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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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8 Years ago (or so) there was a Ship of Fools Duck Meet. Rather a lot has happened in 8 years and I decided it would be a good time to organise another one, now that we are all older, wiser, etc...
The duck tour is a unique tour of London on an amphibious vehicle, and rather fun. We will be bringing rubber ducks. Duck Tour London Site
We are booking for the 1.30 Tour on Friday 3rd August and will be having a picnic on the southbank first if the weather isn't too atrocious. Yes it is over the Olympics but we won't be near the main traffic and more importantly this is the only day we can do!
Tickets can be purchased from above site. I won't be booking a group ticket this time, so first come first serve - there are currently tickets available, but they do book up.
So book a ticket, take a day off work and bring a duck...
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Smudgie
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Do you really think we're all that quackers? It was an amazing day out last time- just try keeping me and the Smudgelet away from it this time. Count us in (and I'll worry about getting the time off work later!)
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Excellent CK We're now booked! Half the seats on the boat are left...
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Niminypiminy
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Ooh, I'd love to come. I'd have to bring the two small niminies -- are other people bringing children? Will have also to think about the practicalities as the eldest niminy isn't at all good with groups of new people...
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Emma Louise
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It's not officially recommended for under 3s I think, but I will have a 3 1/2 year old and a baby (will probably have baby in sling). Smudgie will have a teenager in tow.
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Welease Woderwick
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Knowing Smudgelet he may well be towing Smudgie!
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Niminypiminy
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Well, if the Smudgelet won't mind elder niminy being adoring (he loves teenagers) I think we may be in! Will cross fingers there are still tickets left when I get paid later this week.
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Pants
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How bizarre, Alien and I will be on Duck tour (that I can't afford) on that very same day and time (just as well I've managed to wangle free accommodation while in the vicinity!).
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Welease Woderwick
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I reckon that if I'd waited to afford things before doing them I'd have missed an awful lot in life!
Have fun on the DUKW - we did a tour of Singapore like that and it was magic!
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Yay!
WW - We did a Singapore tour but it was just the airport freebe one. I remember seeing a duck tour when I was either in Vancouver or Seattle (I know, I know I really should know the difference) and now I'm thinking I want to see how many duck tours I can get on...
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Auntie Doris
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*wails* I want to come!
It was such fun last time!
(as an advance warning PaulW and I may be in London for a brief visit in September - we will let you know dates so you can all keep your time free to see us.)
Auntie Doris x
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Wow, AD - was that when I first met you? There was quite a few of us, wasn't there? Who else was there? Distant life...
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Curiosity killed ...
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ken, Tree Bee, fabula rasa, Tractor Girl + offspring, me, ** Leon ***? Yangtze, Marvin? Smudgie, Emma, Auntie Doris - that's 12 if I've got them all right - was rosamundi there? And those poor three people who weren't part of the Ship, who didn't quite know what hit them. Somewhere there are photos - but they're not on Auntie Doris' or Marvin's or ken's or rosamundi's Flickr streams that I can find. And I'm not guilty of that one.
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Deputy Verger
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The link needs editing. It goes http://http//www.flickr... etc or somethng like that. It's mucked up at the front end.
I'm keen. Just hesitant because of doing a touristy thing during the actual games. I can get there easily on foot but I would be concerned that more distant folk will struggle.
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Zoey
Broken idealist
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quote: flickr photos of the Duck Meet 2006
Stevie Boy Wonder!! Whatever happened to him? (I never met him in person, but remember him posting a couple of thousand posts in not a very long period of time - after which he seems to have disappeared.)
ETA - I fixed the link (I think). [ 27. June 2012, 20:30: Message edited by: Zoey ]
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Tina
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quote: Originally posted by Zoey: quote: flickr photos of the Duck Meet 2006
Stevie Boy Wonder!! Whatever happened to him? (I never met him in person, but remember him posting a couple of thousand posts in not a very long period of time - after which he seems to have disappeared.)
My little bruv Real Life moved on for him I think! He's still living in Brum, now married and working with teenagers
Spike and I would love to come to this Duck Meet - we were too late to get tickets for the last one but joined y'all for lunch afterwards - however we're hopefully moving house that weekend so it may be tricksy. We'll work on it ...
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Smudgie
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[tangent] How long have I been here? And I can't spot a stupid mistake in my use of instant UBB coding when a link doesn't work in preview post? I should be taken out and doused under a cold water tap until my brain decobwebs!!! [/tangent]
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Welease Woderwick
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[continuing tangent]Could we wait that long?[/continuing tangent]
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Pants
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rosamundi was there too (well she's in the pics anyway!). And a little looking Smudgelet!
And eyeliner / persephone hazard! [ 29. June 2012, 11:08: Message edited by: Pants ]
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I was also struck by how little Smudgelet looked in those photos - a lot littler than the fair-sized guy I met back in May - but he's still a charmer.
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balaam
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quote: Originally posted by Tina: quote: Originally posted by Zoey: Stevie Boy Wonder!! Whatever happened to him?
My little bruv Real Life moved on for him I think! He's still living in Brum,
If he wants to be reacquainted with shippies there is a Brum meet coming up.
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Gill H
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Sadly I will be working ... don't think I could tell my boss I had to go to a Duck Tours appointment amd hope he misheard ...!
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Uncle Pete
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quote: Originally posted by Niminypiminy: Well, if the Smudgelet won't mind elder niminy being adoring (he loves teenagers) I think we may be in! Will cross fingers there are still tickets left when I get paid later this week.
Smudgelet is quite used to being adored, actually. He's good with littles too. Unless teenageritis has set in.
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Smudgie
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: I was also struck by how little Smudgelet looked in those photos - a lot littler than the fair-sized guy I met back in May - but he's still a charmer.
Goodness, was he ever really that small and adorable?
Yes, he copes very well with being adored by small people - well, well for a teenager... though he does end up exhausted by the sheer effort of being nice! After a couple of hours being adored by Teacup, he generally declares his intention never to be a dad!
I love my Smudgelet
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Marvin the Martian
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quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: I hadn't realised it was 2006 either.
I can't believe it was so long ago! Seems only yesterday...
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Wow. It was such a fab meet
Gill - you obviously should just take a slightly longer lunch hour...
Tina - I think you need to do something "fun" before The Big Move to help with the stress levels.. or something...
I'm so looking forwards to this!
When I booked I asked how many tickets were left - could the next person to book ask too? Thanks
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Marvin - it does, doesn't it? And yet so much has changed since...
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Niminypiminy
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We're booked!
Still a bit trepidatious (I know it's not a word, but it should be) about coming throuh Kings Cross during The Games, Nimlet 1 coping... but am going to give it a whirl!
{x-posted, so didn't get to check the state of play with tickets) [ 29. June 2012, 17:53: Message edited by: Niminypiminy ]
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quote: Originally posted by Emma Louise: When I booked I asked how many tickets were left - could the next person to book ask too? Thanks
You mean you booked by talking to an actual human being?!
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Website wasn't working when I tried to book!! Kept putting tickets in the basket but not letting me checkout. Was bizarrely quick over the phone though.
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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So - people definitely coming ...
Emma-louise, aj and 2 small people. Smudgie and not so small person. Niminypiminy and 2 small people. Pants and Alien CK (12 so far!)
Possibly
Deputy verger Spike and Tina
and if boss could just turn a blind eye to a long lunch break..... Gill H.
I do suggest we all bring a rubber duck each. If anyone needs spares let me know... we have plenty.
We will be having a picnic beforehand on the South Bank, if it isn't tipping it down, do join us if you would like to.
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ecumaniac
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oooh me! Maybe. It's the school hols, right?
And is it the "classic" tour that we are booking?
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Pants
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That's what I booked ecumaniac so I hope so! Lol.
Emma, doesn't Alien count as a small person? Or was it that she and I are both small?
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Perhaps I should have put "Alien and a small person "
ecumaniac - are you coming?! Yay!
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Sarasa
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Well I'd love to come, but I'm volunteering on the South Bank as a 'London Ambassador' for the Olympics at the time. Look out for a small person in a vivid purple and pink polo shirt,a nd I'll look out for people clutching rubber ducks.
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Smudgie
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I think it would be a very ambassadorial act to escort a bunch of clear lunatics on their tour of London and keep them safe.
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ecumaniac
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quote: Originally posted by Emma Louise: Perhaps I should have put "Alien and a small person "
ecumaniac - are you coming?! Yay!
Maybe! I'm moving house at the end of this month, so might not have any money left....!!
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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I think it should go on the "essential spending" list as stress relief over a busy period
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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So who is coming and has booked?
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ecumaniac
Ship's whipping girl
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Perhaps I could just come for the pre-tour picnic... (and post tour pub?)
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Emma Louise
Storm in a teapot
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Fab - I'm hoping for good weather for the picnic....
We won't be doing pub afterwards (small children and we will need to get out of london before rush hour) but others might?
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Gill H
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Definitely can't be there - but it does go past my office. If someone could PM me their phone number and give me a little warning, I might be able to come and wave to you. (How very 'Railway Children'!)
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Smudgie
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quote: Originally posted by Gill H: Definitely can't be there - but it does go past my office. If someone could PM me their phone number and give me a little warning, I might be able to come and wave to you. (How very 'Railway Children'!)
As long as you prommise not to wave your red flannel undergarments.....
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ecumaniac
Ship's whipping girl
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I can't attend, since that's the (only) day that a friend can come over to steam clean the carpets in the house I've just moved out of
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