[F] Meet report (finally!) AfpSwe 5.0, August 12th
Jenny With the Axe
Again, there was a meet. Present were Gruk[1], Pixel[2], George[3] and
MSFBJorn[4]. Also, a couple of non-afpers by the names of Dennis and Karman
who showed up later.
This meet started at the railway station in Linkoping. Pixel had promised to
arrive by bus at a certain time, but due to unforeseen troubles at work she
arrived later, by train, and with a Temper. George and MSFBjorn were already
at the station. George, MSFBjorn and Pixel proceeded to Gruk's place of work
and managed to pry him off the machinery. The company then proceeded to the
famous[5] hamburgerjoint called Stångebro Gatukök. Garlic burger, fries and
bearnaise sauce... *mmm*!
The company then proceeded to proceed to a place where alcoholic beverages
could be imbibed. We stopped on the way to watch a crate-climbing contest[6].
When the climber had fallen down, we went to the pub Benny Hill, which,
despite its name, is quite a good waterhole. Later, Dennis and Karman joined
in.
Some time lateish we got bored with the pub and decided to go Elsewhere. This
Elsewhere was located in Ingvars and Carmans apartment. There some alcohol
imbibed. Apart from that, the most memorable event of that part of the evening
was George and Pixel delightedly looking through a leather-and-latexware
catalogue.
The conversation included geekiness, other afpers, geekiness, conventions,
geekiness, books, and some geekiness.
OK, now can we get on with the quotefile?
Gruk: Ouch!
Bjorn: Oh! Semi-normal people, then... for geeks.
Gruk: It's a mathematical thing... it could be wose - it could be electrical.
Bjorn: Get out of the way! I need to get some more to drink!
Bjorn: (to Gruk) You're the senoir citizen here, then.
Gruk: No, I'm an expatriate.
Bjorn: You're the quote file expert - you don't get to eat!
Bjorn: Sweden meets are strange. You have only one Psion, and 50 % of the
attendants are women.
Bjorn: That's not going in the quote file!
Pixel: Emacs! Emacs!
Bjorn: Anyone says vi, I'll kill that person.
Pixel: Heretic!
Bjorn: Listen to the pronounciation of MSIN. "Am Sin". Do you think this is a
coincidence?
Bjorn: Anyone who's survived three years of comp.sci.studies is never going to
want to look at porno pictures on a computer again!
Bjorn: That's not going in the quote file!
George: I want them in bikinis!
Pixel: Gruk, dear, do you have a bikini at home?
George: I'm channeling Arnold Rimmer through my left nostril.
Bjorn: That is actually a very funny comment.
Gruk: Oh no, she killed it! George killed Coin!
Bjorn: I'm sorry I can't confuse you any more.
Gruk: Might have been the smaller e, then.
Bjorn: (to Gruk) What do you do when you change shirts?
Pixel: He gets confused.
Pixel:(about Gruk) His lov-... his boyfr-... the man he lives with.
Bjorn: Ooooh!
George: He is living together with a man.
Bjorn: George can corrupt anything.
George: At least, I can chew on the cables.
Bjorn: I tried to tie her down and everything, but I couldn't find any rope
George: This *must* be the true meaning for bringing a Psion *evil grin*
Pixel: You mean PRCing?[7]
George: I'm slow.
Gruk: At least you're admitting it
Bjorn: This is sort of a rambling meet... Lake District - Not!
Bjorn: Oh good, he's gone!
George: Let the vicious quoting begin!
George: OK, that was one time, more to come I'm sure...
Bjorn: I'll take the quote file now, this is getting silly.
Bjorn: Oh no, she's quoting me!
Bjorn: Darn, darn and darn!
Bjorn: Jennikins! That's nice. And it's nine letters! You can use it on IRC!
Pixel: George, if I am "Jennikins", then you are FluffyBunny.
George: No, "Darling", that's my laptop. At least it always works.
Pixel: It doesn't go down on you then?
George: No, that's the stupid one.
Pixel: I'm still trying to persuade Gruk to give me head.
Pixel: I do have some sense...
Bjorn: Get out of here!
Bjorn: I can't remembeer when I last looked at a blonde with lust.[7a]
Bjorn: Don't put that up! Because I do actually remember the last time.
Pixel: Last time I was asked for a blow job I said "Sure, I'll just fetch a
can of compressed air".
George: I'm NOT FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pixel, Gruk and Bjorn: YES YOU ARE!
Bjorn:(pointing at Gruk) And he's not blond!
George: When his hair isn't all greasy, he is.
Pixel:(about Gruk) I refuse to kiss him.
Karman: Boring, it doesn't even have a vibrator.
Jenny: George, can you add this (pointing at Karman) He said "I don't like
whips!".[9]
Karman: The world already knows.
Pixel: You did WHAT?
Pixel: Well, you can't do that!
Bjorn: If that isn't irony, I don't know what it is... silvery maybe, or
goldy.
Pixel: You take over this whil I'm gone.
Bjorn: Don't forget to mention the bloody awful singer.
Bjorn: Oh, nice, something fluffy!
Dennis: It's a monster geek!
Dennis: Wooops! That was a yellow streak!
Gruk: (to Pixel) Sit still, I'm trying to hide behind you!
Bjorn: It's not hard.
Bjorn: We would like it down for the record that George is a liar.
Bjorn: No one is a geek unless they've abused at least five different flavors
of unix.
Bjorn: A Swedish Unix? A specially socially aware one? It probably doesn't
have any priorities built in.
Bjorn: This is the most geeky apartment I've ben in!
George: I can imagine several things to do with that much vaseline, but not
eating it.
Bjorn: Not directly, at least.
Karman: (about the carpet) Aaaargh! It's attacking!
Bjorn: Don't worry, it's just the carpet people.
Pixel: Yes, cute FluffyBunny!
George: Waaaaaaaah!
Bjorn: This is all weird! What am I doing here? I'm normal!
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[1] Ingvar Mattsson
[2] Jenny Holmberg
[3] Annika Larsson
[4] Bjorn Bjornsson
[5] If it isn't famous, it ought to be. It's the sort of place that ought to
be in the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as "just about the best hamburger
joint on Earth".
[6] The climber places him self on a beer crate, picks up an other beer crate,
and is supposed to stack it on the first without falling off. This continues
until climber does fall down. (He's attached to a safety rope, though.)
[7] Psion Relay Chat, of course!
[7a] George's comment: There were two attendants with blondish hair - Gruk and
George. I leave it up to your imagination who he was talking about.
[9] This is the man who carries handcuffs on his belt and has a whip in his
living room. I'm not sure if it's safe to leave the rest to your imagination.
/Pixel, who has been promising to get this sent ever since the meet...
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Goddess of delusions
John Barberio
> Bjorn: Jennikins! That's nice. And it's nine letters! You can use it on IRC!
> Pixel: George, if I am "Jennikins", then you are FluffyBunny.
Too many letters.
Howabout "LitlBunny" ?
(Just be glad they dont use ForceNick on the servers :)
- J
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Stig M. Valstad
Why do you use these names in meet reports? I've never seen them
used elsewhere.
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"Don't warn the tadpoles." - Willow
John Barberio
>
> used elsewhere.
Rougthly the same reason I got called J(ay) at the Ox Pi meet...
( Me : "Hi, I'm John Barberio"
People : "Who ?"
LNR : "Thats J" )
I supose I should have picked a longer /nick on the irc server...
(There are a few other AFP'ers whos /nicks have stuck)
- J (Real Name, John Barberio)
Stig M. Valstad
>Sounds like it was all a lot of fun... Maybe I'll make
>it to the next one... Any excuse to travel.
Maybe we should have a Norwegian afpmeet sometime. I don't think
there's ever been one before[2]. It would have to be reasonably
close to where I live, though. Being a poor[3] student, I can't
afford to travel very long.
>|I do not necessarily agree with everything I say.
Why is it that so many people think everyone always agree with
themselves?[1]
Anyway, have you learned to ring your a's and slash your o's
yet?
[2] Probably because there has never been more than one Norwegian
afper for any length of time.
[3] That's poor as in 'not having much money' not as in 'being a
bad student' - I am an example for everyone, sitting there quietly
during lectures reading my PKD book, except when I'm talking to
the person sitting next to me.
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"It was a one way street and I was going only one way."
Cordelia
Jenny With the Axe
>Jenny With the Axe <jen...@algonet.se> wrote:
>>Report from AFPSwe 5.0, Linköping, August 12th
>>
>> Present were Gruk[1], Pixel[2], George[3]
>
>Why do you use these names in meet reports? I've never seen them
>used elsewhere.
Basically because most of the meet participants are less-than-current
afpers, but spend quite a lot of time on IRC, with the aforementioned nicks.
The reason Gruk/Ingvar said that he's an expatriate is that he left
afp about the time when I joined. And I'm almost an old fart, I am...
as for Bjorn and George/Annika, they are lurkers and I wonder how many
will recognise their names even written in full... ah well. Things change.
/Pixel, feeling more and more like an Old Fart
Jenny With the Axe
>alan.c...@visma.no (Alan Connell) wrote:
>>Sounds like it was all a lot of fun... Maybe I'll make
>>it to the next one... Any excuse to travel.
>
>Maybe we should have a Norwegian afpmeet sometime. I don't think
>there's ever been one before[2]. It would have to be reasonably
>close to where I live, though. Being a poor[3] student, I can't
>afford to travel very long.
There are plans for a Gothenburg meet around Oct 23rd, since Pterry
will be at the Book and Library fair at that place and time.
I'd gladly come to a Norwegian meet, provided it's at a time when I
have enough money. Some crashspace would be appreciated.
/Pixel, who is also looking for excuses to travel. Or at least take
some time off.
Henrik Jonsson
Jenny With the Axe <jen...@algonet.se> wrote:
>There are plans for a Gothenburg meet around Oct 23rd, since Pterry
>will be at the Book and Library fair at that place and time.
Damnation to the ...erhmm...Somebody!
Guess who will NOT be able to go to that fair at that time? I have
ignored all ads for the B&L fair, just since I would get too upset to
see who(m?) I'd be missing, and now this! In my face, all without
spoiler warnings? ;-)
Oh, well, I suppose I will have to polish my Holy Anorak from way off
in Texas and act grumpy all day...
/Henrik
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Bjorn Bjornsson
>alan.c...@visma.no (Alan Connell) wrote:
>>Sounds like it was all a lot of fun... Maybe I'll make
>>it to the next one... Any excuse to travel.
>
>Maybe we should have a Norwegian afpmeet sometime. I don't think
>there's ever been one before[2]. It would have to be reasonably
>close to where I live, though. Being a poor[3] student, I can't
>afford to travel very long.
Uhm... well.. there was one. Sort of. I met
Arve for a quick pint when i was in Oslo before
AFPSwe5. It wasn't quorate ('cos i didn't have
any phone numbers of .uk/.ie afpers with me
*grin* And it wasn't announced, either.
Sort of Oslo -1.0
Cheers
Bjorn
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Mark Alexander
told us:
>More of an Oslo 0.9 BETA I would have thought? :)
Oslo 0.9P1? or possibly Oslo 0.9 load 1...
OKIGMC
Marky
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Bjorn Bjornsson
>The muse caught Mark Alexander <ma...@rcp.co.uk> and caused them to write:
>: Once upon a time (10 Sep 98 08:57:55 GMT), Chris Horry <lo...@the.sig>
>: told us:
>
>:>More of an Oslo 0.9 BETA I would have thought? :)
>
>: Oslo 0.9P1? or possibly Oslo 0.9 load 1...
>
>Yeah something like that, then you should have Oslo 0.9pre1 etc.
Naw... I've been to a beta meet (Warwick beta 0.5) which even
had a code name. Oslo wasn't anywhere close to release, and
hardly an alpha. Hence the minus: Oslo -1.0.
Stig M. Valstad
>There are plans for a Gothenburg meet around Oct 23rd, since Pterry
>will be at the Book and Library fair at that place and time.
I'm afraid Göteborg is way out of my reach at the moment. I could
do Trondheim or at a pinch Östersund or Oslo if crash space is
offered.
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Stig M. Valstad
>On Tue, 08 Sep 1998 17:56:19 GMT+0100,
>sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) wrote:
>
>I was thinking about that myself... how many are there?
>Let's see... there's me. I live in Stavanger for my sins!
>There's you.. You live up in the north somewhere. God
>only knows what *you* did to be up there! :)
I used to live much further north, though, so I'm apparently
less of a sinner than I used to be.
> I've
>never been there though, so it's a good excuse.
As good an excuse as any.
>There is also a lurker in AFP called Sonja who lives
>in Stavanger too.
And there is a lurker in AFP called Larris who lives in
Steinkjer too.
>Probably some in Oslo... Hmmm, it'll take a bit
>if planning, but hey! It can be done.
I've been thinking about a Steinkjer meet if anyone would
want to come. I see three possibilities:
a) A walking meet; we have some nice hiking terrain about here.
This would have to be soonish, before it starts to snow.
b) A meet at the computer lab at the lokal college. (I'll have
to check on the possible consequences of getting caught if
we do this outside normal opening hours.)
c) A normal pub meet. I've been told that Steinkjer is well
stocked with drinking places for a town of this size.
d) Some combination of the above.
I'd be able to offer some crash space.
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Mike Harré
Gidjabolgo
>Jenny With the Axe <jen...@algonet.se> wrote:
>>There are plans for a Gothenburg meet around Oct 23rd, since Pterry
>>will be at the Book and Library fair at that place and time.
>
>I'm afraid Göteborg is way out of my reach at the moment. I could
>do Trondheim or at a pinch Östersund or Oslo if crash space is
>offered.
I can offer crash space in Östersund, then.
Are any others interested in this fair town?
Winner of the "Quailty of Life" investigation, Swedens most interesting in-
and outdoor museum, according to the minister of culture, lots of pubs,
bars, cafés and night clubs, three universities and the opportunity to spot
Nessies lost brother - the Storsjöodjur...
Yeah, why not?
Gidjabolgo, who could be slightly biased...
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Sonja Tinnesand
Alan Connell skrev i meldingen <35f93e25....@news.eunet.no>...
>On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:43:08 GMT+0100,>>alan.c...@visma.no (Alan Connell) wrote:
<snip, snip, snip...>
>
>>
>>c) A normal pub meet. I've been told that Steinkjer is well
>> stocked with drinking places for a town of this size.
>
>Sounds good.
>
>
>Plans are afoot!
>
>Alan
Ehm, OK, well then - since Alan already has told you about my secret lurking
here - Hello everybody.
AFPNorway meet is a good idea, as long as it doesn't involve any walking
(except the walk to the pub). But Steinkjer is a bit far north isn't it?
What's wrong with Trondhjem? Us beeing so few, we could meet in Norway's
smallest pub there:-)
Sonja
Jenny With the Axe
>On 08 Sep 1998 21:30:38 +0200,
>Jenny With the Axe <jen...@algonet.se> wrote:
>
>>Goddess of delusions
>
>Hmmmm? :)
Yes. One of the popes has named me a goddess, and as popes are
infallible, it must be true. Besides, all things are true, even false
things.[1]
And you really should speak to Claire about getting some immunization.
[1] Don't blame me! I didn't do it!
Jenny With the Axe
>I can offer crash space in Östersund, then.
>Are any others interested in this fair town?
>Winner of the "Quailty of Life" investigation, Swedens most interesting in-
>and outdoor museum, according to the minister of culture, lots of pubs,
>bars, cafés and night clubs, three universities and the opportunity to spot
>Nessies lost brother - the Storsjöodjur...
If crash space is available, then why not... provided it is no earlier
than in November, for pecuniar reasons.
Stig M. Valstad
>On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:43:08 GMT+0100,
>sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) wrote:
>>want to come. I see three possibilities:
>>a) A walking meet; we have some nice hiking terrain about here.
>> This would have to be soonish, before it starts to snow.
>
>Sounds good. Snow is OK too though.
I don't like walking in snow and I don't have any skis. Yes, I
know Norwegians are supposed to be born with skis on, but I've
grown out of those.
>>c) A normal pub meet. I've been told that Steinkjer is well
>> stocked with drinking places for a town of this size.
I guess what we'll do is we go somewhere where alcoholic stuff
is served saturday evening + those of us who aren't too lazy go
for a stroll in the hills northeast of Steinkjer either saturday
or sunday.
I've got crash space for two people plus one person willing to
sleep on the floor. I'd prbably be able to find accomodation
for others too if necessary.
Are anyone else besides Alan interested in such a meet? What
would be the best time? Anytime except next weekend and december
is fine with me.
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Stig M. Valstad
>
>Ehm, OK, well then - since Alan already has told you about my secret lurking
>here - Hello everybody.
Hello Sonja. What does the D. stand for?
>AFPNorway meet is a good idea, as long as it doesn't involve any walking
>(except the walk to the pub). But Steinkjer is a bit far north isn't it?
>What's wrong with Trondhjem? Us beeing so few, we could meet in Norway's
>smallest pub there:-)
What is wrong with Trondhjem is that SFAIAA there aren't any
afpers there so crash-space would not be available and there
won't be any locals to organise things. Besides, the distance
from Trondhjem to Steinkjer is, at a little over 100 km, just
a small fraction of the distance from Stavanger to Trondhjem.
If anyone were to organise a Trondhjem meet, I'd almost
certainly appear. I won't organise one, though.
Stig M. Valstad
>I can offer crash space in Östersund, then.
>Are any others interested in this fair town?
>Winner of the "Quailty of Life" investigation, Swedens most interesting in-
>and outdoor museum, according to the minister of culture, lots of pubs,
>bars, cafés and night clubs, three universities and the opportunity to spot
>Nessies lost brother - the Storsjöodjur...
I've already visited Östersund, approximately 20 years ago. My
most vivid memory of that visit is the squirrels.
I checked on the cost of getting to Östersund today. It's not as
much as I thought, so if there is a sufficiently large meet I'll
be there. I'm not too fond of pubs so a meet that included some
other activities would be preferable.
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Staffan Tjernström
>"Gidjabolgo" <gidj...@hem2.passagen.se> writes:
>
>>I can offer crash space in Östersund, then.
>>Are any others interested in this fair town?
>than in November, for pecuniar reasons.
>
I've got my own somewhat less peculiar[1] reasons for not being available
before Nov, but could manage to pop up (or across, if I'm in Örnsköldsvik at
the time) to Östersund if the timing works out :)
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[1] But none the less flowery
Jenny With the Axe
>Are anyone else besides Alan interested in such a meet? What
>would be the best time? Anytime except next weekend and december
>is fine with me.
I'd be interested. Though, for economical reasons, I will be unable to
attend any non-Sweden meets[1] earlier than November.
[1] Apart from the Notts one on Wednesday, and the Con itself, of
course.
Stig M. Valstad
>
>I'd be interested. Though, for economical reasons, I will be unable to
>attend any non-Sweden meets[1] earlier than November.
It is now November, so how about it? Is this weekend (13th-15th)
too short notice? Would next weekend (20th-22nd) be better?
I can offer reasonably comfortable crash-space for at least two
afpeople.
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"Bullshit makes the flowers grow & that's beautifull" the Principia
Jenny With the Axe
>It is now November, so how about it? Is this weekend (13th-15th)
>too short notice? Would next weekend (20th-22nd) be better?
>
>I can offer reasonably comfortable crash-space for at least two
>afpeople.
Oh dear. I've been having *far* too mych work lately... 14-hour days
tend not to leave much time for reading news. I'm sorry, neither is
possible, since one has passed, and the second is booked... and the
week after that is when I'm moving to the new, bigger apartment. Any
further suggestions?
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Goddess of delusions
"I don't have prejudices. Only uneducated people have prejudices."
-- someones mother
Stig M. Valstad
>
>>It is now November, so how about it? Is this weekend (13th-15th)
>>too short notice? Would next weekend (20th-22nd) be better?
>>
>>I can offer reasonably comfortable crash-space for at least two
>>afpeople.
>
>Oh dear. I've been having *far* too mych work lately... 14-hour days
>tend not to leave much time for reading news. I'm sorry, neither is
>possible, since one has passed, and the second is booked... and the
>week after that is when I'm moving to the new, bigger apartment. Any
>further suggestions?
Due to circumstances I am rather free from ca the 4th December
onwards. So one of the first two weekends of December would be
fine for me. Probably worse for some though? Alternatively there
is January.
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What is Faith?--The quality by which we are enabled to believe
that which we know is untrue.
Stig M. Valstad
>Free time and spare money are a little bit scarce at the moment...
>and I still have to fly back home for Christmas, so personally, I
>would prefer something around January time.
January it is then. I guess we'll come back to this later when
I get myself a calendar so I know when January will be next year.
BTW. I will be in Ireland (probably near Dublin) between the 15.
and the 22. next February. Just thought I'd warn the natives.
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"I can take a hint... What was the hint?" - Cordelia
rose...@hao.ucar.edu
sti...@c2i.net (Stig M. Valstad) wrote:
> Due to circumstances I am rather free from ca the 4th December
> onwards. So one of the first two weekends of December would be
> fine for me. Probably worse for some though? Alternatively there
> is January.
I'll be in Oslo from mid-December[1] for an indefinite period, but at
least a couple of years.
cheers,
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[1] So now you know why I've been posting as "Dib Diblossonson".
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