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Post by jacqui on Jun 19, 2010 15:44:28 GMT
I'm sure there will be lots of pics ;D and if the chance arises maybe one or two "special" ones;) ;D
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Post by From Afar on Jun 19, 2010 18:48:57 GMT
I shall be joining aeromanda and Afar in living vicariously through the rest of you. 3000 miles is a bit of a jaunt for a one day event. Maybe we should start the We Live Too Far Away To Go To Top Gear Live 2010 Group ;D   |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jun 20, 2010 22:54:19 GMT
I shall be joining aeromanda and Afar in living vicariously through the rest of you. 3000 miles is a bit of a jaunt for a one day event. Maybe we should start the We Live Too Far Away To Go To Top Gear Live 2010 Group ;D ;DI like it! I like it! ;D |
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Post by aeromanda on Jun 20, 2010 23:41:31 GMT
That is a brilliant idea!
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Post by brycegold on Jun 22, 2010 8:50:24 GMT
I need your help please ladies. Last year I bought tickets to TGL as a Christmas Pressie for MOH. He really enjoyed the day but I can't do the same thing again this year! TGL is the sort of event he'd probably only want to do every few years so I can't really say lets go again just for the hell of it because it would de-value his pressie from last year. I need a cunning and devious plan but I can't think of one. Does anybody have any ideas? Remember MOH doesn't know abut my passion for the lovely James May.
I wasn't sure whether to post this because I feel bad about asking some of you for ideas when lots of you are so far away and are unable to go so I hope you don't think I'm being selfish.
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Post by From Afar on Jun 22, 2010 10:08:11 GMT
I need your help please ladies. Last year I bought tickets to TGL as a Christmas Pressie for MOH. He really enjoyed the day but I can't do the same thing again this year! TGL is the sort of event he'd probably only want to do every few years so I can't really say lets go again just for the hell of it because it would de-value his pressie from last year. I need a cunning and devious plan but I can't think of one. Does anybody have any ideas? Remember MOH doesn't know abut my passion for the lovely James May. I wasn't sure whether to post this because I feel bad about asking some of you for ideas when lots of you are so far away and are unable to go so I hope you don't think I'm being selfish. Awwww bless you BG, you sweetie pie  but don't feel bad about wanting go when many of us can't go due to distance. As a "founding" member of the We Live Too Far Away To Go To Top Gear Live Group I personally want as many board members to go as possible so I can hear all about it from lots of different persepctives! As for a cunning plan to help you be able to go  let me have a think! I hope you find a way  |
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Post by brycegold on Jun 22, 2010 21:18:55 GMT
Thank you so much Afar for your understanding. and if anybody has any ideas how I'll swing this one I'll be eternally grateful. |
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Post by aeromanda on Jun 22, 2010 21:29:09 GMT
Aww! I agree with Afar! I want as many of you to go as possibly can so that we can hear all about it and see as many pics as possible. Pictures! I want pictures! How's that for selfish? ;D As for your other issue I guess you don't want to just go up to your OH and say "I happen to be obsessed with James May so I got us tickets to go see TG live again."? Not subtle enough? I'll have to think about it then. |
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Post by From Afar on Jun 23, 2010 7:55:51 GMT
Hey Brycegold, is there any way you would be able to buy tickets but make out you won them in a competition or something?
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Post by jacqui on Jun 23, 2010 8:59:44 GMT
Oh nice one Afar ;D
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Post by From Afar on Jun 23, 2010 9:13:58 GMT
I'm not as blonde as i look ;D |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jun 23, 2010 13:50:51 GMT
I wasn't sure whether to post this because I feel bad about asking some of you for ideas when lots of you are so far away and are unable to go so I hope you don't think I'm being selfish. I agree with Aeromanda and Afar. Those of us who live in the far-flung areas of the world rely on people like you to live vicariously through. The stories you tell upon returning from such events as well as photos and chance meetings are what we want to see and hear about.  Do you have a healthy interest in cars, they way they work, designs and such? You could mention to your OH that you'd be interested in seeing the cars, cars you may not be able to see in every day life. Or start an interest. "Fact-finding mission my dear husband! We must go!" ;D Good luck! ;D ;D |
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Post by dit on Jun 23, 2010 15:33:02 GMT
I like the "I won them in a competition" option. It's a bit like the "Oh, it's been in the back of the wardrobe for years" ploy. He won't be able to disprove it so won't bother arguing.
You could even go so far as "I won them in a competition dear, I don't imagine you'll want to go again, so I thought about taking [inset sympathetic female friend/relative's name here].) Then he's got a choice of going with you so he doesn't look like a meanie or letting you go with another female and leave him at home!
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Post by nobody on Jun 23, 2010 16:38:08 GMT
Why can't you just tell him you want to go?
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Post by brycegold on Jun 24, 2010 12:35:56 GMT
Like the idea of winning a competition, thank you. You also make a very good point Nobody, maybe I'll just pick a good time to ask him outright. After all, "how hard can it be" ?!! |
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Post by From Afar on Jun 24, 2010 13:29:33 GMT
Like the idea of winning a competition, thank you. Any time hunny ;D |
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Post by antonia on Jun 24, 2010 20:18:41 GMT
How about you liked it so much last year I thought I'd take you again.Always works for me.Also he cant look ungreatful in case he upsets you.A nice all rounder.
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Post by From Afar on Jun 24, 2010 22:16:58 GMT
Like your line of thinking Antonia ;D
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Post by dit on Aug 18, 2010 17:25:51 GMT
MPH/TGL have sent me the first podcast for the 2010 Live and it won't open! I keep getting a 404!
This is the important bit of the e-mail, though:
Top Gear Live - The Prototype Tour
For weeks The Stig has been chucking rocks at mechanics as they desperately weld giant bits of steel together, creating what we hope will be a truly ground breaking stunt, and not simply a mock-Tudor conservatory for James May. Eager not to miss out on the fun, Clarkson, Hammond and May have been equally hard at work creating a few theatrical masterpieces of their own. Predictably, details from the boys are slim but we're pretty sure it won't involve a trapeze act or juggling. unless Jeremy can attach a V8 to a swing.
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Post by jacqui on Aug 18, 2010 19:10:32 GMT
Just as well there's no trapeze that would mean man-tights ...actually ;D This is going to be awesome (as usual) and its only 77 days away ;D ;D or so the MPH site says ;D |
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Post by jacqui on Nov 1, 2010 16:33:06 GMT
Not long now... ;D
With only days to go I'm really quite calm..... NOT ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 1, 2010 17:29:38 GMT
Not long now... ;D With only days to go I'm really quite calm..... NOT ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Deep breaths...deep breaths. Remember your lamaze breathing. Take your mind off how close the date is, go over your check list... 1. tickets 2. camera 3. film/memory card 4. moola 5. large sack6. small bottle of ether ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by dit on Nov 1, 2010 17:52:13 GMT
DMC, you crack me up!
On my list:
1 - 4 as above
5. black basque
6. leather boots
7. fur handcuffs
8. small bottle of love potion obtained from that weird old lady at the end of the street who has the black cat and the pet toad
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 1, 2010 18:39:15 GMT
SNORT!!!
Love the additions to the list, Dit!! ;D ;D
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Post by jacqui on Nov 1, 2010 18:58:39 GMT
Ok... not to be out done....
as above....
9. whip
10. Massage oils
11. scented candles
12. Soft music
;D
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 1, 2010 19:13:45 GMT
and... 13. hotel room |
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Post by jacqui on Nov 1, 2010 19:35:34 GMT
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Nov 1, 2010 20:17:59 GMT
DMC, you crack me up! On my list: 1 - 4 as above 5. black basque 6. leather boots 7. fur handcuffs 8. small bottle of love potion obtained from that weird old lady at the end of the street who has the black cat and the pet toad Please can I sit next to you? |
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Post by dit on Nov 1, 2010 21:33:42 GMT
flatin5th, you're getting to be a very naughty boy.
And you know what happens to naughty boys.
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Post by jacqui on Nov 2, 2010 14:24:29 GMT
For those of us going on sunday to EC and Saturday to the NEC and is interested in 'sexy' cars www.mphshow.co.uk/news.php?id=41I think my squeeze is sexy but then i'm biased ;D  |
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
but don't feel bad about wanting go when many of us can't go due to distance. As a "founding" member of the We Live Too Far Away To Go To Top Gear Live Group 
let me have a think! I hope you find a way 
