BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
BattleTech Player Boards => BattleTech Roleplaying => MechWarrior Hall => Topic started by: Weirdo on 03 September 2013, 14:55:14
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Okay, here we go. The rules are simple. You open Google Maps, and get to your home(or present location if you prefer). You then search for the word of the day. How far away is that nearest location from you?
The first word of the day is: Obelisk.
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Obelisk
2029 P St NW
Washington, DC 20036
1,326 mi, 19 hours 11 mins
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Obelisk, Delaware
61.1 miles
1 hour and 28 minutes
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Wait, you guys actually got places in your searches? Lucky. The ONLY thing it would bring up for me was some mountain named Obelisk in southern Cali.
(roughly 1240 miles)
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Obelisk, 4096 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN
141 miles.
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I know it's a different day, but I still got this.... Obelisk Engineering Inc, West Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK. 58.7 Miles from here. ;)
The dictionary.com word of the day is skedaddle.
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You people must be typing it in differently from me. Either that or the particular server my computer connects to really likes California.
Nearest skedaddle to me is 1342 miles away, in San Diego.
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Skedadle Creek, CA 1164 miles away
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Skedaddles Indoor Playground
8061 Market St
Youngstown, OH 44512
532 miles away
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Skedaddles Indoor Playground, Market Street, Youngstown, OH
1,228 mi, 17 hours 52 mins
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Skedaddles Indoor Playground, Market Street, Youngstown, OH
1,454 mi, 21 hours 3 mins
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Skedaddles Indoor Playground, Market Street, Youngstown, OH
397 miles, 6 hours and 8 minutes
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And the new word of the day is...Panzer.
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Dr Claudia Panzer, Denver, CO
373 mi, 5 hours 45 mins
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Panzer Motorcycle Works
Canon City CO 53.3 miles
Dr Claudia Panzer, Denver, CO
373 mi, 5 hours 45 mins
The Above was 61 miles from my location
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Panzer Automotive, Louisville, KY
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Dr. Shawn W. Panzer, MD, Denton, TX
41.7 mi, 47 mins
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Dr. Shawn W. Panzer, MD, Denton, TX
41.7 mi, 47 mins
Same one for me. Finally, something less than a thousand miles away!
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New Day... new word.... Pale. Oh and just typing in this word alone (expand the results) gave plenty of results. ;)
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The Above was 61 miles from my location
I expect most things to be at least 300-400 miles away from where I am at the moment.
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Pale Octopus, Elmwood Boulevard, Dallas, TX
17.1 mi, 25 mins.
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Pale Horse Bar and Lounge, 7 miles. 14 minutes
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Pale Octopus, Elmwood Boulevard, Dallas, TX
17.1 mi, 25 mins.
Unsurprisingly, same one again. Not sure if I want to know what that business is.
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Pale Eddies Pour House, Birmingham, Alabama
772 miles
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Word of the Day from dictionary.com: Habiliment (no joy)
Word of the Day from merriamwebster.com: Fomite (also, no joy)
Word of the day from macmillandictionary.com: Sapphire
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Sapphire Computers, Yellow Springs, OH
210 miles
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Sapphire Technologies, Cleveland, OH
26 miles
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Sapphire Lane, Rapid City, SD
145 mi, 2 hours 11 mins
Closest yet!
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Sapphire Lane, NJ
86.7 miles
1 hour and 36 minutes
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Sapphire, NC
1001 miles.
15 hours, 24 mins (give or take)
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Can't allow this to die quite yet.... so the word of the day is Decadent.
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Decadent Diva's, NY
2 hours, 50 minutes and 159 miles.
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Decadent Travel, Wheatridge, CO
75.1 miles, 1 hour 16 minutes
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Decadence Cafe, West 1600 North, Orem, UT
1,208 mi, 18 hours 46 mins
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Decadent Delight, Ann Arbor, MI
194 miles, 2 hours 58 minutes
New word of the day is .... Armory
Stow Armory, Stow, OH
12.7 miles, 16 minutes
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Brazes River Armory, Colo. Spgs. CO
9.6 miles 18 mins.
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Ozark Armory, North Thompson Street, Springdale, AR
268 miles. 4 hrs, 8 mins.