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That's the correct format for images in a subdirectory. But for a subdomain, you need, e.g.: "http://awesomeimages.mysite.com/images/whatever.jpg" (absolute URL). The relative URL "images/whatever.jpg" should also work within the subdomain, but if you're having trouble with that, the absolute version may be worth a try. Alternatively, to call images from your root-level public_html "images" folder, try the path "http://www.mysite.com/images/whatever.jpg". Hope this helps.

Isn't that essentially what we're all waiting to find out?

I think we can at least be fairly certain that TCH-Lianna won't take offense. (Read her signature. )

Hmm. Well, it now appears that "Saskatchewan" stands by default, since someone has already posted a reply starting with "N." So, in the spirit of keeping the game going, my next entry: Yreka (California). {Note for future reference that state/province/country names in parentheses after a city are not counted for the purposes of this game.}

Bruce: Sorry to see you go. But it should be realized that it's the non-repeating requirement that makes this game a bit of a challenge: You have to possess either a) an outstanding memory, a flair for coming up with entries that no one else would think of, or c) enough of a perfectionist streak to check the preceding entries before submitting a new one. If you don't want to take the trouble, however, I can certainly understand.

Bonnie: I think you may have misunderstood. When I said "further iterations," I meant additional uses of the same name. That means, in this case, my last entry stands on "Odessa," which requires a reply starting with "A." If someone subsequently refers to a different Odessa, that is when a state/province/country will have to be added. So, the next one might be "Odessa, Russia" or "Odessa, Ontario" or even "Odessa, Ontario, Canada," but this first use is the only one in which "Odessa" is the complete entry. (I only added "Texas" [in parentheses] to forestall Tonsa asking "Where's Odessa?" in his next post. )

Garage??? We have a garage???? Sweetie, you never told me!!! Guess it's time to get out the whip! Hmm. Sounds vaguely kinky. Maybe you and Lianna should get a room. (See? I told you I make fun of everybody.)

Er, Lianna: Great, only I never said anything of the kind. Did you mean to direct this to Madmanmcp?

Good question, Bonnie. As you know, there are in fact several Odessas in both North America and Eurasia—just as there are several Moscows, several Athenses and so forth. To keep entries unique, I therefore suggest that any further iterations of a city/county/etc. name include the state/country as part of their names. Thus, if Odessa (Ontario) is used, it will have to be entered as "Odessa, Ontario" (in which case the next entry will have to start with "O" instead of "A"). (Of course, it could also be written as "Odessa, Ontario, Canada"—which brings us back to the "A's" again!) I hope that helps ... or at least doesn't leave anyone even more confused.

Odessa (Texas).

I actually don't use an instant-messaging client at all. Such is my loquacity that I'd never get any work done.

Agreed. Nonetheless, it is an open secret that the coolest of the cool are on server 42. After all, it is the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. woooot

Make fun of Bill more? I make fun of everybody—especially myself. Does this make me moderator material?

Shortsighted obsession with the immediate bottom line is the defining malady of modern American business, and has now pervaded our government as well. As long as the stockholders/campaign contributors are happy, officials will take on no expense except in reaction to a crisis—generally, a crisis that could easily have been prevented with a modicum of forethought. Until we learn to think in the long term, and plan for contingencies, this kind of problem will persist.

Excellent idea, Tonsa. How about it, staff and moderators: Can we add a "Where can I find..." forum? I'm guessing the folks here know, collectively, where to find just about everything interesting or useful on the internet. Rock Sign

Title. (Speaking of which.)

{A note regarding this game: The object in Geography is to see how many unique entries people can come up with. Using duplicate entries defeats this purpose; therefore, anyone using a duplicate entry will be disqualified—as has already happened to axeman, stevevan and PDABruce. It is not reasonable to expect staff members or moderators to enforce the rules of our game, so I have taken the time (which I do not enjoy, but I think it's necessary) to find duplicate entries and ask those who have made them to drop out of the current game. If other participants want to assist me, I would appreciate the help. In time, the current game will wrap up of its own accord, and in a few months, we will likely begin another. At that time, all players disqualified from the current game will once again be invited to participate.}

Ocala (Florida).

Violin. (That's the trouble with music on TV these days: too much sax and violins.)

Oaxaca. {Note: PDABruce is disqualified for using a duplicate entry; "Denmark" was entered by boxturt on page 1.}

India.

I lived in Vermont for six years, leaving in 1976--the year snow started falling in October (1975, of course) on the mountain we lived on at the Monkton-Vergennes county line, and was still on the ground in June! I sometimes miss the snow a bit, but I certainly don't miss getting stuck on hills until all the black ice has been salted away. I also remember with some disfavor the experience of waiting outside the trailer that served as a third-grade classroom at Monkton Central School in below-zero weather with a wind-chill factor of -40F for three hours until the administration deigned to let us take shelter in the auditorium. And the times when the snow was so deep it filled my boots. And my spit freezing before it hit the ground. And .... On the whole, I'm glad to be back in California.

Osceola. (This is in Arkansas; Annapolis is in Maryland.)

Prokofiev. (Sergei Prokofiev's "Romance" is, for my money, the single best piece of music ever composed.)