tyovan4
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Whats there???
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I no longer have faith in the British government's ability to keep me safe while I'm here. In Dublin the Garda were EVERYWHERE on foot, here when I needed them - they weren't to be found. One would think that the police would be at such a place, even in my wee town when we have a fair the police always have a strong presence.
It is a shame. There are some great people here - especially Rocky and Pyro_Monty. Truly great guys, and Rocky is a heck of a host to guests! But reading the BBC and such it seems like the country is on an express elevator to heck, and is rapidly turning into 'Chavistan'. There are some truly wonderful people here, but I've lost faith in the governments ability to protect me while I'm visiting.
Anyway, Im in London now. In Picadilly (I'm sure I spelled that wrong somehow).. Here until the 17th when I'm going to Amsterdam. Not going anywhere tonight, because its dark. And I dont like going out into unfamiliar cities in the dark until I've been out in daylight.
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Definately stay away from Princess Street!
I was the victim of a crime there last night. Walking along the street, minding my own business when I saw a group of 10-20 teenagers..
This one girl comes up to me, and starts dancing around me. Then she starts acting like she's humping me. She takes my hat, and passes it to one of her friends. He trows it into the street. I look at them and ask "What the hell was that for?". At this, they start kicking me in the back of the legs. If there had only been 1 or 2, I would have fought them since I was bigger. But I'm not going to fight on 10:1 or 20:1 odds. So I kept on walking - I wasnt going to bend over in the street to pick up my hat with them all there and give them a prime opportunity to attack me. But this one kid starts running after me with a water bottle on his crotch, acting like hes going after my bum. I knew he wanted to provoke me, so I looked back and laughed and kept on walking. Then they called after me and tried to get me to buy hashish.
This happened right outside the Christmas Market. I found Security there, asked if there were any police about. No, of course not. The police had left about 10 minutes before and security couldn't do anything because it wasn't in the market itself. I could have called 999, but I didn't want to have to file a formal report, identify the kids, etc. So the little chavs got away.
Meanwhile, my opinion of the UK has dropped significantly. I've also lost faith in the British government to keep me safe while I'm a visitor here. I kept thinking about how this would not have happened in Dublin, the Garda there were EVERYWHERE on foot. The UK needs more police to sort out the chavs.
I think I'll come back to visit Rocky and Pyro_Monty again, but otherwise I don't think I'll be back. I've honestly had enough, just from that one incident and I'm now looking forward to leaving the country. Which is a shame, but thats honestly how I feel after this incident...
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Hahaha.
Well, Tyovan is off on the next stage of his awesome journey - Edinburgh. He was lucky too, 10 minutes later to the train station and he would have been stranded in Fife because a fire in a nearby tyre place shut the whole city centre down, trains too. Apparantly there was a gas bottle n the middle of the fire and until it cooled (in about 12 hours) nobody was allowed within a 1 mile radius.
I made it here alright. If any other Scots are thinking of coming, I suggest staying well away from Princess Street. I think the entire city is down there, along with a bunch of Italians.. It was like walking through hell, so crowded.
Why didn't you offer me one of those FAL's when I was at your place mate?!
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@ Ronin, no not too loud at all. The cold bothered us more than the noise.. It was only air rifles though, not much noise from them!
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Here are two photos from the Black Watch Museum - very cool place, I definately recommend a visit if you're in the region!
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Having a good time here at Rocky's secret bunker somewhere in Fife..
Been having a great time. We went shooting earlier today and I've heard rumours that the targets might be scanned up later tonight and posted on the forums. Also had a really good time at the Black Watch Museum in Perth.
Also went to the pub with Pyro_Monty up in Sheepshagger City, the night was good - but the morning afterwards was no good..
Off to Edinburgh tomorrow....
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That's absolutely fine with me mate!
I still can't believe I went with them..
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Survived Northern Ireland - got talked into going drinking at a gay bar with my two gay hostel room-mates last night.. If you want more (strictly heterosexual) details: www.xanga.com/tyovan4
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Got mistaken for a British soldier at a nationalist pub in Derry's Bogside!!!!
Scared would be an understatement.....
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Sex will come when we're both ready for it to be part of our relationship.
I'm not sending her flowers because I want to get laid, I'm sending her flowers because I love her and want to show her my love even though I'm seperated from her by an ocean
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@ earl - I think that place is closed in the winter..
@ the.ronin - I was thinking of having a half dozen red roses delivered to her house around Christmas time
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Having a grand ole time here in Ireland. Went to Limerick and took a bus through counties Limerick, Tipperary, Laois, and Kildare to get to Dublin.. VERY beautiful country full of some of the most friendly people with the most indecipherable accents that you'll ever meet.
My advice: come to Ireland! Friendly people, fun night-life, beautiful country-side, safe.. Its grand..
The only thing that sucks about the whole thing is the woman I love is still back in Pennsylvania..
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Its still hard for me to believe I'm doing this, but I leave for the airport in 30 minutes.. :|
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The rest of the family, its a very rare occassion when I do it.
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@ Snared_Gambit - about $5-6K
@ WhiteKnight - I had the trip planned before I really became close with her.. now I don't know what I'm gonna do without her for so long..
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Honestly, I'm flying from London -> Amsterdam because I was afraid of taking the ferry since I don't like boats and can't swim.
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Well everybody, I'd just like to say that I'm leaving to go on a trip through Europe on Thursday. Starting to get a little bit nervous about it, but I'm sure I'll have a good time.. Here's the itinerary if anybody's interested in seeing it:
For those of you who are wondering about the trip, here's the schedule:
24 Nov. Leave
25 Nov. Limerick, Ireland
26-28 Nov. Dublin, Ireland
29-30 Nov. Derry City, Northern Ireland
1 Dec. Letterkenny, Ireland and Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
2-3 Dec. Belfast, Northern Ireland
4-7 Dec. Aberdeen, Scotland
8-9 Dec. Fife, Scotland
10-11 Dec. Edinburgh, Scotland
12-16 Dec. London, England
17-18 Dec. Amsterdam, Netherlands
19 Dec. The Hague, Netherlands
20 Dec. Bruges, Belgium
21-22 Dec. Ypres/Ieper Belgium
23-24 Dec. Brussels, Belgium
25 Dec. Koln/Cologne, Germany
26 Dec. Bonn, Germany
27 Dec. Koblenz, Germany
28-29 Dec. St Goar, St Goarshausen, Bacharach - Germany
30 Dec. Mainz, Germany
31 Dec. Wiesbaden, Germany
1 Jan. Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2-3 Jan. Nurnberg/Nuremburg, Germany
4-6 Jan. Munchen/Munich, Germany
7 Jan. Fussen, Germany
8 Jan. Innsbruck, Austria
9-11 Jan. Berlin, Germany
12-13 Jan. Szczecin, Poland
14-15 Jan. Walcz, Poland
16-18 Jan. Wroclaw, Poland
19-20 Jan. Czestochowa, Poland
21-23 Jan. Krakow, Poland
24-25 Jan. Oswiecim/Auschwitz, Poland
26-28 Jan. Lodz, Poland
29 Jan - 1 Feb. Warszawa/Warsaw, Poland
2 Feb. London, England
3 Feb. Limerick, Ireland
4-6 Feb. Boston, Massachusetts
7 Feb. Home
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I jsut want to see who all drinks round here.
I've deen brinking tonight and I dont think I'm the only wone who does..
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Its ok im sure it will be released soon, and then a patch will follow the patch that patched it etc.
Dear Lord.. Raven Shield all over again..
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Here are two semi-recent ones of me..
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WB Mark!
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When are we going to be seeing the interview questions and answers?
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http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/
It really is quite good. Only $7 to get in too. I've been there a few times, and I believe I took Pyro_Monty there when he was with me. It's not visited by very many people, so don't worry about the crowds. It's only about an hour or so from Gettysburg, but if you go be warned its kind of in the ghetto part of town!
Backpacking through Europe
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What did Neill have to say when you called him the other night?