Sorry for the huge length of that last post. I was going to split the review up into multiple shorter posts and have it as a whole series, but I figure that those who are interested (probably only be a few) might prefer to get it all at once.From tomorrow, the next week or so will be a(nother) non-ratings period during which I won't have access to email or blogs. Please refrain from posting anything too interesting. Jessica and I will be off having a break up the mountains: reading, walking, playing Tigris and Euphrates and getting lots of sleep. This time off was a lovely surprise given to us at the recent thanksgiving service from our sisters and brothers at All Souls and is much appreciated!
While you're waiting for regular posting to return, you might like to explore the sidebar for highlights and series you might have missed. Or not. Instead, you might like to switch off the internet, stretch your legs and enjoy the world around you. You never know, you might like it...
Fifteen points for the last person to have left a comment on this post when I return. Five points for the country in the picture above.
Scotland?
ReplyDeleteEngland?
ReplyDeletePraying you and Jess have a lovely refreshing break.
I'll vote for "somewhere cold".
ReplyDeleteHope you have a relaxing break.
I'm with Drew.
ReplyDeleteBut mostly, I want to say...Happy Anniversary!
Hope you didn't get caught by the bad weather either!
ReplyDeleteIf no one else is keen - I'll have a go at the 15 points!
ReplyDeleteOh - a guess would be Scotland or New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteSo when was Byron getting back?
ReplyDeleteyesterday?
ReplyDeleteI am keen. I can only ever get the novelty points.
ReplyDeletepoints please
ReplyDeleteSo when was Byron getting back?
ReplyDeleteIt has been a week, I guess we are in the "or so" period
In my RSS feed, the points page was at the top - does this mean Byron's back and has updated it (although conceivably he could update it from an internet cafe anywhere), or does it just mean someone else visited it, jumping it to the top of the list?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure. I am not even sure what an RSS feed is...but I am ok with that.
ReplyDeleteCool. did you get a copy of T&E. I'm ready when you are.
ReplyDeleteI think all the obvious places have been said. Alaska?
This is a competition for producing the most innocent looking comment, while retaining your position as the last post...
ReplyDeleteOh Byron come back this very minute so I can rejoin the points game...this is nearly like gambling...
ReplyDeletestop fighting over the points....
ReplyDeleteand the picture is of a baby ox
I wonder if I can make use of the UK time differnce to win the points.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a loveley break Jess & Byron.
Doug
Ok, I've never taken a stab at any points, but here I go!
ReplyDelete:-)
It's obviously one of the following:
ReplyDeleteAfghanistan
Akrotiri
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Arctic Ocean
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Atlantic Ocean
asAustralia
auAustria
ajAzerbaijan
bfBahamas, The
baBahrain
fqBaker Island
bgBangladesh
bbBarbados
bsBassas da India
boBelarus
beBelgium
bhBelize
bnBenin
bdBermuda
btBhutan
blBolivia
bkBosnia and Herzegovina
bcBotswana
bvBouvet Island
brBrazil
ioBritish Indian Ocean Territory
viBritish Virgin Islands
bxBrunei
buBulgaria
uvBurkina Faso
bmBurma
byBurundi
cbCambodia
cmCameroon
caCanada
cvCape Verde
cjCayman Islands
ctCentral African Republic
cdChad
ciChile
chChina
ktChristmas Island
ipClipperton Island
ckCocos (Keeling) Islands
coColombia
cnComoros
cgCongo, Democratic Republic of the
cfCongo, Republic of the
cwCook Islands
crCoral Sea Islands
csCosta Rica
ivCote d'Ivoire
hrCroatia
cuCuba
cyCyprus
ezCzech Republic
daDenmark
dxDhekelia
djDjibouti
doDominica
drDominican Republic
ttEast Timor
ecEcuador
egEgypt
esEl Salvador
ekEquatorial Guinea
erEritrea
enEstonia
etEthiopia
euEuropa Island
fkFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
foFaroe Islands
fjFiji
fiFinland
frFrance
fpFrench Polynesia
fsFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands
gbGabon
gaGambia, The
gzGaza Strip
ggGeorgia
gmGermany
ghGhana
giGibraltar
goGlorioso Islands
grGreece
glGreenland
gjGrenada
gqGuam
gtGuatemala
gkGuernsey
gvGuinea
puGuinea-Bissau
gyGuyana
haHaiti
hmHeard Island and McDonald Islands
vtHoly See (Vatican City)
hoHonduras
hkHong Kong
hqHowland Island
huHungary
icIceland
zzIles Eparses
inIndia
xoIndian Ocean
idIndonesia
irIran
izIraq
eiIreland
isIsrael
itItaly
jmJamaica
jnJan Mayen
jaJapan
dqJarvis Island
jeJersey
jqJohnston Atoll
joJordan
juJuan de Nova Island
kzKazakhstan
keKenya
kqKingman Reef
krKiribati
knKorea, North
ksKorea, South
kuKuwait
kgKyrgyzstan
laLaos
lgLatvia
leLebanon
ltLesotho
liLiberia
lyLibya
lsLiechtenstein
lhLithuania
luLuxembourg
mcMacau
mkMacedonia
maMadagascar
miMalawi
myMalaysia
mvMaldives
mlMali
mtMalta
imMan, Isle of
rmMarshall Islands
mrMauritania
mpMauritius
mfMayotte
mxMexico
fmMicronesia, Federated States of
mqMidway Islands
mdMoldova
mnMonaco
mgMongolia
mjMontenegro
mhMontserrat
moMorocco
mzMozambique
waNamibia
nrNauru
bqNavassa Island
npNepal
nlNetherlands
ntNetherlands Antilles
ncNew Caledonia
nzNew Zealand
nuNicaragua
ngNiger
niNigeria
neNiue
nfNorfolk Island
cqNorthern Mariana Islands
noNorway
muOman
znPacific Ocean
pkPakistan
psPalau
lqPalmyra Atoll
pmPanama
ppPapua New Guinea
pfParacel Islands
paParaguay
pePeru
rpPhilippines
pcPitcairn Islands
plPoland
poPortugal
rqPuerto Rico
qaQatar
roRomania
rsRussia
rwRwanda
shSaint Helena
scSaint Kitts and Nevis
stSaint Lucia
sbSaint Pierre and Miquelon
vcSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
wsSamoa
smSan Marino
tpSao Tome and Principe
saSaudi Arabia
sgSenegal
rbSerbia
seSeychelles
slSierra Leone
snSingapore
loSlovakia
siSlovenia
bpSolomon Islands
soSomalia
sfSouth Africa
sxSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
ooSouthern Ocean
spSpain
pgSpratly Islands
ceSri Lanka
suSudan
nsSuriname
svSvalbard
wzSwaziland
swSweden
szSwitzerland
sySyria
tiTajikistan
tzTanzania
thThailand
toTogo
tlTokelau
tnTonga
tdTrinidad and Tobago
teTromelin Island
tsTunisia
tuTurkey
txTurkmenistan
tkTurks and Caicos Islands
tvTuvalu
ugUganda
upUkraine
aeUnited Arab Emirates
ukUnited Kingdom
usUnited States
umUnited States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
uyUruguay
uzUzbekistan
nhVanuatu
veVenezuela
vmVietnam
vqVirgin Islands
wqWake Island
wfWallis and Futuna
weWest Bank
wiWestern Sahara
ymYemen
zaZambia
ziZimbabwe
twTaiwan
eeEuropean Union
LOL. I'm pretty sre you won't get the points if the country has already been nominated, but a valiant attempt.
ReplyDeletemy guess is they're coming home today... just thinking out loud, nothing to do with points or anything...what points?
ReplyDeleteWho needs points anyway?
ReplyDeletePlease refrain from posting anything too interesting.
ReplyDeleteReading through these comments I think we honoured Byron's request
indeed
ReplyDeletec'mon, we've provided him with a list of all the countries in the world and shown him how desperate we are to hear from him - what more could a man want?
ReplyDeletemmm so anyways... do you like stuff?
ReplyDeleteI know I'm desperate. At least for those points to get me back into second place.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks like Glencoe in Scotland.
ReplyDeleteI think Byron would look good with an Amish style beard. Any seconds?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that's what he's been doing. They've been holidaying in Pennsylvania, I heard...
ReplyDeleteHi Ali. How you going?
ReplyDeleteThis is a little like Russian Roulette, except without the gun and fear of death, but it is fun. Perhaps it is more like musical chairs.
ReplyDeleteI'm still very confused by the fact that Byron updated the points post last wekk, but there aren't any new posts yet.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my comments usually kill the conversation, so I should get the points if they're still on offer. ;-)
surely he is back by now!
ReplyDeleteI think he's back but just toying with us to see how long before we loose interest.
ReplyDeleteSnow in the Blue Mountains
ReplyDeletehe's distracted by facebook...
ReplyDeleteI swear it's the matrix.
I hear that facebook is the next myspace, which replaced the blog, which replaced the rant, which replaced the club over the head.
ReplyDeleteright B. time to up the the wager (you can't half tell my granfather was a bookie) I reckon that the last comment gets the amount of points as comments.... so 41 big ones coming my way any day soon.
ReplyDeleteps Hi pete.
OK, yes - I am now back. There are points a plenty coming, but I'll distribute them when I have a few minutes (maybe a little later in the day). I have to run off again now.
ReplyDeleteOh my - I also had 225 emails to read... Apologies if you wrote something to me and are waiting for a reply...
ReplyDeleteOK - points here we go...
ReplyDeleteDrew - five points - it is indeed Scotland. Sort of sad that someone got it on the first comment, but since I was away I'll also pay points to others who were close.
Thus, two points to Mandy for being close.
Two more to Perspephone for a nicely vague yet incredibly accurate guess.
Four to Anthony (it would be five, but you weren't first). I'll also give you another three for remembing our anniversary.
Drew (again) - We missed the 'bad' weather, though our rural location did get some lovely (and much needed) rain.
Andrew P - two points for being being the first to not even try to disguise your attempt at getting the fifteen points with a somewhat relevant comment. And I'll give you three for getting Scotland, even though you diluted your correct guess with a second one (it is meant to be one guess per person per post per day!).
Christopher - two points for being keen.
Drew (again again) - the RSS feed indicated my points page was updated last because I was noting the possibility of these points that I am now awarding.
Lachlan - a baby ox? Very close. I'll give you a point.
Joanna - have two points for having a go!
OSO - I'll give you two points for correctly guessing the UK (if you were more specific re Scotland it might have been more), but then I'll have to take off one point for each of your 268 incorrect guesses (since they were all made on a single day). So minus 266 points unfortunately. However, since we're playing by backyard rules, you can't get out off the first ball, and since many of your guesses were close (correct continent), perhaps we'll just call it one point and be done.
Christopher - I'll give you another two points for honouring my request so admirably.
Ali - ten points for extra precision. Well done.
OK, now for the serious points. I must confess that the first time I briefly peeked (but didn't feel like dealing with the backlog) was about 11 pm on June 19, so fifteen points to Mike.
But then when I 'officially' looked this morning, Rachel's comment was last. Given the sheer audacity of her request, I'm going to grant it. Forty-one points. Luke 11.5-10.
And bonus consolation points to Drew, for having the most attempts. Six points (one for each attempt).
I think I just awarded 96 points. Now to update the scoreboard...
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ReplyDeleteWell, hello Simone! (And excuse us Byron while we have our own private little tete-a-tete here.) I'll find you through another route ...
ReplyDeleteAnd I deleted my earlier comment just for a silly typo - is it possible to edit a comment or delete all traces of it?