chartpolski 27,465 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 2 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: You play then? Not now, I very rarely go to a pub. Haven’t picked up a set of darts in years, but still take a keen interest in, been to Premier League games in Newcastle and watch on telly whenever possible. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,247 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 1 minute ago, chartpolski said: Not now, I very rarely go to a pub. Haven’t picked up a set of darts in years, but still take a keen interest in, been to Premier League games in Newcastle and watch on telly whenever possible. Cheers. Been a fan myself, watching the world cup at the min 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 27,465 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 1 minute ago, Lenmcharristar said: Been a fan myself, watching the world cup at the min Starts in a couple of minutes on Sky. The two Luke’s must be massive odds on favourites. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,419 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 30 minutes ago, Pardus said: Around the world in "ONE HUN-dred AND EIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTY" days? Haha.. no likes left, but that's pretty good lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,419 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 17 minutes ago, chartpolski said: And here she is with “Mr 180” himself , Tony Green . Sorry NK, I’m not hijacking’s your thread , honest ! LOL ! Cheers. Haha...no worries mate, the threads tend to meander a little on here.. didn't expect to veer off into Woman's Darts from travel advice though lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 27,465 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Sitting here with a tear in my eye , the massed bands and the Coldstream Guards are playing “The Blaydon Races “ at the Trooping of the Colour in front of the King ! LOL ! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,247 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 11 minutes ago, chartpolski said: Starts in a couple of minutes on Sky. The two Luke’s must be massive odds on favourites. Cheers. Yes, i dont see anybody beating England Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 27,465 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 15 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: Been a fan myself, watching the world cup at the min I just been gifted this shirt by a pal who runs the bars at the Premier League venues; I said to the missus “ I’m wearing it when I take you out for dinner tomorrow “. She told me “ no you’re f***ing not !” I affected a hurt look and said “ but I thought you liked darts ? “ She told me to f**k off again ! Theres no pleasing them ! LOL ! Cheers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickshaw swami 4,321 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 1 hour ago, NEWKID said: I'm after any advice please lads... We're planning a trip to America for a bit of tour around.. Plan is... 10 days over Xmas with kids (who are adults lol) brother, sister in law etc... renting a place on the Florida Keys, hiring a self drive boat and mainly fishing for most of it... @green lurchers i know you've spent a fair bit of time out there fishing, Im looking at Marathon to stay, villa with a boat dock, general sea fishing, spinning, live baits etc... We take everyone back to airport then me and the wife do 4 or 5 weeks touring the southern states, planning nashville for New Yeaes eve.. across to memphis then down the Mississippi to New Orleans, stopping where we fancy etc.. We're leaving flights home open, will head towards Texas, want to do a few days on a working ranch, there is no final destination as such, we can book a flight on fairly short notice from nearest airport... Gonna hire a truck, stop in motels or maybe short stays in Air bnbs... its a very loose plan with only the first 10 days booked and planned (because of the family coming)... The original plan was a 5 week tour around South America, but that's been put on the back burner at the minute.. Now the kids aren't kids we're planning a few more of these types of trips... Any advice on the southern states, dos and do nots... must sees etc much Dixie is my stomping ground.I will give you my opinions. Florida-bowfishing stingrays.Most women enjoy the trip as well as the men.Never know what you may see in the dark. Nashville will be mostly country music based.Grand ole opry.Decent mall with large Bass pro shop.If you would like to treat your lady to a nice stay,look at Opryland hotel. Memphis is a dangerous shithole but is saturated with the blues.If that's your kind of music. I would recommend eating lots of cajun food in Louisiana. If your driving through Alabama to Nashville your more than welcome to stop here for some southern hospitality.Fried foods coonhunt,beaver hunt,deer hunt. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,419 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 17 minutes ago, Rickshaw swami said: Dixie is my stomping ground.I will give you my opinions. Florida-bowfishing stingrays.Most women enjoy the trip as well as the men.Never know what you may see in the dark. Nashville will be mostly country music based.Grand ole opry.Decent mall with large Bass pro shop.If you would like to treat your lady to a nice stay,look at Opryland hotel. Memphis is a dangerous shithole but is saturated with the blues.If that's your kind of music. I would recommend eating lots of cajun food in Louisiana. If your driving through Alabama to Nashville your more than welcome to stop here for some southern hospitality.Fried foods coonhunt,beaver hunt,deer hunt. Wow, that's very kind thank you for the offer.. Once we drop everyone off at Miami Airport on 27th Dec we are pretty much free to go where we want...quite keen on Nashville for New Years Eve and definitely want to go to the Grand Ole Opry.. Thanks for the heads up on Memphis, it is one of the fears of travelling blind, in that you could stumble into areas you don't want to be.. most of the major city in the UK have areas you avoid, but I know the score here and have been around enough to not overly concern myself ..im not stupid enough to think the US is the same and to be honest we are not really interested in the bigger cities, smaller towns with traditional lifestyle, bars, restaurants and people will suit us more... Again thank you for your offer and I'd certainly like to meet even if just for a beer and yap... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,247 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 27 minutes ago, Rickshaw swami said: Dixie is my stomping ground.I will give you my opinions. Florida-bowfishing stingrays.Most women enjoy the trip as well as the men.Never know what you may see in the dark. Nashville will be mostly country music based.Grand ole opry.Decent mall with large Bass pro shop.If you would like to treat your lady to a nice stay,look at Opryland hotel. Memphis is a dangerous shithole but is saturated with the blues.If that's your kind of music. I would recommend eating lots of cajun food in Louisiana. If your driving through Alabama to Nashville your more than welcome to stop here for some southern hospitality.Fried foods coonhunt,beaver hunt,deer hunt. Thats a nice offer, its on my list to do too, gracelands would be on the list but have heard its a shithole, if you ever come over here we could take you on a hunt called brick the peelers, youd enjoy it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rickshaw swami 4,321 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Couple of things I thought of to add. In the florida keys the canals are full of exotic fish.Peacock bass,South American cichlids.Christmas is said to be the best time to catch them.Fish for them like small pike in yalls canals. The Christmas lights and sculptures should still be up at the Opryland hotel at new years.It would be worth a walk through even if your not staying there. Its gonna be 90 in the keys but Nashville could have snow.You may need a new wardrobe in each state lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,419 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 37 minutes ago, Rickshaw swami said: Couple of things I thought of to add. In the florida keys the canals are full of exotic fish.Peacock bass,South American cichlids.Christmas is said to be the best time to catch them.Fish for them like small pike in yalls canals. The Christmas lights and sculptures should still be up at the Opryland hotel at new years.It would be worth a walk through even if your not staying there. Its gonna be 90 in the keys but Nashville could have snow.You may need a new wardrobe in each state lol. Ah right, that's a good point on clothes mate..thank you.. I need to half plan the route, I don't like working to a schedule/itinerary on holiday, infact I can't think of anything worse..but in this case I at least need to have half an idea of where we're going lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,419 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 1 hour ago, Lenmcharristar said: Thats a nice offer, its on my list to do too, gracelands would be on the list but have heard its a shithole, if you ever come over here we could take you on a hunt called brick the peelers, youd enjoy it Yeah Gracelands is somewhere I'd like to see, and I'd enjoy some of the blues bars as well...but perhaps I'd be happier out of memphis listening to blues somewhere traditional... just hoping we stumble on the things we are picturing in our heads lol... to be honest most times we ho away we end up finding the things we like, no problem talking to anyone, happy in most situations so it makes being accepted into others company quite easy.. We're just back from 10 days in Barbados, got the number of 2 local lads, 1 has offered to take me cliff fishing in the north of the island next time we are over...it looks a bit hairy but up for it lol... the other offered to cook for us at his family home, as he wanted us to try really authentic carribean food, both have messaged me since just pleasantries... neither wanted or asked us for anything, just decent people who we got on with... those are the experiences I like to take away from a holiday... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borr 7,612 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Sounds like an exciting trip mate, plenty of freedom. I've not been to the states yet probably wait until the boys are a little older. South appeals although I've family in Vermont, don't think it would be much fun Christmas time lol. My standard thing is try and be spontaneous, at the same time as thoroughly organising everything you definitely want to do , I use Google review , TripAdvisor etc, with young kids I can't be particularly spontaneous outside of a random food or crabbing adventure lol. Make the most of it , plan rest days as sounds a long trip , I know you'll have a blast, also I'd rather plan to buy clothes and tackle and bring it home take empty cases lol. I'll send you my sizes .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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