Ahha! Edited the post - sorry, didn't realise that the fforums didn't have word wrap on them.

And now of course, the above posts don't make a great deal of sense...

Do they ever?

Microcon went really, really well - you missed a great treat. Two fantastic talks by The Man himself, and being able to sit and chat with him :) I still have huge grin on my face. And he was sooooooo generous - gave us an entroposcope and a home dodo cloning kit to auction for charity (along with other stuff, we raised over £140 for Cancer Research UK). I'm sat looking at my 'bad time' photo now :)

I'll stop bouncing in a bit...

Maybe...



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

Glad it went well, not so glad that I could have sneaked down there if it wasn't for

A: not having any money
B: not having anywhere to stay
C: having to stay at home and dog sit.

I can put up with hitch-hiking and sleeping in a bus shelter. Unfortunately my greyhound can't.



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

I had the 'Leeds to Exeter' is just too far to go problem.

Jo: Can you arrange it for a more convenient place next time ;-)

Lol, yeah, I'll dig up Exeter and transplant it to Stratford - should make it a bit easier for all concerned...



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

Well, we do have word wrap, but it only breaks lines between words, it doesn't hyphenate long words. Since you made one reeeeeeeealy long word, it kept it all on one line by increasing the line length for the rest of the thread.

Make sense? Didn't think so.

And those of you claming to be "too far away" should know that I'm going to have to drive almost 200 miles (over 300 km) to get to the nearest spot on Jasper's US tour (and it's only that close because they added an extra stop or two in Ohio).

Mind you, compared to a transatlantic flight, that's still relatively close, I suppose.

I have to concure, leeds->exeter is far too far, and 6 in the morning is far too early to catch a train. would be more coherant but I think it's time for me to slleeeeeeeeeeeeeep



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It occurs to me that Sheffield is pretty near the geographical centre of the UK, so this would be a _great_ spot for a convention.

*starts wondering how to go about organising one*



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I sincerely hope we're going to get a more detailed report for WN-2, Jo!

Now we need someone (or several someones) to go to the Swindon thingie. It's my wedding anniversary, so I'm otherwise engaged (pun intended).

Sheffield eh? Central location, but let down a bit on the 'nice things to do while there' front ....



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if it were in Sheffield, any Ffordians who also happen to be Def Leppard fans could have a jolly holiday!

I'm sure it shouldn't be this way round. I read in Jo's post about the entroposcope and home dodo cloning kit, then walked into my lounge to find them on the mantlepiece. I know the internet is good for finding things out but should it be able to tell me what's going on in my own home before i notice?



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Hmm, sounds more than a little bit spooky... I'd give that thing a quick rattle if I were you.



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grrr, my flat mate has been regaling me with stories of how he and Jasper are now best mates. Although he did admit to spending £10 on the entroscope just to piss me off. As if i'm not above just stealing it when he's not looking.....

Hey, there are _lots_ of nice things to do in Sheffield! We have two theatres, a surprising number of parks and gardens, and more local scenery than you can shake a stick at (we're just on the edge of the Peak District here). It's a perfect place for a convention.

Oh, and of course there's the tram. That's something to see in its own right - but don't get me started on just how good _that_ is...



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You know, if you've got an appropriately sized jam jar, some rice and some lentils you can make your own entroposcope. The label and instructions are in the downloads section of this site.

Mine came out quite nicely.



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Yes, so did mine. I also made one for David, but he has never actually shaken it. This may go some way towards explaining why his life is so weird. ;-)



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I can get the labels from here? Hahahahahha, Steve (the aformentioned flatmate) is not going to be happy tomorrow if I make my own proper entroscope, hahahah. Course, the thing is, he still hasn't read any of the books, (he likes buying them, he just never reads them), ignoramus.



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Ah - but of course Steve's entroposcope and dodo kit are both signed...
As is my Spec Ops visitors badge... Blimmin' Steve got both of the auction items off me :( - I had a £10 limit <sigh>

Yup - can do a Con report - who do I email it to? Or do you want me to post one on the fforums and take it off that?

And Sarah - I'm doing a 'how to organise a 'Con' booklet for the sci-fi members (due to me having organised or helped organise it for the last three years, and then disappearing off next year). If you like I can email it to you - a large number of my contacts live up north (you'd *love* N.Lee Wood)



I drink to drown my sorrows. Unfortunately they've learnt how to swim.

send it to: pickwickpapers2003@yahoo.co.uk

Well, Fuzz will just have to go to Swindon and talk Jasper into signing his as well.

Or he could always swap them and hope Steve doesn't notice....

Damn, someone else worked out my oh so cunning plan. Still, just so long as no-one *tells* him....



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