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Darrell Ottery

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Jul 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/2/96
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Yes, he's back. And this time he isn't wearing a hat. Or wielding a huge
handful of registration forms. Yet...

A few thoughts about this last weekend for now. I'll post more detailed
ruminations when (a) I've slept some more, (b) I've moved house, and (c)
my brain has stopped dribbling out of my ears. But for now:

I really hope everyone who turned up enjoyed it - I know I did. It was
great to see the (admittedly few) faces I hadn't seen before, and to meet
up again with those afpers that I do know by face. Even if it wasn't for
that long :)

Thanks and congratulations to Alan and Colette for a great party - I
really needed that drink then! As I recall, the more interesting alcohol
came out immediately the bar shut. I think I managed to sample most of it
at one stage or another, but the one that sticks in my tiny wee mind just
now was the gorgeous loganberry one.

It's very hard to pick just one key moment that I enjoyed the most (well,
apart from perhaps the odd one when I was asleep...) but I thought the
look on Terry's face in the UUC final round when I asked the question
about Hogfather was priceless. I don't think I've seen him quite so lost
for words before :)

Anyway, I really ought to be off and try and grab a few more hours^Wdays
sleep since I'm supposed to be on holiday at the moment and I've already
been asked to try and fix some machinery here in the lab. More to follow
when I get things back in order. Again, I hope everyone who turned up had
a really great time, and now I (at least theoretically) have some free
time again I'll be back in contact and posting again. I mean, I've got to
try out this new lspace.org adress I seem to have earnt myself, haven't
I? All I need to do now of course is to work out which one I want.
Suggestions gratefully received, since I'm in no real state to be at all
creative just now... I know 'bitter&twisted' has been suggested - thanks
very much, Lee. :)

--
Darrell [INTJ] Was I tempted by an angel? Only once.

Lee Staniforth

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Jul 4, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/4/96
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960702104000.6118B-
100...@suma3.reading.ac.uk>, Darrell Ottery <scro...@reading.ac.uk>
writes


>Yes, he's back. And this time he isn't wearing a hat. Or wielding a huge
>handful of registration forms. Yet...

... then it must have just been a nightmare of mine (8^) I'm sure I saw
you whizz by with a stack of 'DWCon98 - The Custard's Revenge' flyers in
your hand, though it could have been a future echo...

>I really hope everyone who turned up enjoyed it - I know I did. It was
>great to see the (admittedly few) faces I hadn't seen before, and to meet
>up again with those afpers that I do know by face. Even if it wasn't for
>that long :)

Yeah - sorry to everyone who wanted to talk to Darrell during the DMP,
but I was squeezing out all the useful info for MancheXter... (88^)


>
>Thanks and congratulations to Alan and Colette for a great party - I
>really needed that drink then!

It was a great idea. I'm sorry I missed much of it, as I had to stand in
th next room and shout loudly with a bunch of other Murder Mystery-
ettes. Why-oh-why didn't half of the characters turn up ???

>As I recall, the more interesting alcohol
>came out immediately the bar shut. I think I managed to sample most of it
>at one stage or another, but the one that sticks in my tiny wee mind just
>now was the gorgeous loganberry one.

... and the one that sticks in my throat was your home-made -- ummm -
stuff (8^) that we finished off together...


>
>It's very hard to pick just one key moment that I enjoyed the most (well,
>apart from perhaps the odd one when I was asleep...)

Hmm - didn't notice (Darrel and I went to bed together, ok !! Well,
Sparks didn't turn up, so I borrowed his bed space.)

> but I thought the
>look on Terry's face in the UUC final round when I asked the question
>about Hogfather was priceless. I don't think I've seen him quite so lost
>for words before :)

(8^) The one about the Sock Eater ? Hehehe!!
A tiny grumble about the UU Challege: why was the Quizmaster sat in such
an awkward place ?


>I mean, I've got to
>try out this new lspace.org adress I seem to have earnt myself, haven't
>I? All I need to do now of course is to work out which one I want.
>Suggestions gratefully received, since I'm in no real state to be at all
>creative just now... I know 'bitter&twisted' has been suggested - thanks
>very much, Lee. :)

s'ok, Darrell - though a shortened version would be fine: B&T...@lspace.org
(8^)
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M Mawi

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Jul 4, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/4/96
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> It was a great idea. I'm sorry I missed much of it, as I had to stand in
> th next room and shout loudly with a bunch of other Murder Mystery-
> ettes. Why-oh-why didn't half of the characters turn up ???

>>> Who did do it in the end?

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