#293409 - 04/02/2007 07:36
European Empeg meet 2007?
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Any dates yet? Need to plan the summer/fall soon...
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#293410 - 04/02/2007 17:12
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: kjohanss]
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Registered: 25/06/1999
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Don't know - anybody fancy a party, then?
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#293412 - 04/02/2007 18:13
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: schofiel]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
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Loc: East Coast, USA
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I will be in the UK if there is a meet or if there isn't a meet. I had such a great time last year that I'll be doing it again. See you then???
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#293413 - 04/02/2007 21:46
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: kjohanss]
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Registered: 21/05/1999
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I'm not planning to organise anything this year, I'm saving up my ideas for a 10th anniversary bash in 2008. However this should not stop someone else putting something together!
Rob
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#293415 - 05/02/2007 08:47
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: julf]
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Loc: Bendorf, Germany
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If there was a meet this year my wife and myself would definitively come.
Peter
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#293416 - 05/02/2007 15:57
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: dr_dos]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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How about a plain and simple piss up? All we need is a cheap Hotel somewhere with food nearby, a car park and maybe a small conf room to have the party / piss up in. Even better a community hall or something without a licence and we could just all bring our own booze  Cheers Cris.
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#293418 - 05/02/2007 21:40
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Sounds good to me.
There is no way we could live up to a meet by Rob&Rob Co. but we could give it a shot.
What are we talking about? Friday and Sat night? Do what you want during the day?
Cheers
Cris.
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#293419 - 06/02/2007 13:32
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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Mmm. I wonder if this could be arranged so that some/all of us could include the novelty of attending a live football/soccer match?
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#293420 - 06/02/2007 14:15
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Mmm. I wonder if this could be arranged so that some/all of us could include the novelty of attending a live football/soccer match?
Well, if that's what you want then Manchester is the place. Manchester United is just about the biggest football team there is. I am pretty sure holding the event in a place like that, esp on a match day, will be out of the question due to cost. Someone else will have to comment on ticket prices, but it won't be cheap. Games are often mid afternoon which would leave the evening free for the piss up.
Cheers
Cris.
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#293421 - 06/02/2007 15:20
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
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Loc: Canada
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Price Guide: £17-£23 for members per match ticket, £19-£25 for non-members
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#293422 - 06/02/2007 15:38
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Not too bad I guess, I will check with Nicola (big Utd fan  ) what the seat are like. There is no way I'll be paying that much to watch 22 guys kick a ball around a bit of grass I like the idea of Manchester, it may be part of the UK that people may not have been to before and there is lots to do and see. Transport links are also very good as Andy says. Can we collect opinions please.... Cheers Cris.
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#293423 - 06/02/2007 16:22
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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hmph. You should see the prices for an american football game.
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#293424 - 06/02/2007 19:11
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: JBjorgen]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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The survey found the average [NFL (American Football)] ticket will cost $62.38
16 games per season.
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The average ticket in the NBA (basketball) now costs $51.02
82 games per season
The average MLB (baseball) ticket costs $22.21. (ref)
162 games per season
£25 =~ $49
Edited by wfaulk (06/02/2007 19:16)
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#293425 - 06/02/2007 19:16
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 19/01/2002
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Yeah...but the exchange rate is poor right now (for the US anyway), so the disparity is greater than it looks. If you did the price as a ratio to income, then you'd get a better picture.
(according to my calculations, about 3.8% of an average Brit's weekly income vs. 7.5% of an average American's)
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#293426 - 06/02/2007 19:25
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: JBjorgen]
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The average gross weekly household income for London, at £711 in 1999-2002, was £186 higher than the average for the UK.
(ref)
That's £525, times 52 weeks is £27300.
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Overall the mean household income in the United States according to the US Census Bureau 2004 Economic Survey was $60,528
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£25 ÷ £27300 = 0.09%
$62.38 ÷ $60,528 = 0.1%.
Hmm. Pretty close, actually.
Edited by wfaulk (06/02/2007 19:26)
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#293427 - 06/02/2007 19:36
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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income for London
Manchester is up north, cost of living is much lower than in London, but so are the wages.
So back to the point....what do people thing about Manchester as the place to hold this years euro meet ?
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#293428 - 06/02/2007 19:42
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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income for London
Manchester is up north
I subtracted out the differential from the national average.
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#293429 - 06/02/2007 19:50
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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old hand
Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
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Travelodge have very cheap rooms if you book in advance, I stayed in the Croydon central one for £26 a night, and that was only booked a couple of weeks in advance. (that one has a good rail link to london and some nice trams, but isn't in a particularly good area) edit: Of course cost probably isn't too much of an issue with most empeggers, as long as we aren't talking Ritz prices
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#293430 - 06/02/2007 20:42
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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income for London
Manchester is up north, cost of living is much lower than in London, but so are the wages.
So back to the point....what do people thing about Manchester as the place to hold this years euro meet ?
Just to be completely obvious about it, YES, please!
SWMBO & I were already hoping to manage a trip up the midlands this year, and if we can manage to coordinate with some kind of empegBBS gathering, then all the better!
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#293431 - 07/02/2007 06:56
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: g_attrill]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Travelodge have very cheap rooms if you book in advance
Travelodge pre-booking "guaranteed" rooms and then being full when you turn up owing to an over-booking policy is something that happened to me, and is a scandal that has been featured on Watchdog.
Stating, what I think is a foregone conclusion: I'm up for it!
Just a thought, most universities are keen to let bedrooms and other facilities, out of season, I don't know about Manchester, it would keep the cost down.
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#293432 - 07/02/2007 15:14
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Just to be completely obvious about it, YES, please!
Ok, lets not get narky now We need to get a feel for numbers so we can start looking for a venue, so anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?
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trip up the midlands
Careful, that's like calling you an American People in Manchester are proud to from "up t' north" of England!
Cheers
Cris.
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#293433 - 07/02/2007 18:02
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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July and August are generally bad (high airfare) for us folks in Canada.
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#293434 - 07/02/2007 18:25
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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for us folks in Canada.
Or anywhere else in the western hemisphere for that matter.
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#293435 - 07/02/2007 18:51
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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I'm thinking probably around the same time as last year. It's also a hopefully quiet period at work, we'll have either launched everything successfully or it'll have all gone tits up and I'll be out of a job, in which case I'll have loads of time to organise it all! Cris and I probably need to get our heads together before we commit to anything too serious.
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#293436 - 07/02/2007 18:59
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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old hand
Registered: 07/01/2005
Posts: 893
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Ok, lets not get narky now We need to get a feel for numbers so we can start looking for a venue, so anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?
I'm there! As long as its not the weekend of 16-17th June, anything else goes with me.
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#293437 - 08/02/2007 02:56
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Manchester sounds like a great place for the meet. And a ManU game would be great, if I don't get beat to death that is (I was rather terrified walking across town at 2am with a huge backpak the night of a home game). Regardless, I won't be staying at the hostel in the south west of town; it was a tad underequiped and the beds nearly broke my back.
September was a great time to see the UK last year, though my work didn't much like me leaving at the start of the semester. Regardless, sounds like a great time.
Guys, you've got a good thing going here. Thanks!
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#293438 - 08/02/2007 07:41
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[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Cris and I probably need to get our heads together before we commit to anything too serious.
Being a man of leisure, I'm happy to back up with a fair share of the organising.
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#293439 - 08/02/2007 08:37
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[Re: sein]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?
Before June 16 or after August 20, please :-/
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#293440 - 08/02/2007 08:42
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: julf]
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enthusiast
Registered: 29/03/2005
Posts: 364
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I will come too, allthough probably not with the car this time. Really don't care about soccer, what would be the 'ladies program'? Prefered dates: Anytime, as long as it's not 14-23 juli
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#293441 - 08/02/2007 09:37
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 02/03/2002
Posts: 134
Loc: Bendorf, Germany
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I'm thinking probably around the same time as last year.
September time frame sounds good to me. Another option for us would be between May and June.
Peter
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#293442 - 08/02/2007 13:25
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Schido]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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I will come too, allthough probably not with the car this time.
Really don't care about soccer, what would be the 'ladies program'?
Heh.. that is the ladies program in my case. I'd be dragged and quartered if we spent time in Manchester without seeing Old Trafford from the inside.
-ml
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#293443 - 08/02/2007 18:09
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[Re: Schido]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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I will come too, allthough probably not with the car this time.
I wouldn't think that you're missing anything by not bringing the car. It'll certainly be cheaper!
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#293444 - 11/02/2007 23:36
Re: European Empeg meet 2007?
[Re: Cris]
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Registered: 06/04/2005
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Loc: Seattle transplant
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We need to get a feel for numbers so we can start looking for a venue, so anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?
Cheers
Cris.
Sounds like good fun!
*If* I can make it, my vote would be for anyting other than the weeks surrounding June 16. I'll be throwing my birthday-campout bash at my property again.
Of course, you're all invited!
There's lots to see and do in Manchester- I wouldn't shy away from a ManU game or a trip to any science/industry museum.
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#293445 - 13/02/2007 02:09
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[Re: Robotic]
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The science and industry museum there is pretty nice (the parts that actually have content, that is). I spent way longer than I should have in the engine room, talking to the mechanics who keep the steam machines running. It's like Wikipedia come to life.
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#293446 - 12/03/2007 06:52
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[Re: FireFox31]
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I'm down for a meet. I can bring my hairy toes.
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#293447 - 14/03/2007 12:02
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Me and mrs lbt would be up for a get-together. However we are unbelievably not interested in football - hell, I'd rather use an iPod - and that's saying something isn't it Mr You-know-who...  Museum sounds good - not sure how parking (safely) would work... I went to school there and the place was almost as bad as Liverpool 
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#293448 - 14/03/2007 21:11
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[Re: LittleBlueThing]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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If footballers can park their Veyrons in the street without issue, I don't think you'll have a problem. Manchester has more than it's fair share of fancy cars, in fact, the only place I've seen a higher concentration is in London.
BTW: Should be having a meeting this weekend to try and sort a few things out before we post an update.
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#293449 - 15/03/2007 16:11
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 21/05/1999
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I wouldn't leave my car parked on the street in London either!
Rob
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#293450 - 15/03/2007 21:35
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[Re: rob]
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Loc: Seattle transplant
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Happy Birthday, Rob!
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#293451 - 16/03/2007 08:30
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[Re: Robotic]
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Ta! I celebrated by buying another 330Kg of lights for my rig Rob
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