comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 17 minutes ago
I do find it funny when people slag off social media on ja606, a social media website.
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I imagine Baz hates anything before and after 1990.

comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 17 minutes ago
Also, going on holiday and lying by a pool/beach doesn't make anyone lazy or uncultured. Sometimes it's nice just to have a break. When I go away I tend to combine pool days with seeing some of the local history and landmarks as well as enjoying some of the local food and drink.

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I have no issue with that. It’s the sit by the pool and eat at mcd’s or English pub types. What’s the point in them going abroad?
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Its like Irish folk when they go abroad. The first place they look for is the Irish bar. I mean why?

I love exploring places when I go abroad but sitting on the beach with some cocktails and reading a book is very very chilled too. Especially when your job is hectic AF

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 17 minutes ago
Also, going on holiday and lying by a pool/beach doesn't make anyone lazy or uncultured. Sometimes it's nice just to have a break. When I go away I tend to combine pool days with seeing some of the local history and landmarks as well as enjoying some of the local food and drink.

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I have no issue with that. It’s the sit by the pool and eat at mcd’s or English pub types. What’s the point in them going abroad?
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Its like Irish folk when they go abroad. The first place they look for is the Irish bar. I mean why?
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It’s natural for most cultures, to be fair. Humans are social animals, so they’ll naturally gravitate to what is most familiar - even if travelling to see different cultures.

comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 17 minutes ago
Also, going on holiday and lying by a pool/beach doesn't make anyone lazy or uncultured. Sometimes it's nice just to have a break. When I go away I tend to combine pool days with seeing some of the local history and landmarks as well as enjoying some of the local food and drink.

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I have no issue with that. It’s the sit by the pool and eat at mcd’s or English pub types. What’s the point in them going abroad?
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Its like Irish folk when they go abroad. The first place they look for is the Irish bar. I mean why?
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It’s natural for most cultures, to be fair. Humans are social animals, so they’ll naturally gravitate to what is most familiar - even if travelling to see different cultures.
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I'll always stay away from English restaurants etc when I'm away, sampling the local cuisine but I'll still choose an Irish bar as that's where all the young locals go to. Traditional bars will be mostly old men.

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 17 minutes ago
Also, going on holiday and lying by a pool/beach doesn't make anyone lazy or uncultured. Sometimes it's nice just to have a break. When I go away I tend to combine pool days with seeing some of the local history and landmarks as well as enjoying some of the local food and drink.

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I have no issue with that. It’s the sit by the pool and eat at mcd’s or English pub types. What’s the point in them going abroad?
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Its like Irish folk when they go abroad. The first place they look for is the Irish bar. I mean why?
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I look for the Welsh bar. I get a lot of miles in that day!

Depends where you go, I suppose. English restaurants don’t seem to be common place outside of the traditional main tourist attractions such as the Greek islands and parts of Spain.

The language barrier is obviously a factor for many as well. You’ll find more people speaking English in an Ifish bar than local bars and restaurants, on average.

*main tourist attractions for Irish and Brits.

comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
Depends where you go, I suppose. English restaurants don’t seem to be common place outside of the traditional main tourist attractions such as the Greek islands and parts of Spain.

The language barrier is obviously a factor for many as well. You’ll find more people speaking English in an Ifish bar than local bars and restaurants, on average.
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There is a little bit of travel snobbery at play here as well I think.

Whilst I couldn't sit round the pool for a whole two weeks I do go on holiday to have a break, relax, have a few drinks and a laugh. Part of that experience is going to new places but part of that experience is also doing it in more familiar surrounding but with the added bonus of sunshine.

I always thought most people did one day on one day off

Explore
Chill
Explore
Chill

Etc

but I'll still choose an Irish bar as that's where all the young locals go to. Traditional bars will be mostly old men.

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I'm pretty sure local Spanish/Greek/Cyptiot/Turkish.etc. girls don't hang out in Irish bars on the strip in holiday resorts drinking goldfish bowls with their tats out to get hassled and fingered by drunk spotty English tw_ats.

The 'traditional' local bar sounds a lot more pleasant to be at to me.

comment by Robb, the fifth husband of Joe Exotic (U22311)
posted 13 minutes ago
I always thought most people did one day on one day off

Explore
Chill
Explore
Chill

Etc
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Pretty much what I do. Don't want to be knackered going home!

comment by Robb, the fifth husband of Joe Exotic (U22311)
posted 44 minutes ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 17 minutes ago
I do find it funny when people slag off social media on ja606, a social media website.
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I imagine Baz hates anything before and after 1990.
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Especially you

Diafol, yep there is that, as well as equating the 18-30’s stereotype with large swathes of British holiday makers. The silly thing is that it’s not something that is unique to the British anyway. Think of places like Cancun, as an example, that are full of America spring breakers, and they also, among other destinations, attract a lot of Central, South and North Americans that go on holiday for partying.

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 58 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 8 hours, 4 minutes ago
Eating cucumber. They are vile.
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Ditto celery...in fact it's worse
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Celery in soups and stews.

Cucumber in G&T
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filth...absolute filth

comment by Robb, the fifth husband of Joe Exotic (U22311)
posted 22 minutes ago
I always thought most people did one day on one day off

Explore
Chill
Explore
Chill

Etc
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Cruising is the way to go....or at least it was until about two months ago

comment by RB&W "PPE for NHS heroes" (U21434)
posted 19 minutes ago
but I'll still choose an Irish bar as that's where all the young locals go to. Traditional bars will be mostly old men.

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I'm pretty sure local Spanish/Greek/Cyptiot/Turkish.etc. girls don't hang out in Irish bars on the strip in holiday resorts drinking goldfish bowls with their tats out to get hassled and fingered by drunk spotty English tw_ats.

The 'traditional' local bar sounds a lot more pleasant to be at to me.
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Yeah I don't go to holiday resorts. If I want to see British people and eat British food, I'll stay at home. Although I do understand some people go for the sun, that's not for me.

So I'll do traditional resturants and then hit Irish pubs where the younger locals go.

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Robb, the fifth husband of Joe Exotic (U22311)
posted 22 minutes ago
I always thought most people did one day on one day off

Explore
Chill
Explore
Chill

Etc
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Cruising is the way to go....or at least it was until about two months ago
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The price of a cruise holiday is going to have to come way down to entice anyone to get on one after all that's happened.

I’m gonna wait till I’m 80 years old and find the idea of talking about Coronation street spoilers and what caravan to buy before I go on a cruise or else I’ll feel like I’m too young.

comment by Sergio Marquina (U11781)
posted 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
comment by Barefoot (U19770)
posted 3 seconds ago
Chocolate and fruit together. tasty on their own, but not as a combo
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Who the feck even does that?
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chocolate cherries, bananas, even oranges, delicious.

Chocolate and raspberry together is literal heaven

comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
I do find it funny when people slag off social media on ja606, a social media website.
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yeah, but i do dislike face book and twitter. 606 is a mild form of the social disease.

*figurative

comment by montleeds (U18330)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Joe The King Exotic (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
I do find it funny when people slag off social media on ja606, a social media website.
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yeah, but i do dislike face book and twitter. 606 is a mild form of the social disease.
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I do t really class this as social media. It’s a forum, which were around before social media was invented. Even if by some pedantic definition it’s nothing like twitter or face book, the worst of social media.

comment by Robb, the fifth husband of Joe Exotic (U22311)
posted 1 minute ago
Chocolate and raspberry together is literal heaven
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mmmmmm there's another one. what fruit doesn't go with chocolate.