Xela Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: always Probably live furthest away now than I ever have, and I can still see it from my house. It's about a 15 / 20 minute walk away. When I was a school kid, our school bus stop was alongside the beach. We'd pile our bags up by the bus stop and go down onto the beach. The bus would beep us when it got there. I still get excited when I see the coast as its such a rare event for me! Must have been a few years since I saw it last... can't remember if it was Blackpool to see a client or Bournemouth for a wedding. I'm still blown away by it even in those busy tourist places. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Xela said: I'm more nervous on boats/ships than planes. The thought of a long drawn out death by drowning/freezing/becoming shark food is more scary! See this is what I was saying earlier about reprogramming your mind. I love boats. When I get one I love walking around or sitting down relaxing watching a movie etc. Those thoughts do not enter my mind. when I am on a plane I don't think like that at all, I feel it's going to come down or something bands going to happen and I relive that Florida flight. If I could feel like I do on a boat with a plane that would transform my life. I am flying in march and dreading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2018 I'd like to try living on the coast for a year or so, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 40 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I'd like to try living on the coast for a year or so, Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted January 6, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2018 This was the view from the bedroom of our first house in Vancouver. That's the inlet from the Pacific Ocean, Stanley Park and the north shore mountains. I'm glad to be back nearer my family and friends (and I am much happier at work) but as a place I still really miss it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 This is possibly one for the Moving House thread, but it’s more of an open ‘money’ question. I’ve read in a few sources that your monthly mortgage/house insurance shouldn’t exceed 28% of your monthly gross incomings. Do people agree with that percentage? Or maybe think it should be higher/lower? It may be difficult for people to think back to when they last moved house/renewed mortgage and remember what they considered as a ‘do-able’ amount, but I’m interested to hear. Especially from people who also have children and therefore need to consider childcare and all the kiddy costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 for anyone wondering what happened to the dinosaurs, here's a baby heron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 6 hours ago, chrisp65 said: for anyone wondering what happened to the dinosaurs, here's a baby heron What, that thing killed them all?get away with ya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 New England was hit by what they were calling a "Bomb Cyclone" on Thursday. It was incredible here in Portland. It was essentially a Cat 1 hurricane, but snow not rain. Just a complete whiteout. We got a foot of snow which fell on a foot of compacted snow-ice. It looked like the planet Hoth. Really fun to walk around in, but on the way home the wind turned even more wicked, making just taking steps sort of difficult. I was happy to get back indoors. The waves in Massachusetts Bay reached 20 ft. Massive storm surge in low lying areas in the Boston area- Towns like these around the world are predicted to be underwater in 80 years. That's my report, gents. Over and out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 9 hours ago, chrisp65 said: for anyone wondering what happened to the dinosaurs, here's a baby heron Amazing photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, maqroll said: New England was hit by what they were calling a "Bomb Cyclone" on Thursday. It was incredible here in Portland. It was essentially a Cat 1 hurricane, but snow not rain. Just a complete whiteout. We got a foot of snow which fell on a foot of compacted snow-ice. It looked like the planet Hoth. Really fun to walk around in, but on the way home the wind turned even more wicked, making just taking steps sort of difficult. I was happy to get back indoors. The waves in Massachusetts Bay reached 20 ft. Massive storm surge in low lying areas in the Boston area- Towns like these around the world are predicted to be underwater in 80 years. That's my report, gents. Over and out. The Day After Tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 16 hours ago, chrisp65 said: I'd really like to know more about the inner politics of Japan towards the end of the war. Like was there a significant and vocal opposition to their war effort and some of their desperation tactics, like the Kamikaze. Was the Emperor's cult of personality really that profound? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, maqroll said: I'd really like to know more about the inner politics of Japan towards the end of the war. Like was there a significant and vocal opposition to their war effort and some of their desperation tactics, like the Kamikaze. Was the Emperor's cult of personality really that profound? Same here, it's something I haven't read much about. The nearest I got to it was "Samurai!", which is the autobiography of Saburo Sakai, one of Japan's top fighter pilots. He actually pulled out of the kamikaze mission he had been sent on, because he realised it was insane and pointless. But he says it took him a long while to get over the sense of shame he felt about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I did read an article once that in a lot of cases the Kamakaze pilots basically had to be threatened via whatever means , and it wasn’t a case of all these pilots offering to die for the emperor ... in some cases saying no meant you were sent to the southern front and certain death anyway only around 14% of kamikaze planes hit their target , seems a somewhat flawed method 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 The Beatles! I like them a lot, but I rarely listen to them. What I will say though, is they have so many great songs. You can put them on shuffle, and 9/10 you will like the that song, and the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: The Beatles! I like them a lot, but I rarely listen to them. What I will say though, is they have so many great songs. You can put them on shuffle, and 9/10 you will like the that song, and the next. Unless you're bickster. Edited January 7, 2018 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I do like the later stuff. A rare case where drugs did actually make people more interesting. Charlie Brooker had the track Tomorrow Never Knows as his first pick this morning on Desert Island Discs and it made me think I'd dig out a couple of cd's for another listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 7, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2018 37 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Unless you're bickster. I'm not alone, I'm just the spokesperson of a movement 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 7, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, bickster said: I'm not alone, I'm just the spokesperson of a movement Indeed. Where you lead, I happily follow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 any NBA fans out there? im not a fan but thinking of going to a game in LA, i can do clippers vs magic on a saturday night or lakers vs cavs on the sunday, i know cavs will mean Lebron but the cheapest tickets for that game are $118 to sit back row at the top, the clippers game i can get courtside tickets for $60... i dont know where i should be sitting anyway and will it really make a $100 difference to see Lebron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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