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Poor old Germany. Their national cuisine already consisted of slabs of meat in various forms, then they got the immigrants - Turks, Yugoslavs - whose cuisine also consists of slabs of meat in various forms. Meanwhile, we got the herbs, spices and flavours.

In case you happen to have a few minutes free on a lazy Monday.

Ouch

Bless.

Played for and got. Love it.

Decent ideas, but they lived here for a decade or so when they were younger and my dad has seen Lonion from pretty mch every angle. That's why I was thinking nice hotel/restaurant rather than an "experience" Ah, gotcha, didn't know that. Fried chicken bucket meal in deepest Peckham then? Even his experience of the oil-rich plutocracies of the world won't prepare him for half an hour on the top deck of the N171 at 3am. true dat homes By the by, have our Dads been talking again? Not that I'm aware of. I'm seeing my old man next weekend when I'm up for the GNR, but I'm reasonably confident our secrets are safe. Also, meeting "the Lads" for Champions League viewing and pints on Wednesday if you're about? Mebbes. Should be being good in the run-up to Sunday really, but I might come along and snidely mock your worldview by drinking peppermint tea all night.

Bewdiful

Decent ideas, but they lived here for a decade or so when they were younger and my dad has seen Lonion from pretty mch every angle. That's why I was thinking nice hotel/restaurant rather than an "experience" Ah, gotcha, didn't know that. Fried chicken bucket meal in deepest Peckham then? Even his experience of the oil-rich plutocracies of the world won't prepare him for half an hour on the top deck of the N171 at 3am. true dat homes By the by, have our Dads been talking again? Not that I'm aware of. I'm seeing my old man next weekend when I'm up for the GNR, but I'm reasonably confident our secrets are safe.

That's £15 worth of music and £5 worth of dinner! Clearest thinker on these here boards.

Decent ideas, but they lived here for a decade or so when they were younger and my dad has seen Lonion from pretty mch every angle. That's why I was thinking nice hotel/restaurant rather than an "experience" Ah, gotcha, didn't know that. Fried chicken bucket meal in deepest Peckham then? Even his experience of the oil-rich plutocracies of the world won't prepare him for half an hour on the top deck of the N171 at 3am.

That's £15 worth of music and £5 worth of dinner!

(Yes I am running this past Sam too, hence the scattershot/brainstorming nature of my post count massage.)

Something on a boat/on the river is generally a good call, but obviously December isn't necessarily the time for it.

In seriousness, an "experience" add-on would seem like an obvious choice. Something like the London Eye is probably a bit basic, but you see what I'm getting at. For all they wouldn't be taken by a posh meal, if it was somewhere properly iconic or unusual maybe, rather than "just" expensive?

Pay for them both to spend three hours fighting on the barricades in an actual civilian uprising somewhere in the world with negligible medical care but excellent showtunes.

Poor old Mr. Four, Mrs. Five, Ms. Twenty-Three and Mr. Eighty-Four.

Sounds good. Any kind of 24h gym around here would be ideal really, I often get the urge to go for a run or whatever late at night and they're all closed by 9-ish.

My training doesn't seem to have involved a great deal of running mind. Pretty much going to wing it. Aye, much the same. No booze and plenty of pasta and veg all week, and beyond that. What starting zone are you in? I'm in G, which should be far enough back to avoid the psychological hammer blow of being passed by thousands of people before we get to Gateshead Stadium. The divvy section, K. At least I'll have the fancy dress brigade to entertain me while I wait hours to even cross the starting line. Then I shall see you just before Gateshead Stadium.

My training doesn't seem to have involved a great deal of running mind. Pretty much going to wing it. Aye, much the same. No booze and plenty of pasta and veg all week, and beyond that. What starting zone are you in? I'm in G, which should be far enough back to avoid the psychological hammer blow of being passed by thousands of people before we get to Gateshead Stadium.

At least he'd dropped Geoff Thomas by then

That's basically going to be me doing the GNR next weekend. I have foregone training in favour of bacon butties.

My Creative Zen Stone - cheap and cheerful - has gone through at least three washes in my gym shorts pocket and come out unscathed. Hardy stuff.