Gypsy Award

[Danzaver]

I was just thinking, I hope this doesn't sound pretentious, but I don't think I've ever met anyone who moved around as much as I have.

So I therefore announce the beginning of the 1st ever Gypsy Award.

HOW TO PLAY
List all the places you have lived, scoring one point for each
List all the places you have been on holiday, scoring half a point for each.
Add them up, highest scorer wins.
No duplicates or counting locations twice, no matter how many times you have lived there or been on holiday there.


I'll start.

PLACES LIVED (in no particular order)
Brisbane, QLD
Maroochydore, QLD
Ferndale, NSW
Murwillumbah, NSW
Sydney, NSW
Darwin, NT
Bee's Creek, NT
Perth, WA
Fremantle, WA
Canberra, ACT
Hall, ACT
Lae, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
SCORE: 13

PLACES BEEN ON HOLIDAY TO
Albany, WA
Mount Barker, WA
Adelaide, SA
Seoul, South Korea
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Deep in the Engan Highlands, Papua New Guinea
SCORE: 3

TOTAL SCORE: 16


I have a feeling I'm going to lose out to someone who has been on holidays somewhere new every year since they could remember...

[Totally Guy]

I've done a lot of moving in the last few years. All about England.

My home town in Peterborough where I'd lived all my life until I was 18.
Then I went to live in Brighton "gay capital of Europe" for uni. Had difficulty meeting girls there.
Then I went to Telford, birthplace of industry for a year.
I spent six months in Birmingham living with 4 nurses.
Then I moved up North to Leeds where everyone's a bit weird.
I've just moved out of that house and I'm moving in with work colleagues around the corner.

Holidays... I once went to South Africa with university. But that wasn't a holiday. I have neve been on holiday, apart from the odd butlins camp with family.

[Sir_Norbert]

(I've got just time to look through the forum before I set off; I wasn't lying about being away.)

I've lived in one place for the last 20 years, but on the other hand I've done a lot of travelling, so that might make up for it -- (and no, it's not going on holidays every new year, a lot of these are trips I arranged for myself, many of them to meet internet friends) --

Places lived:
Bishop's Stortford, UK
Manchester, UK
Leeds, UK
Eldoret, Kenya (my dad got a job there for 2 years)
Score: 4

Places visited (in no particular order) (excluding UK towns to save time, that would take hours):
Paris, France
Montpellier, France
Frankfurt, Germany
Köln, Germany
Rostock, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Deventer, Netherlands
Brussels, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium
Zurich, Switzerland
Madrid, Spain
Salamanca, Spain
Vienna, Austria
Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary
Stockholm, Sweden
Rättvik, Sweden
Durban, South Africa
Zimbabwe
Mombasa, Kenya
Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Canberra, Australia
Tony's house, Vermont
Austin, Texas
Waco, Texas
San Francisco, California
Score: 14

Total: 18

[Thanatos 51-50]

Well - I certainly havent been to as many places, but I have covered alot of miles:
Lived in:
>>>Brunswick, GA, USA (Birth-town, only eight months)
>>>North Carolina, USA (I don't remember the town name, I was between 8 months and two years old)
>>>Groton, Conneticut, USA
>>>Lakeside, CA, USA
>>>Brockton, MA, USA
(~)
>>>Great Lakes, Illinois, USA (Boot Camp)
>>>Biloxi, Mississippi, USA (A-School)
(~)
>>>Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Holiday/Vacation to/Various Port Calls
>>Kissimi/St. Cloud, FL, USA
>>Green River, WY, USA
>> (A small town whose name I have forgotten), Maine
>>(A town in) Hokkaido, Japan
>>(Off the coast of - Denyed Port) Hong Kong
>> The USS KittyHawk.

- Total Places: 13 - It seems I lose
I mis-read the rules - points: 11

VVVI'm not counting the following areasVVV

____"Day Trips"____ Places where I have visited, but not slept in.
>Kamakura, Japan
>Yokohama, Japan
>Tokyo, Japan

~~"Mentionable Areas"~~
> The following States - hotel visits only while driving/riding cross-country, or Airports I've slept in overnight - Layovers less than eight hours not listed

>Utah
>Nebraska
>Ohio
>Penslyvania
>SEATAC Int'l Airport (Yes, I spent something of ten to twelve hours solely in the Airport itself. The USO was very crowded, and I couldn't sleep.)

[Cuddly]

You're counting living in different places in the same state the same as living in different countries?

[Thanatos 51-50]

You're counting living in different places in the same state the same as living in different countries?

A place is a place.

However, thats just what everyone ele has done - although I do believe I've hit all different states.

Except for some of the places I'm not couting, anyway (some fo the places in Japan are in Kangawa Prefecture, If I remember my geography correctly).

[Serpentine]

Hrmm...
Lived in:
Kaniva, Vic
Springwood/Valley Heights, NSW
Armidale, NSW
Tallangatta, Vic
(And Armidale again, but that doesn't count apparently :smalltongue: No, wait! The uni residential colleges have a different post code! Does that count?)

Visited (only counting places where I actually stayed):
Kaniva, Vic (the rules don't really say that you can't mention if you've gone back to a place to visit...)
Serviceton, Vic.
Crow's Nest, NSW
Heron Island, Qld
Gold Coast, Qld
Sawtell, NSW
South West Rocks, NSW
Kempsey, NSW
Various places in central Australia, notably Adelaide, Alice Springs, Uluru and an opal mining town whose name I've forgotten.
Melbourne, Vic.
Byron Bay, NSW

*sigh* Not all that much range, really. So that's, what? 9 - 10.5 (depending on generosity). I've lived in more houses than I have towns, though.

[Dr. Bath]

Well, I've lived in the same house my entire life, so no points there.

Places I've visited, hmmm. Here are those that I remember at least.

In the UK:
Cliitheroe, Lancashire
St. Ives, Cornwall
Portsmouth
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Bristol
the Isle of Whight

Killarney, Ireland
Paris, France
Brittany, France
Orléans, France
Bourges, France
Hamburg, Germany
Somewhere on the Rhine, Germany
San Moritz, Switzerland
Brussels, Belgium
Oslo, Norway
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Bombay, India
Shenyang, China
Beijing, China
New York, USA
Baltimore, USA
California, USA
Salt Lake City, USA
Chicago, USA
Yellowstone, USA
Lisbon, Portugal

That's most of the places, I think.

10 points for international visits.

[Dihan]

I've lived in the same house all my life. I'll try to remember places I've been on holiday too and other places.

UK:

Manchester
Liverpool
London
Rhyl
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerwchgwyndrobwllllantisilio gogoch
Cardiff
Wrexham
Mold
Some place I can't remember in the Lake District

International:

Pennsylvania, USA
Florida, USA
Toronto, Canada
Brittany, France
Paris, France
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Florence, Italy
Milan, Italy
Rome, Italy
Turin, Italy
Genoa, Italy
Naples, Italy
Montepulciano, Italy
Venice, Italy
Pompeii, Italy (does it count? :smalltongue:)
Sorrento, Italy
Piza, Italy
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Stavanger, Norway

[Reinboom]

Does living somewhere for two weeks count?
Lawrence, Michigan
Decatur, Michigan
Hartford, Michigan
Dowagiac, Michigan
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
a... town about 30 mintues away from E-Town... can't remember the name, harrison? started with an H.. - also in Kentucky
San Francisco, California
Vallejo, California
Salt Lake City, Utah

Vacation: (Counting only slept over night)
Northern Pennisula of Michigan... can't recall the town name
A different town in Kentucky, 30 minutes away from E-Town to the south
Orlando, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
San Jose, California
Fremont, California
Indianapolis, Indiana
Iowa - don't recall the town name
Monticello, Indiana
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Arkansas - don't recall the town name
Nashville, Tennessee
( All USA :( )

I think that was it for now...
15.5

[Ceres]

Hmm, righto. I'll list all I can remember:

PLACES LIVED
Oslo, Norway
Canberra, Australia
Berkley, California
Firenze, Italy

SCORE: 4

PLACES BEEN ON HOLIDAY TO
Melbourne, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Fuva, Fiji
Auckland, New Zealand
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Rotorua, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Alborg, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Kopenhagen, Denmark
Kolding, Denmark
London, England
Angers, France
Paris, France
Hamburg, Germany
Kiel, Germany
München, Germany
Athen, Greece
Chios, Greece
Karpathos, Greece
Limenas, Greece
Dublin, Ireland
Pisa, Greece
Milan, Greece
Rome, Italy
Vatican City, Italy
Venice, Italy
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gothenburg, Sweden
Zurich, Switzerland
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alanya, Turkey
Antalya, Turkey
Edmonton, Alberta
Los Angeles, CA
San Fransisco, CA
New york City, NY
+ too many Norwegian towns to count

SCORE: 18.5 ++

TOTAL SCORE: 22.5 ++

Quite a lot, assuming I read the rules correctly. Bragman away!

[ForzaFiori]

Places lived:
Clemson, SC
Central, SC
Liberty, SC
Pendleton, SC
Anderson, SC
Edit:Laurens, SC

6 points, never left the upstate of SC, lol.

Places visited:
the town my grandma lived in in NJ
NY, NY
Greenville, SC
Greenwood, SC
Knoxville, TN
some small town in AL
Wolf Laural Ski Resort in NC
Nassau, Bahamas
2 US Virgin Islands
St. Martin
Amelia Island, FL
Orlando, FL
Charleston, SC
Myrtle Beach, SC
Atlanta, GA
Washington, DC
8 Points from places visited.

14 points total, and i've only left my timezone once. :smallbiggrin: (and that was by like...3 miles when i went to AL.)

[Thanatos 51-50]

Now that I think about it - a question.

What about different point systems for living in another country?

And how would one calculate a prolonged period of time underway (In other words - "On a ship in the Pacific Ocean")

[Danzaver]

Now that I think about it - a question.

What about different point systems for living in another country?

And how would one calculate a prolonged period of time underway (In other words - "On a ship in the Pacific Ocean")

It's be hard to judge extra points for living in another country, because that would give an advantage to people in places like Europe, where you can drive for half an hour and be in a new country, while people in places like America or Australia can travel the same distance and be still in the same state. Just count all the towns you have lived in, irrespective of country or state.

I would rate a cruise as a single holiday, no matter how many tiny islands it visited, though I guess you could count actual countries it stopped off at, as long as you got a chance to experience it rather than just sail past/refuel and keep going.

I would count living somewhere for 2 weeks as a holiday - I mean, you still have to live some place, even while on holiday, but you don't get a chance to settle.

EDIT: I would not count places where you only drove through, or stayed at a motel and then continued going, otherwise I would have an impossibly massive list (I had circumnavigated australia twice in a combi by the time I was 9), unless the visit was in some way significant (such as stopping in Paris for a few days while flying to Berlin - not your destination, but a memorable experience).


I do believe the current group leader is Ceres!

[Alarra]

Lived:
Rapid City, SD
Northfield, MN
Brooklyn Center, MN
Dever, CO
Iowa City, IA
Norfolk, VA
London, UK
Florence, Italy
Santa Monica, CA

9 points

Holiday'd:
Orlando, FL
Anaheim, CA
Houston, TX
New York, NY
Indianapolis, IN
Johnson City, TN
Toronto, CA
Seattle, WA
Astoria, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
Las Vegas, NV
Belize
Puerto Vallerta, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico
Grand Caymen
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Luzerne, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Paris, France
Dublin, Ireland
Helsinki, Finland
Turku, Finland
Salisbury, UK
Bath, UK
Oxford, UK
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy
Pisa, Italy
San Gimianano, Italy
Baltimore, MD
Hartford, CT
Phoenix, AZ
Omaha, NE
Brookings, SD
Medora, ND
Branson, MO
Chicago, IL
Sault St. Marie, MI
Key West, FL
Amsterdam, Netherlands
St. Louis, MO
Washington DC
Albuquerque. NM
Raleigh, NC
Bucknell, PA
Middleburry, VT
Gilette, WY
Appleton, WI
Abergaveny, Wales
Cancun, Mexico
San Fransisco, CA
Philadelphia, PA

26 points

Total:
35 points

[Telonius]

Lived:
Erie, PA
Milcreek, PA
Washington, DC
Tuebingen, Germany
Reinhardshagen, Germany
Arlington, VA
Lovettsville, VA

7 points

Vacation/work conferences:
Orlando, FL
Toronto, ON, Canada
Rochester, NY
Hershey, PA
Meadville, PA
Sandusky OH
New Orleans, LA
Las Vegas, NV
Reno, NV
Williamsburg, VA
Detroit, MI
Sacramento, CA
Outer Banks, NC
San Francisco, CA
Anaheim, CA
Boston, MA
Baltimore, MD
Providence, RI
Los Angeles, CA
Floyd, VA
Meadows of Dan, VA
Blacksburg, VA
Munich, Germany
Ulm, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Noerdlingen, Germany
Blaubeuren, Germany
Eisenach, Germany
Kassel, Germany
Lambrecht, Germany
Koeln, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frankfurt, Germany
Cleveland, OH
Niles, OH
South Bend, IN
Pittsburgh, PA
Buffalo, NY
Niagara Falls, NY/Canada
New York, NY
Cape May, NJ
Broadkill Beach, DE
Ithaca, NY
Dayton, OH
San Jose, CA

22.5 points

Total: 29.5 points

Someday they'll start putting "Hier schlaefte Telonius" signs all throughout the country. :smallbiggrin:

[Thanatos 51-50]

It's be hard to judge extra points for living in another country, because that would give an advantage to people in places like Europe, where you can drive for half an hour and be in a new country, while people in places like America or Australia can travel the same distance and be still in the same state. Just count all the towns you have lived in, irrespective of country or state.

I would rate a cruise as a single holiday, no matter how many tiny islands it visited, though I guess you could count actual countries it stopped off at, as long as you got a chance to experience it rather than just sail past/refuel and keep going.

I would count living somewhere for 2 weeks as a holiday - I mean, you still have to live some place, even while on holiday, but you don't get a chance to settle.


Understood completely, I've now updated to add the USS KittyHawk to my "Holiday" list.
By this time next year, I should have a bunch of new places to put up under holiday.
Yay for being highly deployable.

[Aramil Liadon]

I always thought my family moved a lot...
I can't even scrape up 10 points!

[Dallas-Dakota]

Dunno but shouldnt this be in SMBG?

[Danzaver]

Unless we get Mr Travelling-Businessman or an Astronaut (100 pts for outer space, I do believe the winner is Telonius.

Thank you all for racking your brains to remember all these places. I'm sure it wasn't easy. :O

Damn, I've gotta travel more. My competitive spirit remains intact though, for I believe I have lived more places than most of the score leaders on the board - just haven't been on many holidays. A small victory, but I will take it where I can get it. XD

[Gitman00]

Lived:

Eau Claire, WI
Madison, WI
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Fond du Lac, WI
San Antonio, TX
Biloxi, MS
Panama City, FL
Alexandria, VA
Washington, DC
Fairfax, VA
Bowie, MD
Oxon Hill, MD
SW Asia

13 pts

Visited:

Harrisonburg, VA
Boulder, CO
Denver, CO
Santa Fe, NM
Tucson, AZ
Dublin, Ireland
Kilkenny, Ireland
Tipperary, Ireland
Waterford, Ireland
An Daingean, Ireland
Athlone, Ireland
London, England
Oxford, England
Cambridge, England
Burlington, VT
New York, NY
Nashville, TN
Johnson City, TN
Tampa, FL
Richmond, VA
Minneapolis, MN
Quetico wilderness, ON
Sylvania, MI
Fayetteville, WV
New Orleans, LA
Baltimore, MD
Assateague Island, MD
Virginia Beach, VA
Orlando, FL
St Louis, MO
Chicago, IL
Gurnee Mills, IL
Williamsburg, VA
Keystone, SD
St Peter, MN
Mechanicsville, IA
Aurora, NE
Bayfield, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Appleton, WI
Green Bay, WI
Fayetteville, NC
Omaha, NE
Ely, MN
Wall, SD
Springfield, IL

23

Total: 36

Do we have a new winner? :smallbiggrin:

EDIT: Forgot a few.