Loughstock lll

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Noreen
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:16 PM

Yum, oliebolle! How about starting a new tradition at Loughstock this year, Dr Fibs? :0)

(Oliebolle are Dutch deep fried doughnuts- does the word literally mean oily balls??? Note to self- consult the Lard King.)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:20 PM

Eric, Germany is NOT part of the UK - and the question was whether I could take Limpit home with me ...

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:19 PM

Liz, little limpet doesn't need a passport, only photo ID as you are not leaving the UK if you were to take her, unless you are landing in the south.

Fibs-sounds like you should be eating oily pumkin! (I'll ask his lardship) Wot about your trip in January?

I'm hoping to finalise my arrangements very soon, but life is really hectic at the moment.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:46 PM

Eating babies, I used to do that, but my baby left me.
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:28 PM

So Leadfingers.. just you and the kit... no room for any thing else in THAT car then!

When the new legislation came in, children that were already on parental passports can travel with that parent, but not with the passport alone or a different parent. When it gets renewed, she'll have to have her own.

But what the hell, she isn't coming!!!

Incidentally, I shall be recovering from surgery 3 weeks previously (yes, I checked, I'll be alright to fly, it's not a long distance and it's not major surgery) so please be gentle with me!

LTS

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:25 PM

Oliebollen?























Doesn't sound very fattening - unless you add a lot of baby oil ...

Or do you want to tell us you are pregnant as you seem suddenly to be interested in baby clothing?

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:13 PM

...and tomorrow I'm eating (belated) oliebollen, so if that doesn't fatten me up, nothing will.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 03:22 PM

I assumed you had some dinner, that's why you are at 0.6 already ;-)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 03:11 PM

I've just eaten some soup and half a rock bun - bump me up to 0.7

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 03:08 PM

Ah - thanks for clarification - but I did not put the "some of the guys" into the number of the total, they were in the "+" ;-)

0.6: Fibula
1 : Leadfingers
3+: Skarpi + 2 band members (or 3?)
2 : Liz the Squeak + Manitas + no Limpit ;-)
1 : John Giok McKenzie
1 : Letty
2 : Peter K (Fionn) + Sorcha White Tiger
2 : Erik + Skipjack
2 : mooman + pat
1 : erinmaidin
2 : Herge + Jim the Fiddler
1 : (on popular demand:) MudGuard
--
18.6+

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 03:05 PM

That would be so they could do a culture, although when used in this context culture would seem to be a bit of a misnomer;~)
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Herge
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 02:50 PM

Herge & Jim the fiddler are the '2 guys from Haste to the Wedding!' Sorry to reduce the total!

Herge

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 11:33 AM

Indeed, John-who-is-Giok, liquid passes through the eye of a needle rather well. While the bottom was falling out of the world this Christmas, the world was falling out of my bottom. I shall spare you all the extremely gory details, except to say that when samples are called for, you suddenly realise that no one has ever taught you the best way to, er, catch one.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 11:22 AM

It is easier for a Dr Phibes to shit through the eye of a needle, than for a camel to become a rich man in the heaven of Dumigan's.
Giok ¦¬]

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:47 AM

lol! I'll be a full person again in a month's time, I hope!
Twas beam-thingy stuff I was doing in the desert Letty (if indeed beam-thingy is laser scanning). I took my "travel fiddle" with me to Libya, but alas, played it only twice as the rest of the time I was either in the toilet or under a mosquito net sleeping.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 10:34 AM

Kate, that sounds horrible! 9 days without food!

Ok, here the adapted list of participants:

0.5: Fibula
1 : Leadfingers
3+: Skarpi + 2 band members (or 3?)
2 : Liz the Squeak + Manitas + no Limpit ;-)
1 : John Giok McKenzie
1 : Letty
2 : Peter K (Fionn) + Sorcha White Tiger
2 : Erik + Skipjack
2 : mooman + pat
1 : erinmaidin
2 : Herge + Jim the Fiddler
2+: some of the guys from Haste to the Wedding
1 : (on popular demand:) MudGuard
--
18.5+

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Leadfingers
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 08:16 AM

Just a reminder - IF any one has transport problems their are several of us renting cars - I will be collecting a Fiesta at about 4pm friday from Belfast International which will only have me and my kit in it !

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Letty
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 07:54 AM

Ah, the joys of fieldwork. My colleague here was waiting all Summer to scan an inscription in a stone with some beam-thingy, which could only be done without rain. She finally got it done in October!

Mind you, my friend Laura came back from a dig on the Shetland islands with a tan a enormous biceps.

Looking forward to Portaferry (though not to the trip...)!

Love, Letty

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 06:48 AM

hello, it is I, Fibulamatic, fresh returned from the dust of the Sahara, where this Christmas I have mostly been sitting on a toilet and vomiting into a basin. Now I am back early from the cutting edge of archaeological fieldwork and am recovering and trying to put back on the weight I lost after 9 days without food. Anyway, the lovely people of the Comhaltas in Portaferry (especially my main point of contact, my mate Liam, a.k.a. the cittern player) are getting things sussed for the Saturday night, and with a bit of luck we'll all be headed to the new and refurbished Dumigans for a bit of a hoolie. Hurrah!

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 05 Jan 05 - 05:04 AM

Children can no longer travel on their parents passport. Anyway Limpit might be hatching her own escape plan.
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:09 PM

99.99% of those people in Munich wearing Lederhosen are tourists ;-)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:54 PM

Well I'm up for it.. I've never been to Munich, and I understand that the 'King of Lederhosen' has a shop there..... the thought of all those strapping Bavarians in leather ......

Nurse, the screens (and post 150!)

LTS

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Leadfingers
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:45 PM

Ok Andy - there it is - You take Limpit AND Liz back to Munich - And heaven help Munich !!

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 06:40 PM

Limpit doesn't have her own passport yet.. if she goes abroad, she has to travel with me!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:51 PM

At least she didn't suggest I take Limpit back home to Munich ... ;-)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 05:48 PM

Liz you're a sadist!
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:53 PM

You left out Mudguard... never mind, he can stay at our house and babysit Limpit!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Noreen
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:50 PM

What about MudGuard?
Isn't he going?

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:07 PM

List of Participants

1 : Fibula
1 : Leadfingers
3+: Skarpi + 2 band members (or 3?)
2 : Liz the Squeak + Manitas + no Limpit ;-)
1 : John Giok McKenzie
1 : Letty
2 : Peter K (Fionn) + Sorcha White Tiger
2 : Erik + Skipjack
2 : mooman + pat
1 : erinmaidin
2 : Herge + Jim the Fiddler
2+: some of the guys from Haste to the Wedding
--
18+

Anyone missing from that list? Or anyone from that list not coming?

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Herge
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 02:45 PM

Jim the fiddler and I have got accomodation in the Fiddler's Green - not too far to stagger home!!!!!

Herge

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 12:17 PM

They are building the fortifications even now!
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: mooman
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 12:12 PM

I hope our Dr Fibulamatic has warned the good citizens of that pretty, tranquil and unsuspecting town of our impending arrival and the inevitable impact upon local life.

Peace

Richard

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:59 AM

No, MMario, counting goes like "one, two, three, four, five", not "grumble, pout, grumble, moan, whinge" ;-)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MMario
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:55 AM

grumble, pout, grumble, moan, whinge

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Leadfingers
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:44 AM

And Counting !

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 08:21 AM

One month to go ...

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 30 Dec 04 - 11:01 AM

I can reclaim my VAT so make sure you have printed your VAT number on the invoice.:~)
Giok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Leadfingers
Date: 30 Dec 04 - 08:37 AM

And I have just booked a hire car for Friday afternoon from Belfast International so there is another vehicle available if any one has transport problems . I will have ready printed invoices for costs etc
as I am a mercenary Bastard !!

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Leadfingers
Date: 30 Dec 04 - 08:05 AM

Just over a month to go so I tought I would put this back on the page !

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 04:39 PM

Well chaps, it looks more and more like I shall be recovering from another batch of heart surgery, or waiting for the day to come.... sympathy drinks will be heartly recieved... unless it went wrong, in which case, stick one in my IV and I'll try and drool in time to the music!

LTS

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Dec 04 - 01:27 PM

Fresher

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: skarpi
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 06:10 PM

Peter i will tell the others about this ,
and you will be hearing from me on PM to you .
Okei. thats ok In Icelandic........
What I saw I like.
All the best Skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 04:57 PM

Well all of that was meant to be a PM to Skarpi, but I seem to have been pressing wrong buttons all night. Mercifully I seem to have been a bit more discreet than David Blunkett, so no great damage done.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 04:52 PM

Hi Skarpi

I just wrote you the longest PM I've ever written! But I pressed the wrong button and lost the whole lot. I hope I can remember everything....

If you like, I can hire a car and transport you everywhere you need to go in Northern Ireland, including meeting you at the airport on Thursday night and getting you back there on Monday morning. Also trips to wherever your friend lives. (I know my way round Belfast pretty well.) The total cost to you guys would be £25 each, which would go towards cost of car hire. This is less than you would pay in bus fares during your stay, and would save you a lot of hassle.

Also I am fairly sure I can borrow a friend's house, just a few miles from the airport, where we could all stay on Thursday night if you like. I could then take you to meet your friend in Belfast on Friday morning, and pick you up again when you want to set off for Portaferry. If you did not mind waiting until 1500 before leaving for Portaferry, that would be perfect, as my daughter would be out of school and we might be able to squeeze her into the car on the same trip.

On Sunday night, you could stay at the self-catering house I have booked. Five of us are staying there on Friday and Saturday, but on Sunday night it is only MudGuard and me, so far. The cost to you would be £9 each. OR, it might be better to stay at my friend's house again, as that is much nearer to the airport. We could decide about Sunday night later, when I know for sure whether we can borrow the house. The cost for using the house, if available, would be a bottle of some suitable Icelandic concoction for the house owner (is there something called Brinnivin?)

By the way, the best music day at Portaferry will be Saturday. Most people are leaving on Sunday, and you might like to go to a session in Belfast that day (it starts about 1600). That might suit your Belfast friend, and maybe Skipjack8 (Greg) and MudGuard would like that, as they are staying in Northern Ireland till Monday (Greg will also have a hire car).

Let me know what you think, and also let me know if you have any questions.

Best wishes ~ Peter Kirker [also known as "Peter K (Fionn)"]

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: MudGuard
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 05:02 AM

Fib's Loughstock page has not been mentioned in this thread, so here it is: http://loughstock.co.uk/

(all the information about the cottages/B&Bs should be gathered and put up there - so it will be easily available for Loughstock IV)

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: skarpi
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 03:21 PM

Halló all . we are coming to Belfast International on the 3th
about 23:00 at night time so we have to get us a bed In Belfast and we have know idea where to go yet,
and go to Portaferry on Friday the 4th. I have a friend that i will meet In Belfast and stay with for a while and we might? even play a little there but we don´t know about that yet.
Same on Sunday we have to get a bed until monday morning
we are leaving to London 08:45 and will be there at 10:05
at Stansted airport and we are going to Iceland around 19:00 In the
Mondaynight so we are going to London for about 5-6 hours.
So this is our programm over that weekend.
All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Herge
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 02:46 PM

I'm going down on Sat afternoon if anyone needs a lift from the Belfast direction.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 01:58 PM

Dr Fibs girl transport consultant yaaaaay
Well done Kate ;~)
GIok

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 12:57 PM

Eric - YOU HAVE A LIFT!
If you can get from International Airport to Belfast we can definitely pick you up in Belfast. That's a definite! If you're flying into City Airport, we can definitely pick you up there.

Subject: RE: Loughstock lll
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 08 Dec 04 - 11:31 AM

Eric- it's definitely International Aiport and not City Airport? If there's any way you can get from International Airport to the bus station in Belfast then I will do my damndest to get you down the peninsula. If it's City Airport I can probably get you straight from there, no problem at all.