#TenThingsYouMayNotKnowAbout – #TonyJamesSlater

/ Marcia Meara

Today, our guest blogger is Tony James Slater, and trust me, Tony’s entertaining and often hilarious #TenThings list is something you do NOT want to miss out on! With that thought in mind, let’s get this show on the road! Tony, take it away!

Thanks for having me today, Marcia!
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10 Things You May Not Know About Me
by Tony James Slater

  1. I can’t tell my left from my right. Seriously! I used to make an ‘L’ shape with my left hand – until I discovered that works with both hands, depending on whether the back or the palm is facing me… I have a tattoo artist friend who has threatened to put ‘L’ and ‘R’ on my hands, and I’d be tempted… except I’m not sure I trust her to do it the right way around!
  2. I met my fiancé in America. We met again in England, started dating in Australia and lived together for 2 years in New Zealand. She is Dutch.
  3. I was in UK show ‘Coronation Street’, as an ‘extra’ in the background – every other week for ten years! I must have drunk a couple of hundred pints in the Rover’s Return pub. Sadly there was no alcohol in any of them.
  4. I was bitten by a crocodile, during my stint of volunteering in an exotic wildlife refuge in Ecuador. It was only a small crocodile but the wound bled like crazy, and made me altogether more nervous when I had to catch the little fella again later that day…
  5. I delivered yachts for a little while – well, I delivered a yacht. It sank. I still maintain that this was not my fault.
  6. I renovated a house for ‘Property Ladder’, a popular TV show presented by Sarah Beeny. The finished program bore almost no resemblance to our experience, with the clips and interviews being cut apart and reassembled to tell a story the producers liked. That story could have been titled, ‘A Bunch of Complete Muppets Screw Up a Renovation…’
  7. I still play with Lego! A couple of years ago I decided I wanted a really cool mascot for my desk. I dug out my childhood Lego and started building a big grey robot. I don’t get to work on it much, but the project has grown a bit out of control… I’ve only just finished the legs, which are three feet tall 😮
  8. I also write science fiction, under the pen name ‘Tyler Aston’. I chose this because it sounded tougher, and possibly American… and because it’s an anagram of Tony Slater! I used an online generator to come up with it. The second choice option wasn’t quite as appealing: ‘Stanley Rots’.
  9. I sold my body to medical science. Repeatedly! In fact, that’s how I paid for our wedding! Testing experimental medicines is big business amongst the work-shy backpacker population, of which I’ve been a member most of my life. My biggest payout was £4000, for over a month in hospital. And I’ve never experienced any strange side effects… or have I?
  10.  I’m an adrenaline junkie! If I can’t slide down it strapped to a piece of wood, I want to climb it and jump off the top. At various points I’ve been obsessed with snowboarding, parkour, gymnastics, diving, climbing and kung-fu! Sadly, I am also one of the clumsiest individuals on the planet. Iget hurt a lot.


    Author Tony James Slater

    Tony James Slater is an unusual combination of science-fiction author and travel-memoir writer.

    He is a very, very strange man. He believes himself to be indestructible, despite considerable evidence to the contrary. He is often to be found making strange faces whilst pretending to be attacked by inanimate objects. But perhaps his biggest problem is this: he has a mouth so big he is at risk of swallowing his own head.

    It is for this reason (amongst others) that he chooses to spend his life far from mainstream civilization, tackling ridiculous challenges and subjecting himself to constant danger. He gets hurt quite a lot.

    For more information, or to complain about his shameless self promotion, please visit: www.TonyJamesSlater.com

    But BE WARNED! Some of the writing is in red.

    Tony LOVES it when you make contact – it makes him feel a little less lonely in this big ole’ world.

    You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/TonyJamesSlater

    You can harass him on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TonyJamesSlater

    And he blogs about how ridiculous his life is at: http://www.AdventureWithoutEnd.com

    Please come and hang out, send a message or throw something sticky. But preferably not a stick…

    You can also reach Tony on his Amazon Author Page HERE
    And you can check out these two books here:



139 thoughts on “#TenThingsYouMayNotKnowAbout – #TonyJamesSlater”

    • Hi Cathy! That was a CRAZY experience. Way up on one of China’s sacred mountains, not an English-speaker within a fifty miles… and those harnesses! Let’s just say, they wouldn’t have held us up if we’d fallen! So much fun though… I got a decent chapter out of it anyway 😉
      I actually did a blog post about that climb, it was just insane from start to finish, for so many reasons… hang on, I’ll dig it out…
      Aha! Here it is 😉
      https://adventurewithoutend.com/2013/07/27/stepping-up-the-climbing-of-hua-shan/

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    • My thoughts on that photo, exactly, Cathy! I do NOT like heights. I can’t even imagine walking close to the EDGE of a cliff like that, much less hanging off of it! Eeeeep.

      Thanks for stopping by today, and I’m glad you enjoyed Tony’s post! 😀 ❤

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        • Okay, brain has settled down from the shock of watching you DANCING on that skinny little boardwalk. Oh, wait. No, it really hasn’t. I’m beyond flabbergasted. (Pretty sure I’ve hit levels of double and even triple flabbers now!)

          Honestly, while I admire your bravery (translation: foolhardy insanity), I stand by my original comment on this one, except I should have said I’d be afraid to walk any closer to the cliff edge than 20 or 30 feet. You and your wife amaze me!

          Truly, I do not like sheer heights. I’ll take your crocodile experience any day over them. Snakes? No problem. But I once went into a fancy office suite about 20 stories tall, and the floor to ceiling window did me in. Made me so dizzy, I nearly fell over on the plush carpet. (Talk about risky!) I do, however, love hiking the North Carolina mountains, where the trails usually have a gradual slope down to the bottom of the mountain. If I fell off, I probably wouldn’t rolll very far and could climb (crawl) back up again. 😁

          I have a feeling I’ll be watching that video again later, just for the entertainment value. Thanks for sharing it, you crazy man, you!

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    • Hi Yvette!
      Australia is an awesome place, I traveled all over before I decided to live here. Sadly, I live in the boring bit – I’m further from Sydney than New York is from London! Crazy how big this country is, and most of it is just empty… well, apart from the kangaroos 😉

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      • I’ve been looking forward to running this post since Tony sent it to me, Yvette. I just love his sense of humor, even if his sense of self-preservation seems to be totally lacking. Doh. But I knew folks would enjoy meeting him today, and it seems I was definitely right about that!

        Thanks so much for stopping by today! 😀 ❤

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  5. Good morning, Tony! What a great list! You’re obviously completely bonkers (are you sure about ‘no strange side effects’?) and I reckon you’re a bit of a wannabe TV star at heart. So here’s my question: which TV character (past or present) would you most like to play?

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    • Aha! That’s an easy one – Joey Tribiani, from Friends! Man, I LOVED that show! It’s still on all the time over here, and I can’t help but watch it. Actually, when we were traveling in Laos, we found a little backpacker haven of a town called Vang Vieng, where all the bars and restaurants showed Friends episodes on a constant loop, night and day! You had to decide where to eat based on which episode was playing where, to avoid watching the same one over and over…

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      • OMG, one of my favorite shows of all time! No wonder I enjoy your sense of humor, Tony. And Joey? I laugh just thinking about him. I’d consider moving to a town where they ran Friends in every bar and restaurant! Maybe. I mean, it’s possible that might be a bit too much of a good thing.

        And now, I’ll be picturing Joey, Chandler, Phoebe … the whole gang … all day long. Thanks! (I think.) 😁

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        • Vang Vieng is like some kind of paradise on earth. There’s only three things to do apart from watch friends; climbing, drinking, and tubing down the river. Except tubing down the river got banned because people were drinking whilst tubing, and they kept drowning. Strangely, I didn’t see many people drinking whilst climbing…

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          • I’ve done some tubing and whitewater rafting in my day (decades ago), and loved every minute. Climbing is limited to places that don’t make me dizzy, like the mountains of North Carolina, often referred to as rolling “hills.” Drinking days disappeared in the 60s, along with my misspent youth. Yep, I’d definitely be sitting in the restaurant, watching Friends. 😀

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    • I AM!!! You’re so right! I’ve stayed that way not out of some innate understanding of the benefits, but because I’m an immature, work-shy backpacker who is way too scared of responsibility to risk growing up!
      That said, I’m 45 now, and people are starting to look at me funny when I’m on the climbing frame… 😉

      Good question… if I could be an extra on anything…. wow. A few years back I’d have said Game of Thrones, hands down. I loved that show and I wanted to be a stuntman back in my youth… but then I went to Dubrovnik, in Croatia, where they filmed all the Kings Landing scenes, and found out just how hot it was when they were filming! They had to use hair dryers set on cold to cool the men inside their armour… AND THERE’S NOWHERE TO PEE!!!
      I wouldn’t mind being in the Mandalorian, though. Imagine getting to actually BE IN Star Wars! Now that IS the stuff of dreams 😉

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    • Ha ha! Cheers mate! I try 😉
      Only thing is, when you live a life like this – heavy on the fun, and light on the responsibility – you hit forty and suddenly start to wonder what on earth you’ll do when you get old… well, assuming I last that long 😉

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    • I agree, Craig, though I’m a bit surprised he’s still among the living with some of the things he’s gotten himself into. But HAPPILY so, and still laughing about some of his adventures. 😀 Thanks for stopping by today! 😀

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    • Hi Jowen! Lovely to meet you, too!
      Being adventurous has it’s downsides – such as being perpetually broke and quite often injured…
      Karate would be great fun though. I did a bit of kung fu when I was younger and I absolutely loved it! I mean, I was crap at it, but it’s the taking part that counts, right? 😉

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    • Karate, eh? I think I’ll skip that, though I spent years canoeing on alligator filled waterways here in Florida. Does that count as adventure? It didn’t involve any higher elevations, since Florida has none. 😀

      Thanks for stopping by today, Jeanne, and I’m glad you enjoyed Tony’s list! 😀 ❤

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    • Yeah, I never really understood boredom until I had a baby. Well, my wife did the having, luckily… yikes! But I have so many things I *want* to do, and so little time, I can’t imagine ever being bored… except when it comes to playing baby games. And reading baby books. And watching lullabies on endless re-run…

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  11. OMG, I knew there was a reason I needed to get up earlier today. (Too bad I managed to continue sleeping, anyway!) Honestly, these comments and your replies, Tony, are as funny as the post itself! I’m thinking if you get bored watching your little one sleep, you could always use that time to write some more guest posts for this blog. I don’t even care what about–though adding some book promotions is always good–because everything you say strikes me as hilarious!

    Thank you so much for sharing your #TenThings list with us this morning, and one way or another, I’m going to coerce you into coming back again. And again.

    Hmmm. Maybe if I can find a way to make visiting here more dangerous?
    😂😂😂

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    • Hi Marcia! Thanks for having me 😉
      Ahhh, sleep… I remember that. Back in the days BF (Before Freya) I used to sometimes just lie down and take a nap, for no other reason than to prove I could. Or did I? Maybe I’m remembering that wrong? Maybe that’s what I SHOULD have done, taken advantage while I could…? I sometimes dream about sleep. Or I would, if I ever slept. My daughter tells me every morning that she dreamed about buses…
      I’m like, “That’s weird, but I’ll take it.” I am now fantasising about having a bus dream…
      Kids, eh? Who’d have ’em 😉

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      • Trust me, Tony. One of these days you’ll have all the time in the world to catch up on some sleep. Or go out cliff dangling somewhere. It will happen sooner than you ever imagine, as that’s what babies do. Turn into kids, who grow up overnight, and head out into the world to find their own cliffs to conquer. (Leaving you to wonder how it happened so quickly.)

        And THEN… tada! … you get grandkids one day! ❤️ Grandkids are the REWARD for changing all the diapers and missing all the sleep. Grandkids are all of the FUN, minus pretty much all of the work. Just you wait ………

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    • Hiya! Nice to see you here! Hm, my bucket list… well, the moon, of course! I always wanted to be an astronaut (but couldn’t join the airforce coz of the old red/green colour-blind issue… ugh!). Bit frustrating that after generations of kids being told that wanting to be an astronaut was just stupid, in the next 50 years it’ll probably become a perfectly reasonable career choice! Sigh…
      But back here on earth, I’ve always wanted to go to Machu Picu. Despite the fact that I can’t spell it. Who can? I think the original spelling was lost in the mists of time… ahem.
      But yeah, that’s one place that has always inspired me. I’ll take my little girl there one day, but not till she’s old enough to hike the trail. And carry her own bags… So what’s that, like, 3 years old, right? Next year! 😉

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      • I’m surprised you aren’t enlisting little Freya to carry YOUR bags, too, Tony. *Snort*

        Seriously, great answer. Wouldn’t that be a fascinating place to see? I hope you get there one day. (I hate thinking you’ve missed any adventures or really cool places in your travels, whether you can spell them or not.) 😁

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      • Well, my Dad took me on a 10 mile ‘evening stroll’ when I was about three years old. He refused to carry me, he said, because, “Then, you won’t be able to say you did it.”

        So, at three, maybe with a bit of extra training, I wouldn’t rule out the Andes.

        Your daughter will thank you for it. My Dad awoke in me a great love of mountains and the outdoors. Plus, when we got back for a Cup-A-Soup at 10 p.m. I got to lord it over my two-year-old brother who DID have to be carried!

        You’re right that astronaut probably will be a perfectly feasible career option in future. Having ovaries was the principal hurdle between space flight and me, although if they’d let me through, I might have been scuppered by my inability to read the big letter at the top of the optician’s chart.

        Thanks for sharing your Ten Things and good luck with that robot!

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        • Yup, this kid is going to get the adventure bug if I have to force feed it to her 😉
          We’ve got our first big traveling trip planned for next year, we’re going to buy a caravan and drive around the UK and Europe for a few months. And because my wife was in the car when I had the idea, we’re apparently going to paint the caravan in crazy rainbow colours and line the walls inside with plastic tubes so we can have masters running around it…
          Sigh.

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          • Fabulous! She’s a lucky kid and no mistake.

            We started our life-after-work in a caravan touring Europe in 2016. It was supposed to be a 3-year trip, but in 2021, we graduated to an army truck and are still at large. We had intended to drive to Mongolia, but the small issue of needing to drive though Russia to get there put the kibosh on that.

            If you spot a six-wheel, bull-nosed Volvo and a couple with four dogs, give us a knock and we’ll make you a cup of tea. If I see a rainbow-painted caravan, I’ll come and harass you and find out what the tube running masters are. (I think I’ve just twigged – is it hamsters? That would be so cool!)

            We need a paint job if we want to go to Morocco. Apparently NATO green is too military, but we need to strike a balance between ‘invading force’ and ‘drug runners’, so we discounted the rainbows!

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            • Ouch, yeah, there’s probably a whole list of countries that you don’t really want to drive an army truck through right now… 😉
              Yes, it was ‘hamsters’ – what a bad spot for a typo! She’s all excited about having them running around the walls while we sleep… You can’t have hamsters in Oz, so when we were in England for a year I surprised her with one (as a pet, not dinner). She became a bit obsessed, we bought those plastic rotastack houses with connecting tubes, and she ended up dealing in the stuff! We bought car loads of it and washed it in my parents’ bathtub… The hamster started off in a modest little tank on the dresser, and by the time we left her ‘house’ filled the bedroom, cascading off every surface. So, yeah, the hamster thing is a dead cert. If we spot you in Latvia or Switzerland we’ll nip over and give you a tour!

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    • Oooooh, great question, Jackie! What could possibly be left??? (I shudder to imagine!)

      And I’m glad to see you here today, especially endorsing Tony’s books, and enjoying his post. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. (Let me know when you’d like to visit again.) 😀 ❤

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  13. Well, this was delightful!
    Every item was remarkable – from the ‘around the globe’ relationship, the crocodile bite, the Corrie “beer, sinking yacht, medial science, to the death defying junkie stuff! Having seen the list of things you’ve done such as parkour and that terrifying picture high up that Chinese mountain, I’d suggest you’re not as clumsy as you think you are as mistakes when doing those things can lead to more serious issues than scars! I love the fact the the colour blindness only came up in one of the responses! Many thanks for this, Marcia! I’ve gone back over it three times now as it’s all so entertaining and fascinating. 😀 ❤ 😀

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    • Hiya! I’m glad you enjoyed the post! I found out not too long ago that my clumsiness is actually a bona fide condition, called ‘Dyspraxia’, where I have a lack of spatial awareness that causes me to walk into things. Typically, when I walk through a doorway I’ll hit at least one side of it – sometimes both, ricocheting off one to hit the other! According to my wife, it’s very funny to watch… It means I’m not a natural athlete, I can’t catch a ball, but doing stuff that’s slightly more dangerous focuses my mind a bit more. It turns out, Dyspraxia is hereditary, and my whole family has it! We once played a game of volleyball, me, my mum and my sister on the same team, and we just fell over each other the entire time… Kind of wish I’d filmed that 😉

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    • I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Trish! I knew you would, and for all the reasons you’ve listed. Entertaining, fascinating, and FUNNY as all get out, eh? 😂I will do my best to get Tony to visit with us again, any time he’d like to. (I have a feeling he couldn’t be boring if he TRIED.)

      Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a few moments to comment. This post started my day off with a bang, and seems to be the “gift that keeps on giving.”
      😊😊😊

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    • We’ll be ready when YOU are, Tony! And thank YOU for such a fun-filled, interesting post, and for taking the time to chat with everyone! You’ve been a great guest, and I hope you’ll visit us again in the weeks ahead. 😊

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    • Hi John! Good point! When I’m writing my memoirs, it’s all about me – the rather daft English bloke who gets himself into all sorts of ridiculous situations…
      But when it comes to the science fiction, it’s about as different as can be – fast-paced, end of the world stuff, with lots of decapitations! As most of that stuff sells better in the US, and that’s by far the biggest market for it, I thought sounding like I was one of them would help! After all, when you’re talking guns and weapons and explosions, the average Brit knows nothing about that – the closest I’d been to an explosion is setting off fireworks 😉

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        • Ha ha! No chance! I haven’t even managed to pick up an Aussie accent after over ten years living here… a pity, coz I actually wouldn’t mind that. In fact my wife has picked up my accent, so now people assume we’re both from the north of England 😉

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          • Don’t take this the wrong way, Tony, but given all the things you get up to and your approach to life in general, I’m not even sure you’re from the same PLANET as the rest of us! And I mean that as a total compliment. I think most of us could learn a lot about living life to the fullest from your approach. Okay, maybe not the hanging off of the cliff thingie, but talk about GUSTO! You’ve got it, my friend, and sadly, most of us seem to have lost it. (Assuming we ever had any to start with.)

            I’d like to do more exciting things with the years I have left, myself. Of course, my idea of excitement includes things like throwing catnip mice around for the cats and looking out the door twenty times a day to see if any new packages from Amazon are awaiting me.

            Maybe it’s time for me to become a docent at the zoo again. I could use a few days of walking around with a 5-foot ball python draped over my shoulders! In the meantime, thanks for the vicarious thrills, Tony. You ROCK!! 😀

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            • Thanks for the suggestion, Tony. Not sure my health would let me travel full time, though. But that’s okay. In all honestly, I’ve led a really fun life and done tons of interesting things over the years. I don’t mind slowing down a bit now. More time for READING which has been a passion of mine since I was five years old, along with writing tall tales. 😀 I admit, the campsites sound pretty amazing, but I’d miss my grandkids too much to go gallivanting around now. Probably. 😉

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    • Hiya! Lovely to meet you too! The croc bite story was my favourite, even at the time – well, as soon as I’d recovered from the shock, that is! Bless him, he was a tiny little critter, he’d been brought to us with a machete wound in his neck. After the vet stitched him up, I volunteered to catch him twice a day to give him his jabs. And I did! It was only scary the first time… and the time right after he bit me 😉

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      • Of all the things you’ve shared with us, this is my favorite. Not because of the bite, of course, but because you were willing to give of your time to help animals. I used to raise orphaned birds for Audubon, and I volunteered at the zoo and did lots of interesting things there, but that was so many decades ago, I can barely remember it. These days, I give wildlife talks twice a month, and love that, but hands on stuff is even more fun!

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  17. Bravo, Tony! Your adventures sound amazing. One of my sons enjoys similar activities …and has suffered the consequences at times. All the best with your writing and publications. Thank you, Marcia, for introducing Tony. This was a fun Ten Things! 😊

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  18. The only way i can tell my left from my right hand is because my wedding ring is on my left. I’ve been married for 48 years, so I’ve managed to keep this secret for awhile.

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  19. What a fun “Ten Things,” Marcia and Tony. I couldn’t help cracking up, especially at #5. I’d love more of that story! And #8 – “Stanley Rots.” Lol. Wonderful to meet Tony and learn about his books. Thanks for starting my day with a laugh. 😀

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    • Hiya! Nice to meet you! Well, the yacht thing… it’s a long story, but after doing my 3 day ‘competent crew’ course, I got hired to crew a yacht on a delivery trip to Lanzarote. We sailed right out of the UK straight into the worst storm I’ve ever experienced. I had zero sailing experience, but found myself alone at the wheel for most of the night while the captain and first mate bailed us out in pitch darkness… turns out there was a hatch left open at the front of the boat and water was coming in, swamping us. The electrics and electronics were the first casualties, and it only got worse from there…
      I’ve done a lot of crazy things in my life, but this is still the one that gives me nightmares. Definitely the closest I ever came to not being here right now 😉
      On the upside, I got a decent chapter for my second book ‘Don’t Need The Whole Dog!’ out of it 😉

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      • Thanks for sharing the additional info, Tony. Yep, that sounds utterly terrifying, all right. I don’t want to dwell on how it COULD have turned out, but thankfully, all’s well that ends well. (I made that up, you know. No, honestly. I did. Okay, totally lying here. Sorry. I’m a writer. It’s what we do.)

        In all seriousness, I’m sure glad you lived to tell about the experience, and I’m looking forward to reading your books! And please do consider being our guest here on TWS in the future. I’d love to have you back, and I know everyone else would enjoy it, too!
        😀

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    • Honestly, Diana, I’ve been lucky to have many funny and interesting folks take part in this series, but I don’t know when I’ve gotten so many laughs at one go before. Tony is a great guest, and I’m hoping to have him visit us again in the future. Often.

      Thanks for stopping by and letting us know you enjoyed his post, too! 😀 ❤

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  20. Tony, I enjoy watching a lot of British shows (currently The Clarkson Farm and Endeavor), so I likely witnessed your superior talent quite often when you were an extra. The stair climbing in China was jaw-dropping. A three-hour climb!? Phew! Thanks for sharing your Ten-very interesting-Things I now know about you. Marcia, thank you for sharing your blog space with a talented globe trotter/author who has his fun-loving daredevil identity confused with idiocy.

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    • It was my pleasure to have Tony visit us this week, Nancy, and I hope he’ll do so again. I love a great sense of humor, and Tony has that in spades! Glad you enjoyed his post, and thanks for stopping by to let us know! 😀 ❤

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    • Hi Nancy! Thanks for stopping by 😉
      I did tons of extra work back in the day, mostly on Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Coronation Street and very occasionally Eastenders. I did one day on Doctor Who, when the first Darlek was revealed, but one of the guys that day took a photo of the Darlek on his newfangled camera phone (I’d never seen one before) – and sold it to The Sun newspaper! He probably made a good bit of cash from that, but the rest of us got fired! No more Doctor Who for me… 😦

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    • I have to confess, I managed to miss out on becoming addicted to Legos, even though my son had some and enjoyed them. My grandson loves them even more. It will be fun to see if he continues to enjoy them as he grows up. (He’s only 9 now.)

      Thanks for stopping by, Janet! 😀

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    • No way! I literally bought that flowers set yesterday for my wife’s birthday today! She’s sitting in the living room squealing (quietly) with delight as she builds it right at this moment! I love Lego, it IS expensive, but I buy most of it second hand – the flowers were half their RRP, bought brand new from someone on Facebook Marketplace, an unwanted gift. Score! Sadly I may never be able to add the $1000 Millennium Falcon to my collection, but it would never fit in my back pack anyway, so… 😉

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          • I think there is some way, as folks do it once in a while, even on here. But I can’t figure it out, either. I don’t even know how you got the VIDEOS inserted! 🙄

            However … I’m thinking we’ll share the Lego pics when you visit us again. (Notice I’m totally shameless about begging you to come back now and then in the future.) We have lots of options for types of posts you might enjoy doing, and I know you’d get a big welcome. We’ll have to chat! 😀

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            • Yup, for sure! As for the videos, I just included the link, literally just copied-and-pasted the URL from YouTube direct into the comment box, so WordPress must have fetched and embedded them. Modern technology actually working for a change! Maybe the same would be true for pictures, if they were hosted somewhere online already, like a blog… definitely one to try, tho it would mean that if you wanted to add a photo in a comment or reply you’d first have to upload it somewhere, perhaps to Facebook or a page on your site, and then type its address into the comment box… that does seem like a lot of work. Even for Lego 😉

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              • I suspect you’re right, Tony, and it does seem like a lot of work. Will think about it, though, as I often want to share a pic when responding to comments, but never figured out the best way to do so. I’ll research this on my next day off. Ermm … day off? Oh, hahahahahahahaha. Sometimes I crack myself up! *goes off laughing at the very concept!*
                😂😂😂

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