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| 22 DEC 2006 at 4:08pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Careful Michelle, if you keep hitting your keys like that you'll put your eye out.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 6:52pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I can't figure it out. The face in the window looks like [spoiler midtext]Max Headroom to me.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 6:54pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | the only things i can think of looking at that house are scratches and the house where kurt cobain commited suicide! they both are far from it though, so bring on the spoilers!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 7:07pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Wow....I really thought this was going to be easy...
There have been hints dropped in my various posts, but let's cut to the chase here with an indoor pic:
[img]www.hiddensanctum.com/MysteryHouse3.jpg[/img]
Should I send you a decoder ring to help Aya?
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 7:11pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i got two decoder rings and they're not helping any... i have no idea what this house is :
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 7:17pm |
Melanie68Intergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | I saw what you were going for in the first pic (I think):
SPOILER ALERT!!! I hope it's OK I spoilerized it)
Spoiler AlertThe beautiful leg lamp! And your post to Michelle confirmed it. It's the house from A Christmas Story.
What I resist, persists and speaks louder than I know.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 7:21pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | My sister identified it via the lampshade, Ivinia.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 7:26pm |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Hello There!
Holy cow! I am ashamed....I thought it might be a horror movie.....when I saw what looked like a torso on the second shot Ivinia put in.
I have to admit....I have never seen the movie....shamefull....utterly shamefull of me. [smiley=blush.gif]
[img]http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/images/House_PIC_Washington_Post.jpg[/img]
http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/
http://www.redriderleglamps.com/
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 8:49pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I'm totally underwhelmed. But then, this was obviously a big thing to you Americans. You went to see a house that featured in a movie. It's a cute looking house but I don't understand the fuss.
PS I do like the way the underneath of the porch is lined with wood, not like mine.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 10:43pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (22 DEC 2006 6:53pm)
The only things I can think of looking at that house are Scratches
Yeah, I said that, too. The house was only used for exteriors in Cleveland, Ohio (although I read the movie setting was in Indiana). The interior rooms were too small, so the interiors were shot in Canada.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 10:44pm |
ValGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hmmm... I've actually it more than twice but didn't remember anything about the house. The lamp seems familiar but I've seen that lamp in other places too. It has been a few years but I guess I simply did not know it well. Pretty neat though!
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 10:49pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (22 DEC 2006 8:49pm)
I'm totally underwhelmed. But then, this was obviously a big thing to you Americans. You went to see a house that featured in a movie. It's a cute looking house but I don't understand the fuss.
PS I do like the way the underneath of the porch is lined with wood, not like mine.
I can understand why you wouldn't be familiar with the movie. I don't think it had any particular success in the theaters, but it's been gaining a lot of popularity over time, moving from a cult classic to mainstream popularity now. We're burbling over this because it's a really charming and funny movie.
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| 22 DEC 2006 at 11:42pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yep, it's currently ranked as the second most popular Christmas movie right behind It's a Wonderful Life. Ironically, It's a Wonderful Life also made no impact when it was released in the theatres and it wasn't until they showed it on TV many years later that it became a cult classic.
Ummm, anyone up for another guess where I went game? :
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 1:59am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ivinia (22 DEC 2006 11:42pm)
Ummm, anyone up for another guess where I went game? :
Well, after reading about your vampire time-keeping, and noticing that the photo was taken in the evening, I'd say you got up, [possibly shaved] had breakfast and then headed out, saw the house just before they closed for the night and then headed off to a fast food joint where you stuffed yourself full of dangerous chemicals masquerading as food, washed it down with too much Pepsi and then rounded off the excursion with a box of doughnuts to eat in the car on the way home.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 2:49am |
| Deleted User | I finally just guessed (correctly) before figuring out what was in the window. Once I guessed, I went back to see if it was going to be "obvious" zooming in and it still wasn't. Aw, fudge, that was tough.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 5:49pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well of course I knew right away, Especially as I grew up right up the street and was friends with the girl who lived in the house, we used to sit on the front porch and make pot holders to try and sell to all the workers who left the still mill down the hill right behind the house on thier way home from work and sometimes we tried to sell the usual lemonade on a really hot day. :
I cant play Ivinias guessing games since we live in the same area cuz I know them immediately. ( yeah I knew the other one immediately too. *sigh* )
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 5:52pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | OMG!!! I just checked out the website you posted and cant believe the crowd!!! I wonder if its still that busy, Im tempted to drive by.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 6:44pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | That is so cool Helen!
It actually wasn't too bad. We were there, purchased our tickets ($5 each) and through the house in about an hour total. I got me a decoder too. They were out of the leg lamp nightlights though. :-/
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 6:49pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Helen (23 DEC 2006 5:49pm)
sell to all the workers who left the still
Yeah, I heard stories when I was a child about those stills. Moonshinin', they called it down South.
Why, I remember seeing some of them old hand-made distilleries with the copper pipes drippin' out corn (and other vegetables) whisky near my Great-Grandpappy's farm that t'weren't busted up by those mean "Revenooers".
I was too young to really understand the point of all that. All I knew was that it t'weren't legal, and all the men-folk (and a few women-folk, too) had such a great time after they had a few snorts. And Lordy - the fried chicken! Mmm-MMM!
Apparently, there were those (some of my in-laws and mostly, uh, out-law distant relatives from North and South Carolina) that still enjoyed the idea of post-Prohibition. They enjoyed it better when it t'weren't legal or guv-mint controlled.
My Mama didn't approve, and that was that. We didn't hang with those folks much - to my dismay. I always had such a good time with those people.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 6:53pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | [smiley=laughing.gif] [smiley=rofl.gif] Mark just doesn't miss a beat, I guess it's the musician in him.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 7:01pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (23 DEC 2006 6:48pm)
Originally Posted By Helen (23 DEC 2006 5:49pm)
sell to all the workers who left the still
LOL!! I never even caught that Mr Spelling police. LOL!! [smiley=rofl.gif]
Ok, Ok, Steal Mill, ooops I meant Steel Mills.
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 7:56pm |
gailSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I had no clue either until I saw the lamp.
Originally Posted By Ivinia (23 DEC 2006 6:44pm)
They were out of the leg lamp nightlights though. :-/
I actually saw the leg lamps at a Rite-Aid pharmacy store this season.
Two messages from the movie:You'll poke your eye out with a BB gun. (we never did) :
Don't put your tongue on a frozen gate post or it will stick. (truth)
lol... Remember the charming pink bunny costume the grandmother made for her grandson?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 23 DEC 2006 at 8:54pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (22 DEC 2006 8:49pm)
I'm totally underwhelmed. But then, this was obviously a big thing to you Americans. You went to see a house that featured in a movie. It's a cute looking house but I don't understand the fuss.
Well, the Brits didn't think much of 'It's a Wonderful Life' either which I just happen to be on my way to the video store to rent. However, my favorite Christmas movie is still the Alistair Sim 'A Christmas Carol'.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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