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Skyring ([personal profile] skyring) wrote2005-11-26 09:09 am

Kerri came and dragged me off to bed, just as I was hitting my straps.

OK, it was half past one in the morning, but still...

Looking increasingly difficult to finish. And my demon wife throws yet more demands on my time. Why oh why did we have to get married in the last week of NaNoWriMo? 22 years ago.

A fun Friday update, having a wonderful time on the forums as we all listened to BBC Shropshire online. All except elhamisabel who was able to surf but not hear, her archaic library computer unable to cope with the modern age. I got the feeling she spent most of the update screaming with frustration.

She skyped me this morning and complained about this, also solving a year old mystery. She was my Secret Santa of a year ago, buying me a copy of Mansfield Park, which arrived as a pleasant surprise but no indication of provenance beside the name of a large Australian bookchain.

I tried to pretend that it came from Annuncial, but I was quite in the dark until this morning. Thank'ee kindly, Elhamisabel!

And she inspired me to skype Sunneschi in Switzerland, so I had two very pleasant calls one after the other, and Sunneschi came up with an idea for a world trip which would force me to stop and visit her. I won't say what it is, because it is such a wonderful idea that I'm afraid that someone else will do it ahead of me, and I'm booked up until mid 2007 with themed trips.

Of which I have to write up my London Monopoly trip sharpish, so that it can be launched in Toronto next year.

Yikes! Why do I do these things to myself?

[identity profile] sunneschii.livejournal.com 2005-11-25 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
:-))

It was really lovely talking to you!:-))

I'm definitely no longer afraid of you!;-))

[identity profile] martip.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Afraid of Pete? He's a pussycat!

[identity profile] sunneschii.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe!!

But.. I have never had any contact to Pete before.. I just added him to my friends list on LJ because I knew his name. So, I thought it was a bit too much just to call!;-)

[identity profile] bookczuk.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Every time I looked at sykpe today, no one was on. I was a skype orphan.

[identity profile] sunneschii.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
I wanted to call you yesterday evening.. (you were online). After talking to Pete I was so excited and brave enough to call. But I was talking to elham, and when we fnished, you were gone!!
So, maybe another time!:-)

[identity profile] skyring.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw Bookczuk's message above and skyped her. I love talking to laughczuk, such a merry business!

When I finally meet her, I'm sure I'll be tongue-tied until we go into adjacent rooms and communicate online!

flying A380

[identity profile] wombles.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
Have you seen this Pete?

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/company/85thbirthday

I'm not clever enough to make that into a real link sorry!

Re: flying A380

[identity profile] wombles.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh a clever program that does it for me! I like that!

Re: flying A380

[identity profile] skyring.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw it, but my next Qantas flights are in April, and I'm not mad enough (or well-heeled enough) to jump on a plane and do as many trips as possible to try to compete with all the hundreds of thousands of other passengers.

Besides, the rest of my November is booked solid!

But thanks for thinking of me. It's a prize I'd dearly love to win!

John Travolta

[identity profile] wombles.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thers a comp to win a flight in an A380 with John too. More details later!

flights to be won

[identity profile] wombles.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
for 2 people on the first flight. 1 to be won from each capital city ( I know there's more then capitals but I don't make the rules!)
Which country is the A380 made in?
1902 555 770
closes 1st dec

Good luck!

Re: flights to be won

[identity profile] skyring.livejournal.com 2005-11-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I just tried this. It asks for the first digit of your postcode, which means that I'm in Sydney meaning New South Wales. If it were Canberra, then I'd have a fighting chance. But I'm in the worst possible state to win!

Lucky Tasmanians!

[identity profile] paulaplays.livejournal.com 2005-11-27 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh you reminded me I still haven't gotten around to installing skype!