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Thanks for the responses. I'll cut n paste it all for the trip. I know it's not the best time with the congestion and I was especially looking for more secluded beaches away from the droves, so I will check those out. I like the idea of that cider house in Newton Abbot, I'll bring my own containers for the takeaway service they offer! Is the steam railway from Paignton to Kingswear worth doing?

Can't. Staying with friends in Lydford. If I had an extra week down there, I'd explore Cornwall. Is it worth driving down to St Ives - anything in Cornwall you can't have in Devon?

Staying a week in early August on the western outskirts of Dartmoor. Any advice on good pubs in and around Dartmoor? Beaches on the south coast? Places off the beaten path away from the tourists etc? Thanks.

here you are Hamster

Lucky git Damian! I'd give my eye teeth to move out of this hole to somewhere along the Pacific NW. Have fun!

UP - 4/5. Pixar style animations are hit or miss. Definately a hit, almost up there with The Incredibles. Revolutionary Road - 3.5/5. Good drama, well acted, bit dull and rather depressing.

There is a great remix of Anger on the Fungkungfusion compilation by Ninjatune that I am playing now.

Their last two have albums IMO have been a bit disappointing but then again, TOTBL was immensely good. There do have one or two great tracks on each though.

It's not easy being gay.

Mmmmmm...beer festivals. Is there a good website that lists these things when they happen? I would love to catch one when I'm back in Devon and Oxfordshire in the summer.

My friend and ex-colleague Chris, here in Vegas owns that site.

I'd like to see them experiemnt and play the whole Dead Cities album during the first 45 minutes.

Thanks for that Tim. My tale would be a lot shorter and less interesting so I won't bother. I don't know if it has been better for us expats with the detachment when the going got tough, although it was extremely painful immediately after our relegation from the Prem with no one else around who could empathize. Lucky for me, I will be back in August to see them play again (all things pending Pinnacle). Can't bloody wait! COYRs!

Taken - 2.5/5.9 - Mindless shallow entertainment, watchable but nothing special. Benjamin Button - 1/2 - Saw the first half, fell asleep and can't be arsed to watch the rest. Forrest Gump but backwards. The Sting - 4.5/5.4 - Not seen in a while until last night. Really good fun.

TGU - Dream of 100 Nations. Very pleasing album back from the early nineties.

Eat carefully in the Latin Quarter as it is also home to hoards of crappy tourist traps, but there are plenty of decent places where the natives eat just off the main thoroughfares. Great central location to stay though. We are probably going over for a few days whilst back in England in August...might try the Bastille area to stay for a change.

Gazpacho Very refreshing and rather healthy. Very easy and no cooking involved. Ingredients some V8 can diced tomatoes 1 cucumber 1 yellow/orange peppers 1 onion lots of garlic sml jalepeno pepper parsley cillantro..sorry..corriander salt and pepper bit of olive oil dash of white wine vinegar or lime juice -Finely chop ingredients. -Blend chopped tomatoes, V8, oil and vinegar (can also puree small amount of the veggies to make soup thicker) in a mixer -Combine (add water if necessary to dilute) and chill. Serve with tortilla chips.

Nah, I'll just get a Wimpy.

Their Labs have been twitchy recently.

Moving the subject angle slightly, but is there any other food that changes the smell of your p!ss more than asparagus does? I haven't found it yet.

Bastard never returned my undies I wanted him to sign either... :mad:

I think I saw 'Atton and his small entourage jogging around Sunset park the other day from my car. Watching the rumble at a Filipino mate's house. Should be fun. Shedloads of Brits wandering around Las Vegas already (like it was vs Mayweather), but the shows of support for Pacman is astounding (even here). He is a national treasure down their way - future President and all that.

Don't get to many games but that was such a memorable one and glad I was part of. Blackburn fans ****y when they were 3-1 up. Then we claw the goals back and it 's "We're taking you down with us!" They went down and we survived. Can this game be downloaded anywhere?

Anyone else experiencing problems with gmail? I depend on my 'attach detector' (that prompts me in case I try to send something where I've typed "attach" and I have forgotten to actually do it) but it has not been working for a week now.

Already down as a successful appeal would surely depend on the other teams turning their vote the other way? But the prospect of starting with -10 is sickening. Look now towards a stable buyer with a bit of spending money to at least get us a tried manager.