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[Habana Mike]

55 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

The day prior to the run, my dad and his mates took me through a trial walk of the run (just under a kilometre / .6 of a mile) 

All the safe nooks (corners/door recesses) to protect yourself should you find yourself in trouble. Running into the arena is one of the biggest trouble spots/bottlenecks. 

I was 16 at the time, decked out in White/Red and with a newspaper to smack those bulls on the arse. Needless to say I smacked nothing.

It is a great week of festivities.  

Pamplona is a fantastic city.  San Sebastian (my favourite town) is an hour away. Do both for a great time away 

Will put on the list. Still not sure I'd do the run, though if not my Papa card would most likely be revoked.....

Bit of quick research.... Hemingway first visited the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain, in 1923, where he became fascinated by bullfighting.^[46] It is at this time that he began to be referred to as "Papa"

[Trapper99]

5 hours ago, El Presidente said:

I love the Pamplona San Fermin festival. 

You have to do it once  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that our friend Naka?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ouch!! Those last two pictures 

[Ken Gargett]

was very high on the bucketlist. tried very hard to get there but could never make the timing work. now, the knee does not work so well. i might be past it. 

[El Presidente]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

was very high on the bucketlist. tried very hard to get there but could never make the timing work. now, the knee does not work so well. i might be past it. 

Yes, it's the knee.....

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

Yes, it's the knee.....

there is a reason it is not called hobbling along with the bulls. 

[Fuzz]

I heard there was another festival for those who are a bit more safety conscious.... "Running Behind the Bulls"

[GotYaGoat]

Speaking of Bulls

[El Presidente]

 

 

A maintenance crew loads 5 megabytes of memory into a Pan am Aircraft (1956)\

 

 

[Habana Mike]

And you can get multi-TB storage for the home in a book sized device these days....

[Ken Gargett]

15 hours ago, Fuzz said:

I heard there was another festival for those who are a bit more safety conscious.... "Running Behind the Bulls"

fuzz, the problem with that is that it can be a bit messy. 

[Habana Mike]

50 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

fuzz, the problem with that is that it can be a bit messy. 

More worried about the slip and fall than the horn up the ass? Probably the safer strategy....

[Fuzz]

8 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

fuzz, the problem with that is that it can be a bit messy. 

 

7 hours ago, Habana Mike said:

More worried about the slip and fall than the horn up the ass? Probably the safer strategy....

I'd have to agree with Mike here. Better dirty clothes covered in bull muck, than an inconveniently placed bull's horn, inserted at speed.

The clothes/shoes I can always clean or just throw away. The newly made horn shaped orifice? Not so easy to fix. And your clothes will be soiled any, it's just not the bull's fault this time.

 

[Ken Gargett]

7 hours ago, Fuzz said:

 

I'd have to agree with Mike here. Better dirty clothes covered in bull muck, than an inconveniently placed bull's horn, inserted at speed.

The clothes/shoes I can always clean or just throw away. The newly made horn shaped orifice? Not so easy to fix. And your clothes will be soiled any, it's just not the bull's fault this time.

 

to be honest, i was not thinking of the bull turning around and coming back to have a crack with the horns. i was thinking it would be unpleasant to wade through all that bull****. but then i thought, i am a member of this forum. i do that every day. 

[westg]

[Toast & Taste]

On 2/22/2021 at 9:06 PM, El Presidente said:

The day prior to the run, my dad and his mates took me through a trial walk of the run (just under a kilometre / .6 of a mile) 

All the safe nooks (corners/door recesses) to protect yourself should you find yourself in trouble. Running into the arena is one of the biggest trouble spots/bottlenecks. 

I was 16 at the time, decked out in White/Red and with a newspaper to smack those bulls on the arse. Needless to say I smacked nothing.

It is a great week of festivities.  

Pamplona is a fantastic city.  San Sebastian (my favourite town) is an hour away. Do both for a great time away 

X2 on San Sabastian.

 

Big Al 

[Mr. Japan]

What a great time  in Pamplona. Younger and crazier.

[El Presidente]

 

My Home Surf Club and Beach. 

No better place for a drink and a bite to eat. 

Membership: $10 a year 

 

 

 

 

[helix]

Young mans game.

[gorob23]

12 hours ago, Mr. Japan said:

What a great time  in Pamplona. Younger and crazier.

and YOU said I was crazy for my bike trips ......  !!???!!!

[Greenhorn2]

No thanks, I'll keep my cherry. 

[Fosgate]

I remember when I was stationed in Germany my unit took a group vacation to Barcelona. A bunch of them peeled off when we got there to go up to run with the bulls. I had seen enough TV on the run, been chased by enough livestock and wild animals growing up to know I didn't want a piece of that. They all came back in one piece with a few bumps and bruises and a few good stories of close calls. 

 

[Perla]

This one I like. Its from a forest in Hungary. 
 

 

[Perla]

That’s Vienna. Ceiling decorations made of broken plates. Crazy fiddling work can’t get over it how they managed to do so. 

[Mr. Japan]

16 hours ago, gorob23 said:

and YOU said I was crazy for my bike trips ......  !!???!!!

But I was young ;-)

[BTWheezy]

On 3/1/2021 at 1:15 PM, El Presidente said:

 

My Home Surf Club and Beach. 

No better place for a drink and a bite to eat. 

Membership: $10 a year 

 

 

 

 

Is Ken a member?