<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>Or fighting off nodecopters…...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 20 Sep 2013, at 14:59, Roland Swingler <<a href="mailto:roland.swingler@gmail.com">roland.swingler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">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...?<div><br></div>
<div style="">R</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Murray Steele <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:murray.steele@gmail.com" target="_blank">murray.steele@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I write to you with terrible news. <br><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Those of us (un)lucky enough to survive the immediate collision need to be prepared for the two major after-effects of the impact:</div><div><br></div><div>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!</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can find out more about what these catastrophic impact after-effects mean for you by reading this LRUG-issued "surviving collision" pamphlet: <a href="http://lrug.org/meetings/2013/09/16/october-2013-meeting/" target="_blank">http://lrug.org/meetings/2013/09/16/october-2013-meeting/</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Personal safety will be greatly increased if you register with Skills Matter for a protective LRUG Attendance Badge (to be collected moments before impact): <a href="http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/lrug-october-2013-meeting" target="_blank">http://skillsmatter.com/event-details/home/lrug-october-2013-meeting</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Finally, it may be of some use to let your loved ones know about your potential obliteration via <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2013/lrug-october/" target="_blank">http://lanyrd.com/2013/lrug-october/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Prepare yourselves!</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Murray Steele</div><div>LRUG Director of Asteroid Impact Readiness</div></div></div>
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