2008-11-20 -35 138
| Thu 18 Sep 2008 in -35,138: -35.1817289, 138.8922705 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
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Contents
Location
Today's geohash for the Southern Graticule of Adelaide landed in the garage of a home in Flagstaff hill.
People
Not to be deterred by a little thing like private property, UnwiseOwl and two dragged along buddies made trip trip up the hill.
Narrative
UnwiseOwl's friends seemed quite keen to go along to this, despite it's difficult location. It was only partway that it became clear that it would be the Owl knocking on the door and asking politely for access, while the 'friends' sat back and laughed.
I'm not exactly good at social interaction at the best of times, and knocking on someone's door, introducing yourself and asking to hang out in their garage for a while is not exactly the best of times. Nevertheless I walked heroically up to the door and knocked, and was greeted with much aprehension.
As introduced myself very politely as being "Tom, from the internet", and explained that they were the lucky hosts of a randomly selected set of co-ordinates, the inhabitants of the hash didn't seem at all thrilled with the idea of people from the internet having their address, not even when I mentioned the possibility of a couch potato geohash. They certainly weren't going to let me into their garage. Maybe I need to work on my diplomacy, but I didn't think I was that scary. Anyway, it was with a heavy heart that I proceeded go up the driveway.
Very tempted to jump from the fence and get to the hashsite via the roof, I was intercepted by a couple of laughing friends who had managed to get the GPS within 4m of the site by leaning over the fence.
Ribbons Earnt
It's not an ambassador ribbon (where did community trust go?) but it'll do.
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UnwiseOwl earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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