chrisp65 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Reviews would be amongst my room 101 entries I posted it on here the other year about how I spent an hour reading reviews on Amazon for socks before I pushed the button and bought some … then did the same again to buy some boxer shorts … go back to the good old days where you picked a pair of socks and then spent 59 mins 30 seconds looking at the lingerie models in your Freemans catalogue Kays catalogue in our house. You suddenly realised you’d got to an age where you didn’t flick straight to the toys. Although these days, even toys gas taken on a different meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Col8w_iOWOd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villa4europe Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Tom13 said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Col8w_iOWOd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Lovely That's great and all but I was expecting liz hurley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: That's great and all but I was expecting liz hurley Liz Hurley? You've lost me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Liz Hurley? You've lost me Saw a link to Instagram Liz Hurleys Instagram cheers me up immensely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Tom13 said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Col8w_iOWOd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Lovely And his team won, couldn’t ask for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: And his team won, couldn’t ask for more. I liked the way he was 'oh, OK, thanks' about the $1000, but went crazy about the match ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: I liked the way he was 'oh, OK, thanks' about the $1000, but went crazy about the match ticket. I have suspicions. Seemed way to unsurprised or suspicious about someone just handing over $1k cash, like it's an everyday occurrence. Call me cynical. Edited February 14, 2023 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, sidcow said: I have suspicions. Seemed way to unsurprised or suspicious about someone just handing over $1k cash, like it's an everyday occurrence. Call me cynical. He has 8m followers and is " famous" for these videos that he's been doing for a couple of years could just be he's quite clever at marketing , his video goes viral , he gets news all around the world and will no doubt get revenue from social media platforms , exposure for his company etc as a result or , he could just be a nice bloke , doing good deeds out the goodness of his heart but just happens to video them and share them with people on the internet to promote mental health and awareness Edited February 14, 2023 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 11/02/2023 at 22:42, tonyh29 said: Reviews would be amongst my room 101 entries I posted it on here the other year about how I spent an hour reading reviews on Amazon for socks before I pushed the button and bought some … then did the same again to buy some boxer shorts … go back to the good old days where you picked a pair of socks and then spent 59 mins 30 seconds looking at the lingerie models in your Freemans catalogue Holidays too. Booking a hotel based on 2 grainy pictures in a brochure. Talk about leap of faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Just now, Genie said: Holidays too. Booking a hotel based on 2 grainy pictures in a brochure. Talk about leap of faith. yeah ... I think you just worked on the basis that you kinda trusted Thomas Cook , whereas now days you have to filter out the ramblings of some nutter writing a review on the internet I gave this hotel 1 star because when I went to a market stall 8 miles way someone short changed me and the hotel should have warned me we checked out early as they only had Brazilian coffee in the restaurant and we only drink Colombian coffee bring back the 2 grainy pictures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2023 55 minutes ago, sidcow said: I have suspicions. Seemed way to unsurprised or suspicious about someone just handing over $1k cash, like it's an everyday occurrence. Call me cynical. 48 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: He has 8m followers and is " famous" for these videos that he's been doing for a couple of years could just be he's quite clever at marketing , his video goes viral , he gets news all around the world and will no doubt get revenue from social media platforms , exposure for his company etc as a result or , he could just be a nice bloke , doing good deeds out the goodness of his heart but just happens to video them and share them with people on the internet to promote mental health and awareness Yeah he's done loads of similar videos. He's a bit like Mr Beast in that he invests the money he makes from social media into making more content by gifting it to people. But his videos have always seemed pretty genuine to me. Plenty of people cry or try to refuse the money or give it to somebody else. They're pretty heartwarming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2023 13 hours ago, Tom13 said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Col8w_iOWOd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Lovely Never heard of him before, but that was a seriously heartwarming account to go through. Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 14, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Genie said: Holidays too. Booking a hotel based on 2 grainy pictures in a brochure. Talk about leap of faith. The missus and I were talking about that very thing the other day. A gite in the middle of nowhere in southern France. No car, no maps, just an adddess - and off we went on trains and buses. Found it pretty much by fluke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 14, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: ...A gite in the middle of nowhere in southern France. ... off we went on trains and buses. Found it pretty much by fluke. Had you quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK ... we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The missus and I were talking about that very thing the other day. A gite in the middle of nowhere in southern France. No car, no maps, just an adddess - and off we went on trains and buses. Found it pretty much by fluke. Brittany Ferries brochure. About three pictures of a gite then off we bombed down to Portsmouth with nothing but a french road map from WH Smiths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 There is a island,just off the coast of WA called Rottnest and there are no cars allowed on the island.They have one buss and thats it for transport,except that you can hire pushbikes.Very quiet and peacefull and also the home of Quakkas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 14 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: There is a island,just off the coast of WA called Rottnest and there are no cars allowed on the island.They have one buss and thats it for transport,except that you can hire pushbikes.Very quiet and peacefull and also the home of Quakkas. Sounds like Centre Parcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted February 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The missus and I were talking about that very thing the other day. A gite in the middle of nowhere in southern France. No car, no maps, just an adddess - and off we went on trains and buses. Found it pretty much by fluke. kinda related and to really highlight how much things have changed , my first European adventure with my mate , we flew to Austria picked up a hire car and drove to Slovakia , Hungary , Czech republic , Poland and back to Hungary ( we liked Lake Balaton so went back ) ... nothing booked just the car and a map of Europe that we purchased in Vienna ... English wasn't widely spoken at that time in most of the areas and no phones with google translate so it was proper graft , we'd rock up somewhere walk around looking for a tourist information office to find out cheap places to stay and sites to visit , actually ended up staying in a lot of university dorms as we found out they rent them out during the summer break I'd been aboard before , but usually a flight and a hotel and stay in one place ... that trip was where I got the bug and really started expanding the whole travel thing and putting Homer Odyssey like trips together . nowadays with google I plan them out with military precision , but that trip will always hold special memories it was just care free no itinerary , no clue really , we just winged it , 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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