BondageBarbie
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I is thinking along the lines of Captain Malcolm Reynolds.
Mmm now that you mention it
Shiny!
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I think it's gonna be Cheryl Baker.
Is that why it's taking so long, cos she's making her mind up ?
I almost peed myself at that!!!
Definitely ajoke for the oldies - oh wait - maybe thats why I almost peed myself
That made me laugh too
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Queued from about 7.45 and got G85! Would have been higher if I'd managed to get up earlier and not made a mad dash over from the Ibis
I'm G86 so I guess I was the one talking to you in the queue...
I really should ask people what their board name is when I meet them
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Agreed, absolutely! Gareth is brilliant at these things, and I very much want to see him there, especially as he's the only living being who can reliably upstage John.
Spot on!
He's definitely very amusing and he and John were a riot at the first Hub.P.S. Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to you last weekend Blackbird.
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That was a very difficult choice!
However, the most important option on there for me is RTD. Torchwood is one of the many things he's done that I love; I've got lots of respect for him and his work and meeting him would be wonderful. Don't know how likely that is though... *crosses fingers*
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I'l be arriving early Friday afternoon and will probably be at the LJ meet too.
Hooray! It will be absolutely lovely to see you, again. :)
You too!
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I'l be arriving early Friday afternoon and will probably be at the LJ meet too.
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Hub 1 was my first big themed con. I went on my own, met some great people and had a wonderful weekend. You'll love it!
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This sounds like fun. I'll look out for you on Friday :)
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Mine was waiting on the door mat for me when I got home from work
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Excellent. Always nice to have one of the writers along
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Nice guests :)
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Persephone - My question was "Is there..." not "What is...". I'm not expecting anything extra. However, I seem to recall that there was a thread posted quite a while ago talking about whether or not there would be anything else and I just wondered if anything had come of it.
I made my choice based on the Gold package as listed (a week after the Hub - it was so good I couldn't wait to go back
) and I'm quite happy to pay that price (I'm old enough to know about personal choice, terms and conditions...and budgeting ) It was just a general query really based on some hearsay from months ago, nothing more (However, I will disagree with you about not looking to last year for guide prices - that's why it's called a guide price. If the value differed too wildly then it's obvious that people would question why.)
Roll on March
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I've got an additional question too (sorry if it's been asked and answered elsewhere): Gold tickets cost £20 more this time but no longer include a photo of you with all the guests. Is there going to be anything to replace that (and make the £20 rise seem a bit fairer)?
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My thought was that they were asking us about the next Hub event, as opposed to this one. Of course, I'm almost certainly wrong.
Lovely lists, SM, but are you asking us about the event in March, or one that might be coming up later? (Asking simply because of the way the choices are listed, and because I am woefully sleep-deprived.) Being greedy, of course, I want them all, all the time.
I was a bit confused by this too. I don't really understand the point of the poll given that we've been told some of the people are scheduled to attend. Unless SM are aware that there's a big chance of some people dropping out and are planning for that happening (very sensible)
I'd like to see anyone who hasn't attended yet - although the return of Gareth and Kai will be a real treat!
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I don't think you could kick up a fuss about being called a Brit though cos it's not derogatory and never was, its just simply short for British. The word P*** in this case is not just short for Pakistani but also a slur designed (and originally intended) to degrade a certain culture and an ignorant term to group all "Indian people" together regardless of their individuality.I could kick up a storm about being called a Brit, but I don't because I know it's just a shortened version of my nationality/ethnic background (and it would never make the papers without them screaming racist). I'd bet you any money that the people who are making this fuss are white and British...It's only degrading because we allow it to be, and that's my point. It's a word, nothing more. We give it the power to hurt by allowing it to mean too much.
If people want to group others together and never learn differently then that's their loss. You can't force people to get on (another point that the government seem to have missed completely) you can only ask that they don't go hurling abuse at people or beating them up because of the different things that they are. If this had not been an off the cuff remark but a blantant insult with malicious intent things would be different. But IMO the press are having a field day over nothing.
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Let's leave the 'PC' element out of it for now because that's a completely different issue. I think it's a bane to society - it takes away people's rights to voice an opinion or express themselves as they wish, and gives rights where they're not neccessarily due (i.e. where nobody is prepared to take responsibility for what they do - I'm thinking of criminals and their ludicrous demands especially).
In terms of what he said, it's really nobody else's business but his and the colleague he was referring to. If he caused offence to that one person or made them feel uncomfortable, then they should discuss these issues like adults. Splashing it across the media and forcing an apology that may not have substance is not helpful.
Finally I think that words should be said; let's take back this idea of negative terms - if we take away the stigma then we take away the offence that's caused. I don't think it's uncommon (and know people who use these kind of terms to minorities within their own friendship groups!) and it has alot to do with the context and tone it's said in. And I say all of this as someone who has frends of many different races, ethnic backgrounds and nationalities.
If I wanted to, I could kick up a storm about being called a Brit, but I don't because I know it's just a shortened version of my nationality/ethnic background (and it would never make the papers without them screaming racist). People need to stop being oversensitive about what other people are saying and mind their own business - at the end of the day they're words. I'd bet you any money that the people who are making this fuss are white and British...
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I moved to London in 2005 and I agree with TommyT - everyone should do it at some point in their life. I'm nearly 30 and I've had the time of my life here.
Most of my friends lived here so I decided to leave my job and move down here (I was living in Birmingham and working in Leicester at the time). I didn't have a job to come to but I found temp work quite quickly, but obviously the situation with jobs is quite different now, so you really should try and get something sorted before you get here. I found work through Reed by the way. I don't know what kind of job you want but if you're looking for something in the interim you should have a look at their website.
I found a flatmate on Moveflat.com - it was his flat and it was in Forest Hill in SE London (but the not so great Catford end of Forest Hill). Still, the train station was 3mins away and it was 20min journey to Central London. The best thing was the rent - I paid £380 a month including bills!!! However I didn't get on too well with that bloke (he was really untidy and didn't do the cleaning...despite it being his own flat) so I moved after 9 months.
Then I lived in Central London right opposite Euston Station. Despite it being close to Kings Cross I never saw any ladies of the night, but I did live next door to St Mungos (a drug rehabilitation charity) so there were often druggies around. That said, I never felt unsafe because all the UCL buildings are around there so there were always lots of people around. To be honest the flat was a bit of a dive... well, I say flat, it was actually a converted self-catering student hall of residence (the bedroom/living area/kitchen in one room with a separate bathroom) and hadn't seen a paintbrush for about 15 years! It cost £150 a week including bills. I had to pay weekly, so some months I paid £750 to live there. it was nice to live centrally but I'd never live somewhere like that again.
Now I live in Clapham Common with a friend; I've been here 18 months and I love it! Clapham is a really great place, there's loads to do and lots of great bars if you like that kind of thing. It's on the Northern Line (the black one) and is really well served by buses too. We have a nice flat and we pay just under £1000 between the two of us for rent, and then bills on top. Most of my friends live in South London now. One's in Clapham Junction (no tube line but 10min to London from Clapham Junction Station), a couple are in Collier's Wood, a couple in Croydon (that has fairly good transport to Central London but is much further out) and one in Streatham. I definitely prefer South London.
My tips would be:
- If you're going to look at a flat, try visiting the area during the day and during the evening - you'd be amazed how different the place can be after dark
- Don't necessarily be put off by the area - I live near a council estate (and some of the flats in my low-rise block are council owned too) and it's not much to look at from the outside, but the flat itself is lovely. Same is true for some other people I know too - just don't expect anything amazingly pretty for £500
- Save some cash. You will probably have to pay a deposit and a month's rent in advance to move in somewhere so if you go for somewhere at £500p/m you're going to have to fork out £1000 before you even move!
- Don't forget that the further out you live the more you'll have to pay to travel to work (if you work in Central London), so you may find you pay less rent but don't save much overall. Train fares are also really pricey if you go too far out.
Hope that's of some help. Good luck with the flat hunt
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I'm sure a sign won't be a problem. There was a little Live Journal meet up in the bar at The Hub and I'm pretty certain there was a hand-drawn sign on display.
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I've started watching alot of CSI recently and I think I'd happily shell out for a crime con, especially if Showmasters could throw in a guest or two from Numb3rs...
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Another storm in a tea cup. If anybody's to blame it's the idiot DJs who baited him to do it.
That said, nobody saw it and NOBODY had complained according to the evening paper I read today. No doubt that will change now it's been on the news
There's no way it's going to affect anyone's attendance at the Hub 2 though.
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This is great news
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I've had to bite the bullet and pay for my gold ticket with an overdraft - couldn't risk waiting for payday with the gold pass stocks running low.
I'm so glad you'll be going again! I bit the bullet on the Sunday and bought my gold ticket then. However, I lacked the brains to book a room at the Park Inn right there and then, so am on the waiting list. *shakes head at self*
I shall look forward to seeing you again.
You too, I think it's going to be a lot of fun...again!
I'm on the Park inn waiting list too, but I booked a room at the Ibis so I know I definitely have a room somewhere.
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The United Kingdom Colonial Marines (UKCM) attend too. I'm sure you've seen aliens and predators wandering around with their millitary minders