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Deeside or further west?
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Lived in Prestatyn, and went to school in Rhyl.
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A bit further round then  I'm originally from Sandycroft and went to school in Hawarden.
I have to admit Deeside was (and on the occasions I drive past it, still is) a bit of a dive, but once you get further into Wales (and away from some of the holiday towns) it certainly gets a lot nicer.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Totally agree, all those towns between Connahs Quay and Ffynongroew used to look very grey and dismal back in the day. Rhyl was also a bit of a dump, especially in summer. But once you crossed the Clwyd you entered great coast and country. Coincidentally, the Glynne Arms in Hawarden got a mention in the Telegraph today, in the top 50 gastropubs in Britain; things are looking up.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Coincidentally, the Glynne Arms in Hawarden got a mention in the Telegraph today, in the top 50 gastropubs in Britain
That's surprising to hear..
It does seem that (at long last) the food situation is improving in Wales. We've had some good meals out there over the last few years. One place we keep meaning to try is Dylan's Restaurant at Menai Bridge, but it always seems to be fully booked and we're usually on an unpredictable (weather driven) schedule 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Had a nice risotto at the Angelsey arms in Menai. Again, I was very surprised to see such good cooking.
Dillons looks a bit steep though, 30 quid for a Rioja! http://dylansrestaurant.co.uk/menu.php[^]
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Dillons looks a bit steep though, 30 quid for a Rioja!
Life as a software contractor, eh! 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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15 quid is the most you should pay else you are being ripped off, despite how much you earn. 
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Just spent a week in Wales...
Should we call you Pinocchio from now on then? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I left my Windows phone in my unlocked car overnight.
Next morning it was still there.
Windows Phone: 1
Apple Phone: 0
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That explains why it looks like 1990s AOL - it's an antitheft measure! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I adore Silverlight, they killed it.
I adore my Windows phone, they will kill it.
I now understand the meaning behind the phrase, "If you love something, let it go."
It is the only chance that something has for survival.
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Could you do us all a favour and start hating Bacon?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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But nobody has added one. 
(In my neighbourhood bulky waste is magically growing overnight)
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Windows Phone: 1
Car: 1 (just for going away on it's own and having courtesy to leave the phone behind)
Apple Phone: 0
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That's almost exactly an element from one of apple's old marketing campaigns.
Get a Mac, we don't get viruses!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Who wants to be a travel agent for half an hour?
I've spent the morning looking at holidays on the internet (unless anyone at work is reading this in which case I've been hard at work doing whatever it is I do).
Where would you go on holiday with my wife and a 10 year old girl?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Paris - including Disneyland(for the 10 year old), it used to be fairly cheap staying at the resort hotels(eurostar is fairly comfortable).
Cornwall - stunning views, walks, self catering, the sea and you don't have to travel abroad(i.e. no easyjet etc).
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Did Disneyland a number of years ago, took the car on the Eurostar and drove the rest of the way (in a car that needed several litres of oil to get there and back and had a boot that wouldn't lock).
Go to Cornwall every year with my family, stopping at the Retallack Resort[^] in July of this year.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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You could try the US, California - do you know the way to San Jose?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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chriselst wrote: Where would you go on holiday with my wife and a 10 year old girl?
I appreciate the offer, but isn't taking them on vacation your duty? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yeah, but a couple of weeks at home on my own would be far, far, far more restful.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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