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What was your overall impression of the Scottish countryside, Quatermass? It's unfortunate you were unable to visit in summer, as some of it is really breathtaking and best enjoyed with the warmth of the sun. I suppose you did get the benefit of the snow -- that must have been something of a novelty for an Australian.

Sorry, been moving house and I just got the computer back on.

Sounds like a lot of fun.

There was no Braveheart dude in Scotland when we were there but some lady in our B&B said to us... Your Mel Gibson is up here making a film and my husband is making his village houses for him. She showed us some pictures (of the houses) but none of Mel and we said yay wow... Mel went to our school (which he did, briefly) and left, not quite believing her.

We were stunned when about a year later Braveheart came out.

Did you see any coconuts at the Python castle? I'd heard that they sell or hire them.

It was still interesting and spectacular. I'm surprised more film crews don't go to Scotland.



Never saw any. There were script books (for Holy Grail and the TV series), as well as Michael Palin's Diaries and a biography of Graham Chapman. No coconuts, though.

You went at the wrong time of year for swallows.

African or European ones?

oh... then again, African swallows are non-migratory, so it couldn't have been....

Latest blog entry up. Whaddya think?

Here`s what i think:

If this place is going to be remotly fair,
either your travel thread is un-stuck
right now, or everyone here gets
their own thread to stick. It could have
been a fun thread, but personally i`m
sick of seeing it hangig on top doing
nothing. I get it, you like to travel.
Its impossible to miss, since its right
there, 24/7. The one and only thread
with eternal life in random, for some
reason unknow to me. You asked,
and thats what i think of it.

I can just see you going through customs with that syringe pen.

QM: But, officer, it's a souvenir, honest! I don't take drugs!
Customs officer (noticing typical Aspie behavior): Then why are you acting so strange? Why won't you look me in the eye?

I am really enjoying this thread. It is so easy to feel as if I were visiting all the places that you did, Quatermass!

Holmes' house, like many places in London was abnormally "thin".... Good job picking up a syringe pen. No problems with Customs? I got a bullet (WWII shell) keychain from the Bunker near the houses of Parliament and I had loads of problems with it on the flight home. I had to ask an Air Garuda (Indonesian speaking) hostess for my "bullet" when I got to Bali (where we changed planes to come home). It was tricky because I couldn't explain it until I made a gun with my hand. I didn't want to point my finger-gun at her, so I pointed it to my own head. It gave them a very wrong signal because I was suddenly surrounded by guards.

Madame Tussands... Do they still have the dark ride? Did you see the Tom Baker waxwork? Did you see anyone doing anything to the statues. I got my poor wife to look compromising with Bill Clinton.

The globe was in the process of being built when I was there, so although we trudged around it, it was mostly a building site with just a small part of the walls built.

Harrods is weird... They have first and second class toilets. I used the second class one and there was a guy in there who cleaned up after me (not that I left a mess anyway). He handed me towels etc... and I said to him. Wow, what do they do in the first class toilet? Wipe your bum or something? He laughed (which was probably just as well).

Sounds like you liked Brighton about as much as K9 did. If it's miserable there, then that's a "good day" for them. Those stones are horrible on the feet. It's pretty windy there but I'll wager that it's not quite as windy as Portsmouth or Lands End (where you can get blown off the cliff). Did you see those little changing huts along the beach there. They're pretty cool.

Tom Baker's waxworks were not there, and believe me, I asked. As for a 'dark ride', well, I dunno about an actual ride, but they did have a section (which I eventually decided not to do) where these staffers try their utmost to scare the excrement out of you.

And I did not get a syringe pen, but just a crappy gold-coloured pen with 'Elementary my dear Watson' on the side.

Latest blog entry up, guys.

Very nice. Now can you please, pretty please
unstick the damn thing allready? Or at least
give a good reason why its a sticky? Or you
can ignore and continue doing it the way you
like it and continue to piss people off - your choice.
Why have you made this a sticky thread?
I`m close to demanding a clear answer
from you. So answer me this:

Why have you made this a sticky?
Give me the reason please.

And i repeat, either this thread is unstuck or everyone
here get their own thread to stick. This is not fair in any
way and you know it. This is your own personal thread.
Had you not been a mod, it would not have been stuck,
not a chance in hell. So you tell me, how is this fair to
the users here?

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Because I didn't want to fetch it back from the depths of whatever hell the Random Discussion threads go to.

If you don't like it, lump it. Once I am finished, I will leave it stickied for another few weeks, then unsticky it. Happy? No? Tough.

Just as i thought. You are a selfish man.
And i will spend some time on making
you loose this mod job of yours. You
are not close to being good mod material.

A mod sticks a personal thread, when he gets cricitc
on it his answer is;

"you dont like it? Tough"

Yeah... f**k you pal. You`re doing a rotten
job and you are very selfish. Shame on you.

Keep your little ego-trip stuck, fine. Show the
world what you are made of, fine with me.

""Because I didn't want to fetch it back from the depths of whatever hell the Random Discussion threads go to. ""

But you see, thats where threads go when people are finished
with them. And thats where your thread are going the second
you unstick it. You`re just putting off the inevitabel to feed your
own ego and to be honest, it sickens me. It makes my gut turn.