Welcome back PN.  I'll be taking a back seat for now, so if there are any moderation issues, please contact FD, Mozzaok or PN.  I might take a lot longer to respond, as I''ve just changed jobs (after 7 years).

Gist wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 5:40pm:


Thanks Gist!

It's good to be back after some 7 weeks tripping around the UK & Europe, all of which was great, but it is also good to be back home.

The sleep patterns are still a little out of whack, after spending 7 weeks constantly on the move and about 40 hours in transit, without sleep, on the way home!

As it turned out, we (my wife & I) were in London for the Queens diamond jubilee, which was good, but was also an accident of timing. It was also not so good because the crowds were massive and some of the sightseeing venues were blocked off, such as Buckingham Palace & parts of Hyde Park.

But, we did get much the same view of everything that most of Australia got - via the TV!

It was impossible to get near the main events, as the police had blockade's everywhere and quite a few of the bridges over the Thames were blocked off as well.

There were some areas that were open along the Thames, but the crowds were massive, so we decided to watch it on the box, although our hotel was in Hyde Park and not too far from the concerts at Buckingham Palace or Hyde Park and we were up the top, so we got some sounds & some views.

Both the UK & Europe were well worth the experience, even if it was at quite a hectic pace.

So, whilst we are finally getting back to normal sleeping habits, but it may take a lot longer to organise all the photos & videos.

PS - We also got an unexpected wake up call in Florence, courtesy of a 6.0 quake just north of there around 4am on May 20th.

Spot, people post about the things that interest them. Posting it on an irrelevant board won't force people to read it - they can choose to ignore your thread just as easily as they can choose to ignore the other boards. However it will mean that the people who are actually interested are less likely to see it. Threads disappear quickly on the politicians board.

Welcome back Perc, glad you and yours had a good, even if tiring holiday, looking forward to reading your finance posts. Have a nap first though 

welcome PN hope you had a good time O/S

I notice you have all ready posted something on the other forum

A great post by the way

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 1:13pm:


Yes longwhine, it does strike me as wildly conceited on your part to believe that any mod would take your advice given your history.

longweekend58 wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:55pm:

LOL delusional hypocrisy still reigns supreme in this posters world. Tissue???