What to Take to CF9, pt. 2
Matt J. McCullar
Pt. 2
* Lock box. If you're a dealer or just carrying extra cash, you need a
safe place to put it. Perhaps the hotel can store it for you. Unless
you can guarantee that nobody you don't know is coming into your room,
it's best to make sure some things aren't open to the public. You might
want to padlock your ice chest, too, or your food might disappear.
* Flashlight. Power does go out at cons, but even if it doesn't, not
everyone in a room is always asleep at the same time. If you have to
root through your stuff in the dark, turning on the table lamp just
might get you tossed off the balcony. And if you get a Maglite, it's
also good for threatening people. Don't forget extra batteries.
* Swimsuit. Hey, the pool might be open. Or the ocean.
* Towel. Always bring your own towel. The hotel's are never big
enough, and you can always identify which one you've used. Besides,
it's a tough universe... you've always got to know where your towel is.
I'm not fussy about pillows, although you may want to bring your own for
comfort's sake. Extra tenants in one room may mean not enough pillows.
Perhaps your own washcloth, too.
* Paper cups, paper plates, eating utensils. You'd be surprised how
hard these can be to procure when you really need them. And even if you
aren't holding any parties, do you really want to be swilling your
Mountain Dew from the same bottle everyone else has been backwashing
into?
* Masking tape and marking pen. Important not only for pricing stuff,
but also for identifying whose stuff is in what drawer in the hotel
room. Identifying drawers also might keep you from forgetting and
leaving your undies behind when you're rushing to get home. Also useful
for taping up flyers and notices.
* Extra eyeglasses. If they get broken or lost, what are you going to
do? They can get sat on, stolen, or dropped off of balconies. Can you
drive home without them? Same for contact lenses. At least bring a
fixit kit that includes a small screwdriver.
* Earplugs. Being trapped in a room with someone from the Olympmic
snoring team will be agony unless you can block out the noise or listen
to your Walkman.
* Want list. Einstein said that if it's written down, you don't have to
remember it. Write down everything you're looking to buy in the
dealer's room: back issues of comics, movies, CDs, the works. Better
yet, write down before you leave all the issues of comics you already
own so you can fill the holes. This prevents buying things you don't
need.
* Cardboard mailing tube. Your nice, new movie posters will be ruined
if you pack them in your suitcase. A mailing tube will protect them,
and you can mail them home if you can't carry them. Also provides a
place for keeping dirty socks.
( continued )
Matt J. McCullar
Tobias Koehler
On Fri, 02 Jan 1998 09:57:09 -0800, Matt J. McCullar (sat...@isrc.net)
wrote in alt.fan.furry:
> * Flashlight. Power does go out at cons, but even if it doesn't, not
> everyone in a room is always asleep at the same time. If you have to
> root through your stuff in the dark, turning on the table lamp just
> might get you tossed off the balcony. And if you get a Maglite, it's
> also good for threatening people. Don't forget extra batteries.
something gives me the dark feeling that confurence has two new
lights for me *giggle*
> * Swimsuit. Hey, the pool might be open. Or the ocean.
already on my list ;)
> * Towel. Always bring your own towel. The hotel's are never big
> enough, and you can always identify which one you've used. Besides,
> it's a tough universe... you've always got to know where your towel is.
> I'm not fussy about pillows, although you may want to bring your own for
> comfort's sake. Extra tenants in one room may mean not enough pillows.
> Perhaps your own washcloth, too.
always with me, since i read certain literature ;)
> * Extra eyeglasses. If they get broken or lost, what are you going to
> do? They can get sat on, stolen, or dropped off of balconies. Can you
> drive home without them? Same for contact lenses. At least bring a
> fixit kit that includes a small screwdriver.
umm.. i only have one pair ;)
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Umm, I saw What to take etc, etc, #2, 3, and 4, but never #1. Was it under
a different subject header, perhaps?
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>Pt. 2
ne...@keymail.com
Thought I would stop prowling, and give my humble opinion.
I became more fascinated in furry graphics about July, and have not
found all the furry sites, in fact I am still finding more and being
more impressed with what I find.
I was more interested in stories than graphics, however an encounter
with a Wookie drawing, piqued my interest. There are some talented
ladies and gentlemen out there (both in graphics and stories), keep up
the good work, and thanks for letting us (the public) enjoy them.
Thanks to those who do post to newsgroups as well, without your posts I
would not have found about Lisanne Norman’s books which I have enjoyed
immensely, and other novels. Thanks Allan, Will, Jim and others.
Well back to prowling.
Khri’pher
Patrick C. Jones
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Elisabeth B. Shaw
>* Swimsuit. Hey, the pool might be open. Or the ocean.
>
>* Towel. Always bring your own towel. The hotel's are never big
>enough, and you can always identify which one you've used. Besides,
>it's a tough universe... you've always got to know where your towel is.
>I'm not fussy about pillows, although you may want to bring your own for
>comfort's sake. Extra tenants in one room may mean not enough pillows.
>Perhaps your own washcloth, too.
I tend to bring my own "Con pillow" simply because the ones hotels and
airlines provide don't give me enough back/neck support. Anyone try
the "Sobakawa" pillows? (No, Sean...it's NOT a bobbin lace pillow!)
>* Paper cups, paper plates, eating utensils. You'd be surprised how
>hard these can be to procure when you really need them. And even if you
>aren't holding any parties, do you really want to be swilling your
>Mountain Dew from the same bottle everyone else has been backwashing
>into?
Plastic Mardi Gras cups are wonderful for this...that way I can
identify which cup is mine. I make sure to wash mine after I catch
them from the floats, of course.
>* Extra eyeglasses. If they get broken or lost, what are you going to
>do? They can get sat on, stolen, or dropped off of balconies. Can you
>drive home without them? Same for contact lenses. At least bring a
>fixit kit that includes a small screwdriver.
I really do need an eye exam...bifocals for the ounce?
>* Earplugs. Being trapped in a room with someone from the Olympmic
>snoring team will be agony unless you can block out the noise or listen
>to your Walkman.
The Portable Airchecker (tm) is good for this...sorry, Sean.
>* Want list. Einstein said that if it's written down, you don't have to
>remember it. Write down everything you're looking to buy in the
>dealer's room: back issues of comics, movies, CDs, the works. Better
>yet, write down before you leave all the issues of comics you already
>own so you can fill the holes. This prevents buying things you don't
>need.
Dinner at the Three Flames, sushi at Todai, probably some art supplies
of my own...unusual stuff.
Aki. :3
(continued...)
Captain Packrat
> Use deodorant and cologne.
But not too much! Too much cologne or perfume can be as bad (or worse)
than someone who hasn't used deodorant, especially to those people who are
sensitive to such things.
If you are sensitive to regular deodorant (like I am), use a medicated
powder (such as Gold Bond. Mmmm, mint!), or one of those deodorant
crystals.
> Ice chest.
One of those electric ice chests are perfect. The hotel ice makers had a
hard time keeping up with the demand last year. If you are driving in,
these machines can be plugged into your car's cigarette lighter, to provide
cold for your food during the trip out and back.
>* Cokes, lunch meat, bread, mustard, potato chips & cookies
There is a gas station across the street, with price much more reasonable
than the hotel's. If you have a car, there is a supermarket just beyond
the other side of the Buena Park Mall, about 5-10 blocks east. There's
also a 7-11 type store not too far away that has 64 oz. cups of soda for a
reasonable price (And Pixie Sticks!) There is a Fedco inside the Buena
Park Mall, and they have a grocery store and full pharmacy, however it is a
membership store (Lifetime membership is $10, and I _think_ they'll give
out 1 day passes to non-members; at least they do at the Escondito store)
> And if you get a Maglite, it's also good for threatening people.
Ooooooh! Maglite 6 D-cell flashlight. A.K.A., The Club. :) 20 inches of
heavy-duty aluminum, backed-up by the weight of 6 D batteries. :) Strong
enough to dent a tank, and bright enough to temporarily blind someone in a
dark room. :) (Still looking for a xenon bulb to replace the krypton
bulb. Only last a few hours, but are several times brighter!)
>* Masking tape and marking pen. Important not only for pricing stuff,
>but also for identifying whose stuff is in what drawer in the hotel
>room. Identifying drawers also might keep you from forgetting and
>leaving your undies behind when you're rushing to get home.
In all the years I've been flying and staying in hotels, I have yet to put
anything in a hotel drawer. Then again, I've got one of those nice
everything-in-one suitcases that folds up from something that takes up an
entire closet down to one that's the size of a normal suitcase. :)
>* Earplugs. Being trapped in a room with someone from the Olympmic
>snoring team will be agony unless you can block out the noise or listen
>to your Walkman.
If _you_ snore, bring earplugs... for your roommates!
>Carry your wallet and checkbook in your FRONT pants pockets. This makes
>life miserable for thieves. They know congoers are loaded with cash and
>credit cards. It may be uncomfortable, but consider the alternative.
Being the packrat that I am, my wallet is HUGE, and contains almost
everything under the sun, so the only place I CAN carry it is in my front
pocket.
>Turn some of your money into small bills before you get to the dealer's
>room. You can't count on every merchant being able to break a twenty.
>If you're a dealer, be sure you've got plenty of change before the doors
>open.
VERY IMPORTANT: Because of the sales tax, you will NEED _LOTS_ of coins,
especially pennies! I'm planning on bringing at LEAST one roll of pennies,
maybe two, as well as rolls of nickels and dimes. Making change in dollar
bills is hard enough. Having to make change down to the penny is gonna be
that much harder!
>If you've never used traveler's checks before, they are easy to buy at
>your local bank for a small fee.
If you are a member of AAA, you can get regular American Express traveler's
checks with no fee, and American Express traveler's checks for two at a
reduced fee.
>Don't open Rapidograph technical drawing pens on airplanes!
That also goes for any kind of pen that uses a liquid ink (Most ballpoints
use a paste ink) such as fountain pens.
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Being a packrat, I tend to carry a little bit of everything around with me.
One thing that I've found incredibly useful is my Victorinox Swiss Army
survival pouch. It contains the BIG Swisschamp knife, the one with
everything (including scissors, pliers, flat and phillips screwdrivers,
magnifying glass, saw, file, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, awl,
tweezers, ballpoint pen, and eyeglass screwdriver), as well as a number of
other items, such as a flashlight, sharpening stone, band-aids, sewing kit,
pencil, ruler, compass, mirror, comb, distress whistle, safety pins, and
matches. I have supplemented my pouch with the addition of a pre-moistened
towelette, and a paper yardstick. All of this fits into a little leather
pouch that attaches to my belt!
For the artists out there, consider investing in an ArtBin, or similar box.
The one I bring with me to cons is about 12 inches long, and 4 inches wide,
and carries all the pencils, pens, erasers, rulers, and other items I might
need. 95% of the non-color art supplies I use fit into that one little
box. If you need a bigger box, a fishing tackle box would probably be
cheeper. For color work, a box of pencils is very portable, and a
watercolor sketchbox is even more so. Markers, pastels, acrylic and oil
paints, and other such media are much less portable, and really aren't
something I'd try to take to a con. Also, bring a drawing board, that way
you'll always have a place to draw.
Also, if you are from outside the US, be sure to bring a voltage
converter/adapter if you have any electric devices such as hair dryers or
shavers! American outlets are usually 3 prong, with two parallel slots,
one slightly longer than the other, and a third round hole below and
between the slots. Voltage is 110 volts. Some hotels have outlets that
can provide 220 volts, but I wouldn't count on it.
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If anything you're bringing requires something else to work (batteries,
film, ink, lighter fluid, etc.), be sure to bring more than you think
you'll need. It's better to bring it back with you unused, that to wind up
doing without.
Be sure to bring extra changes of clothing. For a short trip like this, I
try to take 2 days extra clothing. You never know when you might get stuck
staying an extra day (happened to me last year), and there's always the
chance of spilling something.
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Tobias Koehler
On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 01:16:22 GMT, Patrick C. Jones (rail...@mindspring.com)
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> [ ' Zat's supposed to be the ICE? ^^^ ]
No, it's the class 403/404, a west German high speed train
(200 km/h) of the early seventies. A very nice and very
expensive train (all wheels powered). Only three four-car trains
were built. In the eighties they ran as Lufthansa Airport
Express between the airports of Duesseldorf and Frankfurt, but
now they are out of service. Restoration is planned, but at the
moment they are still stored somewhere....
The ICE 3 will be, to some extent, a revival of this concept.
unci
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Krokodil! A furry (or scaley, anyhoo) locomotive! I like your SIGs, T.!
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captp...@isat.com (Captain Packrat) wrote:
>If you are sensitive to regular deodorant (like I am), use a medicated
>powder (such as Gold Bond. Mmmm, mint!), or one of those deodorant
>crystals.
Do those things actually _work_?
>There is a gas station across the street, with price much more reasonable
>than the hotel's. If you have a car, there is a supermarket just beyond
>the other side of the Buena Park Mall, about 5-10 blocks east. There's
>also a 7-11 type store not too far away that has 64 oz. cups of soda for a
>reasonable price (And Pixie Sticks!) There is a Fedco inside the Buena
>Park Mall, and they have a grocery store and full pharmacy, however it is a
>membership store (Lifetime membership is $10, and I _think_ they'll give
>out 1 day passes to non-members; at least they do at the Escondito store)
They do... or at least they did last year when I went there. (The Buena
Park mall is, BTW, within walking distance, for those without cars at their
disposal. Or at least it was for _me_; I suppose it depends on how you
feel about 15-20 minute walks, and how much you intend to cart back with
you. :) )
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solarfox wrote:
> >If you are sensitive to regular deodorant (like I am), use a medicated
> >powder [...], or one of those deodorant crystals.
>
> Do those things actually _work_?
I think so...though you'd have to ask my friends for a neutral third-party
opinion (but maybe they're just being polite and not telling me I stink).
> The Buena Park mall is, BTW, within walking distance, for those
> without cars at their disposal.
Ooh yeah! Thanks for the reminder. There's a store there with fairly
reasonable prices (this is relative...they're still kinda steep) on those
Windstone Editions dragons. Might get that nifty Eastern dragon if I've
got any dough left after the con does its damage.
Another must-see: amidst the shops and eateries outside Knott's Berry Farm
there's this cheesy fake volcano...adjacent to which there's a little
window into a box where an even cheesier and faker little devil turns a
crank that supposedly makes the volcano go. When I was a little kid, that
thing have me the screaming heebie jeebies. So it's a tradition...I gotta
go back and show that stupid devil thingie who's boss now.
It'll probably give me nightmares again.
Captain Packrat
On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 14:17:16 GMT, solarfox@KILL~eden~ALL~SPAMMERS.com
wrote:
>captp...@isat.com (Captain Packrat) wrote:
>
>>If you are sensitive to regular deodorant (like I am), use a medicated
>>powder (such as Gold Bond. Mmmm, mint!), or one of those deodorant
>>crystals.
>
>Do those things actually _work_?
The powder works quite well; it keeps me fresh-smelling and dry, even when
I had to wear a suit during the summer! That particular brand (Gold Bond)
has a very strong smell of mint, so watch out for certain AA (Altoids
Anonymous) furs. ;)
As far as the deodorant crystals, they do work pretty well, though unlike
the powder, they do nothing for perspiration. You'll still sweat like mad,
but you'll smell nice. :)
The powder works by soaking up sweat and keeping your 'pits dry (the
bacteria that cause odor need moisture). The deodorant crystal is almost
pure salt (I tasted one once.) O_o and kills the bacteria.
Ysengrin Werewolf
On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 09:51:03 GMT, captp...@isat.com (Captain
Packrat) wrote:
>Be sure to bring extra changes of clothing. For a short trip like this, I
>try to take 2 days extra clothing. You never know when you might get stuck
>staying an extra day (happened to me last year), and there's always the
>chance of spilling something.
The Buena Park Hotel does have a coin-op laundry room on the first
floor. It came in handy last year (Sunday morning).
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On Tue, 06 Jan 1998 03:16:41 GMT, mal...@concentric.net (Sean Malloy)
wrote:
>'Sobakawa' -- buckwheat hull. I can get them at Fry's last I looked,
>and probably at Wally World next door...
(W)Al Green's back home has 'em. Never slept on 'em, though they
probably would make good lace pillows if packed firmly enough.
Aki. :3 (who has a gorgeous roller pillow which has yet to be laced
on.)
Darrel L. Exline
Captain Packrat wrote:
> Be sure to bring extra changes of clothing. For a short trip like this, I
> try to take 2 days extra clothing. You never know when you might get stuck
> staying an extra day (happened to me last year), and there's always the
> chance of spilling something.
The BP hotel does have a coin-op laundry room on the first floor with fold-down
ironing boards. It came in handy last year when I spilled bean-dip on my pants.
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>* Swimsuit. Hey, the pool might be open. Or the ocean.
Nope the ocean's closed as there draining it for cleaning.
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In <34b0e96...@news.eden.com> solarfox@KILL~eden~ALL~SPAMMERS.com writes:
>captp...@isat.com (Captain Packrat) wrote:
>>If you are sensitive to regular deodorant (like I am), use a medicated
>>powder (such as Gold Bond. Mmmm, mint!), or one of those deodorant
>>crystals.
>Do those things actually _work_?
More or less. Thay contain some sort of aliminum salt that affects
sweating.