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Post by onlyMark on Feb 4, 2018 15:30:25 GMT
I love a woman in uniform. Especially a dangerous woman in uniform -   |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 4, 2018 16:13:05 GMT
This looks promising...
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 4, 2018 16:46:07 GMT
I somehow got a photo from the rear as well. Don't know how that happened. Maybe just an automatic reflex.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 4, 2018 17:07:32 GMT
I bet they do target practice on testicle targets.
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Post by questa on Feb 5, 2018 3:43:25 GMT
To qualify as a top sniper they have to find the male brain for their target...a more difficult task.  |
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 5, 2018 4:37:27 GMT
If they were aiming at the male brain, located in the genitals, they'd have no problem hitting mine as it is so large.
I've often been called a big prick, but I think they've meant something else.
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Post by questa on Feb 5, 2018 6:11:11 GMT
Indubitably, Sir.
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Post by mossie on Feb 5, 2018 10:05:13 GMT
Now, now, children, behave yourselves or no more sweeties
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 5, 2018 11:20:37 GMT
Awwwww. Just one more. Please.
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Post by questa on Feb 5, 2018 14:15:03 GMT
It's all right, Mossie. Mark knows I only tease him 'cos I like him and give him chocolates and we like the same adventurous things.. don't you, Mark ?
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 5, 2018 14:30:54 GMT
I most certainly do.
And talking about adventurous things, or at least a little unusual/out of the ordinary, read on.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 5, 2018 14:32:09 GMT
I'll do a more comprehensive report, probably when I return or if I stay somewhere for a few days. But for now I'll just drop in a few things to take your mind off the drudgery of day to day living. The plan is/was, I'd have couple of days knocking around and getting a driving licence for Sri Lanka, as an International one or a home country one is not good enough. You have to get a local one, which is easy enough to do but just takes a bit of time. I'd rather not anyway jump straight into travelling without having a day or two lazing around. So I did. I also got my haircut, which it needed and cost just 2 Euro. The barber did a good job and I look twenty years younger. It's good to look eighteen again. This lunchtime I picked up my transport for the next couple of weeks or so. I've done cars, campers, 4wd's, bicycles, motorbikes, trucks and the such like. Even canal boats. So I thought I'd have a laugh with one of these -    Any ideas for a name? Apart from "Noisy gear grinding shitbag"? I drove about 60km south to my first stop and I'll have twice that to do tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. |
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Post by questa on Feb 5, 2018 23:09:20 GMT
Irma la Douce....she makes a living picking men up off the street.
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Post by questa on Feb 5, 2018 23:26:13 GMT
I hope to read a full road test at the end of the journey. They corner like a wheelbarrow full of water...indeed, if you get a heavy shower of rain, it becomes even more like one.
But they are fun and it is cheap to get around. Travel safe.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 6, 2018 2:06:20 GMT
I am not unaware of their characteristics. I may have been in one before.
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Post by questa on Feb 6, 2018 3:29:04 GMT
Of course. Silly me.
How is the infrastructure now? I was there 18 months after the Tsunami and with aid money there were teams buildings bridges and roads at a rapid pace. The hostilities between the various factions had ceased but around Trinca it was still tense. Went to a fishing village where all the males from about 12 to 60 were out fishing when the tsunami hit. Now it is a village of women with a few kids and 2 old men.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 6, 2018 14:23:58 GMT
There are still reminders of the devastation and locals often point things out to me but most has been re-built. I've not got that far north yet to see if there is still any feelings there but I'm on my way.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 6, 2018 15:27:19 GMT
End of a long, hot travelling day -  |
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Post by tod2 on Feb 6, 2018 17:25:10 GMT
Looking forward to your tale of roads less travelled...Not without trepidation that is.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 6, 2018 21:24:59 GMT
Gosh this looks exciting. That sunset is picture perfect meduck. Love the tuktuk....it needs a good name...
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Post by questa on Feb 6, 2018 22:04:12 GMT
" Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas.”
Now there is a nice Sri Lankan name for your vehicle. I'm sure the cricketer known as Chaminda Vaas would be honoured.
Your photo is magnificent, I'm lost for words.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 7, 2018 11:54:34 GMT
Thanks about the photo.
The name needs a bit of work. Not quite 'punchy' enough. Close though.
Maybe Ladybug as it's red and black.
Maybe just Kevin.
Or Sharon.
Yeah, one of them.
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 7, 2018 11:54:58 GMT
Staying inland tonight. Somewhat less humid and a bit more comfortable. Stopped for a break late morning (no, I'm not driving with me feet) -   And yes, I am using my phone as a satnav thing. Maps.me - excellent and good enough off line with smaller file sizes than using offline Google. I'm certainly not using data to do it. |
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Post by mossie on Feb 7, 2018 15:32:53 GMT
Like the photos.
You can't call the car a banger because if it did there'd be nothing left. How about Old Boot
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 7, 2018 16:35:10 GMT
I may well need to boot it up its arse a time or two before the journey is out, so it could be relevant for sure.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 7, 2018 16:57:24 GMT
Thanks about the photo. The name needs a bit of work. Not quite 'punchy' enough. Close though. Maybe Ladybug as it's red and black. Maybe just Kevin. Or Sharon. Yeah, one of them. Delilah |
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2018 18:18:25 GMT
Thanks about the photo. The name needs a bit of work. Not quite 'punchy' enough. Close though. Maybe Ladybug as it's red and black. Maybe just Kevin. Or Sharon. Yeah, one of them. Delilah Why, why, why? |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 7, 2018 18:40:33 GMT
 Or Telula, Doris, Betty, Dolores.....Terry...Trevor...Tommy...ooh I like this game |
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Post by onlyMark on Feb 8, 2018 12:56:45 GMT
Well, I won't be having fish for lunch -  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 8, 2018 23:29:05 GMT
That's about how I looked when I tried to go to Sri Lanka on a holiday. I briefly set foot at the airport in Colombo when I went to the Maldives, but of course that doesn't count. I planned a real trip to Sri Lanka a year or two later, but I was mugged the night before my departure and left in a pool of blood in front of my building. (Yes, I have an interesting life.) I spent the next 12 or so days in hospital while my face was put back together. It was funny because I managed to call my office the very next day after the attack to tell them that I was not going to Colombo after all, and they said "yes, we know! Your flight left 6 hours late and totally missed the connection. What a shame!" Since I was flying on the airline of my employer, everybody always paid attention to every flight detail every day since there was almost always a colleague on board.
Anyway, excellent photos so far.
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