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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:45 am
by Maharlika
Chill out, Lord Marshall...
...if and when I go to London, I'll yank Fas in Switz on my way there and we'll have RL COMMunicating!
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:58 am
by Maharlika
Dear me, I lost my manners...
...have a great time Mr. Flibs!
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:09 am
by KidD01
See ya Fibster

While in London give those SYMians a great smack for me

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:13 am
by Nippy
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:17 am
by Kameleon
Oh well played, sir, well played.
*claps very civilly*

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:59 am
by frogus
Originally posted by Georgi
@Nippy have you wondered why nobody's asked to meet you yet?
Me, Korn and possibly Kameleon have...
Anyway, always remember that those blokes in big furry hats are
never allowed to move! The ones on the streets are just taking the piss, but the ones actually behind the Buckingham Palace fence are under legal bonds to stay still, for the rest of their lives. When they faint, or die of sleep deprivation, MI5 come out of teh sky and up from the sewers and drag him into the shadows...
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 12:01 pm
by Kameleon
Originally posted by frogus
Me, Korn and possibly Kameleon have...
Anyway, always remember that those blokes in big furry hats are never allowed to move! The ones on the streets are just taking the piss, but the ones actually behind the Buckingham Palace fence are under legal bonds to stay still, for the rest of their lives. When they faint, or die of sleep deprivation, MI5 come out of teh sky and up from the sewers and drag him into the shadows...
Possibly?
Possibly? POSSIBLY? I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions
Hehe...if only it wasn't true

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:44 pm
by C Elegans
posted by Flibble
Yes, that's right fellow SYMians! I'm off to see what the other side of the planet looks like!
3 weeks without work! Bliss!!!
Enjoy you holiday Flibble, although I think London is the kind of place you return from more exhausted than you were before you left

(Might have something to do with the club scene)
I'll pass by London in about 3 weeks, so maybe we'll be at Heathrow or Gatwick at the same time
Originally posted by fable
My wife and I are thinking of taking a walking tour of NZ in two or three years--that is, if we don't end up hitting some small part of Scandanavia or the Netherlands, instead.
Being familiar with all three places, I'd choose NZ for a walking tour. The scenery is outstanding, there's no competition on this planet.

Scandinavia is nice too, especially Norway if you like mountains, and Sweden if you like deep forests. The Netherlands is not the place for walking tours IMO, it's perfect for biking though

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:47 pm
by Dottie
Originally posted by C Elegans
and Sweden if you like deep forests.
There are forests in sweden? I thought they were all replaced by utterly boring lines of trees by now.

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:47 pm
by Mr Flibble
Thanks guys and gals!
I'm not leaving 'til saturday, but the tickets arrived yesterday so I was just a bit excited!
Probably won't have time to catch any of you pommie chaps this time around, got a rather busy schedule of touristy things planned. Although on Frogus' recommendation I might have a small window that used to be filled with a ferris wheel.
Anyways, if you spot a 25yr old kiwi guy looking really lost, that's probably me!
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:50 pm
by C Elegans
Originally posted by Dottie
There are forests in sweden? I thought they were all replaced by utterly boring lines of trees by now.
Dottie, you're a horrible city boy, Sweden is still full of deep forests, just not close to where we live. I have relatives in northern Sweden, there's a lot of forests there, and forest-clad hills.
@Flibblo: So what are your plans for London? Are you spending all the time in London, or do you plan to travel around? Is it your first time in Europe?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:55 pm
by Mr Flibble
Originally posted by C Elegans
So what are your plans for London? Are you spending all the time in London, or do you plan to travel around? Is it your first time in Europe?
This is my first trip to Europe. I'm staying with my sister, who's een there for about 2 1/2 years. We've got a few things planned that I've been told about, such as a four day trip to Rome, but for the most part I'm being kept in the dark about it! Should make for an interesting holiday!
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:56 pm
by Dottie
Originally posted by C Elegans
Dottie, you're a horrible city boy, Sweden is still full of deep forests, just not close to where we live. I have relatives in northern Sweden, there's a lot of forests there, and forest-clad hills.
I know there are "forests" but are there forests? You know those beautifull areas who actually looks like nature... I thought almost all of swedens forests was used for forestry these days.
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:13 pm
by Georgi
Originally posted by Kameleon
I would suggest that you bring an umbrella if only to beat off all the tourist-haters (and there are many).
Probably more in Oxford...
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
Although on Frogus' recommendation I might have a small window that used to be filled with a ferris wheel.
LOL

I haven't been on it, but my parents reckon it's good...
Anyways, if you spot a 25yr old kiwi guy looking really lost, that's probably me!
But there are probably so many of those in London...

My friend thinks Kiwi guys are really cute. Something about accents... *shrug*
Originally posted by C Elegans
Dottie, you're a horrible city boy
Do you mean he's a boy from a horrible city, or he's a horrible boy from the city?

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:14 pm
by C Elegans
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
This is my first trip to Europe. I'm staying with my sister, who's een there for about 2 1/2 years. We've got a few things planned that I've been told about, such as a four day trip to Rome, but for the most part I'm being kept in the dark about it! Should make for an interesting holiday!
Sounds great, what could be better than a surprise vacation?

I hope you will like Europe as much as I liked NZ - I've actually considered moving there but my job makes it impossible. I do howver grieve it's so far away away from Sweden, almost exactly as long as you can get

Otherwise I'd be visiting at least once a year
@Dottie: You find large forests in Hälsningland, Värmland, Dalarna...not all areas are used for forestry, and some areas are protected. When I was a kid, I used to walk in the fairy-tale forests in Hälsingland with my grandfather, he was the son of the farmer and born in the area.
posted by G-force
Do you mean he's a boy from a horrible city, or he's a horrible boy from the city?
The latter

We're from the same city, and I rather like it here - it's not too bad anyway, but there's a flagrant lack of forest here

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:20 pm
by Georgi
Originally posted by C Elegans
The latter We're from the same city, and I rather like it here - it's not too bad anyway, but there's a flagrant lack of forest here
I suspected as much

Yes, strange how most cities aren't forests, isn't it? Maybe we should start building cities in the forests, like elves... or Ewoks *shudder*

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:23 pm
by Dottie
@CE: Bah, its too much spruce (correct word?) in swedish forests anyway. hmpf.
@Georgi: Yes, I've always thought it would be best to build great subterranean citys below the forests. You would get the best of two worlds...
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:31 pm
by Kameleon
Give me the Sahuagin city or Suldanesselar any day, mate

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:36 pm
by Dottie
Originally posted by Kameleon
Give me the Sahuagin city or Suldanesselar any day, mate
Suldanesselar perhaps.. but Sahuagin city? that one is fishy *shurgs*
