Holidays and absences [3]

Not much to add other than to also highlight social media skills and so on, which I am sure will interest heritage institutions that wants to have a SoMe-presence. Might be another way in the door.

{{ Thinking of absences, I do hope Lance returns. I know he have felt offended but then I didnt call it the Big Bad Serious Thread for nothing! Besides whats a difference of opinion among Forumshire So I hope you show up again soon Lance, your absence is notable and not all desirable. And besides the ribena is backing up! }}

I have apologised to Lance through a PM but he hasn't replied. I was abrasive in my comments but it certainly wasn't directed at him personally. I haven't changed my mind about the issue regarding Brexiteers, but I know that I could have been more tactful. As you said Petty, the BBST is for debate and sometimes people say stuff in the heat of argument. I do want Lance to come back and I promise not to be so...me.

Yeah the Big Bad whatever can bring out the worst! in people. That's why I avoid it: so that I don't upset people with my RADICAL and CRAZY views lol.

What did you do Figgs, call him a dumb biiiiitch? Most unsuitable!

well its not as crazy and radical as The Who thread, that got at times.

Fuck me... I just wrote a big old post and my phone messed up and I lost it.

I will try again another time, maybe back in the BBS section.

But the TL:DR version would have been not offended, was a bit angry and then life was busy.

cool! the bigger the better.

I don't understand writing long posts on phone. That's why Eru gave us laptops.

Where's Azriel? she hasn't been around since May 21st, I hope she is ok. I didn't realise it was that long ago.

Was it really that long? Wow. I don't have a back door to her the way I did for Dave, but maybe someone has some info to perform a retrieval operation?

{{ I got in touch with Az. She has been dealing with stuff in her personal life (something about turning a noisy neighbour into a toad I believe!) but assures me she will be returning to join us when the spells have all worked. }}

oh good I missed her.

Our family wisely opted not to get together for christmas, but now with all the vaccinations my brother (who lives in colorado) sacrificed a time share so we could get together.  So while the rest of the northern hemisphere is sweltering we're up among the aspens.



The ski villages still fill up with less well heeled folks taking advantage of the hotels, restaurants and shops among the mountains.



The above is Beaver Creek, a place my brother describes as "the place the billionaires built to get away from all the damn millionaires in Vail."  One advantage of that is astounding art galleries.



We're not staying in Beaver Creek, but only about a 10 minute drive away.  We've got a balcony.  Balconies rock.

Driving through the town of Leadville, we saw this.



Of course you have to stop.  The entrance had the proper feel.



This was no tourist trap, it was the real deal, largely unchanged since the day Doc Holliday would play the piano here (I had to do the same!)





And of course the back room is where the card playing, gambling and ladies happened.  Also where Doc Holliday shot his last man.



It was an incredible feeling to know this was the real deal.  Of course now they play it up for tourists, but this was actually the way things looked. (if you're willing to overlook the HD TV panel in the back, for starters).

I LOVE THAT BAR!! Its like something out of Return to the Future and an old Hollywood movie I could spend hours just goggling at all the details. I expect bustles are welcome.

Bustles would definitely be welcome. I wanted to take a picture of a table of locals (they fit right in with the facial hair and rough clothes), but it would have been rude - if had more time I would have taken the time to cosy up to them first, but we were racing for bed. The walls were filled with old time photos and even a long newspaper clipping of the Trial of Doc Holliday after he shot his last man. I need to look it up, but I took a quick snap: getting close enough to read means most is cut out.

Cool!

{{ Looks like an amazing place. Great when you find somewhere thats authentically old. }}

If i were an international man of mystery... I'd probably be staying here for the next week.

is the house sort of embedded in an infinity pool?

oooh doing a Jason Bourne eh?

halfwise wrote:is the house sort of embedded in an infinity pool?

If I were to guess, since I'm clearly at home doing boring stuff, I would say the house is built of stilts over the ocean and around an infinity pool.

If I were to be inside laying in bed my view would be similar to this.



And might look like this outside.

And I might say Fook-a-doodle-doo

{{ Um, well bye...for a bit...I will be offline and unavailable for an unknown amount of time-hoping weeks not months. If you want to know why see Creative Corner- where I will try through other means to keep things somewhat updated on and of with a Forumshire version of whats going on. Look after the place while I'm gone. And stay away from my buckie!!! }}

That sucks. At least we're getting a shiretale from this...
Best wishes and hope to see you back soon!