The mostr memorable experience inyour life....

[Divine Wright]

Inter-rail 1999 .

[bobh]

Me too - times four!
Luckily i found out what was causing it and got snipped.


Much earlier, lining up for the mile race on sports day when I was 13, looking for my parents in the crowd, running the race of my life and winning by over half a lap







94-lap race), then seeing my parents drive into the car park 10 minutes too late!

four-lap race, obvs

[MOZZER2]

like many the birth of your kids after that

seeing my daughter recover from a major operation
seeing my lad represent Wales in 2 different sports

[xsnaggle]

You can't say that without giving more details

Why can't I?
People say about having babies without givng any details.

[xsnaggle]

Sounds nasty

It stops you getting spots. Adrenalin cleans the blood

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Losing my virginity. Not sure Father Brendan felt the same though

[elytillidie]

Where is this mate ?

Gulf of Mexico, we're off Alabama, but moved east to avoid the hurricane, the peregrines came with us, and returned with us. They been half heartedly pestering some of the seabirds, Magnificent Frigate Birds (see photo), Booby's and Little Egrets (you'll have seen loads being an angler) they call them Snowy Egrets over here. I watch Peregrines a lot at home, the Wales coastal path has plenty, and there's a pair at Porthkerry.
Frigate bird.jpg
They seem to be eating plenty.
Peregrine meal.jpg

[Bobby Dandruff]

Nothing comes close

Nothing can top this.

End of thread.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Gulf of Mexico, we're off Alabama, but moved east to avoid the hurricane, the peregrines came with us, and returned with us. They been half heartedly pestering some of the seabirds, Magnificent Frigate Birds (see photo), Booby's and Little Egrets (you'll have seen loads being an angler) they call them Snowy Egrets over here. I watch Peregrines a lot at home, the Wales coastal path has plenty, and there's a pair at Porthkerry.
Frigate bird.jpg
They seem to be eating plenty.
Peregrine meal.jpg

I have seen peregrines all along the coast , Porthkerry cliffs , fontygary , some huge ravens there as well , Nash point cliffs , llantwit cliffs

Saw one take out a sand wader once , fecking clinical

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Nothing can top this.

End of thread.

nothing can top having children ?

I beg to differ

[xsnaggle]

nothing can top having children ?

I beg to differ

Me too!!

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Gulf of Mexico, we're off Alabama, but moved east to avoid the hurricane, the peregrines came with us, and returned with us. They been half heartedly pestering some of the seabirds, Magnificent Frigate Birds (see photo), Booby's and Little Egrets (you'll have seen loads being an angler) they call them Snowy Egrets over here. I watch Peregrines a lot at home, the Wales coastal path has plenty, and there's a pair at Porthkerry.
Frigate bird.jpg
They seem to be eating plenty.
Peregrine meal.jpg

Nice photos!

Is it the merchant navy you're in? If so, I would imagine you have some kind of specialised skill - British AB's these days are as rare as hen's teeth, aren't they (mostly Filipino or Indonesia crews)?

[elytillidie]

Nice photos!

Is it the merchant navy you're in? If so, I would imagine you have some kind of specialised skill - British AB's these days are as rare as hen's teeth, aren't they (mostly Filipino or Indonesia crews)?

Was in the Merchant Navy, offshore now, Crane Operator on a pipelayer, we're gradually getting shunted out of this industry too. We've got Filipino's on here operating the smaller cranes. Can't be many British jobs in the Merchant Navy now, RFA, some ferries, used to have a massive fleet.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Was in the Merchant Navy, offshore now, Crane Operator on a pipelayer, we're gradually getting shunted out of this industry too. We've got Filipino's on here operating the smaller cranes. Can't be many British jobs in the Merchant Navy now, RFA, some ferries, used to have a massive fleet.

I graduated out of Denton, Gravesend in January '78 as a' deckie'. Never went to sea though, I was missing a homelife I never really had. I didn't take the ship that was lined up for me (Holder Bros, Liverpool - South Africa) - one of my life's regrets when I look back on it.
My mate, also from Cardiff (we were both at Gravesend together), used to send me postcards from the Shell tankers he was on, all of the crew pictured on deck, wearing just shorts and flip-flops with a can of beer in hand. This was early '80s...they probably thought they had jobs for life at that time.
Now, any still lucky enough to be employed on ferries are wearing boilersuits, hard-hats, steel toe caps and high-viz... how times have changed, eh!