*F* minimeet thurs. 3/4/97 (4/3/97 for merkins) lancaster & morecambe
ppint.
- hi. this is a very short-notice afpnouncement of an afpminimeet
the night before michelena escapes back to canadadadadada...
afpeople're gathering either here at i.m.t., which is at 33 north
road, lancaster, on the A6 one-way system, southbound, opposite
sainsbury's which is on the A6 one-way system northbound; in which
case, please be here by 18:30 b.s.t. (17:30 g.m.t.);
or in the long bar in the midland hotel, morecambe (on marine rd.);
in which case, please be patient enough for people not leaving _here_
(lancaster) till about 19:30 b.s.t. (18:30 g.m.t.); though i *will*
try to ensure that we arrive at the midland hotel as close to this
timr as may be.
- anyone coming to i.m.t. before 17:00 b.s.t. is advised to park
in sainsbury's car-park: later than this, the triangular car-park
between the north- and south- bound arms of the A6 immediately
between sainsbury's and i.m.t. is effectively free of charge also.
- please could anyone foregathering here not mention aught they may
know of the midland hotel, as neither michelena nor raven has seen
it, never mind been within it, before <g>...
- anyone wanting a lift from lancaster (and back) please arrange
with someone here in i.m.t.: 01524-382181 (10:00(ish) - 18:30 b.s.t.)
- love, ppint.
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- ppint. at interstellar master traders
lancaster's sf, fantasy & horror role-playing game and book shop
Martyn Clapham
In article <859999...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, "ppint." <vi-m-t@i-m-
t.demon.co.uk> writes
> - hi. this is a very short-notice afpnouncement of an afpminimeet
> the night before michelena escapes back to canadadadadada...
>
>
> - love, ppint.
> [to reply, please remove the initial "v" from the reply-to: line]
Knashing-frashing... ( and other Muttley noises )
Having just moved everything over to my new PC, I dumped Turnpike from
the works portable. This means I no longer have direct net access at
work, so I can't pick up news/mail during the day.
I found the above message at 23.30 BST on Thursday. :-(((
As I am not on call this week I could have gone to this, maybe not to
the i-m-t bit, but certainly to the Morecambe bit.
Michelena and ppint, will you ever forgive me?
MartynC
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Member of LUHU and probably about to be kicked out of the
Michelena Riosa Testosterone Brigade
Minion in charge of asset sharing.
ppint.
- hi. in afparticle, <aJm2SEAh...@mclapham.demon.co.uk>,
mar...@clapham.demon.co.uk "Martyn Clapham" bewailed, and beseeched:
> In article <859999...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>,
> "ppint." <i-...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> writes
>> - hi. this is a very short-notice afpnouncement of an afpminimeet
>> the night before michelena escapes back to canadadadadada...
>[ snippage ]
>
>Knashing-frashing... ( and other Muttley noises )
- that's dastardly of you, sir ! (- sorry)
( )
>I found the above message at 23.30 BST on Thursday. :-(((
- apologies; it was available from news.demon.co.uk within minutes
of my posting it, but i felt it unfair to post the mere rumour of
the possibility, until two or three local afpers had confirmed that
they could and would turn up, to make it a definite afpmeet, rather
than possibly just the three of us [1] catching the sunset from
heysham head, and then having a drink at the midland, before re-
turning home - and, as it was, bil'n'kate'n'emily rose had to go
home to carlisle, as bil had an unexpected unavoidable obligation
crop up [2]...
- so, as it transpired, there was in attendance at the minimeet,
only dave le good, in addition to michelena, and paul/raven, and
yr hmbl spnt [1]. chocolate and music - primarily, big band jazz -
were discussed (though not, sfair, bread products OR roundabouts);
and the suitability of the midland for future, better organdised
& far better afpvertised, afpmeets was agreed upon; the problems
of a potential afper grappling with a very poor telco service (a
norwegian currently otherwise happily exiled in darkest spain)
were rehearsed, and the reasons pertaining to this barrier to
afpxcess explained, and puzzled upon; the other michelena effect
briefly, if calamitously, touched upon; the possibilities of the
kudzu as a useful garden plant and the disastrous implications of
merkin (and canadadadadadaian) agrobusinesses' genetic monocultural
tendencies, and the temptations arising therefrom, as regards the
possibilities for accidents involving light or not-so-light air-
craft carrying amateur botanists', and serious gardeners' cargoes
of mixed pollen collections; also a limited investigation of the
midland hotel's features was made by the canadadadadian represent-
ative, and some discussion of the place of architecture, and the
architect, in our society occurred; as also did the desireability
or otherwise of demon's employing michelena to set up a customer
service department based upon her achievements for her employers
in torororonto, at a purely nominal fee (of, say, some ukL 25k -
so little, in comparison with demon's need, as it would be her
first consultancy commission) (doubt as to the desireability be-
ing expressed by michelena only); psionic powers were present on-
ly as a subject of discussion, and in potential; and the excell-
ence of the adelphi for enjoyable large conventions was enthus-
iastically applauded [3], as, too, was the fact that the general
friendly atmosphere was a resultant of both the adelphi hotel
workers', and the managers' wonderful attitude (and this, despite
the common ownership of the adelphi, in liverpool, and sascha's
in manchester); and michelena entertained us with a performance
of "weapons are a girl's best friend", to general approbation...
- eventually, dave announced that it was about time that he was
going, and he kindly undertook to convey paul and michelena to
galgate, which allowed yr hmbl nnrvtr to find bed, and sleep, a
full half-hour earlier than would otherwise've been the case -
no small thing, when running a major sleep deficit, and due to
rise at 6 a.m., in order safely to collect and convey michelena
to flight TS257, at terminal 1, manchester airport, by 08:30...[4]
(and it wasn't at all her fault, that the flight was actually an
hour later than advertised: the airline had forgotten that clocks
in europe went forward an hour, at the week-end ! [5])
>
>As I am not on call this week I could have gone to this, maybe not to
>the i-m-t bit, but certainly to the Morecambe bit.
>
>Michelena and ppint, will you ever forgive me?
>
>(MartynC)
>
- silly boy, of course i would, were forgiveness needful - though
i squeak only for myself, and you should sue separately for absol-
ution of your mistress, once she is over the strains and stresses
of her all-too short sojourn in this strange land, and the trials
and tribulations of travel - but as it isn't, i shan't...
- however, *next* time you prove delinquent,...
- love, ppint.
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[1] - "roAr !", says dinolush; "and me, too !"
[2] - a job interview, concerning which, ambiguous feelings were
expressed as to the desirability of success, or failure...
[3] - with the reservation that both hotel and convention security
be good: alas for the effects upon liverpudlian society, of
two decades of "tory success"
[4] - thank-you, dave
[5] - "they stole an hour of the convention from me !" - michelena
--
"We trained hard...but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form
up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that
we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method
it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion,
inefficiency, and demoralisation."
- Petronius Arbiter