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[John Price]

Gyda

 

[Siamese Dream]

That's not how you pronounce it

It's a hard G

Gud-ah

 

[John Price]

That's not how you pronounce it

It's a hard G

Gud-ah

 

[JMCx4]

I had a lot of fun growing up in Wales trying to pronounce place names I saw on road signs

My grandparents live in a town called Pencoed, and there's still a never ending debate as to whether it's pronounced pen-code or pen-coyd

Please stick around The Lounge for another year or so. I'm gonna need some language hints 'n' tips for a one-week stopover in Wales during a possible 3+ week tour of the UK with Mrs. JMC in Summer 2022. She's already freaked out over the town & village signs I've shown her.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

BvS was on TNT last night

I caught some of the 2nd half. Jesse Eisenberg is extremely irritating

He's part of the reason why I couldn't keep watching, but he's not nearly as objectionable as the aimless writing.

Him showing up in awful scenes that were miserably dragging on was too much to bear

 

[Siamese Dream]

Please stick around The Lounge for another year or so. I'm gonna need some language hints 'n' tips for a one-week stopover in Wales during a possible 3+ week tour of the UK with Mrs. JMC in Summer 2022. She's already freaked out over the town & village signs I've shown her.

Where in Wales are you thinking of going? Snowdonia or the Brecon Beacons if you like mountains, definitely the Neath area if you like waterfalls. Castles pretty much everywhere. It's not really wise to think "oh I'll go to Wales for a week" because it's a real pain getting between the North and South. The best thing to do is if you're in the North West of England like around the Manchester/Liverpool area you'll want to go visit North Wales from there. Then when you're in the South of England you get to South Wales from there. Like it's a lot easier to get to London from Cardiff than it is to get to North Wales.

Don't worry, all the signs are in English as well but yeah a lot of towns especially in North and West Wales don't have an English translation, but in the South most big towns have both Welsh and English names (Cardiff/Caerdydd, Swansea/Abertawe, Bridgend/Pen y Bont) with both being on the road signs, and everyone speaks English

 

[JMCx4]

Where in Wales are you thinking of going? Snowdonia or the Brecon Beacons if you like mountains, definitely the Neath area if you like waterfalls. Castles pretty much everywhere. It's not really wise to think "oh I'll go to Wales for a week" because it's a real pain getting between the North and South. The best thing to do is if you're in the North West of England like around the Manchester/Liverpool area you'll want to go visit North Wales from there. Then when you're in the South of England you get to South Wales from there. Like it's a lot easier to get to London from Cardiff than it is to get to North Wales.

Don't worry, all the signs are in English as well but yeah a lot of towns especially in North and West Wales don't have an English translation, but in the South most big towns have both Welsh and English names (Cardiff/Caerdydd, Swansea/Abertawe, Bridgend/Pen y Bont) with both being on the road signs, and everyone speaks English

My wife & I are easily amused/occupied by a variety of activities and points of interest, so our daily itineraries will remain quite flexible. I haven't worked out the order of our stops, but our major destinations outside of Wales will be London (maybe 4 days for highlights that I missed on previous solo visits) and Letchworth in Hertforshire (visiting UK friends for a couple of days) and The West Country (our other one-week destination). I had a notion that we'd enjoy North Wales more than South Wales (having determined by studying motorway & trunk road maps that we'd best spend our time in one or the other & not both), but per your advice perhaps I will switch my focus to attractions in the South to make our drives between primary stops shorter. Thanks for the regional intel.

 

[Siamese Dream]

My wife & I are easily amused/occupied by a variety of activities and points of interest, so our daily itineraries will remain quite flexible. I haven't worked out the order of our stops, but our major destinations outside of Wales will be London (maybe 4 days for highlights that I missed on previous solo visits) and Letchworth in Hertforshire (visiting UK friends for a couple of days) and The West Country (our other one-week destination). I had a notion that we'd enjoy North Wales more than South Wales (having determined by studying motorway & trunk road maps that we'd best spend our time in one or the other & not both), but per your advice perhaps I will switch my focus to attractions in the South to make our drives between primary stops shorter. Thanks for the regional intel.

Yeah it really depends what you're into. North Wales is better for mountains and also has some excellent heritage steam train routes which are very scenic, and the castles are fairly equal to the south. The downside is it's very difficult to get around because the roads aren't as good.

The south still has mountains if you go to the Brecon Beacons but it's not quite as spectacular as Snowdonia. There's more variety though because it's where all the big towns are so there's indoors stuff to do as well like museums and that type of thing.

The South between the Cardiff/Swansea area is more my area of expertise. I'll be doing several trips back there myself as soon as it's allowed.

 

[John Price]

If I visit the British Isles I would visit Ireland and Scotland

@Siamese Dream haven't set foot in England since 1998

 

[John Price]

Peenr and Mike in the stands watching ruggers in the chav section drinking beers

 

[John Price]

Nonono

"pints"

 

[John Price]

@Sega Dreamcast

4 hours with three lines of dialog from Superman and no challengers for him.

 

[John Price]

lol @Sega Dreamcast someone has posted in the college basketball forum

O H

DX lmao

 

[John Price]

Also notice in 90's wwe all the signs in the stands

In the 2020's before the pandemic it was just fans, no signs

 

[Siamese Dream]

Peenr and Mike in the stands watching ruggers in the chav section drinking beers

No chavs at the ruggers, only chaps

Chav sections are only for soccerballs

 

[Siamese Dream]

Ruggers is like NA sports where the visiting fans can mingle with the home fans without getting beaten up

No segregated sections like soccerballs

 

[Siamese Dream]

Noted ex-wife of my 2nd cousin once removed, Charlotte Church, currently trending on UK twitter because she's on the annual BBC show Comic Relief wearing a very glamorous sparkly dress and looking very buxom

 

[John Price]

Little is known about Howard's past, as he generally avoids talking about his personal life. He resided at 28, Hartnell for 2 years before the arrival of the rest of the characters and has previously done a year in Philosophy before changing courses due to disagreements with professors.

Howard has occasionally mentioned his interactions with previous 28, Hartnell residents, including a girl that he had a crush on and a boy who took acid, resulting in Howard having a very boring conversation with him.

 

[John Price]

Later in the term, housemate Josie arranges a charity blind date event. Vod and Howard end up being paired together, and attend an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet for their date. Howard's 'beat the buffet' tactics involve shovelling food into a backpack, but the two of them are rumbled by an employee of the restaurant.

 

[Siamese Dream]

@John Price In the student protests episode the reason JP tags along is because he wants a free bus ride into London so he can meet up with his mates to watch ruggers in the pube

 

[John Price]

@John Price In the student protests episode the reason JP tags along is because he wants a free bus ride into London so he can meet up with his mates to watch ruggers in the pube

 

[John Price]

if i were to rewatch a British comedy I feel like it would be Peep Show

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

@Agent Benis LOYOLA

 

[Siamese Dream]