Dazey Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Gracii Guns said: If anyone has written a book about a place outside Yorkshire, I don't want to know. Is that because all the ones written about Yorkshire have lift up flaps so the locals don't get confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Dazey said: Is that because all the ones written about Yorkshire have lift up flaps so the locals don't get confused? I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet. They sent me a… Spoiler Edited February 17, 2019 by Gracii Guns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 York has that little tower on a hill where the Yorkies herded all the Jews and set them alight. Clifford's Tower I believe it is called. Couldn't walk up myself as I'm dodgy with heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Couldn't walk up myself as I'm dodgy with heights. I am also dodgy with heights. We both run. Think AFD is great. Like to cook. We're splitting images of each other. Basically, I love you. On topic: Reading Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, by Antony Beevor at the moment. Wait, we both read war literature! Mind. Blown. Edited February 18, 2019 by SoulMonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 20 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: I am also dodgy with heights. We both run. Think AFD is great. Like to cook. We're splitting images of each other. Basically, I love you. On topic: Reading Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, by Antony Beevor at the moment. Wait, we both read war literature! Mind. Blown. Pity Market Garden didn't work. The war may have been over by Christmas. Bit of a logistical mess, Paras dropped miles from their designation, poor reconnaissance (two SS Panzer Divisions in the area), etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Pity Market Garden didn't work. The war may have been over by Christmas. Bit of a logistical mess, Paras dropped miles from their designation, poor reconnaissance (two SS Panzer Divisions in the area), etc. Yeah, I agree. What a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 The House next Door by James Patterson. 3 short stories by JP and other writers he's written other novels with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Len Cnut Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 8:32 AM, SoulMonster said: I am also dodgy with heights. Pussies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 44 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Pussies Yeah, I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Yeah, I am. I am as well if I’m honest but I’m too arrogant to let it show. Not all heights mind, just unsecured ones, ones where you can see the drop and a push or a stumble would do the job. No one I know actually knows I have this and its a lot less than before, simply by just going to high places and trying my best to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Just now, Len Cnut said: I am as well if I’m honest but I’m too arrogant to let it show. Not all heights mind, just unsecured ones, ones where you can see the drop and a push or a stumble would do the job. No one I know actually knows I have this and its a lot less than before, simply by just going to high places and trying my best to deal with it. Same here. I sit with my head glued to the plane windows when the plane turns, enjoying it incredibly. But put me up in a ladder and I start shaking. I also suffer from the "high places phenomenon." I ran across the Golden Gate Bridge earlier this year and had to stay as far away from the railings as possible to keep it in check. Really weird stuff. Anyway, when I do a lot of mountain hikes where it is a bit "airy" and exposed, I get better. How can a city rat like yourself get exposed to high places? From roof-top bars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Same here. I sit with my head glued to the plane windows when the plane turns, enjoying it incredibly. But put me up in a ladder and I start shaking. I also suffer from the "high places phenomenon." I ran across the Golden Gate Bridge earlier this year and had to stay as far away from the railings as possible to keep it in check. Really weird stuff. Anyway, when I do a lot of mountain hikes where it is a bit "airy" and exposed, I get better. How can a city rat like yourself get exposed to high places? From roof-top bars? Walk over bridges, the London Eye, various dodgy theme park rides. Also the few times I’ve been to Kashmir I’ve found myself in some terrifying and actually practically quite dangerous heights. One was like a rope bridge with wooden slats for the bit you walk on...and some would be broken and missing...and everytime you stepped on it the fuckin’ thing rocked. The local kids used to jump off it into the river below and it was a SERIOUS fuckin’ drop too. I can't be having ladders either. And I ain't even talking about getting right on top, I get halfway up and I'm fuckin' shitting it but again, its not something I've ever let anyone know, you just crack on with things I suppose. Edited February 26, 2019 by Len Cnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Speaking of Kashmir I see India v Pakistan is all kicking off again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Walk over bridges, the London Eye, various dodgy theme park rides. Also the few times I’ve been to Kashmir I’ve found myself in some terrifying and actually practically quite dangerous heights. One was like a rope bridge with wooden slats for the bit you walk on...and some would be broken and missing...and everytime you stepped on it the fuckin’ thing rocked. The local kids used to jump off it into the river below and it was a SERIOUS fuckin’ drop too. Makes me squeezy just reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 10 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Speaking of Kashmir I see India v Pakistan is all kicking off again. Yeah and my lot are gonna get bombed again, whoopee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Just now, Len Cnut said: Yeah and my lot are gonna get bombed again, whoopee. By those urine drinking eaters of swine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: By those urine drinking eaters of swine. They’re as bad as each other really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 30 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Same here. I sit with my head glued to the plane windows when the plane turns, enjoying it incredibly Me too, I usually don't mind heights, but oddly enough I did hesitate for a moment when I was in the CN tower in Toronto standing on a glass floor like in the picture. But when I was on the rooftop of the Rockefeller building looking down I felt fine. You've been to either of those places? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, EvanG said: Me too, I usually don't mind heights, but oddly enough I did hesitate for a moment when I was in the CN tower in Toronto standing on a glass floor like in the picture. But when I was on the rooftop of the Rockefeller building looking down I felt fine. You've been to either of those places? I did the same on the Empire State Building. Very proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 "The Boy" by Tami Hoag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) On 26.02.2019 at 4:28 PM, lukepowell1988 said: If I did this pants would be shat I probably would have turned around if other people weren't waiting behind me and kind of pushed me forward Reminds me of when I was a kid and visiting Preikestolen in Norway on a school trip. It's a nice little mountain "block" with a pretty loooong drop. Naturally, I didn't get close to the edge (compared to friends who sat at the edge with their feet dangling outside like retards) until a cute girl asked me if I could take a photo straight down from the edge. I don't know why she asked the scared boy (maybe she was evil?) but anyway, I edged forward on my stomach, slowly, inch by inch, enough to be able to stretch my hands over the edge and then just chanced that the photo I took was any good. I might have taken a photo of my own ashen face as it was glued to the plateau. Here is a couple of photos. Preikestolen was last seen in the last Tom Cruise movie. This is pretty much what I was aiming for, but couldn't at all get that close to the edge: And the view for those daring to sit on the edge (how the hell could the teachers allow my school mates to do that!?!) Edited March 1, 2019 by SoulMonster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: I probably would have turned around if other people weren't waiting behind me and kind of pushed me forward Reminds me when I was a kid and visiting Preikestolen in Norway on a school trip. It's a nice little mountain "block" with a pretty loooong drop. Naturally, I didn't get close to the edge (compared to friends who sat at the edge with their feet dangling outside like retards) until a cute girl asked me if I could take a photo straight down from the edge. I don't know why she asked the scared boy (maybe she was evil?) but anyway, I edge forward on my stomach far, inch by inch, enough to be able to stretch my hands over the edge and then just chanced that the photo I took was any good. I might have taken a photo of my own ashen face as it was glued to the plateau. Here is a couple of photos. This mountain crop was last seen in the last Tom Cruise movie. This is pretty much what I was aiming for, but couldn't at all get that close to the edge: And the view for those daring to sit on the edge (how the hell could the teachers allow my school mates to do that!?!) I'd do it just to not look like a pussy but I'd be fuckin' petrified If you went boo I'd probably go right off the fuckin' edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 One of my friends, as he was sitting on there dangling his feet over the edge, jumped down to a small shelf just below, turned around and climbed back up again, to what must have been endless nightmares to our teachers who sat behind and surely saw it all. Astonishes me to this day. Both the moronic courage and the fact that the teachers didn't suffer PTSD afterwards. 2 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: I'd do it just to not look like a pussy but I'd be fuckin' petrified If you went boo I'd probably go right off the fuckin' edge Thing is, when I get close to heights like that, with no support, I start shaking uncontrollably and feel like fainting. I simply don't trust I won't fall over by mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: One of my friends, as he was sitting on there dangling his feet over the edge, jumped down to a small shelf just below, turned around and climbed back up again, to what must have been endless nightmares to our teachers who sat behind and surely saw it all. Astonishes me to this day. Both the moronic courage and the fact that the teachers didn't suffer PTSD afterwards. Thing is, when I get close to heights like that, with no support, I start shaking uncontrollably and feel like fainting. I simply don't trust I won't fall over by mistake. Same here, you fuckin' sort of freeze and get this mildly giddy feeling...but I can't be lookin' like a pussy man Juvenile I know but there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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