Demitri_C Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Damn you bastards with great memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Have you had your jab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Anyone else been suffering from hay fever today ? Well I’m wondering if it’s hayfever as I been sneezing and am wondering if it’s a cold or hay fever? Isn’t it bit early for hay fever ? Yep, same here. WAY too early (I don't usually get it until May/June), but I've had itchy eyes and sneezing for the last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I'd've never predicted a twitter feud between Jim Carey and Mussolini's granddaughter, but here we are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Has anyone ever tried to punch their nob through a capri sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demitri_C Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 12 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: lol No one picked march I'm afraid it's hay-fever! Took nasal spray and it was fine. 10 hours ago, mjmooney said: Yep, same here. WAY too early (I don't usually get it until May/June), but I've had itchy eyes and sneezing for the last few days. Same with me seems to get earlier every year. Beconaise seems to do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted April 1, 2019 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Beconaise seems to do the trick Who knew? 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: I'm afraid it's hay-fever! Took nasal spray and it was fine. Don't be afraid Dem, some people had great confidence in your immune sysytem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I get heart palpitations just watching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 When I've been to Brum I've seen what seems like a rock club called Hammer & the anvil, but never gone there. Does anyone know what it is? Is it still running? Anybody been there? As I'm going over in about a week I thought of going there next Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 1, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Xela said: I get heart palpitations just watching! I watched a couple of these the other week. They're terrifying! Not as bad as that famous clip of that blue peter bloke climbing Nelson's column 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 **** that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 2, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: **** that. x10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 When I was a kid I loved Fred Dibnah, I thought he was great, this extended in to my adult life and whenever he was on telly I would watch him. Not just a steeplejack, did a lot of engineering type things too. Loved that fella. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2019 There's a video of Dibnah, possibly the thing that originally made him a household name, of him demolishing an old industrial chimney. The entire thing you end up watching with a never ending refrain of '**** that'. Not just the climbing either. He brought down the chimney similar to how you'd fell a tree, chopping out the bricks at the bottom. As he did that he'd prop the gap with wood, then once everything was ready, set a fire in the gap and let the props burn. He would end up having to check on the fire, so it's almost line he's constantly tempting fate going up to this thing that's ready to fall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 2, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2019 28 minutes ago, Chindie said: There's a video of Dibnah, possibly the thing that originally made him a household name, of him demolishing an old industrial chimney. The entire thing you end up watching with a never ending refrain of '**** that'. Not just the climbing either. He brought down the chimney similar to how you'd fell a tree, chopping out the bricks at the bottom. As he did that he'd prop the gap with wood, then once everything was ready, set a fire in the gap and let the props burn. He would end up having to check on the fire, so it's almost line he's constantly tempting fate going up to this thing that's ready to fall. Yeah seen that one too. Even as it's coming down he's running out of the way, like a cartoon. Mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 2, 2019 Author VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Oh and for anyone that is fascinated by that sort of perilous climbing stuff, I'd recommend "Free Solo". Won best documentary at the Oscars this year. Shows Alex Honnold and his process of Free Solo-ing (climbing on your own without ropes) El Capitan in Yosemite Park. It is both fascinating and absolutely **** terrifying. This is El Cap And this is how a lot of the documentary looks Edited April 2, 2019 by Stevo985 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 2, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2019 28 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Oh and for anyone that is fascinated by that sort of perilous climbing stuff, I'd recommend "Free Solo". Won best documentary at the Oscars this year. Shows Alex Honnold and his process of Free Solo-ing (climbing on your own without ropes) El Capitan in Yosemite Park. It is both fascinating and absolutely **** terrifying. This is El Cap And this is how a lot of the documentary looks It's a matter of when, not if, he'll die doing this. It's incredible, and he's clearly an extremely gifted climber, but even the best are going to make a mistake eventually, and in that scenario a mistake is death. The guys hands are insane. They're like an ape's. They're huge and swollen, effectively kinda deformed. Almost like he's been designed by a cartoon artist. Obviously it's the constant need to grip things, but also the technique of putting his hand into the gaps on the rock face and manipulating the shape to lock it in place has built up scar tissue and callouses and the like. Completely nuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 On the above note I thoroughly recommend Dawn Wall and Valley Uprising. Both on Netflix both documentaries about climbing Yosemite. Tommy, who you see in Free Solo has his own insane story, that I won't spoil. Hannold though is just mental. And Chindies right, he will die, the death rate for free soloists is unsurprisingly really high. His girlfriend, in the documentary at least, I really don't think she understands his attitude toward it. Imagine being a parent to someone doing shit like this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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