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maniacfive

I love this card, its one of my favorites, I love the design of it. If people could shed mpore light on what the machine it depicts, and the lake, if its a specific lake.

(Why am i reminded of Traces? Confused

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I thought it may have been for a elavator or something because of the shaft like appearance in the bottom right, but now realise its nuts and bolts, not a tower.

On an aside, I bought the last 3 packs of cards my local games shop had today, in the vain hope of getting the last blacks and silvers i needed. No such luck! but the guy behind the counter said he's no more till the next set arrives in 2 weeks.

He's hardly an inside man, but looks like we'll have wave 3 first week of april.

**Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:05 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:28 pm

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Mikeyj

I know what you mean Guin, that's a familiar view.

Something else struck me though, I know I've come across Felix Kiessling before. It's been niggling since Forever Foe (I think he's designed another too, but can't remember which).

Anyway, have tracked down where...it's at Pleasurecards. He's designed a series of cards for them. It's an incestuous little world this new media cabal! Sense network (market research and networking thing) has cards...I've previously mentioned them as Michael Smith is on the "Brand Council" (to me it sounds like a dulux coffee morning, but I might be wrong).

Which also reminds me of something else that I've thought, although not posted (except in #syzygy),it's OT but follows on from these thoughts. It's definitely meta so if you like your curtains drawn look away now:

**Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:42 pm

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maniacfive

Four Humours... what a blast from the past. Its involvement somehow keys with the picture of the guy and the arm though. I'm liking it!

When I saw the picture I was reminded of the famous da vinci drawing of the man indicating proportion, virtruvivian man? Something about the combination of Man, and what is clearly something man made

**Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:15 pm

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batesman · Greenhorn Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Vienna

Some of the other words in the image:

Leder (Leather)
Gummi (Rubber)
Messing (Brass)

can't make out any of the others, but heaven knows what this could be...looks like part of a Motor or driveshaft or something. And probably it's a number of elements overlapping (notice the upside-down writing on the bottom). Intriguing though!

And the background certainly reminds me of something I've seen, but I was thinking Mekong river, so probably a bit off track Smile

**Posted:** Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:41 pm

Bakers_12

I thought I looked like a top-down plan of something. With a pic of a lake in the back ground , something like a lock or erly form of hydroeletric plant (if thay had them? might of used steam) Confused

**Posted:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:37 am

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Guin

Have a feeling this is an old Sluice gate (yay I can spell it!)

Have wondered about the Elbe and Ruir dams - the technical drawing is german and the building looks German - but nothing conclusive.

Its mocking me I tell you.

EDIT - possibly bavarian

**Posted:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:35 am

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batesman · Greenhorn Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Vienna

Funny, I was thinking Neuschwanstein for a split second and then went right back to Laos...I don't think it's the Forggensee (where Neuschwanstein is situated, but perched atop a hill, so def not the right structure) but the area certainly looks similar!

**Posted:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:19 pm

batesman · Greenhorn Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Vienna

Ok, so it probably is Forggensee...check http://www.all-in.de/pdf/af0408_46-60.pdf and search for Kiessling...a boy named Felix Kiessling born in Rieden am Forggensee on 16th May 2004. Coincidence? Unlikely. Means something in connection with the puzzle itself? Probably not Sad

**Posted:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:26 pm

vodkasim · Boot Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 18

098 location

**Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:21 pm

HumanChimp · Greenhorn Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 9

not sure if this has anything to do with it but the square seems identical to the one in Albrecht D�rer's 1514 engraving Melencolia.

(http://plus.maths.org/issue38/features/aiden/index.html) scroll about 1/2 way down.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:02 pm

mac_monkey · Decorated Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 250

I dont know if its been mentioned, trout me if it has but has anyone noticed that the name of this card is in white, whereas all the other cards *I* have seen have black titles...

Probably meaningless though

**Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:34 pm

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oliverkeers13

Not the only one, see black card 197 Linguini Junction, but I still reckon it's a banana. (good for you, what with being a monkey and all)

**Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:38 pm

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mac_monkey · Decorated Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 250

Aaaah im good at spotting the bananas!

B is for bananas!
B-A-N-A-N-A-S

**Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:05 pm

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DJ CherryPie

An Easy Awnser for #098

**Posted:** Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:25 pm