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Jon Corby wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:A few weeks ago my other half and I filmed ourselves being chucked off a mountain.
Can I be gauche and ask how much it cost?
The adroit (geddit) answer is it didn't cost us anything as my father-in-law bought us vouchers as a Christmas present. But anyway it's £60 each; I don't know if there are any concessions or family discounts, but check out the website for info. The whole experience lasts about two hours and is suitable for all ages: in our party there was a lad of about 8 and two women in their 70s, one of whom walked with the aid of two sticks - she flew down the wire with them strapped to her back. You should totally do it!
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I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
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I topped the world leader board on an early facebook implementation of snake for over a week before being beaten by a kid from Thailand.

I achieved grand master status in miniclip 8 ball.

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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
Having recently become a member of a FB pun group I can appreciate the use of insane, giving the nature of the video
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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
Ha that is brilliant.

TBF I watched half of it wondering about "Real gone kid" playing in the background - it fitted quite well - then I realised I had spotify going too :D
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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
This is great 8-)
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Fiona T wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:52 am TBF I watched half of it wondering about "Real gone kid" playing in the background - it fitted quite well - then I realised I had spotify going too :D
Haha - this reminded me of the meme that says something like "My mind is like my web browser: 17 tabs are open, 3 of them are frozen and I have no idea where the music is coming from."
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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
That was fun.
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Fiona T wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:40 am I topped the world leader board on an early facebook implementation of snake for over a week before being beaten by a kid from Thailand.
I think I had a couple of world records on some Android racing game shortly after it came out.
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I've chatted in person with Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) and Aron Eisenberg (Quark's nephew Nog -- RIP) from Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

Also, I memorised the longest direction sequence in Super Paper Mario. A combination of 21 Lefts, Rights and Middles IIRC.
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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
Far more cool, to me at least, is having a credit on IMDB
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Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:30 am
Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
Far more cool, to me at least, is having a credit on IMDB
although you will need to get it updated
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Jon O'Neill wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:10 am
Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
This is great 8-)
There's now a sequel although I only have the briefest of cameos (as the same character): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTtwjCh4GLY
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Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:58 pm
Jon O'Neill wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:10 am
Phil Reynolds wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:45 am I got buried in an insane quantity of pine cones for a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTRP-xw7uE
This is great 8-)
There's now a sequel although I only have the briefest of cameos (as the same character): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTtwjCh4GLY
Typecasting 😊
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Currently have the high score on possibly the most heavily played pinball machine in Montréal.

Actually managed to fold my clothes before putting them away yesterday.
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