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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 7, 2020 at 6:55 pm
(April 7, 2020 at 6:27 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (April 7, 2020 at 6:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You may not know this, but Olivia Newton-John is actually English by birth. As a child, she was kidnapped by Swedish gypsies who took her north, where they forced her to work as an au pair / hedgehog gelder. Cunningly disguised as Frank Lloyd Wright’s conjoined twin, she effected her escape and eked out a marginal living on the streets of Stockholm, juggling live pigeons and singing show tunes. Spotted by an agent, she auditioned for ABBA, but was rejected for refusing to change her name to Flingenglaaben Ragnarsdottir.
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HUMOR,, IS ABOUT FUCKING TIME. WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
The problem with both ONJ, AND ABBA, is that they BOTH have country influences. Don't ask HillBilly Atheist what he knows about them. He is the same guy who found BOTH on banjo.
What is truly sicking now i that I am going to google the meaning of "gelder"
But know that I know what "gelder" means, no, I have no desire to taste Rocky Mountain Oysters, much less hedgehog nuts. AND YES, I know "Au Pair" means nanny or babysitter for a upper class family.
(April 7, 2020 at 6:27 pm)Brian37 Wrote: HUMOR,, IS ABOUT FUCKING TIME. WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
The problem with both ONJ, AND ABBA, is that they BOTH have country influences. Don't ask HillBilly Atheist what he knows about them. He is the same guy who found BOTH on banjo.
What is truly sicking now i that I am going to google the meaning of "gelder"
But know that I know what "gelder" means, no, I have no desire to taste Rocky Mountain Oysters, much less hedgehog nuts.
And I never understood the title "Au pair"...... I was in awe of her talent, but I never had a pair of balls to tell her.
What do you mean humour? It’s all in her bio.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 7, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Flying would bother me too if I did it.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 7, 2020 at 11:44 pm
I'd recommend a container ship trip summer time, but not winter. That Pacific crossing can be a killer.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 8, 2020 at 5:36 am
(April 7, 2020 at 11:44 pm)notimportant1234 Wrote: I'd recommend a container ship trip summer time, but not winter. That Pacific crossing can be a killer.
I've done the Bering Sea in a Leahy-class cruiser. I would have been very happy on a big fat container ship.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 8, 2020 at 5:52 am
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April 8, 2020 at 6:02 am
Papeete is nicer. And diving the Palaus is amazing. You can swim completely under some islands.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 8, 2020 at 6:10 am
psst…I'm not actually going anywhere.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 8, 2020 at 7:11 am
(April 8, 2020 at 6:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: psst…I'm not actually going anywhere.
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April 8, 2020 at 7:32 am
And a bargain at twice the price.
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RE: Not that I ever will again, but....
April 8, 2020 at 11:12 am
(April 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Flying commercial is as boring as riding a bus.
I'd rather get stick time.
It is. But is also worse when you fear turbulence. I love destinations, I simply hate getting there, no matter if it is by plane, bus, train, or auto.
Again, the only thing about flying I hate the most, isn't the delays. When you are on the ground, you have shops and bars and restaurants to go to.
I love Australia, but just like being cooped up in a jet for 12/13 hours, I also hated being cooped up in the back seat of a car for 5 days traveling across Australia, because our host wanted to give us a tour. I loved the topography, I simply hated the confinement. I hate road trips. I like being where ever and staying in one place.
When we were out in the flats of Australia, I seriously had never seen horizons that went on forever. It was nothing but bush and flatlands, I actually enjoyed the nature of it. I simply didn't like being stuck in the back seat of a car for 9 to 12 hours per day.
Whenever you see a movie shot where the highway seems to go on forever. THAT is parts of Australia.
But there was for me, a payoff in putting up with all that. Like every nation, there are parts you love, and parts you'd rather skip.
It took us seemingly forever to get from Brisbane, WHICH I LOVE, to Yeppoon billions of miles north driving. But our host Debrah, who was doing the driving, knew I would love the seaside and ocean views of Yeppoon. And she was spot on. It sucked taking days to get there, but John and I ended up taking a sea taxi to a remote tropical island and had pina coladas, and took a glass bottom boat to look at corals and feed ocean fish. And we spotted the cutest kidna while on the island.
I hated the road trip, as much as I hate flying. But when on the ground and having the ability to stretch my legs, outside of my fear of heights, I am fine with any topography.
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