Llamasoft Jolly / RV5.25 Oxford - 21/10/06 PIX

[Istar]

shit dude which guy were you??

Guy with the hat, facefuzz, glasses - propping up the bar with Yak and Giles when you first started marauding people with the marker-pen.

Though the hat was on the bar, so that might be less of a clue than it could be.

[PinkFearie]

shit dude which guy were you??

Guy with the hat, facefuzz, glasses - propping up the bar with Yak and Giles when you first started marauding people with the marker-pen.

Though the hat was on the bar, so that might be less of a clue than it could be.

erm nice smiley face brown beardness?
if yes i remeber you,


does anyone else feel all empty now theyre back home and rv is over till next year? bit miserable now

[piku]

excellant pics everyone but could i please ask for names to faces?
for those of us who were unable to make it

That'd help us that were there too.

For instance... who was it in the Nanford who had the nice Jag, the blue car that was parked outside the kitchen window, and the person who wasn't Illogikill but who also got drawn on and who was helping to direct us out of the Nanford's carpark?

I really shouldn't try complex reversing first thing in the morning! Then again, it was nothing compared to the M1. 3 hours of watching the spray bounce off my windscreen, staring at the red lights of the cars in front. Joy.

[Bog]

Ishtar's the one who tends to look slight more... "together"... than most of us. If you trimmed his beard a smidge and put him in a suit, he'd look Absolutely Normal and Perfectly Trustworthy.

This is why he will be our stealthy insurgent in the ongoing campaign to get people having fun and enjoying their lives again

Issy, I didn't get to spend nearly as much time with you as I wanted this weekend. Come to that, I didn't get to spend nearly as much time with any of you as I wanted.

It's absolutely true to say - there are no strangers here. Just friends we may not have met yet.

I fucking love you lot. You rock.

Like Jeff said, it's great to nail the booze-curve and just cruise down the line to being splendidly sozzled when it's time to go home, without actually over-indulging. I've been startlingly compos mentis all day (due to last-minute babysitting duties, I couldn't make it to the roast, which sucked ass as it's always fantastic to see you lot).

Another "Hooraw!" for Markie from here, and I'd apologise for the last-minute face-licking frenzy, but you were all egging me on so you've only got yourselves to blame

[Yak]

excellant pics everyone but could i please ask for names to faces?
for those of us who were unable to make it

That'd help us that were there too.

For instance... who was it in the Nanford who had the nice Jag, the blue car that was parked outside the kitchen window, and the person who wasn't Illogikill but who also got drawn on and who was helping to direct us out of the Nanford's carpark?

I really shouldn't try complex reversing first thing in the morning! Then again, it was nothing compared to the M1. 3 hours of watching the spray bounce off my windscreen, staring at the red lights of the cars in front. Joy.

That's why we told Uncle GPS to take us a non-motorway route. Sure it probably took longer but it was quite pretty despite the rain, and not that odd combination of white-knuckle tension and flat boredom that is driving on the motorway in rain. Definitely recommend pointing GPSes at the old A-roads once in a while, it does you good .

[RiK]

oh shit met rik as well

nice man tight tushy!

[Istar]

Ishtar's the one who tends to look slight more... "together"... than most of us. If you trimmed his beard a smidge and put him in a suit, he'd look Absolutely Normal and Perfectly Trustworthy.

funny enough I had an appointment for The Trimming last week and had to cancel, so it's tomorrow now. And the suit is for weekdays only - mild-mannered business software developer during the week, beer-fuelled games-coder and tech-geek at the weekend.

[Mayhem]

the blue car that was parked outside the kitchen window

That was probably mine. Positioned because I figured I'd be the last to leave on Sunday (which was true, cos all the other cars had gone by the time I returned from Sunday lunch!)

And yes, reversing out of the "car park" was interesting... fortunately the rain hadn't really started by the time I left. It was in full flow by the time I hit the M40 however...

[piku]

I really shouldn't try complex reversing first thing in the morning! Then again, it was nothing compared to the M1. 3 hours of watching the spray bounce off my windscreen, staring at the red lights of the cars in front. Joy.

That's why we told Uncle GPS to take us a non-motorway route. Sure it probably took longer but it was quite pretty despite the rain, and not that odd combination of white-knuckle tension and flat boredom that is driving on the motorway in rain. Definitely recommend pointing GPSes at the old A-roads once in a while, it does you good .

Uncle GPS will be purchased at some point in the not too distant future. Getting lost is just so irritating - going past a junction saying "I think I should have gone down there... arses!" is getting old.

I don't get the white-knuckle tension, I cruise right through that into flat boredom and frustration as people slam their brakes on randomly.

GPS will be nice. I like the concept of a "take me home" button

[Bog]

mild-mannered business software developer during the week, beer-fuelled games-coder and tech-geek at the weekend.

I was talking with Sue, MadHippo and Kate about that this evening, the fact that we operate "Under the Noise, Over the Radar" to quote NTK. Hell, I can impersonate a 'dane just fine for as long as it takes for me to get the damn animation gig I want

Thing is, you bring your fire to your business software dev stuff. The people commissioning it don't think they want it - hell, they'd run a mile at the notion! But they do need that fire.

And so, we stealth ourselves because it's only the meatsock and that's not the important part of our selves. The important bit lives between our ears and about two inches behind our eyes.

And thanks to that lovely, lovely day and evening, I'm going to be wearing a very satisfied and happy smile for the next month, two inches behind my eyes. When I'm working places that I can let it out, I'll be proud to grin on the outside, too.

Ahhh, and the look on Yak's face when the whole basement roared "MINTER, YOU CUNT!"

You can't buy that

[Yak]

that was a magic moment indeed . I'd've never thought that one day I'd feel so happy at a barful of people all calling me a cunt at once but there you go .

Top times . And cheers to Markie for making it all happen again ... been too long .

[juice]

T'was a fun weekend - if somewhat marred by the travel (and my own muppettry!) [*]!

I had a quick blast on Tempest 2k, but most of my time was spent wandering backwards and forwards while randomly chatting to people about various things. Which, after all, is the point of the entire affair

Thanks once again to Markie and co for making it all happen - and to the people in the pub. The look of disbelief on the landlady's face when she discovered how much beer we'd drunk was priceless

Anyhoo: pics n vids.

Photos:
http://www.caffeinated.org.uk/photos/Retrovision525

Vidz:
A quick look around the downstairs bar
Curry time!
Spoongod getting prodded

[*] Ipswich to Oxford should be about 2 hours - however, getting to Oxford took 5 hours as various roads were shut due to traffic accidents, and the return trip took nearly 4, due to the truely awful weather. As a bonus, I kinda pranged someone else's car door when attempting to park up at a services on the M25. I suspect it's going to be an expensive mistake! Still, tis a useful reminder to not rush things, especially if you're feeling somewhat cabbaged after driving through pouring rain and car-spray for over an hour...

[Matrixxx]

.....I don't know whether to hug you or blow you out an airlock for that

How about blow me and hug the airlock

[Bog]

.....I don't know whether to hug you or blow you out an airlock for that

How about blow me and hug the airlock

You're a sick man. I admire that.

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

That's a bloody posh Subway! - Look at them seats!