[Abyss]

Illuyankas, on 20 July 2017 - 08:43 PM, said:

Booked my girlfriend and I a fortnight in Corfu for £456 each including travel insurance...

Nice! Love it there.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 21 July 2017 - 06:25 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 20 July 2017 - 08:43 PM, said:

Booked my girlfriend and I a fortnight in Corfu for £456 each including travel insurance...

Nice! Love it there.

He said Corfu, not Gatineau.

[JPK]

Tonight marks the first of the two Portugal. The Man shows that I've been spouting off about for months.

The place I'm seeing them at tonight is tiny! I'm talking standing room capacity of 300 tiny. I think my emotions are currently cycling through all of the different emoji options.

[Dutch]

- Coltaine -, on 21 July 2017 - 09:10 AM, said:

amphibian, on 20 July 2017 - 12:21 PM, said:

- Coltaine -, on 20 July 2017 - 12:10 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 July 2017 - 04:42 AM, said:

Finally got my brother into Malazan.

He finished GotM and loved it.

How long did it take you to convince him to read the book? I'm just trying to convince some friends of mine. All of them are getting the same birthday gift.

Took my younger brother maybe five years to start reading Malazan. He's on Reaper's Gale now after about a year of reading off and on. Enjoys it and will probably never join this board.

I have tried it now for more than three years. One of the main problems is that the German publisher decided to split every book aside from Gardens of the Moon (I hate you Blanvalet!!!). And if someone asks me how many books I have to say 19 if you want to read it in German. Discourages most people somehow.

I never have read the Dutch versions.

Seen a copy of Deadhouse Gates in a bookstore years ago, picked it up from the shelve and put it back in a few minutes.

Horrible translation errors (It's Seven Cities and not Sevencity) and I had a distinct feeling that it was translated from the German version (The German name of the series is "Das Spiel der Götter" and the Dutch name of the series is "Het spel der goden" which is an exact translation)

[Nicodimas]

Scored a Switch this week , bam downloaded a ton of neogeo games... Broke out my old Dreamcast and just scored the retro SNES mini... Been on like a 10 year break from video games so fun to come back.


(this of course is the danger of a Phoenix summer of course.. It's been brutally humid this year + hot.. So weird !)

[Mentalist]

3 hour nap, followed by dinner and wine with parents in our backyard. I'm feeling almost human again.

[Macros]

trolling level over 9000


its genius, dumbasses calling out the wrong facts are clearly unfunny morons, its hilarious. the only depressing part is some of the comments of people agreeing seriously with MADS

[Lady Bliss]

Against all better judgement, it seems that I will be going to Prague with Studly in October. Any recommendations?

[Macros]

Cross charles bridge to old town.
Take in the castle and stuff up there.
Don't bother with wenchelas (spelled wrong ) square, over priced and tourist trappy

[Loki]

Does anyone else have kids who use Kid K'Nex?

How awesome is it?

Ripley made a bunch of sea creatures this morning by following the picture instructions that came with the pieces.

Waiting until tonight so I can play with them myself.

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[Itwæs Nom]

Lady Bliss, on 25 July 2017 - 03:24 AM, said:

Against all better judgement, it seems that I will be going to Prague with Studly in October. Any recommendations?

Macros, on 25 July 2017 - 04:58 AM, said:

Cross charles bridge to old town.
Take in the castle and stuff up there.
Don't bother with wenchelas (spelled wrong ) square, over priced and tourist trappy

There's a statue of St. Wenceslas (I think that should be right, never understood why it's know as that, the person's name was Václav, Wenceslas is a Polish version of the name) that might be worth seeing, but otherwise agree. Don't miss Orloj - the Icarium's astronomical clock.

Charles bridge, Old town(and the rest of the historical center) and Prague castle with St. Vitus Cathedral are a must. Although the castle is on the opposite side of river than Old town itself., the old town around the castle is called "Little side". Expect crowds.

You should definitely just take a walk from Old Town south along the Vltava (or vice versa) in the evening

Letná park, it's not far from the center and there are nice views, there's a giant metronome in the middle of it, a cool place overally

Vítkov is a platform/square on top of a hill where a significant battle took place in 1420, there's a giant statue of Jan Žižka and a nice view too

And I guess that's it from places that I've been to recently

Petřín Lookout Tower, should be worth climbing, never been there myself

if you want to ask about something/need anything I could help with feel free to PM me anytime

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[Mentalist]

Went for a swim last night, although it was kinda nippy in the evening (18-16 degrees)

Got my 2 clicks done with 10 min to go- either we started early, or I managed to keep up good speed and get it done in 50.

When I looked on the scale at home, back to 84 kilos, which is back to normality weight for me.

And, most importantly: been sneezing all evening after the pool, and was seriously worried I caught a cold (my feet were freezing). But this morning, feeling fine. Which is what makes me happy.

[Itwæs Nom]

Lady Bliss, on 25 July 2017 - 03:24 AM, said:

Against all better judgement, it seems that I will be going to Prague with Studly in October. Any recommendations?

And if you're inerested in this, there will be plenty of castles/ruins of castles/chateaus around Prague

Karlstein is a very well preserved and important castle, only other one there that comes to mind is Křivoklát, well preserved too and the area where it is, Křivoklátsko, is known for its pretty nature

This post has been edited by Itwæs Nom: 25 July 2017 - 03:14 PM

[Lady Bliss]

Itwæs Nom, on 25 July 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 25 July 2017 - 03:24 AM, said:

Against all better judgement, it seems that I will be going to Prague with Studly in October. Any recommendations?

And if you're inerested in this, there will be plenty of castles/ruins of castles/chateaus around Prague

Karlstein is a very well preserved and important castle, only other one there that comes to mind is Křivoklát, well preserved too and the area where it is, Křivoklátsko, is known for its pretty nature

I'd like to try and get to the bone church.

[Itwæs Nom]

Lady Bliss, on 25 July 2017 - 04:20 PM, said:

Itwæs Nom, on 25 July 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 25 July 2017 - 03:24 AM, said:

Against all better judgement, it seems that I will be going to Prague with Studly in October. Any recommendations?

And if you're inerested in this, there will be plenty of castles/ruins of castles/chateaus around Prague

Karlstein is a very well preserved and important castle, only other one there that comes to mind is Křivoklát, well preserved too and the area where it is, Křivoklátsko, is known for its pretty nature

I'd like to try and get to the bone church.

Damn, I had never heard about this before, that's really interesting

There appear to be regular train connections between Prague and Kutná Hora where the Sedlec Ossuary is located, even some buses. It's about a hour long ride.

[Macros]

Just booked accommodation for the Fleadh in Ennis this summer.
Just two days at its but always while craic

[Tsundoku]

Macros, on 26 July 2017 - 10:28 PM, said:

Just booked accommodation for the Fleadh in Ennis this summer.
Just two days at its but always while craic

Hmmm ... Google Translate doesn't seem to be working.

[Macros]

Ennis is a town, so translate wouldn't work.
Fleadh is an Irish word I'll grant you that.
The rest is English you escaped convict!

[Tsundoku]

Specifically sentence #2:

"Just two days at its but always while craic "

WTF? I didn't know it was possible to type with an accent.

Plus it's not the weekend there yet so you should be at least upright and capable of stringing a semi-coherent (when recorded and slowed down) sentence together.

[Macros]

I blame autocorrect personally.

I'll try it a little slower.

Me and the woman have got our accommodation for the Fleadh (Irish trad festival) in Ennis (town) sorted. This is good because it's crazy busy on the second weekend when we are going.
We are really only stayed for two nights, but the Fleadh is always great fun