# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 264
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5261 "2024-06-06T15:57:32Z")
**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. _Country View Inn, Fancy Gap NC_ . 2. _Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnepesaukee NH_ 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA It was really late at night, we were tired, it was there. In the morning, we noticed how filthy the carpet was, dirty enough to leave marks on our feet. ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. _Country View Inn, Fancy Gap NC_ . 2. _Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnepesaukee NH_ 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA I’ve stayed at plenty of cheap hotels (Motel 6, Days Inn, etc.) and Red Roof Inn is priced the same. But this one outside of SEA/TAC was surprisingly good. The room was spacious, very clean, and had free wifi and HDTV (which was fairly new at the time). ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. _Country View Inn, Fancy Gap NC_ . 2. _Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnepesaukee NH_ 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH It really was where the movie _On Golden Pond_ was filmed. Beautiful setting. ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. _Country View Inn, Fancy Gap NC_ . 2. _Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnepesaukee NH_ 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI. I was part of a large group sharing a room which seemed fine at the time, if a little rundown, until days later when anyone who slept on the floor got a rash. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5265 "2024-06-06T20:25:28Z")
**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH Where I had a great weekend with my girlfriend at the time. Ah, memories… ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH 9. Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico Built in little “casitas”, individual small buildings on a hillside overlooking the Pacific. It was a great honeymoon location and I’m sad to hear of Acapulco’s crime problems ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH 9. Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico 10. Fossatún, Iceland Located in a beautiful area in Iceland. It had cozy cottages and a Tröllagarðurinn, or Troll’s Park. The view was awesome and we loved it there despite oversleeping and missing breakfast. > **[A Wonderful Stay at Fossatún amongst the Trolls of West Iceland | Guide to...](https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/a-wonderful-stay-at-fossatun-amongst-the-trolls-of-west-iceland-4)** > > In this travel-blog I am going to show you the fairy-tale world of trolls at Fossatún in West Iceland. It is such a fun place to visit and I always stop by it when trav ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH 9. Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico 10. Fossatún, Iceland 11. [Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westin_Bonaventure_Hotel) Landmark round glass building, but its being round means that the windows leak! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5269 "2024-06-13T01:13:50Z")
Featured in _Logan’s Run, True Lies_ and _In the Line of Fire_, among other films, IIRC. **Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH 9. Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico 10. Fossatún, Iceland 11. Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles 12. Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Beautiful old historic hotel. My family stayed there in the summer of 1975, at the end of a memorable railway trip across Canada: [Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise History](https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/fairmont-chateau-lake-louise/history.php) ---
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**Interesting or memorable (if not horrific) places of lodging that you’ve run across**: 1. Country View Inn, Fancy Gap, NC 2. Cavalier’s Cove, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH 3. Top of the Mountain, NC 4. Days Inn, Fredericksburg, VA 5. Red Roof Inn, Des Moines, WA 6. The Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, NH 7. Some motel near Kenosha, WI 8. Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH 9. Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico 10. Fossatún, Iceland 11. Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles 12. Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada 13. The hotel I stayed at in the middle of Wyoming (name escapes me) It was surrounded by oil fields, and smelled like it. New category: **Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). Still my all-time favorite 007 flick. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters 7. Bond tenderly comforting Camille as the villain lair burns around them, and preparing to shoot her as she asked him to so she doesn’t have to burn alive, before he sees a hole open up and they escape through it. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters 7. Bond tenderly comforting Camille as the villain lair burns around them, and preparing to shoot her as she asked him to so she doesn’t have to burn alive, before he sees a hole open up and they escape through it. 8. M telling Bond she was right in picking him. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters 7. _Quantum of Solace_: Bond tenderly comforting Camille as the villain lair burns around them, and preparing to shoot her as she asked him to so she doesn’t have to burn alive, before he sees a hole open up and they escape through it. 8. M telling Bond she was right in picking him. 9. M’s death in _Skyfall_. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters 7. _Quantum of Solace_: Bond tenderly comforting Camille as the villain lair burns around them, and preparing to shoot her as she asked him to so she doesn’t have to burn alive, before he sees a hole open up and they escape through it. 8. M telling Bond she was right in picking him. 9. M’s death in _Skyfall_. 10. The Istanbul train chase in _Skyfall_. ---
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**Memorable moments and scenes from the Daniel Craig James Bond films** 1. The entire parkour sequence in the opening of _Casino Royale_. It was good to establish this Bond as a determined man who could take a lot of punishment and cut through Gordian knots. 2. Bond walks out of the sea in _Casino Royale_. 3. The villain in _Skyfall_ revealing what the cyanide pill did to him. 4. His reaction to the bartender’s question [when he asks for a martini in _Casino Royale_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQpFS0bhNk). 5. From _Casino Royale_ — “If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known.” "That’s because you know what I can do with my little finger… " 6. Felix warns Bond in _Quantum of Solace_ and then calmly finishes his beer before the CIA hit team enters 7. _Quantum of Solace_: Bond tenderly comforting Camille as the villain lair burns around them, and preparing to shoot her as she asked him to so she doesn’t have to burn alive, before he sees a hole open up and they escape through it. 8. M telling Bond she was right in picking him. 9. M’s death in _Skyfall_. 10. The Istanbul train chase in _Skyfall_. 11. Silva’s arrival at the Skyfall lodge in a helicopter with loud music playing, “Apocalyse Now” style _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=265)