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Who's going, where you staying??

that appeared in the newspaper about a week ago in the center pages about dieting as a religion in America.

I'm going, my first Bristol in seven years, staying at the Ramada. Drunken revels shall be had. Oh yes.

davidbishop

Not certain if we'll actually make it, but Malchi and I are booked into the Ramada in case we do manage to go.

Haven't booked yet...

Just for the day on Sunday. I'll be the bruised one behind the FQP stall.

Bolt-01- Paintball on the saturday.

Yep. I'll be there.

Booked into the Ramada for both days, though won't arrive until very late friday eve.

fingers are crossed

If you've booked at the Ramada, it's really worth giving them a buzz and double checking the booking.  They've managed to bollock mine up twice so far.  Make sure you get a reference number, and you give them a debitcard number to secure the room.

Oddly enough, this is the first year I've not triple checked my reservation- better get on the phone...!

No 'expo' rates left at the Ramada, although they do have rooms left (£100 pn), so I'm staying elsewhere...Saturday night only though.

Just booked at the Ramada on that rate 'cos i couldn't be arsed staying anywhere else. What happens after the expo on Saturday do we all go off for a curry and a piss-up or is it free entry to the Eagle Awards. Never been before could someone enlighten me.

Also how will we know anyone do we all where our 30 years pin badges?

:-)

Oddly enough, this is the first year I've not triple checked my reservation- better get on the phone...!

tch... that's the last time i trust you to do it!

Eagle Awards - i missed out last time but would like to go this year - how does one get a ticket to Dez Skinn's latest rant "how the dandy fucked up my life"?

thinky

All sorted- you'll also be pleased to know that I managed to secure a twin room, as opposed to the double I was offered on initially booking.

Of course, given that you snore like a gutted pig*, I'm still not expecting to get much in the way of kip...

;)








*pots and kettles, I know.

hey i just thought, will those stinking fag smoking polluting stinky feck english people have stopped that skanky smoking in my public air space by this May ?

 does that mean that we won't all have shouty throat wheezy lung diseases by sunday night ? excellent.

and has bristol finished tarmacing the runway yet ?  

theyre all bastards.

queen bou or whatever my stupid arsed psudey name is this week would like to apologise for any slanderous anti smoking english bastards comments in RACs name. any hatred & bile is solely my responsibility.

i'm just confused by technology.

We stinking fag smoking polluting stinky feck english people reserve the right to continue giving ourselves, and everyone around us, cancer.  At least until July.

Apparently this is just as bad as driving a bus into a crowd of people, but if you've ever been on a London bus and looked down at the people around you, you'll understand why this is considered a perfectly acceptable desire.

Shouty throat wheezy lung diseases makes you a Man.  Breathe deep and enjoy it.*






*Or buy me a pint and I promise to go smoke outside.  

Intend going but have booked nothing as yet.

No smoking from April 2nd in Wales...

No Bou, you feel free to rant away as you see fit.

This may be the first year I dont make it to Bristol, got a £2,500 vet bill to pay and my annual hedonistic weekend in Bristol may have to be cancelled.

Do you own a Zoo?

I don't think I'll be there - can't be arsed.

- pj

What sort of reason is that...ahh..pretty good one I guess.

I rarely make these things, so I'm looking forward to it.

I'll be there. Booked my room at the Ramada ages ago.Will be promoting my new mini-series.

"got a £2,500 vet bill to pay"

Can't you just use the NHS like everyone else?

Get your credit cards out, man- the world will be a smoking ruin with people eating each other in the streets before you absolutely have to pay it all back...

yeah and the more debts you rack up, the more credit cards they give you, and these 0% percent transfer balances are great, you can move it back n forth, loose track of whats where, incurr tranfer fees while deluding yourself youre saving money, then have to sell your motorbikes & favorite boots to keep on top of it...ive been offered £350 for the suzuki this morning , hondas going for two buttons and a sandwich if anyone wants it...

however i do beleive we're accomodation booked now, i'm off to get flights sorted, i'd say hurrah ! but i'm far too grumpy.

( a pint you say spurrier ?! bah buy me one & i might allow you to speak to me )

Novotel booked. Waaay cheaper than the Ramada.

All sorted- you'll also be pleased to know that I managed to secure a twin room, as opposed to the double I was offered on initially booking.

*unpacks gimp suit*

I'm still not expecting to get much in the way of kip...

*re-packs gimp suit*

thinky

>Do you own a Zoo?

nope, but I now own a very nice wooden box full of ash.

"nope, but I now own a very nice wooden box full of ash."

Aw, sorry to hear about that YT-2 - what was it a dog, cat?

Did you not have insurance?

>Did you not have insurance?

we rescued him when he was nine so no insurance company ould touch him. Any boarder who came to Moniaive would have seen him around.

Took him to the vets, didnt seem a great deal wrong just hadnt eaten much for a couple of days then discovered he had liver cancer. 50/50 whether an op would save him and the odds werent with us.






 

Ah, Stewart, I'm so sorry. Love to you both...
Rufus

very sorry to hear that

my condolences

Poor thing. Probably for the best, it's always more heart rendering to watch them suffer through operations. My spaniel's been in a few times with cuts and scratches and it always gets to me when you watch her having to deal with stitches and feeling woosy from anaesthetic so I couldn't imagine what it would be like to see her getting over a major operation.

Best to you both and I hope you won't take offence at this bit of advice but I found getting another one a great help - i didn't want to at the time, but it was a great healer.

M

>Best to you both and I hope you won't take offence at this bit of advice but I found getting another one a great help - i didn't want to at the time, but it was a great healer.

My mate emergrated to Aus last year and we took on his collie so the house isnt completely quiet.
Although the collection of small wooden boxes keeps growing.

Cute - ears up, tongue out and on a beach - who could ask for more.

(is that a chameleotter there hiding on the tree stump prentending to be a root?)

Here's Sally...

sorry about that YT, yur doggie was a sweetie.

my lab of now 14 years, seems very hale & hearty, but we suspect altzeimers, as well as failing eyesight and hearing, oh joy, and yes i am dreading having to dig a hole that big, burying the cat this year was bad enough.

but NO more pets again. kids growing up, pets all scheduled to die around when the last of my sprogs leaves home, got it all sussed see.

ahh but then its time to get a puppy/kitten as a substitute for the fledglings that have....fled.

Logan. condolences.

We've got a rescue Labrador who is approx 14 yrs old and has a very unsightly skin cancer growing under her tail. We were told that an op is not an option as in that place there is a massive likelihood that even f she woke up, she would likely never walk again.

We've opted for keeping he happy as long as we can, and so far so good. The vet fees are a bitch though.

Bolt-01.

My sincere condolences, Logan, always a tough one.  

Vet bills are simply astonishing.  Our youngest cat was hit by a joyriding car last year, and while I won't go into specifics the injuries were pretty bloody gruesome - bills came to â?¬2K, despite my better half being an animal welfare professional and a former veterinary nurse, and thus operating largely on 'mate's rates'.  Much as I love the little fecker, I would probably have called it quits except that the missus was pregnant and besotted, and seemed like way too much upset.    In this instance, the little bastard pulled through with no long-term effects, but the operations and looong recovery were pretty awful for all concerned.  Frankenstein's kitty wasn't in it.

Pets are a double edged sword to be sure.

but its trixy, while one doesnt want the beasties to suffer, i know a vet would find a few hundred pounds worths of fees if i took my old dug along, and then there was the wee cat whos leg was paralysed after a pine martin bite for over 2 months, vet reckoned it was time to amputate, but i stagnated on such a drastic descision, and sure enough she recovered fully all 4 legs.

When my cat died (vet said it was accidental poisioning, probably ate some rat poison) she didn't charge me for the care leading up to his death.

Sort of a 'no cure, no fee' kinda thing.

In reality I think see could see how upset I was and probably thought it was a bad idea to hand med a bill after telling me he had just died.

I have a dog now (Golden Retreaver) but it's just not the same.

In reality I think see could see how upset I was and probably thought it was a bad idea to hand med a bill after telling me he had just died.

You must introduce me to your vet, Ump!  We took our squashed cat to a 24hr emergency vet (it was about 2am), a clinic for which the missus' charity takes on aftercare and rehoming for its animals at no fee mind, and they charged us â?¬300 just to give the poor thing painkillers and a drip for the night until we could get it to a surgeon in the morning - no care or cleaning of its injuries whatsoever.  Better yet, they wouldn't let us take the cat away until we had paid up there and then.  Wasn't impressed.

Happily, the good woman's contacts did pay off, and the cat was passed from tutting surgeon to tutting surgeon around the wider Dublin region, until fetching up with a total gent who performed minor miracles. Cat remained in remarkably good spirits throughout, despite looking like an extra from Pet Cemetery, which along with the bun-in-th-oven-factor is probably why we kept going with it.  We've put plenty of cats and dogs to sleep over the years to spare them this kind of rigmarole, but this guy just kept on grinning and slutting up throughout.  Survival of the cutest in action.

Me! Novotel.

Thinky, we should get together for adrink this time to make up for just passing and waving on the railway platform steps last time.

I'm also booked in the Novotel. First Con since Dreddcon 6. V Excited.

With the let down of the creators only party, I mean 30th birthday bash, I'm very determined to get to Bristol this year even if I end up sleeping in the street (or Temple Meads Railway Station).

So hopefully see yus all there.

Thinky, we should get together for a drink this time to make up for just passing and waving on the railway platform steps last time.

agreed! i did intend to say hello properly on my way back from the cash point but got waylaid by the over-enthusiastic ticket collector who didn't believe that i hadn't come all the way from liverpool for the fa cup final without a ticket.

what kind of train station only has cash-point through the ticket barriers? a shit one, that's what

thinky

Off?

I've just booked Novotel for £59 for a double room on the Saturday night. It looks like all the twin rooms must have gone already.

Cheers,

Wake

um, don't know how this has happened but...

FQ has been nominated as a finalist in the Eagles this year!

I'm not asking for votes, but thanks for whomever voted for us in the nominations

Bolt-01

Link: Eagle Awards voting.

I knew slipping Mike that fiver was a good idea of yours, Dave...

Pish! gotta do something to boost sales!

Bolt-01

You've put a lot of hard work into it, so well done guys.

Hey...Dave may not ask for votes, but I'm a complete WHOORREE...so PLEASE VOTE FOR US...Category 13...

Yeah, sod it. VOTE FOR FUTUREQUAKE!


Please.


Or buy a copy!

Bolt-01

Already have.

Also looking like domestic disturbance will prevent me from attending.

Have a nice time, one and all.

I've never managed to make an expo, was determined to go to it this year, but just realised it clashes on Saturday with my tickets for Roger Waters, duh.

Dark Side of the Moon vs Dredd, it's a hard choice.

Maybe I just come for the Sunday. Is there any diff between Sat & Sun?

Generally speaking, Sunday sees people staggering around like shell shocked soldiers, mumbling incoherently, while waiting for alcohol levels to diminish enough to drive home.  Slowly.

There's usually the stale stench of beer, fags and sweat around the exhibition hall as well...

"Generally speaking"?

Don't you mean "speaking from dreadful personal experience"?

Welp this year one of my fave web comic authers is going to be there all the way from the USA. so its drooling fan boy time for me

Link: TDP on Wiki

Anyone not booked yet fancy sharing a room (single beds of course*)

















* unless you are sexy lady with very low standards.

On a related note, anyone there on the Sunday who doesn't mind giving up a little floorspace?