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Have contemplated a blog for a while.
I was worried that It would start off all guns blazing, then I"d lose interest, end up posting the odd poker update, and really not getting anything out of it apart from the odd whinge, "lost another flip" etc.
However, this got me thinking.. I used to be optimistic, definitely half full Guinness, rather than half gone kind of guy.
So I"ve decided. This blog will be all about how well I run, not just in poker but in life.
Poker, I will NOT post ANY, not one, bad beat story.
Poker, I will post the hell out of every time I get lucky, run well, cooler someone. Apologies in advance.
My personal life, I will aim to reflect on past relationships, and get the positives from them. This might be tricky 8)
And of course how lucky I am with my job, my wonderful friends both "up north" and further afield, APAT and other, and the ever amazingness that I had something to with it, that is my gorgeous daughter, Anna.
I want to get me back thinking the way I used to.
Thus the reason for the title of the blog.
This is the start.
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Welcome to the Dark Side of blogging.
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Welcome to the Dark Side Bright side of blogging.
Cheers Paulie.
FYP x
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On the bright side, apparently you can bear the thought of other people seeing you in Speedos
Looking forward to reading this.
xx
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OMG, hurry up then FFS, waiting ;D
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Have contemplated a blog for a while.
I was worried that It would start off all guns blazing, then I"d lose interest, end up posting the odd poker update, and really not getting anything out of it apart from the odd whinge, "lost another flip" etc.
Leave my blog alone!
Looking forward to reading this philip.
Want to get half full of guiness before poker tomorrow?
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Poker, I will post the hell out of every time I get lucky, run well, cooler someone. Apologies in advance.
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Needless to say the post count will surpass Gers count in the next few weeks :D xxx
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Relationships.. will put more thoughts on this over the course of time. Fair to say I"ve had a fair number of relationships in my time, some short, some long. Was married for 10 years, had the best thing ever happen to me which was the arrival of Anna, so I"d never change any of them.
Have learnt lots from them, and at one point was going to call this blog "50 shades of mental" due to the approx number of relationships over my 40+ years.. and how most of them at some point appeared to end up a little deranged.
Then I got to thinking, maybe its not the women I"ve been involved with. Maybe its me.
To be fair I"m not the easiest person to be in a relationship with.
Amongst many personality issues, a stupid sense of humour and drinking a little too much Guinness...
I run with the help of a few others my own business, which means a lot of hours, definitely not a 9-5 job, and with it being IT and "downtime" taking usually out of hours (sometimes early hours) work then I can be working at stupid times and lots of hours.
Secondly, I have Anna. I see Anna 5 days out of 7, and as you"ll get to see over time she is my world. Sharing time with the times we share with someone else has always been an problem.
Lastly, and probably more importantly in my relationship fails is poker and my friends. My friends, ones I"ve known since school, friends I"ve known only a short time, near and far and right up there at the top in importance in my life. And trips away, APAT tournaments far and wide. I love them. Wouldn"t miss them for the world.
So I"ve come to conclusion. Relationships aren"t for me.
So.. I"ve taken a dramatic step. To be announced soooooon.
And no. Its not a jump over into the gay side.
Sorry Stu x
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Want to get half full of guiness before poker tomorrow?
Daft question? ;D Of course x
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Good man, name your time, i am off work all day, will probably be in the eagle from about 4 :)
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Looking forward to finding out a bit more about one of my very favouritest APATers
<3 PHIL_TC
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Want to get half full of guiness before poker tomorrow?
Daft question? ;D Of course x
Sighhhhh
I"ll warn Dwayne
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Dwayne Dibley?
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So.. I"ve taken a dramatic step. To be announced soooooon.
Since my divorce which was 8 years ago, I"ve been renting, had the latest place for a number of years which I finally managed to buy the end of last year.. since then Anna has been "can we have a dog can.. can we.. can we..." since giving up on relationship with the female kind have taken the step and today welcome a new addition to the TC family...
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/poochy.jpg)
We pulled up at the house and she was waiting on the front garden, inside she feel asleep on Anna"s knee. She knew what she was doing I"m sure. I could see in Annas face there was no way we were leaving without signing the documents. She moves in on Friday.
Just need to think of a name...
Happy days.
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Just need to think of a name...
Dawg - job done
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Given the blog title, Killer seems appropriate
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Snoop!!!!
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Stop telling tales ffs! No relationships?! You"ve been Jack"s mistress with ages. :-*
Bella"s lovely. :)
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Bella ? It"s a dawg not a painted tart ;D
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Just need to think of a name...
"Sherminator"
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Sooooo... apart from being taken out of the online cup by a team mate, if I go all in after his raise he"ll fold surely :-\ Anyway.. as this is a Mr Brightside blog, I got lucky in a hand early on with Mr curlarge binking a Q on the turn with QQ vs JJ and his flopped set (sorry buddy) and then again later with A9 vs AJ so cant complain :)
Dog name.. I have a history of calling all my pets "Dave", have had Dave the budgie and then Dave the guinea pig. Dave the budgie had a poorly leg once so took him to the vets. The vet then rang me up later to say I"m sorry I just touched his leg and it fell off. Didnt see Dave the budgie again.
Dave the guinea pig is on an extended vacation at my ex sister in laws when I went to Vegas last year. To be honest I"m not overally keen to see Dave the guinea pig again. He had zero banter. Although my ex sister in law I suspect is starting to think that I might be back by now.
I suggested "muffy" to Anna. To this I got a blank look. "Steve" also. She"s getting back to me tomorrow with some ideas. We may have to come to a compromise I suspect as "princess" has been suggested. Maybe I should consider jumping teams....
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Monsieur Poisson
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Guilty as charged, like I said i had 4 tables going just insta clicked without thinking, just typical I flop the set before the J hits though.
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Guilty as charged, like I said i had 4 tables going just insta clicked without thinking, just typical I flop the set before the J hits though.
Fossil - nah ;D ;D ;D
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Rodney................. after Dave!
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Twin room Phil baby :-* :-*
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Monsieur Poisson
Anna"s doing German at school at the moment Rob.. will suggest "Herr Fische" on Friday ;D
Twin room Phil baby :-* :-*
Ian.. can"t wait mate :-* unless you bring that lube again.... :-X
Guilty as charged, like I said i had 4 tables going just insta clicked without thinking, just typical I flop the set before the J hits though.
Fossil - nah ;D ;D ;D
+1 ;D WP though Brian.. think we still did OK on points mate, good start by the Massive x
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All ready for the arrival of Rodney / Sherminator / Bella / Snoop / Dawg / Killer / Herr Fische / Dave...
Bed, bowl, soft toy. All check.
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/tree.jpg)
Right next to the Xmas tree. Don"t ask. Did I tell you I wasn"t in a relationship?
Happy days x
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Can I suggest "Hobo"?
Comes with it"s own theme tune! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGKSjiw0HQ&feature=related
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Can I suggest "Hobo"?
Comes with it"s own theme tune! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGKSjiw0HQ&feature=related
Awwww... no sad stories on here please Mr Palmer! Although the title of the episode in the clip made me laugh "Mail order bride".. what the hell is the littlest hobo doing ordering thai brides from the internet.. I know he was wanting to settle down and all that, but didnt realise he was that desperate.
Stockton Massive got 4 points last night, good runs by Gary and Don, and a final table from Brian and myself to top it off. Second in the league. Bring on Sunday... first though my run in good in life takes me to the pub in glorious sunshine, plentry of Guinness, and then a trip to the local G for our home game for the usual banter... with maybe some more Guinness thrown in.
Happy days x
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first though my run in good in life takes me to the pub in glorious sunshine, plentry of Guinness, and then a trip to the local G for our home game for the usual banter... with maybe some more Guinness thrown in.
Happy days x
Sigh - I feel another road trip coming on 8)
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Sigh - I feel another road trip coming on 8)
"Likes this button" well and firmly pressed.
So. I managed to annoy most of the home game this evening. Played most pots. Luckboxing the following...
1) 33 > KK to be fair, the KK did just flat call a raise pre, a close APAT friend of mine once said "never fold a pair pre to a single raise".. followed their advice. Binked a 3 on the flop. Sorry Terry.
2) Has a few chips. Just before the rebuy period ends and the shorty shoves. I have K10 hearts. So isolate with a reshove knowing shorty has pretty much any two. Lucy then calls the shove with Aces. 2 hearts on the flop. Another on the turn. Ooops. Sorry Lucy (and Terry again).
3) Has a few more chips. Call Stu"s raise pre with J8 hearts. Ace high flop, two hearts. Stu bets 3k playing around 20k. I do think about this one. Honest. Put him on a random ace so shove for around 15k. Stu calls with A9 off. Heart on the turn. Sorry Stu.
Finally do a chop when down to 2 players. I run well.
Big thanks to pokerpops who paid the juice for our own G dealer all evening, was really appreciated, top top man. Have just left him and he had a nice looking stack at the cash table.
This is my last evening as a non dog owner. Still not decided on a name, Anna texted earlier who apparently has a short list, will be adding to this the names suggested from the APAT gang. I would suggest some of the names suggested at the table this evening... but... well for starters I"m not sure if the swear detection software on the forum would cope :-\
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first though my run in good in life takes me to the pub in glorious sunshine, plentry of Guinness, and then a trip to the local G for our home game for the usual banter... with maybe some more Guinness thrown in.
Happy days x
Sigh - I feel another road trip coming on 8)
With Portugal out of consideration, I have some vacation days freed up. Just saying.
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[ ] i took that flush well
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[ ] i took that flush well
[ ] Stu hid that really well ;)
Mental note - Our Stockton home game.. must do the whole history and luckboxes / fish who frequent it sooooon.. this may / may not put you off Paulie ;D
It all started around 6 years ago.. and the local pub landlord decided that poker would be next big thing to run at The Eagle, he was the first in the area for miles around. "Pokerinthepub" came to the North East. And it would prove to be a genius decision.
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Just caught up on this, excellent start to the blog Phil.
A true APAT legend in my opinion, so really looking forward to reading this on a regular basis. Reminds me, I must put more effort into my blog. Been a bit hectic lately, but that"s no excuse.
Looking forward to catching up in Notts in a few weeks.
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Mental note - Our Stockton home game.. must do the whole history and luckboxes / fish who frequent it sooooon.. this may / may not put you off Paulie ;D
You think I"m coming for the POKER!? ;D
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Mental note - Our Stockton home game.. must do the whole history and luckboxes / fish who frequent it sooooon.. this may / may not put you off Paulie ;D
You think I"m coming for the POKER!? ;D
We clearly need to arrange a week where we all visit this game could be epic.
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So from a short list,
Treacle Hobnob Bonnie was determined to be the winner... believe me this was the best option and the most macho sounding name that I would be calling out whilst future dog walking.. and I get to say "alright treacle" every day so its all good.
Anna over the moon :D
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Large turd possibly the size of the dog welcomed me this morning. Thank the lord for laminate flooring.
Home game.. the more the merrier I would say. Although TC towers may struggle to handle the whole of APAT ;D
I think JP mentioned coming up on a Thursday soon as well.. would be epic x
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Good stuff mate, I"ll follow this with intrigue as it progresses ;D
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Treacle!!!
Nothing more to say on the matter 8)
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Treacle!!!
Nothing more to say on the matter 8)
Now Bonnie.. my preference of Hobnob only lasted an hour or so after the original Treacle ::)
This evening.. was planning on playing the £120 deepstack game at the G with the fossil and pokerpops but after checking bank balance after dog purchase, then the extensive beer funds required for DTD, have an evening of beer from the fridge and some cheapo rebuy action on the APAT or Genting site planned.
Happy days.
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Looking on the bright side.. bad beat stories.
I really hate bad beat stories. I know that people like to tell them, helps them de-stress, to get a pat on the back with a "aww man.. thats shocking" "wow you played that brilliantly, so unlucky".. and I"ve listened to hundreds, maybe thousands, countless of them over the years I"ve been playing. And you can"t get away from them, every tournament you play, every break I know I"ll hear one, will nod and smile at the bits giving whomever is telling the story what they want to hear. They were unlucky. They played really well.
There was even a few times I got asked to take part in a bad beat bet with others. Lets get this straight. The "winner" of the bet would be the one who got knocked out with the worst possible beat. I mean how negative do you want to be going into play some poker? Please lord.. can my quads be beat just this once by that runner runner straight flush? Not for me thanks.
Personally I"ve been making a conscious effort not to tell any for a long while now. Keeping it simple and straight to the point if asked what happened.. "I played X X bad" or "I had X X.. it lost". I"m now trying to concentrate on what I did right during a tournament or more importantly what I could of done better. Which spots I could of played better, and where I could of picked up more chips in certain hands so that in fact when I did actually go out, the flip I took which lost or whatever, I would have been still in, and not out.. Mr Brightside FTW x
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Thats the boring approach to things that is Philip my boy.
Whilst you were up stairs counting the chips you luckboxed off me, I was downstairs telling the whole casino VERY loudly how much i hated you, and, indeed, wa trying numerious ways to get you shot out of the casino.
Much better than keeping my mouth shut :)
Bad beat stories ftw :) x
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I actually love listening to bad beat stories............... washed down with shed loads of Jaeger Bombs, guinness, cider or any other concoction that aids the prone position......... Roll on fully stocked bars at DTD Treacle ;)
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Guilty as charged, I"m full of the meh, fkn dealer, what a fish, he"s a lucky donk etc etc etc...............but I"ll try to do it with a smile (though usually after licking my wounds) :P
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Treacle!!!
Nothing more to say on the matter 8)
Now Bonnie.. my preference of Hobnob only lasted an hour or so after the original Treacle ::)
This evening.. was planning on playing the £120 deepstack game at the G with the fossil and pokerpops but after checking bank balance after dog purchase, then the extensive beer funds required for DTD, have an evening of beer from the fridge and some cheapo rebuy action on the APAT or Genting site planned.
Happy days.
That"s not the Brightside approach Phil. The £120 is an investment to generate beer funds...
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Tonight.. managed to donk off my chips in heroic style this evening in the online cup. Squeeze play goes bad its filed under. The brightside? shared my table with some great APATers and had some banter... and 2 beers (yes thats all I lasted.. sigh).. and got the promise of some horlicks from Mair. All good ;D
Makes me think back to the start of it all really... as I said before The Eagle was the first pub in the area / region to offer pub poker and I was in like a shot. Gary Palmer had invited me to 1/2p home game previously and I was hooked. The league (now I cant remember if it was pokerinthepub or pokerdownthepub) was great and more importantly immense fun. It was run as a league depending on finishing positions but players got extra points for turning up with sunglasses and more for a hat. Haha.. genius!
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Thats me back in the day... (looking smashed) final table.. hat..extra 10 points thank you :D
We had some fun and "odd" regional finals, back then. Regional at the local casino? Nope.. as we were the only pub in the region we had to play the first regional finals (which I managed to luckbox into.. what made it even better was around a dozen of each pub qualified) which was a "Poker Cruise". The Caribbean? No.. they"d hired the Mersey Ferry for the evening. Full evening on a boat.. band provided.. great craic.
The next regionals I think were on a steam railway in North Wales where we played 4 handed per table per carriage. Such a laugh.. made the whole poker experience an event, a day out, plenty of beer and lots of laughs. This made the whole getting away, playing somewhere random, the lure of playing poker. Kind of like what was to come with APAT.
From all this the Stockton Massive would form.. more to come on this later.
Happy days.
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Steam railway sounds magnificent :D
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Steam railway sounds magnificent :D
Was Grant ;D And if I remember rightly our "own" Paul Pitchford was MD of the pokerdownthepub company back in those days, genius! Paul if this isnt right fire away and will edit this out x
The Eagle poker community grew and grew, I remember agreeing to TD one Thursday for a few beers and we had over 45 people turn up. Now this isnt the biggest pub in the world, and we only had 4 tables. We had players jammed into every area, playing on plain pub tables etc. Crazy. Me trying to play with all that going on... Fail! Also doesnt help you have certain people (Stu) dwelling J5o, then refusing to fold after I"d seen his cards (I was obviously out by then) and insisting on someone calling clock, then taking the full minute on the final table when the pub was due to close any minute ::)
Close friendships were formed over the years, and as pubs cottoned on to the boom games and leagues sprouted up all over the place. I remember planning the week around Anna and which pubs to play in which nights.. meaning more friendships all over the area. Was fantastic.
As with anything though it was all too good to last. Over saturation and with the Eagle moving to a new league which only offered top 2 places to the regionals meant that people lost interest, either down to having little chance of making the regional (whereas before the top dozen would have gone) or if making the regional it wasnt so much of an event as they were now in casinos, and there was only two travelling...the other of course not guaranteed to be a close mate.
The Stockton Massive and tonnes of friends had been formed though mainly from two main local pubs of the Eagle and the Fairfield.. plus the Cobblers from Newton Aycliffe... too many names to mention but we went onto form the successful "Stockton on Tees" APAT team in years to come. From this a splinter group which we nicknamed the nobber nine Stu "The cock" and Matt "The rock" Ward, Gary "big balls" Palmer, Simon "its a long walk home" and Mark "its all about the win" Wright, Dave "pokerpops" Amos, Dave "Fiddy" Mcgowan, Gary "luckbox" Motson formed, reasons why to follow.. (Brian the fossil was to appear later)..
Anyway I had the bug good and proper by now and started venturing to the local casino and one weekend a drive up to Newcastle Aspers was met with the whole cardroom being booked out to some organised tournament, I was obviously too late to join in and was gutted that the hours drive was in vain. Made me want to know more about this "APAT" lot who had spoiled my Saturday night when I got back home....
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Made me want to know more about this "APAT" lot who had spoiled my Saturday night when I got back home....
Never known APAT to spoil anyone"s Saturday night, that must"ve been the exception. Planning ahead FTW mate :-*
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If you want to hear bad beat after bad beat story, just pull up a chair at the APAT Update Area during any event.
I swear Rich and I used to flick the auto nod switch at times.
I don"t mind listening to poker stories, but please make sure it is a bad beat that you were on the end of. Losing a coinflip after grinding for 8 hours does NOT count, and I will let you know this at the time. ;)
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Ah the good old days, really do miss them poker in the pub times :)
Sitting there listening to some smack headed chav talking cack about a game he didnt understand (pretty much like me on the satuday night of an APAT) wasnt fun at the time, but looking back now it makes me giggle endlessly :)
Enjoying reading this Phil, its bringing back some cracking memories. MORE PLEASE!!!!
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Does Bonnie need a Clyde?.. Have a rather cute adorable NAUGHTY 5 month old Beagle puppy.. sigh if only Emma would let me re-home lol.. Good luck with yours hope the house, SHOES and furniture survive the onslaught!!! xx
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Does Bonnie need a Clyde?.. Have a rather cute adorable NAUGHTY 5 month old Beagle puppy.. sigh if only Emma would let me re-home lol.. Good luck with yours hope the house, SHOES and furniture survive the onslaught!!! xx
To be honest Carl you"re not selling it mate :D
Have bought chew toys, bones, chew sticks.. and the only thing she wants to eat is my Christmas tree :( nearly three years up and I"m now considering taking it down.. bad times. Came down this morning and it for once did not wee itself all over the floor :) gave it loads a praise and all was well. Then I found the two massive turds at the front door.. sigh
Eastenders has just come on the TV and this brings back a relationship where the lady in question was a massive "soap" fan. I work from home and she used to come round after work, bung on her comfy clothes, switch on the TV and we had back to back Hollyoaks, Eastenders and Corry. After spending all day at home the last thing I wanted to do was chill out and watch this "entertainment".. what a depressing pile of... needless to say that one was never going to be a winner. Apologies to soap fans. But seriously? Is this stuff supposed to make you feel good about life? Or make your life feel so much better... soaps are well and truly in my room 101 with bad beat stories...
So tonight is another online cup game, Stockton Massive in 3rd after another 2 on the final table (WP Brian and Gary Palmer), have supped extra Guinness in preparation this evening, putting the lack of alcohol down to the 2nd last place for me Sunday. Happy days.
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Just caught up with this. Great start and really looking forward to its evolution.
I will be making my Stockton Poker debut on Thurs 6th Sep and really looking forward to it.
In the meantime... there"s a little event in Nottingham
I was worried that It would start off all guns blazing, then I"d lose interest, end up posting the odd poker update, and really not getting anything out of it apart from the odd whinge, "lost another flip" etc..
And note to self, this is exactly what"s heppened to my blog. Must reprise.
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I will be making my Stockton Poker debut on Thurs 6th Sep and really looking forward to it.
Big like :) Look forward to it mate, beers to be had at DTD prior to that though x
So the online cup was going REALLY well at one point which even deserved a little screen shot, Stockton Massive 1,2,3,4 with 13 left.
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However.. as with most things.. it didnt last.. think we were good for 2nd place again though, means we"re well in with a shout come Sunday. WP team x
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You should have taken a screen-shot when you had 3 pair. I still think you SHOULD win with 3 pair. Stupid rules getting in the way! ;D
Feel free to delete the above if it"s edging towards bad beat territory! :)
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You should have taken a screen-shot when you had 3 pair. I still think you SHOULD win with 3 pair. Stupid rules getting in the way! ;D
Feel free to delete the above if it"s edging towards bad beat territory! :)
;D Stupid game isn"t it ;D 3 pair vs 2 pair should always win... but always seems not to.. my fault for getting into pots with raggy crap ::)
gjp100 (Gary Palmer) is the man to blame for me playing poker, took me to a random home game where I had no clue what I was doing, and that no clue has continued ever since.. was there the very first night at the Eagle with me, random trips upto Newcastle Aspers where he seemed to bink everything, all the way through till today. Unfortunately Gary doesnt make that many APATs (think the last one was Spain) but hoping to twist his arm to come upto Glasgow.
ps Gary.. I have a plan by the way for Great North Run sponsorship mate, if you"re there tonight will run it by you, think its genius :) x
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So after coming back home from a trip to Aspers and seeing that this "APAT" lot had booked the whole place out, I did some googling.. the year is 2006 and I see that there"s a website, a forum with various "characters" on it so I lurk for a long while, enjoying the banter from afar.. then finally join in 2007 as I see something that catches my eye... there"s a trip to Austria. On my birthday in March. Surely too good to be true... a random trip somewhere to play poker you say? I mention to the gang back at the Eagle that I"m going to go.. no-one fancied it.. a 75 quid buyin event, and you want to go to Austria? ::) Yip.. I sure did.
What followed was a random meet with a complete stranger at an airport, flight to Bratislava, a road trip, Orange Wings, a fantastic tournament, a cash, getting lost in Vienna, and then one of the strangest hotels in the world on the way home in Bratislava. More to come. But needless to say, I was hooked.
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Figured out how to play stud yet? Care to share the knowledge??? I just sold a load of shares so got the money to buy into both the stud and the 6max appearing in my account in the next few days so might as well get involved!!
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Figured out how to play stud yet? Care to share the knowledge??? I just sold a load of shares so got the money to buy into both the stud and the 6max appearing in my account in the next few days so might as well get involved!!
I"ve played online for 10 minutes mate, its an easy game, 25p you say? call. Another 25p you say? Well i"ve got another 40* cards to come. Call. Another 25p? Why not. You"re showing 4 aces? I"ll have you out kicked. Call. Easy game x
*approx.. this is based on a rough estimate as I lost count after 4
By the way.. I thought the shares were for Portugal? and more importantly why havent you booked yet? x
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Had one of my oldest and best mates over on Saturday night, lives about 30 mins away and we meet up every month for a few beers, he doesn"t play live poker and is just learning online but we normally have a few beers and end up playing heads up over a few more beers and having a laugh.. by 4am I had been owned completely and lost 3 nill. I blamed the lager we were drinking as it wasnt giving me the skills Guinness does ;D
We got talking about my relationship fails and I confirmed that I"d given up.. he suggested giving online dating a go which I laughed at.. been there done that my one experience was a complete disaster.. would no way go through that again.. its a long story but here it is in summary :
1. Night out in Yarm, local nightclub, lose my friends
2. 2 girls start chatting to me, one of them is keen, and as I"m cornered give her my number
3. Receive text the next day and I explain she wasnt really my type
4. She doesnt take this well
5. Few weeks later back in nightclub, her drunk mate spots me
6. Receive a torrent of abuse from her in front of all my friends. Friends find this hilarious
7. Sigh
8. Register for online dating, start chatting to lovely girl
9. We arrange to meet for lunch
10. Pull into carpark at the exact moment she is pulling in
11. We both realise at that moment that we recognise each other
12. She was the drunk lass from a few weeks early who"d given me the grief
13. We both wind down windows
14. More grief
15. FML
Online dating. Blurry online photos of girls. Not for the win :-\
Mr Brightside view. Bullet dodged. Eventually ;D
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There were some encouraging words in a thread on Blonde recently about "plenty of fish"
Failing which, you"re rather attractive as a prospective son-in-law ... ;-)
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6. Receive a torrent of abuse from her in front of all my friends. Friends find this hilarious
I can confirm this is true. Very true! :D
and to continue...
16. Dated her anyway?
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and to continue...
16. Dated her anyway?
I did say "eventually" ;D x
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Very proud to see the Stockton Massive progress in the APAT Online Cup, we were in the largest division and up against some tough competition. WP to my team mates who all scored extremely well over the 4 games, Brian, Gary and Don.
Congrats to Debs and her gang on qualifying as well, they have an excellent team and will be hoping to avoid them in later rounds. Looking forward to the next phase immensely which I guess will be the quarter finals ;D
WP to Piston Broke, Mango Loves his Donkey, Norfolk Kings, Team Tartan and last but no means least Mary"s Small Geegees. The league was played in great spirit and I really enjoyed the banter, top bananas the lot of them.
Happy days x
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So we"re nearly there.. I don"t do countdowns but this week has certainly dragged. Mr Stu Ward is driving me down on Friday, aiming for 2ish arrival.. plenty of time to sup a Guinness or 2 before the Stud starts at 6. Was really expecting an earlier start so not sure if extra beer pre tournament will be a good or bad thing. I think I"ll vote option B.
Really will not have a clue on Friday evening, reminds me of the time I played the Razz at the Vic. I"d just watched a couple of youtube videos on the morning to see what on earth it was all about. I"m sure it will be a giggle, and I"m sure someone will enjoy my chips. I"ll be amongst some fantastic people, having a laugh. Will be happy days.
Had a fantastic walk with the new pooch tonight, settled down with a few beers and then spent the evening on and off the phone to a well known APAT"er with laptop problems after browsing certain specialist websites ;D took a few goes but the person who will remain nameless is now happy and is not being prompted to spend $100 to the police to remove all the warnings that popped up on boot up haha.
As I was typing the above same person rang me, and wondered why I was answering the phone as he thought he was ringing his other half ;D ;D .. I said hang on.. I"ll just put her on.. haha.. as Ger would say. Priceless.
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So we"re nearly there.. I don"t do countdowns but this week has certainly dragged. Mr Stu Ward is driving me down on Friday, aiming for 2ish arrival.. plenty of time to sup a Guinness or 2 before the Stud starts at 6. Was really expecting an earlier start so not sure if extra beer pre tournament will be a good or bad thing. I think I"ll vote option B.
Really will not have a clue on Friday evening, reminds me of the time I played the Razz at the Vic. I"d just watched a couple of youtube videos on the morning to see what on earth it was all about. I"m sure it will be a giggle, and I"m sure someone will enjoy my chips. I"ll be amongst some fantastic people, having a laugh. Will be happy days.
Had a fantastic walk with the new pooch tonight, settled down with a few beers and then spent the evening on and off the phone to a well known APAT"er with laptop problems after browsing certain specialist websites ;D took a few goes but the person who will remain nameless is now happy and is not being prompted to spend $100 to the police to remove all the warnings that popped up on boot up haha.
As I was typing the above same person rang me, and wondered why I was answering the phone as he thought he was ringing his other half ;D ;D .. I said hang on.. I"ll just put her on.. haha.. as Ger would say. Priceless.
Not after 10 pints of Guinness they won"t.
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So we"re nearly there.. I don"t do countdowns but this week has certainly dragged. Mr Stu Ward is driving me down on Friday, aiming for 2ish arrival.. plenty of time to sup a Guinness or 2 before the Stud starts at 6. Was really expecting an earlier start so not sure if extra beer pre tournament will be a good or bad thing. I think I"ll vote option B.
Should be rocking up to the HI/PI around then.
Drinkies in "The Waters Edge (http://watersedgenottingham.com/)"?
Close enough to the hotel...MAP (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=waters+edge+nottingham&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=waters+edge&hnear=0x487832d2390779cd:0x108063201919db15,Nottingham&cid=0,0,1264787638224793261&ei=V-k1UIrBMquZ0QWe84CIDA&ved=0CHoQ_BIwAA)
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Not after 10 pints of Guinness they won"t.
;D... although theres a fine though between too few and too many.. too few and my lips are sealed.. too many and my lips are completely uncoordinated :-\ I would guess the sweet spot would be around 5-6.. but when you get that point, its already too late and slope is all too slippery ending up with me just nodding alot at people. Inside my head I"m having amazing banter and what I want to say is genius. Outside resembles someone just getting off a yellow bus :-[
Should be rocking up to the HI/PI around then.
Drinkies in "The Waters Edge (http://watersedgenottingham.com/)"?
Close enough to the hotel...MAP (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=waters+edge+nottingham&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=waters+edge&hnear=0x487832d2390779cd:0x108063201919db15,Nottingham&cid=0,0,1264787638224793261&ei=V-k1UIrBMquZ0QWe84CIDA&ved=0CHoQ_BIwAA)
Perfect Paulie.. although I had heard Nandos at 3.. is this a change of plan?
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Perfect Paulie.. although I had heard Nandos at 3.. is this a change of plan?
News to me....I like the Pub food at the Hungry Horse brand...beer is usually cheaper too.
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News to me....I like the Pub food at the Hungry Horse brand...beer is usually cheaper too.
No brainer then :) was Gers idea for Nandos.. will drop him a text x
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Perfect Paulie.. although I had heard Nandos at 3.. is this a change of plan?
News to me....I like the Pub food at the Hungry Horse brand...beer is usually cheaper too.
Paulie D is a God. Good find m8........ I know a couple of Gods ;D
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Loving the blog :) xx
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So a quick update on this weekends APAT.
Firstly the poker.. had lots of deep runs for the princely sum of feck all ;D
Finished 9th in the Stud (4 from cashing)
Finished 22nd in the 6 max (6 from cashing)
Finished 13th in the PLO (4 from cashing)
The main not so great.. mid tablish I think. Running the best well timed semi bluff on the flop of all time. To find out I was drawing as dead as they come haha. Needed runner runner quads to stay alive. Its all in the timing :)
However.. the brightside approach is that I had lots of pokerz for my buck. Had some of the best tables along the way for banter. And when I did get knocked out, as always the rail / bar / karaoke etc was epic. Havent laughed as hard for a long time.
So many people that are just absolutely top class, too many to mention. But honestly is there a crowd of people anywhere in the world like the APAT crowd? I hope not ;D
Loved every minute.
AND managed to raise over £150 along the way for charity.
AND I"m still alive.
So pleased for all the cashers.. but especially Suz and Carl.. European champions.
When the good people win it makes it all extra special, but Suz and Carl winning just topped off pretty much one of my all time favorite APATs weekends.
Happy days.
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Blind dates... people in relationships.. when they hear you"re single suddenly have this urge to fix you up with a friend.. or a friend of a friend.. or smelly alan.. the guy in the pub who dribbles and talks to himself.. yeah he"s lonely go and sit with him etc.
Got asked today by a well meaning friend if I fancied going on a blind date with some distant friend who"s obviously desperate for somekind of relationship. Firstly, I said. I"m happy. I don"t need a relationship to make me any happy thanks. Secondly.. been there before.. twice and it all ended.. suprisingly.. in tears.
Blind date #1 - Im late teens (yes a loooong time ago) and working on an IT support desk. Part of the job involved reporting software problems to the software developers. Now on the end of the telephone is Heather. I get to talk to Heather a lot.. day in day out (the software was cack). She"s from London and has a soft tone to her voice. She "sounds" amazing. We flirt a little and then one day she says shes coming "Up North" to see some relations. They"re somewhere near Hull.. which to be honest might as well be London but hey I agree to meet up in the most romantic of settings. The A1 / M62 service station.
I drive down all excited. Meet Heather. Turns out that Heather had competed on the "Gladiators" TV show. Something she hadnt told me on the phone. This soft toned beauty in my head turned out to be 5ft 6 of packed muscle with a hand shake I can still feel in my knuckles to this day. Lesson learned. Mental images of people will always set you up for a fall. Attractive stunners in your head. Anabolic meat heads in real life.
Blind date #2 - Friend of a friend. I"m freshish out a divorce agree to meet a local girl and a friend of a friend for a meal. Now this turns out to be a good one. She"s pretty, funny, intelligent and we get on. We arrange another date and that goes well as well. At the end of this date though I realise the reason why she was single. We kiss. The most horrific breath I"ve ever experienced. Now I"m a gent and decided that maybe she was having an off day.. might of been that kebab that she"d had for breakfast or something. We see each other again. This time she comes round to my flat. Oh dear god. Had she been eating dog food from 1920 or something? Need to invoke emergency procedures. I say that I have a very important early meeting the next day and really she needs to go home. Offer to make a cuppa before she goes and on returning she"s done the whole "ohhhh but I"m so tired and pretending to fall asleep on the sofa" routine. Sigh.
So what then occurs is me setting my alarm for 4am for no reason. Getting showered, shaved, suit on, waving her good bye at 4.30am for no reason. Peek out of the window. Shes sat in her car outside for ages. FFS. Go outside getting into my car driving off waving. Doing a lap of the local highstreet. Back home and back to bed. Sigh. Never again.
Mr brightside view. I learnt alot about halitosis on the internet. And learnt that China will not allow you to become an Astronaut if you have bad breath. That nugget of information I am sure one day will come up in a pub quiz.
Blind dates. Not for the win.
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Having a great week this week. Have done a deal with Gina (starshine) for a UK hobnob export to Germany in exchange for some of Gina"s homemade traditional cookies at Christmas. I hope she doesn"t mind me posting a photo (Gina let me know if you do!) but heres some of her work :
(http://g13.picoodle.com/ltd/img13/5/8/30/starshine/f_f0qj_5ae_u959r.jpg)
How good does that look?!
Wow x
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APAT are pleased to announce the ECOAB, which will take place early in 2013.
Teams from across Europe will compete in heads up, doubles and multi team events across a two day event structure.
Venue to be confirmed, but it will take place in a unique marquee style location, somewhere in a field in Hampshire.
APAT Managing Director, Des Duffy, said that he hoped the inaugural European Championship of Amateur Baking would be a huge success and only strengthen the offerings that APAT has for it"s members.
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APAT Managing Director, Des Duffy, said that he hoped the inaugural European Championship of Amateur Baking would be a huge success and only strengthen the offerings that APAT has for it"s members.
lol ;D
Fingers crossed Stu doesn"t enter his homemade spotted dick :-\
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APAT Managing Director, Des Duffy, said that he hoped the inaugural European Championship of Amateur Baking would be a huge success and only strengthen the offerings that APAT has for it"s members.
lol ;D
Fingers crossed Stu doesn"t enter his homemade spotted dick :-\
I believe the biggest concern is soggy bottoms in respect of tarts. So I"m told ;D
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So I"ve been a little hyper this past week. More hyper than normal really.
As some of you know I recently went over to India for a little while to do an implementation of my companies software, which went really well, following that trip we"ve been negotiating with the group company to do the same across all the rest of their sites around the world.
Last Wednesday brought a trip upto Glasgow to meet up with their top bods.
[ x ] went well is understatement.
Have a deal in place now which basically means my little company is pretty much set for life. I"m thinking of retirement.. Vegas.. funds in place for mini TC and the sun is well and truly shining on this little part of Stockton on Tees. Its been 12 years of hard graft and ups and downs.. but Im over the moon.
Plus instead of travelling round the world we"ve come up with a central installation approach which means less travel but means I"ll have to get my thinking hat on.. thats after 2 more installations like India.
First installation will be the exotic Halifax area. Second installation... California. I run well.
The California implementation isn"t on the coast.. but checking the map IS drivable(ish) around 5 hours.... to Vegas :) I run very well.
My only worry is that they"re looking to do both of these pretty sharpish. We have Chezger, Stockton Massive game, Glasgow, Portugal all coming up soooooon.. Just hope that none of them will clash.
Couldn"t be happier at the moment. Mr Brightside for the win.
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Last Wednesday brought a trip upto Glasgow to meet up with their top bods.
[ x ] went well is understatement.
Have a deal in place now which basically means my little company is pretty much set for life. I"m thinking of retirement.. Vegas.. funds in place for mini TC and the sun is well and truly shining on this little part of Stockton on Tees. Its been 12 years of hard graft and ups and downs.. but Im over the moon.
Fantastic! Couldn"t happen to a nicer bloke x
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I love it when a plan comes together.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Massive congratulations Phil couldn"t have happened to nicer bloke, chuffed for you, need a driver in America?.
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Cheers everyone!
Just double checked the drive.. actually a bit further than originally planned.. due to the minor issue of death valley being stuck in the middle.
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/vegas_drive.png)
So thoughts are..
1. Long drive round death valley.
2. Longer walk through death valley. Picnics for the win.
3. Internal flight.. around £170 return.. doable.
4. Someone learns how to fly a helicoptor.
Options 1 & 2 may result in... (love this by the way)..
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE[/youtube]
Brian.. I"m putting you forward for option 4.. . remembering your bladder of steel ;D
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Here"s the thing.
There is no reason (other than time pressure) to rush that drive.
Do it in lumps. Why not drive to LA and visit the Bike or the Commerce?
Yes it"s out of your way but if you"re there and have the time.
Otherwise, do the flight...you won"t miss much.*
*OK you will but only if that sort of thing appeals...I blogged it way back in the day.
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assume you mean Halifax , West Yorks?? When is that happening?
Chris
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
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Here"s the thing.
There is no reason (other than time pressure) to rush that drive.
Do it in lumps. Why not drive to LA and visit the Bike or the Commerce?
Ouch! Now thats put more thoughts into my head.. trip to LA would be fantastic and probably somewhere I wouldn"t have chance to get to. In fact I"m 50/50 as I"ve been to Vegas and going back next year to maybe just go to LA instead. Checked.. and its 3.5 hours drive. Thats much happier days.. or could I drive to LA spend a day / night there then off to Vegas.. 4 and bit hour drive.. all doable.. in fact I think this is now the official plan ;D
assume you mean Halifax , West Yorks?? When is that happening?
Thats the one Chris.. actually its a place called Todmorden about 10 mins from Halifax. Have been before for a day trip and can"t remember seeing a casino there.. :( any pointers?
Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
:-*
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Brilliant that all your hard work is paying off. Vwd.
As for the drive, driving through DV is not the problem here, it"s the drive over the
Mountains that is. That is irrelevant though.
Driving in US is a doddle and 7 hours to do 400+ miles is nothing like 7 hours (or 400 miles) on uk roads.
Set off early, hit some diners along the way and drive into Vegas at night FTW.
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how long you down for? actually live bout 5 miles from Tod
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Are you married?
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Congrats on the deal thingy. Really pleased for you.
From Fresno to Vegas you should take 2 days and go via Yosemite. Death Valley is pretty dull TBH. Yosemite is one of the nicest places on earth.
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
+1
:-* :-*
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
Can"t put it any better than this
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Thanks everyone :-* x
how long you down for? actually live bout 5 miles from Tod
Find out on Wednesday after a conf call how long for and when.. will send you a PM if I"m there for a while.. will be asking for help on local guinness providers :)
Congrats on the deal thingy. Really pleased for you.
From Fresno to Vegas you should take 2 days and go via Yosemite. Death Valley is pretty dull TBH. Yosemite is one of the nicest places on earth.
Cheers Stu.. I"m presuming that Yosemite isnt something I can do in a day? Starting to think that I may try and get a few weeks out there at this rate. Too many places to visit. Was initially thinking that the job would take a week then stay an additional long weekend and do LA and Vegas.. hate missing out on places especially if its as good as you say it is.
Are you married?
Come to Vegas.. we"ll do it in style x
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I"m absolutely delighted for you!!! So glad it all worked out and well deserved imo. :D
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Are you married?
Come to Vegas.. we"ll do it in style x
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Wiiiiii
APAT wedding in Vegas - The Sequel
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Tracey is not keen Phil, but you know me.....................................
Are we there yet? :-* :-*
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What everyone else said :)
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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somewhere in a field in Hampshire.
I think I left an important part of my brain there c. 1995
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Are you married?
Come to Vegas.. we"ll do it in style x
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Has the key ring gone in the bin now :"(
Thought you two were perfect for each other :"(
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Shhh. It"s too soon. Too raw.
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I really should read threads in date order rather than backwards!!!!
OMG ..... WELL DONE THAT MAN!!! Awesome news on your business ... many congrats the hard work has paid dividends. Enjoy the rewards ;D
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
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Shhh. It"s too soon. Too raw.
Plenty of hot sugary tea, don"t hold in the pain, let it out ... scream, shout if ya have to ... and chocolate, LOTS of chocolate xx
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Great news fella :) Chuffed to bits for ya!
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Cheers everyone :) still on a high to be honest.. this Thursday"s home game with special guest JP Round is going to be messy.. already planning a session down Yarm before hand. Happy days.
Debating what to do this Saturday night and thinking of buying into the UKIPT £300 up at Newcastle, but played a 36 man shootout last night for Saturdays WCOOP, won my first shootout and then got down to 4 evenly stacked on the final table.. when I finally.. after all these years get a royal flush in holdem ;D Had em in Omahahaha but that doesnt count.. anyway.. AK I raise, see a flop.. and then.. oh my lol
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/royal_flush.gif)
Not sure what the odds are on that. But wow.
Busted in 3rd but was worthwhile playing just to see that :D
Shhh. It"s too soon. Too raw.
Jack.. you know you"re the only one for me really :-*
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/phil_tc_and_jack.jpg)
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
Just caught up with this now I have my broadband back, mucho congratos mate. As above, the dukester hits the nail firmly on the head!
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
Just caught up with this now I have my broadband back, mucho congratos mate. As above, the dukester hits the nail firmly on the head!
Cheers Grant :-*
ps sent you a PM fella x
Been thinking back a lot these past few weeks to my childhood which wasnt the best to be honest. Had a relationship with my dad which resulted in me being kicked out when I was around 17. He was such an overpowering man and my mam bless her had no real say in the decision.
To be fair I was no angel.. and we clashed constantly. No college or uni for me, he wanted me to work straight from school and I"d been sacked after 9 months from what my dad had seen was my dream job, working in the bank like my brothers. Left me on a YTS scheme (for those who remember them) and an "embarrasment" to the family.. so I was told.
My two older brothers had been through the same situation as well but theyd excelled in the banks (and still do), but being the youngest and last of the brothers seemed to annoy him even more. The final straw funnily enough was me blowing up the vacuum cleaner after my first car had been broken into and I decided to vac the glass up in the passenger door well. It had been raining and I ignored the "it"ll break the vac speech" I"d had earlier. "Ooopsy" when lots of smoke started billowing out it :-\
Roll forward the following week and me living in a bedsit in the worst street of Stockton for a long time, Hartington Road still to this day is at best a sh*thole. Damp up the walls, that distinct damp stench, 50p elec meter. "Kitchen", toilet, bed.. all within arms reach. At first I lived in a place with an alarm. When times got bad though and the debt started kicking in I had to move into one of the bedsits without an alarm.. downstairs. Error.
Imagine my joy coming home from my YTS placement one day to find a brick through my window, and all my stuff pinched including a portable 2nd hand TV I"d just been given by a workmate. Oh and yes they"d kicked in my 50p elec meter box. Emptied. Wonderful.
Those days seem long and distant now but its always good to remember how sh*tty life was. In a way I"m kind of glad I went throught it all with my dad, where over the years we now have a "bearable" relationship.. made me promise myself that I would be the complete opposite when Anna was born. 12 years on and life couldn"t be better with Anna or myself.
Mr Brightside for the win x
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Sometimes things happen to people and all the success is richly deserved. This is one of those times.
Just caught up with this now I have my broadband back, mucho congratos mate. As above, the dukester hits the nail firmly on the head!
Left me on a YTS scheme (for those who remember them)
I had a "YOP" when I left school for the wordly wage of £23.50 a week. I remember dreaming about having a YTS and that massive salary jump I would get ;D
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Great read,congrats on the business.
So you"re going to visit Fresno,erm it"s a bit grim/scary.However an easy drive to the centre of Yosemite which is just stunning,hard to enjoy the scenery though when I was boldily ill from drinking bottles of tequlia with Mexican migrant workers in Fresno.
Col.
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I had a "YOP" when I left school for the wordly wage of £23.50 a week. I remember dreaming about having a YTS and that massive salary jump I would get ;D
£23.50? :o
YTS... £27.50 weekly for the first year then think it went up to £35.00 the second year Grant if I remember.. we were like millionaires then compared to YOP! Thank god APAT wasnt around back then.. would of ended up having to selling limbs and stuff ;D
Great read,congrats on the business.
So you"re going to visit Fresno,erm it"s a bit grim/scary.However an easy drive to the centre of Yosemite which is just stunning,hard to enjoy the scenery though when I was boldily ill from drinking bottles of tequlia with Mexican migrant workers in Fresno.
Col.
Cheers Col.. although I must admit when I heard it was California I got a little excited. Grim / scary doesnt sound the best.. so basically stay off the tequila.. avoid Mexicans, stay in doors.. and only venture out if visiting Yosemite :) Sigh!
Can"t be worse than where I was in India though. When I got there the manager met me and asked if I"d been to India before. I said no. Well he said welcome to Hubli, he"d moved there from Bangalore with a promotion. He said imagine that you lived in London and then had to move to the Shetland Islands. Hubli apparently was the Shetland Islands of India.
Now Fresno to look forward to. I run well ;D
Duelling banjos for the win :D
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£750pa was my starting wage at 18.
Mind you, a pint was 11p :)
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£750pa was my starting wage at 18.
Mind you, a pint was 11p :)
Surely it was old money then?
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Consider the local frequented by the BCPC!!!!! ;D
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Consider the local frequented by the BCPC!!!!! ;D
You could be onto something there..
Steve Redfern... Brian Glover...
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;) x
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Consider the local frequented by the BCPC!!!!! ;D
You could be onto something there..
Steve Redfern... Brian Glover...
(http://celebslists.com/images/brian-glover-04.jpg)(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bOsoIDqS50c/TlZdt6r-JSI/AAAAAAAArFU/C4AjmfC_PNI/IMG_7816.JPG)
;) x
That"s a definite winner :D
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£750pa was my starting wage at 18.
Mind you, a pint was 11p :)
Surely it was old money then?
I"ll have you know I"m no older than JP"s dad!
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Coming up nearly a year from being off Facebook so decided to pop back on the other day to see who was coming to the local Thursday night massive game, which to be honest is the only reason I stayed on as long as I did before coming off last year.
Reasons I hate facebook so much
1. Mental girlfriends :
"Who is that girl that you"re friends with called . Who is she?"
"She clicks like a lot on your posts. Who is she?"
"Why did you comment on that girls photo. Who is she?"
"Why have you just made friends with . Who is she?"
"You were booked into a place with 36 other people.. one of them was female.. who is she?"
etc etc etc
Then there"s mental ex girlfriends.. but won"t even go there.
2. "Friends".. now I do have a lot of friends. But to be fair there is no way that I could possibly have 500+ friends in real life. That guy who I met down the pub who was mates with someone else that I kinda knew, that lad I used to go to school with but havent seen since, .. etc etc. No you"re not my friend. And really after having maybe a 5 minute catch up. We now have nothing in common again. If we did we"d have kept in touch. Sigh.
3. Deleting "Friends".. remember having a cull once and instantly getting a text message from someone asking why I"d deleted them. Really? I havent seen you in over 5 years, I"m not arsed with your constant whinging statuses (see number 4) to be honest. But you really noticed instantly that you had 1 less friend. THEN scrolled through your spreadsheet list or whatever to see who it was who"d deleted you, cross referenced and your VLOOKUP = "Phil". Sigh.
4. Whinging statuses. Those "Friends" who constantly whinge. You"ve only had 2 hours kip? Well it could have been 2 hours and 5 minutes if you hadnt updated facebook. You have a bad toe. You"ve had another bad day at work. Your herpes has flared up again? WP GG. No thanks.
5. Poor me statuses. Those "Friends" who put open ended statuses craving attention. "God.. I can"t believe thats just happened" or "Argh why does this keep happening" etc etc.. wanting the whole world to go "whats wrong?" etc. If you really crave attention that much I feel sorry for you. Cheer up. Please.
6. Why bother statuses. To be honest I do miss Stu"s "having a poo at work" statuses as I know he was having a good time and getting paid whilst doing it.. but "going for a walk" "bored" etc. Really? Why bother. Get a life.
So no.. to anyone who asks. I"m not on Facebook.
Twitter FTW x
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Quality post that Phil :)
No more work poo updates tho, as my manager is on Facebook and would want to know why I needed 4 poo"s in 9 hours.
Stealthy ninja poo ftw :)
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#philrules
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No you"re not my friend. And really after having maybe a 5 minute catch up. We now have nothing in common again.
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Deleting "Friends".. remember having a cull once and..............
A glimpse of your future if you are currently friends with Phil!
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Do hugs count? :-*
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Coming up nearly a year from being off Facebook so decided to pop back on the other day to see who was coming to the local Thursday night massive game, which to be honest is the only reason I stayed on as long as I did before coming off last year.
Reasons I hate facebook so much.......
etc etc
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#philrules
Thanks for the reminder Leigh
Number 7. People who use twitter hashtag references in Facebook. #It. #is. #not. #twitter! Do they not realise they don"t do anything in Facebook? Or are they trying to look cool? Look at me.. I saw someone once use a hashtag. I"m not really sure what they do so I"ll put one in. What? They"re completely pointless in Facebook? Oh #willstillkeepdoingitanywayasimanidiot
OK.. so today I"m going shopping. I"ve been asked to via PM to go shopping for an un-named APAT person who wants me to buy them a knitting book haha. Things I do for some people ;D x
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#philrules
Thanks for the reminder Leigh
Number 7. People who use twitter hashtag references in Facebook. #It. #is. #not. #twitter! Do they not realise they don"t do anything in Facebook? Or are they trying to look cool? Look at me.. I saw someone once use a hashtag. I"m not really sure what they do so I"ll put one in. What? They"re completely pointless in Facebook? Oh #willstillkeepdoingitanywayasimanidiot
OK.. so today I"m going shopping. I"ve been asked to via PM to go shopping for an un-named APAT person who wants me to buy them a knitting book haha. Things I do for some people ;D x
Oh heck no! You can"t just throw that in there and head off. APAT person must be named obv. (Please let it be Ger :D )
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What does a # do in twitter?
I have a twitter account, but I haven"t really got any idea what to do with it
Have used the # in facebook pages in the past :-[
Will try not to do that again "cos I wouldn"t want to annoy TC
#keepingphilhappy :-*
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What does a # do in twitter?
I have a twitter account, but I haven"t really got any idea what to do with it
Have used the # in facebook pages in the past :-[
Will try not to do that again "cos I wouldn"t want to annoy TC
#keepingphilhappy :-*
Love you Dave :-*
Twitter hashtag is used to group the specific message being conveyed by that user..... For example, if a person is saying... "I"m going to bink the APAT tourny today as I"m a DTD cashing machine god don"t you know #APATPOKER". When any other user goes on Twitter and searches the phrase "APATPOKER", your tweet will appear in the search results because you categorised your tweet as relating to APATPOKER...
Essentially a way for Twitter users to organise conversations... If someone sends out a tweet about APATPOKER, they would add #APATPOKER at the end of their tweet so that other users searching for tweets on APAT, their tweet would show up in the search results.
Also useful for tracking chip counts and the like at an APAT tourny... and the updating gang often use them when I have a stack am at the bar with a beer.
The @ is used when you want to "tag" a person or send a message to a certain person. So if you wanted to tell Des et al at APAT you were going to bink.. it would be "@Apat_poker I"m going to bink...etc #APATPOKER" meaning Des et al would get a message telling them about your forthcoming binkage and also anyone who searches for APAT would see as well.
:-*
Oh heck no! You can"t just throw that in there and head off. APAT person must be named obv. (Please let it be Ger :D )
Lips are sealed! Not Ger though.. you think if it was Ger I"d be keeping quiet haha x
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Number 7. People who use twitter hashtag references in Facebook. #It. #is. #not. #twitter! Do they not realise they don"t do anything in Facebook? Or are they trying to look cool? Look at me.. I saw someone once use a hashtag. I"m not really sure what they do so I"ll put one in. What? They"re completely pointless in Facebook? Oh #willstillkeepdoingitanywayasimanidiot
I do because I use apps that post to FB and Twitter at the same time (FourSquare / Streamified). There are others.
Simples!
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What does a # do in twitter?
I have a twitter account, but I haven"t really got any idea what to do with it
Have used the # in facebook pages in the past :-[
Will try not to do that again "cos I wouldn"t want to annoy TC
#keepingphilhappy :-*
Love you Dave :-*
Twitter hashtag is used to group the specific message being conveyed by that user..... For example, if a person is saying... "I"m going to bink the APAT tourny today as I"m a DTD cashing machine god don"t you know #APATPOKER". When any other user goes on Twitter and searches the phrase "APATPOKER", your tweet will appear in the search results because you categorised your tweet as relating to APATPOKER...
Essentially a way for Twitter users to organise conversations... If someone sends out a tweet about APATPOKER, they would add #APATPOKER at the end of their tweet so that other users searching for tweets on APAT, their tweet would show up in the search results.
Also useful for tracking chip counts and the like at an APAT tourny... and the updating gang often use them when I have a stack am at the bar with a beer.
The @ is used when you want to "tag" a person or send a message to a certain person. So if you wanted to tell Des et al at APAT you were going to bink.. it would be "@Apat_poker I"m going to bink...etc #APATPOKER" meaning Des et al would get a message telling them about your forthcoming binkage and also anyone who searches for APAT would see as well.
:-*
Nope, blank looks here. Does babelfish have a Geek to English option?
Oh heck no! You can"t just throw that in there and head off. APAT person must be named obv. (Please let it be Ger :D )
Lips are sealed! Not Ger though.. you think if it was Ger I"d be keeping quiet haha x
Not Stu then either...
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I do because I use apps that post to FB and Twitter at the same time (FourSquare / Streamified). There are others.
Simples!
That I don"t mind Paulie.. its those who just whack a # reference onto a status update for no reason that chews me. If its being automatically fed from Twitter then all good... I did say that one was a minirant ;D x
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Nope, blank looks here. Does babelfish have a Geek to English option?
OK.. find annoying American woman.. annnnnnd.... go!....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY5-HV7vlSA[/youtube]
x
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I do because I use apps that post to FB and Twitter at the same time (FourSquare / Streamified). There are others.
Simples!
Just waiting for rant 8 regarding people other than James Barber using the word Simples!
;D
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Nope, blank looks here. Does babelfish have a Geek to English option?
OK.. find annoying American woman.. annnnnnd.... go!....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY5-HV7vlSA[/youtube]
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:o Where"s me whip?!
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You realise that very soon you will have covered something that everyone on APAT has done ;D
OK.. so today I"m going shopping. I"ve been asked to via PM to go shopping for an un-named APAT person who wants me to buy them a knitting book haha. Things I do for some people ;D x
I hope Gina likes it ;)
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You realise that very soon you will have covered something that everyone on APAT has done ;D
OK.. so today I"m going shopping. I"ve been asked to via PM to go shopping for an un-named APAT person who wants me to buy them a knitting book haha. Things I do for some people ;D x
I hope Gina likes it ;)
Surely an aid to ensure Brian "the stockton fossil" Harland doesnt fall asleep at the table again?
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Can"t wait for Phil to find the brightside of this one.
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Can"t wait for Phil to find the brightside of this one.
There"s sometimes.. especially when you play pub poker when its really hard to polish a turd. This would be one of those times.
However.. Brightside.
I had a nice beef sarnie at half time. And the guinness was good.
Stu bubbled.
Think thats about it really.
Roll on the aquarium ;D x
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So its the Great North Run this weekend. Training has been none existent, but looking forward to it.
Fancy dress is being left to the last minute and will be decided upon by mini TC tomorrow. Update to follow.
Ten years of half marathons.. previous years have included amongst others..
Wheres Wally
Mr Potato head
Officer and a gentlemen styley
Fred Flintstone
Jack Sparrow
70"s jump suit and full on "fro
All good fun :) although the stitching on the jump suit in the nipple area wasnt much fun after a mile or so :-\
This year being my offical last one is being jogged / walked from pub to pub along the route. Also contemplating stopping off at any garages along the way for a can.. but that might be a little too much. Gary Palmer picking me up from ChezTC at 7am on Sunday and more than likely picking me up at the finishing line if I ever get there haha.
I"ve really enjoyed the runs over the years, the atmosphere is amazing and the banter amongst the "runners" is top notch. The public always come out in their droves and basically cheer you round the whole course. I can"t think of any sections even the remote ones where the sides of the roads arent full. Ranging from families and kids high fiving from the side of the road, to my favourite old women who always has a tin of free biscuits open around the 9 mile mark.
I approach the run pretty much like I approach life in general, laid back, not seriously at all and for laughs and giggles, trying to enjoy it as much as possible. I understand those that are fitter than me (which isnt difficult to be honest) and want to do personal bests etc and the sense of achievement they must get. But thats all too much effort really. Anyone watching it on the telly I"ll be the one near the back.. in fact a few years back I turned round and there was noone behind me.. around 50,000 ahead of me.. and just a row of ambulances following at a crawling pace haha.
Good luck to Gary Palmer and Mark Wright who are both running it. Both stars.
Good luck to any other APATers doing the run. Will see you at the end... I hope.. greasy burger or chip butty for me if you"re getting them in please x
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So its the Great North Run this weekend. Training has been none existent, but looking forward to it.
Fancy dress is being left to the last minute and will be decided upon by mini TC tomorrow. Update to follow.
Ten years of half marathons.. previous years have included amongst others..
Wheres Wally
Mr Potato head
Officer and a gentlemen styley
Fred Flintstone
Jack Sparrow
70"s jump suit and full on "fro
All good fun :) although the stitching on the jump suit in the nipple area wasnt much fun after a mile or so :-\
This year being my offical last one is being jogged / walked from pub to pub along the route. Also contemplating stopping off at any garages along the way for a can.. but that might be a little too much. Gary Palmer picking me up from ChezTC at 7am on Sunday and more than likely picking me up at the finishing line if I ever get there haha.
I"ve really enjoyed the runs over the years, the atmosphere is amazing and the banter amongst the "runners" is top notch. The public always come out in their droves and basically cheer you round the whole course. I can"t think of any sections even the remote ones where the sides of the roads arent full. Ranging from families and kids high fiving from the side of the road, to my favourite old women who always has a tin of free biscuits open around the 9 mile mark.
I approach the run pretty much like I approach life in general, laid back, not seriously at all and for laughs and giggles, trying to enjoy it as much as possible. I understand those that are fitter than me (which isnt difficult to be honest) and want to do personal bests etc and the sense of achievement they must get. But thats all too much effort really. Anyone watching it on the telly I"ll be the one near the back.. in fact a few years back I turned round and there was noone behind me.. around 50,000 ahead of me.. and just a row of ambulances following at a crawling pace haha.
Good luck to Gary Palmer and Mark Wright who are both running it. Both stars.
Good luck to any other APATers doing the run. Will see you at the end... I hope.. greasy burger or chip butty for me if you"re getting them in please x
The very best of luck matey p.s Have asked the biscuit lady to move a little nearer then start just in case :D ;)
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Fancy dress is being left to the last minute and will be decided upon by mini TC tomorrow. Update to follow.
OK.. was a dash round but as soon as I saw it.. just had to be.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D5aChfbhtA4/TMlo2IcvCTI/AAAAAAAABic/6H-jR2YQUeQ/s400/Oompa_Loompa_Dog-1.jpg)
Oompa loompa outfit for the win.
Debated the orange face paint, then decided with the feck off green wig and 13.1 miles to do... most of it would be down by my ankles come the end.
Will post up live photos after the event ;D
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So its Saturday night and for the first time in a long time I"m able to play the APAT online games, Im thinking that as I"m getting picked up by Gary at 7am, I can play the Irish main event which started at 8, donk off by 10 and still grab plenty of sleep.
Ended up finishing 4th which a little bit of an effort after losing almost all my stack flopping a straght against MickyP who"d flopped top set.. an all in later.. followed by his quads on the turn and I was struggling haha.. anyway heading to bed a few hundred euros richer (although Ger received a little torrent of "fecks" when he rang to commiserate after throwing a chip lead with 4 left haha) and a little gutted at bubbling a medal.. if there was one. I like to think there wasnt :)
Went to bed at 2ish
Gary came and picked me up bang on time (this is NEVER a shock, gary is the most organised person I know and I know my laid back approach always tilts him a little.. especially when we had to find my runners pack that I"d had for a month, open it, find my number, attach my running electronic running tag etc.. sorry mate), and we headed off.. the day was excellent as always, banter by the bucket load, although starting at the back and the usual 30 min ish walk to the official start was a little tilting. As I"d planned on doing around 6 pubs during the route was gutted to find my "banker" pub on one of the dual carriages was shut.
The others I"d google mapped were either shut because of the run or hidden estates I didnt fancy exploring.. dressed as a oompa lumpa anyways. First pub was around the 10 mile mark. Double tilt. Was an absolute dump and was inhabited by 4 old guys shocked to see me stumble through the door and request a swift pint half.. it was obvious I wasnt welcome. Jogged on shared more laughs with randoms in the run and the crowd (biscuit lady wasn"t there but had found another at around 5 miles.. which was much needed), then just as you get to the sea front theres a pub at the 12 mile mark where I enjoyed a perfect pint giving me enough fuel to get me home.
Gary was waiting at the Marie Curie tent where we chilled for a while, debated a massage, then I managed to twist his arm that a greasy burger was the answer to all our aches and pains. Was happy days.
I"ve already said this on the Great North Run thread http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11795.msg190338#new (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11795.msg190338#new), but thanks again for everyones support, both monetary and via PM"s, dozens of texts etc throughout and after the run. Love you all. Thank you x
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So its Saturday night and for the first time in a long time I"m able to play the APAT online games, Im thinking that as I"m getting picked up by Gary at 7am, I can play the Irish main event which started at 8, donk off by 10 and still grab plenty of sleep.
Ended up finishing 4th which a little bit of an effort after losing almost all my stack flopping a straght against MickyP who"d flopped top set.. an all in later.. followed by his quads on the turn and I was struggling haha.. anyway heading to bed a few hundred euros richer (although Ger received a little torrent of "fecks" when he rang to commiserate after throwing a chip lead with 4 left haha) and a little gutted at bubbling a medal.. if there was one. I like to think there wasnt :)
Went to bed at 2ish
Gary came and picked me up bang on time (this is NEVER a shock, gary is the most organised person I know and I know my laid back approach always tilts him a little.. especially when we had to find my runners pack that I"d had for a month, open it, find my number, attach my running electronic running tag etc.. sorry mate), and we headed off.. the day was excellent as always, banter by the bucket load, although starting at the back and the usual 30 min ish walk to the official start was a little tilting. As I"d planned on doing around 6 pubs during the route was gutted to find my "banker" pub on one of the dual carriages was shut.
The others I"d google mapped were either shut because of the run or hidden estates I didnt fancy exploring.. dressed as a oompa lumpa anyways. First pub was around the 10 mile mark. Double tilt. Was an absolute dump and was inhabited by 4 old guys shocked to see me stumble through the door and request a swift pint half.. it was obvious I wasnt welcome. Jogged on shared more laughs with randoms in the run and the crowd (biscuit lady wasn"t there but had found another at around 5 miles.. which was much needed), then just as you get to the sea front theres a pub at the 12 mile mark where I enjoyed a perfect pint giving me enough fuel to get me home.
Gary was waiting at the Marie Curie tent where we chilled for a while, debated a massage, then I managed to twist his arm that a greasy burger was the answer to all our aches and pains. Was happy days.
I"ve already said this on the Great North Run thread http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11795.msg190338#new (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11795.msg190338#new), but thanks again for everyones support, both monetary and via PM"s, dozens of texts etc throughout and after the run. Love you all. Thank you x
Just wondered what a pub would have to be like not to be "banker" in these circs :)))
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Just wondered what a pub would have to be like not to be "banker" in these circs :)))
Haha.. I"d scoped the "banker" pub out last year, was perfect.. a few miles in, right next to the course, was just a jump over some railings and happy guinness days! Well thanks to the wonders of the millions of cameras around the course I can show you the EXACT moment when I saw that the pub was shut ;D
Inserting absolutely devastated photo... go!
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/starting_line.jpg)
hahaha ;D
Heres me at the finishing line..
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/finishing_line.jpg)
Now as this was my last one, I thought I"d do the whole arms up in the air on the finishing line like I"d won.
This went VERY badly wrong for the guy sprinting behind me (see photo) who got a back handed smack in the face for trying to overtake an oompa lumpa on the finishing line haha. Honestly didnt hear him. Poor guy!
Now then I have a dilemma. You can actually buy the finishing line video for £9.99.. don"t normally bother. But just to recapture the moment of the above in my mind maybe priceless haha. May well have to purchase just for comedy value ;D
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Video HAS to be got! And posted here obv. :D
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Video HAS to be got! And posted here obv. :D
Dawn...you should be careful about requesting videos...you never know what"s out there.
Oh yes! ;D
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Video HAS to be got! And posted here obv. :D
Dawn...you should be careful about requesting videos...you never know what"s out there.
Oh yes! ;D
Half the forum"s already seen the damn thing anyway. lol
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Have bought the video of the Great North.. waiting for the download link to be sent :)
So this weekend is my first ever Chezger, hoping to get there Friday night, but with Friday being one of the nights I always have Anna it may be that the Stockton Cock and I blast over on Saturday. Really can"t wait. The word epic is over used. But this weekend WILL BE EPIC.
Makes me think back to my first APAT in 2008.. Vienna / Wiener Neustadt. From not knowing anyone on the Forum, and posting my first ever tentative post on here enquiring on how I could get a seat.. there followed a fantastic adventure and the start of falling in love with APAT and especially APAT trips abroad.
Started off putting my name on a list for a coach trip from UK to Vienna, but ended up arranging over the forum to meet a guy I"d never met before, John Steele at Manchester Airport.. agreeing to fly with John to Bratislava to save costs and then jump in a hire car there to Wiener Neustadt ;D John was great.. and the trip was a great laugh, the trip was smooth.. and then we ended up at the Orange Wings hotel at Wiener Neustadt :-\
Firstly on hearing the APAT was Vienna I had visions of a beautiful city, culture.. a certain "tune" which means nothing to me.. with a weekend of poker thrown in. What turned out was Wiener Neustadt.. around 50mins drive south of Vienna and the Orange wings. Situated in an industrial estate. Next to a go-carting track.
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat5.jpg)
The "hotel" has been compared to a prison and to be fair I"ve never stayed anywhere like it before or since. All caged off and with a computerised booking in system at the front door which if I remember rightly one of the APAT crowd took exception to and one morning we woke to find in more pieces than it was the night before.
The room itself was fine though.. but the Vienna I"d pictured in my mind.. this certainly wasnt.
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The tournament went well and I cannot describe how chuffed I was at around 3am at the end of day 1 to have made it through to day 2. I"d met loads of APAT legends, shared and survived a table with the loudest person I"d ever met (at that point haha) which turned out to be Matt Mckinley.. Only problem was I had a bowl and if I remember rightly we were bang on the bubble. I was short stack with a really nice local guy trying to avoid the nice watch they were giving away as the bubble prize.
I managed a double up from a certain friendly Don which I remember was a little bit of a suckout (love you mate) and then somehow managed to get onto the final two tables and opposite mr APAT himself a certain Leigh Wiltshire. I ended up falling just short of a final table in 12th.. knocked out by this guy from Germany...
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat6.jpg)
Kudos to his claim to fame?.. obviously apart from knocking me out of an APAT :P
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Ahhh...Wiener Neustadt.
Fond memories. My first overseas trip with APAT. Away with a couple or three lads from the London Poker Meetup.
I"d sensibly done my research as a fledgling Travel Guru should and had booked into the Hotel Zentral in the main square. [Apparently previously known as Hitler Platz...I wonder why they changed it?]
(http://destinia.pl/imglib/hotelfotos/g/020/20164_010.jpg)
Cheap as chips, taxi rank bang outside etc., etc. and the Poker Royale Casino...the one with flyers for the knocking shop in the gents.
Happy Days.
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Ahhh...Wiener Neustadt.
Fond memories. My first overseas trip with APAT. Away with a couple or three lads from the London Poker Meetup.
I"d sensibly done my research as a fledgling Travel Guru should and had booked into the Hotel Zentral in the main square. [Apparently previously known as Hitler Platz...I wonder why they changed it?]
(http://destinia.pl/imglib/hotelfotos/g/020/20164_010.jpg)
Cheap as chips, taxi rank bang outside etc., etc. and the Poker Royale Casino...the one with flyers for the knocking shop in the gents.
Happy Days.
Yep I stayed there as well as did Jack & Petch, we had already learned to follow Paulie"s advice.
GG Phil in Stalag Orange wings
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Yep I stayed there as well as did Jack & Petch, we had already learned to follow Paulie"s advice.
Must have been psychic then...I don"t remember doing a Travel Tips thing but I may have mentioned it in"t Forums.
I wonder if I can find it.....?
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Yep I stayed there as well as did Jack & Petch, we had already learned to follow Paulie"s advice.
Must have been psychic then...I don"t remember doing a Travel Tips thing but I may have mentioned it in"t Forums.
I wonder if I can find it.....?
Someone must have - I wouldn"t have chosen it at random FFS
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Rich,
Jim (Spursman) Lynott, Terry (Zerocool) Aylward and I are all on that flight.
We"re all in the Hotel Zentral and we were planning on taking the train into Wiener Neustatdt, perhaps after a meal in Vienna.
from 2008
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I"d sensibly done my research as a fledgling Travel Guru should and had booked into the Hotel Zentral in the main square.
Sigh... that looks flipping gorgeous.
GG Phil in Stalag Orange wings
Indeed! Obviously I"d missed the forum post from the guru and decided on going with the masses. WP.. kind of added to the experience though. When I say"kind of".. its engraved into my brain somewhere in an area marked "FML" :"(
After busting John and I decided that another night in the Orange Wings was not for the win. Not at all. So John booked us into a hotel in Bratislava so we could get a flyer on the morning. This resulted in another 2 massive errors.
Error 1. Me suggesting that all we"d seen of "Vienna" was an industrial estate. Why don"t we drive back through Vienna. Possibly the worst idea ever. I mean who would say.. I know why don"t we detour and drive through London for a giggle on the way home? Then try London where all the signs were in a different language. No. No. No. We ended up in Bratislava very late. I remember us just driving up onto the pavement in Vienna at one point trying to work out what the hell the signs meant. And resorting to try and explain to a man in a caravan thingy selling spicy sausages that we just wanted to get out.. when he asked where I think "anywhere but fecking here" translated quite well.
Error 2. The hotel in Bratislava.. and view from my room..
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat3.jpg) (http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat9.jpg)
The hotel booked by John turned out to be only a slight improvement from the Orange Wings. And after having a beer in the hotel lounge and offered a "menu" from the hotel reception of girls.. it turned out to be some kind of hotel / knocking shop.
Not wanting to return back home with any bonus diseases we went back to our rooms. I remember jamming every available loose piece of furniture (including the kettle) against the door and definitely sleep with my clothes on just in case an swift exit was required ;D
A trip never to be forgotten. And my first meeting of many an APAT legend. The love affair had started x
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Hotel Zentral was lovely.
That weekend was the first and last time Jen has ever been to an APAT event.
"A weekend in Vienna" I said
"It will be lovely" I said
"I"ll be knocked out on the first day" I said
"We can spend the rest of the weekend in Vienna" I said
Oooooooops
"I"ll make it up to you" I said
"We can do whatever you like on the Monday before we fly back" I said
"See Vienna, I"ve cashed, spend it how you like" I said
Easter Monday, all of Vienna is pretty much shut. FML.
Very frosty journey home. ;D
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I managed a double up from a certain friendly Don which I remember was a little bit of a suckout (love you mate) and then somehow managed to get onto the final two tables and opposite mr APAT himself a certain Leigh Wiltshire. I ended up falling just short of a final table in 12th.. knocked out by this guy from Germany...
Was also my first APAT, booked the Orange Wings and went out very late on Day 1, I remember us sitting next to each other for a couple of hours, after the first you also asked whether I was going to play hand !!
The start of a good friendship and the subsequent trips into Europe have been even more entertaining !
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Hotel Zentral was lovely.
So basically everyone in the "know" stayed there? great!
Was also my first APAT, booked the Orange Wings and went out very late on Day 1, I remember us sitting next to each other for a couple of hours, after the first you also asked whether I was going to play hand !!
The start of a good friendship and the subsequent trips into Europe have been even more entertaining !
I remember mate.. think we managed to sit next to each a few times at different tournaments back in those days. Pleased you"re coming upto Glasgow fella. Been too long x
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat6.jpg)
Kudos to his claim to fame?.. obviously apart from knocking me out of an APAT :P
Noone? Could he be the only APAT player to then win a WSOP bracelet?
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142 (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142)
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Noone? Could he be the only APAT player to then win a WSOP bracelet?
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142 (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142)
The only others I could think that would ever be in contention for that accolade would be :-
Roberto Romanello
Liv Boeree
Toby Lewis
Stu Ward
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Noone? Could he be the only APAT player to then win a WSOP bracelet?
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142 (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101142)
The only others I could think that would ever be in contention for that accolade would be :-
Roberto Romanello REALLY!!!!! ;)
Liv Boeree REALLY!!!!! ;)
Toby Lewis REALLY!!!!!! ;)
Stu Ward OBVIOUSLY :-* :-*
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Obviously I"m missing out on some all mighty APAT day long drinking session that I wasnt invited to ???
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Obviously I"m missing out on some all mighty APAT day long drinking session that I wasnt invited to ???
Yeah...What"s up with that!?
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Obviously I"m missing out on some all mighty APAT day long drinking session that I wasnt invited to ???
Yeah...What"s up with that!?
(http://timkla.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sulking.jpg)
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Some shady (and shaky) pics from Weiner Nundstadt
(http://www.chezger.co.uk/assets/images/DSC01310.JPG)
(http://www.chezger.co.uk/assets/images/DSC01313.JPG)
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Some shady (and shaky) pics from Weiner Nundstadt
I remember thinking.. APAT.. its an international poker tournament.. must wear something smart.. oh how times have changed...
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat2.jpg)
Searched through all my other folders and the only other photo I can find from the whole trip.. for some reason.. is a kebab ;D
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/apat8.jpg)
Happy days.
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I"m starting to see a re-occuring "poker table hand positioning" theme thing going on here ;D
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Chezger Report...
Weekend was immense, managed to get away on Friday and play the aquarium which was as random as expected.. managed to luck box my way through and could even afford to lose with AA against K10, ended up up on the final table and as the hour was getting late we chopped it 6 handed as its the Aquarium rules not run past (insert time here.. had no idea.. guinness oclock lets call it). Good start to the weekend for me, Stu (who won the chipback county thing and got over 100 quid for his luckboxering), Adam and Carl Shogun.
Back to Gers for more beer and a SnG which when it got to around 4amish and I ran well again and we decided to chop 3 ways between myself, the wee man and local nice fella Wayne.
Saturday involved lunch at the boot room restaurant with Stu feeling flush and purchasing the most expensive kebab of all time...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3Zw_1PCYAAjwof.jpg)
And me getting grief from Dawn for eating my pizza like a girl and not like I was from New York.
The main Chezger game started well and then went downhill to badly wrong with someone miss reading my stack and calling my all in when he told me outside after he"d have folded his 88 if he"d know it was "that much" haha. Anyway it was all good.
Now at this point I SHOULD of gone to the pub with the wee man and Dawn and co.. but decided to be a good mate and wait for Stu as he was short and pushing things like K2 into AA.. told the wee man we"d be there soon.. but no Stu then got involved in some mentalness with Rob S, Scouse and Dan O where they were actually making up games and sweats as they went along.
Will let Stu tell you about the game of war they played. And him getting all excited getting an Ace (played as high) vs Scouse"s K and then only to see Dan O get another Ace.. then Stu being dealt a 2.. and Dan O being dealt a 3 ;D
A SnG was put together with myself, JP, Rob S, Stu and 2 local lads which I managed to scrape into 2nd for a cash, which I then donked straight off on the cash table that followed. Having had enough of poker decided to grab more beer and with the wee man back from the pub start to play the most tilting game of "i don"t know what it was called" poker which I managed to try and escape from at least 3 times, once even hiding in the garden only for Joobs to find me and drag me back to.
In then descended into utter carnage as money got involved and at one point i just chucked all my money, credit cards, blockbuster membership and driving licence to Adam with the words just fecking take it.. take the fecking lot ;D
Lots of goodbyes to the Chezger crowd who are an amazing bunch. Ger really is a legend and I love him dearly for putting on the weekend. Remember telling Ger a little slurry how lucky I feel for having such people in my life. Really am lucky though.. Mr brightside for the win.
Bed at around 5.30am (after late night giggling fits and me ending up with a chicken on my head) and a struggle to get to the cafe in Chester the next morning / lunchtime for an all day breakfast before saying goodbyes.. lots of hugs and then a drive home with a sleeping Stu.
Happy days. Roll on the next one x
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So its the usual epic post poker weekend come down.. laughing till you nearly wee.. then back to reality with a bump.. weather is crappy and mega busy with work, had a meeting today with a "penetration testing" company.. no that kind of penetration.. some company that wants to try and break my code to prove that its worthy to be rolled out as part of the contract I"m working on. They used words I didn"t understand and I nodded lots. And smiled. Hoping they wouldnt ask me any difficult questions. And then they said they were going to charge me 10k+ just for the honour of them trying to break my system. Think I"m in the wrong game here.
Of to Todmorden / Halifax tomorrow.. but looking at the weather out there may need to get the old armbands on and start swimming.. just there for a day so no local casino banter unfortunately.
Got some provisional dates for the Fresno California trip.. 29th to the 31st of October. Luckily this doesnt impact on any APAT events, Yarm invasion.. but had to break it to Anna that I wouldnt be around for Halloween. Anna LOVES Halloween and starts prepping for it around her birthday which is May ::) we spend loads of late nights scrolling through fancy dress (for some reason she likes dressing up.. not sure where she gets that from) planning trick or treating.. what outfit to put on the dog haha etc. . this was looking like a winner..
(http://img.simplyfancydress.co.uk/images/products/generic/medium/69824.jpg)
Might have to extend Halloween this year by a day or two me thinks.. I mean if I can have my Christmas tree up still I can"t see the problem :) x
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but had to break it to Anna that I wouldnt be around for Halloween.
Just get Stu to Babysit...
that will scare the bejesus out of her
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but had to break it to Anna that I wouldnt be around for Halloween.
Just get Stu to Babysit...
that will scare the bejesus out of her
Good call JP.. however.. theres a slight difference between
a) Scaring the bejesus
and
b) Permanent mental scarring
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So its the usual epic post poker weekend come down.. laughing till you nearly wee.. then back to reality with a bump.. weather is crappy and mega busy with work, had a meeting today with a "penetration testing" company.. no that kind of penetration.. some company that wants to try and break my code to prove that its worthy to be rolled out as part of the contract I"m working on. They used words I didn"t understand and I nodded lots. And smiled. Hoping they wouldnt ask me any difficult questions. And then they said they were going to charge me 10k+ just for the honour of them trying to break my system. Think I"m in the wrong game here.
Of to Todmorden / Halifax tomorrow.. but looking at the weather out there may need to get the old armbands on and start swimming.. just there for a day so no local casino banter unfortunately.
Got some provisional dates for the Fresno California trip.. 29th to the 31st of October. Luckily this doesnt impact on any APAT events, Yarm invasion.. but had to break it to Anna that I wouldnt be around for Halloween. Anna LOVES Halloween and starts prepping for it around her birthday which is May ::) we spend loads of late nights scrolling through fancy dress (for some reason she likes dressing up.. not sure where she gets that from) planning trick or treating.. what outfit to put on the dog haha etc. . this was looking like a winner..
(http://img.simplyfancydress.co.uk/images/products/generic/medium/69824.jpg)
Might have to extend Halloween this year by a day or two me thinks.. I mean if I can have my Christmas tree up still I can"t see the problem :) x
Should go from 28/10 to 2/11 and take her.
Can see her LOVING Halloween in America.
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Should go from 28/10 to 2/11 and take her.
Can see her LOVING Halloween in America.
Now I was just talking about this at the pub.. but then I was also considering Vegas / LA afterwards... now Anna does look older than her 12 years, but 21 maybe pushing it a little.. dilemma.. plus and this is a big plus.. there"s the ex wife to persuade this would be a good idea :-\
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Should go from 28/10 to 2/11 and take her.
Can see her LOVING Halloween in America.
Now I was just talking about this at the pub.. but then I was also considering Vegas / LA afterwards... now Anna does look older than her 12 years, but 21 maybe pushing it a little.. dilemma.. plus and this is a big plus.. there"s the ex wife to persuade this would be a good idea :-\
Take her too.
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Just been reminiscing with Anna about school and she wondered if I had any school class photos.. of which I had none, but then remembered this one when I used to play for the school football team..
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(front row.. 2nd from the right.. oh the days I had loads of hair ;D )
Think I was the only one in the team whos parents hadnt bought their kid proper football boots :-\
I hated school and couldnt wait to leave.. the thought of going onto college and then university was neither suggested, encouraged and to be honest back then the though of more "school" was the worst idea of all time.. but these were happy memories :D
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Questioning my sanity here. And after declaring myself forever single. This evening.. I will be going on a date. Thinking here is.. picking said attractive female up at 6:30. Be back in time to play online league at 8 with beer and hobnobs if all goes wrong. I"m blaming my puppy Bonnie. JP was right.. magnet indeed :)
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league starts at 7 m8
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Questioning my sanity here. And after declaring myself forever single. This evening.. I will be going on a date. Thinking here is.. picking said attractive female up at 6:30. Be back in time to play online league at 8 with beer and hobnobs if all goes wrong. I"m blaming my puppy Bonnie. JP was right.. magnet indeed :)
where did you dig her up from? :D
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As long as u didn"t bring her back from Todmorden :)
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As long as u didn"t bring her back from Todmorden :)
;D thankfully no ;D
Date went well.. despite having to get translators involved as shes a real geordie lass., and I thought my accent was "northern".. Slightly worrying that her ex boyfriend works in "close protection" (bodyguard apparently as I didnt have a clue what that was.. my guess at some kind of deodorant seller was a little off) down in London. Fully expecting my house now to be fully under surveillance.. he"s going to get a shock though when he discovers that most days I work just in my pants :D
Managed to catch the end of the ryder cup highlights in the early hours. I don"t play golf, have very little interest in it... in fact little is a massive overstatement. But seeing those American faces and the "in the hole" "U..S..AA" etc chants disappear and the passion and joy of the Europeans was a sight to behold. 2012 really has been an incredible year sportswise. Can see the sports personality program this year running at least a week at this rate.
I will be pressing my F5 / refresh / vote again button for my future wife... Victoria Pendleton.. hey.. a man can dream a little ;)
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So we have a few days before the Yarm Invasion.. and I had promised to do a profile on the regulars who play beforehand.. mental note to get this done over the next few days. As to show no favouritism I will do this in alphabetical order as follows.. these are the hardcore.. the original clan. The clan has grown over the years and if I have time will add to this list.. but for starters...
Amos - "pokerpops" David
Amos - "gorgeous" Lucy
Harland - "fossil" Brian
Mcgowan - "fiddy" David
Motson - "luckbox" Gary
Palmer - "bigballs" Gary
Ward - "the rock" Matthew
Ward - "the cock" Stu
Wright - "its all about the win" Mark
Here"s hoping I don"t offend too much... :-*
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Here"s hoping I don"t offend too much... :-*
Now where is the fun in that 8)
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I"ve seen more in-depth profiles than that.
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I"ve seen more in-depth profiles than that.
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Sigh, don"t be too brutal :(
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Date went well..
Pics or it didn"t happen!!
when he discovers that most days I work just in my pants :D
Pics or it didn"t happen!!
;)
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when he discovers that most days I work just in my pants :D
Pics or it didn"t happen!!
;)
Pervert! :-* Webcam will be on usual time.. just tell me what you want me to wear this time mate ;)
OK.. First up on my quick introductions to the massive is
Dave "pokerpops" Amos
It doesnt seem that long ago that Dave was saying he really wanted a Hendon Mob entry, then around a year ago he got his first entry with a small cash at what was to become daves "happy place" to play poker. DTD. Around that time Dave (and Im sure he wont mind me saying this) was the value at our daft home game. In fact I think the rebuy option was introduced so that Dave could play on past the initial hour.. "daves going to gala.. daves going to gala la la la la" was a regular song as it was Dave"s usual plan to play cash there after getting knocked out. Oh how times have changed. Now I"m not exactly sure what has happened but this year Dave"s game has switched into overdrive.
April saw him finish 2nd at the Grand Prix (DTD) for 12 grand euros and of course with his golden chip a 6k+ trip to the Carribbean. As if that wasnt enough he then went and did it again finishing 5th for another 10 grand euros in July at the next Grand Prix. Don"t ask him about DTD and terms and conditions though ;-) Now lets put this into perspective. He finished 2nd out of 2325 and then 5th out of 1872 entries. Amazing achievement and if those results alone dont get him nominated for some APAT award at the end of the year I"ll be amazed.
Even more amazing is that he"s now starting winning the home games as well. Back to back the last two weeks. He has what I would call a "frisky" style. Always has done, but seems to have honed the friskyness into a winning game plan. On top of being basically the Stockton massive player of the year so far he"s a top top fella, loves his music festivals, wears great tshirts, loves his family and plays the home game the right way.. with a smile on his face and enjoys and brings the banter. I love him. There. I said it.
Big shame that Dave"s going to be missing this Thursday. Have a feeling he may make an appearance later though.. the cash game maybe a little juicy with the invasion ;D
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Lucy "gorgeous" Amos
Lucy is what it says on the tin. Gorgeous. Both inside and out. A lover of hugs like me and someone I miss greatly when she"s not there :-* Lucy has frisky tenancies a little like her pop Dave, but generally has it when the chips go over the line. Tends to get into pots with Dave frequently and generally gets the better of him. Lucy would win lots more games if she could just win those all important flips late on in the game as she hardly ever goes out early. Hoping that she starts playing the larger buyins and APATs soon as she has the game to do very well. Beautiful person, funny, gorgeous and can play poker... does it get any better?
Brian "fossil" Harland
You"ll know Brian from his "fossil" blog on here. Brian is a top bloke who"s game I admire greatly, he smashed the online cup recently individually and as you"ll read from his blog never seems to have a losing month both live and online. His recently fitted kitchen being an indication to his success. On our trip to Vegas we always seemed to awake to news of another Brian cash.. he final tabled the APAT Vegas game and has a game I wish I could replicate. Never seems to get involved in the first couple of levels is happy to fold and fold and fold.. and gets an "ooooooooohhhhhhhhh" every time he enters the pot.
The fossil name is well deserved. Or is it? Brian is canny enough to play on his image and play on it he does. The problem is though.. his VPIP creeps upto 1.1% is this the time he"s stealing your blinds? You raise.. he reraises.. he knows that you know that he knows etc.. haha.. play pots with Brian at your own risk ;D And definitely dont play if he"s yawned and put some chips over the line haha.. something that was Brians trademark move.
Brian has the game for a big score at a big buy in, recently won a seat into the £500 DTD half a milly game and made day 2 against a tough field, its only time before he wins big. Just hope I"ve managed to grab a percent or two for when he does. Brian"s travelling upto Glasgow for the forthcoming APAT with a few of us. He"ll be the one having a snooze until level 5 ;)
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On our trip to Vegas we always seemed to awake to news of another Brian cash
As you only went to bed twice this is a statistically insignificant sample size.
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On our trip to Vegas we always seemed to awake to news of another Brian cash
As you only went to bed twice this is a statistically insignificant sample size.
lol.. this is true.. :D ok.. Brian cashed at least twice.. no hang on plus the Vegas APAT I rememeber that.. so 3. Might have been more. OK should just edit Brians to "hes good and cashes and stuff".
OK.. who"s next?.. David "fiddy" Mcgowan
Fiddy is the quiet one of the group, and is the nicest guy you will ever meet. Honestly. Never has a bad word for anyone. Not even Stu. Would bend over backwards and do anything for you. He gets a LOT of grief at the table especially from Stu, normally aimed at the size of his nose. He takes the banter and gives just as good as he gets.
Poker wise don"t let his quiet personality give you the impression he"s a rock. His style got him the name as the Stockton Corpse at APAT Coventry one year due to his quiet persona and rock like tenancies early on.. don"t let this fool you though, he mixes up his game very well playing like a rock with added friskyness randomly thrown in. Especially at our home games.
His "Fiddy" nickname comes from the first time we met.. at a random poker table in a pub somewhere.. as I said he was the quiet one and when he was asked who he was he was at the time making a "50" bet.. "Fiddy?".. and that has stuck ever since. Realised I should post up photos of the clan so you know who"s who.. but Fiddy has this as his facebook photo.. something I did for him a few years back :D
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I do sometimes wonder how we don"t get on his nose.... I mean nerves. I said nerves....
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Gary "luckbox" Motson
This is Gary (oh and Fiddy at the start getting a kiss)... ;D.. NSFW by the way. This was an end of evening pizza trip after poker and Gary"s views on Slipknot.. and him wanting to share his "crack".. not for the faint hearted haha..
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCms_Rq_b4[/youtube]
Gary has played one APAT tournament. And final tabled it. His nickname used to be "ace rag" due to his tendency to play any ace. Plays very randomly and would probably fit in well at Ger"s "Aquarium". He loves the Eagles. He doesnt like Slipknot. We have no clue what he"s doing half the time.. and to be honest I don"t think Gary does either. Great fun to play against, loves his red wine before poker and copious beer during the game. Top lad. He"s coming upto Glasgow as well this year for the APAT. Going to be legendary ;D
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Gary "luckbox" Motson
This is Gary (oh and Fiddy at the start getting a kiss)... ;D.. NSFW by the way. This was an end of evening pizza trip after poker and Gary"s views on Slipknot.. and him wanting to share his "crack".. not for the faint hearted haha..
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCms_Rq_b4[/youtube]
Gary has played one APAT tournament. And final tabled it. His nickname used to be "ace rag" due to his tendency to play any ace. Plays very randomly and would probably fit in well at Ger"s "Aquarium". He loves the Eagles. He doesnt like Slipknot. We have no clue what he"s doing half the time.. and to be honest I don"t think Gary does either. Great fun to play against, loves his red wine before poker and copious beer during the game. Top lad. He"s coming upto Glasgow as well this year for the APAT. Going to be legendary ;D
IMHO Gary Motson is the most under-rated player at the table.
PS - the GPs were paid (and flagged) in euros Phil. Can you correct that just in case my backer thinks I held back when I paid my 95%.
PPS - can"t wait to read the final part of this series - EDIT just realised you"re planning on a write up for Mark "I hate the lot of you and your pocket sixes" Wright. ;D
thus
PPPS - can"t wait to read the penultimate part of this series ;)
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IMHO Gary Motson is the most under-rated player at the table.
PS - the GPs were paid (and flagged) in euros Phil. Can you correct that just in case my backer thinks I held back when I paid my 95%.
PPS - can"t wait to read the final part of this series - EDIT just realised you"re planning on a write up for Mark "I hate the lot of you and your pocket sixes" Wright. ;D
thus
PPPS - can"t wait to read the penultimate part of this series ;)
Edited Dave... and I couldnt be horrible to him on his birthday could I? This is the reason I"m leaving that one till tomorrow ;D x
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Edited Dave... and I couldnt be horrible to him on his birthday could I? He"ll be too drunk to read it and that would be a waste. This is the reason I"m leaving that one till tomorrow ;D x
fyp
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Gary "bigballs" Palmer
I"ve known Gary since school. That is indeed a very very long time. 10 years at least ;) It was Gary"s fault that I got into poker in the first place via a random home game and him that ventured with me to the very first poker in the pub game at the Eagle. This is him and I at the Eagle many moons ago on that fateful night that would spark a love of the game.. banter.. and beer and poker combination..
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/me_n_gary.jpg)
When I first started playing we used to venture upto Aspers in Newcastle when we felt brave enough to play in an actual casino and Gary was my hero cashing for fun it seemed. There was me, driving, getting knocked out early and only having enough money for a buy in, sat watching Gary till the early hours final table after final with my free diet coke full of wonder. Then there was the WSOP main event qualifier. I remember having a girl come round to my flat I had started seeing who was in bed wondering WTF I was doing sat on my own in the living room watching a laptop and Gary get onto the final table and down to the final 5 where 3 (if I remember) got a main event ticket. This does not have a happy ending (for both of us ;D).. and if you ever see him ask him about A 10.. and bluffing it all off thinking the guy "surely cant call"... ooops. That was a lot of years ago and we still laugh at how we really didnt know what we were doing (like we do now of course ::) ) and qualifying for the main event would have been such a giggle.
Gary"s a star of epic proportions and we"ve shared many a random adventure in the past (many not suitable for public consumption).. he was even my best man, lots of laughs and he is the enforcer of the group when it comes to telling unwanted players who enquire about our home game to "do one".. thus the big balls :) he gets to a live APAT once a year due to family commitments and made day 2 in Spain last year.. he"ll be with us in Glasgow.. and I know he can"t wait. OH and he does the best home made bramble brandy ever. Fact. Roll on Christmas for that ;D
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BRAMBLE BRANDY!!! YES!!!!
Where are the rest of these Philip?
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Matty "the rock" Ward
I still to this day do not believe that Matty is Stu"s brother.. must of been a mix up at the hospital, some adoption I"m not aware of.. its a mystery. But there you go. This is his "serious" face.. think it was in Dublin where he just missed out on day two.
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Matty and I tend to get into trouble pretty much anywhere we go, from "pinching" glasses of wine from random peoples bottles of wine (in Dublin) at a wine bar (don"t ask.. it was the only place that wasnt charging on the door), to drinking champagne on the flight to Cardiff and being asked if we were a couple which obviously we played upto.. to repeating the champagne on the way to Vegas and being refused more than one bottle.. to Vegas where our "banter" was frowned upon just about every place we went to.
In the IP we were laughing so much the dealer got in a huff, stopped dealing and asked just what was so funny.. I thought we were supposed to be having fun? obviously not ;D to chinking chip stacks together at Pai Gow and getting told off by the pit boss.. the dollar bar and Jimmy... Monday night football in Vegas! so many trips... OH and Glasgow where we went for the free bar during the Betfair days and discovering it was the whole bar that was free.. not just the draft beer. Happy days. Actually.. remembering that.. I wonder if they"ll let me back in when we"re up there soon :P
He was last UK man standing in Estonia making day two.. and being the "the rock" he had an image of being as tight as Brian.. in recent years though thats been well and truly thrown out of the window and has joined the rest of us on the dark side. Calls ANY bet that I make, regardless just for the craic. So pleased he"ll be there Thursday as he doesnt make that many anymore due to work. He"s one of the funniest guys I know and an absolute legend.
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BRAMBLE BRANDY!!! YES!!!!
Where are the rest of these Philip?
Are you sure you want yours? :-* Actually.. I"m going to be kind.. ish x
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BRAMBLE BRANDY!!! YES!!!!
Where are the rest of these Philip?
Are you sure you want yours? :-* Actually.. I"m going to be kind.. ish x
Ha, dont believe that for a single second :p
I wanna read Mark"s :p
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Stu "the cock" Ward
What can I say about Stu? Lets find a nice photo of him first.. this is his not so happy face leaving Vegas ..
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I"ve known Stu at lot of years now, and most of you will know him as loud, someone who takes their bad beats extremely "well" and errm well basically loud. Well he"ll acknowledge himself I"m sure that he was alot worse (although if you saw his phone recently after a casino cash session you"d think not). I know thats hard to believe. But its true. I remember one night when he"d got knocked out of a pub at the Fairfield, storming off, calling everyone a pack of ****"s and slamming the door so hard on the way out that it came off the hinges (well nearly). Oh actually he uses the word **** alot. Nowadays he"s more chilled out (no honest) takes his bad beats really well, just ask him about his pocket 10 s in Estonia haha.. OK.. no he still doesnt take the bad beats that well.. but he"s mellowing. He"ll just call you a **** instead of calling everyone one ;)
He has a knack of being completely sober and looking like its all going well on the beer then drinking that killer pint and its game over. We"ve had many a night (and day) on the beer, I remember one time heading home from Yarm and Stu deciding to steal a mobility scooter and put the basket from the front on his head. Still giggle about that.. having random ARRRRRPAAAATTTTTT shouting contests.. and the time in Newcastle he rang 118 118 in the early hours wanting to discuss boobies and redialling numerous times only for the same poor lass on the night shift answering the phone each time ;D
Now I can"t leave this introduction without mentioning.. that he won something once. We"ve won a few gold medals amongst the gang, and silver and bronze (.. ok they"re mostly online) but Stu was the first and I"ll never forget the day that he won the APAT European championships.. not that I look back with fondness.. just that he wont let me ;) Seriously though Stu has the game on his day to win any tournament, is one of the most aggressive players amongst us and is to be feared when he has a stack as he rarely sits back. Love him loads and I look forward to buying him a birthday beer or 2.. or 3.. this week. OH and never.. ever get into the "random shots" game with him. Will end badly.
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Mark "its all about the win" Wright
I"ve known Mark since I was in my teens.. so a lot of years and he"s one of my closest mates, he used to play our Thursday game every week, until well.. he stopped. Lets rewind first though. Here"s Mark at his first ever APAT and like Gary Motson he got to a final table. Here"s his interview with Des and yes it really is.. all about the win..
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ93UOsbFTY[/youtube]
Mark is super competitive at most things, and invented what was to become the "sulky stool" at our home games. Mark would venture to the "stool" whenever things went bad and curse the world.. the game and state he"d never play again. I lost count the number of times the facebook group "Mark stop with your asshattery and get back to poker" was used but I think it was one fateful evening where his Kings were busted by sixes and then Gary "just for a giggle" Palmer went all in with his sixes, having seen how well the kings went down, against Mark"s Aces. I think the sulky stool was found somewhere a few miles away. Mark"s brother Simon used to play as well.. his last game ended with him walking home.. 5 miles + in the rain after being knocked out.
Mark is making a welcome return this Thursday and I"m over the moon.. I tell him most weeks, but I miss him lots. In fact so much so that I"ve now started randomly attending a redtooth poker league on a Tuesday just to see him. He"s a top fella, loves the boro, super fit (having blasted round the Great North recently in a personal best time) is great banter, great fun and reads the game very well.. just be careful playing pocket sixes against him... and not be sat on the designated sulky stool at the time ;D
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Its my birthday and i want to do the random shot game damnit!!!!!
Yes, i did used to not take the bad beats well. Or any beats for that matter really, and not meaning to be picky, but i nearly KICKED the door off its hinges :p
Someone needs to do one of these profiles for you me thinks... i have a spare few minutes :p Revenge you say?!?!?
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Phil "Tompkyfish" Tompkinson
So!!! What to say about the Tompkyfish. Well, we had best start from the begining.
I first came to know of Phil on the local pub scene, as mentioned it was probably the Fairfield, i was always to drunk to remember! Anyway, Phil was widely acknowledged to be the best player in the North East at this moment in time and was generally very well respected. As time moved on, (primarily) Phil me and Matty Ward became good mates and started touring the local pubs and rileys clubs playing poker whereever we could find it. I had genuinely never seen someone with as much of a love for the game as Phil.
Eventually we were to settle into playing poker every week on a Thursday at The Eagle, where we played the local R\ed tooth or pokerin/down/around/ontop of the pub league, resulting in playing regional finals as we usually crushed the league between us. One fateful day in Newcastle Phil confirmed his status as the best by winning the regional finals, with myself coming second somehow (its a bit of a blur, we were all hammered!)
Anyway. A bit more about the man himself. As everyone in APAT knows, Phil is probably the nicest man in the world. Always ready to offer a hug at any given second (i think Ger was getting worried by the amount of them we were having at Chezger) and always witha smile on his face or that VERY loud laugh bellowing out ( not as loud as his snoring though)
Phil is the absolute reason that any of us know about APAT, after attending one and coming back and harping on about it for months on end, which we will all be eternally grateful for, as it has led to meeting all you lot, and occasions like Vegas, where Phil"s love of all things midget finally came to public light, or Estonia, or Spain. There has been too many to mention.
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nowadays Phil is reaping the success that he deserves out of his business, as despite his penchant for tomfoolery and beer, he has worked damned hard to make his company what it is today, so well done and good luck on that one.
So there you have it. In conclusion, Phil "Tompkyfish" Tompkinson. Leader and CEO of the Stockton Massive. All round legend and possibly the nicest guy ever with a habit of picking loony"s as girlfriends.
Still a **** though.
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LMAOOO!!! Great profile Stu! :D
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Phil "Tompkyfish" Tompkinson
A habit of picking loony"s as girlfriends.
Still a ****.
lol.. you could of just left it at that to be fair :-*
Love you mate. Random shots then? ;) x
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You better believe it!!!
Whats the plans today?
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Phil "Tompkyfish" Tompkinson
So!!! What to say about the Tompkyfish. Well, we had best start from the begining.
I first came to know of Phil on the local pub scene, as mentioned it was probably the Fairfield, i was always to drunk to remember! Anyway, Phil was widely acknowledged to be the best player in the North East at this moment in time and was generally very well respected. As time moved on, (primarily) Phil me and Matty Ward became good mates and started touring the local pubs and rileys clubs playing poker whereever we could find it. I had genuinely never seen someone with as much of a love for the game as Phil.
Eventually we were to settle into playing poker every week on a Thursday at The Eagle, where we played the local R\ed tooth or pokerin/down/around/ontop of the pub league, resulting in playing regional finals as we usually crushed the league between us. One fateful day in Newcastle Phil confirmed his status as the best by winning the regional finals, with myself coming second somehow (its a bit of a blur, we were all hammered!)
Anyway. A bit more about the man himself. As everyone in APAT knows, Phil is probably the nicest man in the world. Always ready to offer a hug at any given second (i think Ger was getting worried by the amount of them we were having at Chezger) and always witha smile on his face or that VERY loud laugh bellowing out ( not as loud as his snoring though)
Phil is the absolute reason that any of us know about APAT, after attending one and coming back and harping on about it for months on end, which we will all be eternally grateful for, as it has led to meeting all you lot, and occasions like Vegas, where Phil"s love of all things midget finally came to public light, or Estonia, or Spain. There has been too many to mention.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p206x206/384211_10150485146885169_240362603_n.jpg)
nowadays Phil is reaping the success that he deserves out of his business, as despite his penchant for tomfoolery and beer, he has worked damned hard to make his company what it is today, so well done and good luck on that one.
So there you have it. In conclusion, Phil "Tompkyfish" Tompkinson. Leader and CEO of the Stockton Massive. All round legend and possibly the nicest guy ever with a habit of picking loony"s as girlfriends.
Still a **** though.
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You better believe it!!!
Whats the plans today?
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Picking up Ger and Curly at lunch time (think they"re due around 1.30).. then Paulie I think.. Mich coming up around 3.. pub sounds like a plan?.. beer.. banter.. sore head oclock tomorrow? x
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All i saw there was pub...
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All i saw there was pub...
Wait! There will be drinking? I"m not coming then.
;-)
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I"m there and waiting for the first raiders, tell your train to hurry up!! I"m already 2 pints deep!!
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Post invasion is pretty much like this today...
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Thursday night.. got to sleep at around 7amish
Friday night.. earlyish at around 1amish
Saturday night.. got to sleep at around.. 8amish
Sunday night... got to sleep at around 4amish.
The Eagle recovering having all its jagermeister stocks demolished.
Epic times. Loved having everyone one up.. so many highlights will do a proper writeup sooooon...
However now just put me to rest please.
This is all x
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Just about recovered from the weekend.. really am getting too old for all this malarkey.
Thursday I had planned on picking up Ger & Curly from Darlington at 1:30, then Paulie at 2 from Eaglescliffe, dropping them off at the pub and doing a few hours work.. this however did not come to pass. Quelle surprise. Dropping off at the Eagle pub, then involved staying at the pub.. all afternoon.
Michelle (holdyfoldy) turned up around 3ish I think. Things then get a little blurry. Remember playing pool.. darts.. drinking beer.. pool.. beer etc and then finding myself at the casino with some chips with the rest of the massive and the biggest home game ever. The blurry volume was turned up to max and I remember having quite a lot of chips.. and then final table.. and then apparently I was out. Couldn"t tell you if it was a bad beat or not. But as this is a bad beat free zone lets say I had 3 high against quads or something.. anyway more beer...blackjack.. and then the beer bus arrrived at somepoint and back to mine with the gang and sleep at around 6ish :-\
Friday involved trying to do some work.. this did not go well.. and then trying to look reasonable at 3 when my daughter turned up from school and not like some dad with a Guinness / poker / beer breath problem who"d been up drinking all night and looked like he"d been recently dug up. Pressed repeat on the "reasonable".. well I brushed my teeth.. at 5 for a trip up to see Dirty Dancing at the theatre with Lilly and Anna. Red bull x lots for the win here ;D
Saturday was Ger"s birthday.. Anna picked up at 11.. Michelle round at 12 and we decided to take Bonnie (my pooch) for a walk through the woods. Apparently "woods" and "wellies" are fairly alien to people from the south but off we went, up and down hills until Mich decided that the smallest twig in the world on the floor would trip her up, ending up pretty much head first in the mud with her chewing gum lying a few feet ahead ;D SOOOOO wished I had taken a photo.
Back to the car with her knees covered in mud. And me giggling. Must have raised a few eyebrows with people wondering what we"d been upto.. back to TC towers and awaited the arrival of JB and to meet up with the rest at the "Bull" in Yarm.. part 2 to follow which involves trying to sell Michelle to Hugh Hefner and for some reason Lucy being called worse than a "****" oh... and Michelle being a tranny.. ;D
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FML* alert.
After some rearranging of Anna from Friday to Thursday night.. some juggling of lift arrangements for Gary Motson and Brian the fossil.. myself and Gary Palmer will be arriving on Friday for the Glasgow weekend instead of the planned Saturday.
Gary M and Brian coming up on the train Saturday and coming back with us on Sunday (evening obviously when one of us final tables)
Happy days. Can"t frigging wait x
*Feck my liver
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part 2 to follow which involves trying to sell Michelle to Hugh Hefner and for some reason Lucy being called worse than a "****" oh... and Michelle being a tranny.. ;D
No part 2 needed :-\
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FML* alert.
After some rearranging of Anna from Friday to Thursday night.. some juggling of lift arrangements for Gary Motson and Brian the fossil.. myself and Gary Palmer will be arriving on Friday for the Glasgow weekend instead of the planned Saturday.
Gary M and Brian coming up on the train Saturday and coming back with us on Sunday (evening obviously when one of us final tables)
Happy days. Can"t frigging wait x
*Feck my liver
wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii GET IN :-)
Although was worried when I saw the first FML
PS... don"t forget my books or I"ll think this is some kind of "reverse" stealth moving in alert :-*
PPS ... If part 2 is bad, then I "may" just have to fill in the blurry blanks for your faithful followers ;D
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Loads of pictures and updates for us poor buggers that can"t make it please. :(
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wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii GET IN :-)
Although was worried when I saw the first FML
PS... don"t forget my books or I"ll think this is some kind of "reverse" stealth moving in alert :-*
PPS ... If part 2 is bad, then I "may" just have to fill in the blurry blanks for your faithful followers ;D
Reverse stealth moving in haha ;D OH! and have found the prequel of the book I was lending that we talked about.. will bring that up as well :) x
Loads of pictures and updates for us poor buggers that can"t make it please. :(
Wont be the same without you mate :"(
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In other news.. the North East pioneering again.. http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/41926 (http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/41926) :-\
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part 2 to follow which involves trying to sell Michelle to Hugh Hefner and for some reason Lucy being called worse than a "****" oh... and Michelle being a tranny.. ;D
No part 2 needed :-\
100% required
Although at the rate he replies to my texts I"m not holding my breath
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part 2 to follow which involves trying to sell Michelle to Hugh Hefner and for some reason Lucy being called worse than a "****" oh... and Michelle being a tranny.. ;D
No part 2 needed :-\
I"m with you Michelle :( ...
It"s a good job they"re so nice the rest of the time isn"t it?? pft
xxx
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100% required
Although at the rate he replies to my texts I"m not holding my breath
You got me dreaming about maids outfits.. what can I say ;) x
And no.. not JB in one before you start thinking...
Part 2 to follow sooooooooon.. x
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100% required
Although at the rate he replies to my texts I"m not holding my breath
You got me dreaming about maids outfits.. what can I say ;) x
And no.. not JB in one before you start thinking...
Part 2 to follow sooooooooon.. x
This must be a private joke ;-) I do not remember convo"s about maids outfits ??? ???
I do however remember Stu"s "perfect" timing regarding convo"s of a animal nature .... much to the total look of shock and horror on the poor girls face who happened to be walking past at that precise moment ;)
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Had a fantastic weekend up in Glasgow, had a really fun first table where the Guinness maybe flowed a little too much and not eating all day definitely was an error come 4am ish wandering around Glasgow telling the world about my pocket 2"s haha :D
The Stockton Massive of Gary P, Gary M, Lucy and of course Brian (it was posted up on the updates.. but really you travel 3.5 hours to a foreign land.. and you get sat next to someone you play every Thursday in the pub) were great company as always.. Michelle my estranged twin, Gi-Mac, Curly, Don Roberts (not too long till Portugal fella.. catch up properly then).. meeting up with Don Logan who I havent seen for nearly a year was great.. or should I say half a Don.. he hasnt half lost some weight, love you all... Then there was hugs a plenty off Grant, Asa (hope you"re feeling better fella), Davey B, Neil, Eck, Shug... too many to mention. Special well done to Rodders with his 3rd place, he"s a top fella and great company over the weekend as well.
Adam, Matt did what I felt was a great job over the weekend, good updates as well reading them back.. and Adam especially keeping me out of trouble on Saturday night ;)
As for my tourny.. Mr Brightside FTW had a bit of a rollercoaster really got upto 31K whilst on the first table, then ran my AK into K9 which then delivered a flop of K99.. and then my flopped set of 2"s ran into 2/3 off who got there with a rivered straight lol.. I might have banged on about this ALOT over the weekend (apologies to the majority of Glasgow) haha.. but it was all good fun.. got moved tables and played a cracker with 95o against AJ with an Ace on the flop. He nearly folded (well he had a good long think.. long enough to sup another guineess anyway) after my check raise on the turn and then river shove. When I say he nearly folded. He didnt :-\
Then off into town and the rest is a little blurry but just remember laughing ALOT.. ninja skills to get back into the casino and the bouncers who"d stopped Rodders on Friday night getting in due to his dance routines outside lol and then bed around 5.. and the sorest head of all time the next day.. made worse by the fire alarm going off during a negotiated after noon breakfast at the harvester.
Happy days.
p.s did you know it costs you 35p to stand in a shop in Glasgow?.... ;D
p.p.s Big love to Grant Mushet (the lad with the hair and the 23o) who PM"d me after he"d busted day 2.. with the title "2 3 or not 2 3 that is the question" lol. Git ;D
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p.s did you know it costs you 35p to stand in a shop in Glasgow?.... ;D
p.p.s Big love to Grant Mushet (the lad with the hair and the 23o) who PM"d me after he"d busted day 2.. with the title "2 3 or not 2 3 that is the question" lol. Git ;D
Thank Lucy more than me for saturday night! She was the sane one lolololol
Absolutely rolling in the aisles of the train though after reading the above, just awesome. Although did you REALLY have to call 118118 to tell them about being charged 35p to stand in a shop in Glasgow??
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Well that was outstandingly amazing.
When are we doing it again. Oh yeah, Stoke.
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Poker, I will NOT post ANY, not one, bad beat story.
Thus the reason for the title of the blog.
and then my flopped set of 2"s ran into 2/3 off who got there with a rivered straight lol.. I might have banged on about this ALOT over the weekend (apologies to the majority of Glasgow)
:o
;)
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Poker, I will NOT post ANY, not one, bad beat story.
Thus the reason for the title of the blog.
and then my flopped set of 2"s ran into 2/3 off who got there with a rivered straight lol.. I might have banged on about this ALOT over the weekend (apologies to the majority of Glasgow)
:o
;)
At least you didn"t fold quads....
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Poker, I will NOT post ANY, not one, bad beat story.
Thus the reason for the title of the blog.
and then my flopped set of 2"s ran into 2/3 off who got there with a rivered straight lol.. I might have banged on about this ALOT over the weekend (apologies to the majority of Glasgow)
:o
;)
"Banged on" might have been the wrong phrase.. lovingly retold to anyone that would listen in a jovial non FML way :P
At least you didn"t fold quads....
;D ... I couldnt even fold a set this time Dave.. blaming the Guinness and my utter inability to put him with a 3 after the 10k that had been bet up till that point. Sore? Nah...well.. maybe just a little.. it got a giggle at the table.. Mr Brightside for the win... eventually ;)
Although did you REALLY have to call 118118 to tell them about being charged 35p to stand in a shop in Glasgow??
I felt that someone in authority needed to know the outrage haha.. to be fair she was most sympathetic whilst obviously wondering what this gibbering drunken fool was going on about ;D 35p.. to be fair Lucy was right it would of cost me more ringing 118 to complain about than paying the actual 35p in the first place :D
Well that was outstandingly amazing.
When are we doing it again. Oh yeah, Stoke.
Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
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Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
Say it"s not true >:(
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My ribs are still hurting ... Portugal is going to kill me I think ;D
EDIT: forgot to put the compulsory x in sorry
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Erm you neednt bother ducking out phil...
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Well that was outstandingly amazing.
When are we doing it again. Oh yeah, The Alagarve
FYP
Sort it out Rodders. This should be easy now there"s an extra bag in your sky rocket
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Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
Say it"s not true >:(
+1 especially now I have the biscuits!
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Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
Say it"s not true >:(
+1 especially now I have the biscuits!
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Pictures please ;D x
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Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
Say it"s not true >:(
+1 especially now I have the biscuits!
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Pictures please ;D x
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm297/PaulieDavis/Random/stoke.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
OK... just been for a swift pint with the stockton rock.. arm twisted even further :-\
Hmmm... could maybe do the Friday night to rail everyone. My liver must REALLY hate me ;D
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;D ;D ;D
OK... just been for a swift pint with the stockton rock.. arm twisted even further :-\
Hmmm... could maybe do the Friday night to rail everyone. My liver must REALLY hate me ;D
You"ll only get back from St Kitts on the Tuesday...
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk[/youtube]
Oh the errors of waiting to book flights... checked the prices to get to Fresno yesterday afternoon and they were £690, all good.. got back in from the home game last night to a skype call from my business partner saying they"d nearly doubled.. ooooops... now having to spend £1327 and go via Paris and Salt Lake City :-\ Bit gutted to miss out on a connection in LA, but all booked and looking forward to the adventure. Flying out next Saturday at the crack of dawn from Newcastle. Can"t wait.
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk[/youtube]
Oh the errors of waiting to book flights... checked the prices to get to Fresno yesterday afternoon and they were £690, all good.. got back in from the home game last night to a skype call from my business partner saying they"d nearly doubled.. ooooops... now having to spend £1327 and go via Paris and Salt Lake City :-\ Bit gutted to miss out on a connection in LA, but all booked and looking forward to the adventure. Flying out next Saturday at the crack of dawn from Newcastle. Can"t wait.
I wonder where you looked for flights lol, there is a flight from Munich to Fresno with BA costs 900 Euro= 750 pounds about and lol goes Munich - Heathrow - LA - Fresno
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I wonder where you looked for flights lol, there is a flight from Munich to Fresno with BA costs 900 Euro= 750 pounds about and lol goes Munich - Heathrow - LA - Fresno
For some reason flying from Newcastle to Heathrow to then go onto LA.. Fresno was the problem Gina.. apparently as I didnt book it myself was relying on my business partner to do it all :-\ sigh... its only money anyway :)
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For some reason (possibly UK taxes) flights to/from the US are cheaper to/from Europe than those originating/ending in the UK even though they may actually stop in London.
Unfortunately, you can"t just book take "part" of a flight.
If you can take the extra time you can save a lot of money by flying from Paris / Munich / Frankfurt and the actual extra cost of getting to those "intermediate" airports is actually significantly outweighed by the savings.
Sucks to be us I guess.
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Errrrrm.... :-\ I maybe ducking out of Stoke.... Phil quickly runs and hides......
Say it"s not true >:(
+1 especially now I have the biscuits!
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Pictures please ;D x
You know I"m techy challenged on uploading pics! However, WHEN you come to Stoke I"ll bring some and you can see why that particular brand was a must. Might even let you have a biccy too ;D xx
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk[/youtube]
Dare I admit I love this song :-[
Safe and successful travels
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Safe & happy travels :-) -xXx-
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Dare I admit I love this song :-[
Safe and successful travels
I love this song too... karaoke.. Portugal? ;D
Safe & happy travels :-) -xXx-
Thanks Shaz.. you want more biscuits bringing back ? :-* look forward to seeing your special biscuit trick in Stoke :D
Went to a parents evening last night for Anna"s first ever school trip away which is in January and skiing.. we had the head teacher stand up for half an hour about the resort etc.. then another hour + from a local shop flogging skiing clothing.. all very informative.. but I was zoned out. I had a different agenda for being there. I was sat at the back with Anna.. giving each boy who glanced over to her the "don"t you even fecking dare come within 1 mile of my daughter when you"re over there or you"ll be wishing you HAD broken your legs skiing... I can make it look like an accident" stare.
There"s another meeting in the new year just before they go I think. By then I"ll have perfected my maniacal twitch... mr baseball bat may make an appearance for added effect ;)
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Finding it hard to see the Brightside today, trip to California is not going well.. cliffs :
1. It decides to snow in Newcastle. The whole of Newcastle airport look up to the sky and wonder what this white stuff is, decide that getting a brush out for evey plane is the best course of action.. and some ladders :( results in delay of 90 mins.
[ x ] I saw my baggage here.
2. Paris.. sprint through to catch plane, didnt need to do this as massively delayed due to French people in general but catch it.
[ ] I saw my baggage here.
3. 11 hour flight to Salt Lake City. Sat next to random Chinese man who decides that I"m his new best friend. By the end we"ve exchanged email addresses, have looked through his 1034 photos from his trip, and he"s coming to stay with me soon. Why I agree to this and not just have my head phones on and sleep I"m not sure. FML.
4. Salt Lake City, land when my connecting flight is due to board, rushed through US immigration by officials who think I can make it, wait for baggage [ ] no sign. Miss flight
5. Me and 2 farmers are left trying to get to Fresno, they manage to get me a flight to San Francisco which apparently they think is a fantastic idea. What? 2 hours later I"m boarding another plane.
6. San Francisco.. have lost the will to live at this point. I"ve been given 50 dollar voucher for food for the inconvenience. Nowhere will accept it. I manage to get a crappy burger place to take it but they want it all, even though Delta promised I could it like a credit card and multiple locations.. sod it. Give them the 50 dollars for 7 dollar burger. It"s horrible.
7. Get a flight eventually to Fresno from San Francisco.
[ ] my baggage is here
[ ] there"s lots of people to help
FML. I eventually find a cleaner who would listen to me and my day. Felt a little better.
8. Taxi to hotel. made the mistake of saying yes it"s my first time here. Bummed for 60 dollar taxi ride where I"m sure we saw the same homeless person 30 times on a loop.
9. Hotel. Mr Brightside kicks in and I ask if my luggage was here. Should of known better.
10. Get into room after a 15 min walk around hotel. Drop stuff. Get thirsty remember passing vending machine enroute.
All sold out apart from some lemon thing.. back to room and locked out. Give up on life at this point and kick the door several times. Eventually told by reception not to kick doors as security weren"t happy watching me on CCTV.
11. It"s now 8.46am. I"m not in the best of moods. I have a borrowed tooth brush to my name. And now have to venture out into downtown Fresno to buy a suit, shirts and shoes etc for tomorrow. Hoping impending cooked breakfast will put Mr Brightside mood on.. oh and Fresno turns out to be midget capital of America. Fingers crossed x
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Got some ideas:
1. Hire car.
2. Click this link: http://goo.gl/maps/dh17C
3. Follow map.
4. Enjoy life at destination.
Simples!
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Oh, and make sure you complain to the airlines and don"t let them fob you off!
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Chin up fella
Good times are around the corner.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/7685/?view=beerfly&sort=topr&start=0
PS pay particular heed to the second para of the Review.... ;)
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Actually mate, I think that might qualify as a bad day.
Hope things look brighter soon, that they find your stuff and you get loads of compo. See you in Stoke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBl4qH9I54
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Run better 8)
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Run better 8)
Have ran better. Have new suit, couple of work shirts, polo shirt, under clobber, belt, shoes etc etc. All for $350. Bargain. Have made a new friend in a taxi driver who"d been to Kent once in the 70"s as well as Russia. He said he preferred Russia. So although he has no clue what I"m talking about (he said that I sound more Australian than British) and nods a lot its all good.
Although Fresno is nothing like Vegas at all.. other than its in America.. made me smile when my mate the taxi driver came back and picked me up out side the Cheesecake Factory :) Memories.
Thought I"d try logging into poker.co.uk client to play tonights game, not actually thinking the client would work from over here. It did, was happy days, logged in and went to register. Forgetting that although its lunch time over here.. its not back home :-\ Meh.. its the thought that counts.
Chin up fella
Good times are around the corner.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/7685/?view=beerfly&sort=topr&start=0
PS pay particular heed to the second para of the Review.... ;)
This looked like the plan for this afternoon... BUT its Sunday. Plan to visit tomorrow night though. Midgets. Running a bar? Does it get any better? Happy days. *edit* its only open from Thursday. I"m flying home Wednesday. FML.
Got some ideas:
1. Hire car.
2. Click this link: http://goo.gl/maps/dh17C
3. Follow map.
4. Enjoy life at destination.
Simples!
This is now soooooooooooooooo tempting....
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Dare I admit I love this song :-[
Safe and successful travels
I love this song too... karaoke.. Portugal? ;D
Safe & happy travels :-) -xXx-
Thanks Shaz.. you want more biscuits bringing back ? :-* look forward to seeing your special biscuit trick in Stoke :D
Went to a parents evening last night for Anna"s first ever school trip away which is in January and skiing.. we had the head teacher stand up for half an hour about the resort etc.. then another hour + from a local shop flogging skiing clothing.. all very informative.. but I was zoned out. I had a different agenda for being there. I was sat at the back with Anna.. giving each boy who glanced over to her the "don"t you even fecking dare come within 1 mile of my daughter when you"re over there or you"ll be wishing you HAD broken your legs skiing... I can make it look like an accident" stare.
There"s another meeting in the new year just before they go I think. By then I"ll have perfected my maniacal twitch... mr baseball bat may make an appearance for added effect ;)
Only if they are cheap and wearing the necessary wrapping please Phil, and you manage to keep your luggage on the way home :P
If When you are drunk enough, you"ll love the trick, think Anna will too so I"ll bring some for you to take home, still no sign of orange chocolate hobnobs in Liverpool tho....sorry hunni.
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So its goodbye to California.. and what a ****ty trip its been, but on the brightside :
1) I"m leaving in 30 minutes.
2) Free breakfast this morning was called "meat explosion" ;D
3) I discovered (3 days too late) that they have a happy hour of free food and beer last night. Yes free beer. I made up for lost time there. Although the waitress said it was bad form to line multiple beers up on my table.
4) My baggage finally turned up last night.. suit the lot. Yes it was too late for any of my meetings. But its here just in time to put back on a series of planes with the forever optimism it"ll be there waiting for me in Newcastle tomorrow afternoon.
5) I have a new gay friend. Apparently the chinese man who chatted to me for 10 hours on the way over, who I exchanged email addresses with turns out to be gay. Who"d have thought it. Looking back.. that he was from San Francisco.. he lived with his mother.. and he"d never been married.. no kids.. and was wearing hotpants (ok not quite) should of set off the alarm bells. Hey ho. He wants to come over and visit next year :-\ Still.. you can never have enough friends. Even if by the sounds said friends do want to play hide the sausage.
So first flight is at 12:30 (its 9:50am ish now).. then Salt Lake.. Paris.. then Newcastle. Happy days x
OH and I have some celebrating to do... picked for England C team.. and what a team it is. Congratulations to everyone who were picked. Can"t wait to see everyone. First up is Portugal. Going to be an epic November for sure x
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And you can"t Play poker tomorrow night why? X
Safe trip gorgeous x
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Flight at 1230? See you tomorrow night!
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Flight at 1230? See you tomorrow night!
Just landed in Salt Lake city.. tucking into a pulled pork sarnie and bee. Delightful. Stuck here till 6pm, then 11 hours to god awful Paris again :( Get into Paris at 11:30am.. then stuck there 3.30pm. FML. Get into Newcastle around tea time. Then priorities are :
Anna > Lilly > Beverages > Bed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bonnie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else
Anyway.. will make next weeks game when you"re celebrating your DTD binkage even more special when I"m there :-*
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Flight at 1230? See you tomorrow night!
Just landed in Salt Lake city.. tucking into a pulled pork sarnie and bee. Delightful. Stuck here till 6pm, then 11 hours to god awful Paris again :( Get into Paris at 11:30am.. then stuck there 3.30pm. FML. Get into Newcastle around tea time. Then priorities are :
Anna > Lilly > Beverages > Bed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bonnie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else
Anyway.. will make next weeks game when you"re celebrating your DTD binkage even more special when I"m there :-*
Next week you"ll be in Portugal. Safe trip home xx
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Next week you"ll be in Portugal. Safe trip home xx
Oh! That I will ;D Thanks for the reminder Mr C! OK.. so when you see me in errrm... 3 Thursdays time.. it will be even more special ;D :"( x
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Awesome to see you in the England team again mate 8) Gutted i won"t be in Portugal with you & the gang ( a bit of dry waether alone would be a blessing right now, but look forward immensely to the Stoke event on 30th ;D
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So I"m dosed up on anti biotics and pain killers. Since coming back from California my face, throat and inside of my nose all swelled up.. and I developed the most delightful looking sores all over my face. Straight to the docs who looked at me and went "ooooooh dear".. never a good start. Basically over tired, run down, stress and approx 50 hours of flights / travelling time with the air con blasting my face took its toll. Straight to bed. And sleeeeeeeeep.
Got a couple more days of anti biotics then have to go back for blood tests.. when I mentioned this wasnt possible to do due to a certain trip to Portugal I got the old "you"re an idiot" look and roll of the eyes. Hey ho. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger right? ;D
So feeling a bit better today, (apart from a sharp stabbing pain in my right temple.. putting this down to lack of beer, not had a beverage for a week now) have a cracking beard forming due to not being able to shave, sores seem to fading (apologies dear reader if you read this during a meal haha) and should be good to go by tomorrow. If not. Feck it. I"m still going.
5 days away with some of my most favorite people ever... wouldn"t miss it for the world x
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5 days away with some of my most favorite people ever... wouldn"t miss it for the world x
Shaddup...I"m not jealous at all. Git. ;D
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5 days away with some of my most favorite people ever... wouldn"t miss it for the world x
Shaddup...I"m not jealous at all. Git. ;D
You want a postcard sending Paulie? ;)
Will miss you mate.. get you a beer in Stoke.
Actually on the subject of Stoke my usual good timing has kicked in here.. my dad (I"m not a great fan.. long story, but has been mentioned in previous posts) rings me up saying that he"s been invited to his brothers 80th party which starts with "mass" (joy) in S****horpe at noon and then a "finger buffet" after on the Saturday (double joy!) and asked me for a lift as he doesnt drive anymore (Im not even sure if I"m invited or just the chauffeur) Completely forgetting the date... I agreed.... ERROR. So am now having to attend an APAT event for one day only (the Friday) and stay COMPLETELY SOBER... and then drive back home on the Friday evening (well after we"ve won the heads up anyway around midnight). FML!
Any suggestions that can get me out of this situation much appreciated. Sober. At an APAT. Makes me want to cry :"( x
*edit giggle at Sc unthorpe being a bad swear*
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Totally incorrect Phil, you simply attend on Thursday night, drinking will then be fine, come third in the Home Nations on Friday. Then drive home, that is a better plan :-)
Have a great time in Portugal
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Totally incorrect Phil, you simply attend on Thursday night, drinking will then be fine, come third in the Home Nations on Friday. Then drive home, that is a better plan :-)
This
Have a great time in Portugal
Not this.
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Erm you are ill. You cant go to the family engagement. Fact.
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Set up a staking thread for a taxi to tale your dad to s****horpe and back. then u can stay in stoke and also have a good drink. there, all sorted.
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Set up a staking thread for a taxi to tale your dad to s****horpe and back. then u can stay in stoke and also have a good drink. there, all sorted.
^^^^ GOOD IDEA ^^^^
Or prehaps bring your Dad along to Stoke.. get him completely bladdered so has a raving hangover and will not want to go to Smingehorpe on the Saturday? x
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^^^^ ;D loving that idea.. think the Thursday night might be a winner though, can"t not have a beer.. and I suppose representing England I should be all sober and trying my best for my team-mates and country on the Friday.
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I"m only doing a one day visit as well
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I"m only doing a one day visit as well
Under the Thumb ;)
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I"m only doing a one day visit as well
Under the Thumb ;)
::) more like best mates 30th :D
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Been a few weeks since I last updated this, slacking! Still not feeling 100% after the California trip, I think going over to Portugal to get some "rest" wasn"t exactly what the doctor had said I needed haha, but as you"ll have read in other blogs we had a fantastic trip. Osheas bombs FTW... spot the random American...
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Stu bless him had his usual roller-coaster, thought we"d lost him the first night but then found him wandering around the back of Oshea"s chatting to the nice fella selling flashing things.. with his pants down... asking not to be judged.. on the way to falling down amongst the rubbish ;D and he wonders why he lost his passport and wallet that night... ;D
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGGUd0tmCM[/youtube]
Had a meeting with a client up in Glasgow yesterday and finalised a contract which will mean a shedload of travelling over the next 2 years, they have 50 sites globally and want 20 sites to have the software we"ve written implemented. Great news for the business but personally mixed feelings, means that APAT trips maybe thin on the ground over the next couple of years, means less time at home with my loved ones, friends, family and of course Anna and Lilly... OH and not forgetting Bonnie, who"s starting to look at me recently and go who the f**k are you (bacon I find makes this all better) :)
Big decisions to be made.. first up though is Stoke and personally can"t wait. Thursday night is now a definite go coming down with the Rock late on whenever Matty finishes work. Will make up for lost time when we get there. Hoping the bar hasnt been drank dry by the time we get there... its a faint hope ;D x
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I have most likely missed the totally logical explanation at some point or another but why the hell is Stu walking around Portugal in his pants? I know its an APAT trip and these things happen but seems like there should be some funny reason.
I judge him to be pi$$ed btw. That is also a good thing.
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGGUd0tmCM[/youtube]
Now I can retire from my role as APAT's drunken imbecile knowing it"s in safe hands. Well played Stu!
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Off to play ACTUAL poker this evening, not very often this happens but its a charity event at the local G, good cause and worth a wonder out to support it and also a chance for a few Guinness and a catch up with a member of the massive or two. No Cock or the Rock though as apparently the Hatton fight is the way forward.
With this in mind and as I"m on a roll on Betfair recently have put a £35 bet on Senchenko this evening.. with the idea to lay it off as the fight goes on.. thats if Hatton doesnt blow him away in the early rounds. Could go very wrong. We"ll see. Looking forward to the poker though, getting to play is such a rarity recently. The beer will flow and the fishing rod will be well and truly out. Happy days x
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OK.. so the Hatton fight went pretty much to plan, I cashed out a little but left most of it ride luckily and ended up £115 in profit overall. The G was supposed to be showing it live but due to "head office problems" I had to rely on the good old BBC updates on the web and the odds on Betfair to see what was going on. Anyway very sad for Ricky but happy for the bink.
Poker was going really well.. absolutely amazed at how light people were calling off and with 15 left had over double average and was 2nd chip lead. Had chip lead to my left and was over the moon when I shipped with aces for a gazillion over a mid position raise and he called with queens. Anyway. No bad beats on here. Mr Brightside and all that. Lots raised for charity and the buffet was IMMENSE :)
So back to betfair.. I have one outstanding bet which is on the good old xfactor. Now for those of you that know me, betting on betfair on the Xfactor has always ended up with me pulling a face like Bonnie the other day as she had her glands expressed at the vets. One day I MAY get over Rage against the Machine. One day :-\
Anyway.. I"m greened up so its all good..
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/xfactor.jpg)
Now what to do.. I bet on James ages ago, he"s the best of the bunch in my eyes PLUS he"s from the Boro. Do I cash out now for 78 notes.. or let it ride.. havent seen tonights show but apparently he did the business.. most of you are probably pulling Bonnies face right now and going "Xfactor??" ;D happy days x
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Bonnie Reflects
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Bonnie Reflects
A total look of FML has overtaken her.. this morning during a walk she started clinging onto random strangers as they walked past.. I"m also sure she"s started to hoard spoons and is secretly digging a tunnel :D
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Bonnie Reflects
A total look of FML has overtaken her.. this morning during a walk she started clinging onto random strangers as they walked past.. I"m also sure she"s started to hoard spoons and is secretly digging a tunnel :D
I can send up a tunnel expert if she needs help. Our choc lab is well trained in the art of hole and tunnel digging, if they ever decide to build a second channel tunnel, I could hire her out ;D
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Totally gutted last night about the whole hatton thing. On reflection this morning, and after hearing what he has said and that he has retired, I have chosen to remember the fact that he is the most popular boxer from this island ever, a 2 weight world champion and a genuinely nice guy. Hope he can manage to enjoy his retirement and his coaching and promoting go well.
The money i put on a senchenko stoppage at the last minute also helps.
Today i have lumped on a 5 team accumulator in the NFlL. Guessing this will go badly, also got on Monty Panesar to finish top wicket taker for england in the series against india. He is only 2 wickets behind Swann and bowling miles miles better, so hoping this one comes in.
Bring on Thursday :)
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I think it is actually quite a heart warming story from Ricky. He was very depressed after the paquio (sic) fight and was a shadow of his former self.
By preparing the best he possibly could have for this recent fight, he sort of laid that ghost to rest; so much so that the result was irrelevant last night.
Fair play to him for taking on a decent fighter, but one thing that could never be levelled at Ricky was that he avoided certain fights (unlike other boxers)
I wish him all the best for the future. He is a legend.
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Is the hair getting dyed for the Home Nations?
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Is the hair getting dyed for the Home Nations?
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^^^ ;D ;D lololol
I do have some white.. and red.. but the red I"ve tried at DTD and was a massive fail :-[
Off to boots this afty for the same fluorescent I used in Spain.. if they have some this afty. Fingers crossed.
Also hoping that I manage to lose approx 1 stone this afternoon so I can fit into my "medium" tomorrow. Otherwise it maybe some kind of crop top look. May put people on tilt though so its not all bad I guess :D x
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After trips to Boots, Tesco, Sainsburys locally and a trip to Tesco in Stoke.. I was unable to find any red :-[ .. however I DID manage to find a SILVER in Stoke ;D
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Happy days x
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Well done!
Now go out and buy some nappies for yer doggy. Cut a hole in the spot where her tail needs to come out and yer sorted. Obv take said nappy off when she goes out for a loo break. While she"s in season, I wouldn"t recommend taking her out in public unless ya want to spend a goodly bit of time battering the males off of her. Enjoy! lololololol xx
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Well done!
Now go out and buy some nappies for yer doggy. Cut a hole in the spot where her tail needs to come out and yer sorted. Obv take said nappy off when she goes out for a loo break. While she"s in season, I wouldn"t recommend taking her out in public unless ya want to spend a goodly bit of time battering the males off of her. Enjoy! lololololol xx
I was trying to work out how you got from Hair dye to Nappies for Bonnie from the last post (Yes, even with the way MY brain works I couldn"t see any connection) .... then saw facebook ;D
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Well done!
Now go out and buy some nappies for yer doggy. Cut a hole in the spot where her tail needs to come out and yer sorted. Obv take said nappy off when she goes out for a loo break. While she"s in season, I wouldn"t recommend taking her out in public unless ya want to spend a goodly bit of time battering the males off of her. Enjoy! lololololol xx
I was trying to work out how you got from Hair dye to Nappies for Bonnie from the last post (Yes, even with the way MY brain works I couldn"t see any connection) .... then saw facebook ;D
Ooops. lol Never even occurred to me to make sure it had been mentioned here.
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After trips to Boots, Tesco, Sainsburys locally and a trip to Tesco in Stoke.. I was unable to find any red :-[ .. however I DID manage to find a SILVER in Stoke ;D
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Happy days x
Has anyone found Stu"s Silver yet? :D
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After trips to Boots, Tesco, Sainsburys locally and a trip to Tesco in Stoke.. I was unable to find any red :-[ .. however I DID manage to find a SILVER in Stoke ;D
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Happy days x
Has anyone found Stu"s Silver yet? :D
you cut me deep Mario :"(
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Been working this evening and decided to play some poker online which must be the first time in forever.. played the Big $55 ($80k) on stars.. just finished work which coincided with a 112/2332 for $169.07... maybe not concentrating on the game is the way forward... ;D
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So Stu has lost his silver medal.. and as an admin of the APAT site I have the privilege to see who"s IP address is being used as the "kidnapper".. shall I tell him who this person is? Shall I f**k.. too funny ;D x
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So Stu has lost his silver medal.. and as an admin of the APAT site I have the privilege to see who"s IP address is being used as the "kidnapper".. shall I tell him who this person is? Shall I f**k.. too funny ;D x
Admin rights are great :D
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First Stockton home game in a long time for me this evening, in fact don"t think I"ve played one since before APAT Glasgow.. so must be coming up 2 months?.. our usual haunt of Rileys in Stockton is now shut (one of around 27 gone nationwide apparently.. sad times) so we"re at the G by the looks which is all good apart from we can"t bring in our own homemade alcohol (Gary Palmer has his latest of batch of bramble brandy ready), there"s no jukebox (not a bad thing depending on whether Stu or Gary Motson has put money into it), there"s no 2 quid a pint, and being in the casino there"s the ever temptation of black jack / roulette / cash table after the inevitable bust out from the home game :-\
Beer will be had in abundance though, theres a rumour that england shirts are required to be worn and medals to be used as chip guards (oops Stu).. a little celebration for the home internationals result, just missing JB and Paulie.. but we"ll have some for them as well. Happy days x
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Beer is already being had. Got my rebuy ready already!!! You best be here on the dot of 6 if not before fella :) x
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Beer is already being had. Got my rebuy ready already!!! You best be here on the dot of 6 if not before fella :) x
First Stockton home game in a long time for me this evening, in fact don"t think I"ve played one since before APAT Glasgow.. so must be coming up 2 months?.. our usual haunt of Rileys in Stockton is now shut (one of around 27 gone nationwide apparently.. sad times) so we"re at the G by the looks which is all good apart from we can"t bring in our own homemade alcohol (Gary Palmer has his latest of batch of bramble brandy ready), there"s no jukebox (not a bad thing depending on whether Stu or Gary Motson has put money into it), there"s no 2 quid a pint, and being in the casino there"s the ever temptation of black jack / roulette / cash table after the inevitable bust out from the home game :-\
Beer will be had in abundance though, theres a rumour that england shirts are required to be worn and medals to be used as chip guards (oops Stu).. a little celebration for the home internationals result, just missing JB and Paulie.. but we"ll have some for them as well. Happy days x
Damn so I guess this means some of the dead money has disappeared from the APAT online series tonight.. BAD TIMES..
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Over/under on Phil being at the pub by 6 like he said is set!!
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Sigh. Cheers Phil
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and medals to be used as chip guards
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I won a hold one once you know.
I know know who is the "medal kidnapper" and that he doesn"t have my medal :p
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I won a hold one once you know.
I know know who is the "medal kidnapper" and that he doesn"t have my medal :p
What colour is that then ???
So if you know who it is, and "he" doesn"t have your medal ... then surely it"s not the MedalNapper ??? ??? ???
Two sentences from Stu ... I"m confused in both of them ;-) xxx
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I won a hold one once you know.
I know know who is the "medal kidnapper" and that he doesn"t have my medal :p
I definitely have your medal sir and i will post a pic with a dated newspaper tommorrow as proof.
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
Cos Chezger are special
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
Cos Chezger are special
"Special" is right. ::)
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening got away with a mahoosive blooof early and then ran like God and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
fyp
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening got away with a mahoosive blooof early and then ran like God and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
fyp
::) ;D betting each street like I have it.. going all in on the river.. like I have it.. then showing 72 is good for the game though? sets the intentions for the evening early ;D then admittedly did run like god AND got the added bonus of knocking out Gary Palmer for the bounty of more bramble brandy. Happy days :D
With all the cold weather recently.. the snow and ice and frosts... I got to thinking.. at what temperature can guinea pigs withstand the winter? This is their first year outside and the poor little buggers seem proper annoyed at it for some reason.. but surely in the land where guinea pigs orginate from errrm.. papa new guineapig land they have winters and are used to such seasons? Or is this going to go horribly wrong.. and Anna will be wondering why the cage has disappeared outside.. and I"m serving surprisingly small individual Christmas dinner turkeys this year?...
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As I introduced this to the massive last night.. I think its only fair that this is shared with you kind reader so you have this running around your heads all day... and night.. ;D
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAzXjaIWbh0[/youtube]
Enjoy.. 59 minutes worth.. :-* x
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.. and I"m serving surprisingly small individual Christmas dinner turkeys this year?...
Speeeeeeeeewwwwwww :o :D :D
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On the brightside I might have run a little well this evening got away with a mahoosive blooof early and then ran like God and won :) emailing the hendon mob as I speak.. hey if it works for Chezgerfest... ;) x
fyp
::) ;D betting each street like I have it.. going all in on the river.. like I have it.. then showing 72 is good for the game though? sets the intentions for the evening early ;D then admittedly did run like god AND got the added bonus of knocking out Gary Palmer for the bounty of more bramble brandy. Happy days :D
With all the cold weather recently.. the snow and ice and frosts... I got to thinking.. at what temperature can guinea pigs withstand the winter? This is their first year outside and the poor little buggers seem proper annoyed at it for some reason.. but surely in the land where guinea pigs orginate from errrm.. papa new guineapig land they have winters and are used to such seasons? Or is this going to go horribly wrong.. and Anna will be wondering why the cage has disappeared outside.. and I"m serving surprisingly small individual Christmas dinner turkeys this year?...
I <3 the mahoosive blooof
I <3 Circus Afro too
and I loved getting rubs from Foggy when his 22 beat my 77
Did you find your medal btw? ;)
Guinea Pigs are mostly gristle, feed them to the dog she"s better equipped to get through them.
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I can"t believe the man who already has a massive bottle of BB won more! Luckbox!! ;)
Oh, and in case you haven"t already found it..... http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/guineapig.html ;D
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I <3 the mahoosive blooof
I <3 Circus Afro too
and I loved getting rubs from Foggy when his 22 beat my 77
Did you find your medal btw? ;)
Guinea Pigs are mostly gristle, feed them to the dog she"s better equipped to get through them.
;D the rub from Foggy was particulary harsh wasnt it.. lots of pent up history of getting pwned topped off with a few weeks off the fags for you..
Medal.. yes.. although Lucy did get me going when she said Stu had pinched it after I"d knocked him out, knowing he was likely to get smashed at the crown after poker, I was already drafting my "Dear Des.. you"ll never guess" email in my head :D
Have checked the guinea pigs.. they"re still alive. Bonnie came out with me.. kinda looked a little disappointed.
I can"t believe the man who already has a massive bottle of BB won more! Luckbox!! ;)
Oh, and in case you haven"t already found it..... http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/guineapig.html ;D
;D sorry mate.. BUT you can never have enough Bramble Brandy in your life. True story.
and.... really?.... oh my...
(http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/grape/cuy_as_dinner.jpg)
Still.. at least its not beetroot.. not 100% sure I could eat that though :-\ x
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I <3 the mahoosive blooof I thought you <3 me?? :(
I <3 Circus Afro toook, can"t disagree with that one
Did you find your medal btw? ;)
Medal.. yes.. although Lucy did get me going when she said Stu had pinched it after I"d knocked him out, knowing he was likely to get smashed at the crown after poker, I was already drafting my "Dear Des.. you"ll never guess" email in my head :D
I do believe I merely suggested that Stuart taking your medal with him, as you had left it so carelessly unguarded, would be a fairly "Stuart" thing to do ... I did not say he had "pinched" it...and, if this did indeed tilt you, it only meant you went on to luckbox me out of all of my chips in two hands and win the damned thing !!! lol so, who loses there? :p
xxx
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luckbox / skill... potatoes / potatoes... ;) x
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Thanks for the total character assassination tho, I"m many things but a thief isn"t one!!
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I do believe I merely suggested that Stuart taking your medal with him, as you had left it so carelessly unguarded, would be a fairly "Stuart" thing to do ...
;D we could write a book on "Stuart things to do" my friend.. this is why we love you x
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1 - take clothes off in public
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Awwww, poor Stu. They just don"t understand you. xx
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I do believe I merely suggested that Stuart taking your medal with him, as you had left it so carelessly unguarded, would be a fairly "Stuart" thing to do ...
;D we could write a book on "Stuart things to do" my friend.. this is why we love you x
Lucy likes this :) xxx
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So back to betfair.. I have one outstanding bet which is on the good old xfactor. Now for those of you that know me, betting on betfair on the Xfactor has always ended up with me pulling a face like Bonnie the other day as she had her glands expressed at the vets. One day I MAY get over Rage against the Machine. One day :-\
Anyway.. I"m greened up so its all good..
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/xfactor.jpg)
Now what to do.. I bet on James ages ago, he"s the best of the bunch in my eyes PLUS he"s from the Boro. Do I cash out now for 78 notes.. or let it ride.. havent seen tonights show but apparently he did the business.. most of you are probably pulling Bonnies face right now and going "Xfactor??" ;D happy days x
So £210 profit from last night after letting it ride and some jiggling about means my xfactor losses from the infamous "joe" year are reduced a little and its happy days.. also reduced the stress over the weekend of heading over to my folks installing a new digi box for my mam.. shes getting on a little and being able pause live TV, record a program and watch something else.. then have the option to watch the the recording program "live" whilst its still on or from the start.. rewind tv.. my mam who writes everything down on bits of cardboard got as far as "switch TV on", "press the AV button".. and that was it :-\
Received a phone call first thing this morning about "foyles war" whatever that is.. and another 6 throughout the day. Bless her.. and here"s me getting her a laptop and the internet for the first time ever this christmas for someone who"s never used a computer in their life.. erroneous :)
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Found myself with a few hours spare last night so decided to play the APAT Stud game in the bunch of fives.. ran well from start to finish really and ended up with 4th for a scrape into the cash. Congrats to Kevin again on the win. Wish I had chance to play them every night really as they"re good fun, and thoroughly recommended, but just don"t have the time :-[
With Christmas coming I"m making every effort to make the Stockton home game tonight as it will be the last one for me before Christmas and probably before 2013 (depending on any end of the world things occuring as well). Would be good to make it back to back wins as well :)
Christmas day, I"m off to the Salvation Army again to help out which is always fantastic, its an old peoples hall up in North Shields, helping with the dishing out of the dinners to the 100 or so that make it to the hall, and driving and delivering dinners to those that can"t make it on the day. Lots of singing afterwards and LOADS of washing up.. but its a great experience and to make it even better this year, Anna is coming with me as well to help. We both can"t wait.
New Years eve.. off to a ball with Lilly which is going to be amazing, I"ve been upto Edinbrough for the street party the past x number of years so looking forward to something different.. getting fitted for my tuxedo next week.. was contemplating a serious diet, but it is Christmas after all.. they"ll be rolling me down the red carpet but it"ll be happy days :) x
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Things to do to appear macho / manly whilst with girlfriend :
[ ] watch "Its a wonderful life"
Massive fail :-[ x
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Have purchased the most expensive thing I"ve ever bought off the internet a few weeks back.. just over 4500 dollars.. from New York. And after a few emails its all gone quiet.. and the tracking numbers they"ve given don"t work... and the moneys gone from the account.. This is starting to feel like a real sweat.. tempted to get in touch with Ger or Don to stop off there on the way to Vegas and sort them out :) Mr Brightside hat is firmly on though, I"m sure its on its way.. if not this blog might be getting rebranded for the new year ;D x
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Have purchased the most expensive thing I"ve ever bought off the internet a few weeks back.. just over 4500 dollars.. from New York. And after a few emails its all gone quiet.. and the tracking numbers they"ve given don"t work... and the moneys gone from the account.. This is starting to feel like a real sweat.. tempted to get in touch with Ger or Don to stop off there on the way to Vegas and sort them out :) Mr Brightside hat is firmly on though, I"m sure its on its way.. if not this blog might be getting rebranded for the new year ;D x
Erm.. yeah it"s in the post mate... still in other news I"m now going Storm Chasing next year, got a lucky windfall... :D
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Oh and the guinea pigs... Sarah is distressed can you get them inside (garage?) or get them lots of hay and jumpers. Thanks
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Have purchased the most expensive thing I"ve ever bought off the internet a few weeks back.. just over 4500 dollars.. from New York. And after a few emails its all gone quiet.. and the tracking numbers they"ve given don"t work... and the moneys gone from the account.. This is starting to feel like a real sweat.. tempted to get in touch with Ger or Don to stop off there on the way to Vegas and sort them out :) Mr Brightside hat is firmly on though, I"m sure its on its way.. if not this blog might be getting rebranded for the new year ;D x
ooops - that is all
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Things to do to appear macho / manly whilst with girlfriend :
[ ] watch "Its a wonderful life"
Massive fail :-[ x
If she doesn"t get "it"s a wonderful life" then maybe.....
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If she doesn"t get "it"s a wonderful life" then maybe.....
It was my fail Dave.. "Its a wonderful life" not to be watched whilst trying to appear "manly" :(
ooops - that is all
Bigger oops.. now have a working tracking code. It says that the package is in "Tel Aviv" now I"m not great at this Geography malarkey. BUT.. I know Tel Aviv ain"t New York :(
Oh and the guinea pigs... Sarah is distressed can you get them inside (garage?) or get them lots of hay and jumpers. Thanks
Its all in hand.. old poker caps FTW ;D
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Please tell me you actually did this?
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Bigger oops.. now have a working tracking code. It says that the package is in "Tel Aviv" now I"m not great at this Geography malarkey. BUT.. I know Tel Aviv ain"t New York :(
Have faith - it is on its way
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Pity. I have people in New York. Not so much in Tel Aviv though. Fingers crossed for ya! x
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Oh and the guinea pigs... Sarah is distressed can you get them inside (garage?) or get them lots of hay and jumpers. Thanks
Its all in hand.. old poker caps FTW ;D
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Catching up on Phil"s blog whilst drinking tea ... massive fail ... new keyboard required ;D ;D
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Re-quoting fail as well
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In fact stating I need a new beyboard whilst reading Phil"s blog could also sound very dodegy .. 3 fails in a row ... rock on Holdy
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Beyboard???
Note to self ... wake up properly before booting laptop Michlle!
And have faith ... expeensive purchase on it"s way ... you didn"t have to :-*
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Note to self ... wake up properly before booting laptop Michlle!
... and fail to spell own name correctly on the 4th post. :D
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Note to self ... wake up properly before booting laptop Michlle!
... and fail to spell own name correctly on the 4th post. :D
FFS!!!! I give up ;D
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Bigger oops.. now have a working tracking code. It says that the package is in "Tel Aviv" now I"m not great at this Geography malarkey. BUT.. I know Tel Aviv ain"t New York :(
Have faith - it is on its way
Mr Brightside for the win. Stateside / Tel Aviv heavies no longer needed ;D
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Bigger oops.. now have a working tracking code. It says that the package is in "Tel Aviv" now I"m not great at this Geography malarkey. BUT.. I know Tel Aviv ain"t New York :(
Have faith - it is on its way
Mr Brightside for the win. Stateside / Tel Aviv heavies no longer needed ;D
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That looks significant...
got news for us?
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Found a really simple recipe for baked dog treats that our boys love. Thought yourself and Anna could try making them for Bonnie some rainy day. :)
http://www.17apart.com/2012/02/how-to-carrot-banana-natural-dog-treat.html#
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Found a really simple recipe for baked dog treats that our boys love. Thought yourself and Anna could try making them for Bonnie some rainy day. :)
http://www.17apart.com/2012/02/how-to-carrot-banana-natural-dog-treat.html#
Thanks Dawn :) Although your definition of "simple" looks a little different to mine.. we"ll have fun having a go though :)
That looks significant...
got news for us?
Soooooooooooooon x
Going to take this chance to wish everyone the best New Years and here"s to a 2013 filled full of :
- poker binkage
- massive life binkage
- lots of beer
- and the best times with the best people... the Worlds in March can"t come soon enough
x
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All The Best to you and the family Phil, hope your 2013 runs good mate :-*
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Found a really simple recipe for baked dog treats that our boys love. Thought yourself and Anna could try making them for Bonnie some rainy day. :)
http://www.17apart.com/2012/02/how-to-carrot-banana-natural-dog-treat.html#
Thanks Dawn :) Although your definition of "simple" looks a little different to mine.. we"ll have fun having a go though :)
That looks significant...
got news for us?
Soooooooooooooon x
Going to take this chance to wish everyone the best New Years and here"s to a 2013 filled full of :
- poker binkage
- massive life binkage
- lots of beer
- and the best times with the best people... the Worlds in March can"t come soon enough
x
:-* :-*
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Happy New Year to you and yours Phil xxx
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Happy New Year to you and yours Phil xxx
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Well I hope 2013 is bringing everyone the best of times so far.... and yes as Ger has indicated I may have a little news.
So I"ve come to conclusion. Relationships aren"t for me....
As Leigh has quoted this when I made a particular relationship status change on facebook on the 4th of January sometimes you never see something coming, and sometimes just sometimes the best things in the world happen when you give up all hope and just stop looking for it.. like that turn and river for that runner runner that you never thought would come.. well that dear reader has happened to me. See... Mr Brightside for the win.
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On the evening of 4th of January I asked Lilly.. after having the operator stop the York eye at the top on bended knee to marry me. And shockingly she said yes. So after giving up on ever meeting someone I could see spending the rest of my life with.. here I am with a HUGE smile on my face, counting my blessings and 2013 has started in the most amazing way possible.
Here"s the two of us at New Years
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Happiest of days x
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Well I hope 2013 is bringing everyone the best of times so far.... and yes as Ger has indicated I may have a little news.
So I"ve come to conclusion. Relationships aren"t for me....
As Leigh has quoted this when I made a particular relationship status change on facebook on the 4th of January sometimes you never see something coming, and sometimes just sometimes the best things in the world happen when you give up all hope and just stop looking for it.. like that turn and river for that runner runner that you never thought would come.. well that dear reader has happened to me. See... Mr Brightside for the win.
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On the evening of 4th of January I asked Lilly.. after having the operator stop the York eye at the top on bended knee to marry me. And shockingly she said yes. So after giving up on ever meeting someone I could see spending the rest of my life with.. here I am with a HUGE smile on my face, counting my blessings and 2013 has started in the most amazing way possible.
Here"s the two of us at New Years
(http://212.113.204.92/i2b/images/poker/nye_ball.jpg)
Happiest of days x
No wonder you proposed.........luckbox!!!!!!! :-* :-*
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Congratulations my good friend x your a big romantic softy aren"t you ;D
Best wishes to you both for 2013 and beyond x see you soon hopefully
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Fantastic news Phil! Really, really pleased for you both. She"s deffo a lucky lady and by the look of the photo, you didn"t do too bad either :)
P.S. Does this mean no more man-snuggles?
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Really made up for you Phil, if a person deserves a bit of run good it"s you.
There are others too but it"s your blog.
Until our paths cross again I send much love x x
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The name"s Bond......
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Possible honeymoon snap? ;)
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Congratulations mate, chuffed for you both and wish you all the best :-*
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Fantastic news Phil! Really, really pleased for you both. She"s deffo a lucky lady and by the look of the photo, you didn"t do too bad either :)
What Jack said ;D
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Fantastic news Phil! Really, really pleased for you both. She"s deffo a lucky lady and by the look of the photo, you didn"t do too bad either :)
What Jack said ;D
You looking to keep yer special cuddles too? :D
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Absolutely chuffed for you Phil, I love it when people say they have given up on something happening and then BOOOOOOM!
You so deserve this, I wish you much happiness -xXx-
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HUGE congrats to you both! Lovely news!
Wishing you lots of happiness in the future!
Jo
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Congratulations and all the best for the future x
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Thank you everyone :-* :-* :-*
2013 is going to be an amazing year, can"t wait. Wedding venues to be checked out this weekend.. Vegas was debated briefly but decided against due to smaller family members (not midgets before you say).. although a honeymoon over there is always an option.. Vegas temperatures in August seem a little hot though ;)
Looking forward to seeing the gang at the Stockton Massive home game this evening.. few beers may be had. Fishing rod will be well and truly in play. Happy days :) x
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Looking forward to seeing the gang at the Stockton Massive home game this evening.. few beers may be had. Fishing rod will be well and truly in play. Happy days :) x
This did not go well the other evening.. burned though my first buy in after 1) convincing myself that calling a river bet with Jack high might actually be good and 2) calling a river bet putting me all in when I was obviously beat once again and my trips would be no good. Eventually bust in around 5th I think. Was good fun though as always.. plans for stag doos mentioned.. may see what Des has planned for APAT before August before committing to anything pi$$up wise first though, would be great to combine it with an APAT event... Des... Prague in July / Early August please :)
Today has been spent with my mam who"s never used a computer before and attempting to get her using a mouse and clicking on things and also using Skype. After 4 hours I thought I"d cracked it and left her with it all asking for her to call me on Skype at 6:30... as the minutes go by I"m sat here and starting to suspect that shes sat looking at the screen moving the mouse about with it still switched off. Expecting a phone call any minute. Happy days ;D x
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Looking forward to seeing the gang at the Stockton Massive home game this evening.. few beers may be had. Fishing rod will be well and truly in play. Happy days :) x
This did not go well the other evening.. burned though my first buy in after 1) convincing myself that calling a river bet with Jack high might actually be good and 2) calling a river bet putting me all in when I was obviously beat once again and my trips would be no good. Eventually bust in around 5th I think. Was good fun though as always.. plans for stag doos mentioned.. may see what Des has planned for APAT before August before committing to anything pi$$up wise first though, would be great to combine it with an APAT event... Des... Prague in July / Early August please :)
Today has been spent with my mam who"s never used a computer before and attempting to get her using a mouse and clicking on things and also using Skype. After 4 hours I thought I"d cracked it and left her with it all asking for her to call me on Skype at 6:30... as the minutes go by I"m sat here and starting to suspect that shes sat looking at the screen moving the mouse about with it still switched off. Expecting a phone call any minute. Happy days ;D x
I value bet 5th pair :)
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Looking forward to seeing the gang at the Stockton Massive home game this evening.. few beers may be had. Fishing rod will be well and truly in play. Happy days :) x
This did not go well the other evening.. burned though my first buy in after 1) convincing myself that calling a river bet with Jack high might actually be good and 2) calling a river bet putting me all in when I was obviously beat once again and my trips would be no good. Eventually bust in around 5th I think. Was good fun though as always.. plans for stag doos mentioned.. may see what Des has planned for APAT before August before committing to anything pi$$up wise first though, would be great to combine it with an APAT event... Des... Prague in July / Early August please :)
Today has been spent with my mam who"s never used a computer before and attempting to get her using a mouse and clicking on things and also using Skype. After 4 hours I thought I"d cracked it and left her with it all asking for her to call me on Skype at 6:30... as the minutes go by I"m sat here and starting to suspect that shes sat looking at the screen moving the mouse about with it still switched off. Expecting a phone call any minute. Happy days ;D x
I value bet 5th pair :)
Sicko
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Congratulations Phil. Great start to the year, wish you both well.
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Congratulations Phil.
(sorry I"m a bit late but I was in the Middle East from the 4th)
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Congratulations Phil.
(sorry I"m a bit late but I was in the Middle East from the 4th)
Don"t worry Phil seems to be in Middle Earth the attention he is giving his blog ;D ;D ;D
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Congratulations Phil.
(sorry I"m a bit late but I was in the Middle East from the 4th)
Don"t worry Phil seems to be in Middle Earth the attention he is giving his blog ;D ;D ;D
He definately appears to have gone totally off the radar up here too :(
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Congratulations Phil.
(sorry I"m a bit late but I was in the Middle East from the 4th)
Don"t worry Phil seems to be in Middle Earth the attention he is giving his blog ;D ;D ;D
He definately appears to have gone totally off the radar up here too :(
He"s alive, he just posted on FB
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Thanks Waz, Stu.. everyone x
He"s alive, he just posted on FB
I"m alive..
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Currently putting together a staking request.. to be posted sooooooooooon x
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Congratulations Phil.
(sorry I"m a bit late but I was in the Middle East from the 4th)
Don"t worry Phil seems to be in Middle Earth the attention he is giving his blog ;D ;D ;D
He definately appears to have gone totally off the radar up here too :(
He"s alive, he just posted on FB
Perhaps the new missus has imposed an APAT ban?
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Thanks Waz, Stu.. everyone x
He"s alive, he just posted on FB
I"m alive..
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Currently putting together a staking request.. to be posted sooooooooooon x
We arent staking your wedding...
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I"ll stake the stag 8)
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I"ll stake the stag 8)
Have you won the lotto?
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I"ll stake the stag 8)
Have you won the lotto?
Even then, it wouldn"t be enough.
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Did I neglect to state a percentage ???
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I may have a little news.
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Happiest of days x
I"m curious; are you going down the Brangelina / Jaxie route?
Philly?
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I"m curious; are you going down the Brangelina / Jaxie route?
Philly?
;D
We arent staking your wedding...
;D you know me too well x
In all seriousness though, JUST WOW on how expensive this is looking. My spreadsheet (yup I"m a geek) for this wedding malarkey is just laughing at me and the total is just scary :-\ My fault really.. suggested Vegas but with Anna and then Lillys family this wasn"t practical, so I asked what she fancied... so a "castle" was dropped into the conversation one evening. I run well.
An email was sent off to Lumley Castle (http://www.lumleycastle.com/) about 30 minutes north from me, and they responded with just under 10 grand.. for the venue and 60 guests :"( REALLY? I responded with a counter offer.. "Well thats very nice mrs castle organiser lady.. but..haway" and we"ve agreed to disagree that she"s apparently shes not taking my eyes out and having a laugh. However we have a deal in place.. and a date of August the 17th. Happy days.
Multiple stag doos are being arranged (as Ger is staking these might as well make the most), with an APAT one 100% as soon as the new schedule is announced. Watch this space.
Was gutted to miss out this weekend for the team event, but I knew work loads would be impossible (2-3am finishes most of the week) so didnt apply for any teams, also Anna was off for her first ever trip away without me or the ex, she went off skiing with the school early hours Saturday morning and was no way I was missing her send off. Every single boy got the "don"t you fecking dare" stare as they boarded the bus. My maniacal dad stare is coming on a treat I reckon.
APAT ping pong looked amazing, fantastic Matt is organising these.. Not so sure about the "early" Sunday am start though after a guinness fuelled APAT Saturday, but will see whats planned for the next time. Looking forward to hearing about Dave and Brians first team event exploits when I see them at the next Stockton home game.
Roll on the worlds. Life is great. As Brian would say "Run Good, be lucky stay healthy". Happy days x
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Phil"s relationship advice 101. Things that you should be aware of which indicate your girlfriend / fiancee / gay lover is moving in / stealth moving in :
"Triangles on the end of the toilet roll"
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Does she work in a hotel?
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Run Forest Run ;D
I did trawl for "How to make a hospital bed corner" video but didn"t find any that made me giggle more than the above line ;D
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Run Forest Run ;D
Did make me giggle ;D PM on its way :-*
APAT have done a fantastic job with the WCOAP schedule and I was lucky enough to have a sneak peak before the official announcement. Loving the bracelet idea, and looking forward to the events very much although I don"t think I"ll be able to "defend" my bronze in the 6 max this year as I"m only looking at the Sunday / Monday.. so won"t feck about and will have a bash at a win in the main event ;D
My poker goals are now at a pure enjoyment level, having a laugh and enjoying the banter, if I win then its all a bonus. Back when I started played poker (many) years ago I remember taking it all VERY seriously, read every book I could, learned about different styles, techniques, betting patterns, position blah blah blah.. I dreamt of making a day 2 in an APAT, winning a (blatent brag alert) medal or 4, representing my country etc etc.. now that I"ve done that I no longer feel any such desire to take anything poker related seriously at all.
I LOVE the people at APAT, I love the banter, the laughs.. and the poker.. well its more a means to an end really, an "excuse" if one was needed to meet up with some of my favourite people, drink a little too much and just enjoy. Gone are the days of wanting to sit at a big buy in event, or any buy in really surrounded by people engrossed in their ipads, head phones, playing without any joy.. who need a nudge when its their turn, who have ZERO banter and take the game way too seriously. Its good to dream of that big score, the dream of maybe even one day turning "pro".. but these threads about mentally preparing for a game of poker, being in the right zone to make the right decisions... yes I can understand the reasoning.. but.. :-X I don"t see poker as a way of earning money, a way from the daily grind.. but I guess I"m lucky as I wouldnt change a thing about my life.. its all about the enjoyment, its my vice and I want to enjoy it with a smile on my face. And I"ll be enjoying it to the max come March.
Talking about just enjoying the game, we have a mini Yarm invasion this week. Banter and liver at the ready. Can"t wait x
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swoon - <3 PHIL_TC
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swoon - <3 PHIL_TC
Ditto - and there are so many of us :-*
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Big smiles and hugs x
Now then. I have a question. Question is relating to my daft dog.
As you know Bonnie is a girl dog 9 months old who has not been "done". Lilly has brought down Charlie who is a boy sausage dog whos 8 years old who has been "done".
In recent weeks.. not sure how to phrase this.. Bonnie has taken to mounting Charlie from the rear (as he appears to be the perfect height for bonnie) and "going for it".. and I mean proper hammering away until caught.. the look of fear and confusion in Charlies eyes.. poor thing.
The question is this. WTF? Surely this isnt normal? Should I be doing spot checks in Bonnies bed for strap ons? Its all mind boggling... x
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Not uncommon at all.
Charlie has been moved into Lilly"s house, likely to just be her trying to lay down the law of who"s boss.
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Leigh.. you should be on the telly.. or on a phone in or something x
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Big smiles and hugs x
Now then. I have a question. Question is relating to my mate Phil.
As you know Lilly is a girl. Lilly has started moving in with Phil who is a boy whos gone 8 years since being "done".
In recent weeks.. not sure how to phrase this.. Lilly has taken to mounting Phil from the rear (as he appears to be the perfect host) and "going for it".. and I mean proper hammering away until caught.. the look of fear and confusion in Phil"s eyes.. poor thing.
The question is this. WTF? Surely this isnt normal? Should I be finding and throwing out the strap ons? Its all mind boggling... x
FYP :o
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Leigh.. you should be on the telly.. or on a phone in or something x
A good friend of mine is a Dog Listener. She spends more time training the owners than she ever does the dogs. Once you understand the language and reasons why dogs behave the way they do, then things become a lot easier to handle.
Here"s her website, you are a bit far away for her to visit, but it"s interesting stuff anyway.
http://www.purechaos2calm.com/
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Chopped the home game last night with Michelle and Foggy at around 2amish. Good times.
Fun game, just tooooo long (yes I know Dave.. my fault ::)) and despite the casino poker room manager repeatedly falling out with us all. Oh and Stu nearly managing to get his brother and Mark thrown out of the casino.. :-X
Apologies to Ger for being an even bigger fish than him. Q6 is always the nuts though.
Just had a HUGE all day breakfast at the Eagle, had a final cuppa with JB and Michelle back at home.. now contemplating a nap. Hangovers. Bad times.
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Half price cocktails at the casino. Head. Hurts. Lots.
Happy days though :) x
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Oh...just shut the feck up!*
*not even a little bit jealous.
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Myself and Ger are on first of the day. Sigh. Stupid cocktails.
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Q Fecking 6 That Is All, Hair Of The Dog Soothes The pain.
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Just keep away from the pizza.
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Margaret Jane Tompkinson
1938 - 2013
RIP Mam. Love you always xx
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Tough times - Very Very sorry for your troubles......
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Tough times - Very Very sorry for your troubles......
+1
RIP MAMA TC
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
Very Much +1
My thoughts are with you.
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Already told you this mate, thinking of you, I"d you need a hug or a chat or a pint, myself and matty are 2 mins away. Anything at all
Xx
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Thinking of you ... RIP MamTC, sleep peacefully xx
Lovely picture Phil xx
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
Very Much +1
My thoughts are with you.
All of this. xx
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
+1
Very very sorry to hear this. :(
If there"s anything at all I can do Phil, please let me know.
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
+1
Very very sorry to hear this. :(
If there"s anything at all I can do Phil, please let me know.
Same here Phil, big hugs fella xx
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
+1
Very very sorry to hear this. :(
If there"s anything at all I can do Phil, please let me know.
Same here Phil, big hugs fella xx
deepest sympathy marra
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
I couldn"t have said it better Jack. Deepest sympathies Phil.
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Thoughts are with you Phil
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So SOrry to hear your news. Thoughts are with you and your family x
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Sending all our love Carl and Emma xx
Our thoughts are with you and your family.
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Sorry to hear this Phil.
Thought are with you.
Lovely photo
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So Sorry Mate
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Sorry to read this Phil. She looks like she was good fun.
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
+1
Much love from Joobs and I
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
Very Much +1
My thoughts are with you.
All of this. xx
+ 1,000,000
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
Very Much +1
My thoughts are with you.
All of this. xx
+ 1,000,000
all of the above pretty much covers anything I could say.
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God bless you Margaret, Phil and all the family :"(
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That"s a lovely photo Phil.
RIP Mrs Tompkinson - from what I"ve seen you"ve left a wonderful legacy, your boy"s a credit to you.
+1, Much love & hugs Phil xxx
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God bless you Margaret, Phil and all the family :"(
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My condolences Phil, my thoughts with you and Ana and your family
as i told you already, if you need an ear to listen, just call any time you want, even in middle of nite xx
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Thank you everyone. Times like these that make you realise how fantastic your friends are. Thank you for all the PM"s, texts, emails, FB messages and posts here from you all. You"ve all been fantastic through a very tough time. Thank you. Lilly and Anna have been phenomenal. Can"t tell you how amazing they"ve both been. Couldn"t have got through it without them.
I was very close to my mam, loved her so much.. I"m the youngest of 3 brothers both of whom are much older than me, 8 and 10 years older who both moved away from the area. We had a special bond.
My mams funeral is Wednesday, the whole process made complex by an autopsy due to mams sudden death and also my dad getting rushed into hospital with chest pains (he"s now ok) :-\ Then theres been the tracing of a family tree so my mam can be buried with her parents initially made impossible due to changes in government policies in the past few years.. I am now the proud owner of a grave so she can be buried there. Something I"d never thought I"d say.
Its been one thing after another but we"re all getting there. Just wanting Wednesday out of the way now.
As you know by now I always look for a brightside. There is ALWAYS a brightside. Been hard to find though all the sadness and tears... but its there. One of my brothers hasnt spoken to any of the other family for 13 years, neither my other brother or my folks (its a very long story). Its only been myself thats kept in contact with him over the years and this past week after phone calls hes travelled up and we"ve all been reunited. Sometimes it takes the most extreme circumstances to bring people back together. My mam I"m sure is up above and smiling x
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My thoughts will be with you and your family on Wendsday mate.. I know your pain and heartache at present, I lost my Grandad the same day, the funeral is Friday.. Emma and me look forward to meeting up next APAT event.
Much love and Huggles x
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APAT's biggest hug coming your way.
I"ll deliver in person in Yarm in March.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time Phil.
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My thoughts are with you Phil
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Much needed cheering up was required this weekend which resulted to a trip to the local amusements. This is where the largest bar of dairy milk was spotted by Anna in one of the machines. It was one pound a go. 14 "goes" later and it was ours. The saying is true. Something won is always better than something bought..
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Happy days :) x
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Things that make you feel VERY old.
Your brother celebrates his 50th birthday and at the same time your nephew celebrates his 21st.
Where does the time go? Scary.
On the brightside. Two lots of cake to eat last night. Happy days.
Poker wise its all quiet, havent played on line now for 4 months and live has just been the odd drunken home game since Stoke. I did chop the last home game though at the last Yarm invasion. Looking forward to getting back to normal and at least playing on a weekly basis. Still not feeling the competitive love though at the moment, but looking forward to the soon to be EPIC Yarm Invasion even if I"m just doing the Thursday night.. and then meeting up with everyone at DTD at the worlds.
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Pah!!
I"ve been invited to my daughter"s 30th Birthday Party
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Now that makes me feel VERY old.
Don"t leave an open door like that
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ITV Gameshow Tipping Point anyone? Its a tea time show hosted by Ben Shephard which involves the answering of general knowledge questions and features one of those massive 2p machines you see down the seaside amusements...
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Well as a laugh (as Lilly is a fan of the show and annoyed at the plonkers they have as contestants) I sent off an application form to appear on the show ("I can be that plonker").. got through that process and today a 2nd telephone audition, with a final face to face audition next week in Newcastle. For those of you who aren"t aware, I"ve been on a game show before called "Payday" on channel 5 hosted by Colin Murray which went very badly and a net result of zero pounds.
Eventually on that show after standing motionless next to my buzzer after round after round eventually caved in and pressed it halfway through a question. When asked for the answer I just said "No clue. I just wanted to press my buzzer Colin". Fingers crossed this process goes slightly better. Will update you all on how the final audition goes. Happy days x
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If you get on, we are coming to watch.
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If you get on, we are coming to watch.
ROAD TRIP. ;D
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10% please.
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Yay good luck Phil will be watching if you get picked..
Love game shows, was on countdown and 15-1 a few years back well err quite a few years back, I was poo aswell ;D
But I did get to meet William G the legend Stewart.. The late Richard Whitley and Carol up her own bottom Vorderman ;D
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10% please.
Rest
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For those of you who aren"t aware, I"ve been on a game show before called "Payday" on channel 5 hosted by Colin Murray which went very badly and a net result of zero pounds.
Eventually on that show after standing motionless next to my buzzer after round after round eventually caved in and pressed it halfway through a question. When asked for the answer I just said "No clue. I just wanted to press my buzzer Colin".
Is there no video evidence in existence?
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Yay good luck Phil will be watching if you get picked..
Love game shows, was on countdown and 15-1 a few years back well err quite a few years back, I was poo aswell ;D
But I did get to meet William G the legend Stewart.. The late Richard Whitley and Carol up her own bottom Vorderman ;D
No wonder I cant beat you at "Words with Friends", you a bloody pro at that as well FFS ;) ;)
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Is there no video evidence in existence?
I have it on DVD Jack.. private viewings only :-*
Quick congrats to Brian (fossil) on his DTD cash over the weekend. Brian"s a true star and deserves everything he wins in life. I know the big cash is just around the corner.
This weekend I ventured out to the local G casino on Saturday night as it was in support of my mams local hospice charity where she helped out as a volunteer. First time Lilly had been to a casino so we played roulette together. After a charity donation, drinks and roulette losses I was down around 80 quid, was pretty happy.. Lilly after initially saying "excuse" and "pardon me" for the first few spins whilst placing bets ended up owning the table and 70 quid up. The look on her face when I came back from the bar and she was holding her first £25 chip after a win was priceless. Was good to get back to the casino after a long absence, home game this Thursday might well be in order. And beer and banter by the bucket load and hopefully a back to back bink. Happy days x
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Excellent! Now that you"ve broken Lilly in to casino nights, we"ll finally get to meet her! wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Hurry and teach her how to play hold em in time for Yarm invasion please and thank you. :D
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Hurry and teach her how to play hold em in time for Yarm invasion please and thank you. :D
Christ NO....I don"t need someone else who can pwn me! ;D
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Hurry and teach her how to play hold em in time for Yarm invasion please and thank you. :D
Christ NO....I don"t need someone else who can pwn me! ;D
It"s a fairly short game in real terms Paulie, you"re not likely to play that many hands.
(Unless you run like the lad in our local Sunday night game last week. AA nine times in around 200 hands. KK a couple of times too.)
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If you get to meet her you will have one over on the rest of us...
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If you get to meet her you will have one over on the rest of us...
Introduce wife to be to Stu?
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Emmmmm......
Stu did meet previous girlfriend once who even after my prewarnings thought he was a fantastic chap. Stu was to be fair sober at the time. And. She. Was. Fairly. Mental x
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Fairly mental?
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I promise Stu will behave. If he gets even remotely out of line, we"ll strap him to a chair and muzzle him. She won"t think that"s at all odd. Honest.
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I promise Stu will behave. If he gets even remotely out of line, we"ll strap him to a chair and muzzle him. She won"t think that"s at all odd. Honest.
Blind leading the blind here me thinks ;) ;)
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I promise Stu will behave. If he gets even remotely out of line, we"ll strap him to a chair and muzzle him. She won"t think that"s at all odd. Honest.
Kinky
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He needs adjusting alright
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If you get to meet her you will have one over on the rest of us...
Tick
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Pop Quiz Hotshot....
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OK heres the scenario you find yourself in.
1. You"re in lakes at a guest house
2. Its around 3am
3. You"ve drank way too much. Champagne and Guinness.. shots have all flowed a little too much.. if thats possible.
4. You"ve made it back to the guest house and into bed
5. But... then mistake the door to the toilet as the door outside
6. Before you realise the door shuts behind you
7. Your girlfriend is passed out inside and cannot be waken
8. Reception is a seperate building through a carpark and along a main road
9. Its around -1 outside.. and we"re stood with just a pair of snazzy purple pants on
What next :-\
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Seriously, this sounds like something Mr Prime can help you with.
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It"s gonna be cold, yer gonna be laughed at, but no choice...leg it to reception for a key and hope yer still pished enough to ask for a cheeky drive back to yer guest house when ya get there. Also, be glad you still had pants on. Others who have gone before weren"t as lucky.
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Stop buying purple underwear simples!!
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Phone for a taxi offer him £20, get your key, go back, get your wallet, pay the driver (remembering to keep the key on you at all times) and have a good giggle while you are doing all this..........
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Phone for a taxi offer him £20, get your key, go back, get your wallet, pay the driver (remembering to keep the key on you at all times) and have a good giggle while you are doing all this..........
This ... very much giggling all the way
.... then quickly go back to O.P and fix point No.7 (unless you"re posting this on behalf of a mate ;D)
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Where"s he stashing his phone these days?!
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Where"s he stashing his phone these days?!
Always wondered why he walked with that gait ;-)
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WTF were you doing wearing pants???
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WTF were you doing wearing pants???
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Where"s he stashing his phone these days?!
Always wondered why he walked with that gait ;-)
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Yes I think in hindsight the best bet would of been to bang on reception and get some help.. but I was drunk, freezing... and there was a nice brick lying nearby :-\
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Goodbye £50 the next day having to come clean with the guest house owner. Don"t think we"re going to welcome back anytime soon. The look on Lillys face was worth every penny though. Happy days.
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You can take the man out of Stockton but you can"t take Stockton out of the man x
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OMG!!! I"d expect the likes of that from Stu, but you?!
And you reckon introducing Lilly to US is a bad idea?! Pretty sure we"ll look like saints compared to you after that shocking behaviour.
I dunno if Jack should play with you any more. He"s got enough bad habits without your help.
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I dunno if Jack should play with you any more.
Awwwww!
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The look on Lillys face was worth every penny though.
You must have made a right racket if she heard it from her room.
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I think it was the room window he smashed, John.
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I think it was the room window he smashed, John.
What, he broke the window of her room? So she had to put up with the draught? I"m sorry to say this, Phil, but I think it would have been more gentlemanly to do the window of your own room.
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I think it was the room window he smashed, John.
What, he broke the window of her room? So she had to put up with the draught? I"m sorry to say this, Phil, but I think it would have been more gentlemanly to do the window of your own room.
Winner!!
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I know.. hanging my head in shame. However with the option a semi naked run to a reception that was a coin flip chance of being open.. or using a little brute force... the brick won.
In other news... just had this email...
"Congratulations, you are one step closer to being part of the next series of Tipping Point!
It was great to meet you at the audition and we would like to shortlist you for the shows. The team is still touring the country so please bear with us for the time being as we will be unable to confirm the final contestants until this casting process has been completed."
Watch this space.
Happy days x
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How can purple pants be "snazzy"?
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How can purple pants be "snazzy"?
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Will wear them specially for you at DTD Stu x
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arrghhhhhhhhhhhhh
you could have warned us!!!!
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Do you use silver body paint as well??
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Do you use silver body paint as well??
Silver... chocolate all over.. whatever you fancy Stu x
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I"ve got him down as a chocolate with silver sprinkles kinda guy.
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Looking forward immensely to the Yarm invasion today, will be on the beer from 3ish by the sounds with some of the most excellent people.. hoping for another invasion bink at the poker later as well, either that or tilt as many people as possible in the process.
That 3pm Phil time or 3pm normal person time?
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Another 42 for you
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/10/bluestone-42.html
The synopsis
" an eight-part comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan"
Well worth a watch, it"s one of those "that shouldn"t be funny but is" programmes that BBC 3 seems to be in a golden vein of form on.
Here"s another
It"s now 11:20 and in 4hrs 2minutes I"ll be at t"Eagle
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Looking forward immensely to the Yarm invasion today, will be on the beer from 3ish by the sounds with some of the most excellent people.. hoping for another invasion bink at the poker later as well, either that or tilt as many people as possible in the process.
That 3pm Phil time or 3pm normal person time?
wiiiiiiiiii
See you at 3pm Phil_TC
Be good to catch up again mate
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That 3pm Phil time or 3pm normal person time?
;D aiming for an actual 3pm this time mate... honest
It"s now 11:20 and in 4hrs 2minutes I"ll be at t"Eagle
Happy days!!.. thank god theres no table football to lose some money at x
wiiiiiiiiii
See you at 3pm Phil_TC
Be good to catch up again mate
Really looking forward to it mate.. suns shining.. birds singing over here.. gorgeous day for beers*, darts, pool and maybe some blurry poker later x
*beers may or may not include... jaeger bombs / car bombs / and / or the random shot game
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In my last year at school, we were national champions at Basketball.
My vest number was 42.
True story (yes I have worn a vest)
Happy Birthday
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Happy Birthday lovely one, have the best of weekends ;D ;D ;D
42 is also the number of my favorite Nebula, Orion which has the catalogue number Messier42 or M42 and I do have that as an alias on a poker site somewhere.....
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The M42 goes around Birmingham.
When I went to buy a sandwich at lunchtime today I had 42 new pence in my pocket.
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I am 42.
Page 42 of my Spanish dictionary includes the words:
ayuntamiento (sexual intercourse)
azotar (to whip)
azote (spank)
bacanal (orgy)
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Also on your Birthday I was Level 42 on Criminal Case on FB, I however never be that or even level 1 on Candy Crush.
Are you listening Mr Pilgrim huh? huh? :-* xx
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;D thanks to everyone with their 42 stories.. had a great long weekend, enjoyed the Yarm invasion immensely on the Thursday night, great to see everyone, goes to show what a fantastic community we have and lasting friendships can grow from this daft game we all play. That people travel the length and breadth of the country to come upto our little part of the world continually amazes me.. and now some have even been more than the once amazes me even more :)
Drinking from the afternoon until 3amish was never going to end well sober wise, and I finished 4th in the home game.. going out to a call by Gary Palmer in his BB with his K9 beating my pocket 7"s shove.. fairly standard and no doubt I"d got incredibly lucky to get to last few anyways.. not that I remember. Guinness by the bucket load, with side orders of shots and cocktails tends to blur the memory somewhat.. but funny how you always remember when you lose 8)
Weekend was then spent up in Edinburgh with Lilly with even more cocktails to be had, spending Saturday night going through a full menu at a fantastic place called the Dome (http://www.thedomeedinburgh.com/introduction) on Georges street. Not the cheapest place in the world with a pair of drinks being 20 quid+ a go.. but we went through the full menu pretty much. Sunday was a trip to the zoo to see the UK"s only pandas followed by more drinking and much merriment through and around the Grassmarket.. all good preparation for this weekend at DTD.
Only going to be there Sunday and Monday, which.. hopefully will end me playing in just the one tournament if all goes well, but if not will give the heads up a go even though the past 2 years I"ve sworn never again.
Good luck to one and all in the mean time, and special good luck to my mate Stu playing for England for a 3rd time.. hoping he finally manages to find his lucky England shirt and run well.
Looking forward to seeing everyone down there, you"re all a top bunch of people you know. Will have a endless supply of man hugs at the ready, will see you at and around the bar from Sunday lunch time x
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Also on your Birthday I was Level 42 on Criminal Case on FB, I however never be that or even level 1 on Candy Crush.
Are you listening Mr Pilgrim huh? huh? :-* xx
I"m all ears Shaz ;D... Come join the dark side, you will amongst some of APATs finest!! Ger Smith, Steve Redfern to name but a few all Candy crush degens!! Infact Ger and Steve are amongst the top 2 leading Candy crushers on my friends list!!
Oh and btw Happy Belated birthday Phil :-* xx
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Quick update following the WCOAP.. only played the Main 1B and finished 60 somethingth and 30ish from making day 2 and a min cash, picked up hands early and chipped up nicely to around 22k on a great table with Gary from the Hetton Mob, JP, Rodders, Paul Mac etc, good banter and as JP mentioned in his update we kept the waitresses very busy. Moved tables after just doubling up a short stack with a AQ < AK me raising, BB short and shoving and me calling.. standard. New table and card dead and after losing a race ended up shoving around 9 bigs in the BB with 5 3 hearts soooted (fish? me? never) after a raise and a reraise ahead of me. Only one called and I hoped for a AK.. got shown 8"s and with another 8 on the flop and no hearts I was gone. Enjoyed the day though and the deepish run.
More beers flowed and the company of amongst many others Emma, Nellie, Mich, GiMac, Dawn, Jack, Andy O, Suz, Rudders etc made the rest of the night fly by. Railed JP and Carl till the end of the main and we retired to bed around 3am after way too many beers and a round of baby guinesses to finish it all off in the early hours with the usual suspects and many a laugh. Happy days.
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Was sad to hear the news from Stu that he"d had to go home as had been looking forward to hammering the bar with him to celebrate the England victory. Always heart warming how much love there is amongst the community with people asking after him all day. Love to you and Matty mate x
Sunday I was down to play heads up and I just wasnt feeling it, had a cooked brecky with JP and decided that I"d de-reg, meet up with the gang and especially Dawn, Jack and Carl and Emma as I"d promised a hug or 4 the night before and head home. Anna stays over on a Monday and I decided that time with her and Lilly was preferred to a sober heads up session. No regrets there at all.
Speaking of Anna.. I have the best daughter in the world :-*
[youtube=325,250]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M5rrmDEUj0&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
Although she could of left off the mention of 42... x
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Lovely video, wp Anna.
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Lovely video, wp Anna.
Magic
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Lovely video, wp Anna.
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What a proper sweetie! Reckon you should keep her another while. xx
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Speaking of Anna.. I have the best daughter in the world :-*
Pokerpops might disagree with you there, Mister!!...
[youtube=325,250]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M5rrmDEUj0&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
oh...maybe not!! ;)
Gorgeous video :)
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The picture of you and her together at 0.42 is lovely. ;D
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Im the luckiest man in the world.. thank you all.... even Stuart ::) :-*
Just a question.. has anyone ever had truffle in their food.. and not the sweet kind?
Had it for the first time in a top restaurant over the weekend (black truffle risotto) and it literally tasted like crap, yes even worse than beetroot Mr Pilgrim.. Now I"m wondering.. is it my taste buds that"s shot, was it just a bad dish (tempted to buy some off the interweb to see) or does one of the most expensive foods in the world indeed taste like poo?
Very dissapointing :-\
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Im the luckiest man in the world.. thank you all.... even Stuart ::) :-*
Just a question.. has anyone ever had truffle in their food.. and not the sweet kind?
Had it for the first time in a top restaurant over the weekend (black truffle risotto) and it literally tasted like crap, yes even worse than beetroot Mr Pilgrim.. Now I"m wondering.. is it my taste buds that"s shot, was it just a bad dish (tempted to buy some off the interweb to see) or does one of the most expensive foods in the world indeed taste like poo?
Very dissapointing :-\
errr, not sure if I should ask this Phil...... but how do you know what poo tastes like?
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errr, not sure if I should ask this Phil...... but how do you know what poo tastes like?
I"m sure he"s eaten in a McDonalds.
Simples.
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Im the luckiest man in the world.. thank you all.... even Stuart ::) :-*
Just a question.. has anyone ever had truffle in their food.. and not the sweet kind?
Had it for the first time in a top restaurant over the weekend (black truffle risotto) and it literally tasted like crap, yes even worse than beetroot Mr Pilgrim.. Now I"m wondering.. is it my taste buds that"s shot, was it just a bad dish (tempted to buy some off the interweb to see) or does one of the most expensive foods in the world indeed taste like poo?
Very dissapointing :-\
Black truffles are the cheaper more pungent ones, but they are still expensive! IMHO a decent restaurant should be serving the white ones which are the better of the two versions I know about and have a more delicate flavour. A few shavings per portion in any dish should be plenty. Hope this helps xxx
p.s. Amaretto buiscuit wrappings were an epic fail too, back to the drawing board :(
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Cool video for the old man ;D
Glad you had an awesome birthday ... disappointed to not be reading about any more broken window running around in purple underwear stories but you"re getting on a bit now and the failing body and moral responsibilities are obv starting to kick in :P
As for the truffles .... I"ll stick to my heart shaped champagne praline truffle choccies .... I even saved a few for GiMac (how considerate is that, now THAT"s going above and beyond ;D)
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it literally tasted like crap, yes even worse than beetroot Mr Pilgrim..
I find this hard to believe!!
But yes Black truffles are indeed a required taste.. due to their pungent smell not a million miles away from smelly socks..
My advice.. Stay away from overly priced expensive ingredients, i hear up your neck of the woods there is a delicacy called Parmo?
Or better still Hobnobs!!
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
Don"t be daft...the Yanks eat Sweetbreads and Rocky Mountain Oysters. If they"ll eat that they"ll eat anything.
I was offered the opportunity of a Parmo....I have more respect for my stomach than that...and I"ve eaten some pretty funky stuff in my past....but that"s another story.
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
I love my food and I"ll eat anything - off the floor, out of date, if it"s mouldy I"ll cut the green bits off and stuff it down me. I was really looking forward to trying a parmo but I have to say I was totally underwhelmed. It wasn"t horrible or disgusting - no food is - but it was very disappointing and bland. I left more than half of it.
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
I love my food and I"ll eat anything - off the floor, out of date, if it"s mouldy I"ll cut the green bits off and stuff it down me. I was really looking forward to trying a parmo but I have to say I was totally underwhelmed. It wasn"t horrible or disgusting - no food is - but it was very disappointing and bland. I left more than half of it.
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
I love my food and I"ll eat anything - off the floor, out of date, if it"s mouldy I"ll cut the green bits off and stuff it down me. I was really looking forward to trying a parmo but I have to say I was totally underwhelmed. It wasn"t horrible or disgusting - no food is - but it was very disappointing and bland. I left more than half of it.
Absolutely nails it.
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As head man at Jaxie Towers, I"ve tasked Dawn with finding a proper recipe for chicken parmesan (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/hide.gif)
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As head man at Jaxie Towers, I"ve tasked Dawn with finding a proper recipe for chicken parmesan (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/hide.gif)
Was one of the first things I made for you when I moved over here. In fact, I made it a few times. Considering the work involved in making it and your ability to notice, you"ll be lucky to see it again! pfffffffffffffffffffft
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
I love my food and I"ll eat anything - off the floor, out of date, if it"s mouldy I"ll cut the green bits off and stuff it down me. I was really looking forward to trying a parmo but I have to say I was totally underwhelmed. It wasn"t horrible or disgusting - no food is - but it was very disappointing and bland. I left more than half of it.
Jack :-* How about this then.. just been out for a meal with Matty Ward for a michelin star taster set lunch.. this was 2nd course in I think..
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I"d get that down me but I wouldn"t be going anywhere near the claws. Stoopid presentation! Pile it on!
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To be fair Jack has been known to eat some "different" things
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OMFG!!! It"s obvious I likes me food, so surely I"ve half a clue - hand on heart, Parmo is NOT a delicacy!!! Most vile food item I"ve ever consumed. And I"ve consumed so pretty horrid stuff in my life. Parmo. Delicacy. Ugh.
Silly untrained, uneducated American taste buds.... pffft
I love my food and I"ll eat anything - off the floor, out of date, if it"s mouldy I"ll cut the green bits off and stuff it down me. I was really looking forward to trying a parmo but I have to say I was totally underwhelmed. It wasn"t horrible or disgusting - no food is - but it was very disappointing and bland. I left more than half of it.
Jack :-* How about this then.. just been out for a meal with Matty Ward for a michelin star taster set lunch.. this was 2nd course in I think..
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He has just shown me that picture, utterly vile.
Why are you not playing tonight you big bummer? xx
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He"s not playing tonight because he ate that ^^^^^ earlier today and will spend the rest of this night praying to the porcelain gods. At a guess.
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Been working way too hard these past few weeks.. meetings with accountants this week to try and reduce tax bills, but apparently its only google and the likes who can get away with that. Bad times. Been working to keep the forum up and running at full capacity but had some problems this week.. hoping we"re getting to the bottom of it all.
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Looking forward to a long weekend and then maybe some GUKPT fun next week as that tour rolls into the poker mecca that is Stockton.. or maybe thats the G thats next to the Stockton mecca bingo.. one or the two.
The schedule is pretty good, torn between the 6-Max which I scraped onto the final table of last year or the Omahaha with Stu on the Thursday. Would normally have a bash at a few of the main event sats as well but money and more importantly time are at a premium these days... life is fantastic at the moment though, suns shining.. life is good. Happy days x
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The new next door neighbours....
My house is in a very quiet part of the world, tucked away in the corner at the end of a street, not overlooked by any houses and is all very pleasant. Usually get woken up by birds singing. Unfortunately this is no more.
The house to my left is actually on another estate with their back garden stretching a looooooong way all the way down to run along side my house. For the past few years its been fantastic, all quiet. Until the new neighbours moved in. I started to get a little concerned when I looked out of my bedroom window a few weeks back and saw that this had been built :
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This is directly outside my bedroom. Bad times. Was hoping for something quiet. Sloths of somekind maybe. Fears were soon realised by the arrival of :
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Barking starts early doors. This barking sets off Bonnie. Bonnie sets off Lilly"s sausage dog Charlie who to be fair is a little on the psychotic side. Lovely dog most of the time. Other times. Little man syndrome. Mental. All hell breaks loose :-\
I"ve been round to complain and it has got slightly better and the dog is not kept constantly in the "pen".. but only slightly. Next steps?... watch this space.
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Next steps?
I am available for revenge attacks for housewarming parties most of the year.
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FFS Stuart - that"s a more disproportionate response than even Israel can manage, and they"ve been doing it for years! ;)
You still got the gerbils Phil? Lob one of them over - dogs can"t bark when they"re eating. Or look up. :D
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FFS Stuart - that"s a more disproportionate response than even Israel can manage, and they"ve been doing it for years! ;)
You still got the gerbils Phil? Lob one of them over - dogs can"t bark when they"re eating. Or look up. :D
Oops
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Guinea pigs... they were guinea pigs :"(
Its all in hand.. old poker caps FTW ;D
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Lesson learnt over the winter. Poker caps on guinea pigs are not FTW :(
Home game last night was my first poker game in a while, lost my first stack calling a raise on the button with 3 4 off, Gary P calling as well in BB stating that he needed a very specific flop. The flop came down 3 4 7 rainbow. Happy days for me. Apart from Gary had 5 6 ::)
Guiness flowed. Chipped up and was flying for a little while. Then cocktails arrived. Can"t remember how I lost my second stack.. but vaguely remember thinking I was good shape with a flopped pair. I definitely wasn"t.
The home games are struggling of late, think we"ve been spoilt by the various Yarm invasions that have occured. They"re in serious need of "something" to spice them up.. or I can see them becoming more and more sporadic.
APAT wise.. Wembley is looking like its a 95% on for me, will be missing in Coventry.. but the one after that will be the designated APAT stag doo for me, hoping for early August. Will be happy days x
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but the one after that will be the designated APAT stag doo for me, hoping for early August. Will be happy days x
Hmmm...more likely to be end July / end of August (DTD?) methinks.
But we can hope :)
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Any suggestions on spicing? I have personally given up with it, it seems to me people have got lazy.
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Any suggestions on spicing? I have personally given up with it, it seems to me people have got lazy.
Personally I think the Thursday game has drifted too far from it"s origins and stopped being a fun evening. The addition of assorted APAT visitors to the mix makes a fun game but it"s not the same, and in truth there hasn"t been a true Nobbers Night for a couple of years now.
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Any suggestions on spicing? I have personally given up with it, it seems to me people have got lazy.
Personally I think the Thursday game has drifted too far from it"s origins and stopped being a fun evening. The addition of assorted APAT visitors to the mix makes a fun game but it"s not the same, and in truth there hasn"t been a true Nobbers Night for a couple of years now.
^^ 100% agreed.
Thursday gone was the worst yet IMO. Think it could be a sad time and RIP the Thursday game for a while until people remember that it should be a fun evening... let me know when that games back.. but then maybe you can"t turn back time :( This might be an option for the future though with an "APAT local game".. something to think about anyways..
Hi Mark - Random question but does the league need to be tied to a physical venue? could it be run as a home game with the individuals paying the weekly fee(s)... which people are invited to and could maybe run in multiple locations / pub / club etc?
Hi Phil
Great question.
The short answer is Yes - with a But!
Long answer a little more complex.
Its something that we are presently looking at - we realise that it may very well assist and be popular for players without current/existing APAT Local venues in their area - so we are currently drawing up guidelines for the rules and parameters that the very thing you are asking could be implemented for players - we believe there are no legalities to fall foul of, so i would very much hope that very shortly we can bring you details of how this can be done and will work - so if you dont mind, please bear with us for a little while. I will bring you an update and - hopefully - a finished version of this shortly.
Guess we watch this space and see. Whatever happens it needs to be happy days x
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Wembley.
[ x ] Saturday AM Train booked
[ x ] Night at Curlys sorted Saturday. Thank you sir x
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[ ] Drunk.. not yet.. but
[ x ] I will be x
Happy days x
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Any suggestions on spicing? I have personally given up with it, it seems to me people have got lazy.
Personally I think the Thursday game has drifted too far from it"s origins and stopped being a fun evening. The addition of assorted APAT visitors to the mix makes a fun game but it"s not the same, and in truth there hasn"t been a true Nobbers Night for a couple of years now.
^^ 100% agreed.
Thursday gone was the worst yet IMO. Think it could be a sad time and RIP the Thursday game for a while until people remember that it should be a fun evening... let me know when that games back.. but then maybe you can"t turn back time :( This might be an option for the future though with an "APAT local game".. something to think about anyways..
Reason for this? I dont know why we cant just turn up and get spannered like we used to? I think that a couple of the people that go have definitely changed the atmosphere, but how do we change that? Im loathed to see it fall away, but people just dont seem to give a **** if it happens, which hurts tbh. There is no way we can just tell people they are no longer invited, if there was then i would do it myself.
What difference would an "APAT local game" make?
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Reason for this? I dont know why we cant just turn up and get spannered like we used to? I think that a couple of the people that go have definitely changed the atmosphere, but how do we change that? Im loathed to see it fall away, but people just dont seem to give a **** if it happens, which hurts tbh. There is no way we can just tell people they are no longer invited, if there was then i would do it myself.
What difference would an "APAT local game" make?
Loathed as well but what can be done? The local game might bring back some interest and a mini league like we used to mate.. we need something to generate some interest and more importantly bring back the banter which is sadly missing. Too many people taking it way too serious and not taking it for what it is which is supposedly "fun". Which it definitely isnt sadly x
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OK quick Wembley report which went surprisingly well.
Was really excited to play this event, more than any APAT event in a long time.
I"d already met a midget outside the ground before the start so had a really good feeling about the whole enchilada (heres me attempting the "I"m taking a photo of the statue honest and not the small fella in front of it" style)
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Day 1 was steady away playing close to an A game for me, mainly due to the price of Guinness stopping me getting into a usual drunken mess, £6 a pint (after a quid tip to the valet) meant a steady away approach.
Also I got moved 4 times due to be continually on tables to be broken up, bit of pain when trying to get to know playing styles from each move but also meant meeting a lot of regular faces and new ones along the way. Slowly chipped up nicely all day really, and after knocking out a 8K shorty (JJ > AJ) near the end, ended up with 37.5k and 16th of the remaining 25ish coming into Day 2.
Had a great stay at Curlys on the evening (well early hours of Sunday), couple of Guinesss supped over amongst other things Curlys exit which was very unlucky. Without sounding like a broken record, your time will come fella x
Sunday morning was a Curly special scrambled eggs on toast and a laugh and joke in his back garden in glorious sunshine, a great start to the day. Thank you again mate x Train ride in with the lovely Susie P and then met up with the guys ready for day 2.
Apparently my inside voice wasnt working too well and Joe Car Hill had to have a little word when I started rattling on about safe crackers when this guy wandered by...
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Lovely fella though.
Day 2 started off slow, then when we got down to 2 tables I decided to kick things up a gear. First in BB shoving over a SB raise with my 56 suited. Got a call with A2 but luckboxed a five on the river to double up to 50K.
Couple of hands later the same guy to my right raises up and after seeing AK suited I shove again. He"s got KK this time but I hit a flush by the turn and I"m upto the heady heights of 107Kish.
At this point James Barber tells me off for getting a little over exuberant. The guy to my right for some reason decides he doesnt want to talk/listen to me anymore and whilst Im talking to him pulls his Iphone out and puts on his earphones. How to make friends and influence people by Phil will be in all rubbish book shops soon.
This is where I should of gone to the bar. But no I have AQ in the BB and theres a raise on the button. I call and see a nice flop of A Q x with 2 clubs. I bet out. He raises alot. He"s playing around 60K and we get it all in. He"s got K10 of clubs and I"m feeling a little sick. J of hearts on the turn and I"m feeling less exuberant of back to 40k and what would have been a chip lead stack and a cruise to the final table.
We get into the cash and with 10 left the same situation arises with the same button raise guy. I"ve got 56 suited and shove in my short 10ishbb stack hoping he"ll fold.. unfortunately he doesn"t and he"s surprised to find out his 92 off is ahead haha. A nine on the flop and we"re done.
Railed JB for a while whilst chatting to the lovely Ken McBride and wife before remembering I had a 4 hour train ride and decided after giving JB a lucky shoulder rub I"d best head home.
I can"t tell you how amazing the whole Wembley experience was, the setup was phenomenal and I"m so pleased I had the chance to experience it. Whether it will be repeated is of course open to debate, but so pleased to have been part of it. Big thanks to APAT as always, great to meet Mark the Shark and also rail Debs, John Murry and Matt and Leigh in the main event. Good luck to Matt and Leigh who are still in. What a story that could be over the next day or 2 x
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Change of venue would be good, always preferred Rileys for the home game, like the cosy atmosphere rather than the sterile atmosphere of the casino, just my twopenneth.
Has Rileys reopened ?, or poss back to the roots at The Eagle.
League adds a bit more spice and would keep interest up, never been about the cash on a Thursday if it was I would walk the 2 yards to the rebuy tournament.
Its lucky its never about the cash, cant win a thing v you lot, lol.
nb just won a pot online with qq v 92 who had 3 bet me with it must be he new nuts
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Keeping the forum running recently is a constant running battle. Both the webserver, and mailserver get constantly hammered by hackers, spammers. The odd thread that you might see on the forum for "Raybans" etc is just the tip of the iceburg.
Don"t get me wrong as a geek there"s a tiny part of me that is impressed (see always a brightside), especially by the hackers who infiltrate, amend code where they can using ever increasing complex scripts. But for the end result to just be a hidden link off for Viagra or the like?.. really? surely with all their talents they could be put to a much more constructive and productive use. Probably some teenager in his bedroom somewhere doing it just because they can.
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Sigh.
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Phil,
I have no idea which version of WP we are running but is there anything to be gained (security-wise) but upgrading / updating to the latest version.
Oh..and SMF too?
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Phil,
I have no idea which version of WP we are running but is there anything to be gained (security-wise) but upgrading / updating to the latest version.
Oh..and SMF too?
Definitely for WP* Paulie, in fact I"d love to get off WP completely, upgrade is scheduled in already (hate to say the word soon).
SMF* we"re at the latest version we can upgrade to for version 1. Version 2 is the way to go, but at the moment there isnt a simple "click next" style path to get there.
Acronym Guide for anyone whos reading this and is wondering
*WP = Wordpress. This is the software used for the "main" APAT site that you see when you access APAT.com. Its used by 60 million worldwide. With it being so widely used its unfortunately a platform which is loved by the hacker community.
*SMF = Simple Machines Forum. This is the software thats used for the APAT forum that you"re viewing at the moment. Touch wood has yet to be hacked, but as with all forum software its difficult to stop the spammers of the world wanting to login and post threads flogging various stuff. Security is set as high as we can to only allow "real" APAT people to register and post. The mods on here (Paulie, Ger, Ian, JB, Jon MW, Mark the Shark, ThinkerJE, Rich and Mair) do a fantastic and constant job of removing the rest, and wield their banning sticks to the ones that slip through the net.
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Definitely for WP* Paulie, in fact I"d love to get off WP completely, upgrade is scheduled in already (hate to say the word soon).
Any thoughts about what would replace WP?
I confess I"m not up on CMS (Content Management Systems) but is there anything that is more secure?
We use Drupal at work (don"t ask) but that"s really overpowered (I feel) for APAT.com and has a fairly sharp learning curve.
I believe that the plug-in community for WP is better (or at least more vigorous) than that for Drupal, hence my suggestion to Des about the Event Management solution,
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Any thoughts about what would replace WP?
I confess I"m not up on CMS (Content Management Systems) but is there anything that is more secure?
Currently having that exact same conversation with Leigh on Skype... or it might be his personal assistant he"s recently employed since the weekend.. look at me name dropping ;D
Heard good things about "Plone", and theres another called "Typo" which apparently is similar to WP in style. I"m the same really as its not really my industry sector.. always up for suggestions if you or anyone has any. At the moment a blackboard and chalk seems the way to go as the last remaining hairs on my head I"m trying to cling onto are getting seriously pulled :(
Bonnie is also learning some choice new swear words x
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APAT.com upgraded this afternoon, latest WP version installed and patches applied.
Clean bill of health issued by Securi.net
http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.apat.com
Can I cash out now please whilst all is well? :P
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Get a room guys!
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Get a room guys!
Pervert x
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So its getting close to official stag doooooo oclock.
The 2 will be
1) July 6th for an all day session in York for non poker playing friends and family.. yes I do have some :)
and the main event...
2) August 3/4 for a poker / beer weekend at a location to be named soooooon
More details will be posted soon once venue for August 3/4 one is confirmed but will be epic. More the merrier. Watch this space. Clear the diaries x
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So its getting close to official stag doooooo oclock.
2) August 3/4 for a poker / beer weekend at a location to be named soooooon
More details will be posted soon once venue for August 3/4 one is confirmed but will be epic. More the merrier. Watch this space. Clear the diaries x
However, we"ll be out with dates this week....[snip]..with an event at the start of August
Do you something we don"t?
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Do you something we don"t?
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Do you something we don"t?
APAT event and a Stag weekend at the beginning of August
Two weekends away or potentially just one?...Don"t make me choose!
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Do you something we don"t?
APAT event and a Stag weekend at the beginning of August
Two weekends away or potentially just one?...Don"t make me choose!
APAT event / stag doo / rolled into one like a errrm huge juicy burrito or spring.. or swiss.. or sausage.. or tootsie thing :) x
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Do you something we don"t?
APAT event and a Stag weekend at the beginning of August
Two weekends away or potentially just one?...Don"t make me choose!
APAT event / stag doo / rolled into one like a errrm huge juicy burrito or spring.. or swiss.. or sausage.. or tootsie thing :) x
Stealing poor Des" thunder Philip... tut...
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Stealing poor Des" thunder Philip... tut...
August 3/4 for a poker / beer weekend at a location to be named soooooon
More details will be posted soon once venue for August 3/4 one is confirmed but will be epic. More the merrier. Watch this space. Clear the diaries x
However, we"ll be out with dates this week....[snip]..with an event at the start of August
Just presuming that "start of August" is the 3/4 thats all..... :-*
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Well I thought that 3rd/4th was pretty much nailed on. Surely we should be doing different weekends but anyway........
Given that this is a "Full Fat" (Jack Prime lingo there see) [MOD SNIP] Weekend I am assuming we will be required to report for duty on the Friday (2nd August).
I therefore respectfully recommend that we do an early start on this day to give it a proper Stag weekend feel. We can play darts/pool/snooker in the afternoon if people want or just find a pub some pubs and sit in the sun outside.
Also will there be drinking games?
[MOD SNIP] Shhhh!
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Well I thought that 3rd/4th was pretty much nailed on. Surely we should be doing different weekends but anyway........
Given that this is a "Full Fat" (Jack Prime lingo there see) APAT Weekend I am assuming we will be required to report for duty on the Friday (2nd August).
I therefore respectfully recommend that we do an early start on this day to give it a proper Stag weekend feel. We can play darts/pool/snooker in the afternoon if people want or just find a pub some pubs and sit in the sun outside.
Also will there be drinking games?
LOL @ darts/pool/snooker
Funnily enough, none of these were on my suggested activities during a Skype convo with Phil yesterday about that weekend. ;)
Although, an afternoon of pool and pints in a pub does have some appeal. Let"s hope the location has pubs. ;D
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Whoever you are, thanks for saving my blushes.
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Well I thought that 3rd/4th was pretty much nailed on. Surely we should be doing different weekends but anyway........
Given that this is a "Full Fat" (Jack Prime lingo there see) [MOD SNIP] Weekend I am assuming we will be required to report for duty on the Friday (2nd August).
I therefore respectfully recommend that we do an early start on this day to give it a proper Stag weekend feel. We can play darts/pool/snooker in the afternoon if people want or just find a pub some pubs and sit in the sun outside.
Also will there be drinking games?
[MOD SNIP] Shhhh!
We"ll be aiming to leave the northern realms around midday Friday plenty of time for beers and good times upon arrival at (insert location here after 9pm watershed).. maybe even including some of Leigh's suggestions as well.. however deviant and unsuitable they were ;)
Will be breaking in some APAT virgins from the North East as well who"ve never played an APAT before and will be making the trip.
Will be epic x
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We"ll be aiming to leave the northern realms around midday Friday plenty of time for beers and good times upon arrival at (insert location here after 9pm watershed).. maybe even including some of Leigh's suggestions as well.. however deviant and unsuitable they were
Leigh sat next to Tighty for a few years....he must have learned something useful.
Just sayin".
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See you in Cardiff on the Friday then!
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See you in Cardiff on the Friday then!
All being well, I should rock up at the PI around 2.30.
Sunny afternoon by the water....
http://www.thewharfcardiff.com/
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Cardiff in the diary, hotel coordination please !
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A long weekend in Cardiff it is then. ;D
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Cardiff in the diary, hotel coordination please !
Premier Inn
Cardiff City South
Keen Road
Cardiff
South Wales
Wales
CF24 5JT
Me, Ger, Yarmites, Curlarge...and the list grows.
Fri & Saturday for c£91 when I booked.
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Stag doo... Cardiff you say? ;D
Hotels - Apparently the Travel lodge has been booked, 3 twin rooms and growing.
Setting off Friday convoy style lunch time, aiming to get there Friday evening around 7 I"d guess.. depending on traffic and beer stops.
Can"t wait.
Hope as many as possible can make it the Friday night x
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I"m in the Travelodge, right next to the G
Cardiff in the diary, hotel coordination please !
And "Like"
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Phil,
Barring late night **gentlemen"s** shenanigans, do we have a plan of any kind?
Do we want pub/pool/darts or just a pub with cheap beer perhaps with an outside area if the weather is nice?
Are we pub crawling or hunkering down and slopping up?
Enquiring minds want to know*.
*for planning materials.
A couple of ideas:
http://www.viewcardiff.co.uk/pubsandbars/queens-vaults-info-35292.html
http://www.viewcardiff.co.uk/pubsandbars/the-borough-info-35317.html
One on Westgate Street, the other couple of minutes walk.
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Have only been into Cardiff once and it was a little blurry, remember there being a main street with lots of bars.
No plans made, so will bow down to local knowledge, as long as it doesn"t involve taxi rides or walking any distances and we can be pretty central.. happy to go with the flow and banter.. we need a starting location though x
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As I recall (and I"m equally blurry), Westgate street is the main drag, so perhaps the Queens Vaults might be the best option.
As a starting point, I would suggest The Wharf (directions from Travelodge (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=201889264716224768913.000001122445f047c81eb&msa=0&ll=53.455349,-2.329102&spn=5.594623,16.907959&dg=feature)).
A cab into town would be pretty cheap and then we"re in the thick of it...but I"m equally open to suggestions.
I"ll need to eat beforehand anyway.
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I"ll need to eat beforehand anyway.
http://www.sizzleandgrill.co.uk/MAN-v-FOOD.html
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Well I am going to get into Cardiff at about 3pm on that day. I would suggest heading into the Bay until people get there, there are a few nice pubs over there. The Packet is a nice traditional pub and Terra Nova is nice to sit and overlook the Bay if it is a nice day, you can get food here too. The Wharf Bar is alright for drinking outside as well. Great place to be on a sunny afternoon.
Then get a cheap taxi into town. The main drag in Cardiff is St Mary"s Street really, we can do a pretty good pub crawl. Some good pubs that basically run from the train station to the other end of Cardiff include:-
The Great Western
The Prince of Wales (Wetherspoons) - Good for food again if people need it
The Cottage
The Goat Major (Traditional Pub, good on football days)
The Irish Bar (Good Guniness)
For Wetherspoons fans you also have The Gatekeeper and Central Bar on the trail and The Queens Vaults as Paulie suggested. There is O"Neils as well and The Owain Glyndwr.
Then you have Lloyds bar and Varsity for when things start to get silly and the shots are folowing.
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Well I am going to get into Cardiff at about 3pm on that day. I would suggest heading into the Bay until people get there, there are a few nice pubs over there. The Packet is a nice traditional pub and Terra Nova is nice to sit and overlook the Bay if it is a nice day, you can get food here too. The Wharf Bar is alright for drinking outside as well. Great place to be on a sunny afternoon.
Then get a cheap taxi into town. The main drag in Cardiff is St Mary"s Street really, we can do a pretty good pub crawl. Some good pubs that basically run from the train station to the other end of Cardiff include:-
The Great Western
The Prince of Wales (Wetherspoons) - Good for food again if people need it
The Cottage
The Goat Major (Traditional Pub, good on football days)
The Irish Bar (Good Guniness)
For Wetherspoons fans you also have The Gatekeeper and Central Bar on the trail and The Queens Vaults as Paulie suggested. There is O"Neils as well and The Owain Glyndwr.
Then you have Lloyds bar and Varsity for when things start to get silly and the shots are folowing.
Cheers Rodders, sounds like a plan, by the time we"re getting there I suggest you"re all fed and raring to go as we"ll probably grab a burger on the way at a service station.
Just need an opening bar on the main strip so we can get straight on it :)
I"m now booked into the Premier Inn due to me presuming Travelodge had been booked.. and it hadnt. Happy days :) x
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Cheers Rodders, sounds like a plan, by the time we"re getting there I suggest you"re all fed and raring to go as we"ll probably grab a burger on the way at a service station.
Just need an opening bar on the main strip so we can get straight on it :)
I"m now booked into the Premier Inn due to me presuming Travelodge had been booked.. and it hadnt. Happy days :) x
The Main Strip ?
You know this is Cardiff and not Vegas don"t you ?
Easy mistake to make ;D
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Might I suggest that we start at The Queen"s Vaults. [Maps Link (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=The+Queens+Vaults%2C+Cardiff&data=!4m10!1m9!4m8!1m3!1d1545!2d-3.1779579!3d51.4782176!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1)]
It"s pretty central and within easy reach of Central Cardiff.
If various people want to meet up at whatever hotels they are at (PI or TL) they an organise cabs separately etc.
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Booked into the Travelodge but might move to the Premier Inn if it is cheaper.
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Booked into the Travelodge but might move to the Premier Inn if it is cheaper.
Unlikely...but possible.
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Might I suggest that we start at The Queen"s Vaults. [Maps Link (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!q=The+Queens+Vaults%2C+Cardiff&data=!4m10!1m9!4m8!1m3!1d1545!2d-3.1779579!3d51.4782176!3m2!1i1920!2i955!4f13.1)]
It"s pretty central and within easy reach of Central Cardiff.
If various people want to meet up at whatever hotels they are at (PI or TL) they an organise cabs separately etc.
Why The Queens Vaults? It"s OK but there are loads of better pubs in Cardiff. It is pretty cheap which is an advantage and also has a few pool tables and a Darts board, but we are not likely to be playing those during the meet up. It is not very big though and I am not a huge fan of the beer there.
The Great Western is the starting place imo. Obviously I will go with the flow though.
Also did you say you want to head over to the Bay in the afternoon. I will join you if that is the case. We can get a beer in The Packet, Terra Nova and The Wetherspoons over there (forgot what it is called). I assume most people are staying in the Bay area so will be around there at some point in the afternoon
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As things are moving on nicely, Susiepea and I will arrive circa 3pm.
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The Great Western is the starting place imo. Obviously I will go with the flow though.
I"m easy....I"ll just rock up at the PI mid afternoon, eat at the pub next door and wait for things to unfold.
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Could you move discussions of the stag dooo to a thread I can avoid reading please
many thanks
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Hi Guys
I have just booked into the HI in Atlantic Wharf next to casino for Fri and Sat night. Looking fwd to seeing all u guys again..... Its been too long
Ian xx
ps may play poker too lol
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Hi Guys
I have just booked into the HI in Atlantic Wharf next to casino for Fri and Sat night. Looking fwd to seeing all u guys again..... Its been too long
Ian xx
ps may play poker too lol
LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Hi Guys
I have just booked into the HI in Atlantic Wharf next to casino for Fri and Sat night. Looking fwd to seeing all u guys again..... Its been too long
Ian xx
ps may play poker too lol
LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
+1
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Hi Guys
I have just booked into the HI in Atlantic Wharf next to casino for Fri and Sat night. Looking fwd to seeing all u guys again..... Its been too long
Ian xx
ps may play poker too lol
LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
+1
+2 waaaayyyy too long!!
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Hi Guys
I have just booked into the HI in Atlantic Wharf next to casino for Fri and Sat night. Looking fwd to seeing all u guys again..... Its been too long
Ian xx
ps may play poker too lol
LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
+1
+2 waaaayyyy too long!!
+ 3 xxx
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Happy days! Up and over 40 people coming at the latest count to the Friday "doo" at Cardiff, can"t wait. Fantastic that so many people I love can make it. Have a feeling its going to get very very messy.
Odds on one of the most subdued starts to an APAT come Saturday? ;D
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Good luck to all heading down to Coventry this weekend.
If the run goods turn bad, you lose that flip deep into day 1 after grinding all day, you"re card dead for hours, the waitress continues to ignore you, the guinness runs dry.. and as you fall into the pond at the bottom of the escalator... just think...
(http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/strange-beautiful-photos-30.jpg?w=500&h=531)
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbrNmKfbHH4[/youtube]
Suggestion to Matt as a future APAT side sporting event. Epicness ;D
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Had a great weekend, spent Saturday and a mini stag doo with some of my closest friends, a brother and my nephew going from bar to bar in York. Sun was shining, bars were packed, much was drank and after starting at 10am watching the rugby.. come 8pm after finally negotiating a revolving dance floor in Reflex and various cocktails and shots along the way. I was pretty much gone.. but not out. Train back to Yarm for more beer Phil? Why not.
Managed another beer or 2 in Yarm in the jammed bull.. then the fantastic Mr Amos picked up who was left standing and we made it over to the casino and roulette (wasn"t that drunk to think poker was a good idea) which was very much a blur. No idea what time I got home.. but was definitely suffering on Sunday. Was a fantastic day and a great warm up for Cardiff.
Glorious up here today again.. but keep checking the web cam for in a month and bits time I"ll be here.. can"t wait :)
http://www.bucuti.com/photos-videos/live-tara-cam
In other news I"m currently negotiating with a midget over his rate for Cardiff and Friday night. He wants to be fed and watered all night in Cardiff if he"s coming. Surely he can"t drink that much? :)
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As we get ever closer to my wedding day.. and of course the stag doo in Cardiff I look at my remaining spreadsheet budget and am faced with the age old dilemma. Midget or Ferrari.
Do I book a midget for the stag doo.
http://www.theminiman.co.uk/gallery.php
Or
Do I book a ferrari to arrive at the wedding reception for myself.
http://www.arriveinferraristyle.co.uk/gallery.html
Some serious decisions to be made....
x
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Don"t be stupid. Easy decision!
Get the midget Ferrari, ldo.
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As we get ever closer to my wedding day.. and of course the stag doo in Cardiff I look at my remaining spreadsheet budget and am faced with the age old dilemma. Midget or Ferrari.
Do I book a midget for the stag doo.
http://www.theminiman.co.uk/gallery.php
Or
Do I book a ferrari to arrive at the wedding reception for myself.
http://www.arriveinferraristyle.co.uk/gallery.html
Some serious decisions to be made....
x
Can the midget drive the Ferrari?
or
Hire an MG Midget and ask the Midget to drive it. "A Midget in a Midget". People might expect something else from the title though ;D
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Can the midget drive the Ferrari?
or
Hire an MG Midget and ask the Midget to drive it. "A Midget in a Midget". People might expect something else from the title though ;D
Reminds me of an offer I had once outside a club over in Prague. But that"s a different story :-\
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Reminds me of an offer I had once outside a club over in Prague.
Address please...I have some Travel Tips to put together you know! ::)
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Ferrari"s are overrated IMO. There are much better cars out there and for me a ferrari are more a rich mans collectors item than a car.
Looking at the CV of miniman I would give my money to him anyday rather than making someone who owns a ferrari a little richer. But thats just me, and whatever you choose I"m sure you will enjoy it.
There are other options if you go for the vehicle thing :D
http://abusementparknation.com/13-unusual-and-creative-wedding-cars/ (http://abusementparknation.com/13-unusual-and-creative-wedding-cars/)
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Up-to-Here-with-Midgets-Funny-T-Shirt-All-Sizes-/400080098008?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item5d26a1d2d8#ht_379wt_958
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Im-Huge-In-Midget-Porn-Funny-T-Shirt-All-Sizes-/350258872993?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item518d0e42a1#ht_379wt_958
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dont-F-A-Blonde-Midget-Not-Big-Not-Clever-Tshirt-/360240986761?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item53e0093a89#ht_715wt_958
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Ferrari"s are overrated IMO. There are much better cars out there and for me a ferrari are more a rich mans collectors item than a car.
Looking at the CV of miniman I would give my money to him anyday rather than making someone who owns a ferrari a little richer. But thats just me, and whatever you choose I"m sure you will enjoy it.
Plan. Midget / Dwarf booked. Just need to decide on matching outfits. Gregg (the mini man) is keen on him dressing up as Batman and me as Robin after chatting earlier. I"ve dressed up as Robin before. Blokes cameltoe thing going on all night was not for the win :(
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Up-to-Here-with-Midgets-Funny-T-Shirt-All-Sizes-/400080098008?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item5d26a1d2d8#ht_379wt_958
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Im-Huge-In-Midget-Porn-Funny-T-Shirt-All-Sizes-/350258872993?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item518d0e42a1#ht_379wt_958
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dont-F-A-Blonde-Midget-Not-Big-Not-Clever-Tshirt-/360240986761?pt=UK_Men_s_T_Shirts&var=&hash=item53e0093a89#ht_715wt_958
Is it wrong that I actually own one of those tshirts already.... :)
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Oh, Cardiff is going to be interesting...
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Oh. Dear. Lord.
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Oh. Dear. Lord.
You rang?
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Oh. Dear. Lord.
You rang?
Certainly not. You may be A god...but you aren"t MY god.
Buy me a beer or two...and we can discuss my conversion though.
(http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/bow.gif)
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Buy me a beer or two...and we can discuss my conversion though.
Proverbs 16:20 "Whosoever trusteth in the Lord, happy is he"
See you in Cardiff
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Buy me a beer or two...and we can discuss my conversion though.
Proverbs 16:20 "Whosoever trusteth in the Lord, happy is he"
See you in Cardiff
too funny....God and a midget....where will it end? ;D ;D
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Buy me a beer or two...and we can discuss my conversion though.
Proverbs 16:20 "Whosoever trusteth in the Lord, happy is he"
See you in Cardiff
too funny....God and a midget....where will it end? ;D ;D
Not sure where it will end, but I have an idea of how
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Just had a week away to Spain with Lilly (wife to be), her daughter (Louise), her daughter(Lexi) who"s 3.. yes I got my first Grandpa birthday card this year.. Grandpa Phil FTW :) and of course my daughter Anna.
The apartment we were renting was great, walkable to local bars / restaurants etc, and had a balcony over looking the local beach.
Upon arrivial Anna spotted that amongst the usual buckets and spades, sun parasols etc left for use, there was a Texas Holdem set, full of chips, cards, dealer button etc. Late one night after a day in the sun and meal and a few beers Anna decided she wanted to learn how to play.. so we set up a game between the 4 of us.. hand rankings, betting etc quickly gone through, flop, turn river explained and off we went (yes I know.. I"m hardly the best teacher).
To say that the game was very loose agressive was an understatement ;D Everyone had fun but I fear now exactly what I"ve done. As the week went by the only way Anna would go to bed was the promise of "breakfast poker" and to be woken as early as possible to play again.
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She"s now off for a week with the ex and new husband and family to Corfu.
She wouldn"t leave without a pack of cards and a stack of chips to play with over there though.
God knows what the ex missus will say on their return.
Happy days though.
..... OH and Cardiff this weekend you say ? ? ? ? ? :P ..... Can"t wait x
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Hope you"re having an awesome stag weekend mate, I can only imagine there"s been a fair amount of alcomoholic carnage already and I"m sorry I"m missing it. Keep smiling Gramps ;D
:-*
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Hope you"re having an awesome stag weekend mate, I can only imagine there"s been a fair amount of alcomoholic carnage already and I"m sorry I"m missing it. Keep smiling Gramps ;D
:-*
Missed you mate, looking like my next APAT may be Glasgow fella.. so no excuses!
Cardiff review.. what I remember anyway... Friday night.. Greg was a star of epic proportions and the evening will live a very long time in the memory ;D Already said this on Facebook but will repeat here :
"Just wanted to thank everyone who made it on the Friday night and over the weekend for a fantastic stag doo, had an absolute ball.... To quote Greg from his text the next day "you have a top bunch of friends there". Much love x"
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/995958_10151812085457174_1739011258_n.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1094047_10201152287543506_1475708505_o.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/994554_10201644089086853_147821812_n.jpg)
After being refused entry into another bar at around 1am we headed back to the G where Greg was refused entry for lack of ID :-\ and we went our seperate ways. Was happy to wake up the next day with both eyebrows intact and a hangover that was almost manageable 8)
Day 1 APAT was a non event really, got a tough table with Darren Shallis, John Murray, Dan Owston on it to name but a few. Kept my head down and managed to peak around 20k at one point but never got going and with zero cards.. the anti rail grew as the day went on and they got their way around 10pm I think when our Martin Foreman called my AIPF AK shove with QJ with a Q first out saying he wanted me to go and have more beer.. cheers rang round from the anti rail, I took a bow and more beer was had... Happy days.
Sunday and starting to feel worse with the beer and lack of sleep but we had 2 of our car still in the main event, Stuart Milne and Martin Foreman. Both playing their first APAT events.. Stu did great went in the low 20"s I think (going out to a horrible beat) and then as the hangover and tiredness kicked in and a ever longing to get home Martin marched on.... and on... to the final table as chip lead. Making him the 3rd (Mark Wright and Gary Motson the others) of the Stockton Massive to get to a main event final table at their first attempt. Easy game! We gave up all hope of getting home before Monday and watched him finish 4th for a nice cash. Fantastic effort mate. Finally got to bed around 4amish after a sharpish drive back by Gary Palmer. Superstar.
Too many people to thank for a great weekend, but for those who made the effort to come out Friday or share a beer and a laugh over the weekend I take my hat off to you.
Thank you so much it meant a hell of a lot.
Tomorrow is my 1st year anniversary of this blog. I will take a look back to see hows things have progressed.. but I have a feeling I will be reviewing this one...
So I"ve come to conclusion. Relationships aren"t for me.
::) xx
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Tomorrow is my 1st year anniversary of this blog. I will take a look back to see hows things have progressed.. but I have a feeling I will be reviewing this one...
So I"ve come to conclusion. Relationships aren"t for me.
::) xx
I remember when this was well over 200 days...
http://lillyandphil.co.uk/
Everything pretty much ready apart from yesterday I got a call from Lumley Castle saying that the master of ceremonies.. and I quote "had to leave the area with immediate effect". WTF?
I was asked if I would like the alternative which they"re trying to source today.
SO tempted to tell them to stuff it.. and see if Greg the dwarf is available for the day :)
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SO tempted to tell them to stuff it.. and see if Greg the dwarf is available for the day :)
DO IT!!!!
Getting married by Yoda ftw :D
(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy71/HoldyFoldy/Yoda_zps7faab6bb.jpg) (http://s779.photobucket.com/user/HoldyFoldy/media/Yoda_zps7faab6bb.jpg.html)
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Hyper. Doesn"t even come close.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAYkafsK-w[/youtube]
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All the best tomorrow mate, sure everything will run smoothly and I"ll keep everything crossed that your weather is kind. Look forward someday soon to meet the lucky lady who"s bagged one of life"s good guys :-*
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Have a fantastic day! I hope the weather holds for you - I reckon Jebus"ll send some sunshine your way. We"ll catch up with you later. Let"s hope someone remembers it :)
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have a great day Phil and all. Hope it all goes smoothly and swimmingly, and there"s tons of sunshine about for you :)
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Well well Mr TC, your big day has finally come and wow it doesn"t seem that long since the counter was in treble figures!
I hope you have a truly wonderful day and wish you and the new Mrs TC much happiness for the future.
I"m sure that the smiles of all the APAT peeps in the congregation will more than make up for any lack of sunshine & your lovely best woman will do a grand job.
So a toast to one of the nicest guys around and one of APAT's finest. Good luck & much happiness on the start of your new journey.
Ah Much love Ah
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Well well Mr TC, your big day has finally come and wow it doesn"t seem that long since the counter was in treble figures!
I hope you have a truly wonderful day and wish you and the new Mrs TC much happiness for the future.
I"m sure that the smiles of all the APAT peeps in the congregation will more than make up for any lack of sunshine & your lovely best woman will do a grand job.
So a toast to one of the nicest guys around and one of APAT's finest. Good luck & much happiness on the start of your new journey.
Ah Much love Ah
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Couldn"t of put it better myself.. Lilly has bagged a good un there!
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Many congrats Phil and Lilly, hope the two of you and family, have a great life together!
:)
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Just back from the North East and a great night with some wonderful friends. It was lovely to be able to share your big day xxx
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Had a really lovely time yesterday with lovely people. Congratulations Phil & Lilly and thanks for having us. :) xx
The Happy Family...
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/Laxie/PhilTC%20Wedding/462a28a5-2dfe-4757-a3de-603945a4a580_zpsc9d9e41a.jpg) (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/Laxie/media/PhilTC%20Wedding/462a28a5-2dfe-4757-a3de-603945a4a580_zpsc9d9e41a.jpg.html)
...and the Degenerates
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/Laxie/PhilTC%20Wedding/P1010532_zpsce0b4e27.jpg) (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/Laxie/media/PhilTC%20Wedding/P1010532_zpsce0b4e27.jpg.html)
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/Laxie/PhilTC%20Wedding/P1010538_zps9d65e3ff.jpg) (http://s11.photobucket.com/user/Laxie/media/PhilTC%20Wedding/P1010538_zps9d65e3ff.jpg.html)
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Many congrats Phil and Lilly, hope the two of you and family, have a great life together!
:)
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Where"s that fkn "Like" button when you really really mean it! Looks like a superb day was had by all, Huuuuuuuge Congratulations to you both :)
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Such a comedy toast...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xbZ4wL6ws[/youtube]
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Ooooooooooooooooooooh....we"re half way there!!!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWFYRP4WeY[/youtube]
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I got married! ;D
Wedding day was simply amazing. Everything I"d hoped for.. only thing that was missing was the sun, but it didnt matter. Had a fantastic honeymoon. New York was amazing, just wished we"d stayed there a little longer.. Aruba was incredible. Own villa opening out onto the beach where we had personal waiter service delivering buckets of beer. Happy days!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1263083_10151922237862990_1900291547_o.jpg)
10 days of bliss and then a night in Amsterdam on the way home.. which was entertaining to say the least ;D Still not come down from it all.. not sure I ever will. Yes.. heres the sick bucket for you dear reader.
As I"d put on Facebook... "trying to find words.. words sometimes aren"t enough to express ones gratitude.. a simple thank you does not suffice. From the bottom of my heart I want to say I"m overwhelmed by all the kind words from my friends far and wide. Some online, some via phone, others in person and others that shared Lilly and mines wedding day. I had THE best day yesterday. Never stopped smiling. Still haven"t slept for being so excited and over the moon. Officially the happiest man in the world right now. THANK YOU x"
For the few that I managed to smuggle into the wedding as numbers were so tight. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making the day so fantastic. Never enjoyed a day as much. OH and a HUGE thank you to everyone from my APAT family who clubbed together for this :D
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1098174_10151935660592990_617425931_n.jpg)
Currently deciding* where its going to be put. Happy days x
*negotiating with the new Mrs TC which room its going to grace :)...
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I know this is small fry to most, but Betfair punts this past year have gone very well with a decent profit so far in 2013, profit showing in Tennis, Soccer and Horse Racing.. small losses in Golf and Cricket (stupid game).
Run well this past month with (I know.. I know...) Big Brother recently doing me proud.. (Lilly insisted on watching it honest) I had £70 on the winner Sam at 6.8, layed it off at 1.42 with a final win of +£353. Nice.
Follow up celeb BB.. punted £50 on Abz spread around the 12-13 mark. Layed a little off at around 7, but currently looking healthy with him now favourite with 2 days to go with him currently at 2.28. Now sat with a decision of cashing out +£245 or hoping he wins for +£513... not feeling over confident on this one though.. but going to let it ride... gotta pay off this honeymoon credit card somehow :) x
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http://goo.gl/7KMynw
:)
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http://goo.gl/7KMynw
:)
Sigh x
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Heard Rage Against The Machine are a good bet for it this year?
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http://goo.gl/7KMynw
:)
Subtle - Adjective - Delicately complex and understated
Heard Rage Against The Machine are a good bet for it this year?
Obtuse - Adjective - Stu ;)
So the Celeb Big Brother bet didn"t go exactly to plan with some daft Geordie lass winning.. obviously the people collating the "phone to win" lines are in the know and it was pretty obvious looking at the swing in the betfair odds what was happening. Managed to cash out for a little profit and year to date on Betfair is looking good.
The APAT server as some people think does not live with me and I"m not constantly looking at a monitor to make sure its OK whispering soothing words, bringing it cups of tea or giving it back rubs when people use it.
However as "Technical Head" (think thats what Des calls me) of APAT I get the nudge whenever the server throws a wobbler and needs the off and on switch throwing. We"ve had a number of problems recently with hacking attempts on the server... from attempts to use the server for sending SPAM (now fixed), attempts to access its FTP (file transfer) service to hack the site (now fixed), attempts to access windows to hack the site (hopefully now fixed from yesterday with a port reconfig), to continued attacks on Wordpress (the software that runs the main site)... OH and several popular forum members (who will not be named.. unless you"ve already seen on FB) who set their avatar sourced from a dodgy church site which caused various malware alerts ::)
As much as I just love the tags on FB telling me the site is down (actually I do.. but please be more subtle than one the other day from Annoying man which just said "FFS Phil TC the site is down again" :-\), I"ve set up a monitoring service that emails me when the site goes down so we can try and be a little more proactive.
Will update this blog with stats.. but since the 23rd here we are :
Since: September 23, 2013
Outages: 2
Total Uptime: 91.358%
Total Downtime: 8.642%
Its a constant battle.. take care out there x
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Needs separate thread imo, perhaps "Keeping it up with Phil_TC"?
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Total Uptime: 91.358%
Rebate from Hosting company?
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Needs separate thread imo, perhaps "Keeping it up with Phil_TC"?
;D
Total Uptime: 91.358%
Rebate from Hosting company?
One for Des to sort out I think Paulie.. but it has been suggested.
Bit more healthy stats today :
Since: September 23, 2013
Outages: 2
Total Uptime: 96.196%
Total Downtime: 3.804%
Queue the Doomswitch....
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/5844/32341221.jpg)
Personally feeling a little wiped today.. would of been my mams birthday today, first one to come and go since she passed earler this year. RIP mam x
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Thinking of you today mate, huge hugs xxx
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Thinking of you today mate, huge hugs xxx
Cheers Stu xx
Now then... APAT server.. just HOLD will you..
Apologies to one and all on behalf of the server this past few days. We"re onto config setting number.. lost count.
October so far has not been good :(
83.092% uptime
Bad times. Think we"ve spotted the problem area now. Fingers crossed current config holds.... x
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I actually went out for a while then.. got a sandwich and everything, walked the dogs, fed some ducks with Anna.. so yeah.. ok.. I checked the site was up once or twice on the old phone.. an F5 and pray it refreshed.. BUT its HOLDING :)
The extra power seems to be doing the trick so far
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/3328528/hamster-wheel-o.gif)
HOLD! :)
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You coming to Glasgow mate? :-*
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You coming to Glasgow mate? :-*
Well??????
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You coming to Glasgow mate? :-*
Well??????
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Sad times :( I"m not going to make it... Prague going to be the next one by the looks x
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You coming to Glasgow mate? :-*
Well??????
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Sad times :( I"m not going to make it... Prague going to be the next one by the looks x
YAY - see you there mate, what day to travelling over?
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YAY - see you there mate, what day to travelling over?
Nothing booked yet Rodders, but probs flying out on the Wednesday I hope. Happy days :)
Serious blog entry alert....
For those that know me very well know that I"ve had a little bit of a health scare this year, since joining the over 40 club a year or so back my doctor has been wanting me to go in for an over 40"s health check, blood test, urine the works. Now I"ve never been the healthiest of people, my love of Guinness, sandwiches of the cheese and or bacon varieties, peanut butter, pizzas, takeaways and not alot of the green stuff etc being the lifestyle I was dreading it and put it off.
Getting married I decided to see what the actual scores on the doors were earlier in the year, and it wasnt great. Heart attacks and stokes run the in the family and I was told I was in the "critical" area for both with a 20%+ of either / both in the next 10 years. To be fair thats 80%- chance that I wouldn"t.. but it was a little scary to hear.
Since then I"ve been eating more healthy, loads more fish, taking supplements and this benecol stuff everyday. Not happy days. I had to go back the other week for more tests to see if there was any improvements or if I needed to go on constant medication. There was good news.. improvements made so to just continue what I was doing and to go back for more tests in 6 months. There was new bad news.. my triglycerides are extremely high. This was caused by beer. Of all the things they could of told me, "Yes Mr Tompkinson it seems you"re eating too much beetroot" etc.. but no..
So as well as cutting back all the food I love.. I"m now told to lay off the beer. Beer. Less of it. Bad times.
Have asked the doctor how many benecols I need to take per pint to even things out.. still waiting for the call back x
On a positive note. APAT server.. is HOLDING :) currently onto day 2 of continuous "upness". Happy days x
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Have asked the doctor how many benecols I need to take per pint to even things out.. still waiting for the call back x
Even through the gloom you still manage to find that great humour :D
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No Going Near A Quack, God Knows What He Would Tell Me FFS :)
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No Going Near A Quack, God Knows What He Would Tell Me FFS :)
You would raise HIS risk of having a heart attack!!
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No Going Near A Quack, God Knows What He Would Tell Me FFS :)
You already did!
I attended a "Well Person's" clinic a while back at the Doctor's surgery and it went something like this.
Nurse: Before we start lets just take some blood and ask a few questions
Nurse: (sticking HUGE needle in my arm) Stop squirming
Nurse: Now Mr Smyth do you smoke ?
Me: Yes
Nurse: Cut that out. Do you drink ?
Me: Yes
Nurse: How many units a week?
Me: What's a unit?
Nurse: A small glass of wine or half a pint of beer
Me: How many units am I allowed?
Nurse: 28 units a week maximum and no more than 6 units a night
Me: Ooops buggered the weeks quota last night.
Nurse: Well cut it down to the recommended amount
Nurse: Do you eat red meat
Me: Yes
Nurse: Cut that out. Do you have fried food?
Me: yes
Nurse: Cut that out.. Now on these scales please, thank you now under this, thank you. Mr Smyth your BMI says that you are Fat bordering on obese. We need to structure a diet.
Nurse: First indications would indicate that your cholesterol is also way too high and the diet will reflect this.
So it looks like my life expectancy is around 15 minutes unless I, Stop smoking, Stop drinking and Stop eating. Then it would be about 1 week because I am medically fat and can live off that.
However I have no intention of adhering to Sister Attila the Hun and I will live until I die.
All the best off to change my will.
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That was 2009 - my lifestyle has drastically changed since then ;D ;D
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No Going Near A Quack, God Knows What He Would Tell Me FFS :)
You already did!
I attended a "Well Person's" clinic a while back at the Doctor's surgery and it went something like this.
Nurse: Before we start lets just take some blood and ask a few questions
Nurse: (sticking HUGE needle in my arm) Stop squirming
Nurse: Now Mr Smyth do you smoke ?
Me: Yes
Nurse: Cut that out. Do you drink ?
Me: Yes
Nurse: How many units a week?
Me: What's a unit?
Nurse: A small glass of wine or half a pint of beer
Me: How many units am I allowed?
Nurse: 28 units a week maximum and no more than 6 units a night
Me: Ooops buggered the weeks quota last night.
Nurse: Well cut it down to the recommended amount
Nurse: Do you eat red meat
Me: Yes
Nurse: Cut that out. Do you have fried food?
Me: yes
Nurse: Cut that out.. Now on these scales please, thank you now under this, thank you. Mr Smyth your BMI says that you are Fat bordering on obese. We need to structure a diet.
Nurse: First indications would indicate that your cholesterol is also way too high and the diet will reflect this.
So it looks like my life expectancy is around 15 minutes unless I, Stop smoking, Stop drinking and Stop eating. Then it would be about 1 week because I am medically fat and can live off that.
However I have no intention of adhering to Sister Attila the Hun and I will live until I die.
All the best off to change my will.
LOL is that conversation real.
You needed to stop enjoying yourself so you can live longer and not enjoy yourself even more.
Obviously if you have a family though this changes the game a lot.
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YAY - see you there mate, what day to travelling over?
Nothing booked yet Rodders, but probs flying out on the Wednesday I hope. Happy days :)
Serious blog entry alert....
For those that know me very well know that I"ve had a little bit of a health scare this year, since joining the over 40 club a year or so back my doctor has been wanting me to go in for an over 40"s health check, blood test, urine the works. Now I"ve never been the healthiest of people, my love of Guinness, sandwiches of the cheese and or bacon varieties, peanut butter, pizzas, takeaways and not alot of the green stuff etc being the lifestyle I was dreading it and put it off.
Getting married I decided to see what the actual scores on the doors were earlier in the year, and it wasnt great. Heart attacks and stokes run the in the family and I was told I was in the "critical" area for both with a 20%+ of either / both in the next 10 years. To be fair thats 80%- chance that I wouldn"t.. but it was a little scary to hear.
Since then I"ve been eating more healthy, loads more fish, taking supplements and this benecol stuff everyday. Not happy days. I had to go back the other week for more tests to see if there was any improvements or if I needed to go on constant medication. There was good news.. improvements made so to just continue what I was doing and to go back for more tests in 6 months. There was new bad news.. my triglycerides are extremely high. This was caused by beer. Of all the things they could of told me, "Yes Mr Tompkinson it seems you"re eating too much beetroot" etc.. but no..
So as well as cutting back all the food I love.. I"m now told to lay off the beer. Beer. Less of it. Bad times.
Have asked the doctor how many benecols I need to take per pint to even things out.. still waiting for the call back x
On a positive note. APAT server.. is HOLDING :) currently onto day 2 of continuous "upness". Happy days x
Wow, that is shocking news.
Are you really over 40 ?
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BEETROOT is evil!!
Did I mention I hated BEETROOT!
Hope your next MOT continues to show improvements :-*
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Are you really over 40 ?
A good few years back I remember going out drinking with a mate in his twenties when I was in my mid to late 30"s and him telling me.. "God, you"ve only got a good few years left and then you"re proper f*cked". Seems that he wasn"t far from the truth :)
Reminds me of this...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PgbhbkSnbc[/youtube]
We managed a mini home game last night at what used to be Rileys, now called the "Players Lounge" in Stockton. Very nice it was too, decent(ish) music, beers and banter. Stu Ward, Gary Palmer, Gary Motson and my good self. I was definitely the value. Think we managed 3 or 4 "turbos" over numerous beers. Same story in each for me, played reasonably well, chipped up. Spaffed off in style in the shove or fold levels. Was a great night in good company though.
The home games have suffered for numerous reasons this year, this was the first in over 2 months I think, which for something that was weekly isn"t good... and there was only 4 of us. Hoping that we can keep the dying embers fanned a little while longer. I do miss them.
APAT wise.. Glasgow is a no go for me unfortunately. Work commitments meaning I"ll be missing out on one of my favourite places to go and play. Still remember last years trip which was tremendous fun... did I ever tell you I got charged 37p to just go into a shop? ;D To all going there this year, enjoy. Will be missing it very much x
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Did you know...
It"s only £683 to book the same flights as soft lad Ward for Vegas next month...
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Did you know...
It"s only £683 to book the same flights as soft lad Ward for Vegas next month...
Sigh.. if only it was that simple Adam. Vegas will be epic for sure and I hope all that make it past customs have a blast.. you do know they"ll have records from the last time? ;D
Going to miss it though, may well switch off the phone (yes I know I never answer it anyways), close down facebook and twitter.. basically do this for the duration...
(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1297473/not-listening-dumb-and-dumber-o.gif)
APAT site is on a record run good of "upness".. wonder if I can close off access from any Vegas IP addresses for the duration as well ;)
There is a replacement "Phil" going whom if you haven"t met yet.. well.. he"s one of a kind and I love him. If you"re going drinking with him.. you have been warned x
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Phil Fryer - Legend ;D
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.. wonder if I can close off access from any Vegas IP addresses for the duration as well ;)
Not that it would do any good while some of us have access to LogMeIn or VPN...just saying. :)
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Did you know...
It"s only £683 to book the same flights as soft lad Ward for Vegas next month...
Sigh.. if only it was that simple Adam. Vegas will be epic for sure and I hope all that make it past customs have a blast.. you do know they"ll have records from the last time? ;D
Aye, I know. It sucks that you can"t make it though!
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Did you know...
It"s only £683 to book the same flights as soft lad Ward for Vegas next month...
Some flights are coming in even cheaper than that. Granted, there"s likely connections involved. http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Las-Vegas/London/
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Ruh-roh.
Laxie"s researching flights to Vegas. I reckon she"s won the lottery - worried about going home to an empty house now :(
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Ruh-roh.
Laxie"s researching flights to Vegas. I reckon she"s won the lottery - worried about going home to an empty house now :(
Silly goose. If I won the lotto, you"d be going with me. xx
Alas, no lotto win and no Vegas. Was just testing out a new Chrome extension I"ve installed. It works! wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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Did you know...
It"s only £683 to book the same flights as soft lad Ward for Vegas next month...
Some flights are coming in even cheaper than that. Granted, there"s likely connections involved. http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Las-Vegas/London/
There are connections involved lol - that"s the plane that everyone is on :)
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£551 return?
(http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/jamesvanderbeek_0.gif)
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Except that a new deal"s been added in the last 10 hours or so...
£514 return now.
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"Keeping it up with Phil" scores on the doors for October are :
October we"ve been up for 96.492% of the time
Improvement on September which was 95.902%
The most promising fact is that the site has been constantly "up" since October 6 since the server got a severe finger wagging telling off at 12:15:01 :)
Happy days x
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Ahem...
just a suggestion: http://www.tapatalk.com/ (http://www.tapatalk.com/)
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Ahem...
just a suggestion: http://www.tapatalk.com/ (http://www.tapatalk.com/)
+1 to this
GNF has been on this for a while now and it is awesome
Do it TC!!
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Testing the tapatalk app.. 1..2...3...
Nope.. no good ;) x
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Ok "if You build It.. they will come"
Have added tapatalk functionality to the forum and will see how this works for a little while.
For those of you with :
iPhone
iPad
Android
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
If you install the "tapatalk" app and then search for "apat.com"
You"ll be able to browse / interact / post etc via your sexy mobile phone / tablet with the sexy APAT forum.
Enjoy x
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Testing as well.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk
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Testing as well.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk
It works (logged in on the comp as well), but when you use quick reply there is no title in the Re: bit!
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On it now. Looks v good
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Ok "if You build It.. they will come"
Have added tapatalk functionality to the forum and will see how this works for a little while.
For those of you with :
iPhone
iPad
Android
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
If you install the "tapatalk" app and then search for "apat.com"
You"ll be able to browse / interact / post etc via your sexy mobile phone / tablet with the sexy APAT forum.
Enjoy x
I.
FOOKIN.
LOVE.
YOU.
;D
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In. Me so happy.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk
like Adam says the quick reply seems to remove the topic title... on it
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This looks a huge step forward.
Good work Phil.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk (http://tapatalk.com/m?id=1)
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Server HAD been behaving itself until the past 24 hours where the hosting company decided to tinker with our firewall without warning us. Always nice when that happens :( Apologies from them to you all for their dicking about.
Anyway all good as this is the first down time in well over a month. The fixes we"ve put in place seem to be doing the trick.
2013 September
Up 95.902%
2013 October
Up 96.584%
2013 November
Up 98.555%
Been crazy busy with my work as well as setting up the wifes new business (www.blingpostbox.com (http://www.blingpostbox.com)), with another in the planning, and also starting setting up a new clothing line business for Anna my daughter (www.crushingsouls.com (http://www.crushingsouls.com)).. coming soon... Pleased to say APAT technical side has been quiet.
Played zero poker for months now, online (don"t think I"ve played at all 2013) or live, just no spare time. Plenty of drunken visits to the casino though, and finally found a craps table to play on up in Newcastle Aspers. Really miss playing craps after getting the bug in Aruba, and although the table up there is only half size, ventured up there last weekend and had a ball with Lilly.
Wish more casinos would install craps tables.. they really bring the noise and atmosphere, the number of times ventured to the G Stockton, the atmosphere just isn"t the same. Understand that staffing them is a "problem" but the mini Aspers one ran with just one staff member for most of the night.
Vegas 2014 is a must. Just waiting on Jaxie to tell me some certain dates so the planning can commence :)
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Always love to read about new business ventures.
Had a look at the Bling Post Box site a few weeks back. Fantastic.
Sounds like Anna is going to get the business bug aswell. Looking at the logo, I"m guessing poker related clothing ?
Maybe she could design some APAT gear to compete with that lovely green Betfair tshirt from a few years back. (The one often modelled by Andrew Duncan at live events)
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Had a look at the Bling Post Box site a few weeks back. Fantastic.
Took a fair bit of work to get going that one Leigh, fair bit of travelling and promotional work. Manning stands every Sunday at Wedding Fayres over the past month or so.. but its all starting to work. Lilly"s taking orders every day now, even having to turn down bookings for next year already so all good. Also its such a great market to be in. Everyone you meet or talk to is happy. Hoping to be a kept man this time next year :)
Sounds like Anna is going to get the business bug aswell. Looking at the logo, I"m guessing poker related clothing ?
Maybe she could design some APAT gear to compete with that lovely green Betfair tshirt from a few years back. (The one often modelled by Andrew Duncan at live events)
;D.. yes there might be more than a little poker influence in there, we spent a lot of time on the design process and logo which I love. Anna"s coming up 14 now and entering the teenage dark years, wanting to watch horror movies, liking how goths look, her wardrobe is changing from the lights to the darks..its all good though. She"s amazing. We"re waiting on the first polo shirt samples to arrive.. website to officially launch.. and will be promoting Anna"s business at an APAT soon :)
I still have my green Betfair tshirt.. how ever many years on.. and it still burns the retinas whenever I open the wardrobe 8)
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Blingbox looks fabulous Dahling
but I think diamonte should be spelt diamante :-* :-* :-*
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Blingbox looks fabulous Dahling
but I think diamonte should be spelt diamante :-* :-* :-*
Sigh! Great spot sir.. find and replace for the win :)
Putting the finishing touches onto Anna"s clothing line business.. nearly up and running at http://www.crushingsouls.com/ looking good, if anyone has any comments (good or bad) or improvements.. or spelling mistakes :-\ let me know x
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Blingbox looks fabulous Dahling
but I think diamonte should be spelt diamante :-* :-* :-*
Sigh! Great spot sir.. find and replace for the win :)
Putting the finishing touches onto Anna"s clothing line business.. nearly up and running at http://www.crushingsouls.com/ looking good, if anyone has any comments (good or bad) or improvements.. or spelling mistakes :-\ let me know x
Had a very brief look, and I like :)
The pedant in me wonders though - the T&C of sale says that you have to be 18 to buy (By placing an order through this Website you warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and that you are capable of entering into legally binding contracts.)...but surely the target audience (alternative, goth etc) is going to be teenagers??
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Blingbox looks fabulous Dahling
but I think diamonte should be spelt diamante :-* :-* :-*
Sigh! Great spot sir.. find and replace for the win :)
Putting the finishing touches onto Anna"s clothing line business.. nearly up and running at http://www.crushingsouls.com/ looking good, if anyone has any comments (good or bad) or improvements.. or spelling mistakes :-\ let me know x
Had a very brief look, and I like :)
The pedant in me wonders though - the T&C of sale says that you have to be 18 to buy (By placing an order through this Website you warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and that you are capable of entering into legally binding contracts.)...but surely the target audience (alternative, goth etc) is going to be teenagers??
Thanks Adam.. should maybe change the T&C"s to say.. "at least eighteen (18) years old unless you are capable of entering into legally binding contracts by hacking your parents paypal accounts or "borrowing" their credit cards" ;D x
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:)
Actually, I meant that it should say 16 - I know Barclays give 16 year olds debit cards that can be used online :D x
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Actually, I meant that it should say 16 - I know Barclays give 16 year olds debit cards that can be used online :D x
Not quite the same thing.
Barclays is willing to give 16 y.o.s debit cards because (from memory as an ex-BCY employee of 27 years) a marker is set that does not permit overdrafts.
Contracting with under-18s is still not enforceable (AFAIK) under UK law whether they tick a box or not.
If they lie...you"re SOL.
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Actually, I meant that it should say 16 - I know Barclays give 16 year olds debit cards that can be used online :D x
Not quite the same thing.
Barclays is willing to give 16 y.o.s debit cards because (from memory as an ex-BCY employee of 27 years) a marker is set that does not permit overdrafts.
Contracting with under-18s is still not enforceable (AFAIK) under UK law whether they tick a box or not.
If they lie...you"re SOL.
16 - not 18
EDIT: their may be other complications but the basic part is 16 and above
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16 - not 18
EDIT: their may be other complications but the basic part is 16 and above
I meant that you cannot enforce (again AFAIK) a debt with an person under 18. Which is the point.
As a child or young person, you cannot normally be taken to court for debt. This is because you cannot be legally held to a contract you make when you are under 18.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/debt_e/young_people_money_and_consumer_rights.htm
Certainly they could be held responsible....
You can be held legally responsible for any debts you run up to buy things that you need like food, shelter or clothing.
...but it"s arguable whether these items would be "needed".
At the end....most organisations would just write it off...it ain"t worth the hassle of trying to recover the monies owed.
Regardless, if you are taking CC payments...you should be fine.
Debit Card payments...ditto..as these will have software restrictions meaning the the purchaser cannot create a debt with you. Any debt created should be the bank"s issue.
Of course, I"ve been out of banking for 10 years so things might have moved on since my day.
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16 - not 18
EDIT: their may be other complications but the basic part is 16 and above
I meant that you cannot enforce (again AFAIK) a debt with an person under 18. Which is the point.
As a child or young person, you cannot normally be taken to court for debt. This is because you cannot be legally held to a contract you make when you are under 18.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/debt_e/young_people_money_and_consumer_rights.htm
Certainly they could be held responsible....
You can be held legally responsible for any debts you run up to buy things that you need like food, shelter or clothing.
...but it"s arguable whether these items would be "needed".
At the end....most organisations would just write it off...it ain"t worth the hassle of trying to recover the monies owed.
Regardless, if you are taking CC payments...you should be fine.
Debit Card payments...ditto..as these will have software restrictions meaning the the purchaser cannot create a debt with you. Any debt created should be the bank"s issue.
Of course, I"ve been out of banking for 10 years so things might have moved on since my day.
That"s about providing credit and debt - how is paying with a debit card creating a debt? It"s an electronic payment from their account.
Even if you shipped and then the payment got reversed in some way, it would be covered by contract law rather than financial legislation (wouldn"t it?)
And you can enter into contracts at 16 - is where my logic came from. And I would expect that it is related to why the banks will let 16 year olds have debit cards they can use online at 16.
EDIT: okay - checking up, confusingly you can enter into a legally binding contract but the other party can"t always legally enforce it against you ??? Still don"t see how it could cause a problem if there was only debit card payments involved.
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APAT Server hamsters have been running at full belt.
November we only had a tiny amount of down time.
First time we"ve had a 99%+ month since I started recording. We just "squeaked" over :)
November 2013
Uptime : 99.030%
Happy days.
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Happy new year to one and all
Been a month since a blog update but there"s been nothing to report really, busy with work, happy at home so its all good. Currently trying to free up some funds for a trip to APAT Stoke, been too long since I"ve seen everyone, watch this space.
APAT website had it"s best month uptime wise in December, only one blip for a few hours in December meaning our best stats yet :
Year / Month / Uptime
2013 December 99.731%
2013 November 99.030%
2013 October 96.584%
2013 September 95.902%
Fingers crossed the new website front end doesnt break anything ;)
On a personal front life is great although trying to fit into non elasticated clothes is proving a problem :-\ honeymoon period and no gym for 5 months has well and truly seen to that. Managed 3 gym sessions between Christmas and New year so I could just squeeze into a tux for new years eve. 20lbs on since August though has been a mighty fine effort and very enjoyable.. no regrets :)
Aims for 2014? Lose a few pounds. Keep healthy and happy. Explore a little more of the world. Have adventures.
Anyway.. where was I.. oh yes talking of adventures... Stoke.. fingers crossed x
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20lbs on since August though has been a mighty fine effort and very enjoyable.. no regrets :)
Get in there Phil ya fat ba5tard, nice work sir ;D
Happy New Year to you and the family mate, hope I can catch up with you soon :-*
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Over the moon to be picked by Jack for the forum team. Havent played a lot of poker this past year, only 2 live APATs last year, 10th at Wembley and a nowhere in Cardiff.. but it was my stag doo in my defence :) Really looking forward to this one and the team looks like an absolute cracker. All legends IMO. And Jack"s last APAT. Going to be emotional.
First APAT with the wife as well.. a good idea? Hoping so.. but probablys not ::) but I"m sure Lilly will have a ball and experience what APAT is all about... waking up with a severe hangover on Sunday :P
20lbs on since August though has been a mighty fine effort and very enjoyable.. no regrets :)
Get in there Phil ya fat ba5tard, nice work sir ;D
Happy New Year to you and the family mate, hope I can catch up with you soon :-*
Cheers Grant (I think) and all the best to you and your family mate. Miss you.
Stoke? x
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First APAT with the wife as well.. a good idea?
Nope.....you can"t drink properly when you"re looking over your shoulder all the time. :)
Hmm...perhaps one of these...
(http://unknowncystic.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/beer-helmet.jpg)
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;D
Winner :)
(http://www.genevairishpubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/GuinnessDrip.jpeg)
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Does she like the few sups too? If so, we"ll have her sorted in no time! ;D
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I see that the team event "ethics" debate keeps going on and on.. tempted to put my two penneth on the thread but its been done to death before and APAT have made their stance quite clear on the matter so will keep my opinions to my humble thread.
Personally I"d love to see team events to embrace an anything goes policy.. to compare an individual event to a team event and apply the same rules is just illogical and nonsensical IMO. We all know the rules for individual events and chip dumping / soft play etc is against the rules, but for team events why not.
Firstly applying individual to team rules is near impossible to police, there"s always going to be an element of doubt of soft play when 2 team members are on the same table. Everyone will be aware of it and suspicious of any raise / fold in any hand where the 2 team members are involved. This always causes fallouts, bad feeling and arguments. Not good for any community, especially one like ours.
If this is the case then why not just let anything go, IMO it all adds to a different dynamic and a different way of thinking. If team mate 1 raises and team mate 2 min raises with then team mate 1 folds.. so be it.. its upto to the rest of the table to adjust and apply counter strategies. All adds to the fun of the game IMO.
Completely off "track" now. But I"d also like a new olympics as well. A "clean" version as it currently stands and a "pumped up to hell" version where anything goes. Athletes can pump themselves full of any enhancing drugs they like. Personally would love to see what is possible for the human body to achieve over the 100m, high jump, long jump etc. Gets the current cheaters out of the "clean" version and also gives us all a chance to see what"s possible.
I know it"ll never happen.. but it"d be fun to watch x
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Personally I"d love to see team events to embrace an anything goes policy.. to compare an individual event to a team event and apply the same rules is just illogical and nonsensical IMO. We all know the rules for individual events and chip dumping / soft play etc is against the rules, but for team events why not.
Just to engage....I agree completely.
Unfortunately, what we currently have is a bast@rdised team event with some soft play, no actual team tactics and half the money going to individuals.
Take the individual element right out of any team events and have done with it.
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Personally I"d love to see team events to embrace an anything goes policy.. to compare an individual event to a team event and apply the same rules is just illogical and nonsensical IMO. We all know the rules for individual events and chip dumping / soft play etc is against the rules, but for team events why not.
Just to engage....I agree completely.
Unfortunately, what we currently have is a bast@rdised team event with some soft play, no actual team tactics and half the money going to individuals.
Take the individual element right out of any team events and have done with it.
And for the record I totally agree too, but will work with whatever is put forward because we don"t get to many as it is.
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Will probably to be too hungover to care :p
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Will probably to be too hungover to care :p
Won"t care because I"m not playing....yet!
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So 2014 hasn"t started off the best. 2013 started with my mam passing away unexpectedly. 2014 starts with a phone call from my sister in law telling me my brother"s (for those of you who made my stag doo #1 at York you"ll have shared a beer with him) been diagnosed with cancer. Won"t go into details but it"s a very rare form which has spread from his appendix into his stomach and now into his spleen and liver. Haven"t told Anna yet. Where do you start?
anyway.. brightside...
It is operable, with his first operation scheduled for the 3rd of Feb. He"s private so is in the very best of care and it"s getting sorted quick. He"s a strong willed b*gger and even though its a long and complex op, he"ll come through it and I know he"ll recover.
Personally I was holding off plans for Stoke. Had given Jack a heads up a week or so back saying I might have to pull out of the Forum side depending on when his op was scheduled for. Of course Jack being Jack he was 100% understanding and supportive. Was pleased to confirm to him this morning that I"ll be definitely there. Will stop by Sheffield on the way to Stoke to see him so will be missing in action Friday night. Will make up for it Saturday.
Looking forward to it more than ever now x
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Sorry to hear about your brother send him our best wishes, we had a diagnosis of prostate cancer in our family before Christmas, brother in law, his surgery due early February, good luck to them both.
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Had a blast in Stoke. Some great banter was had and the guinness flowed to the point where I was knocked out somewhere around the 130 mark.. no good for the team but we all had a ball. Too many people to mention, obviously my team mates, was great to catchup with Dai, Micky P, Darren, Karen.. my good mate Stu.. and of course captain Marvel Jack and Dawn. Great time was had by all. Was great to see everyone else, some too briefly, many a hug was shared.. thanks to all on my first table for making it so much fun, especially Delboy and Debs.. OH and a huge thank you to everyone (especially Ger, Shaz and Jo who were also railing) who made Lilly welcome at her first APAT and hopefully not her last. She had a ball and ended up winning over £250 on 3 card by the time we crashed at 2am on the Saturday night. Needless to say she was happy.
With being "in the area" I managed to trip to Manchester on the Sunday to see my brother before his first cancer op, and am now packing to go and stay near the hospital for a couple of days to see him once he"s out of critical care. All initial signs are good although the tumours have spread and they werent able to get them all out. Another op is planned and chemo. Got all fingers, toes and eyes crossed for him.
Have fallen seriously out of love with poker this past year or so.. online has zero interest for me.. and live has been ebbing away. The weekend gone reminds me how much I love the game.. but more so the people who play it within APAT. These weekends really are the best times. Thanks to you all who make it so x
BTW.. think this is a GREAT interview that sums up for me why poker is dying. Worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DXSIv8b4KM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DXSIv8b4KM)
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The Hachem interview is interesting, but for balance this is a long read, but...
http://dokearney.blogspot.ie/2014/02/old-school-new-school-or-back-to-school.html
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Great pick Dave.
I agree that Hachem"s comments seem a bit self serving. In fact the only thing I agreed with Joe about is how poor form it is when games insta break once the fish leaves.
Don"t agree that poker is dying and isn"t fun anymore. It is getting harder and maybe that is where the fun is dying for Joe
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Yup good pick Dave and an interesting read for balance. Find myself agreeing with points from both camps.. and disagreeing with a fair few as well. For sure the poker environment has significantly changed and got tougher these last few years.. whether for the better is personally debatable though.
Going to wrap up this blog for a little while as struggling to find the brightside at the moment. A year ago today my mam passed. RIP.. and found out this week that my brother has terminal cancer. They took 5 kilo of cancer out.. but theres still lots that they can"t take. Looks like we"re talking years rather than months, but still. Will catch back up with you dear reader when the brightside shows up x
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Really gutted to hear about your your brother, Phil. Big hugs xxx
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I"m so sorry to hear your news Phil :(
it was fab to meet Lily too, what a lovely lass, you"re a lucky man but you know that :-) xxx
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Really sorry to hear about your brother Phil, thinking of you all.
Was great to meet Lily at Stoke, as Shaz says, you"re a lucky guy and she"s a lovely lass! :)
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Thanks Jack, Shaz and Jo x
Quick poker update from the weekend gone APAT up at Newcastle, decided to go up the night before (Saturday) with Lilly and have a trip round memory lane with her being a geordie lass. Got up at round 5pm, got a free double room upgrade to the penthouse with free bar and food.. running good :) then visited numerous bars and clubs through the town, jumping from place to place via taxi. Great fun. Ended up at Aspers at around midnight for "a few".. the few turned into more than a few (shocker) and at around 5am and a few hundred up between us I left Lilly at the 3 card and visited to the gents.. on coming back was met with the Lilly being a little upset after some guy had watched me leave and then refuse to take no for an answer from Lilly.. management and security had to be called and the guy escorted off the premises. Bit of a sour end to the evening but overall we"d had a ball. There sure are some bell ends in this world.
5.30 we get back to the hotel and find out we can get cooked breakfast in bed.. after filling out some menus (just ticking everything really) we for some reason decide it would be great to be woken at 9am with food.. at 8:45am there"s a knock at the door which was hazily opened and then a procession of food.. hot and cold.. and trays was brought in by 4 staff. As updated on facebook. at 5.30 it seemed like the best idea ever. At 8:45.. worst idea ever :-X
As the poker was starting at 12 we struggled through it.. packed up and got back to aspers like we"d never left at 11:45am only for Des after several hugs for us both to tell us there was 2 hours late reg... "didn"t we know?".. Champion :"( I should read the forum more often...
Lilly ventured back to the 3 card and doubled up again.. my APAT didn"t go so great with a bad play a few hours levels in.. thoughts if you can be bothered.. starting stack was 10K and I"d just treaded water / tried to stay awake to just under 12K.. the table had been crackers with chips flying about all over. I"m UTG at 150/300/25 with Kings and raise upto 800. Get a call from mr serial caller in mid position and the big blind calls as well.
Flop comes down 4,6,7 with 2 hearts.. I lead out with 2K.. mid position goes all in for about 5K and then big blind goes all in for about 10K.. what to do? thinking I"m up against a set, and or draws I dwell for a little while.. then fold. Mid position turns over 5,7 off and big blind has J,8 of hearts. Of course the turn and river blank out and I"d have been upto 25K+ stack.. but it felt like I was behind at the time to one of them. Never mind.. after that and a few levels later I open shove on the button with 5"s, blinds wake up with JJ and AK :-\ no sweat for me, an ace on the turn brings a cheer though, the jack on the river brought a bigger one though.. live poker.. it"s all rigged :)
Had a great time though, and made some new friends at the tables whilst trying to promote all thats fantastic about the world of APAT. Good to catch up with Des as well.. even if it did end up with more work when I got home! Next APAT for me.. I"m not sure, maybe the main at the worlds.. all depends on my brother.. we"re still waiting on test results to see if he"s eligible for chemo. Fingers and toes crossed x
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Las Vegas gambler sues after losing $500,000 "while drunk"
"Look, I had some drinks at the airport," he told CNN. "I had a drink on the plane. You know, at some point that"s my responsibility, OK.
"But the unfortunate part about it for them [the casino] is that they have a more, bigger responsibility than I do."
He added: "Just picture a drunk walking down the street and somebody goes up and just pickpockets him. That"s how I characterise it."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26476980
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Las Vegas gambler sues after losing $500,000 "while drunk"
"Look, I had some drinks at the airport," he told CNN. "I had a drink on the plane. You know, at some point that"s my responsibility, OK.
"But the unfortunate part about it for them [the casino] is that they have a more, bigger responsibility than I do."
He added: "Just picture a drunk walking down the street and somebody goes up and just pickpockets him. That"s how I characterise it."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26476980
I think he has a good chance of winning his case, as the casino broke the law by allowing him to gamble when he was visibly drunk.
Maybe there are a few APAT players who might want to join him in a class action.
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He added: "Just picture a drunk walking down the street and somebody goes up and just pickpockets him. That"s how I characterise it."
This will get settled out of court for sure.
Whilst I have some sympathy for the man and the casino may have failed on their responsibilities his characterisation is laughable.
"Just picture a drunk walking down the street. He walks up to someone and hands them his wallet and begs them to take it."
That"s how I characterise it.
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Some more detail here: http://www.itv.com/news/2014-03-07/too-drunk-gambler-loses-500-000-in-las-vegas-casino/
"Mr Johnston, an experienced gambler, was dropping chips on the floor, confusing chip colors and slurring his speech badly, and he was unable to read his cards or set his hands properly".
I think Stu Ward has a strong case against several casinos.
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He played pai gow and blackjack for 17 hours and was served about 20 drinks, according to the lawsuit.
Hang on....so one drink an hour? Feckin lightweight.
Ger has this beat by a mile.
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So have booked from June 11th to June 20th in Vegas to take Lilly for the first time, having only been the once and with a shedload of degens I find myself being asked about "shows" and "pools" and "shops" stuff.. obviously nothing I have experienced before from the last time. Looking for some info from people in the know on here.. any help?
OH and hotels.. We"re going to try and hop from 1 to another during the stay.. hoping to maybe do 3.. any clues as to what would tick all the boxes for her resort wise? Going to start trip advisor checking.. but any help from anyone would be brill. Thanks x
OH.. and June.. seems to coincide with some poker festival over there.. currently negotiating that one :) x
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There is a thread on Blonde which has lots of experienced Vegas-goers on it.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56335.2070
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There is a thread on Blonde which has lots of experienced Vegas-goers on it.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56335.2070
Brill thanks Dave some great links off there as well. Big hugs.
p.s. hoped to see you last night, popped into the G as Gary P and Fiddy were playing.. got there a little late so texted Gary P on the way for him to say he"d just got knocked out.. then wandered into the room to see Brian just standing up. Then fiddy got moved on the break and when he went back to his table his chips had disappeared / merged into the guy sat next to hims stack.. I felt like the kiss of death :-\ x
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There is a thread on Blonde which has lots of experienced Vegas-goers on it.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56335.2070
Brill thanks Dave some great links off there as well. Big hugs.
p.s. hoped to see you last night, popped into the G as Gary P and Fiddy were playing.. got there a little late so texted Gary P on the way for him to say he"d just got knocked out.. then wandered into the room to see Brian just standing up. Then fiddy got moved on the break and when he went back to his table his chips had disappeared / merged into the guy sat next to hims stack.. I felt like the kiss of death :-\ x
Aww it was Norfolk grandson"s 9th birthday and I had a 6.30 FaceTime appointment :)
But if I"d known there was so much value in the field I"d have been there and regged late
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OH and hotels.. We"re going to try and hop from 1 to another during the stay.. hoping to maybe do 3.. any clues as to what would tick all the boxes for her resort wise? Going to start trip advisor checking.. but any help from anyone would be brill. Thanks x
You"re there for 9 nights toughly so 3 hotels would be 3 nights a piece.
Firstly, I approve of the idea, experience what you can, when you can but don"t forget that the unpacking and repacking can be a hassle...be sure you are ready for it.
Also, don"t forget that there is usually a gap between check out and check in times. Not always a hassle as you can just drop your bags at the bell desk before you check in and they"ll be ready for you when you get around to it. Don"t forget to tip the bellman...$1 bag should do it.
As for hotels, well, the Quad obviously isn"t going to cut it with the trouble and strife along so you"ll have to push the boat out a little.
For reasonable rates I would consider :
Planet Hollywood for the shop factor
Paris for the "romance" factor
Venetian for all of the above and (shhh) the Poker.
Aria (not stayed but people rave about it)
Cosmopolitan (ditto)
Other options -
MGM (reasonable rates but lordy it"s huge, location"s good though)
Caesars (overpriced for what it is)
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The thing with Vegas hotels is that there are so many to choose from you can basically find a reason to stay at them all.
Personally I would ignore Venetian/Palazzo and have chosen not to frequent those casinos any more, which sucks because they are awesome, but I am supporting our American friends in their fight to play online poker and the owner of these casinos is leading the opposition charge.
Looking at Paul"s list above I would also take out Paris. Needs a refurb! PH is worth a stay, as is Aria. Cosmopolitan is good as well especially if you are prepared to splash out for a room with a balcony opposite the Bellagio fountains. I would also add Wynn/Encore if you"re happy to pay the rates, everyone I know raves about the place.
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Also, don"t forget that there is usually a gap between check out and check in times. Not always a hassle as you can just drop your bags at the bell desk before you check in and they"ll be ready for you when you get around to it. Don"t forget to tip the bellman...$1 bag should do it.
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possibly even easier than that - when I changed hotels last time I was in Vegas, Caesars Palace had no problem in checking me in early. I would expect most of the hotels would be the same as long as they don"t usually specifically charge for early check in.
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Cheers Paulie, was thinking Venetian and had thought Caesers as well.. but heard bad things about it.. guess it all depends on the depth of the old pockets.
Thanks Adam.. Wynn is a definite possibility, hearing good things.. and have added Cosmopolitan.
Thanks Jon.. any feedback on the Caesers stay?
Bellagio is on the short list as well.. anyone stayed there? x
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Cheers Paulie, was thinking Venetian and had thought Caesers as well.. but heard bad things about it.. guess it all depends on the depth of the old pockets.
Thanks Adam.. Wynn is a definite possibility, hearing good things.. and have added Cosmopolitan.
Thanks Jon.. any feedback on the Caesers stay?
Bellagio is on the short list as well.. anyone stayed there? x
Never stayed there but from what I hear, you"re a bit young for there ;)
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Caesar"s Palace is very nice. It looks good, has a nice set of swimming pools, lots of food options and is handy for the Forum Shops. The only question about it would be whether it"s good value for money.
It"s the only hotel I stayed at where the person at reception asked me if I wanted change for my $20 tip/bribe for checking for complimentary upgrades :D
That might be the key - if you get upgraded then it"s good value, if not - less so.
As long as you avoid the absolutely cheapest rooms there then I wouldn"t expect you to regret it - and if nothing else, it probably has the most iconic value in Vegas; even if people know absolutely nothing about Las Vegas or gambling they"ll still have heard of Caesar"s Palace.
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Cheers Adam and Jon. Bellagio crossed off. Caesars.. for a first trip crossed off as well.
Jason.. trainer for a day.. genius idea :) Major major brownie points. Thank you!
And a week on my own? Yup.. definitely forgot that bit :-\
So 3 hotels on a short list..
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
PALAZZO
VENETIAN
Drawn up by the good wife..
Going to add in the ones suggested on here.. as I suspect these are probably the most expensive... ::)
On a personal note.. this weekend we"re welcoming to the North East a multitude of APAT"ers invited for James Barber"s northern Stag Doo edition. We"re off to York and then back to Yarm after.. and I"m sure it"s more the merrier.. anyone who fancies it drop me a PM x
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Stag DOooOoooOOOoooooo!!!! See ya sooooooooooooon ;D x
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Stag DOooOoooOOOoooooo!!!! See ya sooooooooooooon ;D x
DOHHHHHHH!!!!! ;D
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Stag DOooOoooOOOoooooo!!!! See ya sooooooooooooon ;D x
DOHHHHHHH!!!!! ;D
We survived...mostly. Jack and I went for dinner in the casino restaurant Saturday night hoping to counter all the drink. Orders placed and starters eaten when Jack decides he needs to go to the loo. "Be right back" he says. Mains came out and no sign of Jack. Uh oh. I tried to ring him and then a few of the Lads to track him down, but there was no reception in the casino restaurant. Marv and sigh.
Ate my dinner, had his wrapped up and went to look for him. I know what you"re thinking, but no...he didn"t fall asleep in the loo again. Apparently he"d forgotten he was having dinner and was randomly wandering around the casino looking for me. TAXI! lol Obviously I tripped over my own two feet as we were getting the taxi and am now sporting some fantastic bruises. But I didn"t drop the bottle of wine during the fall...RESULT!
Great day out with great people and glad we went. Rib eye steak dinner for breakfast on Sunday morning was a decent bonus too. ;D
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Stag DOooOoooOOOoooooo!!!! See ya sooooooooooooon ;D x
DOHHHHHHH!!!!! ;D
We survived...mostly. Jack and I went for dinner in the casino restaurant Saturday night hoping to counter all the drink. Orders placed and starters eaten when Jack decides he needs to go to the loo. "Be right back" he says. Mains came out and no sign of Jack. Uh oh. I tried to ring him and then a few of the Lads to track him down, but there was no reception in the casino restaurant. Marv and sigh.
Ate my dinner, had his wrapped up and went to look for him. I know what you"re thinking, but no...he didn"t fall asleep in the loo again. Apparently he"d forgotten he was having dinner and was randomly wandering around the casino looking for me. TAXI! lol Obviously I tripped over my own two feet as we were getting the taxi and am now sporting some fantastic bruises. But I didn"t drop the bottle of wine during the fall...RESULT!
Great day out with great people and glad we went. Rib eye steak dinner for breakfast on Sunday morning was a decent bonus too. ;D
;D it was me that found Jack at the bar asking "where"s my Dawnie" bless him. Told him to stay put whilst I tracked you down and found you in the restaurant, then went back and held his hand bringing him back to you... love you both. had a great day... even if we did only manage 2 pubs in total in York.
Left handed Jaeger bombs FTW
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Completely off "track" now. But I"d also like a new olympics as well. A "clean" version as it currently stands and a "pumped up to hell" version where anything goes. Athletes can pump themselves full of any enhancing drugs they like. Personally would love to see what is possible for the human body to achieve over the 100m, high jump, long jump etc. Gets the current cheaters out of the "clean" version and also gives us all a chance to see what"s possible.
I know it"ll never happen.. but it"d be fun to watch x
Not exactly the same... but... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26766095
Going to be great to watch x
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Apologies to anyone receiving any malware warnings trying to access the site over the weekend.
Both the main site (apat.com) and this forum were targets of a heavy hacking attack. Has took a while and most of the weekend to sort and thoroughly clean. Not sure if you can imagine how many lines of code there are to run both sites but to go through page after page and line after line to look for anything that looks suspicious and remove takes a loooooooong time. Bank holiday weekend as well. Sigh.
It can also take a further 12 hours for Google to double check all is well and give the all clear.
All clean now so you can use the site and forum without any worries. Enjoy x
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And when we were using it over the weekend?
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And when we were using it over the weekend?
Depends on the browser you were using John. Users using Chrome and Firefox experienced warnings. Other browsers (presuming you were using a different browser or tablet) didn"t receive any warnings and were fine.
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And when we were using it over the weekend?
Depends on the browser you were using John. Users using Chrome and Firefox experienced warnings. Other browsers (presuming you were using a different browser or tablet) didn"t receive any warnings and were fine.
Don"t care about the warnings Phil. Are you saying that it was no more than that? Were we exposed to risk on the site?
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And when we were using it over the weekend?
Depends on the browser you were using John. Users using Chrome and Firefox experienced warnings. Other browsers (presuming you were using a different browser or tablet) didn"t receive any warnings and were fine.
Don"t care about the warnings Phil. Are you saying that it was no more than that? Were we exposed to risk on the site?
The malware was inserted adverts into the main site and forum John. Nothing that could infect your device. I accessed the site over the weekend ignoring Chrome warnings and just experienced embedded advertising, nothing was picked up on my malware or antivirus software. If your browser automatically stripped them out all good for you.
If you want to be 100% sure then run your anti virus software or anti malware scans.
I use Windows so use the following free scanning software :
For anti virus : http://www.avast.com/en-gb/index
For anti malware : https://www.malwarebytes.org/
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Thanks for doing that Phil, much appreciated, particularly given the terrible timing. Hopefully the new measures will reduce the potential of a repeat attack getting through.
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In preparation for tonight"s season announcement I"m busy applying all available updates to the forum software which may require some down time. This will be all completed by 2pm today.
Apologies to any inconvenience caused. This is to ensure the server is running at full capacity for later x
*edit* All done. Roll on the new season and all who sails in her
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In preparation for tonight"s season announcement I"m busy applying all available updates to the forum software putting an additional hamster in the wheel which may require some down time.
FYP
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So. Errm. I"m off to Vegas tomorrow for 10 days.
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Been snowed under with work for what seems like forever so really looking forward to the break. Lilly"s first time as well and she can"t wait. Have upgraded all the way, so should be immense.
First 3 nights are in the Encore with one of their Panoramic Suites : http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/Rooms/EncoreResorts/PanoramicSuite
Then up the strip to the Cosmo for a terrace and view of the Bellagio fountains :
http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/stay/rooms-and-suites/terrace-studio-one-bedroom-with-view.aspx
The finishing off with a chill out at with a Strip view suite at the Mandarin Oriental :
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/lasvegas/accommodation/strip-view-suite/
Booked some shows and stuff, going to a club / lounge or two as well. World cup you say as well? WSOP too? oh my. Compared to the last time I was there with the APAT gang which was one of the best trips EVER, this is going to be totally different, but sooooooo really looking forward to it.
See you all when I get back.. if I get back.. always said I could run my business from anywhere (might need a volunteer to keep the APAT server hamsters fed though) :)
Really hoping work frees itself so I can get over to a certain wedding in Ohio as well. Late bookings hoping to be made when we get back. Waiting on some work in Australia to sort itself out. Fingers crossed.
Would say I would miss you all whilst I"m out there in Vegas.. but well.. you know the truth x
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Server had a little wobble this morning, anyone who uses Microsoft will know the multitude of patches that are constantly arriving.. seems the latest batch didnt agree. Anyway.. as you can see we"re all back up and running. Apologies for the down time.
Must remember to update this blog.. seems I"m not the only one though.
Seems only Brian and John updating regularly.. as I"m as culpable as others I"m putting mine down to work being crazy busy, have people lost the love? APAT blogs used to be such a vibrant place, can see the 2014 "Blog of the year" award not being over competitive.
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Anything to worry about you think?
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Dude, I"m barely hanging on here! - The APAT Hamster
I don"t update my "blog" either much anymore...it started getting repetitious and my life just ain"t that interesting.
Oh, I"ll do it for Vegas trips but that"s off the table this year..and possibly next.
But there is something on the horizon that might be worthy of a mention*
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Popcorn at the ready Paulie. Just wondered why peoples blogs hadn"t been receiving any love recently.
I"ve got a Vegas trip report to do, my credit card bill is a constant reminder that it did actually happen :) x