GeorgeVilla82

31 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

I've just realised you are a female

 

Ignore all the bits in my post about the local women and chatting them up  ..unless that's your thing of course , in which case  ..look out for jealous men   

 

 

Haha, I wouldn't expect anything less in your destination reports Tony! Have passed them on to my other half as useful info :-)

9 hours ago, tonyh29 said:

I've been to Bhutan if you need any tips ( though as it's all kinda state sponsored you probably have it all covered)

Thanks Tony - I might take you up on that closer to the time, if that's OK? What did you think of the country generally? We've booked an 8 day trek from Paro (the airstrip landing looks interesting!). 

Got flights booked for 2 1/2 weeks in Costa Rica at the start of December. Anyone been before and if so, any recommendations?

Have also booked to go to Bhutan at the start of next year, but technically that's not for this thread...

1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said:

Giving serious consideration to going to Cuba in August.  Anyone done it that time of year?  It says it's the rainy season but I assume it's similar to the likes of Florida or the Carribbean where it's hot then pisses down quickly in the afternoon. 

I went to Cuba a few years ago in August for 2 weeks and it was absolutely fine - a few clouds/ showers in the afternoon but cleared very quickly and got rid of the humidity. Havana is a great city, and the beaches are beautiful. Don't know if it has changed much since they opened up to Americans - hope not. 

@lapal_fan I found that it wasn't a conscious decision to tread cautiously - just an underlying need for self-preservation against something that had been very painful when it happened previously. You're right that emotions are difficult to explain, but I suppose it's not that different to physical pain. If you've spilled boiling water down your arm when emptying a kettle (which I did recently!), then you're naturally going to be more cautious the next time you use a kettle.

(sorry, crap analogy)

Adults on scooters. Not the motorised, moped things, but the push-along ones kids have. Especially on London pavements, which is becoming surprisingly common. 

Had the back to work blues today so booked the following holidays for 2016:

- 5 nights skiing in Morzine in March

- week in Antigua in May

- 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica in December. 

Just flights booked for the moment, still deciding on hotels and an itinerary for Costa Rica. Anyone been? If so, any tips? 

I really like Opera Tavern in Covent Garden (smart tapas, sort of) but if you want somewhere that she'll like when dressed up, try Clos Maggiore (French, romantic), Balthazar (flashy brasserie) or Hawksmoor Seven Dials (very good steak and cocktails). 

Had to have our cat put down this morning.

So sorry to hear that Mike - it's really horrible when that happens. Old age/ illness/ combination of the two?

I had my cat put down a few months ago, and despite my best efforts, was in floods of tears at the vets. 

 

 

 

Just for clarity GeorgeVilla82 Rob means your bottom - not random tramps you may have google searched. Although Rob probably has tramp porn as well.......

Ugh no tramp porn here, I've got the Everything Butt series to catch up on

 

 

Because an admission such as this is guaranteed to encourage GeorgeVilla82 to interact more with you, eh Rob?

 

I'd only get in trouble off the missus if she did :D

 

I definitely wouldn't want to get you in trouble Rob! Because that's obviously the only reason why I wouldn't post bum pics....

My Dad's been diagnosed with prostate cancer today. Caught very early, and good chance of getting rid of it (or at least living a long time before it has any worse effects), but still a bit of a shock. None of my close family have ever had cancer, so (stupidly) I kind of thought no one would ever get it, even though it obviously doesn't work like that.

George Osborne promised to match labour spending in 2007. So the conservatives would have 'overspent' as well. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6975536.stm

Labour governed from 1997, so we're talking about 13 years of over-spending not just the one year prior to the recession.

But labour caused the international banking crisis!

Didn't they?

No?

Oh.

Hmm.

No, but what they did do is not recognise the boom and bust economic cycle (which happens anyway, banking crisis or not) and ran a deficit in the good times. Even Chuka Umunna today admitted that they should have been running a surplus pre-2008. For me, it was Miliband's failure to accept that the last Labour administration overspent which massively dented his credibility.

Planning some pretty exciting holidays this year (well, for me anyway - not so much for Tony...)

In April, I've got 3 nights in Rome, 3 nights at Lake Como, followed by the train to St Anton in Austria for the last 4 days of the ski season (probably won't do loads of skiing as the snow might have disappeared, but will definitely be partaking in a lot of apres). 

Then just started planning a trip to Argentina in October - looking to fit in Buenos Aires, Patagonia and Mendoza over 2 weeks, may be a little more.

Any tips from those who've been?

I've gone in Premium with Thomson, and on balance it was probably just about worth the cash. You can select your seats, the seats have a much bigger pitch, free drinks (I drank champagne pretty much the whole way to the Caribbean and was a little tipsy when we landed...), better quality food, fewer passengers, quieter loos etc etc.

But to be honest, whilst I think it makes the flight much more enjoyable, you're still in a metal tube with strangers for 10 hours which is never going to be that much fun.

Sorry - I should clarify: I'm absolutely not against getting into another relationship, but I'm not expecting it to happen quickly.If I meet someone soon, then great. If not, that's fine too - at least going on dates should be fun, gives me back a bit of confidence and distracts from the horror of my love life during the last 6 months.

And MMV: unlikely - I know this sounds dickish, but I'm pretty sure that I earn quite a lot more than the people who have asked me out. So maybe they're interviewing me as a potential sponsor.

 

Thanks all - I know it will work out OK, but it's just pretty crap at the moment.

 

George - you need to set his car on fire and cut his clothes up with scissors.

Also you will be ok without this turdsack because you're a hottie

 

Rob, that would be a good plan except it's my car (which he drives, I pay for and now I don't need as I work in London - brilliant).

 

Anyway, anyone know any good looking, financially stable, eligible bachelors who aren't complete knobheads? 

 

There's your first mistake: good-looking, financially stable, single men, who are not knobheads, have just too many options for a viable long-term relationship.

 

Find some guy who is the pleasant side of hideous, who who will bring a bit of gratitude into the relationship and give you all the power.

 

Okay, he won't impress your mates but low maintenance is always the way to go, in the long-term.

 

Wow, as if I wasn't depressed enough already  . So what you're basically saying is that there's no chance of me having a relationship with anyone vaguely eligible, and I should just cut my losses? Excellent.

Thanks all - I know it will work out OK, but it's just pretty crap at the moment.

George - you need to set his car on fire and cut his clothes up with scissors.
Also you will be ok without this turdsack because you're a hottie

Rob, that would be a good plan except it's my car (which he drives, I pay for and now I don't need as I work in London - brilliant).

Anyway, anyone know any good looking, financially stable, eligible bachelors who aren't complete knobheads? 

So, an update on my situation from February. Against all advice from VT, the boyfriend of 15 years (who I caught cheating on me) and I decided to give it 3 months to work on our relationship and see whether we wanted to stay together, get married and have kids, or to break up. We set a deadline of the last weekend in May to make a decision, as that was when the lease on our house needed renewing. 

We were getting on really well, made an effort to spend valuable time together, did lots of fun things. So when the end of May came, we had a chat about it and he agreed that he wanted to stay together (with all that entailed). It was good to finally be able draw a line under things and move on. We renewed the lease for another 6 months, and booked a holiday for the summer.

So it was a bit of a surprise when he wanted to talk on Friday night. He said that, despite what he had said at the end of May, he wasn't in a position to commit and he wanted to split up. Apparently he thinks I'm amazing etc etc but doesn't know why he can't give me what I need/ deserve. He is also still in love with this other woman (although she is staying with her husband).

I think I'm still slightly in shock about it all, especially as I thought we had moved on. But I know it will be for the best in the long term - the future's just looking a little scary at the moment. And now I'm stuck paying all the rent by myself, and with a holiday that I can't cancel. What a dick. And I feel a bit stupid for not taking all of your advice at the time. 

So, the cheating boyfriend has decided that he's made a mistake and wants to try to make it work. Probably stupidly, I agreed to this (rather than throw away a 15 year relationship) but he's now just slipped back in to the same behaviour as before. We're spending loads more time together and it's pretty fun, but he's still not in a place to commit. He says he needsmore time.

I should walk away, shouldn't I?

 

 

Oh look, it's Olof Mellberg. He's come to laugh at your statement.

 

 

Phwoar.

 

Yep, Mellberg is hot. So is Martin Laursen.

Fly back from a spa break in the Black Forest tomorrow morning, girls night out tomorrow night in London town, and then meet up with the ex on Sunday to hear his reasons as to why I should take him back (with what I anticipate to be a massive hangover - not fun)