MikeL

Welcome to the club, Kitt, of those who are counting the days and the years of survival. I hope that I will be around to cheer you on when you have passed the five year milestone in the clear. You are very generous in offering your support to others and I will do the same for those who have (or whose man has) prostate cancer.

Not Anasazi. They were farther west and much later in human history than these cave paintings. Another guess?

Very good! Cave paintings by American Indians. "American Indians" may not be exactly correct. Anyone want to add their thoughts. Who painted the caves, where and when?

The Note The wife left a note on the fridge: "It's not working, I can't take it anymore! Gone to my Mother's." I opened the fridge, the light came on and the beer was cold. I have no idea what in the hell she was talking about....the fridge works fine. WOMEN, who can understand them?

Does anyone have even a very general guess? What and where it is would do.

The solution to Shane's visa problem: Travel from Key West to Mexico and enter the US through Texas. Problem solved.

OK. That line seems to run as far south as the Tropic of Capricorn and as far north, I assume, as the Tropic of Cancer. It must represent where the sun is in the sky in relation to the surface of the earth on various dates of the year. I do know that the sun is over the Tropic of Cancer today. For those of us living in the northern hemisphere, today is the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. Here's the next challenge: OK, I know. It's not people, but it is historically significant.

Don't think so. The Tropic of Cancer runs all the way around the Earth (or the globe), parallel to the equator. Maybe it has something to do with the seasonal tilt of the earth in relation to the sun. IDK

Yay! I kept looking at the globe, thinking you were providing a misleading clue. The lines of latitude and longitude stood out and when I checked "longitude" in Wikipedia, I was turned off by all the math, but curious about the Prime Meridian. It's article lists a number of prime meridians all over the earth, but in 1884, George Airy's Greenwich, England location was established by international agreement. The article actually lists three different locations for the Greenwich meridian. Airy was off by 5.3 arcseconds (about 102 meters) from the modern IERS Reference Meridian established by satellite navigation systems and doppler surveying systems. Not bad. The Prime Meridian establishes a reference for locations east and west on the earth's surface and has been essential to navigation. I prefer GPS. It seems strange that some folks in the UK live in the Western Hemisphere and some live in the Eastern Hemisphere. The Prime Meridian is also the base of reference for nautical time zones and loosely for land time zones, which, like Daylight Savings Time, are political creations. When we hear a reference to "zulu time" that's the time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Markings of the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. I have a question about Zombie's globe. What is the great circle which crosses the equator at the prime meridian?

Sir George Biddell Airy? I think his work might be of global importance. It defines where we live in relation to one another. I know I'm right. Check this out. Your clues are better than mine, Zombie. Mine give away too much. The globe was a good one.

Isn't it about time for another clue?

geitonogamy (pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant)

A group of women attended a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with their husband. The women were asked, "How many of you love your husbands?" All the women raised their hands. Then they were asked, "When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?" Some women answered today, some yesterday, some didn't remember. The women were then told to take their cell-phones and send the following text: "I love you, sweetheart." Then the women were asked to share the responses from their husbands. Replies: Who is this? What now? Did you crash the car again? I don't understand what you mean. What did you do now? Don't beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need. Am I dreaming? I thought we agreed not to drink during the day. Your mother is coming to stay?

I agree. I don't know how that idea started in the discussions. I think the cartel and the Australian underworld had their own people capable of spying out what's happening anywhere in the country. Treachery by a named character isn't necessary. Just because Grundig is not a major character doesn't make him suspect.

Hmmm...now if we only knew what reasoning Iarwain used to come up with the wrong answer.

Alabaster

The Wikipedia article I found on Gerardus Mercator has a picture that is obviously someone else. Mercator was early 16th century; I think we are looking for someone later. Perhaps Zombie's clue is a little too fat.

Happy trails to you.

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