16 things not to bother with before you die.
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When I lived in Larkhill (A tiny place near Amesbury) I would pass Stonehenge every day. I always thought to myself,"It's just a bunch of Stones" and never visited it. Many years later, I went there properly and paid up and wandered around with the 'informative' headphones. And I was awestruck. Mainly by the sheer effrontery of being charged good money to walk around what turned out to be "Just a bunch of Stones".
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
If you can visit Avebury[^]. There is a series of standing stones and massive earth ring-works so large that the village is inside them. It has a much better atmosphere, and a decent pub with a fruity barmaid IIRC. There is a visitor's centre which is worth a visit (Oddly, another of Wife's supervisors was in charge there for a while - just shows how nepotistic that whole world is) but most of the site is free. One word of warning though: The cafe in the visitor's centre is solely vegetarian, which royally hacked me off (I had a craving for a ham sandwich) because you know henge, spiritual, oooooooh-aaaaaaaaaah therefore vegetarian wet-liberal type reasoning. I wouldn't be happy with a cafe only serving non-vegetarian food, why should I be happy with one that is purely vegetarian? But then I'm from the North :-). I doubt the people who built the henge held much truck in vegetarianism either, given the amount of stone-age slaughtered deer and other hoof-base deliciousnesses that has been found.
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Wow, I'm half way there: Madame Tussauds, London - Done The Sex Museum, Amsterdam - Done Amsterdam; well and truely done. Bondi Beach, Sydney - Never been that far south The Chichen Itza sound and light show, Mexico - I'd like to do Chichen Itza; but not the show. Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles - Done Angkor Wat, Cambodia - Cambodia is on my list of countries to visit. The Grand Canyon Skywalk, Arizona - Done the Canyon but not the Skywalk. Zipwiring through a rainforest - Meh, balloon for me please. Val D’Isère, France - Done; well one has to. Dunn’s River Falls, Jamaica - Looks fun, probably isn't Sunset on Santorini, Greece - I'll skip this, okay? The Louvre, Paris - Done Las Vegas, Nevada - Done. Do it oncve and only once. Ya hear? Land's End, Cornwall - Going this Sunday Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK - Done Eiffel Tower, Paris - Done
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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Yes, and he was in charge of Stonehenge. Would make a great QI type fact, it also made his name very easy to remember, a very nice chap BTW.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Wow, I'm half way there:
So only half dead then?
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.”
If I get another 40+ years then I'll accept I'm 'half way' :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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List[^] I've never been to Vegas but can imagine it being as described. Although I would not even think of going there for a vacation longer than one day unless I wanted to play poker. The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure, you could simply walk up to the henge, touch the stones or sit on them if you wanted to. I found it a strangely haunting place. Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting. I have been to Paris many times. I had no problems with queues at the Louvre itself nor in viewing The Mona Lisa. However, in my many visits I have never had the patience to endure the wait for the Eiffel Tower. Totally agree with the Madame Tussauds or any wax-works, for that matter. Anyone any experience of the other attractions, particularly times to visit to avoid queues.
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.”
Henry Minute wrote:
The last time I visited Stone Henge
Luckily I went there before it really go commercial and yep it seemed to be just a bunch of stones, I couldn't image paying for inspecting them. I preffered the white horse in the hill somewhere nearby and they haven't worked out how to charge for that! I did however do the Paris queue and the walk up to the Sacre Cour. I thought the Cupola above Rome was almost as good.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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If you can visit Avebury[^]. There is a series of standing stones and massive earth ring-works so large that the village is inside them. It has a much better atmosphere, and a decent pub with a fruity barmaid IIRC. There is a visitor's centre which is worth a visit (Oddly, another of Wife's supervisors was in charge there for a while - just shows how nepotistic that whole world is) but most of the site is free. One word of warning though: The cafe in the visitor's centre is solely vegetarian, which royally hacked me off (I had a craving for a ham sandwich) because you know henge, spiritual, oooooooh-aaaaaaaaaah therefore vegetarian wet-liberal type reasoning. I wouldn't be happy with a cafe only serving non-vegetarian food, why should I be happy with one that is purely vegetarian? But then I'm from the North :-). I doubt the people who built the henge held much truck in vegetarianism either, given the amount of stone-age slaughtered deer and other hoof-base deliciousnesses that has been found.
Keith Barrow wrote:
hoof-base deliciousnesses
:laugh: Go to Glastonbury (The Town, not the Festival), and it too is filled with happy-clappy, drippy-hippy, starry-eyed, pot-headed, weird-haired, spiritualistic nutters. But it does have a load of pubs and a couple of nice restaurants that serve meat.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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The best place to see Paris from is the top of Sacre Coeur on Mont Marte.(The Mountain of Mars!) Long walk up though!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Could be: was last there around 1980, playing football and seeing the sights. Was on the top of the Arc De Triomphe and bumped into someone I knew! Small world.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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List[^] I've never been to Vegas but can imagine it being as described. Although I would not even think of going there for a vacation longer than one day unless I wanted to play poker. The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure, you could simply walk up to the henge, touch the stones or sit on them if you wanted to. I found it a strangely haunting place. Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting. I have been to Paris many times. I had no problems with queues at the Louvre itself nor in viewing The Mona Lisa. However, in my many visits I have never had the patience to endure the wait for the Eiffel Tower. Totally agree with the Madame Tussauds or any wax-works, for that matter. Anyone any experience of the other attractions, particularly times to visit to avoid queues.
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.”
I'm surprised the Statue of liberty (in NY) isn't on that list. Went there, saw the line and turned around :) (also it's a lot smaller than I had imagined it to be)
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I'm surprised the Statue of liberty (in NY) isn't on that list. Went there, saw the line and turned around :) (also it's a lot smaller than I had imagined it to be)
Tom Deketelaere wrote:
also it's a lot smaller than I had imagined it to be
Now where have I heard that before?
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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I'm surprised the Statue of liberty (in NY) isn't on that list. Went there, saw the line and turned around :) (also it's a lot smaller than I had imagined it to be)
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I agree. You can see the Statue of Liberty just as well from the Staten Island ferry - and it's FREE...
Yeah I did that in stead :)
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Tom Deketelaere wrote:
also it's a lot smaller than I had imagined it to be
Now where have I heard that before?
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.”
:laugh: Well I don't know about you but I'v never been told that ;P
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Yeah I did that in stead :)
I stood in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, and looked out over the Pacific. My thoughts were "It's not as big as I was told!".
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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List[^] I've never been to Vegas but can imagine it being as described. Although I would not even think of going there for a vacation longer than one day unless I wanted to play poker. The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure, you could simply walk up to the henge, touch the stones or sit on them if you wanted to. I found it a strangely haunting place. Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting. I have been to Paris many times. I had no problems with queues at the Louvre itself nor in viewing The Mona Lisa. However, in my many visits I have never had the patience to endure the wait for the Eiffel Tower. Totally agree with the Madame Tussauds or any wax-works, for that matter. Anyone any experience of the other attractions, particularly times to visit to avoid queues.
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.”
Henry Minute wrote:
Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting.
Unless there is a very attractive punk girl... :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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If you can visit Avebury[^]. There is a series of standing stones and massive earth ring-works so large that the village is inside them. It has a much better atmosphere, and a decent pub with a fruity barmaid IIRC. There is a visitor's centre which is worth a visit (Oddly, another of Wife's supervisors was in charge there for a while - just shows how nepotistic that whole world is) but most of the site is free. One word of warning though: The cafe in the visitor's centre is solely vegetarian, which royally hacked me off (I had a craving for a ham sandwich) because you know henge, spiritual, oooooooh-aaaaaaaaaah therefore vegetarian wet-liberal type reasoning. I wouldn't be happy with a cafe only serving non-vegetarian food, why should I be happy with one that is purely vegetarian? But then I'm from the North :-). I doubt the people who built the henge held much truck in vegetarianism either, given the amount of stone-age slaughtered deer and other hoof-base deliciousnesses that has been found.
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List[^] I've never been to Vegas but can imagine it being as described. Although I would not even think of going there for a vacation longer than one day unless I wanted to play poker. The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure, you could simply walk up to the henge, touch the stones or sit on them if you wanted to. I found it a strangely haunting place. Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting. I have been to Paris many times. I had no problems with queues at the Louvre itself nor in viewing The Mona Lisa. However, in my many visits I have never had the patience to endure the wait for the Eiffel Tower. Totally agree with the Madame Tussauds or any wax-works, for that matter. Anyone any experience of the other attractions, particularly times to visit to avoid queues.
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.”
Mate of mine is getting married in Vegas today. I can watch in the internet. Chichen Itza was the subject of the quite excellent An Idiot Abroad on Sky One last week. Looked good first thing when there were few people around. I got took to Land's End when I was a kid, and think I quite liked it but then I quite like rocks facing into the ocean. Driven up to it recently but failed the credit check to be allowed in. I went up the Eiffel Tower a few years ago, don't remember much of a queue and the view from the top is spectacular, the difference in quite between the second level and the top is incredible. Wasn't keen in the shaky old lift to get up there though. Didn't bother with the Louvre, too big a queue so went round a few of the smaller galleries instead.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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When I lived in Larkhill (A tiny place near Amesbury) I would pass Stonehenge every day. I always thought to myself,"It's just a bunch of Stones" and never visited it. Many years later, I went there properly and paid up and wandered around with the 'informative' headphones. And I was awestruck. Mainly by the sheer effrontery of being charged good money to walk around what turned out to be "Just a bunch of Stones".
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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List[^] I've never been to Vegas but can imagine it being as described. Although I would not even think of going there for a vacation longer than one day unless I wanted to play poker. The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure, you could simply walk up to the henge, touch the stones or sit on them if you wanted to. I found it a strangely haunting place. Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting. I have been to Paris many times. I had no problems with queues at the Louvre itself nor in viewing The Mona Lisa. However, in my many visits I have never had the patience to endure the wait for the Eiffel Tower. Totally agree with the Madame Tussauds or any wax-works, for that matter. Anyone any experience of the other attractions, particularly times to visit to avoid queues.
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.”
cba with clicking next to go through a load of pictures - they should have a text list somewhere that can be glanced at quickly :-/ those things annoy me almost as much as the increased number of videos for news articles
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Henry Minute wrote:
Unless you are a Geologist, Archeologist or similar, though, I would find it hard to imagine a visit of more than about an hour remaining interesting.
Unless there is a very attractive punk girl... :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles] -
Henry Minute wrote:
The last time I visited Stone Henge there was no visitor infrastructure
Yeah, but you helped to build it didn't you? :rolleyes: :-D
Ali