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From: roach@earthling.netz (Michael "The Roach" Janszen) Subject: [F] Meet Report Nijmegen 1.0 / NL 7.0 Date: 30 Nov 1997 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <348194f5.99877@news.lspace.org> Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Saturday, nov 29th, a selection from the Dutch-based afp participants came unto Nijmegen to meet and be ga^H^Hhappy Participants were: Sierra Leo Breebaart Jos Gingjan Cybercat Eelco Giele Patrick Dersjeant Marc Seutter (lurker / crashspace offerer) Maleen Overkamp (ditto) The Roach After initial confusion was cleared up (circumstances beyond my control had prevented me from making all necessary reservations, and it seems that "'t pumpke" has closed down - which surprised all locals...), we gathered in 'De Compagnie', two doors down from the original spot, leaving a message stuck to the door. Everyone who was expected to show up at 't pumpke did do so in the Compagnie. Unfortunately, the Compagnie doesn't have Guinness, but aeveral bottles of Miller's Draft made people a bit more forgiving. From there we went to the Laserquest, which proved to be lots of fun. The Max headroom-type environment still makes for a perfect stting for this type of game. Then, we had dinner at the 'Ankara', a Turkish place (the India Gate was overfull, so we left a message with them, one person had said she might try to join us during dinner, but we assume she never did make it to Nijmegen after all). After that, it was time for those needing to get back home that night by train to leave for the station, the rest decided that the pubs in Nijmegen were too full to find a place to drink, so we proceeded to Marc & Marleen's place to talk some more. Then, Cybercat slept there, while Sierra and Eelco came along to my place, where, after some more talking, we also caught a bit of shut-eye. When, after breakfast, I had brought these two to the station and dropped them off there, this meet finally ended. Themes spoken about (in no particular order): LSpace New Zealans (as home country of Sierra) afp.classic The chance of Pterry showing up uinexpectedly at meets role-playing games Patrick being a traitor (the first Dutch afper to show up at a meet with a Psion) Licorice turtles Widgets and Wingnuts American v/s British English Anorankh's Spice Girls & Albert Malich Jingo, Hogfather, Feet of Clay Microsoft British Geography - Where is Edinburgh A production of a Pratchett play by the Dutch afpers was considered An internet 'phone cell' was tested and caused to crash and reboot Thater in general other meets the origins of the 'Feminism' thread The naming and numbering of the next meet military service where is the long-awaited and -promised afp meet web page? current and former posters Russia Copyright and it's effect on the APF children's programs Newbie posts and forms someone burnt some salad Star Trek Star Wars models of ST/SW ships Klingon / Esperanto / Interlingua Internet providers keyboard layouts the advantages of going to meets by car LuHu, Gid's Harem, the Michelena Riosa Testosterone Brigade spreading of pheromones through usenet posts "I am related to" - .sigs afp reactions to spam tarot and divination Quotes (as usual pulled out of context) "Don't worry, you'll be misquoted anyway" (Jos) "Let us speak in Dutch, we can always say we were mis-translated" (Patrick?) After 1/2 hour, halfway through his first beer, Jos spills some of it. "Drunk already?" (Leo) Leo (about his job): "it is not a proof period." Sierra: "Training?" Leo: "No." Sierra: "Probation?" Leo: "That's more like it." "I have worked for an American company, trying to teach them proper English" (Sierra) Jos (who had come in wearing a Delf uni T-shirt) takes it off to reveal a "The trutle moves" T-shirt ... surprisingly similar to the one Patrick wore. "Don't yopu feel like a bookend?" (The Roach) Crossing the street at red lights: "You know, there's only green and dark green." (Marc) "The difference between the Damerell and Gabriel: in real life David is nice" (Jos) - and I gathered his authorization for this quote :-) Patrick: "Anyone have a modem for this?" Marleen: "I might. What connector does it have?" Patrick: "A standard ... Psion connector" "10-Key typing on a Psion is not a good idea unless you are a five-year-old" (Patrick) "AFP video meet 1.0 beta" - "Not Beta, VHS" (Eelco and Patrick) "Ouck, my earrings got stuck!" - "They get _really_ stuck only once..." (Sierra / Eelco) No date / place / venue for the next meet has been decided upon yet... penI'yIn 'ej pechep Michael "The Roach" Janszen (AFP NLMeet reporter) -- The Official Michelena Riosa Testosterone Brigade Peerless Leader of the Post-Apocapalyptic Forces Spammer trap - when replying by e-mail, drop the last letter of the address...
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