Where's Waldo

[nutcracker]

OK - so - post a pic of yourself smoking at a famous haunt.

I'll kick this one off:

A fiver for anyone who know where this is:

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpspwglq7se.jpeg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpspwglq7se.jpeg.html)

[pnoon]

Stogies Smoke Shop in St. Augustine FL?

[AdamJoshua]

Sorry going with Stogies on Grand.


961 Grand Avenue
55105 St. Paul , MN

oh and thanks for the contest, Waldo!

[The Poet]

Judging by the sky, it's on Planet Earth.

[nutcracker]

Adam is correct!
Your prize is en route!

[AdamJoshua]

Adam is correct!
Your prize is en route!

Worlds fastest contest payout! Since the chocolate has Rask's name on it, I'm afraid it's now a choking hazard! :sl

Your perception of the ... oh **** is this some kind of inception alter-reality distortion going on?

LOL thanks, Waldo!

http://i.imgur.com/tN6g5YE.jpg

[The Poet]

Damn! Maybe I was wrong about guessing Earth, or at least OUR Earth. :tf

[pnoon]

I can hear Neil saying, "These aren't the droids you're looking for".

[nutcracker]

You earthlings are so feeble.

[AdamJoshua]

I am suddenly reminded of The Twilight Zone episode with the report of the spaceship crash, a bus goes into a frozen lake and everyone is stuck in a little diner trying to figure out which one of them is an alien, of course it's social collapse as they all turn on each other. The title, "Will the Real Martian Please stand Up?".

[The Poet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FucbvoFFy0

[nutcracker]

Ok dudes and dudettes: round number 2.

Where's the nutcracker now?

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[jonumberone]

SW 15th ave between SW8th and SW9th street in Miami.
Next to the Tower Theater.

[nutcracker]

Jeez Dom - that's quick! Right in Little Havanna! Cigar lover paradise.
Your prize will go out later this week.
Same addy as before?

[jonumberone]

Jeez Dom - that's quick! Right in Little Havanna! Cigar lover paradise.
Your prize will go out later this week.
Same addy as before?

Woot!
Yes Neil, same addy! :banger
Enjoy the rest of your trip!

[WhiteMamba]

That's a pretty epic guess.

[AdamJoshua]

Damn, what were you sitting three tables away from him, Dom? :lr :lr :lr

[jjirons69]

I am suddenly reminded of The Twilight Zone episode with the report of the spaceship crash, a bus goes into a frozen lake and everyone is stuck in a little diner trying to figure out which one of them is an alien, of course it's social collapse as they all turn on each other. The title, "Will the Real Martian Please stand Up?".


In my top 3. I remember seeing this one late one Sat. night when I was 8 or 9 years old. Scared the chit out of me. Never suspected both were part of the alien invasion.

[AdamJoshua]

SPOILERS!!! Sheesh :lr

[nutcracker]

On the road again....

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[AdamJoshua]

Tim Horton's? :lr

Hope you will be home when your MAW get's there, you aren't in Mumbai or anything right?

[Tio Gato]

Looks like the patio at Corona Cigar in Orlando.

[nutcracker]

Jeff is on the money! These are too easy, I'll have to up my game....:D

PM an addy for your prize Jeff.

[pnoon]

Dammit. I'm too slow.

[Tio Gato]

Dammit. I'm too slow.

As a retired guy it's good to be slow. :tu

[pnoon]

As a retired guy it's good to be slow. :tu

True.
But not when Neil has a contest.

[nutcracker]

OK puzzlers. One last one for a bit.
Here's my soulmate of 31 years with a small perfecto....

So where are we? The most precise answer wins a fiver....

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsvz40nz1h.jpeg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsvz40nz1h.jpeg.html)

[The Poet]

Outside, and NOT in Winnipeg.

[Adriftpanda]

Ybor City, Florida?

Ybor Cigar Plus

[jjirons69]

I can get even closer than Huy. Ybor City, Tampa, Fl, E. 7th Ave, Ybor Cigar Plus. Click the link below and you're sitting in the same seat as the old lady in the white sweater. Your bride is sitting in the empty seat to her left (underneath that green window sign).

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9602644,-82.4397516,3a,25.1y,129.62h,81.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szKZRZz_iduxLJsIRMQZ8Yg!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[The Poet]

Ybor City, Florida?

Ybor Cigar Plus

I can get even closer than Huy. Ybor City, Tampa, Fl, E. 7th Ave, Ybor Cigar Plus. Click the link below and you're sitting in the same seat as the old lady in the white sweater. Your bride is sitting in the empty seat to her left (underneath that green window sign).

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9602644,-82.4397516,3a,25.1y,129.62h,81.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szKZRZz_iduxLJsIRMQZ8Yg!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

See? I'm right again. :tu

[Adriftpanda]

I can get even closer! The chair your wife sitting on, has a stain on it. There is gum underneath the table. Bubblicious, watermelon flavor to be exact. Lol

Well, that was fun and didn't last long...

I should have been MORE exact when I googled it.

[nutcracker]

I can get even closer than Huy. Ybor City, Tampa, Fl, E. 7th Ave, Ybor Cigar Plus. Click the link below and you're sitting in the same seat as the old lady in the white sweater. Your bride is sitting in the empty seat to her left (underneath that green window sign).

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9602644,-82.4397516,3a,25.1y,129.62h,81.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szKZRZz_iduxLJsIRMQZ8Yg!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Impressive James. I'd like to send Huy a consolation, but watermelon flavour ?

[jjirons69]

I can get even closer! The chair your wife sitting on, has a stain on it. There is gum underneath the table. Bubblicious, watermelon flavor to be exact. Lol

Well, that was fun and didn't last long...

I should have been MORE exact when I googled it.

:D Watermelon flavored anything is horrible!

[Adriftpanda]

Watermelon is great!

Thanks, Neil!

[jjirons69]

Thanks for the Waldo contest, Neil.

[Tio Gato]

A big thank you to Neil.
He hit me good with a fiver of Drew Estates blends that are exclusive to Corona in Orlando. I'd post a picture but I can't remember how.:confused:

[jonumberone]

I also received a great package from Neil.
A great fiver, and even better another bottle of Peri Peri sauce.
Thanks, Neil!

[Adriftpanda]

Impressive James. I'd like to send Huy a consolation, but watermelon flavour ?

Watermelon is great!

Thanks, Neil!

I meant watermelon is great when I was a kid...

I received my consolation prize today alright... 18 packs of watermelon bubblicious bubble gum. Hahaha

Thanks Neil, you gave me a hell of a laugh today.

[AdamJoshua]

LOL. :tu

[jjirons69]

At least it wasn't ABC gum.

:dr

[nutcracker]

I meant watermelon is great when I was a kid...

I received my consolation prize today alright... 18 packs of watermelon bubblicious bubble gum. Hahaha

Thanks Neil, you gave me a hell of a laugh today.

:hy

Don't worry Huy - the nutter will still take good care of you.
Just need a breather at work!

[jjirons69]

Got a hell of a prize from Neil today! In the box were four things I like - cigars, stickers, candy, and a tool. Awesome selection of sticks with some tasty maple candy (my daughter and son seem to enjoy, too). Stickers of the man himself and one of the neatest tools around, The Redeemer! Prongs on one end to get that last little nub and a cool-ass draw tool on the other, all encased in a healthy aluminum tube. How did he know I needed this? Neil, you're a king among men!! Thanks you so much for the wonderful prize!!!

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/jjirons69/P1070551_zpsly1ev19b.jpg

[The Poet]

Neil be ill, fer sure. :tu

[AdamJoshua]

Very nice, you should post a review of the draw tool, Jim. :tu Oh and of course does it need to be said you need to keep a watchful eye to the north?

[nutcracker]

OK gang - enough with the gimmes.
The Nutcracker finds himself in a very remote yet iconic place.....

So where am I?
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[AdamJoshua]

You are sitting by a small lake in the middle of nowhere.. actually let's go with Terry Badlands and that's Chimney Rock (I think that's it).


Welcome back around!

[nutcracker]

Well Adam - not sure that's close enough for a cigar.....
Maybe????

[pnoon]

Alongside the Yellowstone River near the Terry Badlands?

[markem]

It's not Chimney Rock near the Nebraska border on the Oregon Trail, that's certain.
It's not Chimney Spire in N Calif.
It'snot Monument Valley.
It's not the spires at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs ...

The terrain makes it look like Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, but I'm betting that it is in Canada. Reminds me a bit of the Bugaboos, but the spires are too far apart. East of the Rockies is probably a safe bet, but where ... ?

Desperate guess: Stagecoach Rock?

[AdamJoshua]

Great Falls, MT.

[Remo]

Somewhere near Sturgis

[WhiteMamba]

At the set of an old western?

[nutcracker]

OK guys , you're all a bit off. I'll give a clue - somewhere in Wyoming.....

[nutcracker]

And the "lake" is a fairly large river

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsizdt6dis.jpeg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsizdt6dis.jpeg.html)

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[pnoon]

Castle Gardens along the Green River.

[pnoon]

I think I found it.

Firehole Canyon, Flaming Gorge

[Remo]

Nice, I was just in Thermopolis Wyoming last week, looks a lot the same. On the Green somewhere I bet.

[Remo]

17226

The river I was on :tu

[Remo]

I think I found it.

Firehole Canyon, Flaming Gorge

I think that might have it :tu

[AdamJoshua]

Oh more clues, I know I should have woken up earlier today :lr :)

[nutcracker]

I think I found it.

Firehole Canyon, Flaming Gorge

Yessir - is the correct answer!!!

It is an absolutely awesome place.

Prize will go out at the end o the month when I get home

[Remo]

Let me know if you get closer to Utah :tu

[pnoon]

Yessir - is the correct answer!!!

It is an absolutely awesome place.

Prize will go out at the end o the month when I get home

:wo

Thanks, Neil.
I really like these "where's Waldo" contests.

[Porch Dweller]

:wo

Thanks, Neil.
I really like these "where's Waldo" contests.

Me too, although I've only been an observer so far. My wife and I have some trips planned over the next few months; I need to remember to get a photo someplace and post it.

[nutcracker]

Let me know if you get closer to Utah :tu

Hi Mike
We dipped through Brigham City and out again -
We had gone as far West as Arco, Idaho before we turned South.
Heading up to the Black Hills (Custer City) in a couple of days.

[AdamJoshua]

Thanks again for the contest, Neil!

(makes not he will be in the Black Hills... Custer City, soon) :lr

[pnoon]

Well, for winnin his last Where's Waldo contest, Neil hit me up with some fine smokes and some Christmas sweets.

Thanks, Brother. Very kind of you.

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[jjirons69]

Great job, Neil!

[nutcracker]

Ok - time for another challenge. So where's Waldo (the Nutcracker) now?
Up for grabs - fiver of sticks.....

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/IMG_1914_zpsqwdj9o9m.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/IMG_1914_zpsqwdj9o9m.jpg.html)

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[Remo]

Your my friend are inEsteli Nicaragua.

[nutcracker]

That must be the fastest correct response ever.
Well done!

This is by the way a great trip.....

https://www.cigarsafari.com

[Remo]

That must be the fastest correct response ever.
Well done!

This is by the way a great trip.....

And I am Jealous!!!!! Well done to you brother :tu

[Remo]

Hope you're having a great time!

[AdamJoshua]

That was my guess too :lv

[icehog3]

That must be the fastest correct response ever.
Well done!

This is by the way a great trip.....

https://www.cigarsafari.com

You should put up a thread with pics and details, Neil. Have fun!

[nutcracker]

You should put up a thread with pics and details, Neil. Have fun!

We're on our way back.
I'll post some pictures to make you buggers drool...

[Remo]

We're on our way back.
I'll post some pictures to make you buggers drool...

We need pics!!

[Remo]

Neil, we need some pics of this Estelli trip! Get on it man :sl

[nutcracker]

Give a lad a break! I'll get on it.
I'm back at work for a rest cure....

[Remo]

17690

My winnings from Neil :wo....some nice chocolate bars, fish fry coating, some flies and some great smokes! Thanks Neil!!

[AdamJoshua]

17690

My winnings from Neil :wo....some nice chocolate bars, fish fry coating, some flies and some great smokes! Thanks Neil!!

He didn't just send that for the halibut, you're a deserving guy, Mike!

[jjirons69]

That's great!

Is anyone else here slightly jealous of Neil's travels? Slightly?

[Remo]

That's great!

Is anyone else here slightly jealous of Neil's travels? Slightly?

More than slightly.

[nutcracker]

So Nutcracker has been working too hard and not been around much. Road trip time.
Usual offering of a small prize to guess which iconic spot I'm chillin' in...

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag202/neil_berrington/IMG_2360_zpsoycfryhj.jpg (http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/neil_berrington/media/IMG_2360_zpsoycfryhj.jpg.html)

[The Poet]

Green Bay somewhere?

[Tio Gato]

Are you at 159 N. Broadway in Cheese Head Land? The Prohibition? ( with the cute girl that's there?")

[nutcracker]

Uncle Kitty is bang on! Good one Jeff.
Nice Cigar Bar....
Thomas should get a consolation!

[The Poet]

I'M NUMBER TWO! I'M NUMBER TWO! What a shock! Then again, many of you have felt for years that I am number two. :D

Here's a funny thing. Google has released its stats on the most-searched spellcheck word for each state. They are largely more common words, which makes sense, since fewer folks would search for obscure words. What does NOT make sense are many of the words on the list . . . such as "sense" (Oregon). One can forgive several states struggling with "pneumonia", but why do five states all have problems with "beautiful"? Still, the weirdest of all is Wisconsin, where Cheeseheads most often look up the one word you'd think they'd know well . . . namely, "Wisconsin". WTF? :r

[nutcracker]

AVIS was also number two and turned it into a world beating marketing strategy: "we try harder"

They did alright out of that....

[Tio Gato]

Thanks Neil! PM sent. Was the cute young lady there?:D

[nutcracker]

Tall good looking young lady - dark, possibly Cree.
Knew her stuff - very pleasant

[The Poet]

Hammer dropped from Winnipeg today. Got three bars of high-end chocolate, all fancy enough to tell me the percentage of cacao from single-origin Cameroon beans. Far too fancy for me, a poor slub American whose used to seeing the percentage of bug parts in his Hersey bar. :r

Oh, and he sent a few guards as well. There's a Balmoral Edicion Limitada 2016 lancero and an Alec Bradley Prensado churchill. Plus from that other place they make cigars, or so I've heard, there is a Partagas lancero, a Vegueros Mareva (I think), and what I believe is a Cohiba Piramides Extra . . . in any case, it's a big honkin' belicoso. Forgive my ignorance, and my lack of digital photographic capabilities.

Damn, Neil! I may have come in second, but I feel like I came out on top. You are far too generous, my Canadian brother. Guys, give the man two huge :tu :tu.

[Porch Dweller]

Neil's a damned good BOTL!

[nutcracker]

This dude:

Parents own the farm, he makes the chocolate right here in a winnipeg.
He ships:
http://aschenti.com

[Tio Gato]

Hammer dropped from Winnipeg today. Got three bars of high-end chocolate, all fancy enough to tell me the percentage of cacao from single-origin Cameroon beans. Far too fancy for me, a poor slub American whose used to seeing the percentage of bug parts in his Hersey bar. :r

Oh, and he sent a few guards as well. There's a Balmoral Edicion Limitada 2016 lancero and an Alec Bradley Prensado churchill. Plus from that other place they make cigars, or so I've heard, there is a Partagas lancero, a Vegueros Mareva (I think), and what I believe is a Cohiba Piramides Extra . . . in any case, it's a big honkin' belicoso. Forgive my ignorance, and my lack of digital photographic capabilities.

Damn, Neil! I may have come in second, but I feel like I came out on top. You are far too generous, my Canadian brother. Guys, give the man two huge :tu :tu.

Wow Neil! I just got hit as well with the same bomb. You are far too generous. Yes, crazy generous. I can't thank you enough.

I've won twice, I think I'll retire and let other inmates have a chance. Much appreciated Brother. I'm headed to Saratoga race track Saturday. I'll light one up and it will help me forget I'm losing my butt on the ponies.:bh

[The Poet]

Jeff, if your butt hurts as much as mine from Neil's spanking, it's a good thing you are losing it. :r

[Tio Gato]

Jeff, if your butt hurts as much as mine from Neil's spanking, it's a good thing you are losing it. :r
:r:r