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[MeanderingBeing]

Big Love is actually about Mormon Fundamentalists...

[rockingmtranch]

Oh, well we're only a couple episodes into the first season. Looks like a cult right now LOL (Juniper Creek).

[Balious]

Hey guys. Haven't posted that all much around here lately. I apologise for this

Reason being was I was on holiday for 2 weeks in America (this was about 2 or 3 weeks ago now). After that got a little busy when trying to focus on recording more videos.

So I just let out a little update of what I been up to on my youtube channel with recording these games:
Aliens vs Predator 3 (Marine & Predator)
Assassin's Creed
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Dino Crisis
Final Fantasy 7
Fire Emblem
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Parasite Eve II
Resident Evil 5 Co-Op *on hold*
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Secret LP
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier
The House of the Dead 2
X-COM Apocalypse

Yes where am I going to get the time for this. I have no idea. I am near completion of Broken Sword and hopefully Dino Crisis. Most of these games I have not started yet but I am slowly making progress!

Anyway thats the end of my little update. No idea if you lot may even watch my videos but this is what I been up to the last few weeks after my holiday when I don't get distracted.

[MeanderingBeing]

bal, i've was keeping up with yer videos before i uh... Uprooted myself... But atm, have no way of watching em mate.

[Nightwatch]

Been in Paris last week, a short holiday/business mixed trip.
As friends from the UK would know, it's actually a trip quite a short distance from london, from St. Pancras in the middle of town; it takes just about 2 hours on "Eurostar," the channel tunnel train, direct to Paris into the Gare du Nord train station.

A few impressions from this most recent trip: St. Pancras station is brilliant, although it has an overly historical facade from the outside, inside is a triumph for minimalist ultra-modern design, spacious, well-lit, staff is very helpful and they are fully up to their job, meaning: they know what they do and guide you accordingly... whereas... Gare du Nord is in almost a derelict state, (seems to be getting worse every passing year) and particularly the check-in area of the Eurostar train, well, is quite unpleasant -if one were to choose their words diplomatically!

In hot and airless business class check-in place on the top floor of Gare du Nord, which was nothing other than only a few square yard area into which all the passengers were somehow being squeezed, the staff seemed "dazed and confused" and with their excessively slow working pace, we hardly managed to catch the train in time though we were there 45 minutes earlier. (Everything had taken less than ten minutes in St. Pancras.) So, when in Paris, and if you're returning to Britain by Eurostar, finish your croissants much much earlier.

Seats on the Eurostar are not quite comfortable expect for those who can sleep even on a park bench. When you rest your head on the headrest part of your seat, you end up having a serious neck pain at the end of the two hour journey. Other than this, ride itself is smooth and fast.

A few words on Paris... and the most famous Champs-Élysées: Beggars! Beggars everywhere!
Is this Paris and its most prestigious section or are we trying to navigate our way through the streets of some fictional country in another one of those Hollywood movies?
Women in North-African looking dresses (fake or genuine origins, cannot be sure; but they dress in this appearance) literally lie down two folded in the middle of wide Champs-Élysées pavements, foreheads touching the cold pavements, holding cups in their hands, while Parisians and tourists streaming around them. This is only visually distressing, yet it's only the silent, side of the "beggar" phenomenon in Central Paris. There are other types of beggars, noisy and loud versions of them who are again women dressed in the same ethnical clothing, who suddenly approach you from behind -to take you by surprise- and ask you "Do you speak English?" in a perfect English (British English) accent. If you are gullible enough to turn and say yes, (which, believe me, you will be several times until you've got accustomed to this climate) they extend a piece of paper to you and ask you to read it (as their English does not seem to go beyond of enquiring if you know English) and guess what? The paper tells you a sobbing story and on that basis requests some money from you.
(It's of course difficult to say if they are really North Africans, or the French origins who pretend to be North Africans; but this not the point, the point is that those beggars -regardless of their origins- do not leave you in peace at all)

This situation is so bad, that I watched that several very nice natured Japanese tourists almost come to tears trying to take pictures of each other around Arc de Triomphe while being incessantly harassed by the beggars. Mind you, I am quite a social democrat minded person, and my displeasure in this matter is not the dislike of the poor; on the contrary. Things need to be viewed in their context, as a beggar is said to earn between 200 to 500 Euros a day! [/b]In many cases, this is more than what a Surgeon or a top Lawyer makes, and manual workers earn even less, of course.

A word of advice: Do not ever try to stay after hours, like waiting for your after-midnight train, in Gare du Nord. That's big NO. As many official sites report, there have been several "incidents" in Gare du Nord in late hours, as it seems that the certain groups from the notorious northern Banlieue have started to enjoy moving south and around Gare du Nord particularly in those dark hours of the day, and entering into some problems with people there. This is the word on the street. So, get an early train or get a nice hotel.
Also, even the day time, be very careful of the pickpockets who mostly operate on the Metro line number 2, which also serves to the area between Gare du Nord to Arc de Triomphe, an obvious line for tourists.

RER trains (inner city, overground trains) are not quite advisable either. Buses and, as always, the taxis are the best bets for trouble-free trouble around the city.

Well, good points? Simple: it's Paris.

(And... for those who want to make a short escape to Paris, take a boat trip along the Seine (costs less than £10) starting from the river bank in front of Eiffel Tower all the way to Notre Dame and beyond, return trip, it's more than worth it!)

[rockingmtranch]

Wow. Pretty cool. Very well written (of course) and I enjoyed it very much. Never have been there myself but now I feel a little closer.

[Nightwatch]

Thanks, Rock, glad that you've found it enjoyable to read Yeah, beggars and pickpocket problems are causing quite an uneasy atmosphere particularly in those mostly touristic areas of Paris. Otherwise, it still has that Paris feeling which directors love to portray in their films.

Well, it's very easy (and short) travel from London, many times there are offers on tickets on Eurostar and other ways of transport (like bus+channel train) and it comes quite cheap if one follows those deals.

But from the US, particularly from the West Coast, the distance -and the tiredness that the travel would surely bring- is not a joke indeed. However, for many who live on these shores, a visit to LA is a dream to come. Travel should be made easier in the world.

[VINTAR]

Hello everyone!!

I`m back in the moding seat so to speak

Just thought I`d pop in and say hi.

I`m expecting another baby boy next week, so I wont be around much, but I`m back

[rockingmtranch]

Congrats on the baby Vintar

[Nightwatch]

HI Vintar! Congrats, man! I hope you and your wife have a wonderful baby.

[3040Krag]

Another congratulations on the pending birth! My best thoughts to mom and the soon-to-be newborn

[VINTAR]

Thanks for the good wishes.

I will keep you posted

[MeanderingBeing]

Congrats on the kid Vintar!

[jamie1992]

Thanks for the good wishes.

I will keep you posted

Congrats Vintar, can you email me at somepoint please mate?

Cheers.

[rockingmtranch]

After Tina's 250 Ninja broke down, we decided to wait and get a bigger bike for her. Well, she is now riding the 600 Ninja and I picked this little gem up for $500:
1982 KZ1100A2

Other side LOL

The powerhouse!

She's running awesome. I tell Tina she purrs like a bear

[MeanderingBeing]

Wanted DOA
Publik Enemy Numba 1
Red Head caught dry humping motorcycle in california garage...

Anyways, nice bike, mate.

was stopping by to tell everyone I posted a video on youtube from me phone. Search for Mosin Mischief by MeanderingBeing. Fun stuff. Tell me watcha think!

[3040Krag]

No videos found for “mosin mischief meanderingbeing”

[Balious]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFyf62ejOHc

I managed to find it I think. Theres the link

[Nightwatch]

After Tina's 250 Ninja broke down, we decided to wait and get a bigger bike for her. Well, she is now riding the 600 Ninja and I picked this little gem up for $500:
1982 KZ1100A2

Great bike, mate!
It has style and character... cool!

Tina must be happy with the Ninja devil, as well.