[F] CC live meet-feed (ipswich pre-meet; #1)
Gabriel Krabbe
Live feed from Ipswich pre-CC-meet #1
-- Preamble. 07.Aug 97, 0300-1900
Alan and Colette's cats are two particularly ferocious
examples of their species, i learned. At about 0300,
I awoke, finding myself sharing a bed with K^Hcat.
Which decided that it was in desperate need of some
gentle stroking - not very subtly demonstrating this
desire by pointed (no pun intended) placing of a paw
with semi-extended claws on my neck...
Shortly after breakfast, Colm, Claire, Alan and I
departed for London/Stansted airport, to pick up
glinda and Emmet - who's third sentence was the
memorable "I see I've been outgeeked already."
The latter two were first checked into their hotel in
Bury St.Edmunds (why should anyone want to?) - where
we discovered the usefulness of a nokia communicator
in collaboration with a dialin shell-account and lynx:
nobody knew the directions to the location of the
meet.
Which we did actually manage to arrive at first, with
enough time to find food and subsequently *still* be
first at the meet location.
Presently, 17 people are rearranging most of the pub's
beer garden, with me having almost lost track of who's
who, and why.
Oh,well.
Gabriel
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Gabriel Krabbe
Live feed from the CC event #1
-- 09.Aug 97, 0900-1300
The day began with Alex (TEH), FTony, Joann and
me conducting an experiment - the well-known
problem of buttered toast tied to a cat's back.
Photos were taken, and the surprising results
were:
a) tying buttered toast to an angry cat's back
isn't easy
b) toast attached to a cat's back tends to detach.
More research is called for.
Arriving at the CC field, we found the templars
openly demonstrating their allegiance by wearing
appropriate t-shirts; this fit neatly with mpk's
Adminspotting shirt (which made me call him a
bloody bastard for the fourth time this weekend -
he took it as a compliment).
As more people arrived, psions and similar toys
were brandished, quotes were noted, and context
was once again lost. Emmet was a particular target
of both mpk and jld, the former asking "Emmet,
what're you doing, wandering around here in VR?",
and the latter postulating "Emmet, i don't think
'nice' applies to you!".
jld had a special talent for producing memorable
quotes, it seems. Example? "What are you staring
at, and why are you wearing black leather?" - the
first part being directed at a throng, the second
at yours truly... I will say no more on that.
Let it be known that I intend to hold the day's
first (and quite possibly only) duel by sundown;
should I be able to type afterwards, an account
will be posted.
Gabriel
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Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!
email will be posted as i see fit
Gabriel Krabbe
Live feed from Ipswich pre-CC-meet #2
-- The meet as such. 07.Aug 97, 1900-
Well, what can I say. Beer was drunk, hats were worn,
context was ignored. Tap was overheard saying: "I'm
told that I'm completely incompetent," which was only
slightly contradictory to Colette's realization that
"light people have their uses."
Other highlights were mpk's admission to having been
outgeeked - in spite of having the new psion mark 5 -,
Tap's irritated voice and expression when asking
Joann: "do you have a licence for stroking mpk?",
and yours truly being literally called a geek for the
first time (in public, at that. Gosh, I'm proud.)
Beer was drunk, Michelena tried convincing others that
she was being rude to them as well as in general,
computers and the Internet were discussed; in other
words, more recounting of this pre-meet could probably
consist of pointers to other meet reports.
There was just one more singularly memorable moment
(besides the fact that te whole event, being my first
afpmeet ever, is singularly memorable): For reasons
known only to her, in a context that shall remain as
unknown to afp in general as to me, Colette decided to
spread the word that "the state bird of Minnesota is
the moskito."
Which is a fitting thought to start the day with.
Gabriel
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