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    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    nice quiet location

    Sunshine Coast, Qld[^]

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    read some books

    Sunshine Coast, Qld[^]

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    get some sun

    Sunshine Coast, Qld[^] (well, there's a bit of a cyclone happening, so it's less sun than normal right now) (EDT - and a massive oil spill - but it'll be cleared up in about twenty years, as the council has been asked not to use machinery in the clearing up as it may harm the environment)

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    go for some walks.

    Sunshine Coast, Qld [^]

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    noisy locations

    Gold Coast, Qld[^]

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    Infested with drunks

    Gold Coast, Qld[^]

    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

    middle of a coastal urban sprawl.

    Gold Coast, Qld[

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    I'm going to Australia next year - My sister's finally got her permanent residency visa so it is to visit her in Adelaide.

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      leckey wrote:

      Where are you for holiday?

      I think there is a missing gerund in that question. Did you mean: Where are you going for holiday? I was wanting to go somewhere warm. The Algarve (southern province of Portugal) or mainland Spain, especially Catalunya (but not a city break in Barcelona). If I want a desitnation near Barcelona, most holiday websites want to fly me from Manchester to some piddly little airport about two hours drive north or south of Barcelona, when I can get a perfectly good flight from Glasgow (the city I live in) to Barcelona itself and then get on a train to my final destination. If I go to the piddly airport I have to hire a car and I'm not interested in that.

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      1. I actually know what a gerund is. 2. Was trying to be less grammatically correct. :-D

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        I'm going to Australia next year - My sister's finally got her permanent residency visa so it is to visit her in Adelaide.

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        Lost User
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        Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

        I'm going to Australia next year

        Fabulous - you'll love it! Come visit.

        Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

        n Adelaide

        Oh well.

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        • C Colin Angus Mackay

          All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks. All I get offered is noisy locations that are infested with drunks or kids in the middle of a coastal urban sprawl. Oh, and why do they have to be packaged with flights from an airport that is 5 hours drive away when there is a perfectly good international airport 5 miles away.

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          Consider Malawi.

          print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?

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            1. I actually know what a gerund is. 2. Was trying to be less grammatically correct. :-D

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            Colin Angus Mackay
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            leckey wrote:

            I actually know what a gerund is.

            More people should know. It is a very important concept in modern English.

            leckey wrote:

            Was trying to be less grammatically correct.

            Ah! Okay...

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            • M martin_hughes

              Consider Malawi.

              print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?

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              I'm also considering my budget.

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                I'm going to Australia next year - My sister's finally got her permanent residency visa so it is to visit her in Adelaide.

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                Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                Adelaide.

                Very pretty place but boring as bat ****. Dont listen to Max, the Gold and Sunshine coasts are a cross between Vegas and Cancun during spring break. We're looking for a resort in the Pacific somewhere for a holiday with a one year old later this year. Probably Fiji or Vanuatu. he web sites are also driving me up the wall. Why oh why do they always show such tiny poor quality photos?

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                  I'm also considering my budget.

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                  martin_hughes
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                  I can't remember how much it last cost me to go to Malawi - it wasn't RyanAir prices, but it wasn't hugely expensive either. And once there, everything is so cheap it's as close to free as you can get.

                  print "http://www.codeproject.com".toURL().text Ain't that Groovy?

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                  • L Lost User

                    Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                    Adelaide.

                    Very pretty place but boring as bat ****. Dont listen to Max, the Gold and Sunshine coasts are a cross between Vegas and Cancun during spring break. We're looking for a resort in the Pacific somewhere for a holiday with a one year old later this year. Probably Fiji or Vanuatu. he web sites are also driving me up the wall. Why oh why do they always show such tiny poor quality photos?

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                    Josh Gray wrote:

                    Why oh why do they always show such tiny poor quality photos?

                    I don't mind that so much as the apparent get-lost-if-you-don't-fit-into-family-or-drunk-20-something-categories attitude. I'm a single person wanting a quiet get away.

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                    • C Colin Angus Mackay

                      All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks. All I get offered is noisy locations that are infested with drunks or kids in the middle of a coastal urban sprawl. Oh, and why do they have to be packaged with flights from an airport that is 5 hours drive away when there is a perfectly good international airport 5 miles away.

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                      Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                      All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks

                      Sahara, south of the Atlas mountains. Few people to bother you and plenty of sun. Glad I could help :D

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                      • C Colin Angus Mackay

                        leckey wrote:

                        I actually know what a gerund is.

                        More people should know. It is a very important concept in modern English.

                        leckey wrote:

                        Was trying to be less grammatically correct.

                        Ah! Okay...

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                        leckey 0
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                        Keep in mind I live in an area where "my babies' daddys" is common.

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                          Keep in mind I live in an area where "my babies' daddys" is common.

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                          RichardM1
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                          LOL! At least you didn't say "my babies' daddys is"

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                          • C Colin Angus Mackay

                            All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks. All I get offered is noisy locations that are infested with drunks or kids in the middle of a coastal urban sprawl. Oh, and why do they have to be packaged with flights from an airport that is 5 hours drive away when there is a perfectly good international airport 5 miles away.

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                            Ed Poore
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                            Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                            All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks

                            Ok, well I was thinking Scotland fitted all those bills. That was until you mentioned the sunshine... I understand you might want to go abroad for it but not a lot of people appreciate how much Britain itself has to offer. Pembrokeshire, for example, would fit your bill perfectly. Just find a little cottage or something near the Preselli Mountains or in the middle of the Beacons and you're set.


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                              All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks. All I get offered is noisy locations that are infested with drunks or kids in the middle of a coastal urban sprawl. Oh, and why do they have to be packaged with flights from an airport that is 5 hours drive away when there is a perfectly good international airport 5 miles away.

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                              Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                              Have you considered Tunisia?

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                                Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                                All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks

                                Ok, well I was thinking Scotland fitted all those bills. That was until you mentioned the sunshine... I understand you might want to go abroad for it but not a lot of people appreciate how much Britain itself has to offer. Pembrokeshire, for example, would fit your bill perfectly. Just find a little cottage or something near the Preselli Mountains or in the middle of the Beacons and you're set.


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                                Colin Angus Mackay
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                                Ed.Poore wrote:

                                I was thinking Scotland fitted all those bills. That was until you mentioned the sunshine...

                                That is one area we do seem to lack quite a bit.

                                Ed.Poore wrote:

                                not a lot of people appreciate how much Britain itself has to offer

                                I do realise the UK has a lot to offer, but near guaranteed sunshine isn't one of them.

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                                  1. I actually know what a gerund is. 2. Was trying to be less grammatically correct. :-D

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                                    Josh Gray wrote:

                                    Why oh why do they always show such tiny poor quality photos?

                                    I don't mind that so much as the apparent get-lost-if-you-don't-fit-into-family-or-drunk-20-something-categories attitude. I'm a single person wanting a quiet get away.

                                    *Developer Day Scotland - Free community conference Delegate Registration Open

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                                    Henry Minute
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                                    Have you tried SAGA?

                                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                      leckey wrote:

                                      Where are you for holiday?

                                      I think there is a missing gerund in that question. Did you mean: Where are you going for holiday? I was wanting to go somewhere warm. The Algarve (southern province of Portugal) or mainland Spain, especially Catalunya (but not a city break in Barcelona). If I want a desitnation near Barcelona, most holiday websites want to fly me from Manchester to some piddly little airport about two hours drive north or south of Barcelona, when I can get a perfectly good flight from Glasgow (the city I live in) to Barcelona itself and then get on a train to my final destination. If I go to the piddly airport I have to hire a car and I'm not interested in that.

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

                                      leckey wrote:Where are you for holiday? I think there is a missing gerund in that question.

                                      Participle.

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                                        All I want is a nice quiet location to read some books for a week, get some sun and go for some walks. All I get offered is noisy locations that are infested with drunks or kids in the middle of a coastal urban sprawl. Oh, and why do they have to be packaged with flights from an airport that is 5 hours drive away when there is a perfectly good international airport 5 miles away.

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                                        Caslen
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                                        The airport is 5 hours drive away because you're being cheap - get your hand a bit deeper in your sporran and pay for the international airport 5 miles away :)

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                                          Have you tried SAGA?

                                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                                          Very funny! :rolleyes:

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