New To The Island

[EVOLUTION666]

Hi people

 

Lokks like im moving again only this time its looking to be the isle of man[]

 

Bit wierd, wont know anyone there so whats the place like for a daft lad of 25? Will be working for swagelok (sp) and up to now, its only short term, anyone here working for the same company?

 

looking like i will be there tuesday evening by the sounds of it, got the ferry booked to get my motor over there too,

 

 

one thing i am interested in, is where to stay, accomidation has been arranged but its bed only and £60 a week. Been told al need to shift when the TT is on so anyone know of good pubs, places to eat and so on, maybe a better place to stay?

 

 

cheers for any of the replies and may well be seing some of you out and about very soon

 

 

Jon

[ghost101]

Hi Jon and welcome to the Isle of Man (almost) just had one of the tarmac rallies on this weekend so you've just missed two days of standing on a hedge freezing you *** off [] there are plenty of good pubs/restaurants about the place just depends where your staying (i assume Douglas) loads to suggest really just depends what sort of food your after really. The Millenium Saagar is a crackin indian for example (douglas) or a place called Coasters does a good variety of food. Accomodation TT week could be a bit of a problem because its the centenary this year pretty much everywhere is booked up in Douglas. Also depends how much your company is willing to cough up for a place to stay ie Mount Murray is nice but expensive as is the Empress but am sure when your over it will be easier to sort something out then. Am sure a few of the troops would be up for a meet sometime soon to introduce ourselves. See you shortly  [Y]

 

Mark

[EVOLUTION666]

Hi Mark

 

Yeah, Douglas is where im working, and as for the accomidation, well, price isnt so much of an isue as i pay my own expenses and claim it all back against tax, so with in reason i guess.

 

How long is the TT on for, is it a full week or just a long weekend weekend?

 

Totally gutted about the RBS Manx, looked it up as soon as i got the word only to find it was yesterday and today[:'(]  not to worry. Quite looking forwards to it now. Just need to sort out a laptop out so i can get online, somehow dont think there will be room in the room for a desktop lol

 

cheers

 

jon

 

 

[Johnuk300]

Hi there Jon

Welcom to the rock it is a shame that you have missed the rally but you will have two weeks of TT.  And as for meeting up the best thing to do is just put a post up and see who is willing to come along. 

[EVOLUTION666]

Great stuff

 

will do once im in and see how things go. I start wednesday and theres a good few hrs so it will probably be the weekend before im free to get out and about. Going to bring the camera and go for a good mooch about i think.

 

so al post when i get the chance, Found an internet cafe so net access wont be a problem straight off

 

 

keep a look out for me, not sure how many scoobs will be running round with UK plates on, but theres about to be 1 more

 

 

 

 

regards

 

 

jon

[graeme_stuart]

where abouts in the northeast you from mate []. Im from Darlington, been here 16 years now.

[EVOLUTION666]

alright mate

 

 

im living in consett at the moment. How did you end up living over there then

[graeme_stuart]

Im a chef. I used to work for moat house hotels and got fed up, but got all my training etc done through them. Worked in a few more hotels etc and joined an agency, who sent me over here. Never looked back, its such a laid back place compared with the UK, and the amount of motor sport events we have over here, makes it even better.[]. And for a scooby driver, we have lots of unrestricted roads.(driving with care at the same time i must add)[].

[EVOLUTION666]

that little story sounds so familiar

 

 

maybe al never look back[]

[heazille]

Hi Jon,

 

I did try to reply to your post yesterday but could not get the darned phone to work over here

Any way, welcome to the rock, i noticed you said accomodation sorted except of rhte ´TT´period!!!!!!!

I hope you have something sorted out because with 20k Bikes & 50k+ peeps yer gonna struggle to say the least.

And it´s a whole mad two weeks.

I dare say a Mad sunday trip might be a plan!!!! for the brave that is!

Catch up with you when i get back on the rock, but send me your é´mail address please then i will add you to the mail list as thats the main way we seem to contact each other.

Ta Ta

Richard

Sunny Barcelona[H]

PS: Make sure you book July 18th to July 24th off work for the Manx ScoobyFest.

[missey_d]

Hi Jon!

Welcome to the Isle of Man (well nearly anyway!)

Like Richard said your gonna have a major problem finding anywhere to stay over the TT fortnight!  One of my work mates just came up with an idea tho'.  The castle mona hotel is opening up again for TT fortnight - you might be able to get a room in there! (proberbly not but it's worth a shot!) If not, I know someone who 'might' be letting out a room in his own home - but he's not sure yet, but he's in Ramsey.  I'll see if I can find any where else for ya tho' and let ya know!

Oh, and you'll be on the same boat as me mam tomorrow night! lol  so be warned, it'll proberbly be choppy as hell, always is when she goes away! LOL

xDx

 

[EVOLUTION666]

Hi

Once again thanks for the replys. Dont think its still sunk in that tomorrow al be there but what the hell.

 

looks
like im going to be on the aftenoon crossing from Heysham tomorrow.
Choppy water isnt really an issue, ive probably sailed in worse at
North Sheild in the dingy lol. so long as my car makes it ashore, al be
happy.

 

One thing though, dont think im going to be
able to source a laptop while im over here still, are there places over
there to sort me out or is it better taking a trip back to pick one up?

 

 

cheers

 

 

Jon 

[cupradave]

Hi Jon, Welcome for tomorrow []

Have you been here before? If not, I guarentee you will love it. I have been here a little over 4 years now and like Graeme have not looked back.

There are places here you will be able to pick up a laptop, maybe not quite as cheap as say PC World but worth a look. You could always buy online and have it delivered to you here on the Island.

I would be up for a meet pretty much anytime, any excuse for a mountain blast. Just post up once your here and settled and we will get something organised.

Hope the boat is not too bumpy

[EVOLUTION666]

Hi

 

Nope, never been before mate, really looking forwards to it a few reasons really

 

A, its like a big adventure lol, av not done contracting before so here goes...

B, Im looking at taking up my sailing again, which i regretfully ditched in favour of an ex girlfriend

C, The roads out there look great, and what seems to be plenty of my other love in life, plenty motorsport going on

 

As
for the laptop, probs will just get one delivered, im sure my parent
would be able to help me out there, by that i mean pay for it lol,
leaving present or summit[]   so if you happend to be
reading this.....

 

 As for a meet, well you may well find me driving round the place tomorrow looking rather lost lol

 

 

Cheers

 

jon 

[cupradave]

 As for a meet, well you may well find me driving round the place tomorrow looking rather lost lol

You cant get lost here Jon, the Island is only 33 miles long and 15 miles wide or summat like that, if you think you are lost just keep going til you find a sign post or somewhere you know LOL

What time does your boat get in?

[EVOLUTION666]

I will have to double check with the woman thats buying the tickets later today

 

I
will be coming in from Heysham on a PM crossing, she mentioed 2pm, but
i didnt think there was one at that time, so im going to double check
that.

 

My stuff is all over the place right now and
im desperatly trying to make sure i remeber everything lol This is all
happening at a million miles an hour. All will be fine and dandy
tommorow when im leavinf consett though 

[cupradave]

2pm sounds like it could be about right mate, you would get in about sixish

I remember trying to make sure I had everything when packing up to come over here, you will be able to sit down tomorrow night in a pub somewhere with a nice pint of Okells and think what the hell was the fuss about?

[missey_d]

What kinda laptop you want and how much do you wanna spend?

I work in a computer shop in Ramsey, and most people don't know it, but 90% of the time we can undercut places from accross!!!  Let us know what your after and I'll get ya a price!

xDx

[cupradave]

What kinda laptop you want and how much do you wanna spend?

I work in a computer shop in Ramsey, and most people don't know it, but 90% of the time we can undercut places from accross!!!  Let us know what your after and I'll get ya a price!

xDx

Ooohhh good to know Donna []

[EVOLUTION666]

Right,

 

 

just confirmed, 2pm is my travel time so am i right in thinking that this will get me there about 6pm?

 

Im
getting the address of the place im staying very soon (i hope, dont
wanna have to bring a tent lol) so i guess i will be out exploring on
the evening looking for that nice pub to sit an chill, slow lifes
recent million miles an hour pace down to a near stop lol[]

[EVOLUTION666]

What kinda laptop you want and how much do you wanna spend?

I work in a computer shop in Ramsey, and most people don't know

it, but 90% of the time we can undercut places from accross!!! 

Let us know what your after and I'll get ya a price!

xDx

 

 

 

MMM, al second the good to know.

 

Erm,

right, what im after is nowt flash really, decent memory 60GB and

upwards, just enough to store my pics on, as i do tend to take alot.

Need to be able to run a graphics package, probably GIMP2 (im a cheap

skate lol) DVD writer and just WIFI, and possibly blootooth though its

no important

 

oh, and it needs a half decent battery

life in it as im guessing till i sort a web n walk moblie contract out,

i will be stuck using one of the 6 apparent WIFI hotspots aroung the

isle of man

 

 

dont think av specified

anything to special there have i, so what kind of money am i looking at

for that little lot. Not to fussed on weight so long as i dont need a

trailer to carry it round with me

 

cheers

 

 

jon 

[cupradave]

 just confirmed, 2pm is my travel time so am i right in thinking that this will get me there about 6pm?

the crossing from Heysham is 3 and 3/4 hours, give or take. so yeah about 6ish

[missey_d]

Jon, have sent you a message re: laptop prices!

xDx

[EVOLUTION666]

Jon, have sent you a message re: laptop prices!

xDx

 

 

PM read,

 

thanks

alot, some good info there and i think there both have everything i

need, probs go for the latter, looks a canny buy. Probably what i will

do is pop in and say hello and take it from there if you dont mine

 

 

cheers

 

jon 

[missey_d]

No Worries hun!

Have a good trip over tomorrow!

xDx