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  1. * ORM *

    Husband needed

    I apologise for the length of the post but I'm curious to see if anyone fits the bill. ​** This marriage advert is clear, legit & real. ** When the true fate brings someone special related to your soul, distance is not an issue with cars & airplanes. I am looking for a true nice...
  2. Challenge yourself **Migrant death - contains disturbing picture**

    Look at the photos and think what you can do, and what we as a country should be doing. Literally, the bodies of toddlers are washing up on our holiday resort beaches. We have the capacity to be doing so much better...
  3. * ORM *

    Long Weekend Away - YAY

    Off to Thailand for the first time tonight. Koh Samui and Phuket were booked. You can keep your Bangkok and Pattaya. Quite frankly if I wanted that I have it on my doorstep in spades. Public Holiday here on Monday and taking Tuesday as a day in lieu though the company probably owes me a month...
  4. DTS

    Question Devon / Cornwall

    Hello all, We have a holiday booked to Spain for the early summer (June) but thinking I might fancy a long weekend in Devon/Cornwall with the wife/kids in August sort of time. We went to Croyde a few years ago and I have been to Newquay a few times. Just wondered if anyone else can recommend...
  5. Kent Shrimper

    Easyjet Flights from Southend on sale

    Good mix of destinations, can only be a good thing in my opinion London Southend now on sale! Enter our fantastic prize draw Book a return trip for early summer 2012, from London Southend Airport and you could win a pair of tickets* to every other desination now on sale from this brand new...
  6. ldnfatso

    Southend Beaches - 2nd cleanest in England

    Would/do you go down there? Do you swim in the sea at all? Discuss! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13344793
  7. Smiffy

    Exotic Honeymoon locations - Child friendly?...

    So this time next year I'll be a married man (Sorry ladies) I am now turning my attentions to Honeymoon destinations. We are both quite set on the Caribbean (St Lucia/Dom Rep/Barbados/Turks & Caicos etc) or Indian Ocean (Seychelles/Mauritius/Sri Lanka etc) as neither of us have been there and...
  8. canveyshrimper

    Operation Dynamo

    Today sees the 70th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the operation to evacuate around 350,000 British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. The operation saw 100's of "little ships" sailing across the Channel to help stranded troops off the beaches and to the safety of Royal Navy vessels standing...
  9. palexander

    Holibobs!

    Looking at booking a decent holiday sometime later in the year - anyone recommend somewhere decent? Looking for a quiet, relaxing beach type holiday - ideally no kids around! So far, looked at; 1) Sandals - quite expensive and not meant to be as good as advertised. Lots of beach weddings and...
  10. Question Pitch Conditions

    Here's a thought on last night . . . Is it right that clubs who have pitches that resemble beaches are allowed to improve their squad over the transfer window rather than devote more resource (financially) to the quality of their pitch? They are gaining a huge benefit every time they play on...
  11. Smiffy

    Olu Deniz (Turkey)

    Morning Chaps, Me, the missus and the nipper, are off to Olu Deniz in Turkey at the end of the month, for a nice two week break. I was just wondering if anyone has been in the last couple of years? What are the food and more importantly beer prices like? Things to do for kids? Waterparks...
  12. Ron Manager

    Coming Home

    I'm not about to have SZ make major life decisions for me and my family, however I am interested in what people's opinions are. I seriously want to come home from Australia to live back in England. I know it's only been 6 months or so since I left but the homesickness is just too much and I...
  13. Irish_Shrimper

    Interview with an Exile: Part 8 - Libertine

    This week, recently exiled Andy (Libertine), out in Australia, answers the questions. Below is a picture of Andy and his kids at Surfers Paradise. 1) How long have you been an exile? A) Since August this year. My last game was Millwall away and I flew out the following Monday. 2) Why did...
  14. Irish_Shrimper

    Interview with an Exile: Part 4 - Overseas Shrimper

    This week, Mark (Overseas Shrimper) from Malta takes part in the Interview with an Exile... 1) How long have you been an exile? A) I have been in exile since ’95, mostly in Malta but with stints in India and back in London. Even though I returned to the UK, it was for work and I...
  15. J

    Remembrance Sunday..

    Today, once again, i had the upmost privelage of being at Westminster, and the cenotaph, for possibly the most important day in the yearly calendar. I was up at 5:30 for the train from Rochford this morning, once i arrived at westminster, the place was already heaving at half 8!! Being In the...
  16. J

    Where the Country really has gone wrong.

    Well, other than the economic crisis - I want to touch on how it's treating it's veterans of wars and conflicts. Next year, 06/06/2009, is the 65th anniversary of D-day, possibly the most important day in the modern history of our country and possibly the world. That day, people like my...
  17. Harold Bishop Killer

    Aussie NRL Grand Final - Manly Sea Eagles vs Melbourne Storm

    From Sydney Morning Hearld THE day has come at last. A hundred years after rugby league began, the two best teams of 2008 - and 2007, for that matter - are set for battle. Two cities have a stake in the hostilities between foes whose histories could not be more different. The Manly Sea...
  18. Matt the Shrimp

    One for Seth

    An anonymous letter, quite amusing... Matt = = = = = = = = = <span style='color:blue'>Dear Red States We&#39;re ticked off at the way you&#39;ve treated California, and we&#39;ve decided we&#39;re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we&#39;re taking the other Blue States with...
  19. Make or break my day

    Hi Guys and gals, Just for fun where shall i surf on Sunday Morning? All the beaches are around Perth metro area, Western Australia. I WILL go to the most popular choice you make and let you know on Monday how it went.
  20. Churchill

    Even though large tracts of Essex and many old and famous streets have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Man -U and all the odious apparatus of West Ham rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall play in oxford, we shall play on the seas and oceans, we shall Play...
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