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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 11 Apr 2024 - 8:17 | |
| Fair enough, not the holiday I was thinking of! How was it? |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 11 Apr 2024 - 10:30 | |
| Incredible - very warm people, phenomenal food but too much. I was always still full from the last meal and then the next one came out and it looked too good to skip.
And don't get me started on our day or two in Texas. A land built for enormous trucks first, human beings second. And such big portions with so much salt and sugar. |
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
Posts : 4921 Points : 4933 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 32 Location : The South
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 11 Apr 2024 - 15:41 | |
| If I'm hungry before the next meal on holiday I'm not convinced I'm doing it right.
I'm off to Peru, Argentina & Brazil next week, booked some restaurants this morning and getting hyped. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Fri 12 Apr 2024 - 8:24 | |
| ...my trip to Cologne's feeling a bit trite now. I don't even like Wurst. Or beer. Seriously though, that's one hell of a bit of globe-trotting! How long are you spending and where are you going in each? - Buskalilly wrote:
- And don't get me started on our day or two in Texas. A land built for enormous trucks first, human beings second. And such big portions with so much salt and sugar.
Also: I misread this several times to think it said 'a land built for enormous human beings'. Which, given the portion sizes, may also apply. |
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
Posts : 4921 Points : 4933 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 32 Location : The South
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Fri 12 Apr 2024 - 9:48 | |
| It's 2 and a half weeks in total, starting in Lima, down to Cusco, across the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu, then onto Buenos Aires, the Iguaza falls and finishing in Rio. Very much a me style of trying to hit as many highlights in as small amount of time as possible, returning from a holiday more tired than when I set off. |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24018 Points : 24418 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Fri 12 Apr 2024 - 11:36 | |
| Umm I'm off this week from work, mostly took as WrestleMania was last weekend and its late finish on Monday morning.
Then also the first week of the new year to take, which I like to spread out my 6 weeks over the 13 months of one every other month (next is June during not E3). Yet I'm always surprised how many people in work don't take any of their holiday, then we've got to figure out how to get it all in within like a month for them, as they're supposed to take it. Don't think I'd want to work for basically 12 months straight, sounds horrible.
For the rest of my holiday, went and saw my Nan to take here shopping along with helping her with packing stuff in the bungalow sell/move. Went to Exeter and three towns, which thought might see loads to buy (did try popeyes), also especially as I had money from eBay selling but only ended up with two PS5 games costing a total of £52.
Then a bit of gardening as the weather has dried up a bit now, and my Dad can't do it.
Basically nothing exciting, though did look at booking like Bournemouth or something, as the football team was home, so thought could watch them and get away for a bit, yet wasn't sure what else I'd do. Where when I Brighton that time, met Games Asylum and saw October Drift as well. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sat 13 Apr 2024 - 5:27 | |
| - Crumpy Andy wrote:
- I'm off to Peru, Argentina & Brazil next week, booked some restaurants this morning and getting hyped.
You’re not including Mexico in your South America tour then |
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
Posts : 4204 Points : 4206 Join date : 2013-01-17 Age : 34 Location : Manneh
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sun 14 Apr 2024 - 22:38 | |
| No holidays myself since 2019 but booked for Morocco later this year and really looking forward to it, we'll likely not do much outside the resort but that's probably for the best with kids at their current ages. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 18 Apr 2024 - 10:10 | |
| All very exotic stuff, apart from Mas (this thread is specifically for cases where you're travelling somewhere though (you can make a case for Exeter but you know in your heart that ain't it)). - Crumpy Andy wrote:
- Very much a me style of trying to hit as many highlights in as small amount of time as possible, returning from a holiday more tired than when I set off.
I've very much managed to do this in Cologne. Although we have put aside one day (today) to relax in the room. I'm making up for lost time on the Internet, as you can see. - Buskalilly wrote:
- You’re not including Mexico in your South America tour then
Is that not North or, to be specific, Central America? Genuine question since you know more about it than I do. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6742 Points : 6905 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sat 20 Apr 2024 - 9:31 | |
| I’ll be in Germany in June, I’ll be going to Stuttgart for Scotland’s Euro 2024 game against Hungary. It could be a dead rubber by that time and Scotland could be out of the tournament (…or, Scotland could have already qualified for the knockouts…) but I’m very much looking forward to the experience irrespective of the group standings and if qualification is still possible. I was on Islay last month too. It’s known as ‘Whisky Island’ and it attracts visits from all continents every day, but conveniently enough it was only a twenty-minute flight away from here! All in all, it was debatably more exotic than Exeter but debatably less exotic than Argentina. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sat 20 Apr 2024 - 11:50 | |
| - Balladeer wrote:
Is that not North or, to be specific, Central America? Genuine question since you know more about it than I do. It is North America, it is not Central America. That was a little gag at Andy's (more specifically, Andy's fiance's) expense, who called it South America to my Mexican girlfriend and her sister. I heard about it a bunch later. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sun 21 Apr 2024 - 14:12 | |
| Ah, I missed the in-joke again. D'oh. - The Cappuccino Kid wrote:
- I was on Islay last month too. It’s known as ‘Whisky Island’ and it attracts visits from all continents every day, but conveniently enough it was only a twenty-minute flight away from here! All in all, it was debatably more exotic than Exeter but debatably less exotic than Argentina.
Sounds like a pure Cappa holiday! Did you get up to much, besides presumably drinking whiskey? Any other plans for Germany besides the football? |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Tue 23 Apr 2024 - 8:45 | |
| Oh, there's a fancy bar near here that has a whole menu of nice whiskeys, with a section dedicated to Islay. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6742 Points : 6905 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Wed 24 Apr 2024 - 19:56 | |
| - Balladeer wrote:
Sounds like a pure Cappa holiday! Did you get up to much, besides presumably drinking whiskey? Any other plans for Germany besides the football? To answer your first question: naw! To answer your second question: naw! - Buskalilly wrote:
- Oh, there's a fancy bar near here that has a whole menu of nice whiskeys, with a section dedicated to Islay.
Living in the country that makes the finest spirit in the world has it’s perks, but plenty of the Scottish-inspired whiskey that’s produced in Japan is well-regarded. I imagine that the stuff imported from Scotland’s five main whisky regions is brutally expensive in that fancy bar you're mentioning though. Even here, there's not many good-calibre and integrity bottlings you can get for under £50. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sat 27 Apr 2024 - 9:43 | |
| Keeping the purity of the Cappuccino Kid brand. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Wed 1 May 2024 - 2:25 | |
| - The Cappuccino Kid wrote:
Living in the country that makes the finest spirit in the world has it’s perks, but plenty of the Scottish-inspired whiskey that’s produced in Japan is well-regarded. I imagine that the stuff imported from Scotland’s five main whisky regions is brutally expensive in that fancy bar you're mentioning though. Even here, there's not many good-calibre and integrity bottlings you can get for under £50. Japanese whiskey is good, and there's a cool culture around it here, but I'm a big fan of saké so if I'm going for something Japanese, I enjoy a little bottle of that with a couple of glasses. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Tue 1 Oct 2024 - 18:21 | |
| Not sure if this counts as "hollibobs" per se, it was a two-day jaunt to Bath last weekend, but - well, it was for the community of the Back Page podcast that I know some of you listen to, and it was a good time. Not actually that much gaming done, although I did rack up over £200 from assorted trade-ins I'd been hoarding until I saw a CEX. But - I got to talk to Matthew! And Samuel, and Matthew's wife barely, but I actually sat down next to Matthew and we chatted about Echoes of Wisdom and Nintendo merch. He'd had a very tiring day and I was five drinks in so he probably hated every moment of it, but I found him a lovely chap to talk to. Basically just exactly as amiable and entertaining as you'd expect from his oeuvre. A really great time. (Yes the Internet caution/paranoia [delete as appropriate] that leads me to insist on my real name staying off here did lead to me putting a cuddly seal in front of my face. No I do not have enough hair. No I would not be able to pull off a shaved head like Buska can.) |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Wed 2 Oct 2024 - 13:23 | |
| Well, they've beaten every meet-up we've ever had in diversity. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6742 Points : 6905 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Mon 14 Oct 2024 - 18:54 | |
| Every day should be very tiring for Matthew Castle, as he surely can’t sleep at night because of all those dodgy NGamer Magazine game review scores he gave nearly twenty years ago weighing on his conscience. |
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The_Jaster Din
Posts : 11972 Points : 12064 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 40 Location : Underground Corpse Pile.
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Tue 15 Oct 2024 - 18:17 | |
| I loved Red steel but even I know it's not a 90. The sequel however probably is close to it. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 17 Oct 2024 - 22:46 | |
| The man riffs on it himself these days. All you can do really. Anyway didn't ONM give it 91? |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Sun 27 Oct 2024 - 5:33 | |
| I went to Britain, fuck me everything's expensive now isn't it? And slightly shit. Still, Bath and Edinburgh are both very pretty, and I had a good time with good folks. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6742 Points : 6905 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Thu 31 Oct 2024 - 19:46 | |
| I’ve got no idea about Bath but think you’d have really felt the expensiveness of the UK while you were in Edinburgh, I know it ranks as one of the costliest places in Scotland. Still, I hope youse had a cracking time. What did you end up getting up to? |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15082 Points : 15260 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Fri 1 Nov 2024 - 4:16 | |
| The first day we went to the Shrek Far Far Away Café, went for some Canadian grub, played a bit of smash and that, went for some street grub, kept it pretty cool. Second day, I cooked some breakfast, we did the bubble football (really fun but claustrophobic!), recorded a game game show (out next week), went for thai grub, went to the barcade, had a blast. There were video games, card games, Japanese snacks, the incredible sight of Jay trying to use chopsticks, Balla put in cameo appearances . . . It was a great weekend, all told.
The expensiveness or otherwise of like restaurants and drinks kind of went over my head, but it was stuff like buying a chocolate bar or magazine that shocked me. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26468 Points : 25302 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Off On Yer Hollibobs Fri 1 Nov 2024 - 22:09 | |
| I was very happy to be there in my cameo appearances, even if my body didn't recover from bubble football for a fortnight afterwards. I am middle-aged and unfit. |
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