Anyone have summer trips planned?

[gabosaurus]

We have a busy summer planned!
We will jumping across the pond to Jolly Ole England to take in The Ashes at Lord's. Which I have long wanted to do.
Then we are off to the World's Fair in Milan. Which we will have VIP passes for because we know people who live there. :cool:

[Nukeman]

we are doing a little trip up to Mackinaw Island in a couple of weeks, then we are taking the younger two to DC for a few days in October.. not much else. Trigg and I are planning a European trip next summer hope to hit 4 countries...

[gabosaurus]

I loved DC as a teaching experience for my daughter. We've been there a couple of times.

Best way to see Europe is to avoid the touristy places and find where the locals hang out. Which is why I enjoy Germany.

[Bilgerat]

As for myself, the Lady of the House and the "fur-children" we'll be boarding the R/V and heading north to the Great State of Maine. There we shall spend time with the children and the grand children.

From there, off to Nashville TN to visit the other daughter (and husband) and to see the newest addition to the family (due mid July).

We'll be enjoying the Military campgrounds wherever possible, but we're really looking forward to the piney woods of Maine!

[tailfins]

I'm guessing nothing this year. My wife wants us to do a road trip to Veracruz. I don't think that's a good idea with minor children we are still responsible for.

[hjmick]

The Mrs. is heading to Turks and Caicos tomorrow... With my family...

[Voted4Reagan]

We have a busy summer planned!
We will jumping across the pond to Jolly Ole England to take in The Ashes at Lord's. Which I have long wanted to do.
Then we are off to the World's Fair in Milan. Which we will have VIP passes for because we know people who live there. :cool:

Bring Drummond back with you.....

[Max R.]

I travel for a living, but don't have any pleasure trips planned this year. Mostly planning local stuff with the grandkids on the week of the 4th of July.

Kayaking, hiking, a night Rangers game and a trip to the local waterpark.

[LongTermGuy]

*Probably for 5 days with the family....coming soon (No exact date yet) ...doing the beach thing...I enjoy the sound of the surf and the smell in the air associated with it...a time to relax ...for all of us.

[Abbey Marie]

Just got back from a Mediterranean cruise to see Barcelona, Capri and Rome, and our annual trip to Maine is next month.

[Noir]

We're currently in England, only a few days left until we head home, most of the rest of the summer trips will be around Northern Ireland/Ireland. With a trip planned to Prague once Ice Hockey season starts up.

[Nukeman]

I loved DC as a teaching experience for my daughter. We've been there a couple of times.

Best way to see Europe is to avoid the touristy places and find where the locals hang out. Which is why I enjoy Germany.
That is one of the countries we are hitting. Really like the idea of AirBNB as a way to stay and meet locals to direct us to the good places and not the touristy places!!!

[Max R.]

*Probably for 5 days with the family....coming soon (No exact date yet) ...doing the beach thing...I enjoy the sound of the surf and the smell in the air associated with it...a time to relax ...for all of us.

What beach?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

No vacation, can not afford one. Got to work to pay taxes for the dems to buy votes with and sell us down the river.
Just being totally honest folks.. Also not joking.. Something gonna break in this nation one day. Praying the right vermin get cut.. -Tyr

[Max R.]

No vacation, can not afford one. Got to work to pay taxes for the dems to buy votes with and sell us down the river.
Just being totally honest folks.. Also not joking.. Something gonna break in this nation one day. Praying the right vermin get cut.. -Tyr

Fishing license $30
Kayak on Craigslist $250
Fun factor? Priceless

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Fishing license $30
Kayak on Craigslist $250
Fun factor? Priceless
Do not by any means begrudge others their vacation time my friend. Hope you have a sure fire blast!- :beer: :beer: --Tyr

[Balu]

Planning to stay in Lukojanov, Nizhni Novgorod Region June-October (my own 2 compartment flat), plus visit GB and France with my Grandson for 3 weeks in August. (Visas and air tickets obtained.) Hope my friends there are still alive and our meeting will be pleasant for them.
These are some pictures of Lukojanov.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7316&stc=1

http://lukoyanovnn.narod.ru/raskazi/pic/les.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/55902978.jpg

http://niznov-nekropol.ucoz.ru/_si/11/15174212.jpg

[Drummond]

We're currently in England, only a few days left until we head home, most of the rest of the summer trips will be around Northern Ireland/Ireland. With a trip planned to Prague once Ice Hockey season starts up.

Not got a lot planned, in my case. I stepped over the border into England yesterday and day-tripped to Hereford, just for a quick look-around (I'd been there once before). Staying in Wales for the most part -- a brief stay in London is planned for the end of July (back to my roots, to where I was born, and raised). Another in September, in Southport, in the north of England.

[What funds I've set aside are mainly for computer upgrading at home. I'm planning (part-designing, courtesy of an online Company specialising in such orders) a 5 terabyte machine for myself.]

Hope Gabby enjoys her own England trip, and manages not to get delayed by any disruptive Mosque-building anywhere ...

[Noir]

Not got a lot planned, in my case. I stepped over the border into England yesterday and day-tripped to Hereford, just for a quick look-around (I'd been there once before).

We were just down the road! Spent most of yesterday in Cheltenham, was somewhat nice but really a poor mans Bath from what I saw.

[Drummond]

We have a busy summer planned!
We will jumping across the pond to Jolly Ole England to take in The Ashes at Lord's. Which I have long wanted to do.
Then we are off to the World's Fair in Milan. Which we will have VIP passes for because we know people who live there. :cool:

If you're going to Lord's, you'll not be far from the Baker Street area. Madame Tussaud's, the Planetarium, are both a short(ish) walk from each other.

You could get to meet all your favourite Leftie leaders in one place .. looking waxy and lifeless, of course ...

[Drummond]

We were just down the road! Spent most of yesterday in Cheltenham, was somewhat nice but really a poor mans Bath from what I saw.

Noir, you weren't scouting out 'The Doughnut', aka GCHQ, by any chance ?

Cheltenham's also a poor man's Gloucester, too, by my reckoning. Not that I'm particularly familiar with either, admittedly.

Now, if you were discussing north London ... that'd be a different matter ...

-- Gabby, tell you what - care to make an educational detour ? Visit two areas in London. Hackney, and Tottenham. Each has had Left-wing councils dominate it continuously, for literally GENERATIONS. So, take a look around. With such long-serving Socialist authorities looking after them, those areas should be paradises ... eh, Gabby ?

Don't let the dysfunctionality of the diverse spectrum of cultural inputs, mixed with apparent dilapidations (mosques excepted, of course, and the occasional Tesco supermarket), fool you. Each is an alleged 'Socialist paradise' !

I've said it twice, so, it must be true ....

[Balu]

If you're going to Lord's, you'll not be far from the Baker Street area. Madame Tussaud's, the Planetarium, are both a short(ish) walk from each other.

You could get to meet all your favourite Leftie leaders in one place .. looking waxy and lifeless, of course ...
These are the worth things to be shown to my Grandson, as well as Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus and The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

[Drummond]

These are the worth things to be shown to my Grandson, as well as Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus and The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/good.gif

... not forgetting the London Eye, as well (if he'll have a good head for heights).:)

[LongTermGuy]

What beach?


We enjoy Hilton head....But will be going to North Myrtle beach (SC) we have friends there ...(which I need to see) with beach property....its always a good time with this couple...

[Balu]

... not forgetting the London Eye, as well (if he'll have a good head for heights).:)
Thanks! He has no problems when flying by trike with his Grandpa.
(Another toy for a grown up boy.) http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/boast.gif

[hjmick]

Did I mention that I didn't go?


My vacation is a week alone and going to work...

[Max R.]

We enjoy Hilton head....But will be going to North Myrtle beach (SC) we have friends there ...(which I need to see) with beach property....its always a good time with this couple...
Sounds great! I've never been, but my Raleigh-living brother has vacationed there a few times with his family. He and is youngest daughter skateboarded together then the daughter got into surfing. My brother followed suit. They've been surfing together in Florida.

[Max R.]

Did I mention that I didn't go?


My vacation is a week alone and going to work...
It's your vacation and they're the ones going to Turks & Caicos?

[sundaydriver]

This summer is just a week at Dewey Beach in Delaware and short trips. New roofs for the house & garage instead of travel. This past winter though was 3 trips to Fla., A week in Myrtle Beach, and 10 days in Jamaica. I like to get out of town when it's cold.

[LongTermGuy]

Sounds great! I've never been, but my Raleigh-living brother has vacationed there a few times with his family. He and is youngest daughter skateboarded together then the daughter got into surfing. My brother followed suit. They've been surfing together in Florida.

Nice! ^^^


`Just a nice video ( I felt) to approximate destination :laugh:....I enjoy driving when going to Beach...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVclpuV2g0

[gabosaurus]

If you're going to Lord's, you'll not be far from the Baker Street area. Madame Tussaud's, the Planetarium, are both a short(ish) walk from each other.
You could get to meet all your favourite Leftie leaders in one place .. looking waxy and lifeless, of course ...

I'm going to watch cricket and my daughter is going shopping. I will leave the politics to those of you who are obsessed with such. :cool:

[Abbey Marie]

If this plumber doesn't leave soon, we may not be able to afford a vacation. :(

[LongTermGuy]

If this plumber doesn't leave soon, we may not be able to afford a vacation. :(



`Understand ...Big time....My last visit from "the Plummer" (*with a large 24hr Pluming service) was at 1:15 am....4 months ago (long story)...he left at 3:10 am.....he tried to hit me with $580 for the "repair"...after a little talk we settled at $450....unwanted memories....

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

If this plumber doesn't leave soon, we may not be able to afford a vacation. :(

I once worked a summer with a plumber back in 1975.
HE CHARGED THE STANDARD RATE THEN WHICH WAS OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH, averaging about a regular days pay(back then) every 30 minutes.
He made more mulla in a single day's work than certified electricians made in a week and they themselves were not cheap!
I did not care for that kind of work so left for greener pastures and a whole lot less dealing with crap!! ;)
Never regretted making that decision...
Please try to be sitting down if he hands you the bill after staying there more than three hours! -Tyr

[Drummond]

I'm going to watch cricket and my daughter is going shopping. I will leave the politics to those of you who are obsessed with such. :cool:

Fine .. enjoy your cricket.

Your daughter could do worse than head off to Tottenham to do a bit of her shopping. Just across the road from Seven Sisters Tube, she'll find a Tesco supermarket. She may find it Leftily appealing, given the large(ish) World Foods section ... larger than is usual for a Tesco, on account of all the various ethnic minorities the Socialist paradise of Tottenham caters for.

A little less than a mile down the road towards Bruce Grove, she can visit the 'epicentre' of the point of origin of England's riots .. from 2011. Because in Leftie paradises, of course, as we all know, people are deliriously happy.

Of course, if she's into very long walks, she can enjoy the long walk that walking down the Seven Sisters Road will provide her with. It spans a couple of London boroughs. If she's seeking 'ethnically enriching' religious structures, she can visit any (or all) of the SIX mosques that single road has.

[By the way, on the left-corner of Seven Sisters Road where it meets Tottenham High Road (N17), she'll find a small kebab shop. They serve some of the tastiest lamb kebabs I've ever had ...]

[Abbey Marie]

`Understand ...Big time....My last visit from "the Plummer" (*with a large 24hr Pluming service) was at 1:15 am....4 months ago (long story)...he left at 3:10 am.....he tried to hit me with $580 for the "repair"...after a little talk we settled at $450....unwanted memories....

This is brutal. We are already over $800, and the problem isn't even fixed yet.

[LongTermGuy]

This is brutal. We are already over $800, and the problem isn't even fixed yet.

Good Lord Abbey!....I hope "The Plummer" gives you a reasonable..."understandable" good explanation that makes sense for the expenditure..... sorry to hear this.

[Abbey Marie]

Good Lord Abbey!....I hope "The Plummer" gives you a reasonable..."understandable" good explanation that makes sense for the expenditure..... sorry to hear this.

I hope so too, thanks!

So far we have a new (better, supposedly) garbage disposal, new sink trap with a cleanout, and unsuccessful rooting. He had to stop because he came to a T junction.

[Max R.]

Nice! ^^^


`Just a nice video ( I felt) to approximate destination :laugh:....I enjoy driving when going to Beach...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVclpuV2g0

Fun video. Dash cam or just a GoPro like camera on the dash?

[Max R.]

This is brutal. We are already over $800, and the problem isn't even fixed yet.
Sorry to hear that.

[fj1200]

Really like the idea of AirBNB as a way to stay and meet locals...

I used Airbnb to book a house in Alabama last year, a little bit of a pain to get through the details of booking an initial place but after that it worked great.

[Drummond]

I used Airbnb to book a house in Alabama last year, a little bit of a pain to get through the details of booking an initial place but after that it worked great.

I'm surprised, FJ. In your capacity as 'The One True Thatcherite', I'd have thought you would want to take the opportunity to visit your spiritual home, and turn up at the offices of the Thatcher Foundation ?

Take a two week holiday .. and spend all that time trying to convince those who run it that you're a better Thatcherite than anyone else (including all those you speak to, naturally ..). As 'The One True Thatcherite', surely you're claiming that very thing ?

I'm sure they will consider it their life's ambition satisfied, to be outclassed (and effectively insulted) by such as you ... :rolleyes:

[fj1200]

ThatcheriteThatcheriteThatcherite

:facepalm99: What kind of F*ing moron are you? Do you have to troll every thread with your inadequacies?

[Drummond]

:facepalm99: What kind of F*ing moron are you? Do you have to troll every thread with your inadequacies?

... Trolling, FJ ? Moi ?? Au Contraire ...:rolleyes:

FJ, can't you take a friendly suggestion ? You say you're 'The One True Thatcherite'. Therefore, you claim superior Thatcherite status to anybody else. Why WOULDN'T you welcome my eminently friendly and helpful suggestion, that of visiting the home of Thatcherism, to speak to other Thatcherites, and thoroughly impress them with your self-professed 'superiority' .. ?

Are you seriously telling me that you wouldn't regard that as a highly enjoyable summer trip to make ?!? Who are you kidding ??

By the way .. your 'Thatcherite Thatcherite Thatcherite' piece of troll rewriting is nowhere near as numerous an example of supposed 'trolling' than is your ACTUAL troll addition of the word 'Thatcherite' in your monicker description. Since it appears in your EVERY post ... how many appearances of 'Thatcherite' does that add up to ?

It's not as though you've any way whatever of backing it up. You're even disdainful of those who 'parrot' her views !!!

It's perhaps a point you could make to the staff of the Thatcher Foundation. That 'parroting' Margaret Thatcher's perspective is a sign of their 'inferiority' to your good self .. !!!

So, make the trip, and tell us how it all works out .. why don't you ?

[fj1200]

... Trolling, FJ ? Moi ??

Yup, the evidence doesn't lie F*nut. I'm sure if I did make the trip we could all stand around laughing at moronic parrots such as yourself.