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Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! (the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah, no less!)

Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too.

Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked!

Flights booked for America!

markg wrote:

Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too.

I've been there! It is indeed, lovely.

GazChap wrote:

Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! (the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah, no less!)

Be sure to get a salad.

MaliA wrote:

markg wrote:

Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too.

I've been there! It is indeed, lovely.

Ace. Any top tips?

I've been there! It is indeed, lovely.

Better value for money is getting a cab, asking how much to go to a place, then add 20% to that value, give the driver the money and say 'save the last dance'.

Cheers, we mainly want to do loads of snorkelling, kayaking, beach bars, some trips up into the mountains (ghost village sounds rad), that sort of thing. I just had a look for some videos of paragliding in Oludeniz and they aren't really doing a bang-up job of selling it to me so far:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdAzRHYj5U">YouTube Link</a>

Oh, there's these little Bedford Rascal vans that operate as buses.

Nasty. That could happen anywhere, mind; just gotta balance the risks.

Bobbyaro wrote:

abortion bill?

Nadine Dorries wanted it to be illegal, but couldn't quite get that far, so wanted to make sure that everyone having an abortion had to be brutally told they were a murdering scumbag for hours at a time by church people.

Curiosity wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

abortion bill?

Reeeally?

kalmar wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

abortion bill?

Reeeally?

Well, not quite.

But she is an absolute mental.

It was a requirement that the abortee (?) undergo counselling that was from a separate organisation to that performing the abortion. The general gist of it was that all the excellent charities out there that currently do both would be relegated to just being abortion providers, and that a load of people with enormous vested interest would be brought in to do the counselling. Curio wasn't far off the mark.

Could we have this split out please?

I won a new tv in some little competition we did in work today. It's only tiny little thing but the fact remains, I won a tv in work today.

_{Does anybody want to buy it? I really don't need it.}

Cheers, dude!

I'm slightly pleased.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:15 ]
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Noice.

Author:	GazChap [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:22 ]
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Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! (the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah, no less!)

Author:	markg [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:24 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Noice. Can't wait. We'd talked about going to the states and driving round a bit but time was getting a bit short to organise that properly, so maybe next year.

Author:	Curiosity [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:36 ]
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GazChap wrote: Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! (the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah, no less!) Be sure to get a salad.

Author:	MaliA [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:36 ]
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markg wrote: Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too. I've been there! It is indeed, lovely.

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Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:40 ]
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GazChap wrote: Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! Don't forget to do ESTA. Also, what visa? Wouldn't you be travelling under the visa waiver program? Edit -- and if you didn't give your passport numbers to the airline or booking agent at booking time, don't forget to do any APIS stuff they email you about post-booking too. And check and doublecheck that the passport numbers, dates of birth, and passenger names are exactly correct.

Author:	GazChap [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:44 ]
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ESTA is what I meant, stupid brain.

Author:	Kern [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:46 ]
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GazChap wrote: Flights booked for America! Yay! Circling above Salt Lake City whilst waiting to land, with the mountains glowing red as the sun set, was amazing this summer.

Author:	markg [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:54 ]
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MaliA wrote: markg wrote: Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too. I've been there! It is indeed, lovely. Ace. Any top tips?

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:57 ]
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Curiosity wrote: GazChap wrote: Flights booked for America! Visa approved! Hotel booked! (the Waldorf Astoria in Park City, Utah, no less!) Be sure to get a salad. Objection.

Author:	MaliA [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:07 ]
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markg wrote: MaliA wrote: markg wrote: Oludeniz in Turkey. Sounds ace from everything I've read. Nice beaches and loads of other stuff to do too. I've been there! It is indeed, lovely. Ace. Any top tips? Not a lot that I can recall immediately, sorry to say. There was a lovely fox fur coat that I almost bought for the lass I went there with, but didn't for some reason. Don't forget the £10 'entry fee' to Turkey, topless sunbathing was tolerated, deckchair rental for the beach was tolerable. The diving is nice, enough, but makes you very tired. At the end of the spit, if memory serves, there's a nature park or somesuch. I preferred it to Tunisia.

Author:	Malabelm [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:10 ]
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MaliA wrote: I've been there! It is indeed, lovely. Me too! It's lovely indeed. My tips would be to try everything, but don't bother with any full-day boat trips as they're incredibly dull. Definitely try some rafting, diving and paragliding if you can.

Author:	DavPaz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:10 ]
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The $10 'exit fee' in Mexico amused me. Paid in cash to a uniformed official. Hmmmm...

Author:	MaliA [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:22 ]
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Oh, there's these little Bedford Rascal vans that operate as buses. They are quite cheap. Better value for money is getting a cab, asking how much to go to a place, then add 20% to that value, give the driver the money and say 'quickly'.

Author:	Curiosity [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 13:51 ]
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Double Yay. 1 - Blanket ban on gay men donating blood has been removed (albeit they still need to not have had sex for a year) 2 - Evil mentalist Nadine Dorries MP had her abortion bill thrown out in the Commons, causing her to throw her toys out of her pram.

Author:	ApplePieOfDestiny [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 18:19 ]
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Also, there was no correlation between an act that would doubtless reduce the number of abortions, and dealing with some of the frankly ridiculous problems faced with adoption, likely giving rise to more children born into unstable families or taken into state care with no obvious route out, the direct opposite of what the Tories think is right. Madness.

Author:	Zardoz [ Fri Sep 09, 2011 17:47 ]
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I've got half a bottle of Sailor Jerry and a fresh bottle of Jim Beam to chug on when we eventually pile back to yours. What are you having?

Author:	markg [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:43 ]
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Malabelm wrote: Cheers, we mainly want to do loads of snorkelling, kayaking, beach bars, some trips up into the mountains (ghost village sounds rad), that sort of thing. I just had a look for some videos of paragliding in Oludeniz and they aren't really doing a bang-up job of selling it to me so far:

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 13:02 ]
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MaliA wrote: Better value for money is getting a cab, asking how much to go to a place, then add 20% to that value, give the driver the money and say 'save the last dance'.

Author:	Malabelm [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 13:19 ]
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markg wrote: Cheers, we mainly want to do loads of snorkelling, kayaking, beach bars, some trips up into the mountains (ghost village sounds rad), that sort of thing. I just had a look for some videos of paragliding in Oludeniz and they aren't really doing a bang-up job of selling it to me so far: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdAzRHYj5U">YouTube Link</a> Nasty. That could happen anywhere, mind; just gotta balance the risks. The rest of your list is easily doable, and everything's almost insultingly cheap. Our rafting trip included a bus ride to a pickup point, lunch, a minivan up to the start point, the entire rafting day, dinner and a coach ride back to our hotel, all for about £50 each.

Author:	kalmar [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 13:21 ]
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MaliA wrote: Oh, there's these little Bedford Rascal vans that operate as buses. I think Fat Harry White operates those, that's what he's doing now. Lanza-rote, did you say?

Author:	markg [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 13:41 ]
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Malabelm wrote: Nasty. That could happen anywhere, mind; just gotta balance the risks. Yeah, true. Just if was going to try paragliding I think I'd probably do it here, where there's more red tape. I saw another accident in Oludeniz where a skydiver went straight through a paraglider's canopy. That just wouldn't happen here as you'd never get people sky-diving without someone else making sure the drop zone was clear. I dunno, I don't mind doing sketchy things or going to sketchy places but common-sense tells me to avoid doing both together.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 14:02 ]
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The NHS bill passed on its third reading though.

Author:	markg [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 14:11 ]
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Oh yay, indeed. Fucking Tory/Lib Dem cuntbags.

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 14:26 ]
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abortion bill?

Author:	devilman [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 15:06 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote: abortion bill? The less-than-successful follow-up to Portland Bill.

Author:	Curiosity [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 15:44 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote: abortion bill? Nadine Dorries wanted it to be illegal, but couldn't quite get that far, so wanted to make sure that everyone having an abortion had to be brutally told they were a murdering scumbag for hours at a time by church people.

Author:	kalmar [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 16:54 ]
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Curiosity wrote: Bobbyaro wrote: abortion bill? Nadine Dorries wanted it to be illegal, but couldn't quite get that far, so wanted to make sure that everyone having an abortion had to be brutally told they were a murdering scumbag for hours at a time by church people. Reeeally?

Author:	Curiosity [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:05 ]
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kalmar wrote: Curiosity wrote: Bobbyaro wrote: abortion bill? Nadine Dorries wanted it to be illegal, but couldn't quite get that far, so wanted to make sure that everyone having an abortion had to be brutally told they were a murdering scumbag for hours at a time by church people. Reeeally? Well, not quite. But she is an absolute mental.

Author:	flis [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:19 ]
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Curiosity wrote: kalmar wrote: Curiosity wrote: Bobbyaro wrote: abortion bill? Nadine Dorries wanted it to be illegal, but couldn't quite get that far, so wanted to make sure that everyone having an abortion had to be brutally told they were a murdering scumbag for hours at a time by church people. Reeeally? Well, not quite. But she is an absolute mental. Didn't she want them to have to listen to the foetus' heartbeat first or something? I agree she is a mental.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:26 ]
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It was a requirement that the abortee (?) undergo counselling that was from a separate organisation to that performing the abortion. The general gist of it was that all the excellent charities out there that currently do both would be relegated to just being abortion providers, and that a load of people with enormous vested interest would be brought in to do the counselling. Curio wasn't far off the mark.

Author:	DavPaz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:28 ]
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Feckin' Nuns!

Author:	Plissken [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:53 ]
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Dorries' argument was that the existing providers are "biased", which is the default position for "don't agree with my viewpoint". Quite how they can be biased, when there is no profit or benefit to these providers in persuading people to have abortions is a question that Dorries is unable to answer.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:56 ]
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This is the shitest page on the Yay thread.

Author:	MaliA [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 17:58 ]
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Craster wrote: It was a requirement that the abortee (?) undergo counselling that was from a separate organisation to that performing the abortion. The general gist of it was that all the excellent charities out there that currently do both would be relegated to just being abortion providers, and that a load of people with enormous vested interest would be brought in to do the counselling. Curio wasn't far off the mark. Which was quite the opposite position that was taken on Section 28. Somewhat baffingly

Author:	Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 19:02 ]
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Could we have this split out please?

Author:	Malabelm [ Thu Sep 08, 2011 19:18 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: Could we have this split out please? Christ, we're not starting with puns again, are we?