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Title: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on March 04, 2017, 11:35:39 PM
Ok time to start talking about the chicken and lard festival, sorry meeting of axe wielding loonies. No that's still not right, Ok got it, the UK meet.

I'm going to propose any 3 day weekend (that's Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in June, July or August.

Now the venue, I still propose the one we've used for many years for a few reasons:

1. No other venue would let us get away with what we do.
2. It's inexpensive
3. The shower now works
4. I mean seriously where else could we get away with the axes, the thowing of said axes, the insane fires and the shooting?

Availability for me is any weekend (meaning 3 days) except the 9th of June, that's my boys birthday. Stop me going at you peril lol.

With A bit of planning I can collect two of the regulars.

Comments below in an orderly fashion please (I know this is MTO and that doesn't always work!)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on March 05, 2017, 08:19:12 AM

You know I'll be up for it  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 05, 2017, 08:39:03 AM
smurfs the lot of you.   :viking:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Zed on March 05, 2017, 09:31:05 AM
Where was the last meet ?  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: hiraethus on March 05, 2017, 09:50:27 AM
   :tu: Probably, but depends on dates.
Where was the last meet ?  :tu:

About halfway between Bicester and Aylesbury.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Zed on March 05, 2017, 10:46:41 AM
   :tu: Probably, but depends on dates.
Where was the last meet ?  :tu:

About halfway between Bicester and Aylesbury.

Cheers mate  :tu: I'm trying to change my shifts at work at the moment but proving hard work ,if i change them I'll try my best to finnally get to a meet  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 05, 2017, 12:42:17 PM
Right I've spoken to Tony and he is going to get some dates for us, it would be good if you could join us Zed, sorry Zoidy you would seem to be on the wrong side of the planet but I could pick you up from the airport  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 05, 2017, 03:21:39 PM
I am going to have to make one of these one day, if for no other reason than to be picked up at the airport in a Land Rover!  :D

Who is bringing the ostrich egg this time?   :pok:

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 05, 2017, 03:34:54 PM
I am going to have to make one of these one day, if for no other reason than to be picked up at the airport in a Land Rover!  :D

Who is bringing the ostrich egg this time?   :pok:

Def

Lol unfortunately my landie doesn't get into any of the cars parks at Heathrow or Gatwick, it's under their advertised height limit, but they set the bars lower than that as I found out earlier this year when I took the paint off my roof rack and destroyed one of their lights. They did end up paying for my roof rack to be repainted though after a bit of arguing and them sending someone over to measure the car.

It would be good if others could come to the UK meet, we're not all as bad as others seem to think  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 05, 2017, 03:44:20 PM
That sounds like a pain in the arse.  I barely fit in most underground car parks, and it's always a bit puckering when I go under the bar.

Of course I have all but destroyed my CB antenna banging it off pipes, lights and signs.   :facepalm:

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 05, 2017, 05:00:20 PM
Count me in - I'll leave early enough this time that if there's an emergency I'll be long gone  :D Had a good time the year before - great to meet you all.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on March 05, 2017, 05:53:08 PM

It would be good if others could come to the UK meet, we're not all as bad as others seem to think  :rofl:

Yep everyone is Welcome even if you can only come for a day  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 06, 2017, 09:38:32 PM
I'm planning on coming up after work on the Friday and staying until Saturday night - If anyone wants a lift from the Bath area let me know.  :cheers:

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: hiraethus on March 06, 2017, 09:45:22 PM
ROADTRIP!!!! :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 07, 2017, 11:35:47 PM
Dates for the site coming soon  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on March 09, 2017, 12:07:03 AM
:popcorn:

We need a poll :think:

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on March 09, 2017, 12:17:30 AM
:popcorn:

We need a poll :think:

 :D

Oh no! If there's a poll,there'll be dancing too!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Zed on March 09, 2017, 12:19:14 AM
:popcorn:

We need a poll :think:

 :D

Oh no! If there's a poll,there'll be dancing too!

I'll be up for a bit of poll dancing  :rofl: maypoll dancing  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 09, 2017, 01:39:15 PM
In case anyone is considering not going, I have compiled some video clips from previous years to show you what you are missing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epKqu_VHbQU

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 09, 2017, 02:33:46 PM
I regret wearing that red dress.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 09, 2017, 02:39:06 PM
I regret wearing that red dress.

So do the rest of us!  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 09, 2017, 02:49:42 PM
I regret wearing that red dress.

So do the rest of us!  :rofl:
:rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on March 09, 2017, 09:35:40 PM
I have typed several responses out but I just don't know what to say about that :facepalm:


Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 09, 2017, 11:30:31 PM
Yeah, I probably should have left that clip out...

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 13, 2017, 09:32:48 AM
:popcorn:

We need a poll :think:

 :D

Oh no! If there's a poll,there'll be dancing too!

promises, promises. :dd:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on March 15, 2017, 09:23:25 PM

I have a few weekends for you Guys to choose from  :salute:

July
Fri 14th
Fri 21st
Fri 28th Sparky

August
Fri 4th   Sparky
Fri 11th Sparky
Fri 18th Sparky
Fri 25th Sparky


Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 15, 2017, 09:27:20 PM
July
Fri 14th
Fri 21st
Fri 28th Sparky, Smashie

August
Fri 4th   Sparky, Smashie
Fri 11th Sparky, Smashie
Fri 18th Sparky, Smashie
Fri 25th Sparky, Smashie
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 15, 2017, 09:40:58 PM
ROADTRIP!!!! :ahhh

Not that I have anything against the Bicester venue,  but it's one hell of a road trip from the Highlands.  H, didn't you mention a possible alternative venue that your boss owns?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 15, 2017, 11:07:49 PM
July
Fri 14th
Fri 21st
Fri 28th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus

August
Fri 4th   Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 11th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 18th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 25th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: hiraethus on March 16, 2017, 10:03:44 AM
July
Fri 14th Hiraethus
Fri 21st Hiraethus
Fri 28th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus

August
Fri 4th   Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 11th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Fri 18th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Fri 25th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: hiraethus on March 16, 2017, 10:06:28 AM
ROADTRIP!!!! :ahhh

Not that I have anything against the Bicester venue,  but it's one hell of a road trip from the Highlands.  H, didn't you mention a possible alternative venue that your boss owns?

It may still be available - I know he was planning to sell it, and I haven't seen him since before Christmas (he left the company) but I do need to get in touch with him soon so I'll ask.  It's only an hour north of the usual venue so may not make much of a difference to your drive down.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 16, 2017, 10:06:54 AM
July
Fri 14th Hiraethus
Fri 21st Hiraethus
Fri 28th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, zoidberg

August
Fri 4th   Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 11th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Fri 18th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Fri 25th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 16, 2017, 10:16:43 AM
 :o for realsy?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 16, 2017, 10:44:25 AM
:o for realsy?

For realsy, it's going to be awesome, can't wait, well, a little bit of waiting, actually quite a lot of waiting, cause, like mostly realsy with some maybe, or should I say quite a lot of maybe with a smidge of realsy, aka keen but lean, I want to, but I can't so nar not realsy mags ol pal.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on March 16, 2017, 11:44:48 AM
Shame. I had this all lined up for you Z

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170316/da26413739138bca6bd84c4b2e5b5c46.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on March 16, 2017, 04:45:46 PM
Shame. I had this all lined up for you Z

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170316/da26413739138bca6bd84c4b2e5b5c46.jpg)

And the lard?


:rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on March 16, 2017, 04:50:19 PM
spit is just as good, if you have enough
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 16, 2017, 05:02:04 PM
I've been saving all our used lard since the last meet - quite a few crate sof it now, but if you overdo it, it makes it easy on the victim participant.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on March 16, 2017, 06:55:15 PM
(http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/6d/6dc45da59e16d7f556874213aeda0f6d06447c5f_full.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on March 17, 2017, 02:42:05 AM
Well this discussion went downhill awfully fast :facepalm:

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Spork, Lord of Lime Jello! on March 17, 2017, 04:32:28 AM
I've been saving all our used lard since the last meet - quite a few crate sof it now, but if you overdo it, it makes it easy on the victim participant.

But will there be enough for the Speedo stuffing contest?  :ahhh  ???
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 17, 2017, 04:34:54 AM
Yall have all the fun.  :dd:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 17, 2017, 02:31:18 PM
Yall have all the fun.  :dd:

You could organise a NZ Meetup and have some fun too!

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: G-Dizzle on March 17, 2017, 03:51:54 PM
Hope y'all have a great time! We need to organize a meet over here on this side of the pond one of these days. If I could spare the time and the money I would just grab a plane ticket!  Even if I could spare the money, there is still the time. I am on a tight schedule nowadays.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: eamo on March 18, 2017, 08:17:05 PM
i had been making plans to travel over but since Mags' recent announcement of Dolly also going i feel i have no choice but to cancel my plans, sorry guys.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 18, 2017, 08:31:53 PM
Yall have all the fun.  :dd:

You could organise a NZ Meetup and have some fun too!

Def

Good point.

Hey Mark, you want to get drunk and throw axes shoot frozen paint balls at the skydivers?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 18, 2017, 08:47:06 PM
i had been making plans to travel over but since Mags' recent announcement of Dolly also going i feel i have no choice but to cancel my plans, sorry guys.
Bwak Bwak! Can I smell chicken?  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: eamo on March 19, 2017, 02:03:44 PM
i had been making plans to travel over but since Mags' recent announcement of Dolly also going i feel i have no choice but to cancel my plans, sorry guys.
Bwak Bwak! Can I smell chicken?  :D

dunno, what you cooking on the U Boat ?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 19, 2017, 07:37:31 PM
i had been making plans to travel over but since Mags' recent announcement of Dolly also going i feel i have no choice but to cancel my plans, sorry guys.
Bwak Bwak! Can I smell chicken?  :D

dunno, what you cooking on the U Boat ?
Touche my friend.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 19, 2017, 08:59:22 PM
BTW I'm not ignoring this thread, it's just that we are getting a puppy in the next few weeks and I've no idea if I'll be able to take a weekend away ATM as I suspect I'll be doing the lion's share of the training.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 19, 2017, 10:16:48 PM
BTW I'm not ignoring this thread, it's just that we are getting a puppy in the next few weeks and I've no idea if I'll be able to take a weekend away ATM as I suspect I'll be doing the lion's share of the training.
Congrats G-Man - any idea what you're getting yet?  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 19, 2017, 10:34:54 PM
I'll bet a puppy would be a great addition to the Meetup!  :pok:

:doggy:

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 19, 2017, 10:39:38 PM
I'll bet a puppy would be a great addition to the Meetup!  :pok:

:doggy:

Def

However sharing a hot car with a 6 month old puppy for 9 hours might not be quite such fun. ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 19, 2017, 10:41:01 PM
I suppose.... I've been there, and it's often amazing just how much vomit you can get from a small animal....

But hey, you have to break in the new car somehow, right?  :D

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 19, 2017, 10:45:26 PM
BTW I'm not ignoring this thread, it's just that we are getting a puppy in the next few weeks and I've no idea if I'll be able to take a weekend away ATM as I suspect I'll be doing the lion's share of the training.
Congrats G-Man - any idea what you're getting yet?  :cheers:

Working Cocker/Miniature Poodle cross, AKA Cockapoo.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 19, 2017, 11:10:32 PM
Here she is earlier today.  Still has a bit of growing to do before she can come home with us.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 20, 2017, 01:39:52 AM
She's very pretty!  Congratulations Gareth- it looks like you have a winner!

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 20, 2017, 01:49:57 AM
She's very pretty!  Congratulations Gareth- it looks like you have a winner!

Def

Cheers boss. :cheers:  She'll probably end up something like this:
(random google pic)
(http://www.pets4homes.co.uk/images/classifieds/2015/09/30/1095848/large/blonde-cockapoo-puppy-560c19d3392e4.jpg)

Depending on whether she takes after her Cocker or Working Spaniel side.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: eamo on March 20, 2017, 09:16:28 AM
6 months is plenty old for a road trip. you'll be grand.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on March 20, 2017, 03:43:45 PM
..and she can fetch the axes and the arrows too  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 20, 2017, 03:45:20 PM
..and she can fetch the axes and the arrows too  :D

and run in front of the rifles...
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on March 20, 2017, 06:06:41 PM
Hey you got rifles?!  :o
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on March 20, 2017, 06:25:55 PM
And hand guns. Albeit Airguns,but guns none the less
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 20, 2017, 08:10:18 PM
And hand guns. Albeit Airguns,but guns none the less
And I'm bringing a sword this year. A Norman Sword, or Norman the Sword as we call him round our way. I am hoping to do some real life SAK Knighting of club members.  :D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2911/33202911855_aaff3acfc1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv)WP_20170302_002 (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: eamo on March 20, 2017, 08:18:44 PM
and how are you going to explain THAT if you're asked to by the local constabulary ?
"yes officer, i'm off to knight some of my mates" ?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 20, 2017, 08:22:19 PM
and how are you going to explain THAT if you're asked to by the local constabulary ?
"yes officer, i'm off to knight some of my mates" ?
I'll leave Dolly to conduct any conversations with our fine fellows in Blue. See how they like that.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 20, 2017, 10:09:00 PM
"Well Officer, the others are bringing bows, guns and axes- it's only fair that I have the opportunity to plunder as well."

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on March 21, 2017, 11:10:33 PM
July
Fri 14th Hiraethus
Fri 21st Hiraethus
Fri 28th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, zoidberg

August
Fri 4th   Sparky, Smashie, Magentus
Fri 11th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus ,kirk13
Fri 18th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Fri 25th Sparky, Smashie, Magentus, Hiraethus
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on March 21, 2017, 11:18:02 PM

I will go ahead and book the site for the 11th 12th and 13th of August at the weekend if no one has any objections?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: JP on March 21, 2017, 11:42:34 PM
I have heard rumours, rumours throughout the Commonwealth, that this meetup is the real reason for Brexit.

Sent from my XT1563 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on March 22, 2017, 07:49:12 AM

The EU should come, maybe bury the Hatchet?   :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 22, 2017, 09:42:08 AM

The EU should come, maybe bury the Hatchet?   :D
:rofl: Hatchets, swords, parangs, tent pegs, folding shovels........
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on March 22, 2017, 09:44:27 AM

I will go ahead and book the site for the 11th 12th and 13th of August at the weekend if no one has any objections?
Go ahead Sparkie, though it'll be sad Zoid won't be able to make that date. He'll be sat on his own in the field singing 'Waltzing Matilda' to himself  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on March 22, 2017, 10:24:41 AM

I will go ahead and book the site for the 11th 12th and 13th of August at the weekend if no one has any objections?
Go ahead Sparkie, though it'll be sad Zoid won't be able to make that date. He'll be sat on his own in the field singing 'Waltzing Matilda' to himself  :D

Isn't that sitting in a field doing the haka all by himself?  ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 22, 2017, 12:22:52 PM
Sigh.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 23, 2017, 12:42:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd4s72vaTmY

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on March 23, 2017, 12:59:34 PM
Stripey one piece.  :dd:   :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 06, 2017, 08:54:48 PM

I have confirmation at last for the 11th 12th and 13th of August (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/bacondancing.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/bacondancing.gif.html)

Everyone is welcome, contact me if you need more details   (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/chopwood.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/chopwood.gif.html)  (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/bushcraft.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/bushcraft.gif.html)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 06, 2017, 09:03:05 PM
Can't wait to see pics and hear about all the antics :D :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zr0dfx on April 06, 2017, 09:48:41 PM
To far south for me sadly :( hope you guys have a great time.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Tofty on April 11, 2017, 09:55:27 PM
Room for one more?
I'd very much like to come along if I'm still welcome.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 11, 2017, 10:06:09 PM
To far south for me sadly :( hope you guys have a great time.

Hitch a ride with Gareth!   :pok:

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 11, 2017, 10:07:05 PM
Room for one more?
I'd very much like to come along if I'm still welcome.

Why wouldn't you be?

And if not, is there video of the incident that made you not welcome?  I think I'd love to see that!  :D

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on April 11, 2017, 10:18:13 PM
Room for one more?
I'd very much like to come along if I'm still welcome.

Always room for another Tofty! :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on April 11, 2017, 10:20:16 PM
Room for one more?
I'd very much like to come along if I'm still welcome.

Why wouldn't you be?

And if not, is there video of the incident that made you not welcome?  I think I'd love to see that!  :D

Def

You need discount code 'sendallSAKstokirk'  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 11, 2017, 10:47:25 PM

Peter  :tu:

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 12, 2017, 08:38:56 PM
I'd smurfing kill to be there, but... It's a lil far away  :D

Be sure to take lot's of pics for us less unfortunate for entertainment  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Etherealicer on April 12, 2017, 09:34:48 PM
And hand guns. Albeit Airguns,but guns none the less
And I'm bringing a sword this year. A Norman Sword, or Norman the Sword as we call him round our way. I am hoping to do some real life SAK Knighting of club members.  :D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2911/33202911855_aaff3acfc1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv)WP_20170302_002 (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Now I want to come too.... bring my sword. Named after the first person it did draw blood from... so me :P
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 12, 2017, 10:13:13 PM
Its going to be another terrific get together. 

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 13, 2017, 12:28:15 PM
And hand guns. Albeit Airguns,but guns none the less
And I'm bringing a sword this year. A Norman Sword, or Norman the Sword as we call him round our way. I am hoping to do some real life SAK Knighting of club members.  :D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2911/33202911855_aaff3acfc1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv)WP_20170302_002 (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Now I want to come too.... bring my sword. Named after the first person it did draw blood from... so me :P
Most swords have a thing called a handle- it's best to hold that part, then you don't injure yourself  :D I named mine along the same lines: Norman. Poor Norman. He was an efficient postman. RIP.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Etherealicer on April 13, 2017, 05:32:51 PM
And hand guns. Albeit Airguns,but guns none the less
And I'm bringing a sword this year. A Norman Sword, or Norman the Sword as we call him round our way. I am hoping to do some real life SAK Knighting of club members.  :D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2911/33202911855_aaff3acfc1_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv)WP_20170302_002 (https://flic.kr/p/SA2AVv) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Now I want to come too.... bring my sword. Named after the first person it did draw blood from... so me :P
Most swords have a thing called a handle- it's best to hold that part, then you don't injure yourself  :D I named mine along the same lines: Norman. Poor Norman. He was an efficient postman. RIP.
Mine got a hooked crossguard... injured myself with that, not the blade. Rookie mistake, but the sword is with me for now 10 years.

Norman? (https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/dna-tests-prove-retired-postman-has-over-1300-illegimitate-children/)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 13, 2017, 06:54:46 PM
That's some child maintenance bill!  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 19, 2017, 12:22:56 PM
I'd definitely like to come to the meet, if even for a day.  I'll decide just before the meet and see how my back is at the time.

I'll check my camping gear to be ready though.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on April 19, 2017, 12:46:59 PM
That's some child maintenance bill!  :D

 :dwts:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 19, 2017, 05:17:39 PM

Kevin  :tu:

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 19, 2017, 08:54:27 PM
I'd definitely like to come to the meet, if even for a day.  I'll decide just before the meet and see how my back is at the time.

I'll check my camping gear to be ready though.
Yayyyyyyyyyyyy! Kevin!  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 19, 2017, 09:06:14 PM
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :tu: :tu: :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 19, 2017, 09:17:55 PM
 :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 19, 2017, 09:19:32 PM
Oh, the cheers is symbolic, the others will be shocked to find out I gave up alcohol, no seriously I have  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 19, 2017, 10:09:13 PM
Oh, the cheers is symbolic, the others will be shocked to find out I gave up alcohol, no seriously I have  :tu:

 :think: :think: :think:
But we are still OK for snorting coke off the pole dancers at the end of the evening?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 19, 2017, 10:16:38 PM
Oh, the cheers is symbolic, the others will be shocked to find out I gave up alcohol, no seriously I have  :tu:

 :think: :think: :think:
But we are still OK for snorting coke off the pole dancers at the end of the evening?

Of course :pok: it wouldn't be an MTO meet without that ::)

 :D
Title: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 19, 2017, 10:38:20 PM
Coke and pole dancers no problem :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 20, 2017, 12:47:59 AM
You're not going to try and get Mags to wear that thong again are you?  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 20, 2017, 03:50:21 AM
You're not going to try and get Mags to wear that thong again are you?  :ahhh

If you do just don't take real pictures only mental images :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 20, 2017, 06:24:31 AM
 :ahhh

I think we will get some professional dancers this year   :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 20, 2017, 09:35:24 AM
:ahhh

I think we will get some professional dancers this year   :salute:
Good News Chaps! I just qualified for my NVQ Level 3 in pole dancing and am now licensed to perform nude.   :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 20, 2017, 09:39:07 AM
I never thought I'd WANT you to wear the thong! :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 20, 2017, 05:35:31 PM

And we wonder why more new people don't turn up  :shrug:

 :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 20, 2017, 06:10:08 PM
....and why some never go again....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 20, 2017, 07:23:40 PM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 20, 2017, 07:38:13 PM
Well, you guys... What happens in UK meet, stays in UK meet, right?


And in the pics you will be posting on here...


 :angel:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 01:18:21 AM
Well, you guys... What happens in UK meet, stays in UK meet, right?


And in the pics you will be posting on here...


 :angel:

Oh no, some pics go into private folders just for the attendees.  This is a family friendly forum after all. ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 21, 2017, 02:05:49 AM
 :rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on April 21, 2017, 03:37:23 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 21, 2017, 06:48:41 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 07:08:32 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 21, 2017, 07:15:35 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

 :rofl:

Ok then. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on April 21, 2017, 09:27:47 AM
 :rofl:   :rofl:   :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 21, 2017, 09:38:34 AM
I showed up for the first time two years ago and aside rom meeting up with you all, the icing on the cake that made my decision for me was the chance to see 'Sparky and his amazing nude rusty chisel juggling bonanza'. It was worth the trip (to the hospital).
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 11:27:41 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 21, 2017, 11:43:10 AM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 12:03:07 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D
:rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 12:08:09 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D

Sod that, I'm not waxing the crack every Wednesday for a Thursday piccy
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 21, 2017, 12:11:54 PM
 :facepalm:

 :rofl:

This thread is always good for a laugh :D :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 21, 2017, 12:33:25 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D

Sod that, I'm not waxing the crack every Wednesday for a Thursday piccy
You'll be wanting to post pics on 'Free and Easy Friday' then?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 12:36:24 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D

Sod that, I'm not waxing the crack every Wednesday for a Thursday piccy
You'll be wanting to post pics on 'Free and Easy Friday' then?

It could always be moved to Starfish Saturday



I tried, I really did, but I couldn't resist  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 21, 2017, 12:36:51 PM
Kevin,  :pok:  You have to bleach, not just wax  ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 21, 2017, 12:38:38 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D

Sod that, I'm not waxing the crack every Wednesday for a Thursday piccy
You'll be wanting to post pics on 'Free and Easy Friday' then?

It could always be moved to Starfish Saturday



I tried, I really did, but I couldn't resist  :rofl:
Thanks! Cthoffee all over my keyboard!  :rofl:

How about Bunday Sunday?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 12:41:55 PM
:rofl:

Question now is, will Kev actually show up? 

 :rofl:

And if he does will he be wearing a thong?   :think:

 :pok: Kev

 :rofl:

No need to wait for that. ;)

(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12825697_1094923623872664_102945780_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODE1ODIzNDM5MjQ0NDI5MA%3D%3D.2)

Dammit, I thought I had all those photo's destroyed or erased
Far from it- The internet keeps a record of everything. Your pics will be the basis of the upcoming 'Thong Thursday' thread - surely to be the least visited thread on the forum  :D

Sod that, I'm not waxing the crack every Wednesday for a Thursday piccy
You'll be wanting to post pics on 'Free and Easy Friday' then?

It could always be moved to Starfish Saturday



I tried, I really did, but I couldn't resist  :rofl:
Thanks! Cthoffee all over my keyboard!  :rofl:

How about Bunday Sunday?

Wedgie Wednesdays?

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 01:38:39 PM
 :o :ahhh :to:

 :D :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 21, 2017, 01:48:40 PM
 :to: :megaslap: :dwts: Oh my stars....
I was really laughing as I read this.  :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 01:50:32 PM
hehe ok

Getting back on topic. I saw mention of air rifles in the thread. I'll bring mine along, and I have a couple of HFT animal targets with the really long line on them to reset them when knocked down that I'll bring to.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 21, 2017, 01:52:00 PM
And again :rofl:

This is running on par with some of the earliest threads of UK meets as my favorite :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 01:54:54 PM
hehe ok

Getting back on topic. I saw mention of air rifles in the thread. I'll bring mine along, and I have a couple of HFT animal targets with the really long line on them to reset them when knocked down that I'll bring to.

I'd forgotten that you're another shooter. :tu:  Remind me again what it is you have? :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 01:57:38 PM
:to: :megaslap: :dwts: Oh my stars....
I was really laughing as I read this.  :rofl: :rofl:

Yup, LOL is normally overused and inaccurate, but I've genuinely been laughing out loud and getting funny looks from the dog. :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 01:59:53 PM
hehe ok

Getting back on topic. I saw mention of air rifles in the thread. I'll bring mine along, and I have a couple of HFT animal targets with the really long line on them to reset them when knocked down that I'll bring to.

I'd forgotten that you're another shooter. :tu:  Remind me again what it is you have? :think:

Daystate MK3 FTR, though I've taken the muzzle flip compensator off and put a standard MK3 end on so I could fit the air stream suppressor.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8459/29375473361_5e0e33a41d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LKNYND)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 21, 2017, 02:05:39 PM
hehe ok

Getting back on topic. I saw mention of air rifles in the thread. I'll bring mine along, and I have a couple of HFT animal targets with the really long line on them to reset them when knocked down that I'll bring to.

I'd forgotten that you're another shooter. :tu:  Remind me again what it is you have? :think:

Daystate MK3 FTR, though I've taken the muzzle flip compensator off and put a standard MK3 end on so I could fit the air stream suppressor.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8459/29375473361_5e0e33a41d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LKNYND)

Cheers mate.  I knew it was quality you had but couldn't think what it was.  Great rifle there and I say that as someone who doesn't particularly like a lot of Daystate guns.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 02:13:19 PM
hehe ok

Getting back on topic. I saw mention of air rifles in the thread. I'll bring mine along, and I have a couple of HFT animal targets with the really long line on them to reset them when knocked down that I'll bring to.

I'd forgotten that you're another shooter. :tu:  Remind me again what it is you have? :think:

Daystate MK3 FTR, though I've taken the muzzle flip compensator off and put a standard MK3 end on so I could fit the air stream suppressor.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8459/29375473361_5e0e33a41d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LKNYND)

Cheers mate.  I knew it was quality you had but couldn't think what it was.  Great rifle there and I say that as someone who doesn't particularly like a lot of Daystate guns.

Thanks  :tu:

I'll dig out my big harris bipod that I have somewhere (I think). It has really long legs that allows you to sit in a chair and shoot with it. Great for sitting in a barn and ratting with catfood/peanut butter mix at the other end of the barn, and perfect for us to have a chilled out shoot with it.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 21, 2017, 02:54:06 PM
I've got targets as well and I'll fill my bottle so others only need to bring adapters :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 03:00:49 PM
Nice 1, that saves me lugging my 7L bottle with me then  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 21, 2017, 03:13:58 PM
Nice 1, that saves me lugging my 7L bottle with me then  :tu:

Amazing how heavy a bottle of air is, isn't it  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 21, 2017, 03:16:52 PM
Nice 1, that saves me lugging my 7L bottle with me then  :tu:

Amazing how heavy a bottle of air is, isn't it  :rofl:

It is, isn't it. I'd like one of those fancy carbon fibre bottles, but I'm not paying that sort of price.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 21, 2017, 03:59:00 PM
I was laughing out loud as well.  My roommate came in and said "whats so funny" to which I scrolled to the top of the thread and said "read for yourself"

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 21, 2017, 05:31:33 PM
I showed up for the first time two years ago and aside rom meeting up with you all, the icing on the cake that made my decision for me was the chance to see 'Sparky and his amazing nude rusty chisel juggling bonanza'. It was worth the trip (to the hospital).

 :think: But I really do have a box of rusty chisels...

 :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 21, 2017, 07:17:42 PM
I showed up for the first time two years ago and aside rom meeting up with you all, the icing on the cake that made my decision for me was the chance to see 'Sparky and his amazing nude rusty chisel juggling bonanza'. It was worth the trip (to the hospital).

 :think: But I really do have a box of rusty chisels...

 :whistle:
Does that mean you'll be showcasing the 'Bonanza' again this year Tony? I'll bring tetanus jabs if so.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 21, 2017, 07:37:56 PM
Kevin,  :pok:  You have to bleach, not just wax  ;)

Smurf that, I need some Mind Bleach right now  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh






 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 21, 2017, 08:21:27 PM
Kevin,  :pok:  You have to bleach, not just wax  ;)

Smurf that, I need some Mind Bleach right now  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh






 :D

If find any send me some as well :dwts:

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Taxi Dad on April 25, 2017, 09:57:45 AM
Hello chaps !
Any room for a little one ?  :D :D :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on April 25, 2017, 10:11:40 AM
Hello chaps !
Any room for a little one ?  :D :D :D

TAXI DAD!!   :ahhh   Nice to see you again.   :cheers:   :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 25, 2017, 10:12:34 AM
Hello chaps !
Any room for a little one ?  :D :D :D

Good to see you mate!! :woohoo:  I'm sure we could find room to fit you in somewhere. :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 25, 2017, 10:14:34 AM
Taxi Dad! Glad you're back  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: kirk13 on April 25, 2017, 10:15:50 AM
Hello chaps !
Any room for a little one ?  :D :D :D

Bloody hell! Where have you been hiding?! Great to see you mate!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Taxi Dad on April 25, 2017, 10:19:17 AM
Sorry I've been AWOL for so long !
Life sort of gets in the way of fun sometimes, and I've updated from laptop to an iPad (get me , all 21st century 😜) and the forum format is sooo different on here. I don't like it
id love to come and join in the fun if nobody objects???
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 25, 2017, 10:27:33 AM
Hello chaps !
Any room for a little one ?  :D :D :D

TD!  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 25, 2017, 09:17:40 PM

TaxiDad  :tu:

There might be room near the pole dancers tent  :think:

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 25, 2017, 10:50:01 PM

TaxiDad  :tu:

There might be room near the pole dancers tent  :think:

 :cheers:
Or the nudie rusty chisel juggler  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 26, 2017, 06:28:33 AM

My doctor told me to slow a bit so I'm looking for younger stunt juggler
Auditions in my tent  :rofl:

  :pok: Do you want to borrow my spare set of chisels?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 10:39:45 AM

My doctor told me to slow a bit so I'm looking for younger stunt juggler
Auditions in my tent  :rofl:

  :pok: Do you want to borrow my spare set of chisels?
Are they rusty enough? (he asked  rhetorically).
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 26, 2017, 11:35:09 AM

My doctor told me to slow a bit so I'm looking for younger stunt juggler
Auditions in my tent  :rofl:

  :pok: Do you want to borrow my spare set of chisels?
Are they rusty enough? (he asked  rhetorically).

They should be more rusty if they are the backup set and hardly used
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 26, 2017, 03:21:43 PM
TAXI DAD  :waving: howdy. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 26, 2017, 04:26:03 PM
Sorry I've been AWOL for so long !
Life sort of gets in the way of fun sometimes, and I've updated from laptop to an iPad (get me , all 21st century 😜) and the forum format is sooo different on here. I don't like it
id love to come and join in the fun if nobody objects???

Great to see you back!  Don't let that real life stuff get in the way too much- when it's over, it's over, but your forum posts will be around forever! 

And as for not liking the new forum look, well, judging by all of the other curmudgeons, no one does either.  :P

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: pfrsantos on April 26, 2017, 04:31:28 PM
Sorry I've been AWOL for so long !
Life sort of gets in the way of fun sometimes, and I've updated from laptop to an iPad (get me , all 21st century 😜) and the forum format is sooo different on here. I don't like it
id love to come and join in the fun if nobody objects???

Great to see you back!  Don't let that real life stuff get in the way too much- when it's over, it's over, but your forum posts will be around forever! 

And as for not liking the new forum look, well, judging by all of the other curmudgeons, no one does either.  :P

Def

Welcome back!

 :cheers: :tu:

You can choose the old nicer look in your Options.

 :pok: :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 09:14:18 PM
Remembered I gave my tent away last year, so looking round for something to sleep in at the meet, I have decided to try out my Zeltbahn. I have two of them that make up two ponchos or button together to make a tent. They come in a bag with poles, guys and pegs so I'll give it a go.
It's going to be pretty basic so I'm praying for warm, dry weather.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2833/34288042755_2ffee80b2c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UeVbwX)zeltbahn (https://flic.kr/p/UeVbwX) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 26, 2017, 09:15:36 PM
Remembered I gave my tent away last year, so looking round for something to sleep in at the meet, I have decided to try out my Zeltbahn. I have two of them that make up two ponchos or button together to make a tent. They come in a bag with poles, guys and pegs so I'll give it a go.
It's going to be pretty basic so I'm praying for warm, dry weather.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2833/34288042755_2ffee80b2c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UeVbwX)zeltbahn (https://flic.kr/p/UeVbwX) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr

You should be ok, but a bivi bag may be good idea :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 09:18:42 PM

I don't have a bivi, but I am going to use a rubberised British poncho as a ground sheet and will bring either 3 NATO sleeping mats or a blow up mattress and sleeping bag.

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 26, 2017, 09:31:01 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 09:36:09 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
But I wanna sleep in a Zeltbahn :twak:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 26, 2017, 09:39:41 PM
Nothing like sleeping on wet ground.....

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on April 26, 2017, 09:40:06 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
But I wanna sleep in a Zeltbahn :twak:

Plus the nearest B&B is a 40 (ish) minute walk away, assuming drinking, along one of the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in the area.

Oh and it's £95/per night
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 09:43:48 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
But I wanna sleep in a Zeltbahn :twak:

Plus the nearest B&B is a 40 (ish) minute walk away, assuming drinking, along one of the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in the area.

Oh and it's £95/per night
Yeah dks, is that what you want? Me run over and £95 out of pocket?  :pok:

I'll kip in my trusty Zeltbahn and try not to dream of Sparky and his rusty chisel nudie dance.  :ahhh Hmmm, thinks: That doesn't sound much better than being run over and £95 out of pocket.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 26, 2017, 10:02:51 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
But I wanna sleep in a Zeltbahn :twak:

Plus the nearest B&B is a 40 (ish) minute walk away, assuming drinking, along one of the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in the area.

Oh and it's £95/per night
Yeah dks, is that what you want? Me run over and £95 out of pocket?  :pok:

I'll kip in my trusty Zeltbahn and try not to dream of Sparky and his rusty chisel nudie dance.  :ahhh Hmmm, thinks: That doesn't sound much better than being run over and £95 out of pocket.

I was going to offer to loan you a two man tent but I don't think I will now  :pok:

(I can bring it if you need Mate)

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 26, 2017, 10:07:45 PM
Just sleep in a B&B :)
But I wanna sleep in a Zeltbahn :twak:

Plus the nearest B&B is a 40 (ish) minute walk away, assuming drinking, along one of the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in the area.

Oh and it's £95/per night
Yeah dks, is that what you want? Me run over and £95 out of pocket?  :pok:

I'll kip in my trusty Zeltbahn and try not to dream of Sparky and his rusty chisel nudie dance.  :ahhh Hmmm, thinks: That doesn't sound much better than being run over and £95 out of pocket.

I was going to offer to loan you a two man tent but I don't think I will now  :pok:

(I can bring it if you need Mate)
Thanks Tony - I could bring a tent if I wanted, but I really want to try the Zeltbahn out.  I've had it a few years so it's time to put it to work. It will be character building.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Aloha on April 27, 2017, 07:11:18 AM
Check out Papa Hiker on youtube.  He has some great tarp setups.  I think with the right configuration your going to be fine.  What a great adventure to use the Zeltbahn  :salute:.   
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 07:40:02 AM
For those youngsters here who have not been in the army, these two part tents are really not that brilliant.

You first need to find someone else, with the other half, so as to have a complete tent (so, if it is 11 of you, you will have a problem.

Then, there is no floor, so you need to dig a ditch (or pile some earth) around the tent, so any running rain water will not flow into the tent. This of course does not stop the various animals/insects from wandering in, from under your tent.  Even if you put plastic sheets on the ground you can not seal the tent.

In addition to that, they tend to be very short, so if you are over 6 feet, your head/feet will stick out of the tent.

During the night, if you touch any of the two supporting poles (and you will, as the space is minimal) the tent will fall on you.

Because of the material they are made from, basically fabric, they are not really waterproof, and if you touch the roof, whilst it is raining, the water will start coming in from that point. you can cover it with nylon, but the water will find a way to come in.

Now, since there is no floor, your weight can not be used to support the tent when it is windy, so it may fly away.

My suggestion is to also take a small, modern tent (something light) as a backup, in case the excitement wears off realy quickly [/li][/list]
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 27, 2017, 07:53:09 AM
You make it sound so attractive dks.  :D 

Seriously though, those are good a valid points.  :salute:  I'd still be happy to give one a go but keep the limitations in mind.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: hiraethus on April 27, 2017, 10:01:19 AM
Just sleep in the zeltbahn.  It's only a couple of nights, in a field, in the UK, in summer.  You won't die. :pok:

I used a tarp and bivvy bag last year, and Gareth did the year before.  I'll probably use mine this year too.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 10:10:01 AM
Thanks for your concerns dks - you obviously speak from experience and I will take on board what you've said.

I have two halves so can make a whole tent, and am only staying the one night - I can endure anything for one night  :D . If it rains I'll kip in my car, but Sparky has promised us good camping weather so I'm going with that. He would never lie to us.

I am considerably less than 6ft tall, so will fit in the tent fine (especially as I'll probably be curled up in the fetal position after watching Sparky's nudie rusty chisel dance).

This is the perfect time to test it because no matter how hard I try, my wife and daughter don't seem at all interested in spending the night under the stars in a dodgy length of insubstantial material.

Thanks again for your concern. Maybe it would put your mind at rest if you gave me your phone number and if I'm scared/wet/trapped in sopping canvas, I can ring you for help.  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 10:12:21 AM
I thought you were going to invite me in your tent - It is a two person tent after all, and it will get cold....... :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 10:21:24 AM
I thought you were going to invite me in your tent - It is a two person tent after all, and it will get cold....... :)
After all those warnings? You were trying to sucker me into asking for your company. Well I call your bluff! You are cordially invited to share my Zeltbahn for the UK meet. I shall be heartbroken if you don't turn up (and probably horrified if you do  :D ). Large spoon or small spoon?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 10:33:05 AM
Large, definitely Large..

If I am not able to come, can I sent a local replacement in my place ?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 10:35:32 AM
Large, definitely Large..

If I am not able to come, can I sent a local replacement in my place ?
I'll need names dks. Sad to hear you're already making your excuses  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 10:37:58 AM
one day we will meet, and share a tent.....  one day  :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 10:39:11 AM
one day we will meet, and share a tent.....  one day  :)
Now why does that sound like a threat rather than a lovely treat?  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 11:43:49 AM
Here they go again...  :like: :like: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 11:51:06 AM
I think I pulled....  :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 11:51:19 AM
I like your avatar Pablo - is it a pic you took? Are you a fossil fan?  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: pfrsantos on April 27, 2017, 11:52:33 AM
Large, definitely Large..

If I am not able to come, can I sent a local replacement in my place ?

(https://38.media.tumblr.com/0049d2d4bbdc5c7b97acf07b42c164d9/tumblr_mvtmn5xfAY1s1pg3bo2_400.gif)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: pfrsantos on April 27, 2017, 11:53:29 AM
one day we will meet, and share a tent.....  one day  :)
Now why does that sound like a threat rather than a lovely treat?  :D

Somehow, I don't think I'd like to enter that tent...

 :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 11:54:10 AM
I think I pulled....  :)
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Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 11:58:43 AM
 :rofl: :rofl:  :rofl: :rofl:

I like your avatar Pablo - is it a pic you took? Are you a fossil fan?  :cheers:
Yes, took it myself. I have a few fossils.  :D
Just for you, a bigger version:
Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/tyuR4DL.jpg) (http://imgur.com/tyuR4DL)

Ammonites, Trilobites, a Fish(plus a head :o ) and coral in the left background.  :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 12:05:50 PM
:rofl: :rofl:  :rofl: :rofl:

I like your avatar Pablo - is it a pic you took? Are you a fossil fan?  :cheers:
Yes, took it myself. I have a few fossils.  :D
Just for you, a bigger version:
Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/tyuR4DL.jpg) (http://imgur.com/tyuR4DL)

Ammonites, Trilobites, a Fish(plus a head :o ) and coral in the left background.  :)
Beautiful! I love the fish. Nice Clone Trooper too  :D

I'll have to take a pic of my fossils - found on UK beaches and streams.

Thanks for the bigger picture  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 12:09:30 PM
I think I pulled....  :)
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My tent just got bigger, Mags :) 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 12:10:03 PM
 :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 12:11:43 PM
:)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 12:25:23 PM
 :o :sa:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 27, 2017, 12:41:39 PM
 :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Get a room!!!! 


(or a tent)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 01:07:17 PM
You talking about yourself dks?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 01:08:13 PM
One should not talk about one's self
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 01:23:45 PM
One should not talk about one's self
One can freely talk about one's shelf though.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 01:32:02 PM
now, how can fit a shelf AND two naked people in your tent?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 01:35:15 PM
one under the shelf and one on the shelf of course.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 01:40:16 PM
It is good to see that you have thought well about this scenario
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 01:42:18 PM
It is good to see that you have thought well about this scenario
Be Prepared.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 01:42:31 PM
Is the shelf self supporting? I would hate to be the self under the shelf if it wasn't.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 01:45:56 PM
Is the shelf self supporting? I would hate to be the self under the shelf if it wasn't.
It is a hover shelf. Using the latest (made up) technology, the shelf hovers at a height determined by the user.  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 01:49:49 PM
I suppose the person below can use a pole or bodypart or the force to support the shelf above.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: firiki on April 27, 2017, 01:54:26 PM
(https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder35/250x250/72849035/vodquila-forget-the-brain-bleach-wipe-the-hard-drive-with-this-and-have-some-fun.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 01:58:24 PM
(http://s1.favim.com/orig/150220/adventure-boho-couple-cute-Favim.com-2496271.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: firiki on April 27, 2017, 02:00:47 PM
(http://naked.actors.nu/photos/855067/austinpowers-mikemyers.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 02:02:03 PM
(http://s1.favim.com/orig/150220/adventure-boho-couple-cute-Favim.com-2496271.jpg)
Now that is a fancy rig. I may have to bring a rug for my Zeltbahn, although my hover shelf will take up quite a lot of the available space.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 02:02:39 PM
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

(http://www.boredart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tent-ideas-1.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 27, 2017, 02:47:45 PM
Thanks for your concerns dks - you obviously speak from experience and I will take on board what you've said.

I have two halves so can make a whole tent, and am only staying the one night - I can endure anything for one night  :D . If it rains I'll kip in my car, but Sparky has promised us good camping weather so I'm going with that. He would never lie to us.

I am considerably less than 6ft tall, so will fit in the tent fine (especially as I'll probably be curled up in the fetal position after watching Sparky's nudie rusty chisel dance).

This is the perfect time to test it because no matter how hard I try, my wife and daughter don't seem at all interested in spending the night under the stars in a dodgy length of insubstantial material.

Thanks again for your concern. Maybe it would put your mind at rest if you gave me your phone number and if I'm scared/wet/trapped in sopping canvas, I can ring you for help.  :D

 :whistle: :whistle:

 :think: :think: :think:  So what stops the badgers from getting in and biting you in the night when it's dark?   :ahhh

 :shrug:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 02:52:48 PM
Thanks for your concerns dks - you obviously speak from experience and I will take on board what you've said.

I have two halves so can make a whole tent, and am only staying the one night - I can endure anything for one night  :D . If it rains I'll kip in my car, but Sparky has promised us good camping weather so I'm going with that. He would never lie to us.

I am considerably less than 6ft tall, so will fit in the tent fine (especially as I'll probably be curled up in the fetal position after watching Sparky's nudie rusty chisel dance).

This is the perfect time to test it because no matter how hard I try, my wife and daughter don't seem at all interested in spending the night under the stars in a dodgy length of insubstantial material.

Thanks again for your concern. Maybe it would put your mind at rest if you gave me your phone number and if I'm scared/wet/trapped in sopping canvas, I can ring you for help.  :D

 :whistle: :whistle:

 :think: :think: :think:  So what stops the badgers from getting in and biting you in the night when it's dark?   :ahhh

 :shrug:
My musk.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 27, 2017, 03:01:00 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 03:03:31 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
The badgers.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 04:59:15 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
The badgers.
Deeks? That slang for daleks?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 05:00:35 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
The badgers.
Deeks? That slang for daleks?
Unfortunately not. dks.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 05:04:00 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
The badgers.
Deeks? That slang for daleks?
Unfortunately not. dks.
So you have slang for dks.... And said slang(deek) has more letters than dks?  :think:
(https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder260/27706260.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 05:08:13 PM
the English...... :) 

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:

wearing looots of layers   :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 27, 2017, 06:24:32 PM

So what's going to keep Deeks out?   :shrug:
The badgers.
Deeks? That slang for daleks?
Unfortunately not. dks.
So you have slang for dks.... And said slang(deek) has more letters than dks?  :think:
(https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder260/27706260.jpg)

Deeks is easier to say the deekayes  :pok:

 :angel:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 27, 2017, 07:00:38 PM
Deeks? That slang for daleks?

I have lots of names for people in my head   >:D

And I like 'Deeks'  :angel:

Yep I shortened his name, I always read it as that,   :shrug:
when I read Magentus my brain says MagIcan'tbebotheredwithallofthiss.......Mags  :D

Deeks is easier to say the deekayes  :pok:

 :angel:

 :hatsoff: Alf

My brain is strange sometimes  :whistle:

ps, I'm not being rude to anyone  :salute:    ....that's the job of 'the voices'  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 27, 2017, 07:07:40 PM
Deeks? That slang for daleks?

I have lots of names for people in my head   >:D

And I like 'Deeks'  :angel:

Yep I shortened his name, I always read it as that,   :shrug:
when I read Magentus my brain says MagIcan'tbebotheredwithallofthiss.......Mags  :D

Deeks is easier to say the deekayes  :pok:

 :angel:

 :hatsoff: Alf

My brain is strange sometimes  :whistle:

ps, I'm not being rude to anyone  :salute:    ....that's the job of 'the voices'  :ahhh

Alf?

ALF?


:rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AlephZero on April 27, 2017, 07:09:11 PM
(http://cimg.tvgcdn.net/i/r/2012/08/09/a45fb16a-e10c-452d-8eb4-e7fe001df6e8/crop/660x494+0+0/thumbnail/350x262/c27ced3499ab418ef64ab9dbc8481368/120809alf1.jpg)


NOT a selfie!


 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Don Pablo on April 27, 2017, 07:10:05 PM
Deeks? That slang for daleks?

I have lots of names for people in my head   >:D

And I like 'Deeks'  :angel:

Yep I shortened his name, I always read it as that,   :shrug:
when I read Magentus my brain says MagIcan'tbebotheredwithallofthiss.......Mags  :D

Deeks is easier to say the deekayes  :pok:

 :angel:

 :hatsoff: Alf

My brain is strange sometimes  :whistle:

ps, I'm not being rude to anyone  :salute:    ....that's the job of 'the voices'  :ahhh

Alf?

ALF?


:rofl:
You should hear how people EXTEND my name in RL.  :facepalm:
Pabilito anyone?  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 07:16:28 PM

And I like 'Deeks'  :angel:


Shout that with Pride, in public....  >:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on April 27, 2017, 08:29:47 PM
Sigh.....

 :facepalm:

 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 08:39:24 PM
A Haiku:

Deeks and Sparky sit
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
The tree is their throne
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 27, 2017, 08:41:11 PM
jealous....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: magentus on April 27, 2017, 08:44:13 PM
A Haiku

Cold grey morning light
Zeltbahn buckles in the fray
badgers attack poor Mags
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 27, 2017, 09:11:47 PM
A Haiku

Cold grey morning light
Zeltbahn buckles in the fray
badgers attack poor Mags
:D :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 28, 2017, 07:27:42 AM
A Haiku:

Deeks and Sparky sit
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
The tree is their throne

Put it this way, if I'm camping in my new big tent with the two sleeping pods and Deeks turns up dripping wet.....
hes welcome to use my old two man tent with a broken zip  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 28, 2017, 07:35:43 AM
As long as the pole works, the age of the tent does not matter...
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 06:38:09 AM
If you are having problems in that area Mate  :-\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGI8BqGfHcU
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 07:00:15 AM
Not yet. It seems to be an issue with the over fifties .. :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 07:06:08 AM
Bugger!  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 07:10:29 AM
No thank you....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 07:15:15 AM
 :pok:  That wasn't an offer it was a comment on my age  :cry:
I better take up drinking  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 07:20:29 AM
To relax you....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 07:23:38 AM

I want to be as relaxed as Charlie   :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 07:26:50 AM
If you are up this early I would have assumed you have Been up drinking and partying all night.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 29, 2017, 07:32:43 AM
...or you have a two month old puppy that needs to pee and poo before 6am.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 07:41:44 AM
Over fifty.....

I had to get up to pee an poo   :oops:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 08:04:50 AM
So you are both up because for pooing reasons.....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on April 29, 2017, 08:41:04 AM
So you are both up because for pooing reasons.....

Yes, but I'm hoping Tony didn't do it on the lawn. :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on April 29, 2017, 08:52:14 AM
Its his lawn!! You know how old timers feel about their lawn !!!!!! ☺😁😯😂
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Kev D on April 29, 2017, 11:06:07 AM
I'm under 50 and been up since 5am  :facepalm:

In my defence though it was because of back pain and not needing to 💩
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on April 29, 2017, 05:40:24 PM
So you are both up because for pooing reasons.....

Yes, but I'm hoping Tony didn't do it on the lawn. :D

Not on my lawn  :whistle:

Its his lawn!! You know how old timers feel about their lawn !!!!!! ☺😁😯😂

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on May 11, 2017, 09:51:31 PM

Got my 'throwing axe' box out a few days ago, they were still dirty and blunt from last years meet!  :-[ :-[ :-[
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/2017/DSC07142.jpg) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/2017/DSC07142.jpg.html)
After some work and linseed oil  :)
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/2017/DSC07145.jpg) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/2017/DSC07145.jpg.html)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on May 11, 2017, 10:43:16 PM
It's a big step up from the cardboard box I keep mine in. :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Smashie on May 11, 2017, 10:44:18 PM
Oooo extra fancy  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Poncho65 on May 12, 2017, 04:56:37 AM
Throwing Axes :dd: :like: :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on May 12, 2017, 08:30:31 AM
Throwing Exes is better....       :think:


Or, throwing Axes AT Exes may be even better for some     :think: :think: :think: :think:
 :D

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on May 12, 2017, 05:56:36 PM
It's a big step up from the cardboard box I keep mine in. :D

I'm out of buckets  :shrug:

Throwing Exes is better....       :think:


Or, throwing Axes AT Exes may be even better for some     :think: :think: :think: :think:
 :D



Exes and sharp axes should never be together in the same field  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 25, 2017, 05:15:06 PM
*walks in, sees the phrase "throwing exes" then turns around and walks back out while shaking head*

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on May 25, 2017, 05:37:39 PM

Dang irresponsible kids  :twak:

I blame the school system and the lack of a good role model  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Mechanickal on May 25, 2017, 05:50:41 PM
*walks in, sees the phrase "throwing exes" then turns around and walks back out while shaking head*

Def
I usualy shake my head when I see "dks"... :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on May 25, 2017, 06:53:54 PM
I blame all the exes
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AimlessWanderer on May 25, 2017, 07:49:00 PM
Sparky seems to think I drink to exes.... or something like that  :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on May 25, 2017, 07:53:13 PM
xxx
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on May 25, 2017, 09:07:29 PM

Al  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: dks on May 25, 2017, 09:15:46 PM
(http://breweriana.com/img/product/large/_Castlemaine__XX_548f9ad80ce6c.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Sparky415 on May 25, 2017, 09:32:41 PM

Castlemain xxxx...
 “is like making love in a canoe”  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: AimlessWanderer on May 25, 2017, 10:42:48 PM
Or was it drinking to excess......? :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Etherealicer on May 29, 2017, 09:46:06 AM
Origin of XXX
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Amsterdam.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Amsterdam.svg.png)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 08:44:30 AM
OK, help a chap out and save me from reading nine pages; what date did we settle on for the meet-up? :-[
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017
Post by: zoidberg on June 06, 2017, 08:56:42 AM
OK, help a chap out and save me from reading nine pages; what date did we settle on for the meet-up? :-[


I have confirmation at last for the 11th 12th and 13th of August (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/bacondancing.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/bacondancing.gif.html)

Everyone is welcome, contact me if you need more details   (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/chopwood.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/chopwood.gif.html)  (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/sparky_415/bushcraft.gif) (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/sparky_415/media/bushcraft.gif.html)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on June 06, 2017, 09:27:31 AM
I've added the dates to the title of the original post for the lazy. :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 12:19:26 PM
Cheers gents. :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on June 06, 2017, 12:29:09 PM
I've added the dates to the title of the original post for the lazy. :pok:

(cough) Gareth (cough) :whistle:

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 12:41:10 PM
I've added the dates to the title of the original post for the lazy. :pok:

(cough) Gareth (cough) :whistle:

 :D

Oh, I saw it. I was just choosing to rise above it. :angel:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 06, 2017, 12:52:50 PM
I've added the dates to the title of the original post for the lazy. :pok:

(cough) Gareth (cough) :whistle:

 :D

Oh, I saw it. I was just choosing to rise above it. :angel:
Or, you couldn't be arsed to reply until someone came along to reply for you. Are we even talking to the real Gareth here?  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 02:28:17 PM
I've added the dates to the title of the original post for the lazy. :pok:

(cough) Gareth (cough) :whistle:

 :D

Oh, I saw it. I was just choosing to rise above it. :angel:
Or, you couldn't be arsed to reply until someone came along to reply for you. Are we even talking to the real Gareth here?  :pok:
Hard to say. :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 06, 2017, 02:44:48 PM
I'll have to ask a question only the real Gareth can answer. What colour scales does your factory bought Woodsman have?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 02:50:39 PM
I'll have to ask a question only the real Gareth can answer. What colour scales does your factory bought Woodsman have?

Trick question; my Woodsman is home made and has green scales.

Did I get it right? :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 06, 2017, 02:53:10 PM
I'll have to ask a question only the real Gareth can answer. What colour scales does your factory bought Woodsman have?

Trick question; my Woodsman is home made and has green scales.

Did I get it right? :think:
Yes, you are the real Gareth. Arise real Gareth.  :salute: Phew, that's a relief.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 06, 2017, 03:02:18 PM
I'll have to ask a question only the real Gareth can answer. What colour scales does your factory bought Woodsman have?

Trick question; my Woodsman is home made and has green scales.

Did I get it right? :think:
Yes, you are the real Gareth. Arise real Gareth.  :salute: Phew, that's a relief.

well, as long as you say it's true I'm happy to believe you.  What a relief indeed.  :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: ducttapetech on June 06, 2017, 03:56:29 PM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on June 12, 2017, 12:49:49 PM
I don't know :think: The real Gareth typed with more of a Scottish accent than he has been lately ??? That or he has been around here so long we have Americanized him some :ahhh :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on June 12, 2017, 12:58:51 PM
He's also left handed, so pay attention to which way his typing slopes....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 01:06:08 PM
!retsopmi na si eno rehto ehT .hteraG laer eht ma I
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 12, 2017, 01:34:58 PM
Oh, I see what's happened: Fake Gareth has kidnapped real Gareth and imprisoned him in 'Backwards Land'.

In an attempt to highlight his plight and enlist our help he has taken possession of dks's body (probably the most likely one of us to allow and even enjoy letting that happen  :D).

I suggest we form a posse to travel to Backwards land and save our friend. Unless he and dks are happy with their new arrangement, in which case we congratulate them and continue our courageous derailing of this thread.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 01:36:10 PM
 em eta SKD
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 12, 2017, 01:38:22 PM
 :rofl:
See you in 8 to 10 hours then GMan  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 01:39:40 PM
.sevil yllaer nam yreve ton ,seid nam yrevE
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 01:40:44 PM
htàrb ug ablA !?!modeerf ruo ekat reven ll’yeht tub ,sevil ruo ekat yam yeht taht seimene ruo llet dna ereh kcab emoc ot ,ecnahc eno tsuj ,ecnahc eno rof taht ot yad siht morf syad eht lla edart ot gnilliw eb uoy dluow ,won morf sraey ynam sdeb ruoy ni gniyd ,dnA .elihw a tsael ta — evil ll’uoy dna nuR .eid yam uoy dna thgif ,eyA
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 12, 2017, 01:54:11 PM
?skd yadot dica ro smoorhsum
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 01:55:34 PM
 ....eta I gnihtemos s'tI
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 12, 2017, 01:57:24 PM
Ah! psilocybin Garethium? Sweet dreams sweet prince.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 02:02:32 PM
secnirp teews ,uoy knaht

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on June 12, 2017, 02:29:56 PM
GGJKAYZHUORLTSJLJMFGPWYCMSHEQBFVKWIOSSZMMJUGHLFIERMDHKZQMRGBMAAQZYXAQISIDBE
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on June 12, 2017, 02:30:49 PM
GGJKAYZHUORLTSJLJMFGPWYCMSHEQBFVKWIOSSZMMJUGHLFIERMDHKZQMRGBMAAQZYXAQISIDBE

have you dropped your keyboard?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on June 12, 2017, 02:33:18 PM
I think he's swallowed a Gareth too.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 02:35:11 PM
Spit it out!!!  Quickly!!!!!!  Do not swallow !!!  Ever !!!!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on June 12, 2017, 02:36:00 PM
I think he's swallowed a Gareth too.

or he's using a secret enigma code to message Gareth that Dks won't be able to read
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on June 12, 2017, 02:39:17 PM
I think he's swallowed a Gareth too.

or he's using a secret enigma code to message Gareth that Dks won't be able to read


yup, now decode it, should be pretty simple
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on June 12, 2017, 05:31:10 PM
This real Gareth is also dyslexic, so I'm ignoring all of you.  :P

:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on June 12, 2017, 05:39:34 PM
https://youtu.be/eJO5HU_7_1w
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on June 19, 2017, 03:46:11 PM
This real Gareth is also dyslexic, so I'm ignoring all of you.  :P

:D

 :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on June 19, 2017, 06:44:02 PM
I did think there was going to be a well thought out and literary reply regarding
fun and games organized for the upcoming meet  (sigh)

Oh well it's my own fault for encouraging too many emoticons :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 03, 2017, 04:25:12 PM
I was over at Al's yesterday and we got talking about the meet. I have a big hexaganol day tent that I was planning on bringing in case it rained so we all had somewhere to sit out of the rain. The tent is called the royal summerhouse and is about 4.5m across the hexagon flats. It can seat all of us easily and leave room in the middle for a table.

Shall I bring it?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 03, 2017, 04:29:29 PM
How often do we get the chance to sit in the Royal Summer House?  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 03, 2017, 04:32:13 PM
How often do we get the chance to sit in the Royal Summer House?  :cheers:

Hopefully it won't rain so not often
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 03, 2017, 04:33:18 PM
A couple of old pics of it to give an idea of scale

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4011/35306351810_7b98f024ef_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VMUhkC)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4212/34852596634_780a4e1920_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V6NEJw)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AlephZero on July 03, 2017, 06:03:07 PM
Intriguing.... Does it have a "Throne" too?  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 03, 2017, 09:03:29 PM

I think I've arranged to borrow a 4m square 'pop up' pergola thingy but I need to check it's still available Kevin
It's up to you Guys if you still want to bring it?  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 03, 2017, 09:11:47 PM

I think I've arranged to borrow a 4m square 'pop up' pergola thingy but I need to check it's still available Kevin
It's up to you Guys if you still want to bring it?  :salute:

I'll bring it  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 03, 2017, 09:19:35 PM
Good call Kev. We have had some decent downpours in the past.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 03, 2017, 09:25:46 PM
Good call Kev. We have had some decent downpours in the past.

 :salute: :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 10:05:16 AM
I might end up sleeping in it if it rains too much for my Zeltbahn to cope with  :D Maybe I'll erect my zeltbahn in the Royal Summerhouse just to be on the safe side.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 04, 2017, 10:52:42 AM
I'll bring my 3 x 3 tarp incase anyone needs some help staying dry
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 11:00:30 AM
I'm making daily offerings to the weather gods  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: kirk13 on July 04, 2017, 11:15:51 AM
I'm making daily offerings to the weather gods  :ahhh

I hope that doesn't mean your doing a sun dance!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on July 04, 2017, 11:25:18 AM
Intriguing.... Does it have a "Throne" too?  :whistle:

Meh... who gives a crap about that?...

 :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 04, 2017, 11:53:31 AM
Intriguing.... Does it have a "Throne" too?  :whistle:

Meh... who gives a crap about that?...

 :whistle:

I had to think about that one  :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 04, 2017, 11:55:02 AM
I might end up sleeping in it if it rains too much for my Zeltbahn to cope with  :D Maybe I'll erect my zeltbahn in the Royal Summerhouse just to be on the safe side.

No problem. It's certainly big enough. Its got a groundsheet.

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 12:16:04 PM
I'm making daily offerings to the weather gods  :ahhh

I hope that doesn't mean your doing a sun dance!
My nips are still sore from the last one.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 04, 2017, 12:27:21 PM
I might end up sleeping in it if it rains too much for my Zeltbahn to cope with  :D Maybe I'll erect my zeltbahn in the Royal Summerhouse just to be on the safe side.

No problem. It's certainly big enough. Its got a groundsheet.

.... which Mags will wreck when he knocks his tent pegs through it  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 04, 2017, 12:32:20 PM
I might end up sleeping in it if it rains too much for my Zeltbahn to cope with  :D Maybe I'll erect my zeltbahn in the Royal Summerhouse just to be on the safe side.

No problem. It's certainly big enough. Its got a groundsheet.

.... which Mags will wreck when he knocks his tent pegs through it  :rofl:

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 12:39:44 PM
Hey!  :twak: I'd do no such thing!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 04, 2017, 12:42:15 PM
I'm not tarping or bivvying, I'm going full on comfy camping.  Tent I can stand up in, sewn in groundsheet, the works.  None of this will block out my snoring though  :D

This is what I use, though I won't be bringing the porch section.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4023/35711548565_8a4b64a706_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WpH2dz)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 01:02:03 PM
I'm not tarping or bivvying, I'm going full on comfy camping.  Tent I can stand up in, sewn in groundsheet, the works.  None of this will block out my snoring though  :D

This is what I use, though I won't be bringing the porch section.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4023/35711548565_8a4b64a706_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WpH2dz)
Mags adds earmuffs to camping list..................  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on July 04, 2017, 01:09:14 PM
I'm not tarping or bivvying, I'm going full on comfy camping.  Tent I can stand up in, sewn in groundsheet, the works.  None of this will block out my snoring though  :D

This is what I use, though I won't be bringing the porch section.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4023/35711548565_8a4b64a706_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WpH2dz)

Ohhh...
 :( :-[

Please, bring the full kit!
 :pok: :pok:

Show content
I bet everyone would love to see the porch section...

 :whistle:
Show content
(https://media.makeameme.org/created/camping-by-kevin.jpg)

 :gimme: :gimme:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 01:14:27 PM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 04, 2017, 01:30:08 PM
Porch not Porsche  :twak:


 :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on July 04, 2017, 03:55:36 PM
Porch not Porsche  :twak:


 :rofl:

Oh, sorry. I no talk good english. I is foreign.

 :whistle:

(https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.KVSeqDth1LV4S2F6nJvR2AEsCp&pid=15.1&P=0&w=318&h=180)

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 04, 2017, 03:57:35 PM
Porch not Porsche  :twak:


 :rofl:

Oh, sorry. I no talk good english. I is foreign.

 :whistle:

(https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.KVSeqDth1LV4S2F6nJvR2AEsCp&pid=15.1&P=0&w=318&h=180)
Santos, you have impeccable taste in comedy  :salute:

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on July 04, 2017, 04:09:20 PM
Porch not Porsche  :twak:


 :rofl:

Oh, sorry. I no talk good english. I is foreign.

 :whistle:

(https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.KVSeqDth1LV4S2F6nJvR2AEsCp&pid=15.1&P=0&w=318&h=180)
Santos, you have impeccable taste in comedy  :salute:

Why, thank you! Most people say I taste tragically...

 :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 04, 2017, 06:11:07 PM
None of this will block out my snoring though  :D

Interesting, This will be the first time we've ever had a snorer at the meet  :angel:


 :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 04, 2017, 07:47:44 PM
None of this will block out my snoring though  :D

Interesting, This will be the first time we've ever had a snorer at the meet  :angel:


 :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:


Well as long as he doesn't get up to pee in the middle of the night and walk about in his underwear or fall asleep in a poncho, we should be fine  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 05, 2017, 04:27:54 PM

I'm sure none of that has ever happened at any of the meets I've been to  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 06, 2017, 01:34:49 PM
So as not to keep hijacking Smashie's thread in the break room, I'll be bringing my air rifle, old pistol crossbow with bolts, and ye olde black widow catapult with 8mm nuts for ammo. The odd shape and hole in the middle makes it more interesting. Anyone can fire a ball bearing straight(ish)  :D

Is that sufficient to contribute the entertainment items?

I know its a month away but I like to plan
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 06, 2017, 08:53:37 PM

Only a month away  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

The more toys the better Kev  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 08, 2017, 06:44:50 PM
The crossbow bolts got delivered today  :tu:

Just the new string to come. It should be 75lb but could only find 80lb strings
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 14, 2017, 08:53:18 AM
The strings arrived yesterday. I'll re-string it this weekend and have a few test shots  :D :D :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 14, 2017, 10:42:28 AM
The strings arrived yesterday. I'll re-string it this weekend and have a few test shots  :D :D :D


 :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Aloha on July 14, 2017, 03:42:41 PM
Someone please take video and post, please  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on July 14, 2017, 05:47:30 PM
Video of everyone sleeping would be great.  :cheers:

Especially of Mags. :dd:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 14, 2017, 10:18:55 PM
The strings arrived yesterday. I'll re-string it this weekend and have a few test shots  :D :D :D


 :like:

Couldn't wait till tomorrow, it works

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4296/35883254226_97f1211bbc_b.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 14, 2017, 10:20:29 PM
The strings arrived yesterday. I'll re-string it this weekend and have a few test shots  :D :D :D


 :like:

Couldn't wait till tomorrow, it works

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4296/35883254226_97f1211bbc_b.jpg)


Holy smurf! I'd say that's working quite well  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 14, 2017, 10:39:46 PM
 :popcorn: :popcorn:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on July 20, 2017, 04:12:57 PM
 :o How far in the wood did those things go :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Good gracious that would be fun to shoot :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on July 20, 2017, 04:41:08 PM
:o How far in the wood did those things go :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Good gracious that would be fun to shoot :D

Not far at all, they are 6 1/2" crossbow bolts and only went 3/8" into the wood. It was a piece of old dry plywood in my garden and was a lot harder than I anticipated. The first shot I tried I was stood very close and it bounced back at me and I nearly found out adrenalin can be brown and lumpy. Scared the smurf out of me  :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on July 20, 2017, 05:29:53 PM
I can only imagine  :rofl: Be careful though :pok: :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 20, 2017, 05:40:46 PM
Has anyone got a suitable target for these things, which won't get vindictive and start chucking projectiles back at us?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 20, 2017, 06:26:22 PM
Has anyone got a suitable target for these things, which won't get vindictive and start chucking projectiles back at us?


Well you don't move so fast as you used to  :rofl:


I'm knocking up some air rifles/pistol targets
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 20, 2017, 06:32:41 PM
Has anyone got a suitable target for these things, which won't get vindictive and start chucking projectiles back at us?


Well you don't move so fast as you used to  :rofl:


I'm knocking up some air rifles/pistol targets

Well not in a straight line anyway  :D Unless it's towards the ground of course   :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 20, 2017, 09:11:20 PM
 :rofl:

I will be taking the 'Axe' targets, you can throw/fire anything you like at them if they are suitable
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on July 20, 2017, 09:52:03 PM
Awl, now this weekend is looking so awesome!  :ahhh

Pics or else! :viking:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 20, 2017, 09:53:22 PM
Awl, now this weekend is looking so awesome!  :ahhh

Pics or else! :viking:


There will be pics, videos and a whole bunch of stories never to be spoken of in public  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on July 20, 2017, 09:56:07 PM
Awl, now this weekend is looking so awesome!  :ahhh

Pics or else! :viking:


There will be pics, videos and a whole bunch of stories never to be spoken of in public  :rofl:
This place is not public.

Right?   :P
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 20, 2017, 11:08:07 PM
Awl, now this weekend is looking so awesome!  :ahhh

Pics or else! :viking:

Get your arse over there, and take some pics yourself   :pok: :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Aloha on July 20, 2017, 11:45:24 PM
This meet has EPIC all over it. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on July 20, 2017, 11:47:34 PM
Awl, now this weekend is looking so awesome!  :ahhh

Pics or else! :viking:

Get your arse over there, and take some pics yourself   :pok: :D
Some day... :dd:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 21, 2017, 12:41:50 AM
This meet has EPIC all over it.

That would make it no different to any other year  :D  It's great to be able to meet up with the guys for a few beers once a year, and it's a shame nobody has been able to come from further afield to join us yet
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: JP on July 21, 2017, 02:01:54 AM
We should send the Boss over.
....while the cats away the mice can play........:evil laugh:

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Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on July 29, 2017, 02:01:07 PM
We should send the Boss over.
....while the cats away the mice can play........:evil laugh:

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I've often thought of showing up unannounced.  Maybe get one of the guys (sworn to secrecy of course) to pick me up at the airport so I could just show up!  :D

I'd need to be picked up because I'm not sure I could find Donninghambrooktonshire-on-Kent by myself....   ::)

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on July 29, 2017, 02:12:01 PM
We should send the Boss over.
....while the cats away the mice can play........:evil laugh:

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I've often thought of showing up unannounced.  Maybe get one of the guys (sworn to secrecy of course) to pick me up at the airport so I could just show up!  :D

I'd need to be picked up because I'm not sure I could find Donninghambrooktonshire-on-Kent by myself....   ::)

Def
Video if you do that!  >:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Aloha on July 30, 2017, 03:19:41 PM
We should send the Boss over.
....while the cats away the mice can play........:evil laugh:

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Now that would be flipping spectacular. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 30, 2017, 04:23:48 PM
I'd need to be picked up because I'm not sure I could find Donninghambrooktonshire-on-Kent by myself....   ::)
Def

Out of the airport, turn left, go North on the first motorway you come to and keep going

You can't miss it Boss   :tu:

 :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 30, 2017, 04:26:29 PM
I'd need to be picked up because I'm not sure I could find Donninghambrooktonshire-on-Kent by myself....   ::)
Def

Out of the airport, turn left, go North on the first motorway you come to and keep going

You can't miss it Boss   :tu:

 :whistle:


After all the location is a closely guarded secret  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 30, 2017, 04:32:52 PM
And if you see a Land rover going in the opposite direction...
 :ahhh




It's probably Cupboard
 :pok: Tom

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: dks on July 30, 2017, 04:44:43 PM
I was told that the address is :  SW1A 1AA, look for the field round the back of the big (by UK standards) house
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 30, 2017, 04:47:03 PM
And if you see a Land rover going in the opposite direction...
 :ahhh




It's probably Cupboard
 :pok: Tom

 :D

.... but only if its raining  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on July 30, 2017, 08:28:02 PM
And if you see a Land rover going in the opposite direction...
 :ahhh




It's probably Cupboard
 :pok: Tom

 :D

.... but only if its raining  :D
:rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on July 30, 2017, 08:33:45 PM
I'm very sorry to say that I really don't think I'll be making it this year.  I've got a very full dance card at the moment and yet another weekend where I leave my wife to deal with the daughter and the dog just wouldn't be fair.  I'm sure you'll all manage you have fun without me and I'll be right here looking forward to seeing the pics with the rest of MTO.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on July 30, 2017, 08:53:35 PM
Sorry to hear that G-Man, but understandable.  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on July 30, 2017, 09:30:53 PM
Sorry to hear that G-Man, but understandable.  :cheers:

+1  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on July 30, 2017, 09:31:48 PM
cheers gents. :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on July 30, 2017, 09:54:58 PM
Be a shame not to see you again, but fair enough Gareth.  More axes for the rest of us. :viking:

Next year we should head north a bit.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on July 30, 2017, 11:10:20 PM
Damn shame that Gareth  :( Hopefully we can sort something else out at some point  :cheers: Totally understandable though, especially considering the distances that you have to do.

Yes, maybe we ought to see if we can find something a little further North next year, but something that the Southern members will still be able to attend
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on July 30, 2017, 11:17:06 PM
That's a shame Gareth, but family comes first.  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 02, 2017, 06:15:37 PM
 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 02, 2017, 06:24:14 PM
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:

At least you won't forget anything  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: ducttapetech on August 02, 2017, 06:31:48 PM
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:

At least you won't forget anything  :salute:
Bet he does.... :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 02, 2017, 06:55:15 PM
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:

At least you won't forget anything  :salute:
Bet he does.... :rofl:

I'd put money on it  :rofl: :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 02, 2017, 07:42:00 PM
You guys know me too well  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 02, 2017, 07:46:08 PM
You guys know me too well  :D

Do you remember the old AA advert? That's you that is  :rofl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtMPdM7wBE
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 02, 2017, 08:06:07 PM
I was going to do this --->  ::)

But this seems more appropriate ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDCrYUKIMo


 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: kirk13 on August 03, 2017, 09:48:45 AM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 03, 2017, 10:09:44 AM
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 03, 2017, 10:10:15 AM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that

Sorry to hear that. Meet you next year  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on August 03, 2017, 10:36:46 AM
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Dashing about trying to get everything ready for the meet this weekend ... only to then speak to Mark on the phone and discover it's next weekend ....  ::)

 :oops:

At least you won't forget anything  :salute:
Bet he does.... :rofl:

I'd put money on it  :rofl: :salute:

Boots. :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 03, 2017, 10:41:43 AM
I'm very sorry to say that I really don't think I'll be making it this year.  I've got a very full dance card at the moment and yet another weekend where I leave my wife to deal with the daughter and the dog just wouldn't be fair.  I'm sure you'll all manage you have fun without me and I'll be right here looking forward to seeing the pics with the rest of MTO.

Sorry to hear this too. Meet you next year  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on August 03, 2017, 10:52:54 AM
I'm very sorry to say that I really don't think I'll be making it this year.  I've got a very full dance card at the moment and yet another weekend where I leave my wife to deal with the daughter and the dog just wouldn't be fair.  I'm sure you'll all manage you have fun without me and I'll be right here looking forward to seeing the pics with the rest of MTO.

Sorry to hear this too. Meet you next year  :tu:

Sorry to be missing the chance to meet properly as well mate.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 03, 2017, 11:17:00 AM
I'm very sorry to say that I really don't think I'll be making it this year.  I've got a very full dance card at the moment and yet another weekend where I leave my wife to deal with the daughter and the dog just wouldn't be fair.  I'm sure you'll all manage you have fun without me and I'll be right here looking forward to seeing the pics with the rest of MTO.

Sorry to hear this too. Meet you next year  :tu:

Sorry to be missing the chance to meet properly as well mate.

 :cheers:

Now I'm a regular here I plan on going to the meets every year from now on, so plenty of opportunity in the future  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 03, 2017, 11:22:02 AM
I'm very sorry to say that I really don't think I'll be making it this year.  I've got a very full dance card at the moment and yet another weekend where I leave my wife to deal with the daughter and the dog just wouldn't be fair.  I'm sure you'll all manage you have fun without me and I'll be right here looking forward to seeing the pics with the rest of MTO.

Sorry to hear this too. Meet you next year  :tu:

Sorry to be missing the chance to meet properly as well mate.

 :cheers:

Now I'm a regular here I plan on going to the meets every year from now on, so plenty of opportunity in the future  :tu:

(https://image.ibb.co/cfjbXF/giphy_downsized.gif)

Just kidding  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 03, 2017, 12:06:09 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that

Dang, Who are we going to use to hold the targets this year  :ahhh

Sorry to hear that  John  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 03, 2017, 12:10:14 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that

Aww bugger  :(
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 03, 2017, 12:10:26 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that

Dang, Who are we going to use to hold the targets this year  :ahhh

Sorry to hear that  John  :salute:

 :rofl:

Sorry to hear that John. Hope we can meet up again soon  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 03, 2017, 03:49:24 PM
So who's left? Me, Kev, Tony, Mark, Chris and Luke? Is Michael going? Anyone else?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 03, 2017, 08:20:07 PM

Yes who who :ahhh Nobody wants to be sitting in a field with that Sparky bloke and a big pile of rust  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 03, 2017, 09:34:13 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that
Sorry to miss you John. Dolly was hoping to meet up with your crew and have a 'mini meet'. Next year perhaps.  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 04, 2017, 01:02:16 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that
Sorry to miss you John. Dolly was hoping to meet up with your crew and have a 'mini meet'. Next year perhaps.  :cheers:

You're bringing Dolly!!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 01:11:36 PM
Guys,I'm sorry,I'm not going to make it this year. I've got my parents coming over at the end of the month for their 50th wedding anniversary,so I need to focus the money on that
Sorry to miss you John. Dolly was hoping to meet up with your crew and have a 'mini meet'. Next year perhaps.  :cheers:

You're bringing Dolly!!

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 04, 2017, 02:04:47 PM
Yep!  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: ducttapetech on August 04, 2017, 03:15:42 PM
YES!!! Just imagine the chaos that is going to be wrought!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 04, 2017, 03:18:17 PM
Yep!  :D

Cool!  :tu: We needed some targets for Mark's mini crossbow, Luke  :D

While I think on, was there some Gerber parts you were wanting? I have a vague recollection that you were asking about something, and I've forgotten what it was  :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 04, 2017, 03:18:22 PM
Yep!  :D

I'm glad I'll have my crossbow with me then. I'd best pack the chris caine knife to
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 04, 2017, 04:33:03 PM
Yep!  :D

Cool!  :tu: We needed some targets for Mark's mini crossbow, Luke  :D

While I think on, was there some Gerber parts you were wanting? I have a vague recollection that you were asking about something, and I've forgotten what it was  :think:
LOL - Poor Dolly doesn't know what she's in for.

I was after a woodsaw for my MP400 but I don't think I can fit it in with the scissors and metal file. I decided to carry a Farmer to completment it while out and about.  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 04, 2017, 04:34:49 PM
Yep!  :D

Cool!  :tu: We needed some targets for Mark's mini crossbow, Luke  :D

While I think on, was there some Gerber parts you were wanting? I have a vague recollection that you were asking about something, and I've forgotten what it was  :think:
LOL - Poor Dolly doesn't know what she's in for.

I was after a woodsaw for my MP400 but I don't think I can fit it in with the scissors and metal file. I decided to carry a Farmer to completment it while out and about.  :salute:

Gotcha!  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 04, 2017, 04:36:37 PM
I'll bring my cider brandy to the meet and get Dolly drunk, she'll be harmless then, unless she's an aggressive drunk
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 04, 2017, 04:47:34 PM
I'll bring my cider brandy to the meet and get Dolly drunk, she'll be harmless then, unless she's an aggressive drunk
No, it's time she learned a lesson. And being tied to a target while grown men loose crossbow bolts and throwing axes at her will be a valuable lesson.  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 04:48:44 PM
I'll bring my cider brandy to the meet and get Dolly drunk, she'll be harmless then, unless she's an aggressive drunk
No, it's time she learned a lesson. And being tied to a target while grown men loose crossbow bolts and throwing axes at her will be a valuable lesson.  :ahhh
Can I have a piece if she breaks?  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 04, 2017, 04:50:46 PM
I'll bring my cider brandy to the meet and get Dolly drunk, she'll be harmless then, unless she's an aggressive drunk
No, it's time she learned a lesson. And being tied to a target while grown men loose crossbow bolts and throwing axes at her will be a valuable lesson.  :ahhh
Can I have a piece if she breaks?  :D
I hope she doesn't break - she's off to visit Nate after the meet. I hope she arrives in one piece, but that's difficult if you don't set off in one piece.
Title: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 06:20:37 PM
Well hello dolly :rofl:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170804/6521fbe860c7bb56b5efe281dd1153cd.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 04, 2017, 06:34:24 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 06:44:52 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh

I'm sure she'd like being wrapped you nice and warm in magnesium ribbon on a bed of aluminium powder and iron oxide  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 06:50:40 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh

I'm sure she'd like being wrapped you nice and warm in magnesium ribbon on a bed of aluminium powder and iron oxide  :rofl:
Sounds toasty
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 06:52:36 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh

I'm sure she'd like being wrapped you nice and warm in magnesium ribbon on a bed of aluminium powder and iron oxide  :rofl:
Sounds toasty
:doh:
Didn't realise the implication.
You have thermite?!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 06:54:54 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh

I'm sure she'd like being wrapped you nice and warm in magnesium ribbon on a bed of aluminium powder and iron oxide  :rofl:
Sounds toasty
:doh:
Didn't realise the implication.
You have thermite?!


Shhh, it's not illegal and very useful for welding large pieces of steel  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 06:56:18 PM
You're going to 'Joan of Arc' our poor Dolly?  :ahhh

I'm sure she'd like being wrapped you nice and warm in magnesium ribbon on a bed of aluminium powder and iron oxide  :rofl:
Sounds toasty
:doh:
Didn't realise the implication.
You have thermite?!


Shhh, it's not illegal and very useful for welding large pieces of steel  :tu:
Post me some of that, would you?  :whistle: >:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 06:57:57 PM
Cough. eBay cough
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 07:11:20 PM
Whoa...
Checked. You can easily make a kilo of thermite cheaply from buying the powders on eBay.  :ahhh :ahhh
You'd probably end up on a watch list though.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 08:27:10 PM
Whoa...
Checked. You can easily make a kilo of thermite cheaply from buying the powders on eBay.  :ahhh :ahhh
You'd probably end up on a watch list though.  :facepalm:

Nope, I've bought 100's of kilos in the last few years :ahhh  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 04, 2017, 09:49:57 PM


Iron oxide? I reckon the hoover in my garage is full of the stuff

 :think: I'd best not do any aluminium grinding before I empty it  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 10:11:50 PM


Iron oxide? I reckon the hoover in my garage is full of the stuff

 :think: I'd best not do any aluminium grinding before I empty it  :ahhh

You should be ok, you have to get the mix perfect and it needs to be ignited with at least the temperature of burning magnesium for a sustained period. You wont do any harm. It doesn't explode it just burns at around 4000F. You'd end up with a big hole where the bin was lol
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 04, 2017, 10:16:52 PM

I have seen it burn.... cool

I guess hovering up lit sparklers is a no no  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 04, 2017, 10:29:59 PM
Whoa...
Checked. You can easily make a kilo of thermite cheaply from buying the powders on eBay.  :ahhh :ahhh
You'd probably end up on a watch list though.  :facepalm:

Nope, I've bought 100's of kilos in the last few years :ahhh  :rofl:
Could you burn a hole through several floors with that much thermite?  >:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 04, 2017, 10:30:42 PM

I have seen it burn.... cool

I guess hovering up lit sparklers is a no no  :whistle:

Not hot enough, although I've never tried it
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: daverobson on August 05, 2017, 12:00:59 AM

I have seen it burn.... cool

I guess hovering up lit sparklers is a no no  :whistle:

Not hot enough, although I've never tried it

Reminds me of my time in the Royal Engineers when we used to burn through reinforced concrete.  >:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 05, 2017, 12:34:32 AM

I have seen it burn.... cool

I guess hovering up lit sparklers is a no no  :whistle:

Not hot enough, although I've never tried it

Reminds me of my time in the Royal Engineers when we used to burn through reinforced concrete.  >:D

 :salute:

Anti-materiel was the reason we had, just in case we had to destroy radios or crypto gear. RM
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Tofty on August 05, 2017, 09:55:20 AM
So who's left? Me, Kev, Tony, Mark, Chris and Luke? Is Michael going? Anyone else?

I'm still planning on coming along.
What time are people aiming to get to the site on the Friday or Saturday?

I'm sorry to hear that Gareth and Kirky won't be making it this year.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AlephZero on August 05, 2017, 10:03:27 AM
Careful with the thermite guys, we don't want Sparky to catch on fire now do we?


 ::)


:D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on August 05, 2017, 11:07:43 AM
So who's left? Me, Kev, Tony, Mark, Chris and Luke? Is Michael going? Anyone else?

I'm still planning on coming along.
What time are people aiming to get to the site on the Friday or Saturday?

I'm sorry to hear that Gareth and Kirky won't be making it this year.

sorry to miss you as well mate. :-\
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 05, 2017, 11:22:24 AM
So who's left? Me, Kev, Tony, Mark, Chris and Luke? Is Michael going? Anyone else?
I'm still planning on coming along.
What time are people aiming to get to the site on the Friday or Saturday?

I'm sorry to hear that Gareth and Kirky won't be making it this year.

Peter  :salute:
I'm aiming to get there at 10am Fri  :cheers:
(But you guys know what my aim is like  :whistle: )

Careful with the thermite guys, we don't want Sparky to catch on fire now do we?
 ::)
:D

 :ahhh   :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 05, 2017, 12:04:26 PM
So who's left? Me, Kev, Tony, Mark, Chris and Luke? Is Michael going? Anyone else?
I'm still planning on coming along.
What time are people aiming to get to the site on the Friday or Saturday?

I'm sorry to hear that Gareth and Kirky won't be making it this year.

Peter  :salute:
I'm aiming to get there at 10am Fri  :cheers:
(But you guys know what my aim is like  :whistle: )

Careful with the thermite guys, we don't want Sparky to catch on fire now do we?
 ::)
:D

 :ahhh   :D

I am to be there just after Tony, My aim is better than his  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 08, 2017, 01:23:46 PM
If the forecast is to be believed it should be an ok weekend weatherwise. No rain forecast as yet anyway

Edit: I spoke to soon, light showers Friday evening on the BBC weather site now
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 01:32:16 PM
You jinxed it  :twak:

Either that, or it means Tom's coming to the meet  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 01:39:31 PM

I think I remember someone putting up a tent in the rain & dark one year  :dwts:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 08, 2017, 01:49:00 PM
I'll make sure the day tent and poles are easy to access in my trailer so we can throw that up quick when we get there. It doesn't take long
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 06:14:45 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 08:22:00 PM
^^^ Good lads  :tu:

MTo cheese board nearly ready  :salute:

 :cheers:

(http://i.imgur.com/Gn6yV1r.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 08, 2017, 09:21:48 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?

What do you call stupid o'clock?   I was thinking to get to yours for 7am ish so by the time we get your gear packed, and accounting for pee stops, get there for between 12 and 1. 

What do you think?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 09:39:20 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?

What do you call stupid o'clock?   I was thinking to get to yours for 7am ish so by the time we get your gear packed, and accounting for pee stops, get there for between 12 and 1. 

What do you think?

Well, you're looking about 3hrs in light traffic with a trailer from mine. Call it 4 hours with a bit of traffic and a piss stop before we leave the M1. If we leave mine at 7:15, we'll be there before Tony  :ahhh :ahhh I recon if you get to mine for 8, we'll still be there for lunch.

Tony, what time are you planning on getting there? If I give you a ring before we leave the M1 to find out where you're at, that'll be about 1.1/2hrs warning before we get there, in case you're still having your cornflakes at Chateau le Sparks.  :D :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 09:43:04 PM

Hey  :pok:

I'll be there for 10am

Kettle will be hot for when you guys get there  :tu:
(I got petrol  >:D )
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 08, 2017, 09:49:51 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 08, 2017, 09:50:32 PM

Hey  :pok:

I'll be there for 10am

Kettle will be hot for when you guys get there  :tu:
(I got petrol  >:D )

10:30 when I get there the kettle will have boiled dry and Tony will be a charred lump on the ground  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 08, 2017, 09:51:14 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?

What do you call stupid o'clock?   I was thinking to get to yours for 7am ish so by the time we get your gear packed, and accounting for pee stops, get there for between 12 and 1. 

What do you think?

Well, you're looking about 3hrs in light traffic with a trailer from mine. Call it 4 hours with a bit of traffic and a piss stop before we leave the M1. If we leave mine at 7:15, we'll be there before Tony  :ahhh :ahhh I recon if you get to mine for 8, we'll still be there for lunch.

Tony, what time are you planning on getting there? If I give you a ring before we leave the M1 to find out where you're at, that'll be about 1.1/2hrs warning before we get there, in case you're still having your cornflakes at Chateau le Sparks.  :D :D

Okie dokie, 8 it is  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 09:54:10 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 10:06:26 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?

What do you call stupid o'clock?   I was thinking to get to yours for 7am ish so by the time we get your gear packed, and accounting for pee stops, get there for between 12 and 1. 

What do you think?

Well, you're looking about 3hrs in light traffic with a trailer from mine. Call it 4 hours with a bit of traffic and a piss stop before we leave the M1. If we leave mine at 7:15, we'll be there before Tony  :ahhh :ahhh I recon if you get to mine for 8, we'll still be there for lunch.

Tony, what time are you planning on getting there? If I give you a ring before we leave the M1 to find out where you're at, that'll be about 1.1/2hrs warning before we get there, in case you're still having your cornflakes at Chateau le Sparks.  :D :D

Okie dokie, 8 it is  :tu:

I didn't realise the incendiary brothers ( :P) were going to be getting there so early Kev. If you want to get a head start on the rush hour traffic, we can stick to 7-ish if you prefer. Just do me a favour and gimme a ring before you set off to make sure I've parted company with the duvet  :D  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 08, 2017, 10:13:22 PM
Are you still wanting to set off at stupid o'clock Kev?

What do you call stupid o'clock?   I was thinking to get to yours for 7am ish so by the time we get your gear packed, and accounting for pee stops, get there for between 12 and 1. 

What do you think?

Well, you're looking about 3hrs in light traffic with a trailer from mine. Call it 4 hours with a bit of traffic and a piss stop before we leave the M1. If we leave mine at 7:15, we'll be there before Tony  :ahhh :ahhh I recon if you get to mine for 8, we'll still be there for lunch.

Tony, what time are you planning on getting there? If I give you a ring before we leave the M1 to find out where you're at, that'll be about 1.1/2hrs warning before we get there, in case you're still having your cornflakes at Chateau le Sparks.  :D :D

Okie dokie, 8 it is  :tu:

I didn't realise the incendiary brothers ( :P) were going to be getting there so early Kev. If you want to get a head start on the rush hour traffic, we can stick to 7-ish if you prefer. Just do me a favour and gimme a ring before you set off to make sure I've parted company with the duvet  :D  :salute:

We'll stick to 8 (ish).  I'll set off here at 7  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 10:14:38 PM
Splendid!  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 10:18:08 PM

Hey  :pok:

I'll be there for 10am

Kettle will be hot for when you guys get there  :tu:
(I got petrol  >:D )

10:30 when I get there the kettle will have boiled dry and Tony will be a charred lump on the ground  :rofl:

That charred lump was my breakfast  :twak:

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 08, 2017, 10:20:59 PM
I've seen your cooking before mate.  :D
You've still not figured out it's food on top of the pan and fire underneath yet have you?  :pok: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 08, 2017, 10:23:22 PM
You make it sound so easy  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 08, 2017, 10:25:02 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 08, 2017, 10:28:57 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 08, 2017, 11:21:51 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 08, 2017, 11:30:18 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 09, 2017, 04:02:58 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Trust me, if I didn't have anything to look after (house, girlfriend, cat) you'd be having a left hand driver there :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 09, 2017, 04:57:55 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Trust me, if I didn't have anything to look after (house, girlfriend, cat) you'd be having a left hand driver there :D

There's always next year  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 09, 2017, 05:01:25 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Trust me, if I didn't have anything to look after (house, girlfriend, cat) you'd be having a left hand driver there :D

There's always next year  :pok:
Maybe!


Or we can start with a Belgian meet first!

If the first one takes care of the coffee, the second takes care of the cookies and the third brings breakfast, it'll be a meet with only coffee and cookies :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Ron Who on August 09, 2017, 10:28:49 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Trust me, if I didn't have anything to look after (house, girlfriend, cat) you'd be having a left hand driver there :D

There's always next year  :pok:
Maybe!


Or we can start with a Belgian meet first!

If the first one takes care of the coffee, the second takes care of the cookies and the third brings breakfast, it'll be a meet with only coffee and cookies :facepalm:

I could manage Belgium.  And I like coffee and cookies for breakfast.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 09, 2017, 10:52:13 PM
The madness of the UK Meet, watching YouTube and doing this

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/eef93882aaecc6d6e691154e077d03cb.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 09, 2017, 10:58:40 PM
Are you sizing pellets?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 09, 2017, 11:00:39 PM
Are you sizing pellets?

yup
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 09, 2017, 11:03:27 PM
So jealous of you UK guys and your meet :dd:
Seems like an awesome time.

Always room for one more Nick  :pok:
Eurostar and Brussels/Heathrow will gladly welcome me with a bag full of sharp stuff :D

And my holiday is over...
And it's quite a trip to get there.
Never been further then London either... :facepalm:

We're meeting within 60kms of london and the train will get you close enough to be picked up
Sounds tempting :D

go on  :pok: it's easy (https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Brussels/Aylesbury)
Trust me, if I didn't have anything to look after (house, girlfriend, cat) you'd be having a left hand driver there :D

There's always next year  :pok:
Maybe!


Or we can start with a Belgian meet first!

If the first one takes care of the coffee, the second takes care of the cookies and the third brings breakfast, it'll be a meet with only coffee and cookies :facepalm:

I could manage Belgium.  And I like coffee and cookies for breakfast.
But do you like SAKs? :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 09, 2017, 11:37:18 PM
Are you sizing pellets?

And 600 done  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 10, 2017, 12:46:52 AM
The madness of the UK Meet, watching YouTube and doing this

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/eef93882aaecc6d6e691154e077d03cb.jpg)

Do you have some sort of clever shotgun arrangement you can lend me?  :tu:

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 10, 2017, 12:49:39 AM
The madness of the UK Meet, watching YouTube and doing this

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/eef93882aaecc6d6e691154e077d03cb.jpg)

Do you have some sort of clever shotgun arrangement you can lend me?  :tu:

 :D

Lol no and the rifle for the comp is from 1970, has open sights and it's not yet zeroed. it's been torture having it and not being able to shoot it simply to keep it for the meet.  :ahhh

Plus they way I've arranged it, first and last place get a prize
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 01:01:44 PM
The madness of the UK Meet, watching YouTube and doing this

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/eef93882aaecc6d6e691154e077d03cb.jpg)

Do you have some sort of clever shotgun arrangement you can lend me?  :tu:

 :D

Lol no and the rifle for the comp is from 1970, has open sights and it's not yet zeroed. it's been torture having it and not being able to shoot it simply to keep it for the meet.  :ahhh

Plus they way I've arranged it, first and last place get a prize

Is it the original 1970's spring in it to?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 10, 2017, 01:04:14 PM
The madness of the UK Meet, watching YouTube and doing this

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170809/eef93882aaecc6d6e691154e077d03cb.jpg)

Do you have some sort of clever shotgun arrangement you can lend me?  :tu:

 :D

Lol no and the rifle for the comp is from 1970, has open sights and it's not yet zeroed. it's been torture having it and not being able to shoot it simply to keep it for the meet.  :ahhh

Plus they way I've arranged it, first and last place get a prize

Is it the original 1970's spring in it to?

lol no  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 10, 2017, 01:09:43 PM
Why does packing for the meet always take longer than the meet itself?  :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 10, 2017, 01:11:09 PM
Why does packing for the meet always take longer than the meet itself?  :think:

I'm sitting here looking at a stack of boxes and wondering how the smurf I'm going to fit it all in the car!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 10, 2017, 01:12:33 PM
Um.  I haven't started yet, and won't be able to until after the kids are in bed tonight... :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 10, 2017, 01:49:02 PM
Why does packing for the meet always take longer than the meet itself?  :think:

I'm sitting here looking at a stack of boxes and wondering how the smurf I'm going to fit it all in the car!

X10  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 02:37:01 PM
I've got my trailer partially packed, tents, poles, tables and air bed, but still everything else to pack when I get home from work.

My air rifle is electronic solenoid, I forgot to put it on charge this morning so that's first job when I get home.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: JP on August 10, 2017, 09:09:57 PM
Have fun and play safe! Shoot straight - ish too.

Sent from my XT1563 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 10, 2017, 09:41:43 PM
Crisps - Packed
Biscuits - Packed
Zeltbahn - Packed
Sword - Packed
Persimmons - Packed.

 :cheers:

See you tomorrow.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Ron Who on August 10, 2017, 10:08:30 PM
Have fun guys, and make lots of pictures!  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Aloha on August 10, 2017, 10:46:25 PM
This is getting exciting. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 10:49:42 PM
Crisps - Packed
Biscuits - Packed
Zeltbahn - Packed
Sword - Packed
Persimmons - Packed.

 :cheers:

See you tomorrow.

Tent, sleep pad and sleeping bag also included?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 10, 2017, 10:55:52 PM
Meh I've resigned myself to randomly throwing smurf in the car in the morning (can't leave it loaded overnight).  :facepalm:

The really fun part is going to be the new tent I've never put up before
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 10:56:10 PM
Crossbow and bolts packed  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 10:59:17 PM
Meh I've resigned myself to randomly throwing smurf in the car in the morning (can't leave it loaded overnight).  :facepalm:

My trailer is brimming, and locked behind gates. Car only has my drawer thing in with pots, pans, etc in, and 2 coats. Only food and toys to go in there in the morning. The rest of the space is for Al's gear.  Seats down ready

Sat nav programmed ready.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 10, 2017, 11:04:12 PM
Bags packed, and have some food and a box of tools to play with.  Going to chuck it all in the car first thing tomorrow - I've still got to do a half day's work in the morning before heading to the site. :cry:  Will be going shopping on the way for booze and meat.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 10, 2017, 11:50:11 PM
Booo hissss to work


See you all tomorrow  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 11, 2017, 12:09:51 AM
Meh I've resigned myself to randomly throwing smurf in the car in the morning (can't leave it loaded overnight).  :facepalm:

The really fun part is going to be the new tent I've never put up before

Me too, and it's twice the size of last years  :ahhh

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: twiliter on August 11, 2017, 12:15:38 AM
Crisps - Packed
Biscuits - Packed
Zeltbahn - Packed
Sword - Packed
Persimmons - Packed.

 :cheers:

See you tomorrow.

Since you're bringing persimmons, please remember dragon repellent!

Or is that what the sword is for?  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 11, 2017, 12:25:35 AM
I know I will have forgotten something important, I always do, but so long as we've not all forgotten the same thing we should be fine  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on August 11, 2017, 01:14:38 AM
:popcorn:

 :like: :like:

Can't wait to hear all about this :ahhh make at least one video :pok: and take some pics :D  :tu: :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 11, 2017, 01:18:52 AM
I think Smashie is on video duty this year. If he's got planned what I think he's got planned, it should be good :D Tony is usually good for pics too  :tu:

I'm normally too busy enjoying myself and forget  :P

The alarm is due to go off in 5 hours. I wonder what time I should go to bed  :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 11, 2017, 03:04:49 AM
Since you aren't driving you can sleep in the car!

I am super jealous of you guys!  I would love to make it for one of these meetups some year, not that any of you would understand what I am saying with my bizarre French Canadian/Scottish accent, at least not without Gareth to translate some of it!   >:D

I can't wait to see the pics!

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 11, 2017, 08:05:21 AM
Just setting off to pick up Al.

See you all later  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 11, 2017, 08:06:29 AM
 :popcorn:

 :D

 :salute: :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AlephZero on August 11, 2017, 08:37:03 AM
Have fun guys! :cheers:

And remember...


:worthless:


 :multi:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 11, 2017, 10:06:58 AM
Meh I've resigned myself to randomly throwing smurf in the car in the morning (can't leave it loaded overnight).  :facepalm:

The really fun part is going to be the new tent I've never put up before

Me too, and it's twice the size of last years  :ahhh

No problems Tony, I've got a tent like yours  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 11, 2017, 10:51:38 AM
This sounds like a big boys amusement park...

And here I am, cleaning the house :facepalm:

:bnghd:

:cry:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 11, 2017, 10:55:09 AM
This sounds like a big boys amusement park...

And here I am, cleaning the house :facepalm:

:bnghd:

:cry:
Sounds like you're on MTO.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 11, 2017, 11:09:29 AM
40 miles to go. Pee break at Watford gap services

  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 11, 2017, 11:46:54 AM
I like updates like this. :popcorn:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 11, 2017, 11:51:49 AM
Gap services?
That sounds rather awkward...
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 11, 2017, 11:54:44 AM
So that's number one done. When's the other one?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: caninesapien on August 11, 2017, 11:56:39 AM
This looks like it'll be an ace weekend guys. Have fun! Hopefully I can make next year's meet  :drink:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 11, 2017, 12:04:39 PM
40 miles to go. Pee break at Watford gap services

  :D

They've invaded the south!  The northerners are coming!  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on August 11, 2017, 12:43:48 PM
40 miles to go. Pee break at Watford gap services

  :D

They've invaded the south!  The northerners are coming!  :ahhh

Not just any northerners...

Show content
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Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 11, 2017, 12:44:33 PM
40 miles to go. Pee break at Watford gap services

  :D

They've invaded the south!  The northerners are coming!  :ahhh

Not just any northerners...

Show content
(http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5965f7c4d62e70396005db48-506-253/white-walkers-just-rode-into-central-london-on-horseback-to-promote-new-game-of-thrones-season.jpg)

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(http://quotesnhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Top-25-Funny-Memes-Funny-jokes.jpg)

Spoilers... Am halfway through season 2. :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: pfrsantos on August 11, 2017, 12:50:17 PM
40 miles to go. Pee break at Watford gap services

  :D

They've invaded the south!  The northerners are coming!  :ahhh

Not just any northerners...

Show content
(http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5965f7c4d62e70396005db48-506-253/white-walkers-just-rode-into-central-london-on-horseback-to-promote-new-game-of-thrones-season.jpg)

Show content
(http://quotesnhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Top-25-Funny-Memes-Funny-jokes.jpg)

Spoilers... Am halfway through season 2. :facepalm:

That's not a spoiler...

Show content
THIS is a spoiler!

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 8) 8)

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 12, 2017, 02:17:14 PM
Ok a teaser, Tony's bucket O'axes have finally proved themselves useful :salute"
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 01:25:23 AM
They certainly did  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on August 13, 2017, 04:04:47 AM
 :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Do tell :dd: :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 12:42:54 PM
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Do tell :dd: :D
Patience young padawan. All will be revealed in due course.

All I am sanctioned to say is that it definitely didn't involve Tony's 'Custard Bath Badger Wrestling Bonanza'. Thaty's all I can say.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: daverobson on August 13, 2017, 01:43:12 PM
I wish I had the nerve to go one year to find out what goes on.  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 01:50:56 PM
I wish I had the nerve to go one year to find out what goes on.  :ahhh
You should definitely come Dave - we're all a bit nervous just showing up first time, but everyone is really friendly and accepting and the converstaion and activities are brilliant. It's a great weekend and I wish I was still there.  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 02:22:49 PM
I wish I had the nerve to go one year to find out what goes on.  :ahhh
You should definitely come Dave - we're all a bit nervous just showing up first time, but everyone is really friendly and accepting and the converstaion and activities are brilliant. It's a great weekend and I wish I was still there.  :salute:

Yeah we're a welcoming bunch, er Luke, something is missing you

(https://image.ibb.co/j2fA2F/20170813_112847485_i_OS.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 02:40:11 PM
Ok some photo's, From people arriving and setting up

(https://image.ibb.co/mu1uUv/20170811_112910197_i_OS.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/eJBuUv/20170811_112901317_i_OS.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/d9VXGa/20170811_112858390_i_OS.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/hZ1uUv/20170811_122329105_i_OS.jpg)

Just some relaxing by the fire, as sunny as it was it was still bloomin' windy (rained a bit on Saturday evening)

(https://image.ibb.co/ks3Kwa/20170811_123944942_i_OS.jpg)

Peter - Tofty

(https://image.ibb.co/i5esGa/20170811_124024711_i_OS.jpg)


Kev, the meet virgin.

(https://image.ibb.co/gifM9v/20170811_124021695_i_OS.jpg)

Tony - Sparky (not quite sure what he was doing  :ahhh)

(https://image.ibb.co/mnX19v/20170811_124013942_i_OS.jpg)

Al - Fiddy (50ft-trad) being serious as usual

(https://image.ibb.co/fpjEUv/20170811_124011798_i_OS.jpg)

Even my son came a long for a short stay and Tony helped him use an a axe (yes his mum has seen the photo and I'm unharmed, no threats made against you either Tony)

(https://image.ibb.co/dFDf2F/20170812_072214082_i_OS.jpg)

More to follow after I've unpacked the car!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 03:24:57 PM
Ok some photo's, From people arriving and setting up
Tony - Sparky (not quite sure what he was doing  :ahhh)
:pok: He looks like he started drinking very early in the day  :drink:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 13, 2017, 03:44:03 PM
Just got back, finally had a shower. :) Big thanks to everyone this weekend, especially Tony for organising. More later, after I've spent some time with the kids.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 03:48:46 PM

And a big Thank You Guys from me for such a great weekend!  :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 03:52:00 PM
Cheers Tony -  Thanks for organising such a great weekend and thanks everyone else for such great company. You lot are the best!  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on August 13, 2017, 03:59:18 PM
Looks like great fun guys :cheers: I have watched these meets form in the UK since the very first one :ahhh It is always cool to see pics of the people you talk with daily while they are out in the wilds of the world :D :like: :like:

Thanks for the pics :cheers: :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 04:03:58 PM
Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/bBb8NF/PIC_0011.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/mi8zUv/PIC_0012.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/h9dcGa/PIC_0013.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/c9KHGa/PIC_0014.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: jaya_man on August 13, 2017, 04:14:04 PM
Looks like a fun event... Thor's thingo I see... ah ah ah


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Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: jaya_man on August 13, 2017, 04:16:40 PM
No pics of Smashie or H?

Nice to finally see some faces to names :like:


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Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 05:44:54 PM
The results of the shooting competition, which I had tried to make as fair as possible.

Kev - 8
Al - 9
Tony - 12
Michael (TaxiDad) - 14
Chris - 16
Luke - 19
Peter - 21
Mark (me) - 40

So I disqualified myself.I did say I'd tried to make it fair.

So with a Rough Rider high carbon - Peter

(https://image.ibb.co/m0QA2F/20170812_153905512_i_OS.jpg)

and in last place - Kev with The Ultimate Survival Flashblade Recharge Multi-tool 1.0 (possibly a close contender for the worst muilti next to that one piece bike tool thing)

(https://image.ibb.co/kNkGba/20170812_153849059_i_OS.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 06:18:47 PM
Home. Boots off. Sausage and chips in the belly. Large mug of tea. Big smile  :D

Thanks all for another excellent weekend, particularly Kev for getting me there and back.  :salute: I'll have a sort through my piccies in a while, and try to get a load uploaded this evening  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 07:10:36 PM
Just got home.

Thank you all for making me feel so welcome. I had a great time, both fun and relaxing and it was great to put faces to names.

I'll definitely be attending the meets as regularly as I can.

Time for a brew then put the trailer away until I unpack it tomorrow, and car to unpack. Looking forward to seeing all the pics, I was enjoying myself so much I only took 2  :facepalm:

I'll do better next year.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 07:11:58 PM
Home. Boots off. Sausage and chips in the belly. Large mug of tea. Big smile  :D

Thanks all for another excellent weekend, particularly Kev for getting me there and back.  :salute: I'll have a sort through my piccies in a while, and try to get a load uploaded this evening  :tu:

You're welcome,  it was nice to have someone to chat to in the car, in between me pointing out idiot drivers  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 07:39:19 PM
Glad everyone's getting home safely  :salute:

I didn't get many pictures

Friday night 

(http://i.imgur.com/04nqanp.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 07:44:07 PM

There's always a lot of interest in what I'm having for breakfast

Oink, too slow!  it was nice though  :whistle:
(http://i.imgur.com/tEKnSdy.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 07:49:44 PM

Sunday morning 6am, I need coffee!  >:(

Lets get the fire started
(http://i.imgur.com/AJygeIS.jpg)

They don't call me Sparky Mears for nothing  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 07:54:29 PM
Ok some photo's, From people arriving and setting up

Even my son came a long for a short stay and Tony helped him use an a axe (yes his mum has seen the photo and I'm unharmed, no threats made against you either Tony)

(https://image.ibb.co/dFDf2F/20170812_072214082_i_OS.jpg)

Nice picture Mark!
Are you using a special lens on your camera? It seems to have filtered out all my hair  :think: :-[
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 07:58:26 PM
Ok some photo's, From people arriving and setting up

Even my son came a long for a short stay and Tony helped him use an a axe (yes his mum has seen the photo and I'm unharmed, no threats made against you either Tony)

(https://image.ibb.co/dFDf2F/20170812_072214082_i_OS.jpg)

Nice picture Mark!
Are you using a special lens on your camera? It seems to have filtered out all my hair  :think: :-[

I don't think so  :think: it was just my phone  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 08:31:16 PM
Thanks Mark for the gorgeous axe, Al for the axe mask materials and guidance, and Al and Chris for the pin stock.

Already looking forward to next year. Here are some pics, including one setting the scene for the great 'MTo to the rescue' incident, and one for all those who ever wondered how far you can push a Bahco before it breaks and just how long the tang is  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Zed on August 13, 2017, 08:45:56 PM
Great pics guys  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: SteveC on August 13, 2017, 08:57:13 PM
What a fun weekend you guys had     :like: :cheers: :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 09:14:22 PM
Photos uploading. Might take a while, there's quite a few.  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 09:15:49 PM
Thanks to Tony for organising a great meet location, and also for the tool case, axe sharpening stone, knife, many bits of nice handle sized walnut,  and big tile.

Thanks to Mark for the mora, the hultafors axe, the awesome little tool for being worst shooter with the springer, and for letting me shoot his Galahad, that is one seriously accurate gun.

Thanks to Luke for the gerber saw holder

Thanks to Michael  (taxi dad) for the grill plate

I was starting to feel guilty with the amount of loot I left with.  Pics to follow when I unpack it all

Thanks to everyone for the great company, laughs and tomfoolery  :salute: :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 09:19:50 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 09:29:38 PM
All I can say to that is  :twak: !
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 09:38:21 PM

And incidentally Guys,  Smashie started it all

So I think
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 09:41:35 PM
 :like:

Thanks Mark  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 09:54:19 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 09:57:25 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
I just wish you'd have said you had some tiles on offer.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 09:57:36 PM
Just unloaded my car and I've been given so much stuff I forgot some

More thanks to Tony for the 2 gas cartridges,  kettle, camping gaz stove, meths storage tubes and hand made alcohol stove with hands on tutorial

Also more thanks to Luke for the nato bed roll

I've probably still forgotten things that I'll find tomorrow  :ahhh :ahhh

And I thought the generosity of mto members couldn't get better than on the forum. Boy was I wrong about that, meet the members in person and they half fill your car
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:06:53 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
I just wish you'd have said you had some tiles on offer.
Really speechless! (first time all weekend  :whistle:)


Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 10:08:30 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
I just wish you'd have said you had some tiles on offer.
Really speechless! (first time all weekend ever  :whistle:)
FTFY  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:09:42 PM
Just unloaded my car and I've been given so much stuff I forgot some

More thanks to Tony for the 2 gas cartridges,  kettle, camping gaz stove, meths storage tubes and hand made alcohol stove with hands on tutorial

Also more thanks to Luke for the nato bed roll

I've probably still forgotten things that I'll find tomorrow  :ahhh :ahhh

And I thought the generosity of mto members couldn't get better than on the forum. Boy was I wrong about that, meet the members in person and they half fill your car
Some of us have too much crap at home   :facepalm:
It was good to meet you Kev  :salute:

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:11:22 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
I just wish you'd have said you had some tiles on offer.
Really speechless! (first time all weekend ever  :whistle:)
FTFY  :D

Chair  :pok:

 :P :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 10:13:56 PM
Tony - I forgot my free tiles! I need about 5 - how many do you have?

I am speechless  :whistle:
I just wish you'd have said you had some tiles on offer.
Really speechless! (first time all weekend ever  :whistle:)
FTFY  :D

Chair  :pok:

 :P :D
:facepalm:

What would the postage be on an item like that? Sorry for forgetting it Tony. I'm having to sit on the floor while I type.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:21:00 PM

Sorry Mate that was a low blow  :(

Below the belt even  :-[
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:22:17 PM

I'm sitting up waiting for Al's pictures  :popcorn:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 10:23:55 PM

I'm sitting up waiting for Al's pictures  :popcorn:

 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 13, 2017, 10:24:10 PM
No worries Tony - it's my fault for bringing my only chair to the meet and then forgetting to bring it back. The worst bit is, this week is my turn for sitting in it! My wife and daughter are fuming, even though it was their turn last week.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 10:38:21 PM
As suggested earlier, there was a bit of an incident Saturday morning. Smashie left to take his son home, but a few minutes later drove back onto the field and wound down his window with a bit of a half smile, and said the magic word ..... "Problem" .....

Everyone dropped what they were doing and went to select their weapon of choice from Sparky's bucket of axes, and trotted off to save the day

(http://i.imgur.com/Tb812JV.jpg)

He couldn't get out. During the night, part of a tree had come down and was blocking the road. Nothing that a group of tea and coffee fueled middle aged men with a modest ( :whistle: ) assortment of tools couldn't fix.

(http://i.imgur.com/jrZJaY4.jpg)

After applying a couple of coats of looking at, the guys started tormenting it with axes. Tofty challenged it to a duel and started fencing with it....

(http://i.imgur.com/ik3CzAZ.jpg)

Once that branch was out of the way, Sparky got brutal with another ...

(http://i.imgur.com/0JJDexi.jpg)

And the bloody thing still didn't fall down. Me and hiraethus went round the other side, and he gave it a bit of a nudge to dislodge the broken section that was caught up

(http://i.imgur.com/MVVGJ8i.jpg)

A couple more coats of looking at were applied, and the lads got stuck in again.

(http://i.imgur.com/aBpIpkA.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/18daOVu.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/DDAaWKH.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/rjs11e9.jpg)

To make it more fun, Smashie had strategically left the remote control for his winch at home  :whistle: and so Kev and Michael (TaxiDad) rustled up some straps and hitched up the bough to the LandRover.

(http://i.imgur.com/Nt3BN9I.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Usn2KjO.jpg?1)

(http://i.imgur.com/VXHeA5i.jpg?1)

Problem solved!

(http://i.imgur.com/eunATZm.jpg)

Time for tea and Jaffa Cakes (and yes, they are cakes not biscuits)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: daverobson on August 13, 2017, 10:53:19 PM
 :MTO: :viking:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 10:54:41 PM

Hilarious Thanks Al!  :tu:
That poor old bloke in the yellow top looks knackered  :dwts:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 10:56:10 PM
As Imgur has kindly shuffled all my pics for me instead of keeping them in the order I uploaded them  :facepalm: here's a few random pics.

(http://i.imgur.com/PMkMIiT.jpg)

Mike pretending he hadn't noticed Tony's bottom burp  :rofl:

(http://i.imgur.com/sX2WWog.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/FF1dZ7K.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/wKcr1gp.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/n6N4OP7.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dP4FueB.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Ae8IrH8.jpg)

Me testing the BBQ tool I won in Etherealicer's giveaway (Thanks again, Beat - it worked a treat  :tu:)

(http://i.imgur.com/ZdcZu48.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/o1tBzmC.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/hEfqzmM.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/3ieE0rI.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/vyUsLxL.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/kp0JQ4Y.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Nk4zXWc.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/eF5ntuL.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 13, 2017, 10:57:35 PM
That bloke in the yellow shirt was grinning like an idiot when he found out the axes were going to get a work out :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 13, 2017, 11:03:27 PM
That bloke in the yellow shirt was grinning like an idiot when he found out the axes were going to get a work out :salute:

I don't like the look of him, I wouldn't let him get behind me with an axe!  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 13, 2017, 11:08:19 PM
That bloke in the yellow shirt was grinning like an idiot when he found out the axes were going to get a work out :salute:

I don't like the look of him, I wouldn't let him get behind me with an axe!  :ahhh

Behind is ok, at the rate he chops it's the flying chippings to the sides that's the area to avoid. Faster than a herd of beaver on steroids
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 11:09:53 PM
Some pics of the shooting ....

(http://i.imgur.com/UykmXHS.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/QSSoIph.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/PF9F7AK.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/tMOhl0L.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/YesQgEQ.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/2qrjhJR.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/n53LLWf.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/rpN23PJ.jpg)

So THAT'S where my stray pellet went ....  :oops: :P :D

(http://i.imgur.com/iVIDsbu.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dQSdOQC.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/38YReYR.jpg)

Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 11:19:24 PM
As Luke said earlier, Mark had given him a Hultafors axe, and he mentioned that he needed a cover for it, so I got my leatherworking bits and bobs out so we could fix that.

I made him make it though  :D

(http://i.imgur.com/q6plBzH.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Jf910YA.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/IvgSjCZ.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/FgD9bIY.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/hi6xw2W.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/vkIZfrW.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/8zy31Al.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/TipRHEe.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/EXosWGE.jpg)

It was heavily welted, so the edge doesn't touch the rivets  ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 13, 2017, 11:21:36 PM
That bloke in the yellow shirt was grinning like an idiot when he found out the axes were going to get a work out :salute:

.... and if we hadn't have stopped him when we did, he'd have carried on through the tarmac, and be well on his way to meeting Zoidie by now  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Taxi Dad on August 13, 2017, 11:41:57 PM
Great weekend!
Thanks all, specially Tony for organising!
I can't seem to post pictures   >:(
Perhaps I Need some proper sleep  :think: I'll try again tomorrow
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on August 13, 2017, 11:50:52 PM
Looks like you all managed to have fun without me.  :D  Cracking looking weekend folks. :cheers:  Nice Airsporter BTW Mark.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: SteveC on August 14, 2017, 01:47:07 AM
Great pics and nice problem solving   :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: twiliter on August 14, 2017, 02:00:33 AM
Fun, thanks you guys, made my day.  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 14, 2017, 03:28:13 AM
I can't imagine how thrilled all of you were when you found out you'd been trapped there by a fallen tree- almost as if St. Choppy, Patron Saint of MTO had knocked that tree down in the night for your amusement!  Of course, if one is honest, it does look like the Landie would have made it underneath, as I'm assuming everyone else would have as well...  :pok:

But where's the fun in that?  As I was reading about it I'd wondered why you didn't just run the wings around it and haul it down- I suppose not having the controller for it is as good an answer as there's likely to be!

Once again, I am extremely envious of your meetup!  I'm glad you all had a great time, but it wasn't nice of you to pawn all of your extra stuff off on the newbie!  :D

Def
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Aloha on August 14, 2017, 07:31:54 AM
Hi Taxidad  :waving:

What a wonderful meet.  That tree......  that tree had no idea how many men with sharp objects would descend upon it.   Great work all. 

 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 14, 2017, 09:19:15 AM
I can't imagine how thrilled all of you were when you found out you'd been trapped there by a fallen tree- almost as if St. Choppy, Patron Saint of MTO had knocked that tree down in the night for your amusement!  Of course, if one is honest, it does look like the Landie would have made it underneath, as I'm assuming everyone else would have as well...  :pok:

But where's the fun in that?  As I was reading about it I'd wondered why you didn't just run the wings around it and haul it down- I suppose not having the controller for it is as good an answer as there's likely to be!

Once again, I am extremely envious of your meetup!  I'm glad you all had a great time, but it wasn't nice of you to pawn all of your extra stuff off on the newbie!  :D

Def

It was suggested that if he got up to 60 or 70 he could slip through there  >:D

Great pictures Guys!  :salute: :salute: :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Zed on August 14, 2017, 09:22:01 AM
Love the pics  :salute: I really need to try and get up to the meet next year as there isn't enough khukuri's present  ;)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 14, 2017, 09:24:30 AM
Love the pics  :salute: I really need to try and get up to the meet next year as there isn't enough khukuri's present  ;)

There was only one proper kukuri, and a few kuk style choppers. Yep you need to come show us how it's done  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 14, 2017, 09:45:47 AM
To be fair Grant I did think of driving underneath, however where's the fun in that?  We had also been told that there was a kids football match and another event in the evening so rather than take the risk we dealt with it. Which earned the guys some free beer.

I know that if I had driven under it. It would have fallen on the bonnet, the only part not protected by the roll cage.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 14, 2017, 10:03:22 AM
That was a great weekend, again. :)  Good to catch up with the regulars and meet some new faces.  Had loads of fun burning and chopping stuff, throwing sharp things, shooting other things, burning food, drinking too much and talking smurf.  Did a bit of wheeler-dealing with Kev and Taxi Dad :tu: and managed to not come away with too much of Tony's rust pile. :D

(http://i.imgur.com/rpN23PJ.jpg)

So THAT'S where my stray pellet went ....  :oops: :P :D

It was a lovely nap.  Not much better than snoozing under a tree on a sunny afternoon. :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 14, 2017, 10:05:23 AM
Love the pics  :salute: I really need to try and get up to the meet next year as there isn't enough khukuri's present  ;)

There was some talk of doing the next one somewhere else.  There's a farm campsite near Kimmeridge (not far from Lulworth) that I stayed at a few years ago that lets you have open fires, so I'll see if I can find their details.  It'd be nice to have one by the seaside. :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 14, 2017, 10:23:04 AM
Love the pics  :salute: I really need to try and get up to the meet next year as there isn't enough khukuri's present  ;)

There was some talk of doing the next one somewhere else.  There's a farm campsite near Kimmeridge (not far from Lulworth) that I stayed at a few years ago that lets you have open fires, so I'll see if I can find their details.  It'd be nice to have one by the seaside. :)
Will they also allow axes, guns, swords, flamethrowers, chopping down trees and will it be big enough for Tonys 5 acre car boot sale?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 10:24:44 AM
Ok some photo's, From people arriving and setting up
Tony - Sparky (not quite sure what he was doing  :ahhh)
:pok: He looks like he started drinking very early in the day  :drink:
And Sparky trained the boy well!

Here, hold this small hatchet while I'll bash it with this hugely oversized hammer...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 14, 2017, 10:32:25 AM

That's one brave little lad  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 14, 2017, 10:41:29 AM
Love the pics  :salute: I really need to try and get up to the meet next year as there isn't enough khukuri's present  ;)

There was some talk of doing the next one somewhere else.  There's a farm campsite near Kimmeridge (not far from Lulworth) that I stayed at a few years ago that lets you have open fires, so I'll see if I can find their details.  It'd be nice to have one by the seaside. :)
Will they also allow axes, guns, swords, flamethrowers, chopping down trees and will it be big enough for Tonys 5 acre car boot sale?

What could possibly go wrong? :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 14, 2017, 10:42:06 AM
That's one brave little lad  :salute:

He did seem to be having a good time. :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 14, 2017, 10:47:24 AM
What was that coffee pot of yours? I've forgotten
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 14, 2017, 10:58:05 AM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 14, 2017, 10:59:43 AM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

Thanks  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 14, 2017, 11:02:10 AM
They are good Kev, I have a larger version - will fill a full sized coffee mug - very very strong coffee.  :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Fortytwo on August 14, 2017, 11:40:11 AM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 01:44:10 PM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 14, 2017, 01:50:52 PM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Axes weren't even the only choice for removal! We could have just as easily set fire to it, (but time was of the essence due to the imminent arrival of a wedding party), karate chopped it, or blown it up.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 02:44:48 PM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Axes weren't even the only choice for removal! We could have just as easily set fire to it, (but time was of the essence due to the imminent arrival of a wedding party), karate chopped it, or blown it up.
Set fire to yourselves or karate chopped your arms off probably :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 14, 2017, 02:48:05 PM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Axes weren't even the only choice for removal! We could have just as easily set fire to it, (but time was of the essence due to the imminent arrival of a wedding party), karate chopped it, or blown it up.
Set fire to yourselves or karate chopped your arms off probably :D
:rofl: Of course! It was just by coincidence we made the situation better. Could've just as easily gone the other way. What we here in the UK call 'pear shaped', or 'tits up'.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 02:50:38 PM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Axes weren't even the only choice for removal! We could have just as easily set fire to it, (but time was of the essence due to the imminent arrival of a wedding party), karate chopped it, or blown it up.
Set fire to yourselves or karate chopped your arms off probably :D
:rofl: Of course! It was just by coincidence we made the situation better. Could've just as easily gone the other way. What we here in the UK call 'pear shaped', or 'tits up'.
Or called the fire department! :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 14, 2017, 02:54:30 PM
That bloke in the yellow shirt was grinning like an idiot when he found out the axes were going to get a work out :salute:

.... and if we hadn't have stopped him when we did, he'd have carried on through the tarmac, and be well on his way to meeting Zoidie by now  :D
Chance of a lifetime... you have to enjoy it.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 14, 2017, 02:58:15 PM
Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

(https://image.ibb.co/bBb8NF/PIC_0011.jpg)
Tofty

(https://image.ibb.co/mi8zUv/PIC_0012.jpg)
Sparky

(https://image.ibb.co/h9dcGa/PIC_0013.jpg)
Tofty again?

(https://image.ibb.co/c9KHGa/PIC_0014.jpg)
Kev & Sparky
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 14, 2017, 03:22:28 PM
(https://image.ibb.co/mi8zUv/PIC_0012.jpg)
Sparky

Taxi-Dad on the left and I was trying to teach him some classic disco moves  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 03:24:08 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 14, 2017, 05:00:56 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Look how bright it is what he pulls out... now we know how he gets his ideas.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 05:16:57 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Look how bright it is what he pulls out... now we know how he gets his ideas.
:rofl: :2tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 14, 2017, 06:39:11 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Look how bright it is what he pulls out... now we know how he gets his ideas.
:rofl: :2tu:
See the black spot? That is where the optimistic, friendly and cheerful elements of an idea go...
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 14, 2017, 06:44:44 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Look how bright it is what he pulls out... now we know how he gets his ideas.
:rofl: :2tu:
See the black spot? That is where the optimistic, friendly and cheerful elements of an idea go...
It looks kinda like a pokemon ball..
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Mechanickal on August 14, 2017, 07:28:56 PM


Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

Looks to me like Grouchy Smurf is picking his nose :whistle:
Look how bright it is what he pulls out... now we know how he gets his ideas.
:rofl: :2tu:
See the black spot? That is where the optimistic, friendly and cheerful elements of an idea go...
It looks kinda like a pokemon ball..
Are his nostrils THAT big? :think:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: David on August 15, 2017, 07:37:56 AM
Looks like yu'al had a great time this weekend!!!     :tu:      :like:   Really liked seeing Tony the Axeman in action.       
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 15, 2017, 09:36:58 AM
It's a Moka Express.  You can get them in a bunch of sizes - I think mine is the 3 cup version, which is about half a mug of coffee.

I have the same, they make some excellent coffee but the three cups barely fill two small cups...

Nice to see you guys having a good time! That tree sure fell on the right day.
Indeed! :D

When you're out there alone you'd be like "damn, murphy is here" but on a MTO meet?

Bring out the axes!!
Bit of a coincidence eh....
Did anyone 'disappear' with an axe for about half an hour sometime before this happened?  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 15, 2017, 11:11:12 AM
Some more photo's taken with  FLIR camera, guess the member time

(https://image.ibb.co/koMxGa/PIC_0010.jpg)
Easy, he even looks grumpy in Flir

(https://image.ibb.co/bBb8NF/PIC_0011.jpg)
Tofty

(https://image.ibb.co/mi8zUv/PIC_0012.jpg)
Sparky

(https://image.ibb.co/h9dcGa/PIC_0013.jpg)
Tofty again?

(https://image.ibb.co/c9KHGa/PIC_0014.jpg)
Kev & Sparky

No, not Tofty, guess again  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 15, 2017, 11:12:36 AM
(https://image.ibb.co/c9KHGa/PIC_0014.jpg)
Kev & Sparky

Half right with that one to
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 15, 2017, 11:14:22 AM
Ok, what I should have done yesterday was upload the video I took, however I'm away working this week and I seem to have found the only accommodation still using dial up! No 3G or 4G, in fact I've had to drive 20 miles just to get to a starbucks to use their less than stellar connection.  :twak:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 15, 2017, 11:17:56 AM
Ok, what I should have done yesterday was upload the video I took, however I'm away working this week and I seem to have found the only accommodation still using dial up! No 3G or 4G, in fact I've had to drive 20 miles just to get to a starbucks to use their less than stellar connection.  :twak:

You cant even mod a drone to add a mifi either, by the time it is high enough to get a signal it will be too far away to connect to
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 15, 2017, 11:19:50 AM
As we departed the camp ground, Luke's discarded, left behind, no longer loved chair, was seen sulking in the trees

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4431/36431317241_7b450329cc_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xvj2nk)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 15, 2017, 11:24:55 AM
4ever in our heartz :cry:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 15, 2017, 11:26:37 AM
No 3G or 4G, in fact I've had to drive 20 miles just to get to a starbucks to use their less than stellar connection.  :twak:
I see what you did there.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 15, 2017, 11:48:43 AM
No 3G or 4G, in fact I've had to drive 20 miles just to get to a starbucks to use their less than stellar connection.  :twak:
I see what you did there.

Clever isn't it? I wish I'd thought of it rather than it being a complete accident  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 15, 2017, 02:54:58 PM
My sunburnt forehead is peeling already.  That's what I get for forgetting my hat and not remembering I have an mto cap in my car till after I suppose.

Next year I'll make a list to check things off
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 15, 2017, 03:57:07 PM
My sunburnt forehead is peeling already.  That's what I get for forgetting my hat and not remembering I have an mto cap in my car till after I suppose.

Next year I'll make a list to check things off
:ahhh

I guess that I'm lucky that I don't need sunscreen really in Ireland and the UK.  :)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 15, 2017, 05:50:44 PM
My sunburnt forehead is peeling already.  That's what I get for forgetting my hat and not remembering I have an mto cap in my car till after I suppose.

Next year I'll make a list to check things off

Me too Mate, I didn't realise how red I was  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 15, 2017, 06:03:53 PM
What could possibly go wrong? :D
We need some kind of badge  :pok:

Bit of a coincidence eh....
Did anyone 'disappear' with an axe for about half an hour sometime before this happened?  :pok:
 
I was in my tent at the time   :angel:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 16, 2017, 04:06:33 PM
What could possibly go wrong? :D
We need some kind of badge  :pok:

Bit of a coincidence eh....
Did anyone 'disappear' with an axe for about half an hour sometime before this happened?  :pok:
 
I was in my tent at the time   :angel:

Mark was on and off the site a few times, maybe dragging the tree down for you to attack is what broke his winch  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 16, 2017, 04:14:37 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 16, 2017, 04:23:01 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.

You got the tiles so much on your mind that you forgot your chair eh  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 16, 2017, 04:25:32 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.

You got the tiles so much on your mind that you forgot your chair eh  :pok:
Yep. At least I won't have to remember my chair next year  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 16, 2017, 04:30:00 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.

You got the tiles so much on your mind that you forgot your chair eh  :pok:
Yep. At least I won't have to remember my chair next year  :D

It'll have gone feral by then, it's likely to kill you and drag you off to feed you to it's litter of foot stools
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 16, 2017, 04:32:49 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.

You got the tiles so much on your mind that you forgot your chair eh  :pok:
Yep. At least I won't have to remember my chair next year  :D

It'll have gone feral by then, it's likely to kill you and drag you off to feed you to it's litter of foot stools
OR, it will be like that youtubes video where the bloke see's the lion he was friends with 5 years ago, and the lion recognises him and gives him a bear hug (which is a difficult thing for a lion to do). It will be heartwarming to watch. Maybe you could film it for the youtubes for me.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 16, 2017, 05:13:18 PM
I was hanging round the back of Tony's car in the hope of nicking a few of those expensive looking tiles he was hoarding.

You got the tiles so much on your mind that you forgot your chair eh  :pok:
Yep. At least I won't have to remember my chair next year  :D

It'll have gone feral by then, it's likely to kill you and drag you off to feed you to it's litter of foot stools
OR, it will be like that youtubes video where the bloke see's the lion he was friends with 5 years ago, and the lion recognises him and gives him a bear hug (which is a difficult thing for a lion to do). It will be heartwarming to watch. Maybe you could film it for the youtubes for me.
I think if you get eaten it gets more like on YT, so that is what you should do...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpbOliTHJY
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 16, 2017, 08:42:14 PM
^^^^ :D

(Guy's, how does Etherealicer know we were wearing our Jedi robes?  :think: )
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 16, 2017, 08:45:04 PM
So THAT'S who vandalised the tree ... he was there, spying on us.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 16, 2017, 08:47:02 PM
 :salute: That explains everything, the tree couldn't take the extra weight  :rofl:

We might still get our deposit back  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 16, 2017, 08:48:26 PM
Errrrr, I feel icky now. Eth spying on us all weekend.  :ahhh AND wanting to see me eaten on the youtubes. You think you know a person.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 16, 2017, 09:49:47 PM
I think we have to look at motive for wrecking the tree.....  I don't think it was Eth.
Perhaps someone who would enjoy getting to fix it after...  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 16, 2017, 10:12:38 PM
Errrrr, I feel icky now. Eth spying on us all weekend.  :ahhh AND wanting to see me eaten on the youtubes. You think you know a person.

So Mags, you are saying he's not all bad?   :think: :think:

I think we have to look at motive for wrecking the tree.....  I don't think it was Eth.
Perhaps someone who would enjoy getting to fix it after...  :pok:

I've always thought you've got a bad attitude   :pok:  Sync

 :whistle: :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: hiraethus on August 17, 2017, 09:18:05 AM
Remember Tony, for just a quid...
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Etherealicer on August 17, 2017, 09:26:51 AM
Guys, we already had drones a long time ago

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/13/a0/0e/13a00e9fdb18d24aac7d5d8ce9524e82--uav-drone-drones.jpg)

P.S.: and the R2 unit you guys used as trashcan and toilet is pretty miffed.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 17, 2017, 02:47:24 PM
Remember Tony, for just a quid...

I might just send you a twenty and really go to town  >:D

P.S.: and the R2 unit you guys used as trashcan and toilet is pretty miffed.

We flushed  :angel:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 17, 2017, 02:54:34 PM
Remember Tony, for just a quid...

I might just send you a twenty and really go to town  >:D

P.S.: and the R2 unit you guys used as trashcan and toilet is pretty miffed.

We flushed  :angel:

Whoever went before me needs to change their diet. I had to spend 10 mins trying to clear the blockage using a Dalek's eye stalk as a plunger
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 18, 2017, 12:36:16 AM
You should have used the Dalek's plunger instead.  :pok:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 18, 2017, 12:39:42 AM
You should have used the Dalek's plunger instead.  :pok:
That's what she said....
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 18, 2017, 12:43:51 AM
You should have used the Dalek's plunger instead.  :pok:
That's what she said....
No, she said use the whisk. Get your story straight!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 18, 2017, 12:41:48 PM
I did think about using one of the arms, but then it wouldn't be able to scratch it's arse, and that's just evil.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 18, 2017, 12:46:53 PM
+1, and I think it was punishment enough keeping a Dalek in that quagmire toilet - whatever destruction they wreak on the galaxy, no one deserves that.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 19, 2017, 07:18:02 PM
And as promised, here's they video showing the UK meet in all its dynamic glory  :rofl:

https://youtu.be/oWBtBQ1C_4I
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 07:28:59 PM
Your Bowser does not currently recognise any of the video formats available.  :facepalm:

Luckily I'm beside a laptop.  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 19, 2017, 07:30:09 PM
Same here on phone and tablet. Switching to laptop
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 19, 2017, 07:34:29 PM
It takes a few minutes for YT's encoding to catch up
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 07:36:47 PM
Too close for missiles, switching to guns!

That was riveting, even though it was only 360p.  :D :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 19, 2017, 07:39:08 PM
Too close for missiles, switching to guns!

That was riveting, even though it was only 360p.  :D :tu:

It will finally render to 4K in a little while
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 19, 2017, 07:39:50 PM
Tonys expert axe towing demo  :tu:

Shows as 720p to me  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 07:48:48 PM
Watched again.  :facepalm:
This time in 720p.

You guys were a little bit messy.  :whistle:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 19, 2017, 07:49:00 PM
Nice work  :tu:

It really captures what a highly dynamic, almost hyperactive, set of Duracell bunnies we all are  :rofl:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 19, 2017, 07:49:31 PM
I think I'm going to send Smashie a couple of quid to remove that first go  :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 07:50:04 PM
I think I'm going to send Smashie a couple of quid to remove that first go  :facepalm:
The axe throwing miss?  :P
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 19, 2017, 07:51:44 PM
I think I'm going to send Smashie a couple of quid to remove that first go  :facepalm:

You mean on top of the couple of quid you gave him to look the other way while you stuck them all in manually  :P :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AlephZero on August 19, 2017, 07:53:51 PM
And as promised, here's they video showing the UK meet in all its dynamic glory  :rofl:

https://youtu.be/oWBtBQ1C_4I

You know I love you guys  :D

Tony, you seem to be so happy throwing those axes...


Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: AimlessWanderer on August 19, 2017, 08:00:48 PM
Not as happy as we were that he was facing the opposite way  :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 19, 2017, 08:07:11 PM
I think I'm going to send Smashie a couple of quid to remove that first go  :facepalm:
The axe throwing miss?  :P

Who are you calling Miss??  :pok:

Not as happy as we were that he was facing the opposite way  :D

And you stopped me from trying to throw over the top of you all  :D

@Alf
Always happy at the Meets Mate, even when it was raining we were having a laugh  :D

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 19, 2017, 08:13:19 PM
Watched again.  :facepalm:
This time in 720p.

You guys were a little bit messy.  :whistle:

We left it in pristine condition. You'd never know we were there other than for Lukes chair crying in the bushes after being left behind

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4431/36431317241_88e8874405_b.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 19, 2017, 08:30:21 PM
I left it there for next year Kev  - I will be able to sit down straight away! I won't look like one of those losers with a chair in the car being laughed and pointed at on the motorway.

I think we look like a band of hero's just about to start a quest. Just my opinion.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 08:45:52 PM

I think we look like a band of hero's just about to start a quest. Just my opinion.
That image only works if you're in a tavern, D&D style. :twak:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 19, 2017, 10:13:35 PM

I think we look like a band of hero's just about to start a quest. Just my opinion.
That image only works if you're in a tavern, D&D style. :twak:
It was an OUTDOOR TAVERN PABS!  :twak:

Rolls a double twenty to explode Pabs in a volcanic fireball of death YES!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 10:17:07 PM

I think we look like a band of hero's just about to start a quest. Just my opinion.
That image only works if you're in a tavern, D&D style. :twak:
It was an OUTDOOR TAVERN PABS!  :twak:

Rolls a double twenty to explode Pabs in a volcanic fireball of death YES!
Critical success? Ouch.  :surrender:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 19, 2017, 10:20:00 PM

I think we look like a band of hero's just about to start a quest. Just my opinion.
That image only works if you're in a tavern, D&D style. :twak:
It was an OUTDOOR TAVERN PABS!  :twak:

Rolls a double twenty to explode Pabs in a volcanic fireball of death YES!
Critical success? Ouch.  :surrender:
Quest Achieved! Sits back down.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 19, 2017, 11:42:53 PM
Cool video.  :tu:
What's the second song?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 19, 2017, 11:44:35 PM
Your Bowser does not currently recognise any of the video formats available.  :facepalm:

Luckily I'm beside a laptop.  :D
We have old-fashioned bowsers as well. They only dispense petrol, not like those new-fangled ones that play videos as well.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 19, 2017, 11:50:28 PM
Your Bowser does not currently recognise any of the video formats available.  :facepalm:

Luckily I'm beside a laptop.  :D
We have old-fashioned bowsers as well. They only dispense petrol, not like those new-fangled ones that play videos as well.
Good one. You just reminded me of their existence.  :rofl: :rofl: :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 19, 2017, 11:55:06 PM
What about THIS Bowser?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: MusicMen on August 20, 2017, 01:11:19 AM
What about THIS Bowser?
Fun to work with and a great guy. 
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Syncop8r on August 20, 2017, 01:40:16 AM
I have very very faint memories of that show at some point in my childhood.
I may have to look it up.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: MusicMen on August 20, 2017, 01:41:23 AM
I have very very faint memories of that show at some point in my childhood.
I may have to look it up.
I worked with him after Sha-na-na.
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 20, 2017, 10:25:10 AM
Cool video.  :tu:
What's the second song?


It's a tune by Ykiyo called Home feat. Herbi

https://soundcloud.com/ukiyoau/home
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 20, 2017, 09:32:39 PM
I forgot to publicly thank Tony for this rather splendid little hatchet for my son, he hasn't seen it yet and he's already excited about it. :salute:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170820/676b0feaabdff7538cd516ccc3af8002.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 20, 2017, 09:47:48 PM
Oops, and I forgot to publicly thank you for the amazing axe you gave me. I will post some pics soon (not for you because you already know what it looks like).

Cheers Smashie!  :salute:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 20, 2017, 10:03:29 PM
@Smashie,
Looks like I'm somehow to blame for anything he gets up to from now on?  :facepalm:

Enjoy Mate   :tu:

I think you heard, I did try to start him off with a few rules,
Only using the axe when a big person was with him and kneeling down to use a chopping block  :salute:

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 20, 2017, 10:06:50 PM
And Mag's Mate,
Thanks again for the sleeping mat,  :salute:
I was going to cut it up but it's gone to live with my better half for a while  ::)

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 20, 2017, 10:11:23 PM
@Smashie,
Looks like I'm somehow to blame for anything he gets up to from now on?  :facepalm:

Enjoy Mate   :tu:

I think you heard, I did try to start him off with a few rules,
Only using the axe when a big person was with him and kneeling down to use a chopping block  :salute:

 :cheers:

I heard it, repetition is the key with him oh and trying to keep him calm  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 20, 2017, 10:45:05 PM
And Mag's Mate,
Thanks again for the sleeping mat,  :salute:
I was going to cut it up but it's gone to live with my better half for a while  ::)

 :cheers:
No PVC dress then? I'm not disappointed, but I don't know why.......
Title: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 21, 2017, 08:46:41 PM
Right after nearly immolating myself and anyone else within a 3m radius of me I finally got round to servicing my Tiley Lamp today.

New vaporiser fitted and all new seals. All the black stuff cleaned off. It works a treat now and you should all remain safe if you happen to be anywhere near ground zero when I light it.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/7c6efec7b424bcd4ea8e5ac2695758db.jpg)
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 21, 2017, 08:47:52 PM
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH MY EYEEEEEEEEEEES  :ahhh IT BURNS!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Don Pablo on August 21, 2017, 08:57:05 PM
 :ahhh
That would have been no fun.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 21, 2017, 09:03:15 PM

What no WOOF ?

 :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 21, 2017, 09:08:09 PM

What no WOOF ?

 :D

No it's perfectly behaved now :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 21, 2017, 09:24:34 PM
That's one thing that makes me a little nervous, messing about with pressurized petrol  :ahhh
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 21, 2017, 09:25:55 PM
No more 2 foot flames and singed arm hairs?
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 21, 2017, 09:26:19 PM
No more 2 foot flames and singed arm hairs?

Nope :D
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 21, 2017, 09:26:43 PM
That's one thing that makes me a little nervous, messing about with pressurized petrol  :ahhh

It's paraffin not petrol, even I'm not that crazy
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 21, 2017, 09:33:35 PM
That's one thing that makes me a little nervous, messing about with pressurized petrol  :ahhh

It's paraffin not petrol, even I'm not that crazy

Oh well that's OK then (I thought it was petrol  :shrug: I don't know I never listen anyway)

 :cheers:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 21, 2017, 09:41:25 PM
Michaels was petrol I think
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 21, 2017, 09:49:43 PM
Michaels was petrol I think

Yup coleman, coleman fuel or unleaded
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Gareth on August 22, 2017, 09:15:00 AM
I forgot to publicly thank Tony for this rather splendid little hatchet for my son, he hasn't seen it yet and he's already excited about it. :salute:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170820/676b0feaabdff7538cd516ccc3af8002.jpg)

Oh, I know that little axe!  It's a beauty mate and just fab for little hands. :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Smashie on August 22, 2017, 11:47:34 AM
I forgot to publicly thank Tony for this rather splendid little hatchet for my son, he hasn't seen it yet and he's already excited about it. :salute:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170820/676b0feaabdff7538cd516ccc3af8002.jpg)

Oh, I know that little axe!  It's a beauty mate and just fab for little hands. :tu:

It's a beaut isn't! He's away with his mum at the moment and I showed him a sneak preview on skype and talk about an excited little boy!
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Sparky415 on August 22, 2017, 04:47:31 PM
I forgot to publicly thank Tony for this rather splendid little hatchet for my son, he hasn't seen it yet and he's already excited about it. :salute:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170820/676b0feaabdff7538cd516ccc3af8002.jpg)

Oh, I know that little axe!  It's a beauty mate and just fab for little hands. :tu:

It's a beaut isn't! He's away with his mum at the moment and I showed him a sneak preview on skype and talk about an excited little boy!

That's cool Mate  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Poncho65 on August 22, 2017, 06:07:00 PM
Great video guys :like:

Would have been fun throwing axes and talking sharps and shinys :dd: :like: :like:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: magentus on August 23, 2017, 04:50:45 PM
Taxidad's Bahco destruction test, or, 'How to wreck a wrecking blade': https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,73600.new.html#new
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: Kev D on August 23, 2017, 05:02:00 PM
 :like:

Nice one Luke  :tu:
Title: Re: UK Meet 2017: 11th - 13th August
Post by: daverobson on August 27, 2017, 10:58:00 PM
Here's more footage of the 2017 UK Meet that hasn't been shown yet. :viking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcR28Yqt4mY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMCHIR3nDLs