RedSimon13

Top bloke. Met him many years back and he is very fan friendly

My Dad! Oh, go on then....Spider-Man (prefer Venom but he is not a Hero under the normal definition)

I think your faith in retailers training their staff in types of money is a tad ill placed. Having worked in some form of retail at one time or another for the past 28 years I have not once been schooled in what is legal tender and what is not. All I have been shown is how to determine if a note is fake or not.

They accept Euros at SM events?!?! What?! When I exchange the money, I naturally get 50 pound notes too, but almost every time the crew seems suspicious when I hand them over. Are those notes really that rare in everyday use? According to my oldest brother who is now a retired Met Police Officer, £50 notes are both the most common forged note and also the least in general retail circulation. At work we recently had notification that certain £50 note designs/numbered sequences were being withdrawn due to counterfitting. To my personal knowledge, the £20 note is the highest available from cash points in the UK. In what way? In terms of forged to genuine of each note (eg number of forged £50 notes to genuine £50 notes compaired to all other notes issued? Or in total number? The below link gives an idea of forged Bank of England notes: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/pages/about/counterfeits.aspx# On Scottish notes I've never had a problem. If you are referring to the £50 notes in general retail circulation, then actual real ones. Many reasons are suggested as to why this is and they range from people not liking to carry them as losing them is a very heavy hit compared to a £10 or £20, or the fact cash machines don't usually dispense them. After he moved to the CID division he obviously did more detective work compared to being in uniform and thus certain trends popped up. I can remember him telling me about 10 years ago that whenever he investigated a shop burgulary or robbery the majority of notes stolen were £20 and £10 due to them being the most in general circulation and the usual denominations dispensed from cash machines. I persoanlly would not like to carry £50 notes too much as the thought of losing them is horrible.

They accept Euros at SM events?!?! What?! When I exchange the money, I naturally get 50 pound notes too, but almost every time the crew seems suspicious when I hand them over. Are those notes really that rare in everyday use? According to my oldest brother who is now a retired Met Police Officer, £50 notes are both the most common forged note and also the least in general retail circulation. At work we recently had notification that certain £50 note designs/numbered sequences were being withdrawn due to counterfitting. To my personal knowledge, the £20 note is the highest available from cash points in the UK.

As a regular church attendee, the average age is coming down with many young families attending. I am Cof E and I have good friends in different religions who attend religious services at different times of the week and having asked them the question of age diversity, they mirror my experiences saying that the more mature ages of say 60 plus has come down greatly in recent years. You might have access to some more recent figures, but the average age in the Church of England survey for Churchgoers was 61 with some more rural congregations having an average of 65. Obviosuly I can only speak for the parishes I attend when helping with church business, but through many discussions with my Vicar about how the church can appeal to more people he has mentioned about how the average age across the UK has come down alot in recent years which is something the higher ups in the Church of England are very happy with as it brings in more generations to the church which bodes well for the future. As regards surveys, I always take these with a massive grain of salt due to how many people actually take part. I am always intrigued to the make up of surveys and always look to see if they ever publish the number of people polled in the survey. But anyway, back on topic and I believe a major factor is transport on a Sunday. Not only local to the event, but also from all over the UK where people travel from. I am fortunate enough to drive and have always driven to events whether for the day or a whole weekend. I have friends who are not so lucky and are always tired when they get there and try to go a day early if there for the whole weekened just so they are fightign fit for the start.

Then that to me is the final piece of the puzzle. He should be up for acting awards for his role as Cesar!

I can remember watching him on TV as a child and he is in one of my favourite films of all time.....THE GREAT ESCAPE

Haha, shame it isn't :/ Hopefully Showmasters can *cough* get David *cough Filming on Bones will be going on, so schedules for TV regulars are generally full.

Who was the big guest announcement in the 3rd of July? Someone said it was david boreanaz (Angel) but I don't see it anywhere... If true this would be his first European tour, I hope there is big guests here as I'm thinking about going... Boreanaz has been to the UK before for events.

Having worked in the hotel industry many years ago I noticed that the hotels local to events pick up on them very quickly, look out for them again and increase the prices. Although it is a bit naughty, it is standard business and something that has been going on for ages.

Doesn't Andy Serkis voice Cesar as well?

As a regular church attendee, the average age is coming down with many young families attending. I am Cof E and I have good friends in different religions who attend religious services at different times of the week and having asked them the question of age diversity, they mirror my experiences saying that the more mature ages of say 60 plus has come down greatly in recent years.

What is the definition of acting? Who decides what is acting? Lillian Gish saddled both sides of the fence with regards to silent films and talkie films. Charlie Chaplin dabbled in the silent films. These two and many others were honoured for their acting yet did films with no talking. What Andy Serkis does is acting in my personal opinion. Motion captor is used to capture natural movement and then that is used to have a character (Cesar in the Apes films) act as normally as possible. As mentioned in a previous post, his facial expressions are done by Andy Serkis and used for Cesar. These bodily and facial movements are carrying out a role...acting a character. So, if actors/actresses like Gish and Chaplin are recognised as such for silent films, then why not Serkis for his contributions as Cesar?

You mentioned it at the end of your post...transport. Saturday transport is miles better than Sunday. I am fortunate to have a car, but many others use public transport. Also, with the working week being more 7 days a week depending ont he industry there is still a large number of jobs that are Monday to Friday and many people have posted on these and other forums they book days off to come up. If people go back to work on a Monday I would think many would want a day off to recharge than go on a Sunday and be tired the following day. I was fortunate enough to have the week off so it was not an issue.

Have you ever thought of having one made for you? It it is something for the longterm rather than a one off thing, maybe invested a few extra pennies would be a thing to think about?

Ther German efficiency comes out in me when it coems to money and I stuck to budget.

Good on you David. It is obviously a hard balancing act, and also the same goes for Moderators on here. Classy statement from you.

As someone who has had limited mobility the past 2 or so years and now use a walking stick all the time (when walking obviously), I was a bit concerned about going as it was going to be my first big event attended in quite a while. I have always known Saturdays would be busy from my days of attending Collectormania at the old shopping centre, so I attended on Sunday and was happy to be able to potter around getting what I wanted. I was glad to line up, and only a couple of times was I invited forward due to my use of a walking stick. I guess I am in the stage of my life where I do not want to become 100% reliant on my walking stick and what lines it may get me through quicker at the cinema or anywhere else. I feel that I may miss something and yesterday was brilliant chatting to fellow fans. I only had a few that I wanted to see and I managed that. This was a taster event for me to see if I was up to the crowds now that I am apparently not as nimble on my feet as I once was. Next event will be the whole weekend I think and photos!! Must do photoshoots. Despite the chaos for some, I was happy and loved the day. Thankyou to the crew who helped me when I was a little tired (age catches up on you!!), and thankyou for a great list of guests. My time away from events has been too long and it is great to have that excitement back. Next event please Showmasters. Oh yeah, you have one or two lined up I see. Off to book a few I think.

So, basically what Dixie said two days earlier on Twitter. Baffles me why TNA promoted it online that the announcement would be at LFACC yet go and spoiler it online. Glad to see 3 decent judges.

It may well have been. They were quoted as saying they would be making it at the event but ended up doing an announcement a few days before on Twitter. Not heard or seen anything new on wrestling forums elsewhere.

Definitely photos as your profile photo is immense. I have one with Nick Frost & Simon Pegg which is hilarious. SERIOUS? I would do anything to meet those two! *sob* I must dig out the photo. It is of my friend and I at the front and Nick and Simon behind. Until we saw the photo afterwards we did not know that the two fo them had done a hilarious lovey dovey pose together. Top blokes.

Got to be Clerks. The introduction to Kevin Smith for so many, and the black and white finish simply made it perfect.

As long as it doesn't become a case of all the bigger guests only going to the US, and not the UK. *Totally not bitter or anything* With it being an official event, then I would think that there will be a good mix. Benedict and Martin are based in the UK and work alot over here, and add on that Sherlock is a British show made by the BBC I cannot see it being a US only thing. Both Benedict and Martin are regularly on panel shows for interviews or Have I Got News For You etc, and both interact well with fans. The Graham Norton show is a big example of this.

If you look at the Sherlock website it does indeed refer to it as a UK and USA event.