where have you been

[arch stanton]

11 hours ago, mrwicked said:

anyone been to Dubai? thinking about checking it out. some crazy travel deals on emirates right now.

It's just starting to heat up there. If you don't mind triple digit temps and insane traffic it's pretty nice. 

[arch stanton]

6 hours ago, Tank said:

doesn't arch stanton live in dubai?

he can probably arrange for you to fly an F-16 or a C-130 all by yourself.

I live in Bahrain but close enough. And as the other military guys can tell you, you don't wish a C-130 ride on your worst enemy. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

I tbink somewhere in this thread weve talked about the portland area. For anyone familiar with it, i saw some pretty cool landscapes in the area. Can anyone recommend some ideas for a weekend trip up there?

[Tank]

On May 27, 2016 at 9:38 PM, arch stanton said:

I live in Bahrain but close enough. And as the other military guys can tell you, you don't wish a C-130 ride on your worst enemy. 

okay, what's wrong with flying in a C-130?

[arch stanton]

 

Sitting in this seat listening to the droning of super slow turbo-prop engines while seemingly bouncing through the sky for 6 hours. When the seats are full it's knee-to-knee closeness.

[Tank]

looks like it must be tough for the flight attendants to push the food/drink carts down the aisle.

[HaloCory22]

Setting up my first trip to Dublin for this October. I'm so pumped up for this.

[Adam]

On 5/28/2016 at 10:25 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

I tbink somewhere in this thread weve talked about the portland area. For anyone familiar with it, i saw some pretty cool landscapes in the area. Can anyone recommend some ideas for a weekend trip up there?

Bring an umbrella and if you want to make friends, lots of cigarettes. 

[mrwicked]

just got back from carmel. f*cking amazing as always. always come home with a trunk full of wine from all those great tasting rooms.

HIGHLY recommend aubergine at l'auberge. it only has like 6 tables so hard to get a res, but holy sh*t was it good. got to meet the chef. it's an event. 

[NJHalo]

 

1 hour ago, mrwicked said:

just got back from carmel. f*cking amazing as always. always come home with a trunk full of wine from all those great tasting rooms.

HIGHLY recommend aubergine at l'auberge. it only has like 6 tables so hard to get a res, but holy sh*t was it good. got to meet the chef. it's an event. 

I'll be there in July

[Schildog]

21 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

Setting up my first trip to Dublin for this October. I'm so pumped up for this.

 

i just went this last weekend. i had a blast. and that's not because i hung out with the i.r.a.

[mrwicked]

2 hours ago, calscuf said:

I took a shit in Bosnia once.

i love bosnia. lots of shady gypsies though. but decent ottoman/turkish food.

[Tank]

6 hours ago, mrwicked said:

just got back from carmel. f*cking amazing as always. always come home with a trunk full of wine from all those great tasting rooms.

HIGHLY recommend aubergine at l'auberge. it only has like 6 tables so hard to get a res, but holy sh*t was it good. got to meet the chef. it's an event. 

So you were just going to leave this post here without any info? Dude.

at least tell us how the chicken nuggets tasted.

[Tank]

4 hours ago, calscuf said:

I took a shit in Bosnia once.

I hope you weren't on vacation there for three weeks. 

[mrwicked]

10 minutes ago, Tank said:

So you were just going to leave this post here without any info? Dude.

at least tell us how the chicken nuggets tasted.

new york matinee called them "a playful, but mysterious little dish."

[Tank]

35 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Why? Were you trying to get ahold me me?

i'm not really sure what you're trying to say here, so i'll just say i was concerned you might have been, um, "backed up" for a wee bit.

[Tank]

maybe you just need to curl up with a blanket in your local university safe place for a while.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 6/1/2016 at 4:49 PM, mrwicked said:

i love bosnia. lots of shady gypsies though. but decent ottoman/turkish food.

After spending some time around gypsies, you wonder if maybe not all of hitlers ideas were bad.

Some girl i met the other day thrned me onto a site called secret flights...check it out...wome pretty badass deals on it.

Looking at some flights to europe in the fall for 300...

[Brandon]

I been around the world and I, I, I........

 

 

Portland was awesome. It's like San Diego, size wise. There is a little trolley type dealio that runs through the city that you just hop on and tootle around the city.

Lot's of good breweries and tasting rooms. I think Voodoo Doughnuts is overrated, but it's a Portland staple even though I find it nuts to wait in line for like an hour just to buy doughnuts (we ended up going late at night when there was basically no line after a Thrice show). Mother's is the breakfast spot, pretty damn good. There is a tram type thing that goes between hospitals that you can ride that is one of the highest points in the city and overlooks everything. And just from growing up a skateboarder it was kind of cool to visit Burnside.......bad part of town, run down shit hole, and plenty of homeless people, but cool to say I went.

The only thing I wish I would have done is visit some more of the gardens, like that badass Chinese garden they have in downtown.

[Lhalo]

Thinking of Burnside makes me want to go play Tony Hawk. 

[Brandon]

I think I went in 2012 (must have been since Euros were going on at the time), so to try and remember it from the game and all the magazine pics was unique. Looked authentic to memory. The one thing I remember most was looking closely and everything isn't really smooth or even and you get a better appreciation for a bunch of dudes that just randomly built a skatepark by hand under an overpass bridge.

[mrwicked]

On June 4, 2016 at 9:12 AM, ten ocho recon scout said:

After spending some time around gypsies, you wonder if maybe not all of hitlers ideas were bad.

Some girl i met the other day thrned me onto a site called secret flights...check it out...wome pretty badass deals on it.

Looking at some flights to europe in the fall for 300...

I'll check it out.

i just joined Dealray. It has a paid subscription, like $9 a month, but supposed to have legit deals. Also you get 3 months free with every referral so I referred like four other email accounts of mine, got the bonus, then cancelled them. So I'll check it out for a year and see how it is. 

Give it a look dude.

ps cheers from SFO. Nothing better than having a few cold ones at the bar pre-flight. 

[Tank]

Has anyone here been on any of the "swim with the dolphin" excursions in grand Cayman or Cozumel? We'll be there in just over a week and are looking over the excursion offerings available. Also interested in any of the snorkeling excursions. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 hours ago, mrwicked said:

I'll check it out.

i just joined Dealray. It has a paid subscription, like $9 a month, but supposed to have legit deals. Also you get 3 months free with every referral so I referred like four other email accounts of mine, got the bonus, then cancelled them. So I'll check it out for a year and see how it is. 

Give it a look dude.

ps cheers from SFO. Nothing better than having a few cold ones at the bar pre-flight. 

Know what you mean, its bad luck to not have a $12 beer before you board a flight! May you board before the clueless f*ck who has to arrange his carry on just so in the overhead,while 73 people behind him are standing in the aisle waiting, my friend.

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 hours ago, Tank said:

Has anyone here been on any of the "swim with the dolphin" excursions in grand Cayman or Cozumel? We'll be there in just over a week and are looking over the excursion offerings available. Also interested in any of the snorkeling excursions. 

Didnt do the dolphins but i saw them. Did some snorkling down there years ago. The water around cozumel/cancun is insane, tank. Right now is whale shark season, see if you can get on one of those excursions (for snorkling)