mileco:Okay, this is another "Judges' Discretion" photo. The area that I took this in is geographically inside the city of San Diego. However, I acknowledge that some may consider it North County.

You're fine with this one, Mileco.

mileco: Anyone who can name the building designer (the staff inside would be happy to tell you) wins . . . ummm . . . uh . . . 10 INTERNETS BONUS POINTS*!!!.

*(Internets points expire yesterday; offer void in Utah)

Michael Graves

ha!

Rule #3: "As "it", you have 48 hours to place a new tag. If you don't, the honor of being "it" transfers to the second finder/poster. It is highly encouraged to post the new tag quickly and in a way that is locationally diverse: In short, if you don't have the time or inclination to place a new tag quickly, don't claim one in the first place. And try to go the extra mile to place the tag somewhere different than the neighborhood you found it in.

I think you're okay as far as getting the next tag up. You haven't been "Bruced" yet in the sense of not placing a tag within 48 hours, by someone who may claim the last tag at the Hyatt.

I'm not well versed on all the rules so someone may rule differently.

Ride well and be safe out there.

OKB

Hah - love it! Almost like geocaching - without the physical cache!

dstone: I forget the word on this- the tag is now open, but if I place the new tag before someone else reclaims the old one, do I still get to lay claim to the new tag?

Just for clarification:

In order for a "finder" to lose his right to place a new tag, both of these requirements have to be met:

1) Your find has to have been "Bruced".
2) Your 48 time limit to place a new tag has to have lapsed.

In your case there was no "Bruce" - so the above two requirements are not met: You are OK!

PS! How did you identify the location coordinates - is there an app for that (or did you bring a GPSR, or look it up on your computer in advance)?

When I type those coordinates in I'm off of Tijuana in the Pacific Ocean. :(

Any chance you could post them in case I'm reading them incorrectly?

In case the numbers are hard to read, here they are:
32 50 476
117 15 147

I will let you fill in the symbols and other necessary directions.

Serge2:Hope this works. From iPhone.

It didn't - but I fixed it for you. Many here use Photobucket with Photobucket App.

PS! I was actually thinking that deciphering David's handwritten scribbles was half the fun!

Sigurd:

Serge2:Hope this works. From iPhone.

It didn't - but I fixed it for you. Many here use Photobucket with Photobucket App.

PS! I was actually thinking that deciphering David's handwritten scribbles was half the fun!

I didn't want to let the actual numbers get in the way, though it would have been amusing if the coordinates were misread and they placed you out in the desert or (as it happened with svelocity) in the ocean. I tried to at least make folks work for the degrees, minutes, seconds, etc. of the coordinates.

PS- Sorry to hold you back, Sigurd, but I figured you had unfair advanced knowledge of the location.

dstone:Sorry to hold you back, Sigurd, but I figured you had unfair advanced knowledge of the location.

I don't mind at all - but will you at least allow me to Bruce it without having to wait for two days?



:face-devil-grin:

Here, by the way, is the google earth view from this point.

I must apologize because life has gotten in the way of me getting out for another ride within the 48 hour limit. Bummer because I have a great tag in mind, but just couldn't get there. At least there are already two Bruces in the running.

Sorry!!!

Mine was not a valid Bruce--I appear to have been 50 to 100m up the hill. Serge is still up.

I'm having login/email conflict problems between yahoo and flickr that's keeping me from logging in to flickr.
So I loaded it on Facebook and figured out how to get the URL for that. Preview indicates it works. Hope that's a permalink with Facebook.



Okay, here's the hint.

When I was getting ready to take this picture, a neighbor stepped out and I explained to him why I was taking the picture. He said that when the owner of this house is home, it might be difficult for others to get this picture. The secret service will stop you.

Luckily, the owner is very busy elsewhere in the country right now and unlikely to be home in the next few days. But as we get closer to June he should be here more and more often.

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Okay, got it to work from flickr:

Hopefully he won't get a permit to tear it down!

I elected to get into the game by picking up a routine grounder into my Mitt. It's spring! Let's play ball...err,... Bike-O-Rama.

It's a nice day and the afternoon breeze hasn't yet filled in.

New Post tomorrow.







Ride well and be safe out there,

OKB

Here is an article about it.

Nice snag, OKB. When AlanKHG was visiting we rode by his block on our bikes; he was standing outside talking to the secret service folks when we went past. They all turned their heads and watched us ride by with some suspicion. It was amusing, to say the least. I always feel like a creeper when visitors want to walk down to his house and look in but hey, it's not a private street, ya know?

Serge2:Here is an article about it.

I did some research and found a preliminary architectural plan of his new 11,062-ft house.

The last Tag was at Mitt Romney's La Jolla digs.


@wpstoll,

"until the GC leader finally catches them and blasts past them for the win."

Ha! That's funny; if you only knew of my pedestrian pace you'd be laughing too. These guys are the "kings of the hills", I'm just a low country "beach cruiser."


@dstone,

"I always feel like a creeper when visitors want to walk down to his house and look in but hey, it's not a private street, ya know?"

It's only because of his celebrity that folks want to check it out. I feel bad for the neighbors who probably had a nice level of autonomy and privacy. It's funny, feeling sorry for the rich folks, but often they're good folks who just happen to be long time residents and non-intrusive in the local 'hood. When the circus comes to town, that nice bucolic seaside neighborhood will be rocked.


Anyway....

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Ahoy and Avast Matey's,

For all you filthy landlubberly, grog guzzling, pub crawling scally wags, I've set me sights on a good ship for taggin' this fine and fair day. She's a Stately and quick vessel, built to collect revenues from the pirates that would run the rum illegal from south of the border.



There's a fair number of knots in that there rigging! It would take a seasoned captain and a fine crew to undue the Gordian Knot that is her rigging and set her to sail to the Coronado Islands and the good chase of the Rum Runners.





Hoist a cold refreshing ale and sing out lads and lassies, "fair winds and good hunting!"


Fair winds and good hunting indeed,

OKB

The Schwinn Lawyer:I got the tag but can't remember how to upload - been so long since I've done it. Can someone remind me?

First upload the image to an image farm like flikr, PhotoBucket or facebook.
Get the URL to the jpg.
Click on "img" and enter that URL.

Obviously figured it out. Next tag sometime this afternoon.

Last tag was the HMS Surprise. I have NOT been at the new tag since snagging the boat photo.

There you go. The name's even on the front of the building.


Previous post is on India, 1/2 block north of Hawthorn

markphilips:Since I am on this photo does that mean I am not allowed to tag this one?:face-angel:

Don't be a cheater :)

I am not sure where this is but I gave a couple places a try when I was out and about. Wrong and wrong. I'll do some research on StreetView and see if I can't give it another go tomorrow.