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Posted by rival on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:28am 2005


i was wondering: what interesting things do us Pitters do for their summer holidays? i know that is isnt quite the end of the holidays so you you can take this opportunity to say what you will do

for this summer has been the best. ive been jetsking (or waterbiking as some people say) twice (and again next week), been to a great waterbike, been to innumerable barbeques, met at least forty new people, and, a big highlight, just got back whale watching-kayaking in Friday Harbour. it was amazing! huge orcas jumping up and crashing back down mere tens of metres away and the simple good feeling that comes from doing something so... alive. sure my muscles in my shoulders and neck have one hell of a dull ache but it was so fun.
...almost as fun as jetsking though. the ones that i drove are fast. with no one willing to go on the back of mine i had one all to myself. wake jumping at forty miles per hour is an undescribable experience. these are all such new and exciting things ive never done before!
im going to a cabin at kalaloch on thursday aswell. we have huge bonfires on the beach and just have a great time (ive done it before). i meet with family members who i have never met before and others who are third cousins removed and other weird stuff.

as i said, i have been really lucky, this is my best summer ever.

so what have you fellow pitters gotten up to or will be?





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Posted by Nickelplate on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:31am 2005


I'm glad you had fun, Rival. I'm happy for you in a bitter sort of way. I didn't actually HAVE summer vacation, cause my job sucks and I have summer classes.

BUT I did get to work on my hot rod car some more. That's cool.




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Posted by rival on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:35am 2005


thats why being 14 with a family who are willing to pay for everything is great!


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Posted by Nickelplate on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:38am 2005


rub it in, why donthcha?


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Posted by French Toast on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:54am 2005


I'm with Rival. I've spent my Summer skateboarding for a few hours every day, playing tons of VideoGames, going to various events, and getting new stuff. Most noticable, a laptop. It's sooooooo sweet <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

My Summer rocks, but at the end, I'm going to be angry that I didn't do more, then I'll vow to do something useful next year... but I won't.

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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Aug 2nd at 5:35am 2005


I climbed Forbidden peak...

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That was fun...




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They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.



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Posted by satchmo on Tue Aug 2nd at 6:35am 2005


Wow, you lucky bastards.

I spend my summer working. However, I do have September to look forward to, when I travel to Northern Italy for my honeymoon.



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Posted by Andrei on Tue Aug 2nd at 7:03am 2005


I'll be going to Thessaloniki, Greece in september. Too bad one has to cross that vast land enhabited by the biggest jerkov-policemen in Europe known commonly as the bulgarian police <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> .




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Posted by wil5on on Tue Aug 2nd at 7:53am 2005


IT IS WINTER HERE




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Posted by Hugh on Tue Aug 2nd at 7:55am 2005


I didn't do anything this summer, that's the beauty of it. Going to bed late/getting up early, playing various video games... probably the most eventful thing was the 4th of July since my brother bought some quality fireworks and they blew up nicely. Meh. My life's boring. :P



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Posted by Crono on Tue Aug 2nd at 7:58am 2005


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IT IS WINTER HERE


Shut up, you don't count, you southern hemispherian!

However, that doesn't mean you can answer what you do during your break in between school years.

I don't have "summer" anymore ... not since I got out of High School. Since, college (university for you non-important-euroish-people) is in trimesters and I usually take a course during the summer term, "summer" has lost all meaning past the name of a season. Except not only do I get more classes in a year, that cost more, but I get to sit in hot whether at the same time.

However, I do like that the fall term doesn't start until the end of September, sometimes October.



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Posted by Crapceeper on Tue Aug 2nd at 10:44am 2005


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However, I do have September to look
forward to, when I travel to Northern Italy for my honeymoon.



Hey; I'm not far away from Italy....


But I have to think... what did I do this summer? The only major thing is that I started Dr. Hay's food-combining. Which didn't turn out to be necessary.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue Aug 2nd at 3:21pm 2005


I spent too much time playing videogames this summer... but despite that I did manage to do a few things.

I go into New York City once or twice a month to meet friends and go to museums and play frisbee in the rain in Central Park.

I've gotten back into Fantasy novels, as I'm halfway through Return of the King and I'm looking to check out Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time trilogy to see if it's any good.

I saw Taking Back Sunday open for Weezer in Long Island last month, that was a highlight.

No natury stuff like you Tracer, but I'm going back north to Vermont in a month so that will change.

A few beers, a few parties.

And... Bermuda with my family in two weeks. I'm VERY excited for that.




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Posted by ReNo on Tue Aug 2nd at 3:21pm 2005


I've done very little really...not been the best of summers if I'mt honest. It has however been the year of my and many of my friends 21st birthdays, which has lead to some decent parties with still more to come <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> I had a BBQ with about 30 odd mates in my back garden, with what was undoubtedly the nicest weather of the year so far, which went from 2pm until about 3am. Others have also had garden parties, or big meals out, or mass club invasions <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

Its also been the year that my mates' band Pummel have gone through regional finals of a battle of the bands contest, then Scottish final, then UK final, and are now going to Germany to play in the world final, so most of the town's young population are quite buzzing about that. Been some great gigs <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Finally, one thing to look forward to before I head back to uni is a week on my parents' new boat come September. They were wanting to get a motorboat abroad for a long while now, and this year they bought a 38 foot Princess in Greece. They are heading out to spend a fortnight on it but due to uni I can only go out for the first week. Still, should be fun, and I'm really looking forward to laznig around and learning how to drive the thing <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> I've linked to some pics for those interested, but it isn't the ACTUAL boat, just another Princess 38.

http://www.allaboutmarmaris.com/Yachts_for_sale/Princess_38_Photos.htm






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Posted by BlisTer on Tue Aug 2nd at 4:12pm 2005


juli: we went to northern Italy, first to the Garda lake and then to Trieste, was nice.

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I do have September to look forward to, when I travel to Northern Italy for my honeymoon.


Be sure to check out Venice (but go by train). Has a nice atmosphere. As you know road = water there. We saw a police-boat, firefighter-boat and ambulance-boat <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


august/september: i 've got the chance to go to a luxurious villa on an exotic location with 20 singles for 7 weeks. They've asked me for a new tv show, it's something like a cross-over between Temptation Island and Big-Brother. But i'm not gonna do it cause on my casting they were too vague about what sort of things we would have to do. Once i see it i might participate in a second series.
So for now i'm just gonna work a bit






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Posted by Hugh on Tue Aug 2nd at 5:04pm 2005


Jeeeeeeeeeeesus, ReNo, that's a sweet ride... and to own it would be even more awesome... /me wants.



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Posted by im.thatoneguy on Tue Aug 2nd at 5:50pm 2005


Well since my school goes year round, So far I've just been trying to finish this trimester. ALLLMOSSSTT DONNNEEEE WITH FINALS *Hand twitches and goes limp*

However I do have big summer plans. I don't have time for too big of an expedition this summer so I'm going to introduce some people to mountaineering on Washington's Mt. Olympus, a little 8k footer I think. Then hopefully get some kayaking in, in the week after that, then it's down to LA to party at USC with a friend down there for a week and back up to school in Washington in september..





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Posted by fraggard on Tue Aug 2nd at 6:01pm 2005


I'm in a semester break right now, and I seem to be going to college more often than I used to.

I am learning to play table tennis a little better though <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by rival on Tue Aug 2nd at 8:07pm 2005


? quoting im.thatoneguy
Well since my school goes year round, So far I've just been trying to finish this trimester. ALLLMOSSSTT DONNNEEEE WITH FINALS *Hand twitches and goes limp*

However I do have big summer plans. I don't have time for too big of an expedition this summer so I'm going to introduce some people to mountaineering on Washington's Mt. Olympus, a little 8k footer I think. Then hopefully get some kayaking in, in the week after that, then it's down to LA to party at USC with a friend down there for a week and back up to school in Washington in september..

i assume you live down near Olympia if you are going mountaineering there but if not check out Seaquest in Friday Harbour on the San Juan island for excellent sea kayaking. (its way up north and trip from Olympia would take a long time)




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Posted by im.thatoneguy on Tue Aug 2nd at 10:53pm 2005


I'm going to school up in Everett. So Olympus was the closest "quickie" I knew of.

Unfortunately my kayak (whitewater) is on the other side of the mountains in Eastern Washington so I'm checking flow levels for rivers in SouthEastern Washington online but it's hard to get a good sense purely by flow rates. If anyone knows of any good II - IV runs with easy access within driving distance of eastern washington I would really appreciate it.






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