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Well, after what seems a lifetime, I was awoken this morning by a phone call - the phone has not worked since leaving Miami. And at last, the Lappie has fired up.

The 'phone call was from the Channel 425 show "4/5", & they want me to do a live phone-in this afternoon, Spamming this week's Poker 425, at around 5pm UK I believe. It's 10.30am here, as I write. How surreal.

So, while the connection lasts, I am gonna get some pics & stuff Posted.

Oh, where are we? Moored in the Port at Antigua.

Being cut off from you guys for so long was horrible. Never realised I woild miss you all so much.

I was actually worried about you Tikay , must be my motherly side coming out .
Glad your ok  , and hope your having a good time xxxxxxxxxx

Nice to here from you, make the most of the weather, its bad in the uk... wish i were there..

theres me thinking you had been thrown overboard, nice to have you back again looking forward to your posts.

Cheers Tikay i posted the moving up question , you was right...Thanks

Ahh, thank you. I hated not being able to get on blonde, & I've been ratty because of it.  And Charmaine was worried about me? Gotta lave thzat young lady.

OK, here come the pics, and as a special "thank you" to all the blonde Ladies, here's a little beefcake. Careful though, he's spoken for, eh Anna? This is Nottingham Nick.

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Ruthlesss's Post? I suggested she Posted a question on the Forum, & promised her she would get lots of help. I've not seen it - yet - but I am sure you were all dead helpful. She was reluctant to Post, because she Posted "elsewhere" & got flamed to bits, & I promised her it would not happen here.

One last Nottingham Nick pic. This is typical of a guy having his pic taken - note the "breathe in" posture.......

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Relieved to hear that the rumour that Tikay had been made to walk the plank was indeed a rumour  :D

More beefcake. This is Fattymara. No idea how he gets that name. Luckily, I caught him in a good mood. You should see him when he's in a bad mood.

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Thanks Karabiner.

This was the sight we awoke to yesterday - Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Dunno why it's called "Virgin" though.

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...and another view of Tortola, BVI.

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...and another view of Antigua......

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This was what we awoke to this morning - Antigua.

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Tikay,

In Heritage Quay (which is the port you have docked in, in Antigua) there is a duty free shop.

Just walk straight on after you leave the jetty for about 150 yards (pass Kings Casino on your left and you are nearly there) and you can pick up 200 fags for something like 13 US dollars !!!! This is the cheapest you will find smokes in the whole world, mate. So stock up while you can

The shop is on the left and is under an overhang, behind and beside an electrical shop...failing that ask anyone where the chepest liquor store is, and that will get you there too...or look for someone with mauveish-pinkish duty free carrier bags. ;)

Give my regards to St Johns.

Mike

I was dining alone when I was joined by this man - Bruce "Elvis" Atkinson whilst I was having an open-air breakfast on deck this morning. How WONDEREFUL! Scrambled eggs, baked beans, toast, tea, .......

PS - Get the shirt.

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Thanks Mike.

Here's another Antigua view.

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For what its worth,

In the photo above, the light blue building just left of centre is the office which I used to work in and is currently where a fellow blonde (Cromaa) is working.....Hi Steve!

On the right is a brown and fawn coloured building which is a very plush but still unused hospital. It was built by the previous (but corrupt) government, who spent so much money building the place, they forgot to budget for all the hospital equipment and fittings that are needed to run a hospital efficiently.

Also, there is currently a major power outage in Antigua which has knocked out power to many of the offshore bookmakers based there...Including the one that I work for. >:(

We had better mention Poker I guess, so here's a Pic which neatly links to poker.

On the left, 2005 World Series star Conor Tate, who has 7 kids, & seems to have most of them with him on the boat. They are very well-mannered, even saying "how do you do, pleased to meet you" & shaking hands. Lovely.

Middle is skalie, aka Jon Kulmer, who is leading the Main Event by a good way, (with blondeite Stuart Fox in 2nd, whahoo, a blondeite 1-2).

On the right, is Marc Goodwin, aka blondeite Mr Cool, who is leading the $500 event, which is down to the last 6.

I busted out of the $500 in about 35th place, it was a 260 runner field, & the $$$'s were in sight. A sort of misunderstanding arose, and all the chips went in when I held K-Q on a K-J-T flop, which I thought was pretty decent for me. But the geezer with J-T was thinking along the same lines, & there being no improvement on turn & river, that was that. Excuses, excuses.....

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Lifeboat Drill, on Day one. Gotta wonder what the couple are saying to each other.

I reckon the girlie is saying, "John, I've always loved you, we shall meet again in heaven, & I shall transprt you there in my heart, which is yours forever".

And he's saying "how we fixed for one last bit of humpy pumpy?".......

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nice pics tony..............any totty on board ?

Glad to see you are back in action tk - now get some work done!!

Looks beautiful TK , almost wish i was there  :)

Boo! Trust you to lower the tone. Totty? Can't say I've noticed. Sat next to a stunningly beautiful French lady last night in the $1-$2 game. Hair pulled back - love that - sort of, I dunno, long hot pants, they came down to just below her kneees, & a loose, off the shoulder top, with, so far as one could tell, no, err, "means of support". Not that I noticed. The old pulse was racing, I can tell you.

Heres another Antigua view, I love Mike's feedback.

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Chili! You wanna see me in action? Careful what you wish for....... Hope the "business business" is going to plan. Jen & snoops have sloped off to Copenhagen, least that was how I left it, the lucky blighters, while I'm here in Antigua, & you are in Grantham. Life's unfair sometimes, eh?

Just a quick aside to anyone who  is awaiting a reply from me. There are, inevitably, a heap of unanswered PM's in my inbox. Bear with me, I'll respond as soon as I can, I just wanna get these pics up first.

Here's "The Main Man" - Mr Jesse May. Am thinking of getting a bandana like Jesse's. What you reckon?

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Would you believe it?

Was strolling along the deck, & this coouple approached me - "are you tikay?".

Hehe, gotta love THAT. We get chatting, turns out they live in Denmark, but they are both avid blonde readers, & they think the Live Updates are THE best. They said they are "very funny", I said they are not supposed to be bloody funny......And they said "and Denmark is NOT in Norway". What? Whatever makes them think that?

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tikay i dont think a bandana would be any good, looks like you got a skinhead! ;)

I mentioned the other day that I thought World Heads-Up champ Peter Gunnarsen had put a bit of weight on - facially mainly, & he looks well on it. Maybe that's what love does to a fella. Here he is with his beloved.

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Maybe Big Trev Reardon is in love, too.....

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And maybe even Jeff Burke is in love. He's a funny man. VERY deep voice - Welsh - and watches Poker 425 every week. So he's the other viewer.

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Aha!!!

The picture about 4 posts ago (with the blue barge in the foreground) looks like an area to the north of St Johns which is a bit shanty-ish, to put it politely.

It is an area of dubious doings and the occasional trading of wacky-backy and stronger substances takes place at this end of town.

I have been told there is a Night Club in the neighbourhood where, if the DJ plays a tune (reggae music kinda thing) that the yardies really like, they fire off rounds of ammunition into the ceiling which is corrugated iron!!!!  :o

This is a story which reached me third hand during my 1½ years in Antigua, but I can honestly say I have no first hand experience of that particular establishment.

These two, espying I was sitting alone, came & joined me for a drink.

He is either Hale or Pace, I can't recall which, but he's deffo one or the other, at least that's what someone told me. I gather they are comedians.

I remarked how alike he looked to one of my great heroes, the much-maligned Lord Archer, he did not seem impressed at all.

The Lady - who is either his Sister, or his wife, I forget which (I think it is his sister) reminded me SO much of one of the "Two Fat Ladies" who used to be TV cooks. I said "you remind me of someone, but I don't think I had better mention who".

"Tell me, tell me" she implored, "PLEASE".

So I said, "well, a MUCH younger, &  VERY much slimmer version of one of the Two Fat Ladies".

At which she slaps me, walks off in a huff, & has not spoken to me since. Meanwhile, Hale - or is it Pace - says "serves you right tikay, but fair play mate, you are a braver man than me".

Women are so weird, but you gotta love them.

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Here's Leona, Kevin O'Connell's better half.

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Hes pace, and his wife plays under the name cbass.

I've played against cbass on Laddies for the last couple of years, I thought it was a bloke

Say hi to her for me

So did i Red, i read an interview, about her and her husband said shes a better player than him.

Gents/Tikay, sorry for being thick, why cant see any pics or any attachments or links.  :blonde:

they are all there now. please ignore!! i promise they wasnt tho!!

string you can only see the pics if your logged in as a member

guests on the forum cannot see pictures

Enjoy yourself tikay... I'm not too sure wether you can pull off the headband but maybe you should lend one off jesse first, see what the reaction is around the ship!

Has James paused for breath yet? The poker world nearly falls apart when tikay cant be contacted, people cant plan anything!

i heard a rumour that you were $75 000 up for the trip so far, well done keep tearing the cash games up.

Is Jesse wearing those 12 inch long white Gucci winklepickers too ?

MUST get a piccie of those Tikay !

ironside, thanks.

Tikay, there appears to be a problem with one of the pics on page two.' Mr Cool' is wearing pink and lime green, has the colour gone on this pic??  :D

Pink and lime green??? although if anyone can pull off that combo it is Marc.

Sorry Red, no can do - we & cbass are on non-speakers, she keeps whacking me every time I see her. Punches  her weight, too.

Bobby - Mr Cool, classy dresser or what?

At-It - so you reckon a bandana would suit me. Consider it done.

And yup, Jesse has got THOSE shoes on....he's some character, I can tell ya.

Sorry about the break in service, I lost internet connnectiion.

Here's Mr O'Connell. Sober as a judge, of course.

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Just took this pic - it's Anthony Holden, author of "Big Deal", currently writing the sequel, "Bigger Deal".

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...and here's John Kabbaj, who is here with his achingly gorgeous Russian wife, & Jeff Burke, who's achingly ungorgeous.

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Very jealous...

Your suc a name dropper tikay!

Now, bear with me, this is convoluted.

Today it's the $10,000 Ladies Freeroll. I was priveleged & surprised to be asked to "help the ladies" last night, in a sort of "poker training/coaching" session, most of the Ladies have never played poker, & need a bit of help before tonight's comp.

So, 30 ladies showed up, split into 3 tables, one table had Roy Brindley as their mentor, another had John Gale, & the third table drew the short straw, me.

We had a GREAT time, I got them all revved up blonde Bash style. Every time a pot went off, they were all high-fiving & whooping & hollering, it was wicked. The other 2 tables broke after an hour, but we carried on for hours, until we got thrown off, they wanted the tables for cash games.

It was SO satisfying.

I was wandering around on deck this morning, & the lady in the pic below, who was one of my "pupils" last night, said "hi" & thanked me for the fun we all had last night.

Now it gets spooky.

She said "I know you, you helped my daughter out a few weeks back"........

Sheesh, beads of sweat appeared, I am thinking, I've been good for ages, what have I done?

She went on "you recorded a TV Programme just before Christmas. 6 newbies get trained by you in "live" poker, & then play a comp. You wrote to one of the contestants afterwards, said how well it had gone, & that person, who'se name was ******* ******, is my daughter-in-law".

What? 'Tis true - the "contestent" in question is blondeite Sn8wQueen, & perhaps on of you at home will send Sn8WQueen a PM, with a link to this thread, she will be THRILLED to see Mum-in-Law's pic.

Not done yet, here's the real spooky bit.

The TV Programme was the Sporting odds Peoples Poker Challenge, it's being aired for the first time TONIGHT on Channel 226. Think it's been re-named "Power Zone" or summat similar. We recorded it just before Christmnas, & I only put the commentary on it last Friday, for which I had to delay my flight to Miami. We are gonna record Episode 2 the week after next, 6 new contestants, & we are recording it in a VERY special, & VERY famous, venue, at least, famous to film buffs. It will be in a Gym in Repton, and the comp will be played in a boxing ring, the very ring featured in Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock & 2 smoking barrels.

So there you go. A chance encounter with a blondeite's mother-in-law in Antigua, & I somehow turn that into a spam for a TV show I made. Is there no end to my vanity?

PS - Connectivity here is awful, can a Mod or someone send a PM to Sn8WQueen please, linked to this - thanks!

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Sorry At-It, it's a rotten job, but it's gotta be done.

You want name-dropping? Here's Mad Marty Wilson - note he is not talking. There's a first. He's not as bad as some peeps make out, not exactly renowned for stimulating conversation or deep thought, but he has great enthusiasm, and it's hard to dislike him. He has blotted his copybook once or twice down the years, but has fell on his feet with Sir Barry Hearn, for whom he works very hard.

No idea how he came to be not speaking when I took the pic.

We shared the opening table in the Main Event, & the bugger moved all-in on me after I made it 300 to go with 8-8. He made it 10,000! AK, obviously & patently. I bottled it. It's hardly subtle, thinking man's poker, but it's difficult to play against, & each to his own. It gave Marty great satisfaction to go running round the cardroom "I went all-in on tikay on the second hand". The players were all laughing too. Not entirely sure whom they were laughing at, mind.....

Bless him.

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Here's another villain of the peace, Roy The Boy Brindley.

He has earned himself a bad name in some quarters, his TV Commentaries in particular are too blunt, some would say rude, for many viewers.

I can only speak as I find. He & I exchange e-mails from time to time, & he's always been very civil to me. Knowing I am alone on the Boat, & seeing as everyone else is with their partners, he & his partner, the really lovely Mags Manton, of The Merrion Club,invited me to dinner the night before last, which was most kind of him. We had soup, & starter, & then they gave us this sort of sorbet mouthwash "palate cleanser" they called it, followed by Pork, then Cherry Jubilee for afters. Lovely. No pie though.

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It's a super-duper ship, & I'm very lucky to be here.

But it's been crossed off the tick list, & I don't believe I would do it again, at least, not unless I had a partner/companion.

I hate queuing, & we have to queue for literally everything. It takes an hour to queue for Brekkie, an hour to get your seat allocation for each comp, & I just can't be doing with queues, never have. And it's very "Corporate".

Take this, as an example, which I find wryly amusing in SO many different ways, though maybe I'm just a weirdo.

In my Cabin, a bottle of water appeared on Day Two."Dannon Natural Spring Water", very nice.

Attached to it, via sellotape, was this note, which I reproduce word for word.......

"To quench your thirst, Celebrity Cruises is pleased to provide this bottle of water.

Please note that for your convenience, we will automatically bill you $2.95 plus 15% gratuity, to your Celebrity Sea Pass Account, should you choose to open and/or consume this.

Thank you.

Celebrity Cruises".

I guess you think I'm ungrateful, but you'd be wrong. I guess you think I'm a cynic. You'd be right. I hate Corporate. The Americans have a trick or two to learn when it comes to PR, & People Skills. That Bottle of Water note has to be the clumsiest piece of Corporate Speak I've seen in many a year, but they think it's wonderful. Bless 'em.

Job Done

I think I love you Robert.

As soon as I realised that everyone in the whole world is always looking for an angle, I stopped being cynical

Get a cabin...

told you greyfox was male

Please Tikay no more scenic shots or I'll be asking someone to scupper your internet connection for the rest of the cruise - you are making me sick with jealousy!!  lmao


It's just not bloody fair!

Tikay that is scandalous that they placed a bottle of water in your cabin with that message.

I'm scared, or scarred, probably both

Tikay's shameless plug:


8pm tonight  Sky channel 226   


oooo that's NOW

Not scandalous, imo, Llevan, but it amuses me in SO many different ways. The more times I read it, the more I laugh. I really have become cynical with age.

Take it home and frame it!

Leave the steward a note saying it took you 2 mins to read that pointless mssage and by your reckoning that cost you $3.00, so can you have a credit to your shipboard account?

But I am dead arsey.

Well i would be sticking a note on their note saying, Please don't leave your trash in my room or i will be charging you $15 for having to tidy up after you...

How much for a lifetime to get over it??  lmao

Great minds...... heid

Well it's hardly the Steward's fault - correction, "Stateroom Attendant" - in my case, a young Phillipini boy, name of Pascoal D'Costa, who's prob earning 3 quid a week.

I don't get upset or cross or mad at these things, they just amuse me. And it amuses me even more that the Americans fall for it. How dumb do you have to be not to see through that?

There's another note in my Cabin telling me "for my convenience & pleasure" that they have installed a telephone especially for me. And I can use it for $7.95 per minute. It's a bargain folks.

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I've tried not being cynical, but I just don't like it.

tikay can you try an consume the bottle without opening it? but dont try too hard

no action as of yet on the ship --- I mean pokeraction :)

Amazing that I am finding more about the cruise on this site then the other site


Cheers Tikay

Any chance of the cashes or at least the top few in the 500 event please?? cheers.

very tru whufc65

the updating on L stinks....

its sad i find

<<Well it's hardly the Steward's fault - correction, "Stateroom Attendant" - in my case, a young Phillipini boy, name of Pascoal D'Costa, who's prob earning 3 quid a week.>>

Is the young phillipino steward provided by the americans for your convenience and pleasure as you are travelling alone????

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Don't tell Kevin!

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Hi Tikay

Gwibbo is definitely taken & definitely beefcake:-) but message for hubby ......... ;slavedriver;...& less of the posing  ;)
Great to have to back in communicado Tikay, we have missed you too. See you soon

Have a fabtastic time all - good luck for the rest of the week blondeites  ;goodluck;

LOL

Anna xoxox

Here's Leona (left), un-named lady (right), & Mrs Kabbaj (centre), seemingly in need of a visit to the bathroom, judging by the crossed legs. Or maybe she just gets happy when she sees me.

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We are just leaving Antigua, so I may lose Internet access when we get out to sea. I will try & post the situation in the Main Event & $500 before we do. If I fail, we arrive in St Marteen in less than 12 hours, hopefully there will be internet access there.

Here's one for the Walsall Boys.

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Another one of Antigua, as the sun goes down.

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Here's another Cruise Ship leaving Antigua, & we are following it out. 3 more are moored outside, waiting to enter the Harbour. Right little industry, this Cruising has become..

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Last view of Antigua.

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That one's a corker

agree, beautiful

And to think - instead of you and the cabin boy it could have been you and me holding hands watching the sunset......how many times have i picked up my phone just to make sure it's still working only to hear the lonely dialling tone?? ;reallyamsorry;

What is this life, if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare

But then alas, we are aware

We can't, cos we're not bloody there

Holding hands Tracey? I was hoping for more.

The picture? For the technically minded, it was taken on a Nikon 67ZZ3, with high speed prolax reactor, 16/32 shutter speed, on Agfa 98hpm film, with a delayed exposure to accentuate the sunset, & developed it in a special, secret, compound.

me thinks you have had too much sun tikay! and not a train in sight  :D

Hey - do you have any idea who is profiting on the high stakes tables - any information greatly received.

another excellent post TiKay, glad to hear things are going well and you are having a great time :)

 ;iagree;  Me thinks the  ;tk; is losing the plot....Bless

hi TK, you will go on these cheap little ships, next time go on a real cruise with p&o.


Hi Maid Marion , you really look like your photo  8) .

john Mcgrane. x

Great stuff Tikay you lucky dog.

BTW the walsall boy looks very much like Ben Callinan

It is IFM. Can you wish him all the best please Tikay, u2 pal :cheers:

Hey John

How's tricks?? Not on the jolly ship?

I had to pick a piccy from the list as I am too much of a techno-ejit to know how to attach a proper one!  :blonde:

LOL

Anna xoxo

Sounds/looks like your having a fab time!

My bro in-law is also on the cruise - Jamie or otherwise known as Mr_Muse_Man!    He to got a bad beat, pair Kings v pair Queens - a Queen came on the flop.

Mum in-law played in the Womens Free-Roll yesterday - still waiting to see results on Ladbrokes.

Enjoy the rest of the cruise.  8)

Some great pictures tikay, glad to see you have fun

I think I have a few Jessie May style bandanas...

Maybe at the next bash...

You have already met my mother in-law!   Like the photo.   Hope you did not give her too many tips - she might come back and beat as all at our next family game!

I know!? A celebrity?! Well, they're not pulling the wool over my eyes. This must have been sent to the wrong room.