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  1. 46 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:

    I haven't seen Pickleball courts, just pickleball being played on tennis courts. It looks like so much fun!! The pickleball store nearby didn't last long-it was turned into a barbershop.

    check out Chicken N Pickle or

    Greater Okc Pickleball Club

    Address: 1312 S Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
  2. maybe an idea for a new category -- Recreation - Sports Multifarious.

     

    In my area, they have started making Pickleball Courts - which would have the same problem. When I was in school, we had a Flickerball Field - think Basketball-ish goal, played with an American football, absolutely NO CONTACT. Played a lot like Soccer, lots of passing, not much running with the ball.

  3. 27 minutes ago, ScroogieII said:

    Cool!!! Keep on keeping on, Lee!!

    BTW, have you figgered out how to use the map?

    I had been using the map for a couple years, trying to figure out if there were disks I could try to find (I wanted a disk for my first find, the rods just aren't very photogenic). But thanks for the hint, in case I hadn't known.

  4. AlRight! I have my first posted US Benchmark waymark. Now, I'm doing research to be the first one in Oklahoma to post an Azimuth Benchmark. It looks like those are a bit harder to find. I'm also working on finding a real NGS Benchmark disk and a rod. Learning new stuff, collecting new icons.

  5. 49 minutes ago, ScroogieII said:

    The short answer is yes. They'll accept pretty much any type of "benchmark" style marker stamped with the USGS name.

    I've not run across a Gaging Station disc, but they're included in the variables for U.S. Benchmarks:

    Benchmark Agency = US Geological Survey

    Monumentation type = Gaging Station

     

    Keith

    Cool. I found this "in the wild", as in not from any published data. I was looking at an old bridge, for Orphaned Bridges category, and saw this on it. I have tried (not really hard) a couple times to find benchmark medallions, and haven't so far. But I have a data sheet for one that is supposed to be near one of my recent waymarks that is close to home.

     

  6. 6 hours ago, Master Mariner said:

    We have a George & Vulture pub in London but as I am unfamiliar with the category I don't know if it is acceptable.

    that should do. If you could email me a picture of the sign, and another of the pub front. And why don't you have a pint for me in remembrance of my 3 years in Bedfordshirel

  7. We have threads for ISS Sightings and Where's In A Name. Does anyone need/want help with Your Name Here?

     

    I know I have a pretty easy time with my first name (Lee), and have found 2 streets with my last name (Donlon) (only one with a picture, so far.) I have not found a sign with Vulture on it so far, so I'd be interested if anyone can help with that.

     

    Here in OKC we have a couple businesses with the name Maupin, and I am working on getting the pictures for @pmaupin. I would be happy to research for anyone else having a tough time.

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  8. Just to be clear with PISA-caching and GGMorton -- I agree with your statements, and believe it could go in either or both categories.

     

    Max & 99 asked what we all thought. I believe the better fit is Citizen Memorial. If I saw it accepted in Disaster Memorial, I would have no complaints. I am sure that families and friends of the students killed and the school officials view it as a disaster.

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  9. from the category description:

    Wikipedia defines a disaster as the impact of a natural or man-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment.

     

    I cannot see where this negatively effected society. They haven't even changed traffic patterns at the school to try to prevent something similar in the future.

     

    9/11 - changed airline security worldwide. OKC Bombing - changed security around government buildings (at least in the US). Titanic - changed procedures in ships (required a radioman 24/7, required lifeboats for every person on board, etc). Exxon Valdez destroyed the Alaskan ecosystem for decades. These make the cut for a disaster. My simple opinion.

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