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Ah cool - I don't mind a bit of pain - my main fear is vomming on people but my anti-sickness tabs are brilliant. If I do feel ill hopefully I will be able to contain it until after the ride - this is one of the reasons I don't eat much at theme parks

Quick q for you guys - I queued up for this a few weeks ago then ran off - I want to try all of Thorpes flat rides (except Slammer which is ill at the mo anyway). It took me ages to get on Mr Monkeys banana ride this year because it made me feel ill years ago (I don't like pirate rides). However after being forced onto Samurai I LOVED it and it didn't make me feel nauseous (I take amazing anti-sickness tablets). I only on my last visit did Rush and wish I hadn't avoided it for so long. I don't think I could do Zodiac after seeing my sister come off of it green but would love to try Vortex - so yeah, in a nutshell - does it feel like a pirate ship and does it spin like mental - it is hard to tell by just watching. When I was watching Samurai before my first go it looks a lot less tame that it actually is (although I know that Samurai is pretty tame anyway but I am a bit wussy!)

Happy Birthday sing-a-long in one of the attractions! - Although if I go, I don't think I can't do the Eye - did It once in 2006 and had a huge panic attack at the top. Would be a big achievement if I can get on that thing again - just looking at it makes me feel dizzy. But I am happy to sit and watch you crazy people. And oooh STINGRAYS at the aquarium.....lush! Ooh ooh, I have never done the Dungeons or Madame Tussauds before - or Winter Wonderland. I am not a christmassy person - bah humbug but this is something to look forward to!

You have no meat on your thighs man - eat chocolate!

I guess I am in the minority - it literally had no queue and I could have happily ridden it several times in a row.....but I ain't normal. Also I've heard that for males it can be, er, a tad painful

Definitely up for this as long as I have the dosh to get to Waterloo - luckily Waterloo is my nearest station and there are no changes so hopefully I won't panic. Just remembered (and I think they still do it) but if 3 or 4 people travel together only 2 pay, so if there are 4 people you are essentially getting your train fare for half the price. Just thought I would throw that in there

Good guess but you are 50 years off I like the number 83 because 8 is my lucky number (dob: 08/08/80) and 3 was my mums so put them together and you get the number 11 which I like because 1 and 1 equals 2. And 2 is good. 6 is not good. NO I DON'T HAVE OCD. That is all

I just went for the Saturday but had a brilliant time - thanks to Peaj for organising it and for Mr Fish for getting myself and Jack up to Towers. One of the highlights was a Th13teen TPM train take-over whilst singing Happy Birthday to Myk. It was great seeing everyone and meeting new people - looking forward to the next meet up

I went on Submission on Saturday and, despite thinking that I would hate it I actually really enjoyed it. I am not a fan of slow inversions or being held upside down for longer than a second or two but I would have happily gone on it a few more times (had it not broken down).

I will be coming on the Saturday just for the day (with Mr Fish) but can't do the water park due to a variety of reasons plus I have a chest infection (I'm not contagious). Really looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting some new people aswell

I'll do my best to be online for chat tomorrow night - went in chat tonight but not many people joined. Tis good to have organised chat times

^ Yup that is correct, although the weekend before, I attempted to press the button and nothing happened, then I got a bit over-excited and sort of broke a bit off the button On Saturday I found the button and just casually walked up to it expecting nothing but nearly poo'd myself when confetti blasted everywhere and this woman with a megaphone came up to me and asked if I would do a challenge - so yeah I had to find 20 people to conga behind me outside of Stealth and I just about managed it. Won a PS Vita (which I had never even heard of before), a medal, dr pepper t-shirt and a card thingy

Stealth did actually have a 120 min queue on Saturday - just around the time I had to conga with 20 people after pushing the big red button #embarrassing!

^^ Ha I wish! On my birthday I woke up to find a half eaten pigeon in my living room To be honest, I would rather deal with rats, bats, frogs etc than spiders (although saying that, my cat eats spiders which is handy as I hate them). But when things start flying or jumping (had a frog jump up at my face, and a rat jump at me when I tried to catch it), I do tend to get a wee bit nervous. I hate it when cats kill things but it is in their nature I guess. I always do my best to save whatever has been bought in - I actually tried a bit of CPR(ish) on a little bird a few months ago then got really upset when it died The bat was pretty cute until it opened up its wings - I was holding it in my hands but luckily managed to grab it again before my cat came back to finish to poor thing off!

Stealth?

So last night my delightful cat brings back what I thought was a field mouse - turns out that it was a baby bat! Didn't expect that one - so far he has bought me back a pigeon, a magpie, several field mice, rats, frogs and baby birds. I didn't realise it was a bat until I coaxed my cat away with a treat and picked it up - I gave it a bit of a poke to see what was happening and the little thing started to fly around my living room - have to admit I slightly panicked but managed to save it. I just hope he doesn't bring in a bigger bat cos I think that would finish me off

you might need a vet for that! Would be good to meet you after having many funny chats online with you in the past here on the chat section! Yes! Go for it - would be nice to have another female at the meets as it is mainly guys (no offence to the males here - you are all lovely but it would be nice to even out the ratio a tad!). First meet can be nerve wracking - I didn't go to my first one until this year and was pretty nervous but was made to feel so welcome and at ease and don't know why I was worrying so much

I never rode Samurai when it was at Chessington but it definitely looked a lot more intense. I was only brave enough to go on Samurai this year after swerving it for ages (I was actually dragged onto it) - went on it yesterday for just the 7th time but to me it felt a tad more intense than my previous rides. Although saying that, last Sunday when it was windy it felt a bit rough. But I am a complete wuss so anything that spins is intense for me!

Sounds epic - definitely interested in this. Also Mr Fish wants to go but am typng this on his behalf as he is being lazy

I agree with having a few good friends than a lot of "temp" friends. I have always been lacking in the friends department due to being quite shy and well, a bit odd. Plus a few years ago, someone who I thought was a good friend cut all contacts with me without even telling me why - it hurt but I would have preferred to have known what the hell I did wrong rather than being ignored - friendships are important and I would never go out of my way to sabotage one. I would also love some sort of teleportation device - that would be pretty cool (although a bit freaky!) On the subject of friends, my sis is being a ***** again. She seems to spend her time finding ways to insult and/or control me - what frustrates me more is the way I react to it and the way that I allow her to make me feel like a stack of poop. I don't have a big family and the sister that I "do" get on with lives quite far away. My sis seems to have a problem with me going out a little bit more - I think she prefferered it when I was practically househound. Going back to the friendship thing, I haven't seen a good friend of mine for weeks - she has just started teaching so understandably has been busy. But I sent her a text message yesterday to wish her a happy birthday and to tell her that I have somethng for her and have heard nothing back - so I ate the chocolate I bought. So yeah - friendships - they are great to have but crud when it all goes pear shaped which, in my case is a fair bit.

OMFG EC! that pic is terrible - my face - SO many chins there lol

Really enjoyed playing Weakest Link - Peaj makes a pretty good Ann Robinson! - Agree with Sidders about the whole banking thing - I know with me when a question popped up that I thought I would get wrong I banked the points immediately. But the game was a kinda last minute thing so there wasn't a great deal of time for peaj to prepare the game - despite this I thought it went really well and still can't believe I won

This totally gets on my wotsits aswell. My sister (the not so nice one) is constantly taking the pee out of me for going to theme parks and talking about rides (I don't talk about rides all the time but my niece loves talking about coasters). Apparantly I am "sad" - well, sad, pathetic, lazy, selfish, retarded, ugly - you name it, it has probably been said to me. Trying to work out if she is cheesed off because I have made some really good friends this year and she has none (because she won't allow her b/f to have friends) or that I am actually getting out and about. And because I am getting out a bit more I get the fact that I don't currently have a job shoved in my face I WANT to work but have massive anxiety issues, along with other shizz - I am okay going out to places with people who I feel comfortable with but when I go out of my flat on my own (which is usually only if I have an appointment) I need a LOT of medication to do so. Actually going to theme parks has helped my anxiety a lot plus my confidence in meeting new people - theme parks are a buzz for me which in the past, I would do negative things to get an adrenaline rush from. My sister was SO controlling when I lived at home and still is, using my niece as a weapon constantly which is really hurtful. She used to love theme parks and coasters (back when I was too scared to go on them) but is, er rather large now and can't ride them so I don't know if there is a bit of jealousy there. What peed me off massively was when, the other day she was sending abusive text messages to me and I pointed out that she shouldn't think she is always right - her response was "I don't think I am always right - I KNOW I AM". I suggested that she google narcissistic personality disorder - she sure fits the bill on that one. Anyway, will shut up cos I am getting angry again......

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Stolen a child eh?! Paultons is a lovely park - try to get on Wave Runner (basically a yellow version of Depth Charge), The Edge (if you can tolerate Kobra at CWOA), Magma and Cobra. Can't imagine the park would be very busy with kids back at school. Forgot what else I was going to type as there is someone tapping at my window......which is a tad worrying as I live upstairs Edit: It was a bird at the window - was getting a bit freaked out. Shutting up now