St Mary’s Butts, Reading, England Superthread

[Axver]

Originally Posted by Babydoll

Not really, lol.

It's going to be 30+ while I'm in Zagreb! One day is forecast to be 35. Christ on a flying fucking bike.

Also, got off the plane at midnight in Dubai... to 34C. Oof.

[Babydoll]

Originally Posted by Axver

It's going to be 30+ while I'm in Zagreb! One day is forecast to be 35. Christ on a flying fucking bike.

Also, got off the plane at midnight in Dubai... to 34C. Oof.

https://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.10.10389

I'll let this speak for itself. We've had nothing but rain :/ It's not much of a summer at all, and the forecast for July doesn't look too promising.

[Axver]

I can handle that.

But my week in Croatia and Slovenia is definitely going to be an uncomfortably warm one.

[Mack_Again]

I'll be in Boston at the end of August for a week, i think

[Axver]

I loved Boston when I spent a week there in 2005.

Well, that was a short but enjoyable visit to Copenhagen. Nice to see a different part of the city to what I had seen before, and Midnight Oil were amazing last night. Can't believe I got to see them in such a small setting, and I scored some of my favourites that they don't play much, like Hercules and Bullroarer. We got one of the longest sets of tour so far, 27 songs.

Now off to Zagreb for a week!

[Axver]

For my first act in Zagreb: tram fare evasion.

(Not on purpose! But they sure didn't make it obvious where or how to purchase a ticket.)

[bono_man2002]

They'll never take the Melbourne out of you!

[Axver]

They really won't. Me and another Melburnian were busy criticising the standard of graffiti here last night.

[U2inUtah]

Originally Posted by Axver

I loved Boston when I spent a week there in 2005.

Well, that was a short but enjoyable visit to Copenhagen. Nice to see a different part of the city to what I had seen before, and Midnight Oil were amazing last night. Can't believe I got to see them in such a small setting, and I scored some of my favourites that they don't play much, like Hercules and Bullroarer. We got one of the longest sets of tour so far, 27 songs.

Now off to Zagreb for a week!

Awesome man! Was hoping you'd get to go. They've really dug up some of their deeper tracks for this tour. I saw they opened Chicago by playing 10 to 1 straight through. I felt lucky to get Lucky Country at my one and only show in 2002. Had to miss them in Denver in May but funny enough they played it there too.

Edit: Looks like you got all of Species Deceases (love Progress), and the show before in Germany they played Diesel and Dust straight through.

[Axver]

Originally Posted by U2inUtah

Awesome man! Was hoping you'd get to go. They've really dug up some of their deeper tracks for this tour. I saw they opened Chicago by playing 10 to 1 straight through. I felt lucky to get Lucky Country at my one and only show in 2002. Had to miss them in Denver in May but funny enough they played it there too.

Edit: Looks like you got all of Species Deceases (love Progress), and the show before in Germany they played Diesel and Dust straight through.

This tour's setlists are amazing. I'm not a hardcore fan by any means but it's the sort of thing that really tempts you to follow a band around. They were SO good too, incredibly tight and enthusiastic, like they'd been playing these songs non-stop for the last 15 years. I was very impressed.

[coolian2]

"Never meet your heroes"

:meets hero:

What a fucking stupid theory

[nbelcik]

Who'd you meet?

[coolian2]

Originally Posted by nbelcik

Who'd you meet?

John Campbell, journalist.

What an actual lovely man.

[Mack_Again]

I actually have met a Nobel laureate but it was an accident.

[coolian2]

Originally Posted by Mack_Again

I actually have met a Nobel laureate but it was an accident.

I feel like this story needs more details

[Mack_Again]

Originally Posted by coolian2

I feel like this story needs more details

Oh I met Dr Yoshinori Ohsumi, the prof. who got Nobel Prize In Physiology or Medicine. i was actually visiting the different lab last year but his lab was nearby so i got to visit him. I talked to him for less than 10 minutes and he couldn't understand the difference between Michigan State and UMich for the whole time. however i met him BEFORE he got the prize and at that time i didnt expect him to win because CRISPR was (still is) huge and all that

[Axver]

So, I knew almost nothing about Slovenia a couple of days ago. Now I know it is pretty and lovely and deserves a return visit. The train ride from Zagreb to Ljubljana was pretty fun.

But oh boy then the train from Ljubljana to Vienna! That route is special. I can see why the Semmering mountain railway has world heritage listing. Vienna was just a convenient stopover—the city always seemed overhyped to me, but now I totally get it.

I'm on an ICE to Wiesbaden to finally see God Is an Astronaut live, and I'm super excited, but to be honest I really did not want to leave Vienna. What a place.

[coolian2]

Indiana man pulls out 2 rings, proposes to girlfriend and her sister with Down syndrome | WREG.com

Sweet story.

The most important part is why has the town mentioned not been a Superthread location?

[Mack_Again]

Originally Posted by coolian2

Indiana man pulls out 2 rings, proposes to girlfriend and her sister with Down syndrome | WREG.com

Sweet story.

The most important part is why has the town mentioned not been a Superthread location?

I assume Mike Pence live there, judging from the name

[Axver]

I hate Brussels but at least they make good beer here.