most likely i'll be in edinburgh 27th, seems a shame for him to come all that way and not make the effort. so with that i'll travel down tuesday and maybe be there till about thursday/friday?

tighten up plan in next week or so i guess. still to put in for the holidays, but i have enough to take and i'm worthless as far as the company is concerned anyway

It seems Meru and I will have Saturday Sunday and Monday to discover London till Tuesday, which is when everyone else is showing up.
Any of the locals feel like doing anything that weekend?

Also any suggestions on things to do about town would be more than welcome.
I'm totally clueless about the place, but very excited to have three days just for wandering around!

Hopefully by then I'll get the hang of the SLR (which I'm getting my hands on tomorrow by the way!!!)

I so wish I were able to meet you two...

i tend to use the timeout online guide to find stuff on any time i visit london:
http://www.timeout.com/london/
- depends what you are after, but its usually a good general guide and i always find something of interest. though it tends to only really update the week before.

i mailed chris h to let him know that the signing was happening, he says he is visiting parents, stuck on dial-up so hadn't seen it, but will make his best efforts to be there as well. i also sent a message to upholstered dave, but not heard back yet.

any other obvious UK/euro folk that haven't been on board recent that we should be giving the heads up?

Thanks for the link remote. Will check out.

But mostly I'm looking for suggestions from you people who know London.
Must see places, museums, parks, venues, etc.

it'll give you all the current exhibits at the museums. i tend to check out new stuff at tate modern, tate britain, V&A. there is the science museum if you want to see some difference engines

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
I so wish I were able to meet you two...

I know! We're so fucking hot. London, watch out! Lock up your sons!

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Originally posted by remotespook:
it'll give you all the current exhibits at the museums. i tend to check out new stuff at tate modern, tate britain, V&A. there is the science museum if you want to see some difference engines

Yay and double yay!

I also hope some people are up for clubbing/bar drunkenness/wild times. I admit I'm a party girl.

Never fear Meru, Sentinel knows just the right places.

I'm considering offering my bos a deal :
He lets me have these days off (unpaid vacation), and I compensate him by accepting an equivalent number of half-paid days on the same month.

He won't be able to resist the money
(and even with a few days half-paid, I 'm still making more money than on my previous job)

I hope it works out for you, ArkanGL. I'd hate to see you miss out on this.

And you're, like, the KING of meats.

you would think he would open for some negotiation - some late nights here, half day there. something. hope it works out.


in meantime. do we know yet where the signings are? is there a requirement for tickets at any of them? need to watch that, so that no one turns up and doesn't get in.

Here's what I know :

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Tuesday, 28th August
7.00pm - Event organised by Blackwell's bookshop at The Congress Centre, London. Sponsored by SciFi London.

Wednesday, 29th August
12.30 - 2.30pm - Formal signing at Forbidden Planet
OR
5.30 - 7.30pm - Formal signing at Forbidden Planet

i would guess tickets for the tuesday one? i seem to recall that is how it worked with PR equivalent.

i'll need to remember and get a ticket for the edinburgh one as well.

Okay, I just talked to my boss and she won't give me an answer because she still has to discuss it with the language center director. Apparently, several people have requested vacations around that time and scheduling with classes is difficult.

I will ask her again on Friday. I will note that my birthday is at the end of August and I worked on my birthday last year. I am a driven woman, dammit.

yikes. good luck. at least she hasn't said no yet.

I know. I thought she'd have an answer for me by now.

Tuesday.