Were you all out protesting this weekend? No one was here on the Fforum!

I was here last night thinking much the same thing!

Well, I dunno what it was like anywhere else but here the weather was absolutely glorious, and so far too nice to spend staring at a PC. I do enough of that at work.



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I'd spent all day in the garden digging stuff up and moving it around, mowing lawns (ok, they're small, it didn't take long) and doing stuff outside. didn't do any fforum-browsing until 10-ish, though was trying to watch '24' at the same time.

It's getting sillier by the moment...

i was working on saturday... there was a signing with Jacqueline Wilson I had to go to...

Then yesterday i went walking, from Limehouse to Islington along the canal, about 4 to 5 miles I think... quite knackered today!

Carla wrote:

>there was a signing with Jacqueline Wilson I had to go to...


Is that the one with the 10-15 yr old kids that you had to keep in order? :D

I'd have loved to see that ehehehehe

(and btw, I was told to remind you that wednesday is Father's day here, so you might want to give dad a call or something)



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After they kicked me off of one of the library's computers at 5pm GMT, because the librarians wanted to shut up shop, I didn't have any access to a computer until just now...

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The weather here in Michigan was rather lovely this weekend as well, (at least compared to the snow we'd had earleir in the week).

I spent most of Saturday running errands, and Sunday I went to a Bird Fair, to buy food, toys and such for my pet parrots.



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yes, i've got a card to send today already... good thing i work with someone who buys cards for the shops so gets samples ahead of time... father's day isn't here till June or something.

Sarah and I were away at a Blakes 7 convention all weekend, having a fabulous time. It was quite a small con, with no workshops, art galleries and very little B7 merchandize. What it did have was very accessible stars. I visited the loos after the opening ceremony and went to the mirror to brush my hair. Imagine my surprise at finding myself next to Supreme Commander Servalan, touching up her makeup. The next time I met Jacqueline Pierce (Daaarling !), was also in the same loos.
It was a happy and relaxed convention, with lots of good-natured teasing between the stars, and stars and guests. I made Jacqueline hoot with laughter at the celebrity dinner. I suggested that the sign to mark her table place was wrong.
"But Jacqueline, that shouldn't read reserved, it should read extrovert."
(A witticism from a greetings card by Bestie).
Jacqueline is the most fabulous diva you could wish to meet, passionate, glamorous, deeply honest and blessed with a wonderful sense of humour.
All the stars I met at the convention were unfailingly polite and delightful to be with.
Some B7 topics were discussed at panels, but as much time was spent discussing the position of women in theatre and TV, the problems of modern theatre and TV, such as dumbing down. It was good to see that our fictional heroines had achieved so much in real life. Sally Knyvette, who played Jenna, had literally once been told not to worry her fluffy blonde head about a problem. After leaving Blakes 7, she took a degree in drama and literature, and now teaches acting, and produces plays. Respect !
And she still comes to conventions.
Trekkies, you don't know what you're missing.

H'mm, yes... and Scott Fredericks has left me with a hankering for more Yeats. Some of these SF actors are very literary types!



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Sarah

Well, I spent the weekend in Munich and Vienna, which was nice. Vienna is very pretty, and pretty cold, but has the distinct advantage of having no set licensing laws coupled with a profusion of Irish pubs with english speaking waiting staff. Although, less of an advantage as far as bank balances are concerned.....



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I was doing wedding stuff, chopping down trees (Oh, I'm a lumberjack.... etc) and drinking beer outside the pub.

Hope you had a good reason for chopping down trees. I'm a member of the Woodland Trust, I'll have you know. One of my best friends is a very strong oak who gets decidedly annoyed when people chop down trees without a good reason, and you wouldn't want to mess with him.

is chopping down trees an integral part of wedding stuff? Rob - you were my best man , why was I not informed?

Claire's been chopping down trees too, but I don't think this has any matrimonial relevance. We got a bonfire out of it, which was nice.

Which innocent arboreal growths were you committing herbicide on, anyway, our kid, and how come I didn't get invited to the sitting outside the pub part, eh? Eh?



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Skiffle : Thinning out trees would be a more accurate description of what we were actually doing (they were getting to big and taking too much light) none were actually chopped down you will be glad to hear.

Dave : The tree surgery in question was a good reason to escape from wedding stuff rather than being part of it (Rob you're off the hook ;) )

Jon : The trees in question were in Sheddy's back garden (I will have a nice stack of logs for the wood burner in the kitchen this winter). You weren't invited because you weren't chopping down trees!

See. I knew chopping down trees wasn't of vital importance to getting married. Going to the pub is, and we did that.

I knew you were the man for the job when you suggested discussing best man issues in a pub.

Speaking of which, isn't it about time we went out and got blathered?

Isn't getting married what you do when you run out of things to talk about?



PSD

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