NFR NFC 2017 - The friendly thread for lovely people

[trevethin]

On 08/03/2017 at 6:24 PM, carlosj said:

Don't you need a big rabid hound and fog to make the most of moors?

Am houndless.  There will probably be fog   First walk next week.  Looking forward to it.

[lucyginger]

I can't stop eating. This happens sometimes. Probably hormonal. 

I might finish off the biccies I bought this morning. 

A mint waffer might finish me off later! 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, naughtygeorgie said:

Sorry Yog I  started to reply then the world & his wife came in and wanted feeding, as if this is something kind of a restaurant..which it is!

I was born in Marston Green so technically Birmingham but grew up in Coleshill which is technically Warwickshire but has a Brum postcode. 

Now I'm further south.Stratford upon Avon. 

 

Spent a bit of time around Stirchley due to constantly breaking bones as a kid and the A&E was there..I think. 

In thepast 10 yrs I've lived Warwickshire, Amsterdam Yorkshire Cheshire Surrey and Hampshire think you can guess my fav!

Shit  more tables want feeding

Yes, I think I can guess your favourite. It'll probably come as no surprise that I've been to Amsterdam a fair few times. By far my favourite was when we hired two houseboats for the week, which took in the celebrations for Queen Beatrix's birthday. There was about 15 of us in total spread over the two houseboats. On the day of the then Queens birthday, we got a call from the other boat (which was near the zoo) to inform us that our boat was on the telly as a camera covering proceedings was fixed at such an angle as to take in our boat directly. They also informed us that they'd found out that their houseboat was a converted mine sweeper from the war. Then someone from our boat (one of my brothers) exclaimed that our boat was more of a mind sweeper than a mine sweeper, and that did kind of sum it up. The antics that went on on that holiday are fairly legend in my social circle. You really couldn't make up some of the antics that went on.

We also hired a houseboat for Willem-Alexander's birthday one year. The boat was a luxury beautiful boat, but there were only four of us then and we couldn't re-create the atmosphere of the episodes above, so it was a bit of a disappointment really. It kind of left me with the feeling that I'd 'done' Amsterdam, so can't really see me going back there.

 

[fatyeti24]

i've done a couple of Queensdays in Amsterdam.  a few years ago now but i suppose it hasn't changed much.  all the public transport is free for the day so everyone piles into Amsterdam where the streets are all shut off to traffic and there's lots of soundsystems and whatnot going on.

the second time i did it i took along a mate for his first ever experience of the city, which was an eye opener for him to say the least.  we even saw (as in really saw, not imagined we saw) American talk show host Montel Williams getting high in a coffeeshop.

i'd love a trip back there, it's about 2.5 years since i was last there.

[fatyeti24]

8 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

I think if everyone had at least 1 holiday there a year the world would be a much more peaceful place!

Which coffeeshop was he in? Many famouses frequent Growhouse / Greenhouse on Haarlmetstrat (prob spelt wrong) but they win the cannabis cup every year for Super Lemon Hazel and they've Koi carp under the floor & loads of pics of famouses on the walls...Snoop features a lot!

I've got to go cook now but think I'll talk the Mr into an Easter trip when I get home

it was a Greenhouse iirc, but quite where in the city i couldn't recall!

[fatyeti24]

2 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

The city of confusion, circular roads & canals! Even with a clear head directions can be tricky

 

Last time I was there I knew I was staying to the south of the city centre so  used the sun to navigate, only I had just returned from nearly a year in south America and totally forgot what hemisphere I was in and set off in the opposite direction. 

[MilkyJoe]

Spent a bit of time working in the Netherlands over the years and have have done a bit of time in Amsterdam sometimes even completely sober and clean too. one of my favourite cities in the world. Remember spending one glorious sunny day sat in Dam square getting baked and watching an international women's beach volleyball competition on a full size court. Sand and everything! I spent the next day wondering if I had imagined the whole thing!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

5 hours ago, naughtygeorgie said:

Oh no Amsterdam is never "done" never!  I can see why an anticlimax could have been felt, with TV appearances and mass partying, having expectations that are unfulfilled is the worst. 

My 1st visit was about 10yrs ago, my OH 30th and we had a large group, it was ridiculous...mushrooms & bendy trams are hilarious...my friend kept being swallowed up by the concertina bit then spat back out depending which way round the bend we went! I was also a rabbit, hopping merrily down Damrak...

We go back quite a few times a year, spent every Christmas for the last 8 yrs there.

I've never been  for Queens or Kings day..that's on my to do list but New Years i can highly recommend avoiding like the plague unless you like constant fireworks for 24hrs then fill your boots!  I hid in the bathroom in an apartment a couple of yrs ago because I thought we were under attack  (paranoia had struck)

We usually stay in Amsterdamse Bos a campsite in Amstelveen in the Schipol Airport direction, which is lovely, it's near the 1978 Olympic Village, but the

Last visit we stayed at Zeeburg which is much closer to the city, 45 min walk or so to Newmarket of 7min tram.  

So don't sell your camper and give The Dam a go in a van! 3 & half drive to Dover, then 2hrs to Dunkirk then only 3& half hrs straight up and you're in the city

Gosh I could talk about the Dam all day, by far my most favourite city

 

 

I once met a DJ in Birmingham who had just come back from a three month stint DJ'ing in Amsterdam. He'd been a few days in Brum and was finding his 'legs', so to speak. Apparently on his last night in Amsteram he'd eaten a particular mushroom which had blown his mind. When his mates realized that he'd 'turned' in to a snake, they decided it was in his best interests to lock him in his room, which they duly did. When they came back from their night out, they opened the door of his room to see him trying to eat his own rucksack, like a python. It's odd who you can meet and discuss life with, if you are prepared to do so.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Guess what happened about 2 hours ago? I went to collect some speed from someone and found a little wrap on the floor of the communal entrance on the way out. I opened it when I got home and all gathered said it was heroin, which I also agreed with. Fortunately for me my wife took it straight off me and sprinkled it in to the bin. Another close shave.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

30 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

 

Phew that really was a good call of your wife! Could've had a pulp fiction moment had that gone anywhere near your nose!

We bought some philosophers stones, or Harry Potters as we called them, shrooms from a guy at the back end of newmarket & Dam Square...he said they were seriously strong...then got too scared to take them so they went mouldy in the campervan fridge and we threw them out!

Love hearing tales from others journeys through life

It was a good call of hers. Fortunately, and bewilderingly, she loves me. 

In terms of pulp fiction, I've had one of them type experiences in real life. I used to go out with someone and our 'togetherness' wasn't exactly the first thing one would have thought about up on meeting us. Anyway, I woke up in a beach front hotel room in Dahab in Egypt one day, looked around me and thought 'what the fuck has gone on here'? There was red wine splattered all over the walls, like gun shot marks. Your one woke up and was none the wiser as to how it had happened. And I mean she really didn't. Neither of us knew what had gone on, but did know that in a few hours we were to leave for the airport back. The mentalness just went on from there, to a point that one of our bags caught on fire on the way home. This was identified by no less than a man involved (heavily) in fire protection systems. 

[guypjfreak]

We've got the best Queen.. God bless her... We should have a Queens day here.. 

Peace and Brandy. G 

[mr gumby]

21 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

It was a good call of hers. Fortunately, and bewilderingly, she loves me. 

In terms of pulp fiction, I've had one of them type experiences in real life. I used to go out with someone and our 'togetherness' wasn't exactly the first thing one would have thought about up on meeting us. Anyway, I woke up in a beach front hotel room in Dahab in Egypt one day, looked around me and thought 'what the fuck has gone on here'? There was red wine splattered all over the walls, like gun shot marks. Your one woke up and was none the wiser as to how it had happened. And I mean she really didn't. Neither of us knew what had gone on, but did know that in a few hours we were to leave for the airport back. The mentalness just went on from there, to a point that one of our bags caught on fire on the way home. This was identified by no less than a man involved (heavily) in fire protection systems. 

Was there a tiger in the bathroom, though?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

14 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

We've got the best Queen.. God bless her... We should have a Queens day here.. 

Peace and Brandy. G 

We do have a Queen. Why she would be considered the best is beyond me, but then I'm not Jenny Bond.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 minutes ago, mr gumby said:

Was there a tiger in the bathroom, though?

Tamil?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

5 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

My brain can't cope with these last few posts

 

Don't jump off your surfboard, because we can't either. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Apologies for the repetition - just seemed a nice thing to post;

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Just have to;

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I can't help myself;

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Yee gads, I've gone off on a DJ one;

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Last one;

 

[Skoo]

All this Amsterdam chat is making me want to go!

I have actually been, but I was there and back in the same day as it was for a business trip, so there was no fun involved at all.

@naughtygeorgie would you say it's still worth going? I know some people who say it's changed and all that, "not like it used to be" blah blah.

On another note...quick question for the lovely NFRers. I am coaching this year from Brighton. @Quark I think you're doing the same. My question. ARE THERE TOILETS ON THE COACH.

This is important because I have a bladder like that of an 80+ year old lady. Not ideal at festivals. Even less ideal on long car journeys!

 

 

[mr gumby]

37 minutes ago, Skoo said:

All this Amsterdam chat is making me want to go!

I have actually been, but I was there and back in the same day as it was for a business trip, so there was no fun involved at all.

@naughtygeorgie would you say it's still worth going? I know some people who say it's changed and all that, "not like it used to be" blah blah.

On another note...quick question for the lovely NFRers. I am coaching this year from Brighton. @Quark I think you're doing the same. My question. ARE THERE TOILETS ON THE COACH.

This is important because I have a bladder like that of an 80+ year old lady. Not ideal at festivals. Even less ideal on long car journeys!

 

 

Yes, there will be a toilet on the coach. It may be less pleasant than a longdrop, but there will be one.

[Skoo]

Thanks gumby. I'd best pack the shewee in that case.

Talking of shewees I think I need to practice a bit more. You men have years or experience in the art of peeing whilst standing up.

I on the other hand, gave it a go whilst spangled and ended up peeing down my leg and into my jeans, which were pulled down around my knees.

And yes, I had to pull those pissy jeans back on, before rushing back to my tent to change and have a mad wet wipe session.

Not my proudest moment by far.

 

[Quark]

44 minutes ago, Skoo said:

All this Amsterdam chat is making me want to go!

I have actually been, but I was there and back in the same day as it was for a business trip, so there was no fun involved at all.

@naughtygeorgie would you say it's still worth going? I know some people who say it's changed and all that, "not like it used to be" blah blah.

On another note...quick question for the lovely NFRers. I am coaching this year from Brighton. @Quark I think you're doing the same. My question. ARE THERE TOILETS ON THE COACH.

This is important because I have a bladder like that of an 80+ year old lady. Not ideal at festivals. Even less ideal on long car journeys!

 

 

Afraid I'm heading out from London Skoo.  Was tempted by Brighton but preferred to be able to pick myself a coach time, which meant London

Lots of Dam talk on here.  Not entirely surprised that it's got a strong fan base on these pages!  Been there quite a few times for both cultural and "cultural" visits, and it's certainly a city I never get bored of.  Just as happy wandering around with Mrs Q enjoying the sights as I am getting mashed off my bonce

[Quark]

10 minutes ago, Skoo said:

Thanks gumby. I'd best pack the shewee in that case.

Talking of shewees I think I need to practice a bit more. You men have years or experience in the art of peeing whilst standing up.

I on the other hand, gave it a go whilst spangled and ended up peeing down my leg and into my jeans, which were pulled down around my knees.

And yes, I had to pull those pissy jeans back on, before rushing back to my tent to change and have a mad wet wipe session.

Not my proudest moment by far.

 

You do realise you just said all that out loud, right?