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£20 bargain - definitely interested in this!

Great - cheers guys! I am able to get a lift back home at 11pm so can swerve the clubbing part wahay

Yup ^^ I made the mistake of recently asking the host on Slammer to ram me into my seat - had a panic attack as the ride started as I could barely breath and thought I was going to faint.

Really would love to come to this meet as it has been almost 3 years since my last one - will probably only do the day though as I'm too much of an old fart for clubbing....and I can't dance either. What time do the rides close? Seeing as Summer Nights are no more I would happily buy an MOS ticket and then naff off when the rides close!

Swarm I have found can vary on queue times - maybe because it is sort of on its own. I've headed over there on relatively busy days before at varying times and it's been almost walk on. I would try to get front row if you can Depth charge won't get you wet - much like Rumba Rapids! I've not actually bothered with Depth Charge since 2013 but only because it can accumulate quite a queue but it's an ok ride Give Angry Birds a try - it's not bad and gives you somewhere to sit for a while!

You can do it! - It looks scarier than it actually is - make sure you sit in the front row!

Some of the comments here regarding the news article had me in stitches ahhh Anyhoo - I love Paultons and think that it has surpassed Chessie - they've actually invested in the park and although it lacks theming in some areas, it is better maintained and doesn't look run down. Also when you compare The Edge to Kobra, and Kontiki to Griffins Galleon, Paultons seem to run those 2 rides on a more intense setting - I almost barfed on both of them a few years back

Last night I thought my mouth felt odd, like I had something stuck in my tooth so I shoved a finger in there and pulled out a sodding filling! Ugh, not the first time it's happened - I once had one come out on a sweet I was chewing. Absolutely hate the dentist - or rather, I hate having fillings despite having a fair few already. Tooth extraction I quite enjoy - have had 5 teeth out including 2 wisdom teeth and found it quite therapeutic.

Nothing wrong with that. I was into theme parks and interested in rides a loooong time before I was brave enough to go on anything big. I was 18 before I went on Vampire at Chessie. I remember following the construction of Colossus and being excited for when it opened - only to stand there for 2 hours holding my sisters bags while she rode.

What was the cycle like? I can recommend some excellent anti sickness tablets - if I didnt take them, I'd be barfing my guts up on pretty much everything

Not something I've ever really thought about but after seeing the pics, Tidal Wave is a pretty good one. I also like The Smiler logo as it is quite trippy

Nothing wrong with your photography - got some pretty good photos in there. I've never seen Duel with a queue before - although when I went a few weeks ago we had to walk around the queue line which I've never done before - was odd as the ride was walk on. Ah Smiler looks so sad with no lights but at leasts its running again!

I also thought you meant Saw the Ride! Jesus so I'm a bit confused - did you kind of saw your finger in half but vertically? Not fully in half? Whatever happened it sounds bloody painful. Saws and even lawn mowers scare me - I was quite proud of myself when I used my electric drill to do some DIY but it was terrifying. I just don't fully trust equipment like that. I remember a thing at school in woodwork - this thing (can't remember the name) but its like a massive sand paper sheet which is powered - our teacher told us to be careful as we could easily lose a finger - then wondered why we weren't keen on using the damn thing. Did they give you crutches if you can't put weight on your foot? How the heck have you managed to sprain the same ankle 12 times!? Ahh I had to lay off of sports when my toes went black (think they were broken) and I could barely walk - gutted as I was on a lot of sports teams. You could try using a tubi-grip bandage thing - they're really good for support for injuries (useless for toes though!)

I hate how you get batted around from one place to another within the NHS at times. Has happened to me a lot but with mental health issues rather than physical ones. I totally agree with Celia Mae - sometimes you have to be insistent with people especially where health is concerned - it's sad that it sometimes has to come to that but I would recommend you push for a GP apt - explain that you have been to A&E and what they said to you. I do get that it can be difficult to be stern in situations like this - for me I am not great at asserting myself particularly with doctors receptionists unless I am calling about someone else and then I am like a dog with a bone! You shouldn't have to worry about going away - it should be something to look forward to. Being batted between your GP and A&E is not good enough and it is their job to give you proper diagnosis and treatment. I know it is a bad idea but I wondered if you had googled your symptoms? Not saying that you should self diagnose but sometimes it can put your mind at ease (or it can go the other way and give you health anxiety). I looked into my symptoms but there is such a massive range of what it could have been - I feared the worse but it turned out to be IBS although I am due another ultrasound which I keep putting off. Sorry I am typing out an essay here - but you had to wait 5 weeks for an ultrasound??!! That is ridiculous!! Hope you get it sorted

Eek sounds painful! I've landed myself in A&E on several occasions and one time walked out in tears due to an absolute cow of a nurse. They could have done something to help you - are they saying you need to see your GP because sometimes it's almost impossible to get an appointment unless you fancy waiting a few weeks! It shouldn't have to get to the point where you are in constant pain to get help. ive had abdominal pains in the past and got referred for an abdominal ultrasound scan by my GP but surely these facilities are available at a hospital?! My rant for today - queuing for Crumba Crapids with my niece and there was a small group of kids behind us who can't have been any older than 14. One of the boys kept telling a girl to stop grabbing his man veg (he worded it much worse than that). Then he starts going on about how big said man veg is - something I could have really done without knowing. Bit uncomfortable when I'm old enough to be their mother. I'm no prude but I just cringe when kids come out with this sort of stuff but what made it worse is that they were not exactly talking quietly or being discreet and I had my 12 year old niece with me.

That made me laugh! I just loved the way he was SO enthusiastic about Rocky Express - he told us that we simply MUST ride it as it is the only one of its kind in this country?! I just smiled and headed for Rush...

Definitely wasn't Gian (seen him many times working on Saw and know what he looks like) so must have been Thomas. Have to say he was incredibly enthusiastic which is nice to see

I went to go ask the staff member that was stood outside why it was down.....however he suddenly burst into a musical number then enthusiastically told a small group of us that we really MUST ride Rocky Express. So yeah I just walked off

Am liking the new design on my laptop but found it confusing on my mobile - but probably just because it takes me a while to adjust to change Nah, can't see the monkey resemblence!

One word - OUCH!!! Out of curiosity, did you buy the on ride photo? Fun for you maybe haha - did you hear a crunch?

Yeah a nose bleed won't contribute to a great day out! How many Summer Nights did you go to? I did about 9 last year, a couple the year before and about 7 or 8 in 2013. Thought they were fab especially as I don't deal well with queues.

Nice pic!

Summer Nights were SO good - I really hope TP reconsider but I won't be holding my breath. Wow your neighbour sounds delightful! Although mine is royally cheesing me off recently he has got nothing on my sisters neighbour - the woman I think is a few fries short of a happy meal. The daughter is worse - slamming doors and banging on the walls at stupid o clock if one of my nephews is making a noise. She lobbed a pair of shoes into my sisters garden in a huff - was shocked to find out that she is 18 as that sort of behaviour you would expect from someone a lot younger. The neighbour is now moaning and demanding my sister and her fiancé buy her a new fence (which she has broken by shoving a load of crud up against it). I think I now know why my sister decided to have a home birth last month! I used to have a neighbour that literally wouldn't shut up and you just couldn't get away from her, then the one after than wasn't much better and wrote a very strongly worded 2 page double sided letter to me having a go because her cats were popping into my flat now and again - yet when they first started doing it I spoke to her and she said she was fine about it. I was fuming but let it go and a few days later she wrote another essay apologising. I'm fairly sure she was running some sort of "business" from her flat as there were guys coming and going at all hours - that and she didn't work yet drove a nice car and had holidays abroad. The cats used to stink of a really earthy smell which looking back could well have been whacky baccy - was so glad when she moved although I do miss her cats.

I hope things get better for you. Sounds like you have a lot going on right now with work and Uni - stress and anxiety are horrible things to deal with so just make sure you look after yourself. And think of all positive things you have coming up to look forward to. Hopefully the good days will over take the bad ones. If you need to vent or anything feel free to drop me a message. My own mini rant - My neighbour has recently started putting his TV up REALLY loud - I mean, I am pretty deaf and even I can tell what he is watching on the television. It got so bad earlier I was tempted to plug my electric violin into my amp and rock out some cruddy tunes but I frankly couldn't be bothered to attempt to find where the hell I stored my amp. He also keeps slamming his doors - his car door and front door - but for some reason he slams his front door twice. I have come to a conclusion that he is either have a mid life crisis or has some form of weird door slamming OCD

Staggered opening times? Stealth doesn't like the heat? - Lucky it's in England then