[LRUG] Meeting details for October

Roland Swingler roland.swingler at gmail.com
Fri Sep 20 06:59:26 PDT 2013


You didn't mention the pub afterwards! Is this because we'll be too busy
searching for tins of spam and a shotgun to survive the days ahead to worry
about having a sociable beer + chat...?

R


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I write to you with terrible news.
>
> Scientists have observed a massive asteroid on collision course with
> London.  They have called it "The October LRUG meeting" and predict that it
> will come crashing down to earth on Monday 14th October at 6:30pm.  It'll
> land almost exactly on top of the Skills Matter office on Goswell Road in
> London.
>
> Those of us (un)lucky enough to survive the immediate collision need to be
> prepared for the two major after-effects of the impact:
>
> The first after-effect, known in asteroidology circles as the "Drew Neil",
> will result in huge clouds of "Modelling state machines with Ragel" dust,
> so do ready your breathing appartus!
>
> The second after-effect, "Olly Legg", will cause the ejecta thrown up by
> the impact to land in the "Enumerators in Ruby" pattern.  Appropriate
> headwear should be sought out.
>
> You can find out more about what these catastrophic impact after-effects
> mean for you by reading this LRUG-issued "surviving collision" pamphlet:
> http://lrug.org/meetings/2013/09/16/october-2013-meeting/
>
> Personal safety will be greatly increased if you register with Skills
> Matter for a protective LRUG Attendance Badge (to be collected moments
> before impact):
> http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/lrug-october-2013-meeting
>
> Finally, it may be of some use to let your loved ones know about your
> potential obliteration via http://lanyrd.com/2013/lrug-october/
>
> Prepare yourselves!
>
> --
> Murray Steele
> LRUG Director of Asteroid Impact Readiness
>
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