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red_bus
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:55 am

Years ago me and some friends decided to drive up to and around Loch Ness - which is as you might expect fairly full cheesy monster-souvenir stuff. But stopping by the ruined castle on the edge of the loch, Urquhart Castle, as dusk fell and wind starts to pick up - the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. You can really see how people have imagined monsters here. (pic. from Flickr).

Well worth popping along to.

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:08 am

Avebury is a cool place to chill out, with a much bigger stone circle (diameter not height) than Stonehenge and not nearly as busy (plus you actually get to touch the stones!!).

Also nearby are Silbury Hill (largest manmade hill in Europe), West Kennet Long Barrow and other such like...

All good and generally ignored by tourists

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:36 am

red_bus wrote:Years ago me and some friends decided to drive up to and around Loch Ness - which is as you might expect fairly full cheesy monster-souvenir stuff. But stopping by the ruined castle on the edge of the loch, Urquhart Castle, as dusk fell and wind starts to pick up - the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. You can really see how people have imagined monsters here. (pic. from Flickr).

Well worth popping along to.

Agreed! I was there several weeks ago. Fortunately, the clouds cooperated and added to the spooky feel.

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:02 pm

I was there last October but it was during the day so not as spooky

Johnson
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:15 pm

Hi,

yeah, Avebury is quite spooky.

Remember the "children of the stones" tv series in the 70s, set in it?

Or the scarey "the changes"?

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killjoy32
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:22 pm

well a project for when i can fit it in is this...i took notes of how long it took them silly celebs to get to the top of Kilmanjaro.

well i intend to do that and wipe that stupid smug look off all their silly faces...bunch of silly whining saps that they are.

the top of snowdon in summer is amazing - you can see for prb 30-40 miles if youre lucky and the surrounding areas are fantastic for walking and climbing....you can do multi-peak hikes too....wales is a fabulous place to tour around...lots of things to see and plenty of history to follow too for sure..

scotland is very similar - lots of amazing stuff if you take the time to go and look off the beaten track.

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:43 pm

The wife and I celebrated twenty years of marriage yesterday by going to the Naperville Ribfest, eating Texas Outlaw ribs, taking my youngest son (he's eight) on all of the biggest rides, and listening to Blue Oyster Cult in concert. (They had Heart on the other stage.) Biggest difference (well, other than the gray hairs and the creaking knees)? Yesterday was in the 70s, and twenty years ago it was around 95 . . . and we got married in a building without air conditioning.

So, does anyone here have us beat on years of wedded bliss?

(Full disclosure: we did the nice dinner too, without the kids, but that was last week.)

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:47 pm

25 years in August

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:54 pm

Bracton wrote:The wife and I celebrated twenty years of marriage yesterday by going to the Naperville Ribfest, eating Texas Outlaw ribs, taking my youngest son (he's eight) on all of the biggest rides, and listening to Blue Oyster Cult in concert. (They had Heart on the other stage.) Biggest difference (well, other than the gray hairs and the creaking knees)? Yesterday was in the 70s, and twenty years ago it was around 95 . . . and we got married in a building without air conditioning.

So, does anyone here have us beat on years of wedded bliss?

(Full disclosure: we did the nice dinner too, without the kids, but that was last week.)

We just celebrated 20 years back in March, but we didn't go to England, Scotland & Wales to celebrate until last month. Congrats!

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:26 pm

27 years last month.

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:47 pm

I celebrated 6 years of divorce last month. Got drunk with the guys and banged a hooker named Crystal.

Kidding, of course. Excellent job, guys. Marriage seems to be an outdated concept now.

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:56 pm

Bracton wrote:The wife and I celebrated twenty years of marriage

Twenty years!?! How old were you when you got married? 15?

I wouldnt have thought you were a day over 35.

Congratulations man. That's a pretty rare feat these days.

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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:18 am

Proof that abstinence only education can lead to tragedy (although this one is funny).
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2 ... 21-ap.html
I cannot even begin to imagine how tormented those kids will be by their peers.

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Bracton
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:23 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:Twenty years!?! How old were you when you got married? 15? I wouldnt have thought you were a day over 35.

Congratulations man. That's a pretty rare feat these days.

Thanks. And I am a bit over 35. I'm just going to keep drinking those Potions of Longevity until I roll an 01. :lol:

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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:02 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:Proof that abstinence only education can lead to tragedy (although this one is funny).
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2 ... 21-ap.html
I cannot even begin to imagine how tormented those kids will be by their peers.

He forgot to cast his Silence 15' radius spell

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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:06 pm

It's 10 pm here and you guys should hear the fireworks going off in my neighborhood right now. Recession my ass. Many hundreds of dollars of fireworks are going off each minute (a good guess). My dog will not leave my side and IT IS RAINING!!!!!!

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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:53 pm

Prufrock wrote:It's 10 pm here and you guys should hear the fireworks going off in my neighborhood right now. Recession my ass. Many hundreds of dollars of fireworks are going off each minute (a good guess). My dog will not leave my side and IT IS RAINING!!!!!!

Martin

Not to much different going on down on this end of Indiana (although our rain finally stopped). I'd be ready to have flashbacks if there was more vibration from impact

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:22 pm

Prufrock wrote:It's 10 pm here and you guys should hear the fireworks going off in my neighborhood right now. Recession my ass. Many hundreds of dollars of fireworks are going off each minute (a good guess). My dog will not leave my side and IT IS RAINING!!!!!!

I started this post an hour ago. My good neighbor has an assload of shells, 3-shot shells, and everything else imaginable. We're in the city limits, but it's a good show. A police car drove by but didn't do anything.

10:15 PM with another hour or two of fireworks to go.

[Edit: The street was filled with firework waste last night; it has been swept clean as of this morning! I have good neighbors on that side.

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