# I Locationed - Have you? A thread with a Community Benefit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454 "2020-11-12T19:35:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/61 "2020-11-18T03:25:43Z")
Ah let y’all know where Ah live. With an accent. Here’s arguably the most famous spot in my town [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens#/media/File:Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens_2003.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens#/media/File:Fort_Worth_Water_Gardens_2003.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/62 "2020-11-18T12:36:48Z")
With uh aix-ay-ent! I often stay at that hotel just east of the park. Best I recall it’s a Sheraton, but they tend to change brands every few years. Downtown FTW is a fun time. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/63 "2020-11-22T10:26:36Z")
I had locationed before, but now I added some more location information and added something to the About Me. For local interest, this used to be my weekly (sometimes more) sight: > **[Chapel Bridge | Lucerne Landmark | Sightseeing | Luzern.com](https://www.luzern.com/en/highlights/the-city/lucernes-landmarks-the-chapel-bridge/)** > > Chapel Bridge • Landmark • Lucerne • Wooden Bridge • Water Tower • Reuss • Pictures • Cityscape - Wooden Bridge • Record • Sight • Lucerne I’ve actually been inside the water tower - they rent it out for special events. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/64 "2020-11-22T10:48:24Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > For local interest, this used to be my weekly (sometimes more) sight: > > [Chapel Bridge | Lucerne's landmark](https://www.luzern.com/en/highlights/the-city/lucernes-landmarks-the-chapel-bridge/) > > I’ve actually been inside the water tower - they rent it out for special events. I still remember the news from when that bridge burned down a few decades ago. It was very sad. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/65 "2021-01-24T13:42:29Z")
I updated mine slightly. I’m 3+ weeks into the new house and it is coming together. Most rooms are largely organized and the main bathroom is being professionally redone. Hopefully it will be complete soon. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/66 "2021-01-24T20:48:02Z")
I just made myself a little bit more specific. _South East_ England. j ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/67 "2021-01-25T02:12:42Z")
Mine has been there, but I just changed it at the urging of no one. I had kinda wondered why most of y’uns didn’t have yours in. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/68 "2021-01-25T03:11:32Z")
In [this other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locations/931343/6), it’s been suggested that _this_ thread be moved to a different Forum/Category, where it might be more easily seen by more people. That seems like a great idea to me, especially since it isn’t really a thread game in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/69 "2021-01-25T15:31:09Z")
> [@cincinnatus](#): > > I had kinda wondered why most of y’uns didn’t have yours in. This young ‘un tried but it doesn’t seem to have succeeded. I’m on an iPad, it’s my first and only message board experience, and I’m tech decrepit, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/70 "2021-01-25T16:03:29Z")
@BippityBoppityBoo: I see “Lincoln, Nebraska u​s”. So you did succeed. But it’s only displayed (at least in the themes and devices I’ve played with) when somebody clicks your spiffy avatar to see the popup w all your details. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/71 "2021-01-25T16:13:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > it’s only displayed (at least in the themes and devices I’ve played with) when somebody clicks your spiffy avatar to see the popup w all your details. That seems to be the only way it works; there doesn’t seem to be any option to have it shown automatically – anyone who wants to know has to click on the avatar. I don’t know whether that’s a discourse thing that would have to be changed in discourse as a whole (probably really unlikely) or an admin thing for which we’d need to have an active functional admin (which I really hope we get, but am beginning to wonder whether it’ll ever happen.) I doubt it’s anything the mods can do. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/72 "2021-01-25T16:13:37Z")
Thanks @LSLGuy. I very much enjoy and get a lot out of knowing approximately where folks are, helps to know the context and relative timing of posts. Mostly, I prefer to keep both feet out of my central daylight time upper midwestern central United States flatland prairie inner city humble single dwelling wiser and older crazy cat lady mouth. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/73 "2021-01-25T16:46:45Z")
Location, location, location. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/74 "2021-01-25T16:52:09Z")
My profile “location tag” owes its inspiration to this spot that’s just down the street: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50874640406_92196250f8_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50874640406_92196250f8_z.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/75 "2021-01-25T23:04:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Click your avatar, choose the Preferences link from the top menu, then the Profile link from the left menu I tried it and got no profile link under the Preferences menu. Maybe different for mods. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/76 "2021-01-25T23:07:49Z")
We have it. You have to dig down to Profile. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/77 "2021-01-25T23:22:29Z")
Here is what I had to do. Click on my avatar to get a top menu; click on preferences to get a pulldown menu; click on preferences to get a new menu and then click on profile. Anyway, me real location (as opposed to the fictional one I had before) is now displayed. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/79 "2021-01-25T23:44:54Z")
Cool, it worked. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/80 "2021-01-26T01:04:18Z")
Here’s a picture of something interesting not too far from where I live: [![](https://www.getawaymavens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSCN0235.jpg) ](https://www.getawaymavens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DSCN0235.jpg) The large ring shows the circumference of an _Ohio_-class SSBN. The small ring hanging inside it shows the circumference of USS _Holland_, the Navy’s first submarine. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454/81 "2021-01-26T01:06:49Z")
Now _that’s_ a museum I’ve always wanted to visit. Kinda off the beaten path, but soon enough I’ll have all the spare time I need to hit all the museums, ballparks, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454.md?page=5)