Third Cellar Field of 64: World Landmarks - Page 8

wolf · 04-04-2006, 11:39 AM

Stonehenge

04-04-2006, 11:40 AM

I believe Stone hedge wins.

The rest of you have obviously never seen the VLA. It is NOT that impressive. Its just a bunch of satellite receivers strung out along the desert in New Mexico. If you're ever down that way, I recommend the Socorro Wildlife Refuge instead which is most cool. They have whooping cranes and everything!

wolf · 04-04-2006, 11:50 AM

If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams.

I accept that you don't get it.

Undertoad · 04-04-2006, 11:52 AM

Stonehenge wins.

Mt Kilimanjaro (8)
vs
Mesa Verde (9)

glatt · 04-04-2006, 11:55 AM

Mesa Verde

SteveDallas · 04-04-2006, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams.

I accept that you don't get it.

Just pretend we're the Russian and East German judges...

04-04-2006, 12:49 PM

Mesa Verde

Oh, I love the CONCEPT of the VLA, but to just go look at it is rather disappointing.

Undertoad · 04-04-2006, 12:50 PM

Mesa Verde wins.

Buckingham Palace (5)
vs
Sears Tower (12)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Spexxvet · 04-04-2006, 01:11 PM

Buckingham Palace

wolf · 04-04-2006, 01:23 PM

Sears Tower

Elspode · 04-04-2006, 01:39 PM

Buckingham Palace. Sears Tower isn't even the tallest building anymore.

wolf · 04-04-2006, 01:53 PM

But it's still cool, man.

Cyclefrance · 04-04-2006, 02:57 PM

Not that I'm biased or anything but Buckingham Palace has a status that cannot be bettered. It isn't just the main building, there are the stables for horses and carriages (including the famous gold coronation carriage) , the Queen's Gallery which displays all manner of art works (Faberge Imperial Russian jewel-encrusted eggs last year) and a wonderful walled garden. Sears Tower doesn't come close even to the Chrysler Building and I would still vote Buck House ahead of that. Well, OK, maybe I am a teensy weensy bit biased...

glatt · 04-04-2006, 03:27 PM

Yeah, but at least a commoner can set foot in the Sears Tower instead of looking at it from 100 yeards away through a wrought iron fence.

(But I would have voted for Buckingham Palace myself, because the Sears Tower looks like a couple big shoe boxes stacked next to one another.)

Edit: a "yeard" is also known as a "ye olde yard," an English measurement equal to 3 Queen's heads, measured from bloody neck stump to top of crown.

barefoot serpent · 04-04-2006, 03:41 PM

I don't recall seeing the Changing of the Guard at the Sears Tower.

04-04-2006, 11:39 AM	#106
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Stonehenge __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-04-2006, 11:50 AM	#108
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams. I accept that you don't get it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-04-2006, 01:11 PM	#114
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Buckingham Palace __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-04-2006, 01:23 PM	#115
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sears Tower __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-04-2006, 01:39 PM	#116
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Buckingham Palace. Sears Tower isn't even the tallest building anymore. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-04-2006, 11:40 AM	#107
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I believe Stone hedge wins. The rest of you have obviously never seen the VLA. It is NOT that impressive. Its just a bunch of satellite receivers strung out along the desert in New Mexico. If you're ever down that way, I recommend the Socorro Wildlife Refuge instead which is most cool. They have whooping cranes and everything!

04-04-2006, 11:52 AM	#109
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Stonehenge wins. Mt Kilimanjaro (8) vs Mesa Verde (9)

04-04-2006, 11:55 AM	#110
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Mesa Verde

04-04-2006, 12:49 PM	#112
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Mesa Verde Oh, I love the CONCEPT of the VLA, but to just go look at it is rather disappointing.

04-04-2006, 12:50 PM	#113
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mesa Verde wins. Buckingham Palace (5) vs Sears Tower (12) http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

04-04-2006, 01:53 PM	#117
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	But it's still cool, man. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-04-2006, 02:57 PM	#118
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Not that I'm biased or anything but Buckingham Palace has a status that cannot be bettered. It isn't just the main building, there are the stables for horses and carriages (including the famous gold coronation carriage) , the Queen's Gallery which displays all manner of art works (Faberge Imperial Russian jewel-encrusted eggs last year) and a wonderful walled garden. Sears Tower doesn't come close even to the Chrysler Building and I would still vote Buck House ahead of that. Well, OK, maybe I am a teensy weensy bit biased... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-04-2006, 03:27 PM	#119
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, but at least a commoner can set foot in the Sears Tower instead of looking at it from 100 yeards away through a wrought iron fence. (But I would have voted for Buckingham Palace myself, because the Sears Tower looks like a couple big shoe boxes stacked next to one another.) Edit: a "yeard" is also known as a "ye olde yard," an English measurement equal to 3 Queen's heads, measured from bloody neck stump to top of crown. Last edited by glatt; 04-04-2006 at 03:31 PM.

04-04-2006, 03:41 PM	#120
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I don't recall seeing the Changing of the Guard at the Sears Tower.

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