{"id":134,"date":"2008-02-05T01:08:33","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T00:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morbidcornflakes.ch\/thduggies_blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2008-02-06T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T15:31:55","slug":"are-you-bored-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/thduggies_blog\/2008\/are-you-bored-yet","title":{"rendered":"Are you bored yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some pictures for the visual folks, or those who don&#8217;t like to read.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of them are from the plane, first from the flight from Orlando north to D.C., then from the early stages of the flight to Toyko.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are bored, I offer the following: Try to answer all the questions (for the pictures that have questions) using <a title=\"The monopolist's maps\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google maps<\/a> or whatever other tool you choose.\u00c2\u00a0 If you get them all right, and you&#8217;re the first, you&#8217;ll get a <a title=\"Still Bored\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Still-Bored-Culture-Entertainment-Rediscovering\/dp\/0830823085\/ref=pd_sim_dbs_b_title_6\" target=\"_blank\">free book<\/a> courtesy of your favorite blogger.\u00c2\u00a0 If nobody&#8217;s bored enough, well, I&#8217;ll save some money.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Takeoff\" alt=\"Takeoff\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_004LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ1 (moderately hard): What kind of power plant is that on the horizon?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Lake\" alt=\"Mystery Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_010PRT.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ2 (easy): What&#8217;s the name of this lake?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Celtic Intersection\" alt=\"Celtic Intersection\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_011LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ3 (hard): Which roads intersect in this Celtic pattern?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Airfield\" alt=\"Mystery Airfield\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_012LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ4 (moderately easy): What&#8217;s the name of that airstrip?<\/p>\n<p>Here comes a sequence:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Island part 1\" alt=\"Mystery Island part 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_014PRT.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Island part 2\" alt=\"Mystery Island part 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_015LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Island part 3\" alt=\"Mystery Island part 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080128_A_Flight_to_DC_019LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ5 (moderately hard): What&#8217;s the name of the island in the above picture?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery vehicle\" alt=\"Mystery vehicle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_001LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ6 (moderately easy): What are these formerly futuristic vehicles called?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Empty plane\" alt=\"Empty plane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_002LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nNo question here.\u00c2\u00a0 This is just to show just how empty the plane was.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cloud pattern\" alt=\"Cloud pattern\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_007LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nAgain, no question.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone knows what clouds are, and I don&#8217;t know what kind of clouds these are, so I can&#8217;t check the answer if I ask that.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery Lake\" alt=\"Mystery Lake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_009PRT.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ7 (really hard): What&#8217;s the name of this lake?\u00c2\u00a0 (I couldn&#8217;t find it out myself, but if you find it, I&#8217;m sure I can check if you&#8217;re right.)\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More Clouds\" alt=\"More Clouds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_011PRT.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nMore clouds, and different ones to boot.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dusk from the plane\" alt=\"Dusk from the plane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_012LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nNo questions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mystery plane\" alt=\"Mystery plane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_014LSC.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nQ8 (moderately easy): Which country does this plane call home?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to manage the baggage claim\" alt=\"How to manage the baggage claim\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/albums\/zzz_blog_zzz\/20080130_Flight_to_Tokyo_015PRT.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><br \/>\nSee!\u00c2\u00a0 It works!\u00c2\u00a0 Three cheers for the Japanese!<\/p>\n<p>To send me the answers, go to the <a title=\"morbid cornflakes contact page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\">morbid cornflakes contact page<\/a>, if you don&#8217;t know my e-mail.\u00c2\u00a0 Have fun de-boring yourself!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some pictures for the visual folks, or those who don&#8217;t like to read.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of them are from the plane, first from the flight from Orlando north to D.C., then from the early stages of the flight to Toyko.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are bored, I offer the following: Try to answer all the questions (for the pictures that have questions) using Google maps or whatever other tool you choose.\u00c2\u00a0 If you get them all right, and you&#8217;re the first, you&#8217;ll get a free book courtesy of your favorite blogger.\u00c2\u00a0 If nobody&#8217;s bored enough, well, I&#8217;ll save some money.\u00c2\u00a0 Q1 (moderately hard): What kind of power plant is that on 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