lil_shepherd

'It crawled into my hand, honest,' as Tuli Kupferberg would say.

But did you have fun (apart from the card crisis - I hope that didn't blight your whole con)?

Yes, I have had fun, mainly talking to dealers, exhibitors and old friends. Though I do feel that Worldcons nowadays, are, in the words of Dave Langford, too damn big. And too damn po-faced. As I have been forcibly removed from rooms in the past where I have threatened to stand up and yell at some Big Name Author/Academic for a particular stupidity, I have grown adept at recognising panels which would leave me fuming. (My friends know when to pick me up and carry me out.)

My father, a Spanish speaker, always derives great pleasure from pointing out that the literal translation of 'se me cayó' is not 'I dropped it', but 'It dropped itself to me'. I always think there should be an equivalent 'it bought itself to me', for those occasions, such as at funfairs, when you acquire more toffee apples, tickets for raffles, and small widgets than you recall buying.

Sounds good to me.

Hee! You bought one of the drones!

Damn I'd have bought one! Are they selling them online? Weirdly person flying them was pointed out to e but not that they were on sale!

Their website is http:/www.extremefliers.co.uk

They were selling them for £40 (and £20 extra for the cameras) though their promotional material says this was a 'special [half price] offer' I suspect they do a lot of special offers!