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Russ
23 Jun 2023
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    JimShady
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    11 Oct 2025, 6:50 p.m. 11 Oct 2025, 6:50 p.m.
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    @Russ has written:
    @tricky has written:

    It's levels. Like: which do you prefer - death by drowning or fire? Clearly you could have a better evening licking battery terminals.

    Not really sure which is worst (it's boyzone).

    I asked for clarification and apparently it's two nights of Boyzone in London, one night of Take That in Coventry, and one night of Take That in Sunderland. I assume the AI prompt was something along the lines of "ChatGPT please design me the worst vacation itinerary possible".

    Sunderland and Coventry. Wow.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    11 Oct 2025, 7:06 p.m. 11 Oct 2025, 7:06 p.m.
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    I assume the dates didn't work as TT are doing dates in better places than that (London and Manchester for a start)

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    Russ
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    11 Oct 2025, 7:26 p.m. 11 Oct 2025, 7:26 p.m.
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    Don't know, she got mildly annoyed at me mocking her taste and we stopped discussing it.

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    Ingo
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    11 Oct 2025, 7:27 p.m. 11 Oct 2025, 7:27 p.m.
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    I've seen Take That, in Coventry, on the previous Circus tour. Thanks to the best efforts of the Luftwaffe there are precious few decent drinking options left in Cov centre and the ground is ill prepared for shifting large qtys of anything that isn't beer. We had a hotel about 10 minutes taxi away which worked OK after the event. I'd suggest booking somewhere to eat for before well in advance as options are limited and work on a taxi able distance when choosing hotels. We went before Premier Inn monopolised overnighters and took all fun/jeopardy out of it but as suggested above you know what you are getting and its always serviceable. Book in advance. My other suggestion would be stay round the NEC if there's nothing significant there, some nicer hotels that are cheap on low demand days.

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    Ingo
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    11 Oct 2025, 7:31 p.m. 11 Oct 2025, 7:31 p.m.
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    My favourite song is Never Forget, I listened to it twice on the morning on the playoff final and these days it reminds me of Steve Cooper.

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    Psychobel
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    12 Oct 2025, 10:57 a.m. 12 Oct 2025, 10:57 a.m.
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    @Ingo has written:

    My favourite song is Never Forget, I listened to it twice on the morning on the playoff final and these days it reminds me of Steve Cooper.

    Apparently you remind Steve Cooper of an utter pussy.

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    JimShady
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    14 Oct 2025, 9:37 a.m. 14 Oct 2025, 9:37 a.m.
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    Just passed through Coventry on the train. Didn't see Take That or Boyzone.

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    Ingo
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    14 Oct 2025, 11:43 a.m. 14 Oct 2025, 11:43 a.m.
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    Sounds like you are stalking Russ' mate.

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    Psychobel
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    15 Oct 2025, 9:59 a.m. 15 Oct 2025, 9:59 a.m.
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    Any tips for Tirana? Will be travelling there in a week as thanks to Brexit, daughter has to pop out of the Shengen zone for a few days

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    JimShady
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    15 Oct 2025, 10:03 a.m. 15 Oct 2025, 10:03 a.m.
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    @Psychobel has written:

    Any tips for Tirana? Will be travelling there in a week as thanks to Brexit, daughter has to pop out of the Shengen zone for a few days

    How come? What's the situation? This sort of shit is so fucking annoying.

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    BrettWilliams
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    24 Oct 2025, 4:58 a.m. 24 Oct 2025, 4:58 a.m.
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    LHR - EWR

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    Psychobel
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    24 Oct 2025, 9:44 a.m. 24 Oct 2025, 9:44 a.m.
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    MAN - TIA

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    Psychobel
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    2 Nov 2025, 11:13 p.m. 2 Nov 2025, 11:13 p.m.
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    Should be TIA - MAN but the 21.45 was delayed until 23:25, then 00:50 and now 13:25 tomorrow.
    So I am in a shitty 2 star at a push hotel somewhere in Bumfuck, Albania.
    What was Ryan Airs customer service like?
    No fucking idea as no one has spoken directly to people but by some form of magical osmosis, we managed to move in a herd like way to get sorted. To say Ryan Airs management of this has been shit would be over egging the pudding.

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    chicago
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    3 Nov 2025, 12:45 a.m. 3 Nov 2025, 12:45 a.m.
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    Currently in Zion national park. Going to climb Angel's Landing tomorrow sans Wifey who had a funny turn today. It's meant to be pretty scary (and I don't like Heights) but I have to give it a go as you only live once. Only a couple of people have died falling off so the odds are in my favour. Although this doesn't really seem mundane. Unless it is and it's a piece of piss.

    Chicago: Sunburnt in November.

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    Psychobel
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    3 Nov 2025, 8:42 a.m. 3 Nov 2025, 8:42 a.m.
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    In the middle of the night, the flight got reschedule till 11am so missed the breakfast I badly needed to get on the coach that no one told us about. Back to the airport and the flight is now re re re re re scheduled for 3pm.
    Fuck this.

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    JRs_Cigarette
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    3 Nov 2025, 8:46 a.m. 3 Nov 2025, 8:46 a.m.
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    Someone in an office somewhere is laughing their tits off.

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