flight paths discussion

The Powers That Be (that person with an M name that I can never spell correctly :)) would like me to create a map that shows the locations of all Flight Path members.

Can everyone please provide me with the name of the city/town/village/dot where you live? This will be a publicly viewable map, so keep that in mind when providing your info. If you live in a small town and you'd rather name a nearby large city, you can do that.

Thanks!

I live in the Bronx (northeast corner) in New York City. There's a lot of people here-even on a dot!

Currently I am living back in hometown of Vancouver BC.
Already we are international :)

I live near Eugene, Oregon.

I live in the original and only a recent city of Cambridge - not withstanding the times of my postings making this obvious and the english idiom of using the letter s instead of z !

Here's the official unveiling: http://g.co/maps/mp2fs

I'll add more as people post their info. This is fun! :)

what an amazing feature, our own Flip map
love the aerplanes
where do we find under what topic in group?

HRO, did you send general broadcast?

Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "The Powers That Be (that person with an M name that I can never spell correctly :)) would like me to create a map that shows the locations of all Flight Path members. ..."

HRO and everybody else: will MDA do?

my initials

Magdelanye wrote:
"where do we find under what topic in group?
HRO, did you send general broadcast?"

I don't understand either of those questions. *puzzled look*

oh duh to myself re first question. For some reason it did not show up at first, maybe just took a while becuause it appears now on the home page, just where it should be.

HRO: Moderators can send a message to all members at once, a general broadcast

Salt Lake City, Utah

Melissa wrote: "I live near Eugene, Oregon."

some good friends used to live in Eugene, great place for a city. Love the Oregon Coast.

Ann wrote: "Salt Lake City, Utah"

I even been to SLC, once, passing through

and Cambridge, Ice

but all those other places are mysteries to me, especially New York where I spent a bewildering afternoon.

Magdelanye wrote: "...all those other places are mysteries to me."

And that is why I linked everyone's location to a wikipedia page about the city. (See instructions on the left side of the map.)

And, no, I did not send out a group message. I just created this post.

Ann - I'll add you soonish, probably tomorrow evening.

do you want to do that, or do you want me to?
definately worth world wide attention!

Great - If you get to the wiki entry for Cambridge, down to Local Government map - I live in the West Chesterton district.

And look at our annual rainfall and be jealous !

Ok, Ann, you're on the map! :)

Thanks HRO, this is really a great way to see our relationships to the world.

I live in Brisbane, Australia.

Cool! We're on 3 continents now!

I live near Perigeux, France

I'm jealous.

Jim wrote: "I live near Perigeux, France"

bonjour monsire Jim, ami de kinkajou la marvellous. Je suis tres hereaux que vous maintenant dans notre flight plath!

Bonjour Mlle. M.,

Mon plaisir à joindre le groupe!

Kinkajou wrote: "Hey, me no speak-ee French. Whatcha ya'll sayin' ! :)"

Translation:

Hello Miss M.,

My pleasure to join the group!

Magdelanye wrote: "Jim wrote: "I live near Perigeux, France"

bonjour monsire Jim, ami de kinkajou la marvellous. Je suis tres hereaux que vous maintenant dans notre flight plath!"
Methinks kinks is still wondering about her name in the above sentence, my poor french and easy assumptions, that if Jim is in France, then it would be swell to welcome him in the language.
Translation
Hello Mr Jim, friend of the marvelous K.
I am very happy that you are now on our flight path.

Now, is your icon Etruscan?

Magdelanye wrote: "Now, is your icon Etruscan? ..."

I found the image on Google Images. It is a bust of King Gilgamesh. I don''t know the source, but I would guess maybe Assyrian or some other Mesopotamian culture.

well its very cute:)
goes well with our friend Ian, overlooking a few thousand years...

Kinkajou wrote: "If I could, I'd speak 5 or 6 languages. As it is I struggle with only two. ..."

Which two do you speak? Which other languages would you like to speak?

Naturally, I'm studying French right now. In high school, I studied German and I'm thinking about revisiting the language, since I have some neural paths that could likely be revivified. I'd love to read Rilke in German, and also, I'd like to visit parts of the former Communist bloc. Apparently, German was a second language in many of those countries because of trade with East Germany.

Beyond that, maybe Spanish, since I'm so close to the Spanish border. Also, it would be useful for future visits to the U.S., since it is rapidly being annexed by Mexico - LOL!

And if I suddenly discover the fountain of youth, Italian, so I can read Italo Calvino. I love his work, but think his writing suffers a little in English translation.

Jim wrote: "Kinkajou wrote: "If I could, I'd speak 5 or 6 languages. As it is I struggle with only two. ..."

Which two do you speak? Which other languages would you like to speak?..."

Yes k, whats your other language and is it a mother tongue?

My neural pathways are trying to accomodate Spanish and improve my French, but it seems such a struggle out of context. Total immersion is where its at.

Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "Here's the official unveiling: http://g.co/maps/mp2fs

I'll add more as people post their info. This is fun! :)"

Can you add me? Perigeux, France

I am so sorry, Jim. I didn't have time to do it when I saw your post, and forgot to came back to it. Thanks for reminding me. You're on the map now! :)

Here's a screenshot of the map:

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Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "I am so sorry, Jim. I didn't have time to do it when I saw your post, and forgot to came back to it. Thanks for reminding me. You're on the map now! :)"

Merci Beaucoup, votre Royale Orangeness!

Hello all, I live in Nottingham, England, home of the alleged socialist bandit Robin Hood.

Paul wrote: "Hello all, I live in Nottingham, England, home of the alleged socialist bandit Robin Hood."

Hi Paul!

Hi Jim - just trying to figure out what this group is all about....

This is a group where you don't have to choose books, vote in polls, compete for points, or even read a book. It's a place to free associate, ponder, and discuss books and reading without any deadlines... or something like that!

I can ponder.

Paul wrote: "I can ponder."

Oh Damn! I forgot 'ruminate'! Can you ruminate too?

I ruminate endlessly. I have a cow mind.

I mull, rather than ruminate. It's close.

Jim wrote: "This is a group where you don't have to choose books, vote in polls, compete for points, or even read a book. It's a place to free associate, ponder, and discuss books and reading without any deadlines..."

hey jim I love your description of the group...we can use this, if its okay with you.

And hey Paul, its nice to see you here!

As for me, I brood a lot....

Magdelanye wrote: "hey jim I love your description of the group...we can use this, if its okay with you.

And hey Paul, its nice to see you here!

As for me, I brood a lot...."

Okay with me. Be sure to add ruminate and mull. Let's leave out brood, so we seem more upbeat - LOL!

actually Jim I am going a bit nuts looking for a comment you made that I wanted to reply to and not being able to find it. It was re surveillance I believe

Paul has been added to the map. Is he the only person to have joined in my absence?

There is Moonbutterfly and Gundula...we would love to have you on our map. and to know a bit more about you and your travels.
I have compared books with Gundula before and like a lot of your comments.

Why do I retaiin a sense of guilty pleasure when I do this, because it seems so intimate and an invasion of privacy almost....Thing is, its so innocent. When I read a good review or notice someones name atatched to a particularly perceptive comment, at some point I will want to know a bit more about that person and so then check out their profile and naturally, compare books. And its so interesting.... I have been thinking that I might feel better about the process if it was mutual.

Moonbutterfly, you just flitted in and graced us with a few comments. Would you like to compare books?

Magdelanye wrote: "There is Moonbutterfly and Gundula...we would love to have you on our map. and to know a bit more about you and your travels.
I have compared books with Gundula before and like a lot of your commen..."

It is kind of intimate, isn't it? You get to peruse their shelves without having to wait for an invite...

But people can make their profile private can't they. I assumed that made their bookshelves non-viewable too. Anyway, anyone who wants to mooch through my bookshelves is welcome.

I come from Leicester by the way. Paul is practically my neighbour.

Being the next closest, I also worked as an interim in a charity on New Walk a couple of years back.

I wonder if we ever passed each other in the central library but never knew it?