FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

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FMUK Get Together - 20 April 2013

Yes - Eating and drinking
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50%
Yes - Just drinking
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10%
Yes - just to meet and chat!
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Yes - Eating and drinking, with plus one
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Yes - Just drinking, with plus one
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Yes - just to meet and chat, with plus one
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#541 Post by yogi » Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:36 pm

jeanelle wrote:FMUKCON 2013 was a stonkin' success. Huge thanks to the wonderful pxc and Diane for all the organising. Better start planning the next one!
Here, here. Thank you from me as well for all the organising, me and OH had a great time as I'm sure everyone else did.

Great to put faces to names, met some wonderful people, apologies to people I didn't get to or only spoke fleetingly to, catch u at FMUKCON 2014! :D

Many thank you to whoever brought the Paul t-shirt it fits like a charm, hope someone is enjoying the Proposal purse I brought, it didn't match any of my outfits! :P

I took a few pictures and I will forward them if anyone PMs me.

Please copy me in if anyone else sends pics around.

Thanks again all for a fab day o/
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#542 Post by asamaic » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:05 pm

Lovely to meet so many of you! o/ Many thanks to pxc, Diane65 and jeanelle for organising.

I think "That was a smashing film, that was!" should be next year's tagline. ;)

Shame there was just a hat competition, if there had been one for t-shirts, cliveas would have won hands down. ;) :p
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#543 Post by the fox » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:12 pm

Thanks everyone for a really good day topped off with brilliant weather too. It was nice to meet everyone despite most of you thinking i should be male by my name, I'm now seriously thinking of changing it to Vixsen. Jeanelle I still can't believe that it took me until the end of the day to realise you weren't part of the Manchester gang. A special thanks you to Diane and PXC for organising it, Andrews for buddying up with our trains etc and Steve who kindly allowed me to use his OHs Art Pass. Can't wait until the next one.

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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#544 Post by prettyxcool » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:54 pm

Thank you everyone for coming to the FMUKCON, I was indeed impressed that so many people turned up! Thank you also to everyone who brought things for swaps and lucky dips and entered the comps. And thank you akh43 for the lovely chocs, steve for the FMUK badges, and c_t and rawr_xoxo for the World Book Night books. Thank you to jeanelle for the wonderful IDs glasses, June, livi92, ejwrank and MrG on the lucky dip, swap shop and hat and fancy dress comps, and everyone who helped make this fabulous event run smoothly, . And if I have forgotten anyone please let me know.

Everyone is so very nice and amazing, as expected! It was good to meet you all, and your OHs and lovely baby Knight N . I had a lot of fun meeting and chatting to everyone, so much so, that I forgot to take the many photos that I normally do. Please pm me your photos, I would love to see them.

We should definitely have another one next year! ;)

And what glorious weather we had today, for the out of towners, to enjoy their touristy things as well.

10/10 even if I say so myself! o/ :D :D
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#545 Post by eumenides » Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:11 pm

Lovely to meet you all and sincere apologies to anyone I was not able to chat to. I had wanted to thank steve9872 personally for all the IT help but got distracted being a chatterbox. Sorry!
Will have to work on my fancy dress skills for FMUKCON 2014. Thanks to all who made the meet up possible and such a success.
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#546 Post by Sunny Saver » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:09 pm

prettyxcool wrote:lovely baby Knight N .
NO WAY!! More gutted than when Arsenal lost the Champions League Final to Barcelona that I missed baby Knight N... :noo:

Oh, and it sounds as if I missed a good film too, but as we say 'there's always next season, I mean meet'.

Sounds as if you all had a lovely time. Hope you all took lots of photos.
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#547 Post by Diane65 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:50 pm

Thank you all so so much for making today such a success from start to finish o/ It was lovely to meet up again with lots of old friends plus lovely to meet so many new ones. Enjoyed our sightseeing before and after the event and have finally got my Red Velvet cupcake from Hummingbird bakery which I can't wait to eat. 10/10 to everyone for today and roll on FMUKON 2014.

We've already got ideas for next year ;)
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#548 Post by steve9872 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:50 pm

Well, I made it back safely.

I'd like to thank everyone for a wonderful day and Jeanelle for my card. PXC can set a brisk walking pace, but if I knew where we were going and wasn't carrying so much, I could have left her for dust. :D I'm still staring at my cup cake wondering when I should eat it. I'm thinking tomorrow as its rather late now.

It was nice to meet so many people and I think there was talk of the next one being in Manchester so that the Scottish contingent stands a chance of coming. It will be nice to meet them also.
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#549 Post by cinefila1 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:54 pm

Beate wrote:
cinefila1 wrote:Pity I missed all the action but managed to catch up with Beate as I was going up the escalator at St Paul's. Glad everybody had a great time!
Yes it was a slightly surreal meeting on the St Paul's tube escalators. I pressed my remaining books on her, LOL.
Books are always welcome! Plus, I knew refusing the offer was probably not an option. ;)
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Re: FMUKCON - Saturday, 20 April 2013 - London

#550 Post by McG » Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:04 pm

steve9872 wrote:Well, I made it back safely.

I'd like to thank everyone for a wonderful day and Jeanelle for my card. PXC can set a brisk walking pace, but if I knew where we were going and wasn't carrying so much, I could have left her for dust. :D I'm still staring at my cup cake wondering when I should eat it. I'm thinking tomorrow as its rather late now.

It was nice to meet so many people and I think there was talk of the next one being in Manchester so that the Scottish contingent stands a chance of coming. It will be nice to meet them also.
o/ Sounds like a great idea!
I am really pleased that you all had a great day but wish I could have been there . . . maybe next time in Manchester! :cross:
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