Maxwell Club Marmaris Guide
by Pete on Jul.16, 2010, under Ramblings
As promised here are my thoughts on the hotel we stayed in. Finally got around to putting fingers to keyboard.
We arrived at the Hotel at 02:00 in the morning on a Sunday, which normally would be a royal pain in the rear but check in was simple and the night watchman kindly opened up the bar so we could wash away the travelling blues. Sat in the bar till about 5 AM then walked to the beach to see the morning rise.
The hotel is not 5 star, far from it but it was clean, the room we had was good, nothing to complain about, maid service was as you would expect with plenty of room.
The hotel amenities are good, there is an on site health centre should you require a spa or a Turkish bath and a really good hair/shave/tattoo office which we all used, do not go to Turkey without having a Turkish shave.
Aircon is extra in your bedrooms but not too expensive, works out to be about a fiver a night, we only used it on our second week when the temperatures got up to over 40 degrees in the shade.
The hotel bar is good, they do thier best to keep you entertained but top tip; keep an eye on what you are drinking, things that you may or may not have ordered appear on the bill, I am not saying they do it on purpose but be aware. We logged all our drink purchases to an iphone and made sure the staff knew this; this stopped any discrepancies.
The pool was clean and well looked after but if I had of taken the kids it would have been a bit of an issue as it is deep with no shallow end, it is 1.6 metres deep throughout so the ladies could not touch the bottom without taking in mouthfuls of water.
Food was ok if you ate there, we only did a few times, generally breakfast after working out that buying sausages/eggs / bacon etc then cooking it worked out more expensive than having someone else do it for you.
My only gripe would be that you are, under no circumstances allowed to bring any food or drink to the pool area that you have not bought from the bar. So no making a cup of tea and taking it to pool side from your room. No taking bottles of water from the market next door either. So self catering means do it in the room and leave it there.
All in all, a great hotel, great staff would go back again in a heartbeat.
Turkey Holiday Video 2010
by Pete on Jun.24, 2010, under Videos
Here we are in Marmaris, Turkey with Jue and Jeff. Boring for those who don’t know us, but hey ho, for those that do – enjoy. Sorry about the repetative music but I didn’t realise that the pictures would produce such a long slideshow so it loops on and on and on.
I will get round to doing a holiday report when I get a chance, I think I will do it after a glass of wine on Friday, that way I am open and honest 
The Soldier
by Pete on Mar.14, 2010, under Videos
No description needed ,just listen and read
Reply to Phishing Email
by Pete on Mar.04, 2010, under Ramblings
Ok I have sent a reply as below with a picture of my passport with a few alterations.
David,
Many thanks for your reply, I was deeply moved by your words and am looking forward to receiving the funds on the Visa card. However I ran this past my son, who I love deeply and is not as trusting as I am and he suggests that even though it does look as though you are genuine I should still ask you for some personal image to show that you are not a person of ill-repute.
As you can’t send me a picture that shows me I am not just an individual chosen from random I am unable to go ahead unless you can find some way of getting a personal picture which pertains to me such as the one I suggested.
However I have enclosed a picture of my passport which I hope goes somewhere to proving to you that I am who I say I am and have taken the time to ensure things are all legitimate. My son did it for me and for security at this stage he has hidden some of my details, I hope you understand.
Best regards and God speed to you and your family.
Pete
Reply from Phishing Email
by Pete on Mar.04, 2010, under Ramblings
I knew I would get a reply but its not as good as I had expected. I will pen a reply shortly and see what transpires. He did, however send me a nice picture of his passport (or someone elses passport) which was a start.
Here is what he looks like..
Phishing Email – Lets have fun
by Pete on Mar.03, 2010, under Ramblings
Ok, got one of those Emails promising monies owed to me by the Nigerian Govt, if only I send through a sum of monies to cover postage and administration.
Lets Have a bit of fun so here was my response :-
Hi there,
Wow, I have just got the internet and this email came as a great surprise to me but I do have family abroad so you might have just found me in time. I have asked my son, who is really good with computers if this may be real and he said that the only way to tell it is not from someone not being truthful was to ask them to send a picture of themselves holding a sign up with something written on it that only me and they can know.
So if this is true and I do have some money , can you send me a picture of yourself holding up a sign that says ” Pete Burton – Lab 1A ” on it? Lab 1A is the laboratory where I used to work and it will be great seeing that as it is where I got my pension money from that I can use to secure this inheritance for my children.
I will be happy to talk through this deal on receipt of the picture.
Kind regards,
Photo’s Gallery updated
by Pete on Feb.28, 2010, under Pictures
Just updated my Photo gallery, loads added here.
New Iron Man 2 Trailer featuring AC/DC Live footage of Shoot To Thrill
by Pete on Feb.12, 2010, under Videos
AC/DC footage taken in Buenos Aires on the RockNRoll Train tour 2009
To download click link below
AC/DC Shoot to thrill – Iron Man 2 trailer.
Found my old old website, from 2002
by Pete on Feb.05, 2010, under Ramblings
Here it is , in all its glory , wow such a long time it seems since I did this page…
http://www.btinternet.com/~peteburton
some of the pictures there make me cringe !
My Iphone Software List
by Pete on Jan.22, 2010, under Ramblings
This is my iphone software list of apps I have amounted.
05 min – Primeros Auxilios 1.3-cocoxx.ipa
1 to 25 1.0-Pirattitude.ipa
1 vs 100 1.1.4-wackkyweasel.ipa
1, PERFECT Web Browser 2.5 2.5-6ko.ipa
1,001 Ringtones Pro 1.7-kevinmai.ipa
1,400 LATIN EXPRESSIONS 1.0-most_uniQue.ipa
10 in 1 Alarm Clock 2.8.6-most_uniQue.ipa
10 Pin Shuffle (Bowling) 1.20-iamse7en.ipa
10 Pin Shuffle 1.20.patched-corepda.ipa
10 Pin Shuffle™ (Bowling) 1.21-iamse7en.ipa
10000 1.2-Mektano.ipa
101 Burps 2.0-Tieubom.ipa
101 Gross Sounds 2.0-most_uniQue.ipa
101 Photo Effects 2.1.0-IPPDA.ipa
101+ Bar Jokes 2.2.0-most_uniQue.ipa
101+ Bar Jokes 2.6.0-most_uniQue.ipa
101+ PhotoEffects 1.6.0-wanted.ipa
101+ PhotoEffects 1.7.0-CivicS1.ipa
10Q Mind Reader 1.0-COREPDA.ipa
1112 episode 01 1.2.3-Paco_91.ipa
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I'm Pete, I live just outside of Peterborough in a place called Whittlesey, famous for its yearly Straw Bear Festival. I work for a large Telecoms company and have done so since leaving the Royal Signals after 15 years service.
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