busy but they had the striped poles, but weirdly only in certain areas so I felt hmm maybe
Then I looked Jordan, Saudi, Oman and saw the traffic fines photo with the highway overhead and furniture store and it was pretty quick from there
One thing I learned is that Haifa and Tel Aviv both have a lot of tiny roundabouts, that are pretty well decorated
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:14 (two years ago) link
Nice one, was looking for a while like the middle east was a bit of a blind spot for the thread.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:36 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/9YGK7BJ/co2.jpg
Monday SV
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 22 November 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
Initial thought: those bigger houses feel scandinavian - but it could just as easily be Scotland or something like the flatter parts of Austria, maybe? :-/
Can't quite make out what's on the road (bottom) - xxxT xxNAS ? (west/east something nas?)
Trying to see if the cars drive on the left or right but that three lane road is very confusing - looking at the arrows near the bottom of the pic all three lanes are coming our way, but a bit further away, between the trees, it looks like there's an arrow that splits into left/straight on for traffic coming from where we are - so which is it?
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
Looks like driving on the left to me, I can't see an arrow indicating the left lane is coming our way, only the one higher up. Can't make out the writing on the road on the right hand lane beyond __Y ___S - any lanes? left turns? Might be a place name instead of an instruction.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
I think that's the UK, and it might be Lancaster?
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
That could be a currys / pc world logo on the left edge in the middle - have looked at a few megastores with no joy though.
The roads and carparks all look very quiet!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
Might look silly in a bit but I'm pretty confident that is not the UK. First thought was Scandinavia
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link