mong summer dream (now featuring added winter, also spring)

well it ain't surprising

any of you oz ilxors live in sydney? i'm going for a wedding in february. all i hear about it is that melbourne is better... (even from the ilx archives)

im probably not going to the wedding in toowoomba now, otherwise we could have made it into a live 8 double stage hiberno-invasion

not that youise are lacking in the hiberno invasion stakes tbf

deportation/invasion, who's asking.

Sydney ilx0rs: me (travelling around the world at the mo but should be back sometime in January), KBP, QGP (not currently posting), edwardo, moley/ratty/Colin S Barrow/etc. gaz/mullygrubbr is retired from posting but also lives outside of Sydney. There are a few sydlx0rs who've never hung out on this thread or in the pub, too (eg ch, pt, nns). jabba h ditched us for his native Englands a few years ago :(

Melbourne's not better, that's just something people from Melbourne say. Both cities are great. Sydney has beaches though, and February is the last month of summer, so a great time for them if that's something yr interested in while it's cold & miserable at home. (If not per se, lots of drinking can be done in sunshine next to or close to water, both at the beach and in the city.)

Basically fappening can be what's happening, possibly in a nice restaurant. And I'll see what's on that week and give you a tip sheet or guided tour of Sydney clubs &/or warehouse parties. (The latter tend to be small and boutique, btw, not cavernous metal sheds.)

Melbourne was better until everyone there grew beards and started attaching toasted cheese-and-tomato sandwiches to parachutes.

Basically, as advised above, Sydney in February will mean a) going to the beach, b) enjoying a FAP near the water and c) marvelling at the ridiculously sunkissed postcard views.

karaoke in sydney deffo better.

Melbourne was better until everyone there grew beards and started attaching toasted cheese-and-tomato sandwiches to parachutes.

I want this on a tshirt.

Famous Hipster Australian Toastie Launcher

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ned_Kelly_in_1880.png/220px-Ned_Kelly_in_1880.png

fap sounds awesome. i'm basically going with my parents, negatives of being single lol. not a huge amount of family will make the trip due to the expense/inconvenience. i'm v close to my cousin who's getting married so i really want to be there.

so any excuse to have a few nights out would be great, awesome and all as my folks are. quite pleased about the idea of getting some hot weather in february - a great time to get out of the uk.

haitch pls to advise when you are next coming to sydney so we can karaoke

haitch & r0nan could make a moderately amusing 'separated at birth' photo

negatives of being single lol

ah but being single w/ an Irish accent at a wedding now

small wedding i think, heh. i will have further news of this trip in feb...

haitch pls to advise when you are next coming to sydney so we can karaoke

hmmmmm, been a while hasn't it

I'm doin' a gig tonight tbqh if anyone wants to come and laugh at my pointless backing vox. (I think S-dawg is comin?)

This would not normally be anything worth mentioning if it wasnt for the fact this is actually the first time I have ever performed live, as it were.

"cheeseburger" flava twisties. Not too bad.

Am too scared to try the cheesymite ones tho.

S- what's with Finland trip? Going anywhere else? edwardo and I will be in Londong that week, and other Europes in December

Hey mongs!

hello (from Lisbon)

Yo.

I will be in deepest darkest country Finland doing kunst all December. Thinking London immediately after new years, then sticking around for a few months. Any plans Jan/Feb?

Though details are pretty scant at the moment this festival was amazing in 2012 http://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2014/preview/ so thinking Berlin then.

ALL December? Literally? Because I think we'll be there mid-December. Like right around the middle of the month, more or less.

we will be in Smellstinki though, not deepest darkest country. but!

Ed going home before Christmas, me mmmmaybe in London immediately after New Years for a day or two but not sure.

Like LITERALLY ALL December. 1st - 31st. A bit over 200ks from Helsinki, 45ks from Tampere.

wanna come to Helsinki and FAP?

If it's doable, totally.

aight, we'll see if we can plan something closer to the time.

Tuomas has been acrive on the board we should totally fap and I will bring a boby

lol

that is FAP not fap you sick fucks

in front of a boby

this has been the plan for so long that my phone tries to autofill TuomaFAP

Well look, if the boby is there, what happens in front of it can't be planned in advance.

Sydney Rd in Brunswick must have the highest concentration of Bridal stores anywhere in the world. Denser that cafes in most other neighbourhoods.

Ed! have you met up with any of us yet?! we all must beer.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/world/threat-of-recession-looms-over-australia-1.1608363

we brung it over with us

never fear, hockey's here

paul kelly sux dix

not in the good way either

whathedonow

blowhard journo paul kelly, not the other one

ohhhh

herro mongs

edwardio!

I are in sydernee. it is a bit yuck and rainy.

it'll do that sometimes.

I am in Londong waiting for my phone to recharge so I can get one (1) breakfast and then stroll around waistrel-like.

hi edwardo

I'm currently sat on a bench in Belmont park watching this Thai food festival get set up - srsly Sydney what is it with u and Thai food - and marvel at the diff btwn here and melb. the concept of weekend breakfast cafe culture seems a bit bereft up here. 9-10am and the CBD was dead as a dodo. so weird.

erm that's because the CBD is dead most of the weekend

surrey hills is a short walk and chockablock of breakfast places!!

SURRY HILLS

i am a drongo

this didn't post 7 hours ago:
"the CBD is always dead for food on a weekend, go to a real place"

HEY SASHA ed and I are in Helsinki 15-18 dec, you wanna come visit? ps the Toms of fapping Ldn say 'sup

Ah, ahoy the Toms from me. Will be hitting old London town once the time in the Shengen area gets perilously close.

Aside from that...

I'll be pretty much here:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hahmaj%C3%A4rventie,+Haukij%C3%A4rvi,+Finland&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=61.563103,23.093348&sspn=0.012323,0.042272&t=h&doflg=ptk&hnear=Hahmaj%C3%A4rventie,+Finland&z=13

I don't think I will be able to make it to Helsinki from there (will need to arrange dropoffs, pickups, trains, and accommodation). Reckon you guys want to go to Tampere for an evening? It's two hours on the train. Helsinki is grebt by the way.