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Your odds are still better then mine. So many things I have to take into account before planning such a trip - not least of which is time off cycling.
Alas, the grief of cyclists deprived of their vehicles! The biggest issue I'm facing will probably be finding a flight that time of the year.
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I'm sure there are websites which will facilitate the rapid discovery of reasonably priced airfares. I can foresee time off study/work also posing problems. Now if my pilot was a metalhead I could fly the tandem over and put in some training whilst I was there. Currently my ideal holiday is a tandem tour of Europe. That really will take some work.

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Thanks. I also finished writing a book that I've been writing for the past 10 years or so, give or take. Also got a record player for christmas and Babylon Whores entire catalogue on vinyl (one of my fav bands). Oh, and I love snow and we're about to have a blizard. So, things are doing very well here. Hope things are great for everyone else!

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The emphasis is on 'try' really. I doubt the chance exists I'm allowed to go' date=' but if I plan everything well, they have no reason to be concerned. Well, maybe they do, but it's my decision whether I go or not.[/quote'] Taxes and medical bills put me in bad shape this year, but I have a large customer that's not too far from Baltimore, so I may try to pay them a visit and write it off as a business expense. We'll see what my consultant says, but that looks like my only shot of making it at this point.
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Ive still yet to get the chance to attend MDF, largely on account of it always happening in the midst of busy season for my work. Maybe next year when I'm living elsewhere and in a different industry. BUT, today has been a pretty good day. I officially got my ticket to see Electric Wizard in NYC in april, came home to see my special vinyl press of Bongripper's Satan Worshipping Doom had arrived, and then learned that one of my favorite bands Shroud Eater will be playing their first show of the year on my birthday in Ft Lauderdale, which is kind of a strange place to do so but fuck it, im goin! Quite stoked. Now to just buy my Behemoth ticket and my next three months will be booked up in the most metal way possible.

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Sometimes I REALLY want to strangle my kid brother. Like right now for example. "why do you have to come inside now?" "because it's breakfast time" "tomorrow I don't want you to come inside at all" "you're 10 you don't get to boss anyone around" "go away, go away, GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY".

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Sometimes I REALLY want to strangle my kid brother. Like right now for example. "why do you have to come inside now?" "because it's breakfast time" "tomorrow I don't want you to come inside at all" "you're 10 you don't get to boss anyone around" "go away' date=' go away, GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY".[/quote'] Sit/ lay on him and bound his arms until he shuts the fuck up???
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After a lifetime of doing nothing' date=' I finally started exercising. And I am half dead. :D But I feel like I'm doing something useful and it kind of feels good :D I hope it will get less hard (can I say less hard?is it correct?) with time.[/quote'] Probably "less hard" is not the best usage, though it is not too bad, I think "less difficult" sounds better. Your English is excellent by the way, at least as far as I can tell.
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