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Way to go Jeff welcome to the Man's room! And Hip....you should have stopped by and grabbed that large Irish man to help you. He's been going out of his mind while his woman has been gone.

I was wondering if something like that was going on....

??? ... would that be JJ?

No, that would be Butch.

Ah, ok ...

I'm off to Atlantic City chumps. See ya next week.

St. Lucia is awesome. Incredible landscape. Amazing car ride across the island to the resort. Great people who know how to party(we happened to be there during the annual 2-day Carnival festival in the capital city castries).

Don't think about renting a car and driving around if you want to survive your trip. Take the taxis.

The resort(BodyHoliday at LeSport) was amazing too. Tons of great food and friendly service galore, not crowded at all, great private and secluded beach, nice rooms with about the best air conditioning you will find. Lots of activities of about everything except surfing. The spa was fantastic. It's supposed to be adults only, but there were a few younger kids but that was fine. We were up early and in bed by 10 every night so we didn't experience the nightlife, which was limited. Don't go to this place if you want to go out and party until 2am every night.

Only complaint I have was that there was actually so much stuff to do on the resort and other activities off the resort that you have to move some of your spa treatments(which you book before you actually go on the trip). It would be nice if they actually sent you that kind of stuff beforehand so you can plan your spa treatments accordingly. They were still really flexible and we probably rescheduled more than half of them.

The same! Sounds like a fun weekend but a ton of work!

Now that was a solid bachelor party.

When we picked up the last guy before heading down to AC, one of us ripped a huge fart and I pointed at a smokestack and said "to answer your question, that long." It all went downhill from there.

Atlantic City is quite the shithole, but it's not a bad placed to get smashed, the strip clubs weren't scams (and are BYOB!).

All-you-can-eat crab legs, excessive sun exposure, non-filter camels and Jagermeister - not a winning combo.

my wife just left for 4 days, totally unexpected. I'm officially on Vacation!! woot! home alone!

Hey Skip. Anam and I are going to be in the Sarnia area next year for a wedding. Are there any places across the border(Sarnia-Port Huron) that are worth crossing over for the day to visit?

Got back Sunday from my annual white water rafting trip, once again doing the Kennebec river in Maine
It is somewhat sad how small the group is getting, however expected it may be
i'm only in my 5th season, and this group has been coming up for something like 16+ years
At one point, they had 70+ rafters/campers, with 12+ rafts just for their group
this year there were only 19 rafters (3 rafts) in our group (many more campers who were not rafting)
there were also many rafters there not in our group, but at one time our's was one of two groups that weekend
the upside is getting to meet new people who wouldn't be there otherwise
The other group that's been there from the beginning is the New Hampshire firemen
One of them brought his bagpipes, and he did a tribute for a friend of ours (and former rafter) which was very nice
One upside of the smaller group is I actually got to be in one of the "feature" rafts this year
ie, as Peter Griffin would say, " We have 4 or 5 of the main characters on board, I doubt anything bad is going to happen"
Unfortunately, I found out that the "veteran" rafters don't like to actually paddle, preferring to let the guide do the work, while they drink
At one point, all of our paddles were stacked in a pile in the center of the raft
It's all good, it was a lot of fun, especially the drinking games at the campsite
I'll keep going back as long as possible, if only to see these people again that I only see once a year

Two pics I've been meaning to post since May when I was in Finland:

1. This is Helsingin jäähalli as seen from a moving, rainy streetcar -- this is the arena where the HIFK hockey team plays in Helsinki:



I didn't make it out to Hartwall Areena, which is where Jokerit plays -- the one with the fully underground practice rink. Though we weren't too far from there at one point, it is in the northern suburbs.

And when I was in Marimekko, the classic Finnish style shop, I couldn't help but snap a picture of this:

In Playa del Carmen sitting in the bar at La Tortuga hitting the internet. Type in offthe.... and the auto recall shows offthepost.org. Which one of you was here previously? Curious minds and all that.

Judging by this thread, there have been a few trips to the Mexican Riviera... but that's pretty damn funny.

I was at the Sandos Playacar on Playa del Carmen last year. Definitely checked OTP once or twice.

Just spent another weekend in NYC:

1. Saw the Yanks beat the Mariners
2. Got really drunk at a sake bar
3. Saw Crystal Castles
4. Got soaked from head to toe in a fierce rainstorm

5. Didn't bother to contact the NYer.


Don't we have someone on here from TX? I'm going to be in the Houston area in November. I had hoped to see a Dallas Stars game- duh! Texas is really- no REALLY- freaking big. 5 hours from where I'll be. Oh well. Checked for the Houston Aeros- they're in Chicago. Arg.

Wasn't Sloth from Texas?

Hi Jeff, Sorry it took so long to get around to this. There really isn't anything much worth visiting in the Sarnia / Port Huron Area. Do let me know when you are coming and if you have some free time and we'll try and do a quick get together. Either side of the border is fine with me.