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Title: Going to be Away?
Post by: stormcloud on July 01, 2008, 12:06:21 PM: I'm off on holiday for two weeks on Friday, I don't know if there's any internet so I will most likely be inactive for that time

Just so you know

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Edited Post the time period of your absence here if you want.
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Post by: Private Clark on July 01, 2008, 05:29:17 PM: O, thanks for telling us, have a great trip :) . In about a week, il be on holiday for 2 weeks as well. I think il still have internet though but less time.
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Post by: Gmd on July 02, 2008, 05:00:05 PM: ok have a nice time :D
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Post by: Private Clark on July 03, 2008, 04:10:04 PM: Ok well, starting tomorrow im on vacation in Hawaii, il have dial-up but not as much time so less activity.
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Post by: Private Clark on July 18, 2008, 07:35:45 PM: Im back from Hawai!! :P

also, to keep such things in one thread:

Quote from: "Stormcloud"
i am going on holiday to portugal tomarrow the 19 of july (now that schools out!!! :D )

so i will not be on exilian for a week, just to let you know!!

Have a nice trip :)
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Post by: stormcloud on July 19, 2008, 01:39:09 PM: Hello, I'm back :D

just so you know
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Post by: Jubal on July 29, 2008, 09:02:06 PM: DD, Penty, and Myself are saying goodbye from 2nd-10th of August! We'll be doing watersports in France w/ school (I've never sailed before either! w00t!).

Don't make a mess of the place or flood the forums with porn while I'm away, kiddies, and KEEP POSTING!
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Post by: Gen_Glory on July 29, 2008, 09:04:45 PM: remeber not to post porn unless you e-mail it to us first before someone removes it :D
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Post by: Jubal on July 29, 2008, 09:12:57 PM: Shush! Official moderation procedure is supposed to reamina secret!
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Post by: Gen_Glory on July 29, 2008, 09:16:26 PM: woops ignore wot i just said
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Post by: comrade_general on July 30, 2008, 01:14:45 AM: Quote from: "Jubal"
DD, Penty, and Myself are saying goodbye from 2nd-10th of August! We'll be doing watersports in France w/ school (I've never sailed before either! w00t!).
You mean you people are real and know eachother outside of the internets?!!!?!?! :zegun:
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Post by: Gen_Glory on July 30, 2008, 10:27:52 AM: ummm yeh
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Post by: Jubal on July 30, 2008, 10:39:54 AM: You realise about a third of the members of this site come from about a 20 mile square area in South Norfolk, right?
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Post by: stormcloud on July 30, 2008, 11:08:36 AM: I knew you knew each other from school, it's been impled before, didn't know you where from south Norfolk though
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Post by: comrade_general on July 30, 2008, 05:07:29 PM: but the internet is make believe, like elves gremlins and eskimos
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Post by: Gen_Glory on July 30, 2008, 07:52:46 PM: i think eskimos are real but they prefere to be called inuits
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Post by: comrade_general on July 30, 2008, 09:02:59 PM: it was a joke, homer simpson said something like it once
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Post by: stormcloud on July 30, 2008, 09:39:42 PM: nuh uhh, one Eskimo tribe is Inuit so calling them Inuit is like saying they're all from the same tribe, they are called Eskimos
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Post by: Jubal on July 30, 2008, 09:51:30 PM: We were taught that Eskimo was a derogatory term made up by the French, and that Inuit was the only correct term for them...
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Post by: comrade_general on July 30, 2008, 11:08:45 PM: meh

have a good trip :)
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Post by: Private Clark on July 31, 2008, 02:15:02 AM: yeah, have fun ;)
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Post by: stormcloud on July 31, 2008, 12:10:02 PM: yeah do have a good trip

but have you never watched QI?

But the vast majority of Canadian "Eskimos" actually are Inuit (that word is a plural; the singular is Inuk); the small proportion who identify as Inuvialuit see themselves as a subset of the Inuit, so don't mind being referred to as Inuit.

In Alaska they don't mind the E-word. Most Alaskan Eskimos are Yup'ik (of whom the Alutiiq are a subset; Alutiiq was the language Stephen spoke on the show although it was misidentified as Aleutian). There are some Inuit, and also the Unangan or Aleuts. That last group are strictly speaking not Eskimos - they prefer the term "the Eskimo/Aleut people".

The indigenous people of Greenland are Inuit, although they prefer the term Kalaallit. They don't object too much to "Greenlanders", but like their Canadian cousins they don't like the E-word.

So while they are all Eskimos, they dont like being called it. They are defiantly not all Inuit

from the QI forums
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Post by: comrade_general on July 31, 2008, 04:45:20 PM: Quote from: "stormcloud"
yeah do have a good trip

but have you never watched QI?

But the vast majority of Canadian "Eskimos" actually are Inuit (that word is a plural; the singular is Inuk); the small proportion who identify as Inuvialuit see themselves as a subset of the Inuit, so don't mind being referred to as Inuit.

In Alaska they don't mind the E-word. Most Alaskan Eskimos are Yup'ik (of whom the Alutiiq are a subset; Alutiiq was the language Stephen spoke on the show although it was misidentified as Aleutian). There are some Inuit, and also the Unangan or Aleuts. That last group are strictly speaking not Eskimos - they prefer the term "the Eskimo/Aleut people".

The indigenous people of Greenland are Inuit, although they prefer the term Kalaallit. They don't object too much to "Greenlanders", but like their Canadian cousins they don't like the E-word.

So while they are all Eskimos, they dont like being called it. They are defiantly not all Inuit

from the QI forums
k ;)
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Post by: Private Clark on August 01, 2008, 03:40:41 AM: getting to be a little off topic here.
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Post by: stormcloud on August 01, 2008, 07:58:29 AM: I know, but I had to argue my point
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Post by: Gen_Glory on August 11, 2008, 09:28:35 AM: WE ARE BACK!!!!
B) :D B)
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Post by: Private Clark on August 12, 2008, 02:33:43 AM: wilkomen back
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Post by: Jubal on August 21, 2008, 08:23:38 PM: Away for a week, starting saturday.
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Post by: CN2 on August 21, 2008, 09:26:01 PM: Have a good Holiday :D
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Post by: stormcloud on August 21, 2008, 11:06:25 PM: enjoy yourself
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Post by: comrade_general on August 22, 2008, 12:11:44 AM: where you goin?
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Post by: Andalus on August 22, 2008, 12:35:48 AM: Right, now he's gone, lets spam the forums with pictures of scantily-clad eskimos...
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Post by: Private Clark on August 22, 2008, 01:30:31 AM: Have a nice time... Andalus project "Exilian Takeover" is a go! everybody, find images!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 22, 2008, 01:55:15 AM: scantily-clad eskimo:

http://flickr.com/photos/12373660@N07/2322633013 (http://flickr.com/photos/12373660@N07/2322633013)
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Post by: Jubal on August 22, 2008, 11:48:46 AM: Why eskimos?
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Post by: Gen_Glory on August 23, 2008, 11:12:39 AM: have a good holiday?

hehehe :rolleyes: :P
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Post by: stormcloud on August 23, 2008, 11:49:26 AM: I guess cause I ranted about them
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Post by: Andalus on August 25, 2008, 08:15:53 PM: I am tired of Eskimos. I'm sure you will all be devastated to hear that I will be away for almost a week (Whirlwind trip round Unis).

"Why not longer?" I hear you cry...
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Post by: stormcloud on September 27, 2008, 09:39:42 PM: I may be inactive for a little while, starting uni tomorrow sooo will be busy (/drunk :lol:)

so y'all have a chance to catch up to my post total
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Post by: Jubal on September 28, 2008, 08:34:47 AM: Good luck mate, hope it goes well.

Where you going/what course ya taking?
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Post by: stormcloud on September 29, 2008, 10:22:17 AM: Leicester to to Physics with Nanoscience :P

posting from there now
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Post by: Private Clark on September 30, 2008, 02:53:15 AM: Hehe, have fun.
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Post by: Jubal on October 27, 2008, 08:07:03 PM: Tuesday-Wednesday in Lincolnshire, Thursday in London, back in business Friday.
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Post by: Marcus on October 28, 2008, 08:23:44 AM: Currently away for the week, will be back for monday.
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Post by: Marcus on February 05, 2009, 08:50:25 PM: In case you hadn't noticed, I've been absent for a while. My internet has been cut off and I'm having to use a friend's connection. Should hopefully be connected again in the next few weeks, but I can't guarantee it.
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Post by: Jubal on February 14, 2009, 10:51:51 AM: In Lincolnshire until Monday. :knight:
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Post by: CN2 on February 24, 2009, 06:16:11 PM: Veyer is SC? I miss the spam wars...
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Post by: Jubal on April 03, 2009, 06:43:27 PM: I am away for the next six (6) days. Back on the tenth.
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Post by: Andalus on April 09, 2009, 09:45:04 AM: Will be away until Tuesday 14th April
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Post by: Jubal on April 10, 2009, 03:56:06 PM: Back, but will be away Tue-Fri next week and am revising a lot atm, so activity is lulled.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on April 13, 2009, 12:32:53 AM: I will be going to Prague tomorrow ..... I'll be back in Saturday
The same applies for Dante .....
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Post by: Son of the King on April 30, 2009, 12:19:13 AM: I'm back now after my computing coursework took over my life in a massive way...
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Post by: Silver Wolf on May 15, 2009, 10:59:40 AM: I won't be online for a week or two because of my bad grades in school :(
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Post by: Silver Wolf on May 16, 2009, 12:01:56 PM: Everything went out better than I expected so I'll be online during this week... Although not as long as before
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Post by: Silver Wolf on May 21, 2009, 07:18:33 PM: I won't be online for a few weeks ... Fixing the grades in school... again :'(
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Post by: Son of the King on May 31, 2009, 11:16:27 PM: I am returned from Scotland :D .
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Post by: stormcloud on June 01, 2009, 12:04:56 AM: don't you mean 'have returned'?
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Post by: Son of the King on June 01, 2009, 10:04:49 AM: Aye...

Well if it was in French it would be correct... Lol.
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Post by: Jubal on June 05, 2009, 04:10:58 PM: Off on D of E. Wish me luck guys!
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Post by: Jubal on June 25, 2009, 09:50:16 PM: In Lincolnshire for the weekend.
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Post by: Darkstar707 on June 25, 2009, 09:54:52 PM: Quote from: "Jubal"
In Lincolnshire for the weekend.
O rly?

I am... having a paint water gun fight...

Doesn't really compare.
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Post by: Marcus on June 25, 2009, 10:45:29 PM: Missing Glastonbury Festival for you lovely people. ;)

(actually, no. I'm missing it to complete college work)

But from early July, I'll be off working in festivals around the country. Now if only my tent zip would work properly, I may not drown.
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Post by: Darkstar707 on June 25, 2009, 11:03:33 PM: Quote from: "Marcus"
Now if only my tent zip would work properly, I may not drown.
It's always a good thing to not drown. Especially while in a tent.
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Post by: Marcus on June 25, 2009, 11:48:49 PM: I know, the bloated corpse you leave behind isn't a pleasant morning sight for your neighbours.
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Post by: Darkstar707 on June 26, 2009, 12:06:20 AM: *poke* "Mommy!! Mommy!!!! "What is it?" "This man is all.. squishy!!" *Poke poke poke*
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Post by: Silver Wolf on July 11, 2009, 08:24:03 AM: I'm going on vacation ! I'll be back in a week
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Post by: Jubal on July 11, 2009, 09:31:49 AM: Have fun!
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Post by: Jubal on August 16, 2009, 10:48:43 AM: I'm away until next Friday in the lovely city of Cambridge, doing a History course. Bye all!
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Post by: Marcus on August 16, 2009, 11:55:55 AM: I'll be off till late August, working at Beautiful Days Festival. Don't trash the place while I'm gone. ;)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 16, 2009, 04:10:57 PM: have fun ladies
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Post by: Marcus on August 17, 2009, 10:46:15 AM: Adios!
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Post by: Gen_Glory on August 17, 2009, 07:29:29 PM: I'm going to be in France until sunday guys :D
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Post by: Jubal on August 22, 2009, 10:55:31 AM: Back, though I'm away from about 5ish until late Sunday on a short Lincolnshire trip.
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Post by: Jubal on August 26, 2009, 11:42:30 PM: For a bit over a week I'm away in Wales. If anyone could take a poke round TWH, TWC, the Org, TW, MBX, MFB, and Modrealms to check over their EG preparations (or lack of such) from time to time that would be very much appreciated.
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Post by: Marcus on August 28, 2009, 12:29:30 AM: Ok, I'll try. :)
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Post by: Jubal on September 05, 2009, 09:27:37 PM: Back, please bear with me as I catch up.
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Post by: Ashanorath on September 06, 2009, 12:22:05 AM: please catch up that I'm finally back :)
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Post by: Jubal on September 06, 2009, 08:27:03 AM: Yay! Good to have you around again.
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Post by: Jubal on September 10, 2009, 09:51:05 PM: Away until Monday, good ol' DofE again.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on January 04, 2010, 05:23:49 PM: I have an operation tomorrow ... I'll be away for 2 days at least
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Post by: comrade_general on January 05, 2010, 12:03:47 AM: Quote from: "Silver Wolf"
I have an operation tomorrow ... I'll be away for 2 days at least
Is it serious?
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Post by: Silver Wolf on January 05, 2010, 12:13:53 AM: Fortunately not
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Post by: Jubal on February 04, 2010, 06:27:58 PM: Away until Mon.

BE ACTIVE OR ELSE. :P
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Post by: Goldyrulz on February 04, 2010, 07:03:33 PM: *whimpers*
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Post by: Jubal on February 17, 2010, 09:59:44 PM: Away tomorrow and Friday. Back for the weekend.
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Post by: Marcus on February 19, 2010, 07:10:49 PM: *is active*
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Post by: Jubal on April 08, 2010, 09:41:07 PM: Off until Monday. Bye all!
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Post by: Jubal on April 17, 2010, 10:20:26 PM: Last disappearance, until Tuesday on D of E. Bye all!
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Post by: DeepComet5581 on April 17, 2010, 10:22:30 PM: Quote from: "Jubal"
Last disappearance, until Tuesday on D of E. Bye all!
Lame. I didn't do D of E, thankfully.
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Post by: Ashanorath on April 18, 2010, 06:38:10 PM: yay I got my copy od warband and I'm sorta back to M&B
anyways I'm here with news from SW(Silver Wolf) that he will be absent for 1 or 2 weeks :S
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Post by: comrade_general on April 27, 2010, 04:06:05 AM: HA who am I kidding? :D
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Post by: Colonel_Ryan on June 22, 2010, 12:54:15 PM: Guys. Im going to my aunts funeral tomorrow.
So I'll be back next week.
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Post by: Jubal on June 29, 2010, 06:00:10 PM: I'm away until Saturday, see you all on Sunday!
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Post by: Marcus on July 07, 2010, 06:53:16 AM: Ok guys, I'm going to be away for a while, and since Jubal is busy as well, the fort is to be held by CG, BN and SW. (acronyms ftw!). Look after the place and try not to blow anything up. :P
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Post by: comrade_general on July 07, 2010, 11:50:18 AM: Ok... click (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzlhTvIQo4) :)
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Post by: Jubal on August 07, 2010, 07:52:02 PM: Away until the 14th, bye folks!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 08, 2010, 12:55:59 AM: k bye!
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Post by: Colonel_Ryan on August 10, 2010, 01:26:38 PM: Im back after a week on some sort of hotel with SPA :D
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Post by: Silver Wolf on August 10, 2010, 04:28:41 PM: Nice !
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Post by: Silver Wolf on August 24, 2010, 11:16:39 AM: I'm going to Spain tomorrow... I'll be back in 10 days.
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Post by: Jubal on October 26, 2010, 08:03:56 PM: I'm currently away, making this post from a hotel not far south of Dubrovnic.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 26, 2010, 08:18:58 PM: You're in Dubrovnik, Croatia ?! Are you serious :D ?
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Post by: Jubal on October 26, 2010, 09:51:02 PM: Ya, I'm serious. Actually going to visit the city tomorrow (Sunday was so wet we didn't bother and today we went on an organised trip to Korcula). :D
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 26, 2010, 09:54:30 PM: Oh, Korcula is beautiful ... I've spent most of my childhood vacations there ...
I wish I could go there, but I'm on completely opposite part of the country...
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Post by: Jubal on October 26, 2010, 09:57:33 PM: Yeah, you live in/near Slavonski Brod right?
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 26, 2010, 10:11:57 PM: Yeah I live in Slavonski Brod... Are you going to visit Zagreb or Rijeka?
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Post by: comrade_general on October 26, 2010, 10:41:11 PM: What's the occasion, double-poster-man?
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 27, 2010, 01:57:47 PM: I have removed the second post... And yeah, what's the occasion ?
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Post by: Jubal on October 27, 2010, 07:57:33 PM: Family holiday. :)

And no, we're sticking round Dubrovnik, Korcula's as far north as we'll be going this time.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 27, 2010, 08:24:51 PM: I'm usually there around August during my summer brake...
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Post by: Jubal on February 20, 2011, 04:30:48 PM: My activity will be very limited up to Weds as I am away visiting my sister. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on February 20, 2011, 04:56:51 PM: Have fun!
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Post by: debux on February 20, 2011, 11:28:31 PM: Haz funs!
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Post by: Goldyrulz on May 27, 2011, 03:59:49 PM: No need for that spam person :P
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Post by: Son of the King on May 27, 2011, 11:36:16 PM: What spam person? ;)
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Post by: Jubal on July 10, 2011, 10:02:01 PM: Limited access for me this week, I'll be staying with aunt & uncle in Norwich most of the time. Might be able to post occasionally via phone.
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Post by: debux on July 10, 2011, 10:08:45 PM: So we shouldn't guess you on the who will guess next thread, huh?

Lotsa lotsa fun!
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Post by: Doomchild on August 05, 2011, 02:54:06 PM: so im heading out to france today so wont be on for the next few weeks. I know its hard but you will all just have to try and get on the best you can without me.
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Post by: debux on August 05, 2011, 09:49:28 PM: Going to France... and not going to check Exilian?

How are you planing of surviving?
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Post by: comrade_general on August 05, 2011, 10:30:52 PM: *gasp* France

Have fun, here's a recent documentary that can be helpful for visitors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uvLXCUhVg
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Post by: Jubal on August 06, 2011, 12:46:32 PM: Here for the day, off tomorrow!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 06, 2011, 02:23:37 PM: ZOMGIJWAMJIGTSJAWASHTHIHWUAW!

One acronym.

Welcome back! How was the first stretch of your journey?
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Post by: Jubal on August 07, 2011, 02:35:57 PM: Off again, toodlepipamus!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 07, 2011, 02:42:12 PM: Have funnilididilimimus!
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Post by: Jubal on August 13, 2011, 12:45:25 PM: Annnd back in the room. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 13, 2011, 04:43:09 PM: Welcome backidimimilicipidus!
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Post by: debux on August 13, 2011, 05:10:36 PM: What's the ideasilididilimimus?

:P good to have you back, Jubal
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Post by: Goldyrulz on August 19, 2011, 11:31:49 AM: Off for a fortnight, try not to have too much fun!
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on August 19, 2011, 11:40:36 AM: What are you talking about Goldy? We are gonna have so much fun without you here looking over our shoulders!

Jokes, Have fun Goldy. :D
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Post by: debux on August 19, 2011, 08:52:39 PM: Haz funz Goldeh, try not to miss us too much :D
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Post by: comrade_general on August 19, 2011, 10:33:14 PM: Macht spaB
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Post by: Captain Carthage on August 20, 2011, 09:43:42 AM: Fair ye well!
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Post by: Jubal on August 20, 2011, 10:35:27 AM: I never get this many farewells when I go away. :P
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on August 20, 2011, 11:32:09 AM: Sure you do mate. Farewell.
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on September 18, 2011, 04:38:51 AM: BTW I just thought I'd post for her,

Ladyhawk is going camping with her family for a week and will therefore not be on until next Saturday I think.

Anyway, carry on,
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Post by: comrade_general on September 18, 2011, 04:45:40 AM: We can't carry on while miss Hawk is lost in the wild! :(
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on September 18, 2011, 04:51:11 AM: Oh right. Well in that case...

FREEZE! :P
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Post by: comrade_general on September 18, 2011, 02:26:28 PM: Cool, that means we can all wear water as a hat!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://www.yousaytoo.com/gallery_image/pics/91/47/86/256991/original/remote_image_9204_0.jpg)
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on September 18, 2011, 02:41:25 PM: That's mad. :D
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Post by: Jubal on September 18, 2011, 03:50:18 PM: Madness?

THIS. IS.
ANTARCTICAAAAAA!!
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on September 18, 2011, 03:51:32 PM: How did I know that was going to happen? :P
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Post by: Captain Carthage on September 18, 2011, 05:46:20 PM: Quote from: Phoenixguard09 on September 18, 2011, 03:51:32 PM
How did I know that was going to happen? :P

The power of internet Christ compels you. To do these things.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on September 25, 2011, 09:29:32 AM: Going away for five or more days... I haven't bought a laptop yet, so I won't be able to login...
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on September 25, 2011, 11:19:59 AM: Bye Silver.

Your absence will be taken as an admission that its a freakin' guanaco.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on October 02, 2011, 05:06:12 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on September 18, 2011, 04:45:40 AM
We can't carry on while miss Hawk is lost in the wild! :(

Never lost my friend, Im too good for that ^_^ Hehehehehe, I kicked arse out there. Haha, that raging creek was no match for my bushland skills. For I am Ladyhawk, I rule the bush, from both the Earth and Sky. XD
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on October 02, 2011, 11:20:42 PM: But you aren't aboriginal. Or Bear Grylls. Either way, your bush skills unfortunately pale in comparison. You still thrash everyone else. You know, normal people.... ;)
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Post by: comrade_general on October 03, 2011, 01:27:29 AM: Ladyhawk95 > Les Stroud > Bear Grylls
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Post by: Captain Carthage on October 15, 2011, 04:02:13 PM: In Dunceld till Wednesday.

Internet is slow and patchy, with a small chance of total failure.
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Post by: Jubal on October 23, 2011, 09:07:24 PM: Probably though not definitely away tomorrow until Saturday or Sunday at the latest. Very sorry for inconvenience caused to my RPG and Mafia groups.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Phoenixguard09 on October 24, 2011, 07:21:34 AM: Have a good week Jubal. And no problems. I'm not part of either any more. :(
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Post by: Jubal on October 30, 2011, 09:31:59 PM: I'm back!
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Post by: comrade_general on October 30, 2011, 10:12:50 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgk-Gu-4MX8
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Post by: Ladyhawk on October 30, 2011, 10:24:16 PM: Yay XD welcome back!!
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on October 30, 2011, 10:36:52 PM: Hey Jubal!

Trust CG to welcome you back with a video. :P
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Post by: comrade_general on October 30, 2011, 10:51:09 PM: Oh yes, welcome, and all that. Leave it to me to post a link with nothing else. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Phoenixguard09 on November 23, 2011, 12:39:46 PM: I hate to do it to you guys but off I go to Melbourne to go pick up me writing award.

I'll be back on Tuesday, provided something doesn;t go horribly wrong.

While I'm down there I'll try to get on here but I'm not likely to get much of a chance. On the other hand I am being interviewed so I'm definitely going to hammer home that people whould come on here.

Cheers guys, I'll hopefully get a chance to come on again tomorrow morning but in case I don't:

FAREWELL EXILIAN! I'LL SEE THEE UPON MY TRIUMPHANT RETURN!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on November 23, 2011, 09:11:01 PM: Ew. Melbourne. Anyways, see you soon my friend. If something goes horribly wrong, you will be in a f*** load of trouble :) haha Congrats and good luck.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on November 23, 2011, 09:21:50 PM: Make your swagger as over the top as possible.
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Post by: comrade_general on November 23, 2011, 10:50:48 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYf-rhMQIQ&t=2m25s

Obscure reference, but it's the best I can do besides something with Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee. ;)

Have a good trip.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Phoenixguard09 on November 29, 2011, 04:13:48 PM: And I have returned! Rather triumphantly if I may say so myself. :P
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Post by: Ladyhawk on November 29, 2011, 04:22:35 PM: Hello :)
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Post by: comrade_general on November 29, 2011, 10:53:36 PM: Wilkommen!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on December 02, 2011, 07:04:09 AM: I've decided to leave for a while. Why? For fun. I want to see how fast you guys will post in The Beer Cellar when you find out that I won't come back until I can't see my name there. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on December 02, 2011, 08:11:11 AM: Awww, dont go!!

Okay. Well, look after yourself Khan. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on December 03, 2011, 02:31:07 PM: Don't expect me to be around/reply to things much 'til Wednesday, got my Cambridge interview on Tuesday which has to take priority really.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on December 03, 2011, 04:37:48 PM: Good luck to you sire.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on December 03, 2011, 09:35:27 PM: Good luck Jubal. :)
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on December 05, 2011, 09:20:17 AM: You know what. Screw it. Three days and only 6 active topics. :( You guts are hopeless.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on December 05, 2011, 02:00:05 PM: hahaha lol. How do you know it wasnt a cunning plan to get you back?
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on December 05, 2011, 08:44:16 PM: Naa. Your all just lazy. :)
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Post by: Ladyhawk on December 05, 2011, 09:16:46 PM: Hahaha Im not la....no yeah, your right, I am XD
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on December 06, 2011, 09:32:22 PM: Sort of back-ish, but coursework will blight the rest of the week at least.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on December 06, 2011, 10:08:43 PM: Its good to have you back. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on January 27, 2012, 04:04:31 PM: Away for the weekend, back late on Sunday. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on January 27, 2012, 10:19:32 PM: We will try to manage without you. :(
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Post by: debux on January 29, 2012, 02:07:25 PM: *waiting for Jubal's return*
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on January 29, 2012, 07:22:47 PM: *sneaks back in, quietly*
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on January 29, 2012, 09:03:55 PM: Hmm, I'm sure I heard something. :P

Going away for a week. If you Australian than I'll be back shortly on Friday and leaving again for the week end.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on January 29, 2012, 09:23:38 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg

Hello Jubal. Goodbye Khan.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on January 29, 2012, 09:29:27 PM: Australian is a verb now?
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on January 29, 2012, 09:35:10 PM: Yes. These things happen, you just need to get caught up after being away. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on February 18, 2012, 04:13:14 PM: Away for about 48 hours, just to let y'all know.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on February 18, 2012, 04:30:58 PM: Was wondering where you were. :'(
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Post by: Ladyhawk on February 18, 2012, 10:25:03 PM: Nawww, okay. We will miss you!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on February 25, 2012, 01:07:39 PM: I'll be in London until Monday night.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on February 25, 2012, 01:50:46 PM: I want you to randomly run out into the street and shout "FREEEDOOMMMMM!" while you're there. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on February 25, 2012, 05:12:48 PM: Can't, school trip.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Silver Wolf on February 25, 2012, 07:35:13 PM: Quote from: Nightangel on February 25, 2012, 05:12:48 PM
Can't, school trip.

And?
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on March 31, 2012, 01:24:29 AM: Hey guys. I will most probably be away untill Wednesday. My family and I are going camping. Depends if there is reception :P
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Post by: comrade_general on March 31, 2012, 01:49:45 AM: That sounds fun. :)
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Post by: Ladyhawk on March 31, 2012, 11:28:05 AM: Its alright. Haha. I might actually get somee sleep now that I cant call anyone :P haha
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Post by: comrade_general on March 31, 2012, 03:33:01 PM: You could learn to use smoke signals. ;)
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Post by: Ladyhawk on April 03, 2012, 09:32:20 PM: Haha I doubt he would be able to see them. XD
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on April 03, 2012, 09:48:37 PM: Then you're clearly not using a sufficiently large fire.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on April 03, 2012, 10:36:18 PM: Naa its not that. He will just either be on the computer, reading or watching LOTR. *Rollseyes* Hahaha
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Post by: comrade_general on April 03, 2012, 10:45:43 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09m0B8RRiEE
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on April 06, 2012, 01:46:16 AM: I'll be gone until Tuesday
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Post by: Ladyhawk on April 06, 2012, 10:48:32 AM: Hurry back!!!!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on April 06, 2012, 11:08:49 AM: I'll be away from saterday to saterday.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on April 06, 2012, 11:15:59 AM: Where you going? :) (Dont have to answer, I realise that, that sounds quite nosey)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on April 06, 2012, 12:20:37 PM: I'm going to an isolated cottage to study and write.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on April 09, 2012, 07:37:06 AM: I'm back.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on April 09, 2012, 11:18:04 PM: Are you being serious, NA?

Welcome back, KHAAAAN! :)

Today began my line of 19 straight work days, so I don't know how active I'll be by the latter half of them (plus that means I'll be there instead of here the next couple weekends).
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on April 10, 2012, 09:41:13 AM: I am being serious what gave you the impression I was joking?
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Post by: Ladyhawk on April 10, 2012, 10:00:52 AM: PG is going to be away untill friday.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Goldyrulz on May 09, 2012, 04:26:43 PM: I AM BACK
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As this is major news, I thought that it deserved the grand entrance. (cough)
Yes, that's right, you lucky, lucky people. I have graced your presence once again. Lucky sods.

Some of you may be asking why? Why now?
Well, the simple answer to that is I'm slightly bored.
And I (strangely) missed this place and its inactive ways a tiny, little bit.

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............................

LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Phoenixguard09 on May 09, 2012, 05:08:10 PM: Good to hear Goldy and it's good to have you back mate. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on May 09, 2012, 11:15:31 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67WPgE1w3z0

:P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on May 09, 2012, 11:15:57 PM: You messed up your html.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Welcome back!!!
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Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: PSimon23 on May 17, 2012, 08:37:13 AM: I sent you in pm
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Marcus on May 17, 2012, 04:02:12 PM: I'll be away for the best part of a week from Sunday onwards, for familial reasons. Will probably be back on the airwaves around Friday.
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Post by: Jubal on May 17, 2012, 04:21:36 PM: Okay, are you free 8:30 on Saturday for a brief meeting?
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Post by: Marcus on May 17, 2012, 04:30:17 PM: Aye, I will. PM I presume?
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Post by: Jubal on May 17, 2012, 05:11:48 PM: Indeedamus.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on June 04, 2012, 11:15:34 AM: My internet is screwy, I had none at all yesterday and so activity may be patchy until it gets fixed.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on June 18, 2012, 01:02:58 AM: I'm going away on a small trip from this Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. I might pop on here briefly once or twice though.

Oh who am I kidding, I'll be here enough that my absence won't be noticed. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on June 18, 2012, 05:42:46 AM: We're always expecting you :D
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Post by: comrade_general on June 22, 2012, 08:41:20 PM: Greetings from Buffalo, New York! :) My post count may indeed slow this weekend.
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Post by: Ladyhawk on June 23, 2012, 08:56:18 AM: Hope you are having a good time :D
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Post by: comrade_general on June 23, 2012, 01:52:24 PM: Unfortunately I'm having a lousy time... how typical.
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Post by: Jubal on June 28, 2012, 10:33:52 PM: Away until late Monday, doin' some folk music stuff in Suffolk. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 01, 2012, 02:25:41 AM: Folk music? Exploring new areas, or have I not read much here lately?
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Post by: Jubal on July 01, 2012, 10:34:55 PM: I've always been into folk music; I'm helping out at a music shop/stall at various festivals this summer. :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 04, 2012, 04:57:37 AM: Man, if there was ever anything I'd like to do as a summer job, is to work at a music shop... although I might get fired for laughing at poor purchase choices and trying to stuff in good music CD's into their shopping bags.

Oh, and sorry for the completely inadequate and unrelated stereotype I'll just say, but every time I hear someone from the UK talking about folk music, the first thing that comes to might are red-headed, hairy Scottish men playing on bagpipes (although I must say I like the bagpipe sounds)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Captain Carthage on July 07, 2012, 12:32:02 AM: It's worth noting I'll be away for the week, my internet will be patchy so posting will be sparse.
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Post by: comrade_general on July 07, 2012, 03:24:45 PM: Have a good week. :)
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Post by: Jubal on July 12, 2012, 11:03:02 AM: Next few days look like hell. Back monday!
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Post by: comrade_general on July 12, 2012, 12:07:04 PM: Good luck in hell!
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Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 12, 2012, 10:09:20 PM: Tell Lucy I said hi ;)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on July 12, 2012, 11:40:32 PM: @Cg: Danke!

@KSM: I confused am by thy post? Not seeing any Lucy-people in the near future afaik...
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 13, 2012, 04:21:29 AM: Maybe some Lucy in hell :)

Good luck man!
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Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 13, 2012, 04:07:18 PM: Lucifer guys, Lucifer. We're on good terms :P
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Post by: debux on July 13, 2012, 07:25:57 PM: Yeah, I forgot his name ;D And just what do you mean by that?
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Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 13, 2012, 10:06:36 PM: Well we sometimes go for coffee but he's been rather busy recently, he's promised me one of the less firey areas in the Seventh Circle.
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Post by: Othko97 on July 14, 2012, 06:34:06 AM: He sounds like a nice guy.
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on July 14, 2012, 09:48:19 AM: Daemonic overlords always do....

Satan's a pretty little girl. :P
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Post by: Ladyhawk on July 14, 2012, 11:38:06 AM: Aww she is a beautiful little girl :) She is so sweet.

Satan gives me kisses!! :D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on July 16, 2012, 03:06:00 PM: So, at a celidh on Saturday, an unfortunate musician decides to go and have a dance and gets stuck with me as a partner (feel sorry for them).

...and it turns out their name is Lucy (of a rather excellent band called Pilgrim's Way who you really ought to Google).

KSM's predictive skills: win. Mind: blown. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 16, 2012, 09:26:52 PM: Take this opportunity to bask in my cool ;)

JKS, still that is rather epic, I should attempt to be funny more often :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 17, 2012, 02:00:58 AM: Did you say "hi" on KSM's mind though? :P

Say my future now KSM! ;D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 17, 2012, 09:12:41 PM: @debux: Remember your keys as you'll be needing them :P

I should do a KSM horoscope based on nothing factual or even vaguely preemptive :D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on July 17, 2012, 09:32:17 PM: Make a boozer thread for it. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: kaleidoscopicmind on July 17, 2012, 10:10:55 PM: Done :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on July 25, 2012, 10:14:32 PM: At Cambridge Folk Festival from tomorrow until Sunday evening. I apologise for this string of absences (mixed with lethargy in the interims I must admit), will be back on duty after that I hope.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 26, 2012, 03:21:32 AM: You seem to be a very busy man Jubal ;)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on July 26, 2012, 11:22:27 PM: DeathNade is not going to be able to post for a while... obviously. As I said in the Chat Box he won't be able to until he moves houses... or just comes and stays at mine for a night. :) Old fashion sleepover. ;D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 28, 2012, 08:44:30 AM: Is there any estimated date for his "moving-in" to somewhere else? (is there any word you can use there?)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on July 29, 2012, 09:19:13 PM: I have not idea but my estimate would have to be 2-3 months. :(
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on July 30, 2012, 03:23:33 AM: What the spiffin' holy taco?! What's going on?
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Post by: Jubal on July 30, 2012, 03:50:46 PM: Back!
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Post by: Ladyhawk on July 30, 2012, 10:44:31 PM: Yay
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Post by: debux on July 30, 2012, 11:49:29 PM: And stay back! :P
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on July 31, 2012, 12:53:20 AM: As in back, behind me.

We'll protect you Jubal!

ORDER OF EXILIAN, CHARGE!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ashanorath on July 31, 2012, 01:07:57 PM: Well, i never said I'll be away for year and a half, maybe more, but I'm back now :)
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Post by: Silver Wolf on July 31, 2012, 01:40:56 PM: Haha, welcome back.

I thought you gave up. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ashanorath on July 31, 2012, 01:52:41 PM: I never trully left, during my absence I was following few topics here on ex, I was just too lazy to log on and comment
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Post by: Jubal on July 31, 2012, 02:06:47 PM: Welcome back, sir. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on July 31, 2012, 10:13:27 PM: (http://www.memes.at/memes/1450.png)
Welcome back! :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on August 01, 2012, 03:33:16 AM: OH HAIZ

To be honest, I really don't remember you... but hopefully it's not just me

In any case, nice to have more people on board!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 01, 2012, 07:50:34 AM: I really don't remember him much either but that Avatar looks slightly familiar... maybe I saw it while Necroposting. ;)
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on August 01, 2012, 11:35:46 AM: Pretty sure someone else who's disappeared has the same avatar Khan. But I might be wrong.

Anyway, welcome back good sir. ;)
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Post by: Ashanorath on August 01, 2012, 01:49:22 PM: Nah it was prolly me, I just changed my old forum name to match the name I use everywhere else on net (in LOL, RotMG, H&H, PWI etc.)

And thnx every1, it's nice to be back :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 01, 2012, 11:04:21 PM: I hope your stay is long and prosperous.
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Post by: Ashanorath on August 04, 2012, 01:01:51 PM: Thnx every1 for welcoming me back. I missed EX a lot
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Post by: debux on August 05, 2012, 05:09:07 AM: So, maybe you could re-introduce yourself in a new welcome thread :D
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Post by: Ashanorath on August 05, 2012, 10:25:50 AM: Maybe I could, let me just find that thread
EDIT: could you link me thread pls? navigating forum on my mobile phone is kind annoying
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on August 08, 2012, 04:49:51 AM: YEAH! (http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=2.0)
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Post by: Ashanorath on August 08, 2012, 09:02:16 AM: Dankeschön
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Post by: Silver Wolf on August 15, 2012, 10:48:51 PM: I'm in deep armadillo right now. I'll be back in a month.
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Post by: Jubal on August 15, 2012, 11:30:22 PM: Take care, old friend. Best of luck.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 15, 2012, 11:31:35 PM: Silver!
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Post by: Ashanorath on August 15, 2012, 11:52:37 PM: Wolf!
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Post by: Silver Wolf on August 15, 2012, 11:53:10 PM: Thanks Jubal.

I'll be here for World building classes, but I'll have to postpone my Wings 3D classes.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on August 17, 2012, 08:03:42 PM: Sorted that out, no worries. :)
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Post by: Jubal on August 17, 2012, 11:53:55 PM: I am mostly away, bar urgent enquiries, until the 26th. Take care until then, all, and keep posting and having fun etc!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 17, 2012, 11:57:57 PM: Am I dead? I'm dead.
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Post by: Jubal on August 18, 2012, 12:08:07 AM: Your words say you're dead, the fact you're typing indicates the reverse. :P
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Post by: debux on August 18, 2012, 02:05:46 AM: Um... good luck to all?
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Post by: comrade_general on September 09, 2012, 03:53:10 AM: Went down to Portsmouth along the Ohio River today to see my sister play Soccer. They won 5 to 2.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: debux on September 11, 2012, 01:02:14 AM: Do you try out to reveal your hidden cheerleader abilities? ;D

Cows are known to be very enthusiastic ;D
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Post by: comrade_general on September 11, 2012, 01:15:52 AM
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Post by: debux on September 15, 2012, 12:24:46 AM: I doubted if I really wanted to see that. Now I'm doubting if I'm horrified or just stunned.

Anyways, I guess the video kind of represent how enthusiastic you were during the game :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on September 15, 2012, 03:03:23 PM: Kind of over-represents my enthusiasm. :P
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: SaidaiSloth on September 26, 2012, 09:44:17 PM: May as well notify you now, before I forget; from this monday to thursday afternoon I am off to have a relaxing holiday.

=)
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on September 26, 2012, 11:23:21 PM: Have fun than. :D
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Post by: debux on September 28, 2012, 03:50:11 AM: Good luck! And as Khan says, lotsa fun ;D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on September 30, 2012, 01:53:56 PM: Going down to Portsmouth again for the day, so probably won't see much of this place until Monday afternoon. Everyone miss me or else! >:(
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Ladyhawk on October 01, 2012, 10:27:40 AM: I MISS YOU!!!
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Post by: comrade_general on October 01, 2012, 08:32:01 PM: ;D I'm back! ;D
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Post by: SaidaiSloth on October 04, 2012, 04:19:31 AM: I got back 20 mins ago! :D
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Post by: Jubal on October 05, 2012, 10:57:48 AM: Welcome back :)
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Post by: debux on October 06, 2012, 12:31:08 AM: Welcome back dood!
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 27, 2012, 10:15:00 PM: I'm back.

I've moved into a new house and I finally have a working (and stable) internet connection.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on October 27, 2012, 11:48:26 PM: Glad to have you back with us. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on October 28, 2012, 03:06:27 PM: Ditto!
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 28, 2012, 06:27:34 PM: Thanks guys.

It's nice to be back. ;D
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: SaidaiSloth on December 27, 2012, 02:09:19 AM: I'm currently on holiday; I still have internet access, however I'm going to be spending some time with my family for another week or a little more.I'll still go on Exilian a bit, but not as much as I normally do.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on April 11, 2013, 11:11:03 PM: I'm away until roughly next Wednesday, will have bits of access but very limited.

Take care, keep posting, don't goad North Korea into invading us until I get back, etc!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Silver Wolf on April 12, 2013, 12:09:11 PM: (http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/meh.ro11176.jpg)
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Post by: Jubal on April 16, 2013, 11:52:08 PM: Back!

Evidently your poking-stick is inadequate, SW. :P
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Post by: Jubal on April 22, 2013, 01:14:11 PM: I'm still on limited access as exams; back properly Wednesday. :)
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Post by: Mars on May 22, 2013, 08:13:48 PM: I'm back.
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Post by: Jubal on May 26, 2013, 11:33:43 PM: Huzzah and all ;D
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Post by: Scarlet on July 05, 2013, 04:29:43 PM: Leaving tomorrow at some horrific time in the morning.
Back on 13th, don't know when.

Might have WiFi.. might not.. Might be here.. might not.. Maybe I'll use this opportunity to run and never look back. I suspect that is unlikely though.
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Post by: Jubal on July 25, 2013, 12:25:34 AM: Away until next Monday, sorry all!
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Post by: Pentagathus on July 25, 2013, 10:44:58 AM: Me too, but I'm not sorry.
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Post by: Scarlet on July 25, 2013, 11:13:06 AM: Enjoy your peasant music and dancing :P
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Post by: Scarlet on July 27, 2013, 12:36:34 PM: Away until Wednesday 31st. Will probably have some patchy internets maybe.

Smile peoples :)
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Post by: comrade_general on July 27, 2013, 01:46:16 PM: All the sadness. :-\
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Post by: Jubal on July 29, 2013, 07:45:12 PM: I'm back. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on July 29, 2013, 08:16:49 PM: Happiness. :)
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Post by: Jubal on August 02, 2013, 09:34:30 PM: Away a full week starting tomorrow. May have some mobile access but posting will be minimal at best.

When I get back though the final stretch WHTW blitz will begin. :)
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Post by: Lady Grey on August 02, 2013, 11:28:43 PM: I'm not away, but for the next two weeks I'm really busy (by which I mean stressed out) with work :/ working with children is exhausting sometimes... I should be okay at weekends but sorry if I'm not posting during the week (like the week just gone).
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Post by: Othko97 on August 03, 2013, 08:04:15 AM: 2 weeks ago I was going on holiday for two weeks, but I'm back now :P
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Post by: Jubal on August 11, 2013, 10:50:38 PM: I'm back :)
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 12, 2013, 02:52:12 AM: This thread needs to be renamed to 'The "I'm leaving/back" Thread', I think it would be much better suited. :P
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Post by: Scarlet on August 13, 2013, 12:18:05 AM: Going to Ireland (13th-20th), back home 21st.
Going to Towersey, 22nd-27th.

Limited internet access for both. Even more limited for the folk festival. Sorry, guys :/ I think I'm going to go crazy :P
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Post by: comrade_general on August 13, 2013, 12:24:49 AM
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Post by: Scarlet on August 13, 2013, 12:43:34 AM: Don't worry! Penty can do our job instead! Instead of me stealsing it all from him :)
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Post by: Scarlet on August 22, 2013, 10:22:29 AM: Ciao again.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 22, 2013, 12:32:41 PM: We have work?
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Post by: Scarlet on August 27, 2013, 01:15:33 PM: Apparently so :P

Back now :) Did you miss me? :P
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 27, 2013, 01:36:14 PM: Didn't even notice you were gone. ;D
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Post by: comrade_general on August 28, 2013, 09:52:39 PM: I did. :'(
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Post by: Jubal on August 28, 2013, 10:36:58 PM: It's okay CG, she's back now. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 28, 2013, 10:56:58 PM: Spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://doblelol.com/uploads/8/laughing-crying-face-meme-funny.jpg)
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Post by: Scarlet on August 29, 2013, 10:09:04 AM: D'aww you guys :P Thanks Khan :D
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 29, 2013, 10:55:26 AM: Well, I see all your old posts and it's like you were always here. :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 29, 2013, 04:28:11 PM: I cried ten tears for everyday that scarlet wasn't around.
True story.
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Post by: Scarlet on August 29, 2013, 04:57:25 PM: Good god, so much love from my fellows! I can't take it!

EDIT: Don't do it. I know you want to, but don't lower the tone.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 29, 2013, 05:26:56 PM: I think it was only your mind that went there. I'm not even sure what you mean, although I could take a stab at the general idea.
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Post by: Skull on August 30, 2013, 04:42:59 PM: Hi everybody! I am back!

I had some great problems with my pc (my old one died,and I finally got a new one ^_^ ),but I am back now and I am here to stay.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 30, 2013, 04:45:08 PM: Excellente! :)
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Post by: Scarlet on August 30, 2013, 04:50:12 PM: Hello there!

I know of your existence! :P
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Post by: Skull on August 30, 2013, 05:03:28 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on August 30, 2013, 04:45:08 PM
Excellente! :)

;D

Quote from: Scarlet on August 30, 2013, 04:50:12 PM
Hello there!

I know of your existence! :P

Really? How so?
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Post by: Scarlet on August 30, 2013, 08:34:36 PM: You have posted 200 times on this site. I have read some of said posts. Evidently you exist in some way shape or form :P
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Post by: Skull on August 31, 2013, 09:27:25 AM: Quote from: Scarlet on August 30, 2013, 08:34:36 PM
You have posted 200 times on this site. I have read some of said posts. Evidently you exist in some way shape or form :P
Aha.
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Post by: Jubal on September 05, 2013, 01:00:08 PM: I am going away to foreign parts!

I shall leave on the 11th and return on the 19th; as usual, I apologise for any inconvenience, please don't let the place die whilst I'm away, etc :s
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Post by: comrade_general on September 05, 2013, 02:08:34 PM: Wo gehst du? :(
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Post by: Silver Wolf on September 05, 2013, 02:26:17 PM: Come back you yellow bastard!
I'll bite your legs off!

Just joking. :D
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Post by: Jubal on September 05, 2013, 03:08:12 PM: I'm going to Paphos, in Cyprus.

UNESCO World heritage area that was inhabited by Greeks, Ptolemaics, Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, Ottomans, the lot, should be exciting.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 05, 2013, 04:43:45 PM: Jealous! >:(
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Post by: Clockwork on September 05, 2013, 05:05:45 PM: Wow! Have an amazing trip mate :D
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Post by: Pentagathus on September 05, 2013, 05:39:50 PM: Sounds good. Might be gone to the frozen north by the time you get back, hopefully I shall see you before you leave.
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Post by: Scarlet on September 06, 2013, 02:35:34 PM: I'm abandoning you, apologies. I'll be back sometime... Sunday maybe?
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Post by: comrade_general on September 06, 2013, 02:48:16 PM: :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Clockwork on September 06, 2013, 04:22:35 PM: Sad times indeed, have fun but hurry back ;)
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Post by: Jubal on September 10, 2013, 10:56:01 PM: Take care, everyone. I'll be back soon. :)
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Post by: Scarlet on September 10, 2013, 11:24:33 PM: I'm off for a couple of days too, though internets will be thing.
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Post by: Jubal on September 19, 2013, 03:52:40 PM: Well, I'm back.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 19, 2013, 04:54:49 PM: (http://sociophobicme.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/raisins_face.jpg?w=652&h=390)
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on September 20, 2013, 08:10:10 AM: Was away for yesterday and most of today. I've got my drivers license. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on September 20, 2013, 04:04:12 PM: Glad I don't have to drive in your country then. :P
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Post by: Scarlet on September 20, 2013, 04:19:15 PM: Congratuations :)

And now begins the final weeks of my summer holiday where I am far too far away and need to do far too much packing and washing :P

Going away 15 minutes ago and will be back Sunday evening.

Gone on Tuesday 24th, returning Thursday 3rd. Field trips are exciting.

4th ish to back university!

Excuse me while I go away and panic blindly about everything! Enjoy people, don't forget about me :)
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Post by: comrade_general on September 20, 2013, 04:20:19 PM: Stay calm and enjoy the ride. :)
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Post by: Skull on January 19, 2014, 09:57:15 PM: I shall be off for a shorter period of time. I will not be on the Internet for around...10-12 days.
I shall try to finish the "secret" mod during this period.
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Post by: comrade_general on January 31, 2014, 01:05:53 PM: In North Carolina for an extended weekend, but obviously hasn't hindered my online-ness.
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Post by: Mars on February 23, 2014, 11:23:34 PM: Back again from my latest gap of absence, academia, games collecting and Europa Universalis IV took up a lot of my time, yet I should be able to be a little more active.
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Post by: Jubal on February 24, 2014, 09:18:36 AM: As usual (or as unusual), excellent to see you sir. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on February 24, 2014, 01:56:08 PM: Wewt.
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Post by: Othko97 on April 11, 2014, 08:54:19 PM: Off to Scotland for two weeks tomorrow, you'll have to handle the kitchen bots yourselves for a while :P
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Post by: comrade_general on April 11, 2014, 08:57:57 PM: (http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/braveheart-internet.jpg)
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Post by: Othko97 on April 11, 2014, 10:12:54 PM: Sadly, where I'm going is not the best for internet access, so I guess they can :P
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on April 11, 2014, 11:23:09 PM: My Banhammer is always ready. :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on April 13, 2014, 03:36:02 PM: Yo what part of scotland you hitting up?
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on April 21, 2014, 02:25:32 PM: I'll be away until Thursday afternoon. :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on April 21, 2014, 07:22:02 PM: Can't you stay away for longer? You know, like a year or three.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on April 22, 2014, 12:01:01 AM: Meh, I've tried that. It puts my Posts per Day down quite a bit.
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Post by: Jubal on May 29, 2014, 11:46:42 AM: About to take the plunge. Nobody is allowed to ask me to do anything between now and next Wednesday evening short of the site going down, and I will probably be around just about not at all.

Good luck, back soon!

(Nb my exams don't finish next Wednesday, but by that point I'll have 1 left and five days to immerse myself in North American history for it).
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on May 29, 2014, 11:58:58 AM: Very good luck to you Jubal, I hope they go well. :)
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Post by: Jubal on May 29, 2014, 12:04:38 PM: Thankyou! Look after the place, destroy any kitchen bots, try and keep the post count above thirty per day, and remember to feed Pentagathus. :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 29, 2014, 05:30:58 PM: But not after midnight.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on May 29, 2014, 10:03:40 PM: I will make sure he has a balanced diet of posts to criticize. :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 29, 2014, 10:49:33 PM: Balanced diet? Do you take me for some kind of health freak?
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Post by: comrade_general on May 31, 2014, 01:34:20 AM: Hope all these exam things go well for everyone.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on May 31, 2014, 11:14:38 AM: I'm going on a field trip and I'll be away for a week.

And you probably won't be seeing much activity from me in the next month. I've moved recently and I still need to find some reasonable solution concerning my internet connection...
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Post by: comrade_general on May 31, 2014, 11:49:53 AM: We'll miss you, Wolfman!
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 31, 2014, 08:31:05 PM: No he won't. And neither will I. Ha.

Ha.

armadillo just realised CG said we instead of he. Now I feel stoopid again. :(
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Post by: comrade_general on May 31, 2014, 09:32:13 PM
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Post by: comrade_general on June 03, 2014, 12:55:19 AM: We aren't doing a very good job keeping the post count up. :P
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on June 03, 2014, 07:46:43 AM: Meh, we try our best. Sometimes.
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Post by: Jubal on June 09, 2014, 06:46:27 PM: Back. Though give me a few days to recuperate, that was all a pretty bloody horrible experience.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on June 15, 2014, 11:13:17 AM: Going away again in a few hours.

Back to surviving without the internets.
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Post by: Jubal on June 15, 2014, 12:47:23 PM: Good luck, come back soon :)
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Post by: comrade_general on June 15, 2014, 01:27:52 PM: :'(
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Post by: Pentagathus on June 15, 2014, 01:36:56 PM: Quote from: Jubal on June 15, 2014, 12:47:23 PM
Good, don't come back soon :)
Fixed that typo for you bro.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on June 22, 2014, 02:42:33 PM: I'm back. Sort of.

For a limited amount of time.
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Post by: comrade_general on June 22, 2014, 02:45:41 PM: :)
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Post by: comrade_general on July 23, 2014, 01:18:07 AM: Well, starting tomorrow afternoon I go mobile for about 12 days. If and when I turn up at any given point and at any given place will become an unknown. :)
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Post by: Othko97 on August 04, 2014, 09:09:41 PM: Off to Scotland for two weeks this Saturday, and as soon as I come back I'm off down to Cambridge for a summer school, so don't be surprised if you hear [even] less from me for like 3 weeks.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 04, 2014, 09:42:26 PM: Have fun! :)
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Post by: Othko97 on August 04, 2014, 09:43:15 PM: I fully intend to! :D
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Post by: Jubal on August 04, 2014, 09:58:26 PM: Aye, have fun, and let me know when you'll be in Cambridge, I might bump into you by chance or design. :)
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Post by: Othko97 on August 04, 2014, 09:59:47 PM: It's the week starting the 25th I believe, I'm staying at Sydney Sussex.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 05, 2014, 07:59:20 AM: It seems a bit strange that to say that I will be away for a while so soon after joining; nevertheless, that's what's happening. I will be on holiday from Saturday 9th to Monday 18th inclusive, meandering around Germany and neighbouring countries by train. For some engineering quirkiness, there is a good chance that this will involve at least one, possibly two, train ferry crossings.

Also, I still need to do quite a lot of organising (route planning and hotel booking, mainly), so I probably won't be terribly active here for the next few days either.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 06, 2014, 10:01:17 AM: Its fleeing already, our ambiguity has struck terror even faster than direct hostilities. It can't live with the suspense, the not knowing when we might turn on it. Yes we are a genius indeed, a most cunning adversary we are.

Erm I mean enjoy your travels. We all look forward to your return.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 06, 2014, 06:36:39 PM: Merely a tactical withdrawal, I assure you. I will return soon with my hypnotic stare and my army of city-sacking orcs. Mwahahaha! >:D

Yes, thank you. I'm looking forward to my holiday, and to coming back.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 06, 2014, 07:03:44 PM: Geez, Glaury, you sure do get around. :P
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Post by: Glaurung on August 06, 2014, 08:03:38 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on August 06, 2014, 07:03:44 PM
Geez, Glaury, you sure do get around. :P
One tries. Angband, Anfauglith, Tumhalad, Nargothrond, Brethil - and now Germany. :)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 06, 2014, 08:32:18 PM: Would Germany be Mordor? ;)
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Post by: Glaurung on August 06, 2014, 09:32:21 PM: Fortunately not: Germany has good beer, schnitzel and strudel, and I doubt I'd find any of these in Mordor.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 07, 2014, 06:30:21 PM: You might be surprised. :)
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Post by: Glaurung on August 07, 2014, 07:35:05 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on August 07, 2014, 06:30:21 PM
You might be surprised. :)
This sounds like the voice of experience. Tell us more, please :)
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Post by: Glaurung on August 08, 2014, 11:45:15 AM: Meanwhile, I might not be so absent as expected - a couple of experiments have shown that I can read and post here using the browser on my phone. Yay for technology!
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Post by: Glaurung on August 11, 2014, 08:20:36 PM: Greetings from Germany! All is going well so far, except that the wifi at last night's hotel decided to block Exilian (I got a long message in German, ending in "games"!). I contemplated ravaging the hotel with Fire (and, possibly, The Sword*), but eventually decided against, as it's very convenient and does a good breakfast.

* See "1066 And All That". Also, the hotel isn't in Thanet.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 11, 2014, 09:05:14 PM: Macht Spass!
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Post by: Jubal on August 11, 2014, 09:53:11 PM: I'm not sure under what circumstances one would want to check in at a hotel in Thanet nowadays, I must admit...
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Post by: Glaurung on August 12, 2014, 09:35:42 AM: Quote from: comrade_general on August 11, 2014, 09:05:14 PM
Macht Spass!
Danke schön! Yes, I will.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 12, 2014, 07:48:45 PM: I have been away, hippyfesting. Twas good. I'm back, but tired and busy.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 18, 2014, 11:35:43 PM: Well, I'm back. Two planes, many trains, no automobiles whatsoever, and one ferry later, I'm at home again. Normal service (whatever that is!) should now resume.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 18, 2014, 11:42:59 PM: Quote from: Jubal on August 11, 2014, 09:53:11 PM
I'm not sure under what circumstances one would want to check in at a hotel in Thanet nowadays, I must admit...
I have done it: I stayed in a B&B in Ramsgate when returning from Belgium on an inconveniently timed ferry. I've no desire to repeat the experience!
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Post by: Jubal on August 19, 2014, 12:59:49 PM: Welcome back :)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 19, 2014, 03:11:16 PM: How was the land of Germans?

Oh, and if you could just give me some of your vacation time...

(http://makeameme.org/media/created/ThatD-be-great.jpg)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Glaurung on August 19, 2014, 07:58:37 PM: Quote from: Jubal on August 19, 2014, 12:59:49 PM
Welcome back :)
Many thanks.

Quote from: comrade_general on August 19, 2014, 03:11:16 PM
How was the land of Germans?
It was good. It contained nice scenery, interesting towns, trains, beer, schnitzel, wurst, sauerkraut, and pastries, all of which I enjoyed. It also contained rain, which I did not enjoy.

I also visited the lands of the Danes, the Swedes and the Czechs. Much the same comments apply to these too. My train from Sweden to Germany crossed the Baltic Sea on a ferry - one of only three places in Europe where this happens now.

Quote from: comrade_general on August 19, 2014, 03:11:16 PM
Oh, and if you could just give me some of your vacation time...
It'sss mine, my preciousss, all mine. :gollum:

Note to moderators: you might want to split my posts out to a new thread somewhere; I suspect I'm dragging this one steadily off-topic.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 19, 2014, 08:03:49 PM: A moderators (I think I am one anyway) note to Glaurung: Start a travelling thread then.
Also good to hear you enjoyed being away.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 19, 2014, 08:30:00 PM: Quote from: Pentagathus on August 19, 2014, 08:03:49 PM
A moderators (I think I am one anyway) note to Glaurung: Start a travelling thread then.
Now done - here (http://www.exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3382.0) it is, a shiny new thread all of my very own.

Quote from: Pentagathus on August 19, 2014, 08:03:49 PM
Also good to hear you enjoyed being away.
Many thanks.
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Post by: Jubal on August 19, 2014, 08:43:53 PM: Dear goodness. Pentagathus just gave a sensible, helpful, on-topic piece of moderation advice which he was actually supposed to give as part of his job. I think I might need to lie down.

Also, I'll be away Friday-Monday in Shrewsbury :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 19, 2014, 09:41:37 PM: Aha finally the plan is bearing fruit, we shall drive them into despair and confusion until they all run away to shrewsbury!
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Post by: Glaurung on August 20, 2014, 08:11:27 PM: Quote from: Jubal on August 19, 2014, 08:43:53 PM
Dear goodness. Pentagathus just gave a sensible, helpful, on-topic piece of moderation advice which he was actually supposed to give as part of his job. I think I might need to lie down.
Oh dear. I hope I'm not a corrupting influence.

Quote from: Jubal on August 19, 2014, 08:43:53 PM
Also, I'll be away Friday-Monday in Shrewsbury :)
Enjoy Shrewsbury. I think you'll like it: it has an interesting (and highly defensible) natural setting in a big meander of the Severn, and lots of well-preserved medieval buildings.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 21, 2014, 01:05:01 AM: Someone needs to come visit me. :(
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Post by: Jubal on August 22, 2014, 12:08:45 AM: Disappearing off to Shrewsbury for a few days - contactable by phone if necessary, back late-ish on Tuesday :)
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on August 29, 2014, 10:47:18 AM: I'M BACKISH!!!
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Post by: Jubal on August 29, 2014, 11:35:16 AM: YAY :)
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Post by: comrade_general on August 29, 2014, 02:01:00 PM: Yes, you are rather brackish.
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Post by: Silver Wolf on September 02, 2014, 09:50:40 PM: As you may have noticed, I have not been that active lately.

Well, the main reason is my very limited (and expensive) internet connection (1Gb/month).
And unfortunately, things aren't going to get any better. Well, at least not the next 2 months.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on September 03, 2014, 10:03:35 AM: I'm going to be in Greece for nine days from Sunday onwards.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Cuddly Khan on September 03, 2014, 11:39:54 AM: TAKE ME WITH YOOOUUU! :o

Wait, didn't we/don't we have a member that lives in Greece? Was/is it Dimos?
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: comrade_general on September 03, 2014, 01:04:35 PM: Add Dimos.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Glaurung on September 03, 2014, 01:16:48 PM: Quote from: Jubal on September 03, 2014, 10:03:35 AM
I'm going to be in Greece for nine days from Sunday onwards.
Wow. Have fun! Where are you going?
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Pentagathus on September 03, 2014, 01:23:46 PM: Greece. :p
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Post by: Jubal on September 03, 2014, 02:29:30 PM: Two nights in Thessaloniki, then seven in Chalkidike (specifically the Sithonia peninsula).
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on September 16, 2014, 09:21:52 PM: The Exilian has regained +1 Jubals.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Glaurung on September 16, 2014, 11:00:23 PM: Quote from: Jubal on September 16, 2014, 09:21:52 PM
The Exilian has regained +1 Jubals.
Yay! Welcome back. I would ask how it went and whether you enjoyed it, but somehow I already know...
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on September 26, 2014, 12:49:34 PM: Gone for two weeks. Sorry guys. Got a wedding to attend, family to visit etc. I may just on to see how everyone's going at some point. :) Stay safe without me!
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Post by: Pentagathus on September 26, 2014, 05:51:30 PM: Good.
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Post by: Tom on September 26, 2014, 07:12:33 PM: Have fun. :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on September 27, 2014, 07:16:25 AM: Don't.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on September 27, 2014, 10:59:17 PM: Already am Penty. >:)
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Post by: comrade_general on October 08, 2014, 08:30:12 PM: I'm leaving for the UK again in 24 hours. :)
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Post by: DeepComet5581 on October 08, 2014, 08:45:05 PM: Bring waterproofs, CG!
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Post by: Lady Grey on October 08, 2014, 08:46:03 PM: And a thick coat! It's freezing here!
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Post by: Clockwork on October 08, 2014, 09:18:53 PM: Good luck buddy. Have fun ;)
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Post by: Glaurung on October 08, 2014, 09:24:53 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on October 08, 2014, 08:30:12 PM
I'm leaving for the UK again in 24 hours. :)
Have a safe journey, and a wonderful time while you're over here. For London, the forecast temperatures look to be between 50F and 63F, with brisk winds, so maybe 5F windchill. Nothing compared to an Ohio winter, of course! But you will need the waterproofs if you're going outside at all - there's intermittent rain all weekend :(
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Post by: Glaurung on October 08, 2014, 09:47:38 PM: And I have my own "being away" post - I will be away from Saturday morning (11 October) for a week. This time I am heading mostly south, for a tour of Sardinia. I think there's a reasonable chance of me finding WiFi, so I'll probably be dropping in here occasionally.
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Post by: Clockwork on October 08, 2014, 09:49:26 PM: Nice one! Should be quite an adventure I'm sure, have fun :D
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Post by: comrade_general on October 09, 2014, 01:39:34 AM: Sank you all! Have fun as well Glaurung! ^_^
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Post by: Tom on October 10, 2014, 06:37:56 PM: Have fun guys :)
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Post by: Glaurung on October 11, 2014, 12:32:28 AM: Thanks for all the kind words - I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on October 13, 2014, 06:30:18 AM: I have returned! ;D
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Post by: Jubal on October 13, 2014, 01:08:23 PM: Welcome back :)
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Post by: Tom on October 13, 2014, 06:25:51 PM: How did it go?
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Post by: Silver Wolf on October 13, 2014, 10:34:59 PM: I'm back. ;D

At least for a short amount of time.
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Post by: comrade_general on October 14, 2014, 01:57:31 AM: I have also returned. :(
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Post by: Lady Grey on October 14, 2014, 01:45:35 PM: Welcome back, all :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on October 14, 2014, 05:32:01 PM: Disco disco party party?
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Post by: Glaurung on October 19, 2014, 11:07:10 PM: I'm back. Sardinia was spectacularly beautiful, and it's now very high on my list of places to go back to.
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Post by: Clockwork on October 19, 2014, 11:17:08 PM: Welcome back, glad you enjoyed it :)
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Post by: comrade_general on October 20, 2014, 12:02:18 AM: While you were away I visited England for you. :)
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Post by: Clockwork on October 20, 2014, 12:14:29 AM: Ah is that what you call it now cg? 'visiting England' ;P
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Post by: comrade_general on October 20, 2014, 01:05:54 AM: ;)
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Post by: Jubal on October 20, 2014, 11:17:05 AM: New euphemism? :P
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Post by: Othko97 on October 25, 2014, 11:11:00 AM: Off to Scotland for a week today.
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Post by: Pentagathus on October 25, 2014, 11:34:52 AM: No, we don't want you.
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Post by: Othko97 on October 25, 2014, 12:03:02 PM: Tough luck :P I'm well clear of Aberdeen, don't worry.
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Post by: Pentagathus on October 25, 2014, 06:16:26 PM: Yeah most people are, thats why I like it here.
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Post by: Othko97 on November 01, 2014, 01:11:16 PM: I have returned!
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Post by: Glaurung on November 01, 2014, 01:59:32 PM: Quote from: Othko97 on November 01, 2014, 01:11:16 PM
I have returned!
Welcome back! I hope you had a good time.
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Post by: Othko97 on November 01, 2014, 02:54:12 PM: Indeed I did, thank you. A little wild and windy on the West coast of Scotland at this time of year, but thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless.
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Post by: Jubal on December 12, 2014, 12:28:32 PM: Off to Sheffield until Monday, not sure how much access I'll have.
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Post by: comrade_general on December 12, 2014, 12:35:20 PM: You know you'll be here every day. Have fun!
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Post by: Jubal on December 15, 2014, 05:46:24 PM: Back! I bought teacups!
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Post by: Othko97 on December 15, 2014, 06:04:24 PM: How was Sheffield? :D
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Post by: Jubal on December 15, 2014, 06:24:06 PM: Good, thanks; Saturday was spent walking in the peak district in the snow (with a visit to a rather excellent junk shop in Castleton), and Sunday we visited York minster and Christmas market. Was all good fun :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on December 16, 2014, 08:00:03 AM: So your visit to sheffield comprised of not being in sheffield most of the time? Sounds good though, I could do with getting out into some hills.
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Post by: Cuddly Khan on December 30, 2014, 10:09:04 PM: Yeah, I'll be away (Like I wasn't already :P) for a few days. So bye!
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Post by: comrade_general on April 24, 2015, 07:42:33 PM: Will be in ROME for the next 10 days.
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Post by: Jubal on April 24, 2015, 07:52:09 PM: Have fun! Avoid declaring Total War :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on April 27, 2015, 01:24:00 PM: Don't listen to Jubal, have much seriousness and declare all of the wars.
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Post by: comrade_general on April 29, 2015, 07:52:27 PM: Done.
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Post by: Son of the King on April 30, 2015, 10:35:26 PM: Apologies for my sudden and unintended absence, its been a very busy few weeks at work :( .
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Post by: comrade_general on May 04, 2015, 08:03:48 PM: Holiday over. :'(
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Post by: Jubal on May 05, 2015, 12:47:03 AM: I'm sorry :/

...welcome back? :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on July 02, 2015, 08:37:28 PM: Am going to ayrshire for a festival, try not to conduct too much drunk and disorderly behaviour in my absence.
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Post by: Jubal on July 02, 2015, 09:35:55 PM: Are we allowed to be either drunk or disorderly as long as we're not both at the same time?
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Post by: Pentagathus on July 07, 2015, 12:57:39 PM: Yes I believe you are. But I;m back now so you can be both now anyway.
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Post by: Jubal on July 08, 2015, 03:59:36 PM: woots.
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Post by: Glaurung on July 16, 2015, 10:30:39 PM: I will be away, in Ireland, from early tomorrow morning until late on Sunday. Depending on WiFi, I may be logging in occasionally.
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Post by: Jubal on July 17, 2015, 12:13:18 AM: Have fun :D
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Post by: comrade_general on July 17, 2015, 11:29:47 PM: Been in the land of Poles if you hadn't noticed.
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Post by: Jubal on July 18, 2015, 03:54:07 PM: Low access until Monday evening, going south for a couple nights.
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Post by: Jubal on July 20, 2015, 03:52:43 PM: Back!
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Post by: Pentagathus on July 20, 2015, 09:12:53 PM: How was south?
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Post by: Jubal on July 20, 2015, 10:57:38 PM: Southern, I guess.
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Post by: Jubal on July 30, 2015, 12:13:06 AM: Public service announcement: I am away doing folk music and storytelling from tomorrow until approximately August 10. Am sorry for the absence; please keep the place functioning etc.
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Post by: Glaurung on July 30, 2015, 08:08:22 AM: Have fun! Folk music and storytelling sounds like an excellent way to recharge after the last few months' vicissitudes.

Hopefully we can keep the place functioning while you're away. If you return to find us holed up in the smoking ruins, with the bodies of slain spambots piled around us, you'll know we've had some problems.
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Post by: Jubal on July 30, 2015, 10:00:02 AM: I still actually need to pack, was up late filling out my masters application yesterday D:
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Post by: Glaurung on July 31, 2015, 09:09:15 PM: I might not be around much this weekend: I have finally found some tuits and decided to go and see stuff. The plan of campaign is this:
- tomorrow: Stonehenge, Old Sarum, and other stuff in Salisbury as time permits
- Sunday: Brighton - Volk's Electric Railway, maybe Brighton Pavilion or anything else that takes my fancy

On the other hand, this involves a lot of travelling, so I will be sitting on trains with a smartphone for quite a few hours. If there's Wifi or mobile connectivity, I might be posting a lot...
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Post by: comrade_general on July 31, 2015, 09:14:43 PM: Tuits?
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Post by: Glaurung on July 31, 2015, 09:35:07 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on July 31, 2015, 09:14:43 PM
Tuits?
Ah, sorry, this is a Britishism (if you can have Americanisms, I can have Britishisms). It started from "I'll do it when I get around to it", which must at some point have been converted to "I'll do it when I get a round tuit". I remember seeing a small ceramic plate, labelled as a "round tuit", in a shop window about 30 years ago. So now "tuits" are the thing that one must have in order to get something done. I don't know whether it's only the round ones that are still effective, or whether square or triangular ones now work as well.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 07, 2015, 06:50:02 PM: I might not be around much this weekend (again) - unfortunately this time it's because work will probably eat my life for a couple of days :(
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Post by: Jubal on August 10, 2015, 12:21:51 PM: I am back. Hullo folks!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 10, 2015, 12:38:47 PM: It's about bloody time!
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Post by: Jubal on August 10, 2015, 01:44:57 PM: Sorry :(
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Post by: comrade_general on August 10, 2015, 01:47:55 PM
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Post by: Jubal on August 10, 2015, 04:12:03 PM: I will continue to make that clip re-useable until the end of time :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 13, 2015, 06:32:00 PM: Was in a field for nearly two weeks, forgot to let y'all know. Am back, suppose life is stressful but portugal stress.
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Post by: Jubal on August 13, 2015, 06:49:05 PM: Why were you in a field for two weeks?
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 13, 2015, 08:17:14 PM: Why were you not in the field?
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Post by: Jubal on August 13, 2015, 09:26:16 PM: I was in a different field.
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Post by: Pentagathus on August 13, 2015, 09:48:58 PM: Wrong field then, shame on you.
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Post by: Jubal on August 13, 2015, 09:57:54 PM: But I was having a field day there!
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Post by: Glaurung on August 18, 2015, 12:27:58 AM: Advance warning: I may not be around much for the next month or so. After not going anywhere for the first half of the year, I'm about to have three foreign trips in very quick succession:
- Sun 23 to Sat 29 August: a railway meander from Santiago de Compostela to Strasbourg, via Madrid, Barcelona, southern France and hopefully a bit of Italy
- Thu 3 - Mon 7 September: Sardinia, trying to see the bits that were omitted from the tour I went on last October
- Thu 17 - Wed 23 September: another meander, through the Balkans this time, from Kosovo via Macedonia and Thessaloniki to Athens (or that's the intention)
As you might guess, much of my free time when I'm not on holiday will be taken up organising bits of holiday - booking planes, trains and hotels.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 18, 2015, 03:40:20 AM: Quote from: Glaurung on August 18, 2015, 12:27:58 AM
booking planes, trains and ...
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Post by: Glaurung on August 18, 2015, 07:34:00 AM: Yes, the film title was going through my head as I wrote the words. I'm hoping that automobiles will not need to feature in any part of these trips: I don't drive, taxis are expensive, and any other unexpected interaction with a car is likely to be painful.
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Post by: Jubal on August 18, 2015, 10:33:59 AM: Have fun, keep us updated when you can, and make sure you tell us about it all when you get back :) Particularly interested to know what you think of Thessaloniki!

I really want to travel the old Egnatian Way sometime - Durres to Istanbul via Thessaloniki...
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Post by: Jubal on August 27, 2015, 11:45:00 PM: I'm away until late-ish Monday night, at Shrewsbury folk festival :)
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Post by: comrade_general on December 11, 2015, 01:15:43 PM: I'm in South Carolina until Monday so posting will probably be sporadic.
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Post by: Glaurung on December 11, 2015, 02:20:14 PM: Have fun!
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Post by: Jubal on December 11, 2015, 07:20:03 PM: ^ Ditto that!
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Post by: SaidaiSloth on December 24, 2015, 08:35:35 AM: Christmas tomorrow, so I'm going to my parents house for a few days to catch up with them and steal some of my dads supply of Leffe Brown.
They have internet, but I'll be posting a bit less.
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Post by: Pentagathus on December 24, 2015, 01:38:34 PM: You habe leffe in the kangaroo colony?
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Post by: Jubal on December 24, 2015, 02:16:52 PM: Is it bad that I had to look up what that was?
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Post by: Glaurung on December 28, 2015, 06:41:32 PM: Quote from: Jubal on December 24, 2015, 02:16:52 PM
Is it bad that I had to look up what that was?
No, it's not bad. Belgian beer is a somewhat obscure field of knowledge (albeit one I've rather enjoyed exploring over the last 20 years) - I wouldn't expect you to know it, any more than I'm familiar with most late Byzantine history.
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Post by: Jubal on January 30, 2016, 02:01:34 AM: Away until Monday, will be with family in Lincolnshire, probably not going to have internets.
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Post by: comrade_general on March 04, 2016, 02:44:30 PM: I'm leaving for North Carolina and Washington, D.C. today. Be gone until next Friday but I'm sure I'll find time to post. :)
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Post by: Jubal on March 04, 2016, 04:35:52 PM: Have fun :)
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Post by: Lady Grey on March 20, 2016, 03:09:58 PM: We (SotK and I) are away from Friday morning for two weeks in Scotland - I don't know how much we will be/be able to get online.
Othko is joining us on Saturday also.
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Post by: Pentagathus on March 20, 2016, 04:00:49 PM: What part of scotland?
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Post by: comrade_general on March 20, 2016, 04:04:55 PM
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Post by: Lady Grey on March 21, 2016, 10:42:15 PM: Quote from: Pentagathus on March 20, 2016, 04:00:49 PM
What part of scotland?

We're staying just outside Boat of Garten, near Aviemore, in the Cairngorms :)

EDIT: Didn't mean to sound patronising, it kind of reads that way :P
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Post by: Pentagathus on March 22, 2016, 05:52:11 PM: It's loo late, I am already deeply insulted
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Post by: Lady Grey on April 12, 2016, 06:54:33 PM: SotK and I will be in Austin, Texas from 23rd April to 1st May :)
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Post by: comrade_general on April 12, 2016, 10:53:43 PM: Woo USA! Might as well be UK though as far as being close enough for a visit. :)
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Post by: Jubal on April 12, 2016, 11:11:58 PM: Ooh, whatcha doing over there? :)
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Post by: Lady Grey on April 13, 2016, 07:33:49 PM: SotK is going there for a work summit for a week, I'm tagging along (and being a +1 for evening events) because I've wanted to go to Austin for a while :)
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Post by: Jubal on April 13, 2016, 10:18:58 PM: Ah, nice :)
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Post by: comrade_general on April 13, 2016, 11:29:20 PM: First trip to Merica?
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Post by: Jubal on April 13, 2016, 11:54:57 PM: Misread that as first trip to Mercia for a second and was like "pretty sure they live in Mercia, as do I" :P
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Post by: comrade_general on April 14, 2016, 12:09:08 AM: Mercy me.
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Post by: Lady Grey on April 18, 2016, 06:55:21 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on April 13, 2016, 11:29:20 PM
First trip to Merica?

It is for SotK :) I went to NYC 4 years ago with my parents :)
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Post by: comrade_general on April 18, 2016, 07:36:37 PM: Nice to have some Exilians visiting my country for a change. :)
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Post by: Jubal on April 18, 2016, 11:58:33 PM: I ought to get round to that sometime. Will have to see how I'm doing financially next academic year/what my work situation ends up being.
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Post by: Glaurung on April 27, 2016, 06:14:04 PM: I should probably post an update here.

First, apologies that I haven't been posting much for several weeks - volunteer activities for the LibDems have eaten most of my free time. It's all too easy to say Yes to another batch of leaflet deliveries...

Second, I am going to be away for quite a lot of the next two weeks:
- Fri 29 April - Tue 3 May: travelling in Germany
- Wed 4 & Thu 5 May: back in the UK, but largely doing LibDem stuff for the local elections on the Thursday
- Fri 6 - Tue 10 May: travelling in Spain

I might not be terribly active even after I get back: once the local election campaign is over, the local LibDems will be working hard as part of the "Remain" campaign for the UK's EU referendum.
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Post by: Jubal on April 30, 2016, 10:28:03 PM: Good luck with it all!
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Post by: Glaurung on May 26, 2016, 01:00:21 AM: And here I go on another holiday:
Thu 26 May: fly to Cologne
Fri 27 May: train to Nuremberg
Sat 28 & Sun 29 May: enthusiast train trips around Nuremberg
Mon 30 May: train to Vienna
Tue 31 May: train to Zagreb (Croatia) via Budapest (long way round, just because I can!)
Wed 1 June: Zagreb area
Thu 2 June: train to Osijek
Fri 3 June: fly home
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 26, 2016, 08:30:55 AM: Do you think you could smuggle me into your luggage for your next trip?
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Post by: Glaurung on May 26, 2016, 01:21:14 PM: Maybe. We might need to put you in "hibernate" mode for the duration, and we'd probably need to detach your limbs for more efficient packing. Your limbs do detach (and re-attach, of course), don't they?
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 26, 2016, 07:02:00 PM: I've lost my construction manual I'm afraid, but still there's one way to find out.
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Post by: Jubal on May 27, 2016, 01:29:50 AM: What could go wrong, after all? :)
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Post by: Jubal on June 10, 2016, 12:29:50 AM: I'm likely to be low-access until Monday evening, doing a trip round East Anglia.

Staffers: If anyone else has time to put a couple things out on the twitter to cover for me, that would be awesome. I need to schedule a whole bunch more tweets but not had time.
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Post by: Pentagathus on June 10, 2016, 06:35:44 PM: East Anglia best Anglia.
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Post by: comrade_general on June 10, 2016, 06:51:39 PM: Are there other Anglias?
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Post by: Glaurung on June 10, 2016, 08:08:30 PM: Not now, and not for a long time. However, there seems to have been a brief period when there was a "Middle Anglia"; and I think that the area that might logically have been "West Anglia" actually turned into the Anglo-Saxon kingdom called Mercia. But I'm not sure - Dark Ages Anglo-Saxon history is complicated...
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Post by: Jubal on June 13, 2016, 11:32:40 PM: I'm back in Birmingham, not that I really want to be :/
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Post by: comrade_general on June 13, 2016, 11:39:09 PM: Burning ham.
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Post by: Pentagathus on June 14, 2016, 08:42:49 AM: Yeah and East Anglia is the only Anglia still around cos it's the best Anglia
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Post by: Zibbit on June 14, 2016, 01:23:48 PM: Helo!

Long time no see ;)
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Post by: Jubal on June 14, 2016, 01:32:21 PM: Hello! :D

How are things, old friend?
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Post by: Zibbit on June 14, 2016, 01:54:17 PM: My god what an embarrassment, my very first word in a couple of years and i misspelled it..... -.-

We even have 2 l:s in our swedish version of it, hallå..

Well, beyond my non existing sense of spelling, i can't complain :)

And you old friend?
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Post by: comrade_general on June 15, 2016, 12:04:50 PM: Hi Zibbit! :)
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Post by: Jubal on June 15, 2016, 12:07:02 PM: I'm doing alright - in the middle of a masters' degree now, no idea what I'm doing after that!
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Post by: DeepCandle Games on June 15, 2016, 12:52:44 PM: Grand masters degree?
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Post by: Glaurung on June 15, 2016, 10:30:43 PM: Apologies: I haven't been around much for a while, and I'm likely to be around even less for the next week or ten days. Once again I am busy walking around Cambridge, pushing leaflets through letterboxes for the Liberal Democrats. This time, of course, it's part of the Remain campaign for the UK's EU referendum.
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Post by: comrade_general on June 15, 2016, 10:50:08 PM: That's horrible, G. :(
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Post by: Glaurung on June 15, 2016, 11:25:50 PM: The referendum is indeed horrible, in a large number of ways, and I'd much rather be spending my time on something better. But as it is happening, and I believe very strongly that it's important for the UK to stay in the EU, I'm doing what I can to achieve that result.
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Post by: Gmd on June 20, 2016, 01:47:31 AM: I will be away from the 4th of July to the 11th in the wilderness of northern Sweden. So expect nothing from me in advance
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Post by: comrade_general on June 20, 2016, 01:56:40 AM: Don't get Stockholm syndrome!
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Post by: Gmd on June 28, 2016, 02:05:01 AM: I'm only in stockholm for 2 hours then off to the arctic circle. I hope i don't catch love for my captures in Sweden by then!
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Post by: Glaurung on June 28, 2016, 11:08:32 AM: Gmd: have fun! How far north will you be - pine forest or tundra?

As for me, I am generally likely to be around about as much as I have been since February, i.e. somewhat less than I'd like to be. I am well aware of my responsibilities here as Sakellarios, and, should you choose to ratify my election, as Basileus, and I am certainly not running away, but real-world political activity looks very likely to be a substantial part of my leisure time from now on.
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Post by: Clockwork on June 28, 2016, 06:20:36 PM: Crete is weird and amazing!

Their bbqs are portugaling fantastic, bbq octopus is one of the best things I've ever had. Thier beers are armadillo though. Fix and Alfa both terrible, best they serve regularly is heinekan... And that's an average beer at the very best.

Stray cats and dogs are everywhere.I thought it'd be bad but half the time its adorable.

They can't drive for armadillo. Literally yhr worst driving I've ever witnessed. Also there are no traffic laws apparently or c op s.

Weather has been a solid 9000 degrees. Great if you're into thy.

Maps rarely correspond with where the roads are. Mountains are beautiful, just fantastic, awe inspiring mofos. Every 20 metres os a taverna with the most friendly and wrlcomig hosts. The people here are so accompfating to tourists. The locals are very good at speaking English. Super friendly, super forgiving. Leading Greek is portugaling jhard, locals love it if you try even though their English is near perfect and they don't take the piss unlike Spain or France (personal experience only tbf).

You need a car to get around. The mountain passes are phenomenal, driving through them you het a real feel for the scale and the geography of Crete. Busses only gp from town to town which is bori in g. The big toens are like any in east Europe but with more graffiti. Tons of graffiti here. Also toilet paper goes in the bin... Not disastrous but weird and uncomfortable.

Ig someone could correct this that'd be amazing. My typing is so slow on the phone.
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Post by: comrade_general on June 29, 2016, 01:11:38 AM: Tp in the bin?????
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Post by: Clockwork on July 05, 2016, 12:31:14 AM: Yep.

Back.
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Post by: Jubal on July 05, 2016, 01:13:51 AM: Welcome back, hope it as a good trip :)
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Post by: Glaurung on August 24, 2016, 08:54:48 AM: Once more unto the continent, once more...

Yes, I'm about to go off on holiday (again!). More train travel - this time an out-and-back trip to Vienna, by train all the way. I leave tomorrow morning, and get back on Tuesday (30th) evening.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 24, 2016, 12:51:05 PM: Macht spaB!
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Post by: Jubal on August 24, 2016, 01:20:29 PM: Have fun!
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Post by: comrade_general on August 24, 2016, 08:23:38 PM: You stole what I said. >:(
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Post by: Jubal on August 25, 2016, 01:01:42 PM: Translation is an art in itself :P
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Post by: Glaurung on December 08, 2016, 11:10:22 AM: Fun was indeed had in Vienna - though it seems like a very long time ago now :(

For my final trip of the year, I am, at very short notice, going to Barcelona for a long weekend: I fly out tomorrow and back on Sunday. So I'm spending today sorting stuff out! Consequently I'm unlikely to be online much until Monday.
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on December 08, 2016, 11:53:49 AM: Enjoy the trip G. ;)
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Post by: comrade_general on December 08, 2016, 03:20:58 PM: The planet Barcelona? Have fun.
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Post by: Glaurung on December 08, 2016, 03:51:04 PM: It might well feel like a different planet - it will certainly have more sunshine!
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Post by: Jubal on December 09, 2016, 09:30:58 PM: We could do with that here, grim weather still reigns (and indeed rains) in Brum :(
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Post by: comrade_general on December 09, 2016, 09:39:50 PM: Snow and below freezing temps here.
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 14, 2017, 10:27:33 PM: Oh yeah I'm in Italy atm. It's pretty cool, turns out Rome has a load of old Roman stuff. Think I might one back here someday, should probably bring a camera next time so I can become an instagram celebrity.
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Post by: Jubal on May 16, 2017, 11:59:02 PM: Rome has a load of old Roman stuff? Fake news if you ask me, for sure.

Hope you have fun! :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 17, 2017, 01:35:39 PM: I did have fun. Definitely intend to see more of Italy someday, think I'll keep learning ye olde Italian too.
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Post by: Jubal on May 17, 2017, 11:59:42 PM: If as I hope I end up in Austria, Venice may be do-able by train sometime :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on May 23, 2017, 01:04:18 PM: I do hear Venice is cool.
I'm off to Orkney and then the far north of the mainland for the next ten days or so. No internets for me, try to keep the marcuses at bay in my absence.
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Post by: Jubal on May 23, 2017, 11:18:44 PM: Say hello to whatever lives in Orkney for me :) (I have no idea what exists that far north beyond that it votes Lib Dem :P )
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Post by: Glaurung on May 24, 2017, 12:04:25 AM: Quote from: Jubal on May 23, 2017, 11:18:44 PM
Say hello to whatever lives in Orkney for me :) (I have no idea what exists that far north beyond that it votes Lib Dem :P )
Boars or pigs, apparently: that's what the Celtic 'ork' or 'arc' element means. The Vikings heard the name and decided it referred to seals instead (their word 'orkn') and added 'eyjar' (islands) for good measure. Centuries of English usage have worn off the final syllable.
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Post by: Pentagathus on June 02, 2017, 11:27:04 AM: There weren't many pigs or boars that I saw, lots of sheep though. We were up for the folk festival, was some good folking. The last night of it was particularly glorious, the whole town of stromness seemed to be absolutely on it. Did some hikes in the land of orcs as well, Hoy was pretty beautiful and the weather was perfect.
North coast and west coast were also amazing, some hard hikes with nothing going to plan made for quite the adventure.
Scotland's cool kids, check it out some time.
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Post by: Jubal on June 05, 2017, 12:53:03 AM: Ooh who was playing at the festival? :)
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Post by: Pentagathus on June 05, 2017, 06:13:29 PM: People.
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Post by: Jubal on June 05, 2017, 06:35:21 PM: Disappointed, was hoping for an orchestra of folk musician Orcadian gnomes.
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on June 24, 2017, 04:24:03 AM: Going camping tomorrow. Will be gone for a week.

Have fun guys! :)
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Post by: Jubal on June 25, 2017, 01:19:19 AM: Take care, have fun! :)
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Post by: Phoenixguard09 on July 03, 2017, 12:32:11 AM: Am back. Was cold. :p
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Post by: Jubal on July 03, 2017, 01:11:08 AM: Welcome back! :)
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Post by: Clockwork on July 03, 2017, 02:37:34 AM: WB buddy, was fun? :D
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Post by: Jubal on July 03, 2017, 11:51:01 PM: I'm technically "away" at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds all week, but I've given my talk already so I'm essentially on holiday and may be on Exilian at least as much as usual!
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Post by: Glaurung on July 27, 2017, 12:25:13 AM: More awayness: I will be on holiday from Sunday 30 July to Sunday 6 August, in Switzerland and Austria. Quite a bit of this will probably be spent going up or through Alps by train.
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Post by: Jubal on July 27, 2017, 11:57:42 PM: I'll be busy much of the next 2-3 days as I'm moving country, but should be back to normal after that & with plans in motion to do exciting Exilian stuff! :)
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Post by: Glaurung on August 15, 2017, 07:42:16 PM: And further awayness: Sunday 20th - Monday 28th, travelling around Norway. I can't say I'm pining for the fjords, but it has been 28 years since I was last there...
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Post by: Jubal on August 15, 2017, 08:20:15 PM: Well, look on the bright side; at least the fjords are in Norway rather than Africa, which would be rather hot at this time of year!
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Post by: Jubal on September 30, 2017, 10:57:50 AM: Moving apartment today: I don't think internet will be set up when I get there, so given Austrian attitudes to Sunday working I'd expect to have minimal access until Monday. I will try to get Updates from the Forge done & up as usual, but other than that posting activity may be rather minimal over the weekend (and the twitter feed might be rather quiet).
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Post by: Glaurung on September 30, 2017, 08:52:29 PM: Good luck - I hope all goes well.
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Post by: Jubal on September 30, 2017, 09:40:13 PM: Thanks, it's all gone OK, just been flailing around trying to get this newsletter sorted during it all. Posted now, anyhow! :)
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Post by: comrade_general on March 20, 2018, 12:10:55 PM: Hi, I'm going to be away from around February 2017 until March 2018. Thanks!
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Post by: Caradìlis on March 20, 2018, 12:28:58 PM: Ooh, time travel!!! How intriguing!!! :O
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Post by: Glaurung on August 19, 2018, 11:58:20 AM: Forthcoming awayness: today to Monday 27th inclusive. In fact I'm already 'away', as I'm typing this at Gatwick Airport. It's going to be a ramble through the erstwhile Holy Roman Empire by train: Vienna tonight, then Innsbruck, Verona, Switzerland, Frankfurt am Main, and finally Antwerp.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 19, 2018, 12:40:22 PM: Make sure you give Jubal plenty of heads up. ;)

Nah, have fun, G. Come by the other side sometime.
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Post by: Violet on August 23, 2018, 11:43:44 AM: thank you for telling us enjoy your vacation dont worry there will be internet
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Post by: Jubal on September 14, 2018, 02:08:11 PM: I'm in the UK! I'll be very busy politicking for the next five days so sorry in advance for not being here much. Normal service will resume soon :)
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Post by: comrade_general on September 14, 2018, 05:23:16 PM: Quote from: Violet on August 23, 2018, 11:43:44 AM
thank you for telling us enjoy your vacation dont worry there will be internet
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Post by: Jubal on September 14, 2018, 06:44:31 PM: Can confirm presence of Internet :)
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Post by: Glaurung on September 14, 2018, 08:16:04 PM: Indeed, much Internet :)

I too am doing things political for the next four days, by no coincidence at all at the same event as Jubal.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 14, 2018, 08:53:00 PM: I'm doing zero politics things the next 4 days and there should be internet so I'll be somewhat around if anyone cares. I will also be drunk. :)
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Post by: Glaurung on September 15, 2018, 08:33:33 PM: Oddly enough, the political event seems to involve a lot of sitting in pubs and drinking beer :)
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Post by: comrade_general on September 15, 2018, 10:10:33 PM: Don't defile the beer. :'(
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Post by: Glaurung on September 16, 2018, 06:39:57 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on September 15, 2018, 10:10:33 PM
Don't defile the beer. :'(
Defiled beer doesn't sound very palatable - why would I do that?
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Post by: comrade_general on September 16, 2018, 06:45:11 PM: By mixing it with politics. ;)
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Post by: Caradìlis on September 16, 2018, 07:08:09 PM: I don't mean to point out the obvious, but isn't politics the reason a lot of people get drunk nowadays?
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Post by: comrade_general on September 16, 2018, 08:11:36 PM: It's not a reason for me. Ever.
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Post by: Caradìlis on September 16, 2018, 08:20:17 PM: Good... Getting drunk for no reason whatsoever is more fun anyway... ;D
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Post by: comrade_general on September 16, 2018, 08:23:07 PM: Absolutely. :)
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Post by: Tusky on September 21, 2018, 08:12:40 PM: I would like to let you all know I will be going on vacation next week. I'll be back a week Monday.

I am worried about if there will be internet, though.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 21, 2018, 08:56:50 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on September 14, 2018, 05:23:16 PM
Quote from: Violet on August 23, 2018, 11:43:44 AM
thank you for telling us enjoy your vacation dont worry there will be internet
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Post by: Glaurung on September 21, 2018, 09:41:04 PM: Quote from: Tusky on September 21, 2018, 08:12:40 PM
I would like to let you all know I will be going on vacation next week. I'll be back a week Monday.
Have a great time!
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Post by: comrade_general on September 21, 2018, 09:44:58 PM: What's your destination?
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Post by: Jubal on September 21, 2018, 09:54:58 PM: Destination UNKNOWN D:
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Post by: Tusky on September 21, 2018, 09:58:41 PM: That there Cyprus for a bit of diving and driving
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Post by: Jubal on September 21, 2018, 10:11:19 PM: Ooh, Cyprus is lovely :) Which part of it? I went to the Paphos area a few years back.
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Post by: Tusky on September 21, 2018, 10:16:15 PM: Nice! I've visited Paphos when I was younger and remember it being an interesting place.

I'll be based not far from there in Limassol . There will be a fair bit of car based roamage too :)
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Post by: Jubal on September 24, 2018, 07:59:36 PM: I'm just stepping into my plane to go back to Vienna - hopefully it'll be an OK flight, it's a bit delayed so I'm nervous about catching my train at the other end...
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Post by: comrade_general on September 24, 2018, 08:23:18 PM: If you don't catch it it shouldn't be hard to find - they always leave tracks.

Badumtish.
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Post by: Jubal on September 25, 2018, 12:11:27 AM: Got it with five ~~rounds~~ minutes to spare :)
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Post by: Glaurung on September 28, 2018, 09:47:12 AM: And more awayness for me: ten days travelling around Europe (by train, inevitably!). Tomorrow I fly out to Sofia, in Bulgaria (a new country for me), and on Sunday embark on a circular tour of the southern Balkans by special train, via southern Serbia, Macedonia, northern Greece (including Thessaloniki), and back through southern Bulgaria to Sofia. This is spread over a week. Then it's on to Germany, for a day or so, around Hannover, and finally back home on Monday 8 October.

Access to Exilian is likely to be intermittent, especially in Serbia and Macedonia where I may not have mobile data roaming. However, based on previous experience, I expect that there will be internet.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 28, 2018, 11:39:11 AM: Quote from: comrade_general on September 21, 2018, 08:56:50 PM
Quote from: comrade_general on September 14, 2018, 05:23:16 PM
Quote from: Violet on August 23, 2018, 11:43:44 AM
thank you for telling us enjoy your vacation dont worry there will be internet
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Post by: Jubal on September 28, 2018, 02:51:17 PM: I feel like this is going to need to go in the Hitch-hiker's Guide soon...
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Post by: Glaurung on September 29, 2018, 01:31:47 PM: Indeed, especially if CG has anything to do with it.

In other news, I have now reached Sofia. There is internet :) There are also mountains, or at least very large hills, close to the city, and lots of buildings from perhaps the mid-nineteenth century onwards. I suspect there is an older city centre somewhere nearby.

As an added linguistic excitement, I don't speak any Bulgarian (though it's similar to other Slavic languages) and it's all written in Cyrillic, which I can transliterate with some effort.

Also, I've realised, I've increased my "Womble world tour" score by one, i.e. I've visited another place after which a Womble is named - Bulgaria in this case. Previous such locations have included Wellington and Adelaide. Unfortunately, there are still a lot to do: Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo and Tomsk as obvious ones.
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Post by: Glaurung on September 30, 2018, 08:01:57 AM: Further news from Sofia: the hotel I'm staying in is hosting a dental conference, and the space outside the breakfast room is the commercial exhibition. Leaving breakfast to be faced with a stall covered in dentist's tools was not an experience I had on my list for today...
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Post by: comrade_general on September 30, 2018, 12:20:37 PM: That really must be a shocking sight, especially for a British man! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Jubal on September 30, 2018, 12:35:12 PM: Quote from: Glaurung on September 29, 2018, 01:31:47 PM
Also, I've realised, I've increased my "Womble world tour" score by one, i.e. I've visited another place after which a Womble is named - Bulgaria in this case. Previous such locations have included Wellington and Adelaide. Unfortunately, there are still a lot to do: Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo and Tomsk as obvious ones.
Hm, Orinoco may be a challenge! Bungo at least you have options for - Indonesia, Japan, Angola, and curiously a suburb of Edinburgh. I wonder which one the name was done for...! Apparently there's a Tobermory on either side of the Atlantic too so there's options there.
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Post by: Glaurung on September 30, 2018, 05:45:08 PM: And so to Serbia, via some rather scenic country. There is internet here too :) Alas, data roaming is horribly expensive, so I'm using hotel WiFi.
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Post by: Jubal on December 05, 2018, 10:51:56 PM: I was in Salzburg last weekend, and tomorrow I'm off to Ireland, both for Digital Humanities conferences. Galway will be an interesting new experience!
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Post by: comrade_general on December 05, 2018, 11:44:17 PM: Have a guinness or two for me!
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Post by: Jubal on December 05, 2018, 11:54:26 PM: Ecch, do I have to? :P
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Post by: comrade_general on December 05, 2018, 11:57:44 PM: Yes.
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Post by: Tusky on December 06, 2018, 06:09:27 AM: Hope it's a good trip!

Oh and if you find out what the "craic" is could you tell me? Nobody seems to know.
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Post by: Glaurung on December 06, 2018, 09:21:15 AM: Have fun! I think there's cider in Ireland, so you might not be forced to sample 'the black stuff'. It looks as if you might be particularly lucky and get a whole day of dry, bright weather :)

No-one knows what the craic is. No-one can know what the craic is - no merely human mind can encompass its sublime mysteries. But it's always good, apparently.
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Post by: Jubal on December 07, 2018, 12:20:13 PM: I am duly in Ireland. I have not yet discovered the craic, though that's partly me being so tired I've barely left my airbnb so far!
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Post by: comrade_general on December 07, 2018, 04:11:38 PM: Get some guinness delivered to your flat. :)
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Post by: Tusky on January 29, 2019, 06:40:44 AM: Salut mes amis!

I shall be away for a week in France, back next Tues.
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Post by: Jubal on January 29, 2019, 07:52:56 AM: Have fun! :)
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Post by: comrade_general on January 31, 2019, 11:52:47 PM: Have fun with the Frenchmen.
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Post by: Jubal on February 07, 2019, 09:10:26 PM: Bad flare-up of health problems and typing/mouse use are currently quite painful for me, so am likely to be around less for a while until that eases up. Apologies :(
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Post by: comrade_general on February 07, 2019, 11:43:50 PM: :(
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Post by: Tusky on April 28, 2019, 07:11:44 PM: I'm going to cyprus tomorrow for potentially up to 6 months. So so I'm likely to be less available, not "away" as such though. Thought I'd mention :)
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Post by: Jubal on April 28, 2019, 10:10:43 PM: Safe travels!
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Post by: Jubal on May 16, 2019, 08:27:34 AM: London until Sunday! May be limited access because I'm going to have to work hard to pretend I'm more of a real academic than I actually feel like I am for a bit.
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Post by: Tusky on May 17, 2019, 04:09:21 AM: Good luck!
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Post by: Jubal on May 17, 2019, 05:29:25 PM: Danke! Meeting now done, tired but it went well.
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Post by: Jubal on May 29, 2019, 09:53:25 AM: On the iron road again - this time a two day trip to Maastricht and Opglabbeek, my first time visiting the Low Countries. Should be interesting :)
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Post by: Jubal on July 10, 2019, 03:31:55 PM: In Georgia until July 25. Some internet but probably a bit limited.

გამარჯობა თბილისისგან!
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Post by: comrade_general on July 10, 2019, 04:04:58 PM: Welcome back to the states m8.
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Post by: Glaurung on July 26, 2019, 06:42:35 AM: I’m on holiday for 10 days in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, specifically southern Austria for a few days, then Vienna, southeastern Czech Republic, and western Slovakia.
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Post by: Jubal on July 26, 2019, 09:25:36 AM: Meanwhile my travels are finally over and I'm back home in tge aforementioned former Austro-Hungarian Empire, specifically its capital, where I will see Glaurung when he passes through in a few days :)
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Post by: JokerPR on August 02, 2019, 05:03:22 PM: London is a great choice I think.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 04, 2019, 02:03:48 PM: I'm leavin'.
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Post by: Tusky on August 04, 2019, 08:15:46 PM: Is it to London? I hear it's a great choice
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Post by: Jubal on August 04, 2019, 10:18:04 PM: Glaurung meanwhile passed through Vienna again today and is now, I believe, safely back in the UK :) He may even have flown to one of the London airports, which I'm sure was a great choice.
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Post by: comrade_general on August 05, 2019, 03:21:12 AM: It's definitely not London. Bad choice. Wouldn't recommend.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 05, 2019, 11:41:52 AM: Can confirm I am back in the UK, having flown to a London airport. This was indeed a great choice, since it's the airport nearest to home.
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Post by: Jubal on August 05, 2019, 01:08:58 PM: Yes. You can fly from Vienna to the UK without going via London, but the Manchester to Cambridge journey would be rather annoyingly long once you got there (plus I suspect the flight is more expensive to start with).
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Post by: comrade_general on August 06, 2019, 08:08:24 PM: Ha. Annoyingly long. You know nothing of annoyingly long flights. :P :( :'(
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Post by: Jubal on August 06, 2019, 09:10:42 PM: I was talking about an annoyingly long train journey :P
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Post by: comrade_general on August 06, 2019, 09:38:02 PM: My point exactly.

Also no train journey could be annoyingly long for G methinks.
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Post by: Glaurung on August 06, 2019, 11:44:45 PM: Quote from: comrade_general on August 06, 2019, 09:38:02 PM
Also no train journey could be annoyingly long for G methinks.
So far my limit seems to be about 30 hours on a single train: Cairns to Brisbane, in Australia, or Chicago to western Arizona. I'm about willing to tolerate one night on a train, but two in succession feels like too much. A week on a single train (e.g. the Trans-Siberian railway) is almost certainly too much - I'd want to have breaks along the way.
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Post by: Tusky on September 02, 2019, 03:26:37 AM: I was technically away in Cyprus and Fiji since April, but am now back in Blighty for a good while.
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Post by: comrade_general on September 02, 2019, 09:12:34 AM: Well, I'm back.
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Post by: Jubal on September 02, 2019, 11:52:20 AM: Welcome home everyone :)
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Post by: Glaurung on January 20, 2020, 10:21:15 AM: And now some forthcoming awayness: Spain for six days, Friday 24th to Wednesday 29th January inclusive. Starting and ending in Madrid, with a four-day circular tour of southwestern Spain by train.
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Post by: Jubal on January 20, 2020, 11:21:25 AM: Hope you enjoy it! :)
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Post by: Tusky on January 20, 2020, 12:18:44 PM: Sounds lovely! Please disregard my suggestion of Winnipeg on the other thread. This sounds far more fun.
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Post by: Glaurung on January 24, 2020, 06:49:26 AM: And so it begins: I’m now on a train to the airport. Next comes the ineffable joy of airport security, and then a Ryanair flight. In one small ray of hope, the inbound flight whose plane will probably form my flight is shown as expected on time at the moment.

EDIT: The plane left slightly late, but arrived slightly early, and I got to Madrid city centre earlier than expected for my afternoon trip to Toledo. To my disappointment, the turtle pond at Atocha station has been filled in since my last visit, due to people dumping their own unwanted pet turtles and fish in it. So now it’s just a big tropical garden.

Further Edit: Toledo is wonderful, and you should all visit it.
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Post by: Gmd on February 01, 2020, 02:28:08 AM: Not that i usually announce my long absences, but i am travelling around alot from tomorrow and have no internet while i visit friends to drink/watch the superbowl. Be back sometime late next week.
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Post by: comrade_general on February 21, 2020, 08:50:30 PM: Quote from: Glaurung on January 24, 2020, 06:49:26 AM
Further Edit: Toledo is wonderful, and you should all visit it.
Toledo, Ohio? It's kinda armadillo. :P
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Post by: Glaurung on February 22, 2020, 10:10:28 AM: Quote from: comrade_general on February 21, 2020, 08:50:30 PM
Toledo, Ohio? It's kinda armadillo. :P
I’ve travelled through there a couple of times, but didn’t have a chance to stop and form an opinion. No, this was another Toledo, east of the Atlantic, older and probably smaller. I very much enjoyed what I had time to see in 2-3 hours; 2-3 days would be a more reasonable length of stay, or even longer if you’re into El Greco and various other artists of the same period.
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Post by: Jubal on February 29, 2020, 05:18:15 AM: I'm off to Tunis for four nights. Not expecting that this will hugely reduce my activity, but we'll see.
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Post by: Tusky on March 13, 2020, 05:35:52 PM: Hooray!
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Post by: Jubal on March 23, 2020, 11:38:22 AM: [CovidHumour]

Going away?

Well you shouldn't be! Stay home!

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Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Tusky on March 23, 2020, 11:40:16 AM: Quote from: Jubal on March 23, 2020, 11:38:22 AM
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Going away?

Well you shouldn't be! Stay home!

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Ha!
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Tusky on August 03, 2020, 06:58:56 AM: I've been fairly busy recently so apologies about not being especially active. I'm also going to be away from home pretty much until the 20th, so might not be posting much.

BUT! I haven't forgotten about the forum quiz so I'll post that up once I'm back.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Glaurung on September 03, 2020, 07:38:52 PM: Sorry, a bit late for “going to be away”: I am away, having a few days’ holiday in Austria. I may be meeting up with our illustrious Megadux...
Title: Re: Kitchen Gardening
Post by: Pentagathus on August 21, 2023, 08:40:15 PM: I'm going now. This is the end. GOOODBYE

ps
I'm off to Zambia for a couple of weeks, hopefully will have wifi at some point but might be a tad busy. Forgot where the travellings thread was.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on August 21, 2023, 09:15:25 PM: Post above duly moved and merged from where it was posted, in the Kitchen Gardening (https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6152.msg151882#msg151882) thread of all places, to the under-used Going to be Away? thread where it was presumably intended to be.

Also, it really doesn't make much sense for Going To Be Away to still live in Announcements, we should maybe think about moving it to the Boozer?
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: raidarr on August 31, 2023, 02:58:41 PM: Makes sense to me ^
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Pentagathus on September 08, 2023, 03:44:22 PM: No sense, never sense, not a drop of sense. Kitchen gardening is clearly where it belongs.
Also I'm back.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on September 08, 2023, 09:34:43 PM: Welcome back, and congratulations again on your news from the trip :)
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on September 17, 2023, 11:17:58 PM: I'm away for the next week on the Black Sea coast, though I should still have internet access.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Jubal on April 23, 2024, 09:24:38 PM: I'm in Konstanz and then Liechtenstein this week, though I should still be able to post a bit in the evenings.
Title: Re: Going to be Away?
Post by: Glaurung on April 24, 2024, 12:28:42 PM: Quote from: Jubal on April 23, 2024, 09:24:38 PM
I'm in Konstanz and then Liechtenstein this week, though I should still be able to post a bit in the evenings.
Have fun!

Quote from: Jubal on August 21, 2023, 09:15:25 PM
Also, it really doesn't make much sense for Going To Be Away to still live in Announcements, we should maybe think about moving it to the Boozer?
Agreed.