The hell i went through

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The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:21 am

Have just come back form Spain and went to Ikea in Seville, did nt realise it was the other side of Seville.
My sat nav broke and i got horribly lost.
had the car loaded up like the Beverly hillbillies and nearly did nt make it back.

Never again
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby janda_grant2 » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:32 am

mijas bound wrote:had the car loaded up like the Beverly hillbillies
So it was a wasted trip then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:22 pm

i would nt say wasted

i managed to put the work tops in, the oven, hob, sink and paint the front door, oh and get a few wobbly pops down my neck :lol:
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby janda_grant2 » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:01 pm

[quote="mijas bound" i managed to put the work tops in, the oven, hob, sink and paint the front door, oh and get a few wobbly pops down my neck :lol:[/quote]

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby RichardCoeurdeLion » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:50 pm

You only have to watch the first minute to see what the op meant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0yHP4bHS4

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby janda_grant2 » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:15 am

Got that bit but what are .....................

wobbly pops ?
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby gerryh » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:35 am

janda_grant2 wrote: wobbly pops ?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... fid=468152

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby janda_grant2 » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:29 pm

Thanks Gerry
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby TerryC » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:08 pm

You poor diddums, the sat nav broke and the world nearly ended, oh my god what am I going to do? Help help help!!!!! Call the police, fire and ambulance, lifeboats and a Swat team just to be sure.

God help you if there is every nuclear war and you manage to survive, wouldn't be for much longer by the sound of things..

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:41 pm

Terryc,
dont tell me, you started work at 14 and in your day you could go out for the night, bag of chips, taxi home and change from a fiver?????????? :lol:
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby TerryC » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:29 am

Hello Mijas Bound

No, I simply bought a map of southern Spain, oh nine years ago now for £3.50 on the boat to Santander from Plymouth. The map has worked ever since, it's been exceptionally reliable. I will admit sometimes there is a minor glitch when the Spanish go and build a new road but I find road signs are helpful in this case.

Have a great day - Regards and all the best TerryC

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby TerryC » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:34 am

Hello again MB

Just another thought, why didn't you go to Ikea in Malaga? From Mijas you could probably have managed to find that without a map, (it's just before the airport from your direction) although I must admit the way into Ikea from the N340 is a little complicated.

Sincerely yours TerryC

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby KarenD » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:49 am

I think Mijas Bound was going from Pruna

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby Jim Allen » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:52 pm

I fully understand the hell here.
I have a Sat Nav and I call him Tin Tin.. We travel many places together and hardly ever where I wanted to go :thumbup:

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby Lavanda » Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:19 pm

Seville is tricky. I first went from Coín to Extremadura via the A92 and the N603/E803. I had a map but still got lost in Seville. Luckily I had a compass. I knew I had to go north eventually. It worked brilliantly because, although I didn't know exactly where I was for over half an hour, I was going in the right direction. :lol:

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Re: The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:50 pm

I was going from Pruna and had i know how difficult it was to find i would have gone to Birmingham :lol:

I thought it was near Media mart and when it was nt i panicked and thought, i'll just keep driving towards Seville,, big mistake
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:03 pm

maybe i should change my user name to Pruna bound :lol:

don t think that works
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby chrissiehope » Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:09 pm

...isn't that a contradiction in terms.... :lol: ?
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby mijas bound » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:30 pm

Eggsacly..............or would that be egg bound???? :lol:
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Re: The hell i went through

Postby karandjon » Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:45 pm

Lavanda wrote:Seville is tricky. I first went from Coín to Extremadura via the A92 and the N603/E803. I had a map but still got lost in Seville.
It really depends on where you are travelling from. If you come from the Algarve, or Huelva, for instance, it is one straight road, the motorway, until you take the turning off where the large IKEA signpost is, and the IKEA is there right in front of you. Couldn't be any more easier! :lol:
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