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Browncoat Bar and Grill - Less Than Two Months To Go...

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:09 PM

BRIGLAD


Slow in here today....

Barkeep, some after dinner munchies please. Two hours after my steak and I'm hungry again...




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Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:30 PM

BLACK12AKYTCA


Bump!

-taps tex's shoulder-

pssst. Willing to take a target for $40? My mom's ramping up the bitchy scale up to unbelievable levels..

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:41 PM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"


Oh Zero! I cannot believe I am not going to make it this year!! You'll be there and it would have been my big opportunity to meet up with you!

I will just have to pull out all stops to be there next year!! You will love it, by the way! There is nothing to be nervous about... except being glomped a lot! I loved my first time in 2007, it's like this huge reunion with people you've never stood in the same room as before!! I will never, ever forget being glomped by Rose in the foyer of the Hyatt that first afternoon!

The guests, the panels, the stuff that is all advertised is all wonderful, but it's the online friends that make D*C so special! I love my browncoat family so much! I have friends who are more like sisters and brothers to me whom I met on this very board! Heck! I first met my man on Fireflyfans!!!

Talking of whom, he is in the next room so I had better stop being antisocial - order a Baileys over icecream to go, and spend some quality time with my 'Naughtyman'!!


CPT Magda Martin, CO of Golf Co. (Europe)
www.myspace.com/lady_magdalena
www.crazypurplewombat.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=603506986
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magdalena67/

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:02 PM

BRIGLAD


Expect a Glomp next weekend at the NEB Shindig....


B


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Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:02 PM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by magdalena:
(Lots of text here)


I know, it really does suck, I was looking forward to meeting you. It's not so much the actual going there that I'm nervous about, cause I've had quite a head start getting to know the people that I'm rooming with, so much so that according to Navy my shut ups are starting to sound a bit scottish. It's just more actually going, like flying and all that. I've never flown before or traveled alone, so that's what I'm pretty nervous about.

And speaking of D*C I got the progress report in the mail today, it's awesome.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:52 PM

FREELANCERTEX


Quote:

Originally posted by Black12Akytca: -taps tex's shoulder-

pssst. Willing to take a target for $40? My mom's ramping up the bitchy scale up to unbelievable levels..


*turns away from counter* what? someone say target? huh?

mmmmmm the bitchy scale, a time-honored, favorite device of mothers everywhere.

barkeep, some late night (or early morning, technically) eats please. i came home from the party and now i'm not tired ><;;


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Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:13 AM

STINKINGROSE


$40 won't get you a papercut, better learn to cope until your majority.

Magda! I didn't know you were in town! I never find out you're on this side of the pond until weeks after you aren't. I'll be camping in the Adirondacks with the family, or having boychild's 10th birthday party.. I'm not sure which weekend is being referred to..

So I will miss you again. Poo.

(I need a pouty-sulky emoticon.)

Some day we will meet again.

Barkeep! Oh nevermind, it's early, I'll just get it meownself.

(Hops bar and pours enormous Irish Coffee with extra whipped cream to fortify for a day of picking black raspberries, possibly with small children involved, and a dinner at the aunt's next door for the aunt and uncle leaving for home (Netherlands) with dad and the other two aunts in attendance. This is either going to be rollicking fun or a bash my head on the wall day.)

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Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:54 AM

BRIGLAD


Mags is gonna be in NH at the New England Browncoats shindig on the 18th... Not an unreasonable distance from the Adirondacks...

B


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Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:52 AM

STINKINGROSE


Spending weekend camping with husband and child. Period. Family time just after actual birthday. No exceptions.

sigh

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Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:14 AM

MSA


HUGS Rosie we will have to coordinate one of these times and all get together... wow brave woman to combine small children and black berries....

HUGS and HUGS and HUGS Magda

Zero sweety will it make you less nervous if you concentrate on me plotting?? It'll be fun I promise. As for the shut up, one of my fondest memories from my first D*C ( '07 like Magda) is of all of us piled in a room and ABMichael insisting we could keep talking as it wasn't bothering Navy and all of a sudden Navy's head lifts about 3 inches off the bed and without opening an eye or moving a muscle ( except his mouth) he says " SHUT IT" and then drops his head down and goes right back to sleep...still makes me giggle

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Sunday, July 12, 2009 5:27 AM

AVERYFINECOMPANION


Mmmmm day old Chinese food for FTW!!!


Why are we killing our own mothers again? It's like a soap opera with a cliffhanger.





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Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:18 AM

BLACK12AKYTCA


Because she's blaming me for something that I didn't even really do, and thus being a very rude bitch (and being hypocritical too, which boils my blood )

Well, I haven't actually seen any, but wouldn't there have to be more chars involved? Like, me killing mom because she's cheating on my bf or something equally creepy/weird like that? o.O

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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Sunday, July 12, 2009 2:40 PM

MSA


define didn't even really do.... it's kinda black and white either you did or didn't do it

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 3:17 AM

KELKHIL


Quote:

Originally posted by averyfinecompanion:

Why are we killing our own mothers again? It's like a soap opera with a cliffhanger.







Um yeah what she said!

LAME!

<.<

>.>

[lurk]

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Monday, July 13, 2009 6:19 AM

MSA


HUGS Kelkhil...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 6:40 AM

KELKHIL


(returns Hug)

Hope all is well with you and NVG Lassy!

[lurk]

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Monday, July 13, 2009 6:54 AM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
(Stuff about plotting and a long story go here)



No, it does not... Heh, yeah, I've heard that story. I can actually see him doing that.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Monday, July 13, 2009 7:14 AM

BLACK12AKYTCA


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
define didn't even really do.... it's kinda black and white either you did or didn't do it



Well, apparently she was expecting me to remind her that she has this dress out on the clothes line (which she never told me to do, and I thought she would be able to remember about it since her memory's much more reliable than mine), and then it got ruined because a storm blew in and apparently made a bunch of rips in it, so now she's blaming ME for her dress >.<

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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Monday, July 13, 2009 7:44 AM

MSA


We're good Kelkhil... though since NVG just played major paintball yesterday and blew out his knee and I'm all gianormous... It' kinda funny watching us get off the sofa

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 10:07 AM

FREELANCERTEX


*glomps Kel before he can leave again*

Quote:

Originally posted by Briglad: Mags is gonna be in NH at the New England Browncoats shindig on the 18th... Not an unreasonable distance from the Adirondacks...

WHAT NE BROWNCOATS SHINDIG?????????????

barkeep, afternoon snack pleeeease ^_^


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Monday, July 13, 2009 10:26 AM

BRIGLAD


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:

WHAT NE BROWNCOATS SHINDIG?????????????




The one that happens every third Saturday in Concord NH.

Mags will be there this month. Steamer is a regular attendee as well as Rallem.

I usually ride with Rallem.

details and directions are at this url

http://www.nebrowncoats.com/



Brian


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Monday, July 13, 2009 12:26 PM

FREELANCERTEX


well hot damn. how far is concord from manchester...?


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Monday, July 13, 2009 12:57 PM

BRIGLAD


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
well hot damn. how far is concord from manchester...?





About 25 minutes north....


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Monday, July 13, 2009 2:35 PM

FREELANCERTEX


coolio. *doesnt live in NH* wish i'd known about it sooner :\


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Monday, July 13, 2009 3:12 PM

BLACK12AKYTCA


*is insanely jealous*

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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Monday, July 13, 2009 4:00 PM

BRIGLAD


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
coolio. *doesnt live in NH* wish i'd known about it sooner :\




Always next month....


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Monday, July 13, 2009 4:03 PM

FREELANCERTEX


^_^ true. *snoopydance*

barkeep, late night snack before i retire. eeearly day for me tomorrow ><;; ick. boring, but i need the money.


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:19 AM

STINKINGROSE


Quote:
Um yeah what she said!

LAME!

<.<

>.>

[lurk]


End Quote.


KEL!!! You have channeled the Mistress!! I thought it was herself until I looked at the byline1

CONGRATULATIONS GRASSHOPPER(or other demeaning insect name She may use.)!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:51 AM

MSA


I miss HK... when we start a new thread I think " Missing Hell's Kitten" would be a good title.

Of course I miss a lot of things right now... my feet, my waistline, the ability to bend over, sleep....

HUGS Rosie. How was boychilds deal??

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:08 AM

GEE


I'm not dead!

*wanders into the corner to do maths*

Any donations of tea gratefully received!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:31 AM

WAKEUPSOON


[ / lurk]

((*Brews up for gee*))

I feel like I died. Been helping at a primary school for the past 2 weeks. In year one .. 5/6 year olds. Whyyyy? Today I had to deal with: 1 bully, 1 fight, 4 pushings over, 3 two-faced Reception girls (they were 4 & 5!) and a nose bleed; all within a 20 minute slot.

I need a drink.

((*Makes a jug of Pimms for anyone who wants to share*))

I'm going to go curl up in ball now.

[ lurk ]

~WuS
This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:16 AM

MSA


HUGS Gee... so good to see you sweety...how are you doing?

LOL WuS welcome to my world ( well the shallow end anyway.. it can get loads worse:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:35 AM

GEE


I'm alright MsA but been crazy @ work, I'm drowning in maths but I do have a week of holiday coming up and me and other half are off to a holiday cottage for a week then staying at her sis' place for the weekend so away a lot, which is going to be great as long as I don't have to take too much maths work so better get on.

I'll be back later, random thought, I wish I could do or type the laugh from ZZ Top's la grange

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:50 AM

MSA


HUGS that's great... hopefully you won't have to take much work on holiday as that would be sad

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:32 AM

WAKEUPSOON


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
LOL WuS welcome to my world ( well the shallow end anyway.. it can get loads worse:)

Worse? That's worrying since I've recently decided to make it MY world too .. I've spent the last decade adamant that I wouldn't be a teacher, and then last month I got to thinking, && I've now decided to teach Key Stage 2 (Ages 7 - 11). My main reason (other than the fact I've realised that I would enjoy teaching, and I've tutored before and been good at it, and I'm good with kids) is that my chosen profession is one of the hardest industries in the world to do well in .. Music Production. I'd end up living on the street purely because its impossible to get the right experience for it anywhere! Oh, and I've chosen Key Stage 2 because I always end up wanting to throttle the Key Stage 1 kids (4 - 7) ...

~WuS
This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:37 AM

ZEROKIRYU


51 days!

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:39 AM

ROXYFREEFALL

Woman, you are completely off your nut.


Quote:

Originally posted by zerokiryu:
51 days!

Woooo, it's getting so close. So excited to see you all!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


DFTBA ^^

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:45 AM

ZEROKIRYU


Does anyone know what night the shindig is yet?

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:54 PM

FREELANCERTEX


barkeep, today, was a very. very long day. i'm almost ashamed to get paid for it ><;; sumthin to unwind with please?

how was everyone's tuesday?

what shindig?


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:33 PM

NAVYSEILS


He's on about the browncoats shindig at Dragon*con.Which I believe is on a Saturday usually.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:06 PM

MSA


Pretty sure it's Saturday....sooo excited

HUGS WuS well I've been a teacher for 10 years and my specialty is training teachers and dealing with kids with serious behavior issues so feel free to pm me for advice or help.. it's hard as hell, but it's the best job in the whole world.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:19 PM

FREELANCERTEX


luckeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee have fun for me .-.

barkeep, evening after-dinner snack please ^_^


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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:46 PM

BLACK12AKYTCA


-hands tex pancakes and root beer before grabbing a root beer for herself-

News for the day: I have apparently fallen in love with German metal (first Rammstein, now E Nomine), which kinda surprises me but then again I'm full of surprises

Tip of the day: Putting half a cup of brown sugar into pancakes makes them TEH AWESOMENESS! They don't even need syrup, really (and this is coming from someone who slathers pancakes in syrup as a matter of course)..

Lesson of the day: Brown sugar is just plain awesome, it even tastes better than white sugar by itself (took some brown sugar instead of plain old white for my hiccups earlier )

Okayies, I think we're covered!

(I'm ing so much because dad finally went grocery shopping! WE HAVE FOOD IN THE HOUSE NOW YAYYY!!!)

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:04 PM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
Pretty sure it's Saturday....sooo excited


Ah, cool, and same here.

it's just gonna be awesome, words can't describe how excited I am.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:48 AM

MSA


You better be excited Zero.. also if you have jam preferences you need to email or message me as I am getting the grocery list together for the party:)



To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:43 AM

WAKEUPSOON


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
HUGS WuS well I've been a teacher for 10 years and my specialty is training teachers and dealing with kids with serious behavior issues so feel free to pm me for advice or help.. it's hard as hell, but it's the best job in the whole world.

Ta MsA! That's very kind of you, && I'll keep that in mind.

Hope everyone's enjoying their week so far! We have way too much food in the house as Mum bought her usual amount in TESCO yesterday, && then remembered there are only 3 people in our house whereas at one point there were 6 ...

((*prepares buffet for the Bar and Grill*))

~WuS
This is not my signature, I have to write this every time I post.
Smile && Nod, it makes it seem like you know what's going on.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:01 AM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
You better be excited Zero.. also if you have jam preferences you need to email or message me as I am getting the grocery list together for the party:)


Nah, no preference. Just regular toast for me, don't need any of those fancy jams.

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:12 AM

MSA


Anytime WuS:)

HUGS Zero

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:23 PM

FREELANCERTEX


Quote:

Originally posted by Black12Akytca:
-hands tex pancakes and root beer before grabbing a root beer for herself-

News for the day: I have apparently fallen in love with German metal (first Rammstein, now E Nomine), which kinda surprises me but then again I'm full of surprises


aw theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenks ^_^

haaaaaaaaaaa, Rammstein, yes. i'm surprised it's taken you this long to find them, but i'm glad you have. which songs/album have u heard?

and the reason brown sugar tastes better is cuz its less refined *loves it*

barkeep, some dinner eats please.

tomorrow's friday.


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Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:10 PM

BLACK12AKYTCA


Well, it *hasn't* really (I found them a while ago and then got distracted by another band..), and I've listened to Du Hast, Engel, and Reise Reise (sure there were others but those are the three songs I remember :D)

Squee, another brown sugar lover! Nice to know I'm not alone ^.^

you know, I would totally do this-
http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/09/15/coffee-cover-up/
.... and this!
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=381
Both are awesome webcomics, and I would higly recommend reading both of them ^.^

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