Here's the new pic.

N 49.5_. _ _ _    W 097.1_. _ _ _

Here's the next one.  Lizardo said that the version that I took was too easy, so, here's a little bit tougher shot.  Good luck!

49 4X.XXX; 097 0X.XXX

 

Just too easy, stood in the reptile footprints at N49 47.377 W97 09.421.

GPS was giving me 22m accuracy.  So I just stood in ertyu's footprints.  Not very easy shoes to fill.

49 50.013 - 097 10.758

Next pic will be up later today.

49 52.822
097 08.838

I know, you can't see that this is a flag hanging in the window of an apartment in the Roslyn Apts on Osborne across from the Shell station, kitty corner to Shopper's Drug Mart. I thought that grnbrg was going to snag this one since the other geopic was just down the street.


-- Edited by Q at 21:10, 2006-11-27

Your avatar is scary, Q.  Beer (eww) and a demon.  Nothing like the bald-headed pussycat that I know.  That's off-topic, I realize, but, I'm feeling frisky.

Wagonmaker wrote:

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Uh-oh, that sounds like a swipe at Lizardo...

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NEVER a swipe at Lizardo!!  Never!!  

I didn't mean "frisky" in the Mr.-and-Mrs.-C-on-Happy-Days way.  Just wanting to liven up the boards a bit. 

Have fun waiting for the next picture - whenever it may arrive.  C'mon Q, you're slow!!!

(How's that for badgering?!!)

I'm stumped...for now.

Cool pic, Q.  And thank you for the technical acrobatics I understand you had to go through to get it posted.

 

Long-winded verbal clue 2:

Very early in life, the man made of concrete and steel developed a passion for cars, and dreamed of owning his own someday. Everytime his Dad went for a drive, he would hop in for a ride, summer or winter, all was good when you were in the car. Rarely did he miss an opportunity for this quality time with the old man cruising the streets of Winnipeg. Now that his Dad was gone, he alone drove the streets of his home town with these pleasant memories. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, another car ran into him, damaging the car to the point of needing repair. Serendipity ruled, as nearby was an establishment that carried out such work and a relieved, and un-injured, man made of concrete and steel made his way home.

The next pic will be up tomorrow.  I took a picture, but my camera has decided to turn it into one of those stereograms that you have to stare at with your eyes crossed till the image appears.  Stupid camera. 

Tune in tomorrow. 

Interesting piece of Lizardo trivia:  Lizardo can't see stereograms.

Here is the pic:

Coordinate hint to follow.

 

Here’s a locationless GeoPic where the country folk can play along. What you need to do is find another pole configured the same way and post a picture of it. They’re fairly common in the country, but scarce in the city. For the GeoPic to count you must include the coordinates of where you took the picture.



A few years ago the required clearances between the top and bottom conductors were increased, and in some cases, the “Owl” insulators were enough to meet the new spacing requirements. The larger top conductors are the 66 kV sub transmission lines that connect stations together. The bottom conductors, or “under build” are the feeder lines that eventually end at a pole mount transformer in a farm yard. These days the distribution runs at 25 kV. The Turkey Neck is a feeder tap following a mile road or into a farmyard.

It’s all about the insulators. There needs to be three tall boy’s (or owls) overhead (polymer or porcelain) and one long, skinny turkey-neck takeoff below.

There doesn’t have to be a pole top insulator, but there does need to be three of the tall insulators (skirted or otherwise). Those stubby little brown porcelain ones won’t do. Voltage doesn’t matter. Any old three phase line and pole type will do. The clamp style doesn’t matter. It can be from out of province so a Hydro One or SaskPower pole would be fine – but you must have traveled there to take the picture and supply coordinates. Internet photo’s won’t do. The line can be deenergized - you really can’t tell from the picture anyways :)

The turkey neck can be a take off from a three phase cross arm or single phase attachment – but is has to use a turkey neck (the long skinny extension anchored to the pole). A long skinny insulator would do as well (as long as it reminds you of a turkey neck).

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The top three insulators should be tall, like this:



Not short, like this:



The bottom take-off should be long and skinny, like this:



Not short and squat, like this:



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