Post 9xQCDIIw3HC0M9eCgK by Fuckthisshitagain@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #9xQBoTLBsjY9LTrm1w by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:01:10Z
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So apparently river tubing/boat tubing is not a thing in the UK. Is this true??? UK spinsters: do you not know the joy of tubing?
(DIR) Post #9xQC60DetSOwEthbhg by Funsizescot1975@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:04:27Z
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@theAVclub Not something I’ve heard off here? But I could be just running in the wrong crowd!
(DIR) Post #9xQCDIIw3HC0M9eCgK by Fuckthisshitagain@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:05:47Z
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@theAVclub I've worn inflatable armbands in a swimming pool, does that count?
(DIR) Post #9xQCFVZJhshQ4dMijg by blackphillip@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:06:08Z
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I just googled it and that's what I'd call 'donutting' which is pretty popular on dry ski slopes but I've also done it down a river in the SW of england. idk how popular it is though @theAVclub
(DIR) Post #9xQCXHAbyjj6d8HYDw by SionnachRua@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:09:22Z
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@theAVclub It's called tubing and is done on lakes in Ireland. But not that many people have boats cause $$$
(DIR) Post #9xQConHDrOIT87jAIq by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:12:34Z
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I realize you guys might have a different name for it river tubing: you float down a river on a floatie for hours and get horribly sunburnt. Boat tubing: you take an inner tube out of a semi, attach it with a long cord to a boat and then proceed to get dragged at wild speeds around a lake/in the ocean until you fall off.
(DIR) Post #9xQDVlr919vvAz1T9M by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:20:20Z
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@SionnachRua ohhh. Here lots of people own boats. It's kind of a working class/middle class thing.
(DIR) Post #9xQDtlTA6itQvVFKM4 by Robotpuppy@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:09:31Z
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@Funsizescot1975 @theAVclub I was going to say it's not a thing in the UK but trip advisor reckons it is! I think culturally we all think of rivers as either freezing, filthy, a toss between too tiny to bother with and lethally fast/deep and not particularly accessible.Boating is sort of a thing, but it definitely is more of a rich people thing.
(DIR) Post #9xQDtonTjdvXFNm5wG by Funsizescot1975@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:13:34Z
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@Robotpuppy That was my thought. I mean up here in the soggy north we do have huge Lochs and the such but I don’t much fancy taking a dip in any of them, freezing cold even in the height of what we amusingly call summer! @theAVclub
(DIR) Post #9xQDtsRIC4YaXjQQue by Robotpuppy@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:18:40Z
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@Funsizescot1975 @theAVclub Yup, it's cold and there's rats. And rats piss. And that rats piss disease. Lots of rowing though, especially in the home counties. And there's always people along the canals.
(DIR) Post #9xQDtunhPjfVrnvM7E by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:24:37Z
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@Robotpuppy @Funsizescot1975 rowing sounds nice!!
(DIR) Post #9xQE1x3stKWBCDKJU0 by SionnachRua@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:26:06Z
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@theAVclub Google tells me a second hand speed boat is about $10k, then there's all the fees. Not sure if it's just my experience but everyone I k ow who had speed boats were Protestants/ from the northern counties.Then theres the fancy Dubs with their little yachts in the harbours
(DIR) Post #9xQEtnfC39k7gYSF4C by Gabble@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:35:43Z
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@theAVclub That sounds like an invitation for the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water to take you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPMYRlvySY
(DIR) Post #9xQEzXpnoXl4KY9k1o by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:36:54Z
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@SionnachRua I dunno, we never owned one but lots of people here are fishers/spend lots of time on the water. In the cities you have to be rich to own one cause of docking ect. But people outside the city just have them under a tarp on their yard or on one of their driveways. Or live on a lake and just keep it there. I mean, everyone outside the cities has massive trucks, atvs, skidoos etc.
(DIR) Post #9xQFD9CeBrvZzWKOAq by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:39:22Z
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@Gabble Omg!! Maybe I'm just trying to feed our lake monsters with unsuspecting victims. 😂😂
(DIR) Post #9xQFOhbCeB0Lr1K6r2 by SionnachRua@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T20:41:29Z
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@theAVclub Yeah trucks aren't a thing here - tradespeople have vans, farmers have jeeps people who live near the sea/lakes tend to have small boats called currachs which you can stick a motor on but wouldn't really work for water sports
(DIR) Post #9xQInUV2mqRuKTxEBc by thebewilderness@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T21:19:33Z
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That is very sad cuz tubing is wonderful fun. In the winter if we have snow we do it with 4 wheel drive trucks and giant inner tubes. @theAVclub
(DIR) Post #9xQJ6V4Cu0WVafSwXg by theAVclub@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T21:23:01Z
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@thebewilderness omg yeeess. We used to pull sleds behind atvs. Such a blast!
(DIR) Post #9xQPXoMzqEjH09f1Si by UrbanGardener@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T22:35:07Z
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@theAVclub this sounds epic! FYI we don't really do either type of tubing in the UK
(DIR) Post #9xQPjYrJKxXiMzRVmi by UrbanGardener@spinster.xyz
2020-07-24T22:37:17Z
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@theAVclub this sounds epic! Yea we don't really do either type of tubing in the UK. But most of us know about the last river type, I've done it on holiday but that was back when I was a kid