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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I finish work for the summer on Friday (HOORAY!).
While I gloat what else should I do during the summer?
Alt: Anyone up for a hike during the BGB/BKers weekend extravaganza?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:47, 120 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
Surely it goes without saying that this will be a large feature.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:53, Reply)
certainly stun the tourists if they did it in Trafalgar square like that famous one.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:46, Reply)
it was awful.
You were there, and al was there, and Kaol, and the carpet got in a right state
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:52, Reply)
(for 2 weeks)
I'm going to glastonbury, you should do that.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:47, Reply)
You'll get bed sores.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:54, Reply)
because you might turn in to a pencil?
I believe you mean stationary...
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:18, Reply)
Clearly the amazing quality of your jokes are such that they entirely bypass my lowly brain and are only found amusing by a select number of internet glitterati types.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:45, Reply)
It's an elaborate ruse to cover up for my secret ninja skills.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:51, Reply)
for the purposes of humour
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:19, Reply)
because that would mean that Psychochomp was deliberately mis-reading chickenlady's post, and that berk was deliberately mis-reading his, which means that all this is just some elaborate hoax
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:22, Reply)
he'd know chompy meant stationary
Must I explain everything?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:26, Reply)
and I also don't think she is playing along with the joke
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:28, Reply)
EDIT wait, what? berk's a girl?
/straightens tie
Edit explanation I thought you were replying to berk up there^, and that berk was a man
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:29, Reply)
You've already issued an invitation for a raping, Bert. I feel so much less special now I realise you thought I was a man at the time...
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:33, Reply)
let's hope it stays there for some time
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
You've been on my case about 'not being funny anymore' since I came back, like I'm supposed to fucking entertain you?
Shove your head back up your arse, you total fucking reamtard, until the day I ever see you actually post anything vaguely entertaining, you have no right to judge.
So shut your fucking mouth
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 18:19, Reply)
It wasn't the fact that you sat on a plank of wood with a hole in it over a cest pit, it was more the fact that there were probably only 1k loos for 300k people, or something like that.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:55, Reply)
and have done very little :(
Enjoy yourself, relax and be happy- that's all I can advise :D
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 13:54, Reply)
Unless that's slang for something awesome, then I'm afraid I might pass. Well, maybe, see what everyone else is doing. If it's a choice between hiking and jousting on quad bikes, you'll have to come up with something good to sway me.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:00, Reply)
Given that DG and Tourettes are coming then it's going to be a shit load.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:06, Reply)
Apart from a couple of long weekends, that's it. But I don't mind. I rather spend all my holidays in February, when it's cold and awful, and go somewhere nice.
I talked with the future Mr. Me and, provided that it's ok with work, we're taking 2 or 3 months of unpaid leave to go around the world for our honeymoon. I'm looking forward to it.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:07, Reply)
I hope he can arrange something with the new job if he gets it (I know our current boss won't have any problem)
Then he's going to sell his house and buy half of my flat, and with that money I can finally afford going away.
I'm still trying to convince him to go for a year, but I've done pretty well, considering that he wanted to go for 2 weeks :)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:51, Reply)
He didn't agree, he said he's happy where he is, sadface.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:54, Reply)
My dad is going to teach me how to sail, I'm so excited. I've been reading all about sloops.
To be fair on Wiggy, he's doing pretty well in his career, whereas I'm bored out of my head, so it's unfair of me to expect him to drop everything, I just want to do something exciting with my life rather than wait until I'm retired to do it all.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:59, Reply)
Ay, I wish he wasn't doing so well and we both could sell our places and move to the Caribbean and live the good live.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:00, Reply)
a friend of mine used to crew a 66 foot yacht for a rich banker, yacht was based in Antigua. She used to get paid considerably more than I do (as a civil engineer) tax free, had no accomodation costs and could use the bankers money to buy diving gear and windsurfers etc. for them to play with.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:03, Reply)
some guy I read about became a boat deliverer based in the Bahamas. *jealouses*
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
my friend used to row competitively (and has family who were big sailors near southampton) and she wangled a position crewing the support boat for the cross atlantic rowing race (the one where fogel and cracknell were naked)
she ended up in Antigua and through contacts got a job on this bankers boat. then the old skipper got fired and she got her boyfriend the skipper job.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:06, Reply)
albeit of the crew side of things rather than the rich people side. I've heard that it's possible to do it by sailing a lot and getting to know the fellow sailors in ports, or in large canals where they have a pilot, etc.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:22, Reply)
Also, the sensible side of me suggests I should finish at least one degree in my life!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:25, Reply)
aside from the past few years I've been sailing all my life. my dad is a compulsive boat buyer. I think he's had about 15 different ones in my lifetime.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:01, Reply)
I was looking at sailing lessons but they're well expensive and then I thought hang on, Dad's a master mariner. BELM
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:03, Reply)
better to learn from family or friends.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
I'd be ever so nervous if I was being yelled at by some guy, whereas my dad would be much kinder if I made mistakes. Although he gets annoyed when I worry about breaking my nails. If I was actually going to get a boat I think I'd have to have them removed first, sadface.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:05, Reply)
because you then have to go through the sailing back part, the mooring up part, the tidying away, and then if you are unlucky, the rowing to shore part.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)
do you know the Cockle family, Exeter sailors?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
I'd love to go and live somewhere like there, have a little shop selling coconut milkshake and enjoying the sunshine everyday.
You could have your boat and use it to give expensive tours to pink stupid tourists.
And BGB could cook nice pasta salads with fresh fish and we'd sell them in the little coconut shop as well.
Who needs a man.
... me :((
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:58, Reply)
I want to learn to dive and then go and then go and do it somewhere beautiful. I want to own a cocktail bar on a beach. Like in Cocktail.
Wiggy said he wants to do all that too, but he pictures it a long time in the future, whereas I want to do it while I'm still youthful and exuberant.
I wouldn't want to do any of it without him though, so I'll have to keep it in my dreams unfortunately.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:02, Reply)
I wouldn't be happy there without him. He doesn't even want to do it in the future. He likes Manchester and its weather.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:08, Reply)
but that he's happy at the moment, so I'm pretty much stuck here. I'm not unhappy as such, it's just I've always said since I was a teenager that my worst fear is to wake up when I'm 50 and realise I haven't done anything with my life.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:17, Reply)
But he's too scared of leaving all the good things and friends he's got here. He'd love to live somewhere else, but can't think of risking anything.
We made another deal. We spend another 2 years in England, learning French (and he finishing learning Spanish), and then we find a job in France, Spain, South Africa or South America and live there for a while.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:26, Reply)
I can't get much out of Wiggy. We said we want to emigrate, but I want Australia and he wants Canada. It's quite difficult to talk to him about it as he doesn't disagree with me unless I really force it out of him.
The only thing that would worry me about upping and leaving is that I would have to leave my friends behind, but with Facebook and stuff it's so easy to stay in contact.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:30, Reply)
I know, the worst way of saying "no" is with a "well, maybe", because you can't argue, but you know it means "no".
Maybe you can find somewhere in between? TBH, I'd rather go to New Zealand than Australia, and in the south of NZ it can be pretty cold in winter (summer), if that's what he likes.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:39, Reply)
and I hate the cold, but he says Canada's not cold (lies). I have no desire to move to Canada, but then he has no desire to move to Australia, so it's kind of a stalemate. We've said we'll go to both countries on holiday and then try and decide afterwards, but I don't think I'm going to change my mind as the weather and activities in Aus are a huge part of it for me, so if he feels the same about Canada then we're going to be no better off.
We had a row about it at the weekend because I was saying to him that of all these things I come up with for us to do with our lives, he never says "oh hell yes, I really want to do that!" so I'm always disheartened by it because I feel like I'm the only one who wants to actually do anything when he's happy to just stagnate where he is. I've been brought up by a family who travels around a lot and has had adventures, whereas his family have lived in the house they're in now for most of their lives and granny lives down the road, etc. This is exactly the kind of life I want to avoid.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:48, Reply)
(You can tell him from me that Canada IS cold)
Maybe he's just a bit scared and as soon as he starts moving you won't be able to stop him. Has his office other offices in other parts of the world? Maybe he can get an assignment, even if it's only in Europe, but it's a good start. That's how Mark started to think about moving, after 3 months working in Brussels.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:54, Reply)
I think he wants to get to certain stage in his career where he can go freelance for lots of money, so he would only need to work a certain amount of time over the year, the rest of the time we could do what we want. That I would be happy with.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:59, Reply)
And a good middle point for both of you. How long does he think he'll need to get it all sorted?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:00, Reply)
It's a few years away methinks, he's working his way up at the moment. I feel like time is just rushing by at the moment which is compounding the problem, it seems like this year has flown and I worry that I'll suddenly realise I'm 35 and it's too late.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:41, Reply)
35 doesn't have to be too late, but all depends on what you want. If you want a family then it probably is :(
If you don't want a family it should be ok.
I first moved from Spain when I was 25, and now after 5 years in England I feel like my blood is boiling, calling for another move.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:45, Reply)
I have restless blood. My dad's been all over the world, to almost every country. He lived in Malta when he was younger and he's got the best stories. I want to have stories.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:49, Reply)
Us living in the Canary Islands and all the family in mainland Spain meant that all our holidays were always to Barcelona and Sevilla, which are good, but you get a bit tired of them after 25 years. I felt as if my family was robbing me of the opportunity to discover the world when I was at my best; that I had to move around and see as much as I could.
There is always someone tying me back. My family mainly, but right now it seems like nobody can force me to anything. I want to travel as much as possible before having kids, and then travel more.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:52, Reply)
I want to try and fit as much in as possible before I have kids. I hope I don't resent them!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:55, Reply)
I think they'll end up just wanting to stay in a place for holidays :)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:01, Reply)
Not the man, the cooking of pasta salads somewhere warm and relaxing.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:02, Reply)
the men will come.
(no, not like that. Filth.)
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:06, Reply)
I always cook too much pasta.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)
I could help preparing a few tapas, if the milkshakes don't work.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:31, Reply)
I think you should gaz markthebrewer and explain your proposition in detail.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:09, Reply)
You might think what you have is excellent, and one day discover that it can be even better.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:36, Reply)
I'm not interested in whether or not she comes, this is just me wondering what I'd look like with a chickenlady nose job
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:11, Reply)
Now I must away to teach something to some teenagers who won't be listening.
Ta-ta!
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:22, Reply)
First week will be spent windsurfing, second seeing friends, then poland for a couple weeks (visiting family and going to a mediaeval reenactment), then probably some other stuff after that, but I'm not that organised.
Edit: just looked at the 7 day forecast for when I want to be windsurfing, it may not be happening.. wind looks like it'll be too low even for me...
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:23, Reply)
I'd like to drink less. Get out into the sunshine more. Go swimming. Read more books. Make a dress. Teach my dog how to use the toilet. Finish writing my own stories.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:29, Reply)
Don't be stupid.
It's breakfast time.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:37, Reply)
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You can teach your dog after that.
Are you going to try to teach her to clean herself as well?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:52, Reply)
by doing that thing from Fly Away Home and running down the field waving my arms.
It was only after a couple of days of doing this that my mum pointed out the goose's parents were non-flying geese. FFS.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)
That's so funny! Did your mum record you and post it in Youtube?
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:10, Reply)
I don't think we have a video camera and there are only about 10 photos of me from my childhood.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:16, Reply)
I'm going to exercise, drink, go out for a romantic meal to a nice restaurant, watch football, see a live band (not famous), drink some more, sleep in for the first time in forever, practice driving, play computer games, go out a jog by the cliffs at 6am in the morning when it's all quiet, lose some money gambling, squeeze in a BBQ somewhere.
Fun times really..
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:49, Reply)
Have you seen a flid trying to catch a butterfly?
That's like Bert trying to kill me.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:55, Reply)
I also cruise the streets in my Honda Accord: Vigilante.
What a cracking word that is. My new favourite.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:20, Reply)
That's the translation for the graphic novel The Watchmen. It's a good word.
(, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:40, Reply)
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