Essential shit
Next month I'll walk a hundred miles from my home town to the nearest sea at Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary for no good reason* other than I haven't seen the sea since Easter and I really fancy fish and chips by the sea. Despite the fact I'm driving to the beach in Devon and Cornwall next week.

What essential items can't you do without when travelling? I'm trying to minimise useless crap to take with me but I'm interested to hear your essentials.

* one good reason
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:50, 191 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Your mum, a honda accord and a snickers bar.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:51, Reply)

weed
or more seriously: eye mask and ear plugs. I cannot be without them.

most importantly, you going to have the opportunity to meet up while you are down this way? I understand you wouldn't want to subject your daughter to meeting me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:53, Reply)

Ha
I noticed your eye-mask. I didn't want to comment on how utterly gay it looked :) I dunno if I'll get a chance to go through and stop in Exeter, I'm on a tight mileage limit with the hire car so I'm skimping like hell!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)

it's pretty gay
but less so than never getting any sleep.

not to worry, might get the opportunity for a random meet up if I'm up in North Devon at some point, which is certainly possible.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:00, Reply)

We'll be there Wednesday and Thursday
so I assume you'll be working and making sweet love to your misus.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:04, Reply)

unfortunately that is the case
ah well, can't be helped.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:06, Reply)

Next time, Gadget.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:07, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Kendal mint cake
spare pair of shoes. Toilet paper.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:53, Reply)

Kendal Mint Cake?
is that code for MASSIVE DRUGS? if it isn't it should be.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:59, Reply)

You don't know what Kendal Mint Cake is?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:22, Reply)

no idea?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:52, Reply)

it is delicious
basically sugar, mint, occasionally chocolate coating. Very high energy/calorie content. I think Sir Edmund Hillary took it to Everest with him
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:54, Reply)

Lots of petrol money
I enjoy driving and will often go out for a blast around. Drove to Nottingham once, for a laugh. Other times have been down to Bath and places. Driving's fun. I think it's about the only way I've managed to put up with my 60 mile a day commute for the past three years.
( Kroney, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:55, Reply)

phone, money, music
that's about it. Pro-plus, berocca and mints as well
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:55, Reply)

Someone, might have been someone from here
described having gin and Berocca. No mixer. Just dropped several Beroccas into the gin bottle, shook, and left.

Blargh.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:57, Reply)

do NOT like

(berk, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)

How could they waste such delicious gin!

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:59, Reply)

that sounds pure filth

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:06, Reply)

I quite fancy some gin
I also quite fancy just sitting in our understairs cupboard in the dark. Hmm.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:07, Reply)

have the gin
but not the cupboard. I have gin, but I don't want to drink, because I'm by myself with no food
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:08, Reply)

Get yo' ass over here. Pick up some ginger ale on your way over.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:09, Reply)

mm gingerale
First plane in

I better fucking well have lost a stone
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:11, Reply)

I so totally should do that. Lose a stone that is.
-looks sadly at stomach-
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:13, Reply)

harder than you'd think
though one thing I have discovered, is if you don't eat full meals, it is amazingly difficult to actually eat 2000 calories a day
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:20, Reply)

not drinking loads of booze is the easiest way
eat as many vegetables as you like, eat less meat, don't eat anything processed, don't eat stuff that's chock full of fat or sugar.

not that hard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:22, Reply)

I'm not a massive drinker
At most I drink once or twice a week.
Of course this will be at odds with people who've seen me at bashes where I inevitably get off my face.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:24, Reply)

even those few drinks have an effect
unless you counter it by eating lower calorie stuff on the days surrounding it.

I found it hard to lose any weight (not that I tried) before leaving uni. Wasn't till afterwards I joined the gym for a few months, then stopped that I started losing weight. I probably only have a few beers a week now, but can pretty much eat whatever and still slowly but surely am losing weight. I'm probably 3 stone lighter than at the end of uni.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:26, Reply)

I'd get into exercise, but I'm very listless at the moment.
And I don't exactly feel comfortable with jogging/walking in the area I'm in now :/
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I'm not built for running/jogging and find it incredibly boring
you've got find something that suits you. Needs to be convenient, not painful, and interesting enough to do it at least a couple of times a week, if not more.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

I'm not a natural runner
So I try and mix it up a little. I do a lot of cycling, swimming and chop and change routines at the gym.

Swimming is excellent, it's brilliant for your cardio fitness and doesn't knacker your joints.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

^this
I can recommend surfing as well. Never done anything that works out so much of your body all at once.

Plus, it is fucking awesome fun.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

That's why I chose cycling
(although I've not done it in a few weeks...) because it wasn't hard on my knees.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I want to go and swim in the lido at the Serpentine.
When/if the weather picks up...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:35, Reply)

...It's August
It's only ever going to get chillier.

You're best served at the local pool where there's lanes and you can set yourself targets - ie six lengths in one session, six lengths without stopping etc.

Swimming burns calories like very little else provided you're using the right technique.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:38, Reply)

I'm well-insulated :D
I'll find out where it is, but seeing as I'm in Saaaf London it'll be nasty as fuck.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:39, Reply)

or trampolining
a friend of mine lost three stone over five months when he took it up regularly
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:40, Reply)

Our fucking garden's on a fucking slope :(
otherwise we'd have one.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:41, Reply)

Don't you own a bike?
Brilliant way to get fit.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:42, Reply)

I need to sort my mrs out with a bike so we can ride together
as it is I only ever ride to work, which is 10-15 minutes as fast as I can up and down steep hills, which puts me off doing it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I'm the girl that never learned to ride one.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I can't ride one anymore :(

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:57, Reply)

my ex couldn't
but I suspect that was because of her short little legs
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:03, Reply)

haha
that's quite funny. It's because I can't feel my feet, which could be quite dangerous
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

we have a big one in our garden at home
but a massive one at uni. It might be worth checking out early morning sessions at your local sports centre. If you do go, remember to wear the strongest bra you can find
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:43, Reply)

I've started eating more healthily
Nowhere near as much processed food or take out, cutting down on booze, and snacking on fruit and carrots whenever I'm peckish. No change yet, but it's early days.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

^ all good advice this
but doesn't necessarily work.

I was complaining a bit ago that 5 weeks of below a thousand calories a day teamed with a lot of exercise took nothing off me. Whereas a week with a lot of alcohol, but no food has definitely knocked some pounds off
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Exercise is like making small deposits in a bank
It takes time to build up momentum and kick start your metabolism.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:27, Reply)

^this

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I stopped running for a few months
Thanks to spazzy feet and I piled the pounds on.

It's taken nine months to get to a point where I was this time three years ago.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

it's some weird metabolism thing I think
it takes quite a while of doing a load of exercise to kick start the weight loss process I think. You can slacken off afterwards and watch what you eat together with semi-regular exercise.

That is my experience and that of Mrs V anyway.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I hope this is true for me
but I'm definitely losing weight now.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

it's all about balance
if you are going out on a bender, only eat vegetables for the few days leading up to it. Eat as many as you want until they are coming out of every orifice, so you don't need to not fill yourself up, but you need to counter the empty calories in the booze.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

makes total sense
I reckon my calories come not from the booze so much, as from the food I inevitably stuff into my face afterwards
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

that's the trouble, and most people do it
you've eaten before going out, then you drink a load of booze so already way more calories than you should have had, and then finish it off with something sweet or fatty and greasy afterwards.

those dirty burgers and kebabs taste so good though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:41, Reply)

chips, onion rings and garlic mayo
I hate myself in the morning, but it is worth it.

Well I've got two months to make a difference, and this food-shortage could actually be a good thing if it kickstarts me into losing weight
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:44, Reply)

drastically reducing the amount you are eating may not work too well
it's better to up the exercise at first and reduce intake a bit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

In Ireland the only exercise is walking
which I can't stand. I do a bit of mock-aerobics (jumping around to a playlist entitled 'shit playlist'.)

I have no choice on the foodintake sadly. Unless I start cooking
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:50, Reply)

that sounds unfortunate
you should take up hurling (the sport, I'm not advocating bulimia)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:03, Reply)

from all accounts
bulimia doesn't even work.

And I played hurling as a child
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I agree with the Amberl^ and Vipros
Trying to lose weight will depress you, make you more tired, and in turn cause you to eat more fatty foods and do less exercise.
I'd suggest trying to be happy with yourself teh way you are, sort out any other problems you may be having, and you'll find that you'll naturally eat a fairly balanced healthy diet, as well as jsut doing more.

Problem solved. Next please.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:22, Reply)

^What Bert said
There's a lot of sense in this.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I'm so gonna punch you in the tits
like RIGHT in in the tits
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

With your Salmon?

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

salmon can't punch
I'll be forcing that down your throat like a bullimic petrel, as I repeatedly punch your manmaries
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:31, Reply)

Is that your special move (tm)?

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

yeah
Brian Blessed will be on the sidelines bellowing 'FINISH HIM', and then you'll be proper fucked
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:34, Reply)

I was greatly amused at the "Bullimic Petrel" bit

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

glad to hear it
you may have noticed I've done a few sea bird jokes recently, it's because they're all names of ships I've organised wortk on
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:38, Reply)

Anhedonia should make healthy eating easier
All food tastes shit when all food tastes shit.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:24, Reply)

I just googled that
saw the meaning on Wikipedia and thought to myself 'that sounds like what I have'

but then I thought,'except it's clearly a made-up illness'
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:27, Reply)

If you want another one of those, google hypersomnia.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

that's another made-up illness for lazy people
but at the other end of the scale, I'm coming up for about 4 years worth insomnia.

Hooray!
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

That's what I said
It was mainly through lack of routine and poor sleeping pattern. Though up to 14 hours a day of uninterrupted sleep was not natural.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:34, Reply)

marry me
and I'll make it all better
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

15 years now

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:34, Reply)

that sucks
any idea of what causes yours? I know what mine is, it's the same, repeated thought bouncing around in my head, driving mental. I'm unable to turn it off in any way, it just haunts me
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

started when I was six
and never went away. Very active mind at night I think
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:41, Reply)

you is a slag?

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:42, Reply)

same here
no particular thoughts, but my mind jumps from one thing to another really fast.

makes me more aware of light and sound as well.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:42, Reply)

true
I think too much, and I hate just lying there so I get up and do things. It used to help with creative writing a hell of a lot though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Shut up Harry

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Ipod, latest Empire mag
and a knife, just in case I see Bert in a crowd
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:55, Reply)

oh no, not another Kaol
Knife obsession is pretty serious business, and I hope that you're sensible with what is actually an implement of death.

Now atticus, what say we bury the hatchet? I haven't even said 'shut up chompy' to you once yet today
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)

Not interested really Bert
You see I am pretty sure I have a good enough read on you now to know that any kind of reconciliation will be temporary until you aren't getting enough attention and go all special needs on us. I won't ignore but I have zero interest in being civil too you. Even writing this response is going to make you sit there squirming in your pants just wanting to write Shut Up Chompy. You see what you fail to understand is that the majority of people on here don't need to make up retarded troll personalities and just enjoy a bit of a laugh. Unfortunately you just push all my buttons and I don't like you. Just move on.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:03, Reply)

shut up, chompy

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:04, Reply)

you stop pushing his buttons, sir!
haha toooooo funny
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:08, Reply)

you have no idea how much I was pissing myself with laughter as I typed it
thank you, chompy, you brighten my day
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:12, Reply)

You're welcome

(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:43, Reply)

not you, you fat, rapey shit

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Can't we ALL get along on here?
Althogether now

"E-e-e-e-eboneeee and I-i-i-vor-eeee"
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:14, Reply)

nope, you said something about duelling with me with a wet fish in another thread
this puts you in the same league as Becky, al and Gonz in my books, so we're now sworn enemies, and I will do my utmost to attend the next bash and seduce/facerape your woman
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:17, Reply)

So we're on for the duel then?
*selects halibut*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:19, Reply)

hell yeah, bitch
I've got a motherflipping 9lb salmon with your name on it, you lycra shorts wearing homo
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:20, Reply)

Halibut beats a salmon any day of the week.
Plus, I'm a baggy shorts man.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:20, Reply)

don't lie to me
I've seen the pictures
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:23, Reply)

What, of the halibut?

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:23, Reply)

of your cock bulge in tight shorts
I think it was me who posted them
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

You just made it obvious now n00b you are. Not so long ago pretty much all of us had retarded troll accounts and this place was pretty different to what it is now.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:35, Reply)

pretty different to what it is now
so my basis of reference is different to yours. Bert made it personal by making a point of being a twat to me and I can't be bothered to keep biting. Plus the more I get involved in it the more I get dragged into other stuff. I can't win so I won't play.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:42, Reply)

I'm a twat to everyone, you daft shit
and I long for the days of unadulterated trolling on b3ta, all this normal conversation bollocks bores me to tears
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:43, Reply)

Shut Up Bert

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

I want to hold you down
and fuck you hard
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:49, Reply)

That's because you're not normal.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

exactly
I come here to get away from the mundane, idle, everyday chat of my colleagues, I want cunts and cocks and serious business, not 'my cat this, my problems that, my daughter got a pea stuck up her nose'.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

When was it when you first realised that you find it hard to comunicate with the general public in a day-to-day basis?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

I could ask you the same question
45, 19, 7
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:56, Reply)

C'mon Bert, you're better than a pathetic "No YOU are" response.
I find I get on well with the general public, hence the fact that people like me.

How quickly on average is it when you fuck someone, for their regret to set in, is it just when they get to know you? Chin up big fella, I'm sure it's _them_ each and every time.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:03, Reply)

3, 17, 38
I guess it takes a couple of years, Becky was advanced as she didn't actually know me and we hardly spoke in the run-up to our run-in.

But I'd say all in all, my relationships tend to last 2-3 years before they get bored and regret ever going anywhere near me. Thanks for listening, Gonz.

x
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)

Kettle, black pot etc...but you don't have to reply to him.

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:47, Reply)

and I think that compared to things I've said to you and Monty
him complaining about my attacks being 'personal' is somewhat of a besmirch upon you all
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:49, Reply)

and I won't from now on but why do you care?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

because she loves me
and is well aware that we were meant to be together
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I don't. I'm just bored of you whinging

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Tissues, lip salve and water.

( girlinthehole, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:56, Reply)

bug spray, tunes, books, pen and paper
I assume you mean essentials other than the obvious clothes/money/food
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)

Clothes ain't essential baby

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:59, Reply)

well then!

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:08, Reply)

Suncream
music player (though I can go without, it just makes things better) and a water bottle.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)

Sunblock
Squashed cobs/picnic, a magazine, wine, someone who can drive.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:01, Reply)

You coming anywhere near me?

( Peej, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:10, Reply)

FILTH!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:11, Reply)

A light smattering
all over your face. Whilst you're asleep.
(berk, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:12, Reply)

Not my face
Phillie's face
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:13, Reply)

just don't get it in my hair

( Peej, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:14, Reply)

Tintagel is the furthest south I'm going, only for a couple of nights.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:24, Reply)

A big fat book.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:11, Reply)

^this
Preferably plural.

Currently enjoying a biopic of Charles Bukowski during my commute.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:13, Reply)

Charles Bukkake?
The royal family never cease to amaze me.

I'm still fighing my way through a couple of thousand pages of 'Hitler' by Ian Kershaw. I've read about four other books for light relief along the way, it's seriously heavy-going but brilliant.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:21, Reply)

"Charles Bukkake"
*Pfftt!*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:22, Reply)

I've read the same book five times in a row now
it was the only book I put in my hand luggage
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:23, Reply)

what was it?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Kafka on the Shore
it's one of Murakami's earlier books, and though I love all his work, it wasn't quite on the scale of his greatest
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:27, Reply)

just read the review
may pick it up. About to finish my book and want something different to my usual nonsense.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:31, Reply)

I would recommend
a different one of his to start with. For a shorter one try 'Dance, Dance, Dance' or for his best try 'Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

cheers pal

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:33, Reply)

I once went on holiday for a week
(as a youngster) expecting a week of activities. It pissed down all week, so I ended up reading the same two books seven times each.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:34, Reply)

there are no twists
after the first three times :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:51, Reply)

That Sherlock Holmes collection I downloaded is Ace Monty
Am now probably going to download the rest.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:24, Reply)

Sherlock Holmes is fucking brilliant
I have all the stories on my Reader.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:26, Reply)

worth buying the books
Sherlock Holmes is hard to appreciate on an ereader. He needs a proper binding
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:26, Reply)

No he doesn't
he's as good on a reader as a real book.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:27, Reply)

shrugs
I read a hell of a lot of books both ebook and real, and while most of them are switchable, Sherlock Holmes is one of the ones that doesn't work for me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:28, Reply)

I really don't understand that at all
I can understand if you don't like readers, the fact that you can't flick back a few pages to check something is a it annoying, but if you do like them, how can some books be better in print?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

I have one book on my Ireader and it's Winnie The Pooh. I must try harder.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I'm cool with ereaders
though I prefer books. For me Sherlock Holmes is something I take genuine pleasure in reading, so I like to have it in my hands and take the time/space to bring it. The same is true for the author I mentioned above Murakami.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:34, Reply)

what reader do you have?
and how do you like it?

I'd like to try one for a week I think.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I have a Sony
the actual reader is brilliant, but what is shit is that you can't create your own books with meta data (like hyperlink contents pages etc.) and to get a decent format you need to convert everything to the stupid Sony proprietry format and Sony don't provide a convertor, but I've found one that does the conversion online. Still fiddly though.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:41, Reply)

that's pretty gay about the conversion
I'd like to try a Kindle or something, but you can't just borrow that sort of thing from a shop or Amazon unfortunately.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:43, Reply)

and ebooks are bloody expensive

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Yeah, but you don't actually pay for them do you?
Project Gutenberg, all the classics you could ever need. And for everything else, there's mu torrent.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:53, Reply)

I love Project Gutenberg
I also love the Burgomeister.

But with new books I feel some urge to pay for them. Especially if I love the author- Murakami, Hobb, etc
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:56, Reply)

I don't like new books
and I particularly don't like the price.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:02, Reply)

I'm totally kicking against THE MAN
by stealing books. Nothing to do with me being a dirty thieving git or 'owt. Just protesting against the man.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

naturally
It didn't cross my mind that there would be any other explanation
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I don't buy new books
but I do buy books of which the author is still alive occasionally.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)

I just don't have the space in my new place
I have too many books now and moving house with lots of books is a pain. I have an Ireader on my phone so my download them to that rather than audiobooks. I love listening to novels when driving.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

Excellent.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:29, Reply)

Haha, my mum's met Ian Kershaw
I remember her coming home several nights in a row a few years ago swearing about "sodding Hitler" making her back ache from carrying around the books.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:30, Reply)

Ipod Nano
Topeak multitool
Extra layers
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:12, Reply)

i just went away for two weeks
so i took two suitcases. i was horrified to find at gatwick that they weighed 23 and 25 kg respectively. i have no idea what was in them.

otherwise my ipod, hundreds of books, very high factor suncream.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:19, Reply)

That would account for 48kg of luggage
You have a lot of books.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:21, Reply)

k b
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:26, Reply)

My phone loaded with games and music
Decent earphones (Sennheisers FTW)
Bottle opener.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:23, Reply)

you don't need a bottle opener
I have at least 3 methods of opening a bottle without one and without resorting to my teeth or smashing it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:33, Reply)

Lighter is my fave, there's always someone with a lighter.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:36, Reply)

same here
I can do it with thick paper or card, or with a spatula.

Not very well with the spatula mind, I usually take the top of the bottle off, but if you have better coordination for that sort of thing it is really impressive.

Tap the bottle a couple of times on the bottom and then hit the edge of the bottle cap upwards with a metal spatula (bbq tools work well) and it will fly off about 20 feet in the air.

In fact, my favourite method is opening a bottle with another bottle.

You get a bit stuck when you are down to the last unopened one though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Mine's on my keys, so it's almost always with me
And has proven invaluable when camping or parties. Last time I tried opening a bottle without one, I almost destroyed a table.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:39, Reply)

Having done a lot of travelling recently
nothing is essential apart from the means of travel...

Although I do very much prefer having my headphones, access to a toilet, plenty food and water, a decent paper and a book of some kind.

If you're walking much of these can be ignored...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:31, Reply)

stop changing your name, dipshit
it doesn't make you any more popular
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:33, Reply)

is it ed again?

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:40, Reply)

no, I think it's Finn McCool
who was somebody else before that, I can't remember, but he keeps changing his name and then slagging me off when I'm not around.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:42, Reply)

But that's fair enough isn't it
you are a wanker after all.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

bus wanker
lolol
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

it sure is
but there's no need to keep changing your username for it
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

you better stop pushing his buttons, sir!

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:46, Reply)

I can't help it
it's better than sex, not that I can remember what that's like
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:55, Reply)

I wish sex was as great for a woman as it was for a man

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:57, Reply)

sex change, it's the only answer
I've always thought of you as the Meg Griffin of Off Topic anyway
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:58, Reply)

unimpressed
also, no
i like being a girl
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:03, Reply)

shut up, Meg

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Feet are kind of essential, yeah.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:35, Reply)

Camera, Laptop, Phone, Books and Sunnies.
I am rapidly thinking that taking my bike on holiday this year is essential, too...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Hello DiT
got a proper job yet?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 15:59, Reply)

I'm not sure what that means...
I've had a 'proper' job for ages...

EDIT: How rude, Hullo Bert, how's things?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:04, Reply)

shut your cockhole
I thought I read somewhere that you were an actor, that's not a proper job
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Ah, gotcha.
I'm a wannabe actor, but I have a real and proper job.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)