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04-06-2011 , 09:24 AM

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JustJ46671

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The Isle of Man is located in the middle of the northern Irish Sea, approximately equidistant from the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The closest land is southern Scotland. It is 52 kilometres (32 mi) long and, at its widest point, 22 kilometres (14 mi) wide. It has an area of around 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi).[32] Besides the island of Mann itself, the political unit of the Isle of Man includes some nearby small islands: the seasonally inhabited Calf of Man, Chicken Rock on which stands an unmanned lighthouse, St Patrick's Isle and St Michael's Isle. Both of the latter are connected to the mainland by permanent roads/causeways.

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04-06-2011 , 09:24 AM

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JustJ46671

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At the 2006 interim census,[38] Mann was home to 80,058 people, of whom 26,218 resided in the island's capital, Douglas. Most of the population was born in the British Isles, with 47.6% born in Mann, 37.2% born in England, 3.4% in Scotland, 2.1% in Northern Ireland, 2.1% in the Republic of Ireland, 1.2% in Wales and 0.3% born in the Channel Islands. The remaining 6.1% were born elsewhere in the world

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04-06-2011 , 09:25 AM

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JustJ46671

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The Isle of Man has a temperate climate, with cool summers and mild winters. Average rainfall is higher than the average for the British Isles, due to its location at a sufficient distance from Ireland for moisture to be accumulated by the prevailing south-westerly winds. Average rainfall is highest at Snaefell, where it is around 1,900 millimetres (75 in) a year. At lower levels it can be around 800 millimetres (31 in) a year. Temperatures remain fairly cool, with the recorded maximum being 28.9 °C (84.0 °F) at Ronaldsway.

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04-06-2011 , 09:27 AM

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JustJ46671

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and da33le lives there

♥♥♥♥

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04-06-2011 , 09:32 AM

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ToTheInternet

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04-06-2011 , 12:22 PM

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QuimKnight

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I wasn't blown away when I went there. If you want to go to a Western European island that is part of the UK it's Jersey ftw. It is so awesome New Jersey was named after it (and look how well that worked out). Even better, according to the CIA World Factbook, it is number 7 on the global list for GDP per capita.

Put that in your pipe Manx bumpkins!

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04-06-2011 , 12:34 PM

#32

g0tcuddly

old hand

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Originally Posted by wellju

NO SPEED LIMITS

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04-06-2011 , 12:54 PM

#33

Da33le

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,409

Sup.

Pokerstars have jobs going all the time, but word on the street is they usually just steal their staff from the company that they share a building with, so actually getting a job there is rather hard.

There is 1 casino, it's in the capital. There are no cash games. They have a tournament once a week on a sunday, but iirc it doesn't run all year round. Hardly any1 shows up and the structure is lolz.

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04-06-2011 , 01:32 PM

#34

DonkeyFocker

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i heard no woman can live there. is that true?

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04-06-2011 , 01:54 PM

#35

Abe008

I ARE just biebwr
but not a mod

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12,139

Basically the Isle of Man is a ****hole.

Only reason da33le lives there is because of his social life and all the going out to parties and **** and meeting girls and taking pictures and doing whatever the hell he wants and not having to worry about anything in the entire world because everything is going to work out just fine and there's nothing that can go wrong in his life.

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04-06-2011 , 03:40 PM

#36

spike420211

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,509

exotic?
OH HELL YES OP!
They don't have deemsters in the Phillipines or the Carribean!
[with good reason...]

btw, that 3-legged thing w/ the red background?
It's NOT a bad Monty Python skit.
It's their flag.

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04-07-2011 , 03:40 AM

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funnymunny

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Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 441

No tax on gambling monies & if you gotta work, standard rate is 10% & highest rate is 20% (capped @ £125k). Additional allowances for mortgage interest, personal loans, pensions, etc...

http://www.gov.im/treasury/incometax...l?menuid=14985

oh yeah, and ...

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04-07-2011 , 03:07 PM

#38

Da33le

leader of the normals

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,409

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Originally Posted by Abe008

Only reason da33le lives there is because of his social life and all the going out to parties and **** and meeting girls and taking pictures and doing whatever the hell he wants and not having to worry about anything in the entire world because everything is going to work out just fine and there's nothing that can go wrong in his life.

Yeah this is basically it to be honest. You guys should try it.

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04-07-2011 , 05:00 PM

#39

potatoesareawesome

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it's ****.

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04-07-2011 , 05:01 PM

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TiltNRun

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 696

someone should organise a meetup there so we can all find out how good it is, i'd be up for it, i've never drunk a whole island out of jagermeister before but it would make a great prop bet

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04-07-2011 , 05:42 PM

#41

The Brickie

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I was there once. True story.

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04-07-2011 , 05:44 PM

#42

wellju

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Originally Posted by TiltNRun

someone should organise a meetup there so we can all find out how good it is, i'd be up for it, i've never drunk a whole island out of jagermeister before but it would make a great prop bet

I'll take the bait stay sober and drive everyone to wherever he wants as long we're not going on streets with speed limits

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04-07-2011 , 08:34 PM

#43

jiggybluff

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i once was an isle of man

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04-08-2011 , 01:02 AM

#44

wellju

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Thank you thread, tyvm. I found my profession.

Taxi driver on the Isle of Men.

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04-09-2011 , 10:33 AM

#45

Da33le

leader of the normals

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,409

Visiting the Isle of Man at any time other than TT week is stupid imo. During TT week it's as busy as I imagine a real city to be. Also seeing all the bikes going mental is always fun.

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04-09-2011 , 11:18 AM

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GiantWalleye

worst TR ever

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my great grandpa was from the isle of man, so im basically better than all of you except dazzle

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04-09-2011 , 12:11 PM

#47

pelicanpoker

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Originally Posted by GiantWalleye

my great grandpa was from the isle of man, so im basically better than all of you except dazzle

orly? well my grandfather was a german. so there.

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07-06-2011 , 12:57 PM

#48

Josem

human chemical weapon

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<bump>

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Originally Posted by TiltNRun

someone should organise a meetup there so we can all find out how good it is, i'd be up for it, i've never drunk a whole island out of jagermeister before but it would make a great prop bet

Come on weekend of 6/7 August, imo, there's a music festival on here then: http://www.mannifestlive.com/

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07-06-2011 , 03:20 PM

#49

teddy75

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Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 832

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Originally Posted by wellju

Thank you thread, tyvm. I found my profession.

Taxi driver on the Isle of Men.

better come to germany, no speed limit on teh autobahn and you can actually go 330km/h+

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07-06-2011 , 03:22 PM

#50

abusiveownage

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14

I got there and a man with swimming trunks said: Welcome to the island of beautiful men!

True story.

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