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Geographic Location Contest

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 Posted 08/16/2009  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
London England & Benin City Nigeria are both incorrect.

Sorry, guys and girls.

Some answers are very close.

Hint # 15 (? I think...): Two answers given are within 100 miles of my destination.
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 Posted 08/16/2009  6:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nic wrote:


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Copy, have a safe and enjoyable flight Moe145


Thank you Nic! That is is very kind of you!
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 Posted 08/16/2009  7:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nic also guessed Mauritius. Nope, sorry my brother/sister!

Just FYI: (I had to look it up...)

Geography
Mauritius is located approximately 2000 kilometres to the south eastern coast of Africa and lies east of Madagascar on 20°5, 57.5E. The country covers an area of 1865km_ with 330 kilometres of coastline. Mauritius is 45km in width and 65km in length.

I would LOVE to got there! CCF ! Let's do a cruise there!
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 Posted 08/16/2009  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add novillero to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lagos, Nigeria
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08/16/2009 7:32 pm
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Though tempted to head for Mauritius, you will follow flight plans and land in Muscat, Oman.
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 Posted 08/16/2009  7:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add deadmunny to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Zagreb, Croatia because it begins with "Z"
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 Posted 08/16/2009  7:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you NOVILLERO!

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Yes, it is Lagos, Nigeria! Well done!

PM your address and I'll send off your Morgan! Nice nice nice!


CONGRATULATIONS!

I really also have to thank everyone who played!

Wheezydog was within 100 miles on 2 guesses. He was toying with me, I think!

And DL20K with Accra, Ghana was only about 175 miles off too!
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08/16/2009 7:57 pm
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 Posted 08/16/2009  8:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
CONGRATULATIONS NOVILLERO!!

Moe, that was one wild and crazy contest! Thanks for all of the fun!
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 Posted 08/16/2009  8:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add novillero to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! Cool. This definitely made my Sunday night as I periodically check CCF while working (for work) through this beautiful weekend.

I learned alot about geography after getting some of those clues. Thanks for the excitement.
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 Posted 08/16/2009  11:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add deadmunny to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice job novillero!

Thanks for the contest Moe. I'm not a code-breaker, so I was happy to have a shot at this one.
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 Posted 08/16/2009  11:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lagos, Nigeria
Congrats! novillero I was heading that way pretty quick. You were on the ball and deserve it.

Thanks for the contest Moe. I sure liked it better than those code breakers.
hint hint!

If you are forced to land in one of the other airports in Nigeria, don't forget me.
I knew that had to be one nasty place. Now what are these 282 people going to do there? Is this a humanitarian effort?
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 Posted 08/17/2009  12:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congratulations Novillero!

Thanks Moe145 for the contest!

Looking forward to your next one, shortly I hope

Have a great day!
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 Posted 08/17/2009  03:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congratulations

3rd place is not bad given the amount of participants!
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 Posted 08/17/2009  10:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wheezydog wrote:


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Now what are these 282 people going to do there? Is this a humanitarian effort?



The Boeing 777 I fly carries 50 people in business class and 218 in coach. With 11 flight attendants and 4 pilots (I took myself out of the equation..) it adds up to 282 people (who aren't going anywhere if I don't go).

Some passengers may be going for humanitarian reasons but I'm going for a purely mercenary reason (i.e., I don't get paid if I don't fly the airplane!)

Thanks again to everyone that played! It was fun!

(Novillero! Congratulations again! PM me whenever you're ready for some silver!)
Edited by Moe145
08/17/2009 10:24 am
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Wow! I missed all the fun this weekend! For the record, I had no idea until the end anyway.

Congratulations, novillero!
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