So how's everyone's summer been?

[weekend warrior]

Hello again everyone, just back from summer break. How has your summer been? Any good stories to tell? Interesting places visited? New experiences?

I had a great time cycling the Pyrenees. It was a first rate, enjoyable experience that I'll remember a long time. Good times, great company, co-operative weather and superb locales. I feel refreshed and rejuvenated. Nearly two months in the mountains without a computer gives you back a completely different perspective on life. Highly recommended.

The landscapes and vistas were gorgeous, the people were friendly and helpful (thankfully! as we did get lost a couple times) #-o and the little stone-walled villages are simply storybook precious. Pure air, nature, summits - the way it's meant to be really.

Careful on those downward slopes though, it's easy to lose control! I did once and a nasty tree got in my way! ](*,) Nothing broken, (just my pride) some blood - that's why they call me a "weekend warrior" hehe ;-) In fact, we all came out mostly unscathed - twisted ankle, jammed finger was all. The "Pedals de foc" (pedals of fire) mountain race in Catalunya at the end made up for that. It was just the right ending to a wonderful trip.

Now I'm ready to tackle linux afresh, new versions of ubuntu and Gnome coming, new challenges/problems, help those newbies - bring them on!

I do hope everyone has had a fun, safe summer. Anyone else have a summer (or winter for those in the southern hemisphere) experience to share?

[xmastree]

Well I took my wife and daughter to the UK, but that was in June/July.
It was the first time my daughter had flown, and the first time some of my family had ever met her. She had a great time, and I really enjoyed sharing her first experiences of flying.
It was the first time I'd been back there since 2002, when I only went for a funeral. this time was all leisure. :grin:

[weekend warrior]

Your little one is an absolute darling if I remember correctly xmastree; I think you posted a photo of her using ubuntu a while back, didn't you? The plane must have been quite the event for her, eh? :)

What was your impression of GB now? Any different since '02?

[mailophobic]

I wish i had some amazing stories to tell but alas i worked during the holidays and college is about to start afresh. In my days off i enjoy trips to the beach with my friends. And lately i have been discovering pool, more that i suck at it but enjoying it nevertheless.

[xequence]

I didnt do much... Basically install linux, lay around watching TV, listen to music, and stuff :)

[UbuWu]

Been to Tunisia, seen the Sahara, rode camels! Oh and I went mountainbiking in Germany. :grin:

[Brunellus]

Hello again everyone, just back from summer break. How has your summer been? Any good stories to tell? Interesting places visited? New experiences?

I had a great time cycling the Pyrenees. It was a first rate, enjoyable experience that I'll remember a long time. Good times, great company, co-operative weather and superb locales. I feel refreshed and rejuvenated. Nearly two months in the mountains without a computer gives you back a completely different perspective on life. Highly recommended.

The landscapes and vistas were gorgeous, the people were friendly and helpful (thankfully! as we did get lost a couple times) #-o and the little stone-walled villages are simply storybook precious. Pure air, nature, summits - the way it's meant to be really.

Careful on those downward slopes though, it's easy to lose control! I did once and a nasty tree got in my way! ](*,) Nothing broken, (just my pride) some blood - that's why they call me a "weekend warrior" hehe ;-) In fact, we all came out mostly unscathed - twisted ankle, jammed finger was all. The "Pedals de foc" (pedals of fire) mountain race in Catalunya at the end made up for that. It was just the right ending to a wonderful trip.

Now I'm ready to tackle linux afresh, new versions of ubuntu and Gnome coming, new challenges/problems, help those newbies - bring them on!

I do hope everyone has had a fun, safe summer. Anyone else have a summer (or winter for those in the southern hemisphere) experience to share?
Rock shows (local, no massive festivals for me, thanks), a bit of photography, a bit of tinkering, a lot of work.

[bored2k]

In my college, I only get two weeks to vacate. What did I do? Download anime like if the internet was going to die, yay.

[sapo]

In my college, I only get two weeks to vacate. What did I do? Download anime like if the internet was going to die, yay.
lol.. you should just leave your pc downloading while you are in college... instead of leaving the bittorrent open slowing down your internet speed while you browse :P

btw.. what summer? is winter here... winter with 30° everyday ownz :)

[bored2k]

lol.. you should just leave your pc downloading while you are in college... instead of leaving the bittorrent open slowing down your internet speed while you browse :P

btw.. what summer? is winter here... winter with 30° everyday ownz :)
I don't go and stay in college for X months. I go for two hours a day and come back home. I have brother who use it, so can't do so ;).

[Sam]

I just came back from a trip across Europe with some friends. We started in Geneva, Switzerland, went thru Germany by car (I was the driver, I enjoyed no speed limit on highways :wink: ) and arrived in Amsterdam. We stayed two days there. It was great... Then we went to Belgium, where we tasted belgium beers. We finally arrived in Paris for a music festival (Rock-en-Seine) to see one of my favourite band, the Pixies (it was the third time a saw them). That was a great moment ! After that we came back to Geneva.

We just had three nights in a hotel. The others nights we did camping.

I really enjoyed these vacations. It was a little short (one week), but I'll remember it for a long time !



Now it's time to get back to work..... Damn :?

[Ampersand]

I spent last week teching for a show at the Edinburgh fringe and sleeping in a 1 bedroom flat with 12 other people... (:

[Brunellus]

I spent last week teching for a show at the Edinburgh fringe and sleeping in a 1 bedroom flat with 12 other people... (:
sounds like the situation when we visit our cousins.

although a visit to the cousins is always fun.

[majikstreet]

I went to San Francisco. If you ever go there, be sure to grab a GoCar (www.gocarsf.com)! Also, we took a Segway tour around SF-- I'd definatly recommend it....


majikstreet

[-Rick-]

Been to Tunisia, seen the Sahara, rode camels! Oh and I went mountainbiking in Germany. :grin:
Sounds like fun :)

I've been camping in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Especially the latter is a nice country ;)

Apart from the holidays I was/am biking alot, coding a bit and mucking with FreeBSD.

[poofyhairguy]

Had a rough summer. Glad fall is here.

[WebbyBabe]

I didnt do much... Basically install linux, lay around watching TV, listen to music, and stuff :)

Me too. I had fun this summer discovering linux and installing all of the most popular distros and sticking with one - Ubuntu. \\:D//

[skoal]

Had a rough summer. Glad fall is here.
With Coakley gone and the Tuna preaching 3-4, come November, you may wish it were mid July all over again.

muahaha...

\\//_

[xmastree]

Your little one is an absolute darling if I remember correctly xmastree; I think you posted a photo of her using ubuntu a while back, didn't you? I think this (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=270635&postcount=24) is my favourete holiday photo. As for her using ubuntu, did you see this one (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=294570&postcount=9)? :)

The plane must have been quite the event for her, eh? :)Definately. we had been buildinng up to it, and she was really excited. Once the plane started its take off run her eyes became wider as it got faster.
Daddy! Daddy!! Daddy!!! :grin: WOW, we're flying daddy! :grin:

What was your impression of GB now? Any different since '02?Yeah, the two towns I've lived have both changed dramatially. Burnley, an old town, has gone much more up market now. Although I was advised that it's not a good idea to go out in the evening... :| Too many drunken kids looking for trouble.
Driving through in the evening I could see armoured police cars. :shock: It wasn't like that in my day. (pre-'85).
Kids today, no respect. Blah, blah, blah. :roll:

[xmastree]

With Coakley gone and the Tuna preaching 3-4, come November, you may wish it were mid July all over again.Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who has absolutely no idea what that means... :confused:

[N'Jal]

I spent last week teching for a show at the Edinburgh fringe and sleeping in a 1 bedroom flat with 12 other people... (:

Owch, I was there but only watching it, saw the ameture transplants, Neil Alton, Yvonne Lyon, Abnormally Funny People, Fred McCulley, Jason Byrne and some other's. Scotland is awesome!

[Ubunted]

I think getting a job that effectively kicks off my career in IT qualifies this one as a good summer.

[xmastree]

Ah yes, the fringe festival. I used to live in Livingston, so it was within esay reach for me. :smile:

My sister used to stay with me for the duration. Brought her Amiga with a program to automatically work out her timetable. Already loaded up, but editable if she saw something she liked. The only time i saw her was when I got up to go to work, she'd be asleep on the sofa, or if we saw a show together.

[Kapre]

I envy you guys because you can go to all those places...Me I just stayed home and tinker with my computer and install/re-install Linux..try to understand all the commands and techniques...and yes gained 10 pounds because of eating...But I enjoyed playing with the kids till 11:30 PM...Guess that's how the summer has been spent..so far (still got a week before the Labor Day)... ;-)

[carlc]

Summer was great but it went by too fast. No vacation here but got to play a lot of basketball. Fall leagues are starting up so things are getting even better.

[WildTangent]

i bought a new computer, thats about the highlight of my summer :( i feel like ive wasted so much time

-Wild

[N'Jal]

I was in the USA for 3 weeks with a lass that dumped me the week before so you can see why i needed a second holiday..

[skoal]

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who has absolutely no idea what that means... :confused:
oops.

Tuna = Bill Parcells, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team.
Coakley = inside linebacker.
...and 3-4 = the antithesis to the 85-86 Chicago Bears defense. The. Best. Ever...

I slipped that prior post in there for my Texas buddies to chew on...

\\//_

[xmastree]

Tuna = Bill Parcells, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team.
Coakley = inside linebacker.
...and 3-4 = the antithesis to the 85-86 Chicago Bears defense. The. Best. Ever...
Linebacker? Football? Oh, you mean American football. That strange game where two lines of men run into each other and fall over while one guy runs backwards with a ball. But nobody cares anyway so they have to employ dancing girls to make people watch it :)
What's all that about, eh?

Real football is played with the feet, hence the name. ;-)

And there's no 's' in defence dammit!

[N'Jal]

Actually football came from scotland and was more like rugby where the 'goal' is the next village and the 'ball' was a sheep or pigs stomach (whichever was more readily avalible) the aim was to get the ball to the next village with as little killing as possible, obviously UEFA had to get involved at that point...

[weekend warrior]

Actually it's much older than that - going back to Roman times, whence Calcio Fiorentino, and even (stretching the "football" definition a bit) back to the Han Dynasty in China, 2nd century BC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

[tseliot]

I've spent most of my summer studying, I had a break of only 20 days after an exam and I have another exam on the 5th of September.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that my motherboard (of my brand new computer) passed away and I had to send it to Compaq. And it's not back yet. :mad:

[TristanMike]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that my motherboard (of my brand new computer) passed away and I had to send it to Compaq. And it's not back yet. :mad:*cough*Compaq*cough* Oh, sorry, just recovering from a Summer Cold, that's how my summer's been. ;-)

Aside from that, built a front step and back deck on my house, some lawn matainence, started rehearsing for an upcoming childrens play I am touring Nova Scotia with, oh yeah, and took my first steps into Linux with Ubuntu.

[nickless]

Is there actually someone who reads this? :D
Well anyway...
I was chilling all through this summer :) Finished school and I have now still 1 month to wait until I have to start civil service ( in germany this is the only alternative, if you don't want to go to the miltary for 9 month... unless you count cheating your way around both :D )
Training a lot aikido lately and playing a lot with ubuntu and now kubuntu :)

[Spoofhound]

Spent a few weeks in Iceland, hiking in the Hornstrandir are of NW Iceland. 10 days of hiking with sun, rain, wind, mist storm, 1000 kcal a day and beautiful wild country. Highpoint was the artic foxes playing a few metres from the tent at breakfast. No mobile network, no email, no voicemail, no IMs........ total reset!

[weekend warrior]

You and I had the same idea Spoofhound, :) get away from it all; all of this. It is nice, isn't it? "Total reset" - exactly.

[tseliot]

I've spent most of my summer studying, I had a break of only 20 days after an exam and I have another exam on the 5th of September.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that my motherboard (of my brand new computer) passed away and I had to send it to Compaq. And it's not back yet. :mad:
I got my computer back!!!!! \\:D/

[rapasoft]

well, i had very beautiful summer, and imo it's not over yet!
the school starts on 5th september, so i have almost 1 week for FUN !!!
my summer was all about PARTYing and haveing fun with my friends and girls (of course) ... \\:D/ IT'S GOOOOOD TO BE YONG \\:D/

[N'Jal]

Yeah it's also good if you have a girl :( Mine left me a few months back. Oh well uni in 21 days. :D