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Message-ID: <MPG.178a3dd9ad39a88d98968d@warwick.dnsalias.com> From: Guitar Huw <ghusenet@ntlworld.com> Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [F] Nottingham Meet Report - 29/30 June Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:22:53 +0100 Well, it's Monday morning and I'm still alive.... Here are the ramblings of a first time meet organiser - a small tale I will call "Giving Supermouse A Break" (or Mouse to Mouse Resuscitation) Saturday 29 June ---------------- Wake at 6 am. Panic. Drink coffee. Panic more. Check checklist. Panic. Recheck checklist. Go to #afp to wibble for a while. Get told off for wibbling when I should have been hoovering. 10am Go into town... The meet was due to start at 5pm. In true afp style people started arriving from 2pm, and I travelled the city in search of afpers. Having met Andrea, Dell and Roy at the railway station, we then found an Oli, Charlotte and Ryo-chan. Closely followed by a Peterneko... People went off shopping and geeking and I went to the Salutation to make sure all was ok. People arrived. People ate. People waved light-sabres around. People drank. People drank more (although noone drank more than Gid) Mad phone call received from Tony "Grumbledook" Sheppard - "I'm in a Police Station in Northampton, trying to get some kids arrested. See you soon..." He never turned up... Attendees Me :) Ladylark Barry R P5YCHO Supermouse Pol Kincaid Jester George Jen Herbert + her SO Ben Hutchings Nattie Adrian Ogden Gid Suzi Liz "Pink" Ashton Oliver Charlotte C Cooke Ingvar Mark "Hippo" Datko Andrea Rason Dell Roy "Kaiserdad" Paul Kennedy + Jo Tenticle Ryo-chan Jen Birren Peterneko People went and crashed (apart from at my house where amplifiers got plugged in, loud noise was made by myself and Gid, with others singing) Sunday 30 June -------------- Wake up at 9am. Put the kettle on. Wander to shop to get stuff for crashing afpers. Make tea and coffee. Chat. Walk to bus stop. Arrive at Red Lion for 11am. Order breakfasts for lots people. Iskander turned up. Lots of eating happened. Some afpers had two breakfasts because they enjoyed the first one so much. People chatted, geeked 4D chess and spare computers. Kincaid was given a printer, Gid was given lots of things. At 12noon the bar opened. Drinking took place. Gid and I seem to agree that the natural habitat for a Welshman is in the bar, and the natural position is stood at the bar, with pint in hand. People started to depart at 1.30 or so. Some home, some to the fencing meet. By 2.30 everyone had gone. Supermouse seems to think I did a good job... Go home. Sleep A quotefile was created, so if you like quotefiles, go here. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/guitar_huw/29JuneAfpQuotes.txt I'm hoping other views and photos will follow -- Huw The Doctor told me to cut down on the .sigs
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