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  1. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    Yep. Very sad. Big part of my childhood.
     
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  2. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    The only good thing about decorating and I mean the only good thing, is going to he pub at lunchtime... Every day

    o_O
     
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  3. fatletiss

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    I presume it'll be on the ITV player thingy.

    My Dad told me a story this week he'd never told me before. He said that while on holiday in Torquay as a 15 year old he went to swan out to a buoy when a blue shark (about 1.5m) swam passed him. He turns and swam back and said he then saw it swim across some steps that were under water, where he had got out the water. :eek:
     
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  4. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    Neither blue sharks or porbeagles will prey on humans. Not ever. And the really big ones, basking sharks, only eat plankton. Scary though, admittedly!
     
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  5. fatletiss

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    I remember as a kid seeing Basking Sharks from he beach at Sennon Cove in Cornwall, as you said, scary beasts
     
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  6. Whiteley Saint

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    ,http://news.sky.com/story/1670028/ben-nevis-rescue-for-woman-in-shorts

    Always amazes me how stupid some people can be. Not only putting her life in danger but those who had to rescue her. Not sure how many ways up there are but the way we saw had signs at the bottom of the track warning of the dangers and the fact that it's 10 degrees colder up the top, so she decides to go up in shorts. There have only recently been 2 fatalities of experienced well equipped climbers up there. :steam:
     
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  7. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    I can vouch for the temperature drop: I went up on a blazing hot August day when I was 11, dressed in shorts, T-shirt, and sandals <doh>. Freezing at the top, but the views were staggering. You could see as far as the North Sea one way and the Atlantic the other!
     
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  8. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Nah not scary, stop propagating the myth! Sharks are gorgeous, beautiful creatures. I used to love seeing them when I was out diving in Fiji and the Philippines.

    Tiger sharks, yeah okay, I'll give you that.

    And getting confronted by a big shark during a night dive, okay, yeah that too.

    But as a general rule, no. Incredible creatures.
     
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  9. fatletiss

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    Oh I am a fan LTL. My bucket list includes shark swimming. My favourite, number one creature, above all others is a Whale Shark.

    Ps. you lucky bugger.
     
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  10. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Haha, not lucky, it was my job!

    Never did get to see a whale shark though, much to my annoyance. Belize is a good place to go for them.
     
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    Interesting move... what do people think of this?

    The Times are giving up on 'breaking news' due to the advent of Twitter and the prominence of the BBC.

    Instead, they're going to keep their online paywall and continue to produce and publish exclusive interviews and provide cutting-edge opinion and analysis, in pretty much their own words.

    An intriguing step but one I understand, will be keen to see how it goes as I think they've got a pretty solid idea.


    More here: http://digiday.com/publishers/breaking-news-commodity-times-adjusts-digital-news-metabolism/
     
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  13. fatletiss

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    Proper Job!! Got enough stamps to get my free glass and they gave me two :)

    Decorating and pub lunches has paid off!

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    What was your job? Were you looking for someone with a good tuna....
     
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  15. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    I LOATHE that expression. I'm going to ask brb if I can ban you for life. :)
     
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  16. fatletiss

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    Well I'm surprised it has taken something so trivial... The list must be long and this the final straw :p

    However if it happens like this, that's another tick off the bucket list <laugh>
     
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    In the Philippines it was surveying the coral reefs just outside of Palawan for the government. In Fiji I was working at a dive school.
     
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  18. fatletiss

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    Man, we need to get you to another game and have a couple of hours in the pub!! I could listen to stories about that for hours.
     
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  19. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    Each month we sit around the Saints Not606 campfire with a list of who to forgive once more. Your name's in there every time. <laugh>
     
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  20. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Ha! I'd bore you to tears!
     
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