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December meet-up in Manchester!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 12:52 am

I'm planning to run a meet-up for the LJ community

northwest_fen in December, and am trying to work out a date for that. People think it's a good idea for me to amalgamate the meet with DW fans from the area, so this is what this post is about.

Can anyone here make a fannish meet in central Manchester? I can provide crash space for a few people if needed. The date isn't finalised yet, so you're welcome to have input! If you have an LJ account, the poll is in the latest post at the aforementioned community, but you'll need to join (and wait for our mod to approve your membership, she's careful about spam). If you'd rather answer this one, please do, but don't respond to both, thanks. :)

Poll #8607 What dates are best for you?
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What dates are best for you?

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Friday 9th December
0 (0.0%)

Saturday 10th December
0 (0.0%)

Sunday 11th December
0 (0.0%)

Friday 16th December
0 (0.0%)

Saturday 17th December
0 (0.0%)

Sunday 18th December
0 (0.0%)

Wednesday 21st December
0 (0.0%)

Thursday 22nd December
0 (0.0%)

Friday 23rd December
0 (0.0%)

Saturday 24th December
0 (0.0%)

Once we've settled on a date (that is, if anyone responds, as nobody did to the feeler post in

manchester!), I'll make a members-only post with that and providing my address and contact details.

Hope to see some of you - thanks!

Current Location: Manchester, England

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manchester,
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Blood donation

kaberett

Monday, November 7th, 2011 12:02 pm

The lifetime ban on blood donation by men who've had sex with men (MSM) is lifted today, though a 12-month deferral period remains. The National Blood Service Donor Health Check online questionnaire has been edited to reflect this.

What they HAVEN'T done is edited it to take into account the bit where it's obviously silly for a woman not to be able to donate blood because she's having sex with an MSM who can (the questionnaire still asks if you are a woman who has in the past 12 months had sex with a man who has ever had sex with another man, and tells you you're ineligible to donate if the answer's "yes").

However, I've just got off the phone with the Blood Service and they confirm that in the situation I describe - a woman having sex with an MSM who is eligible to donate blood - the woman *is also* eligible to donate.

Y'know, just in case this is useful to anyone else. :-)

Yes, I know the social implications of the 12-month deferral are problematic. I'm also painfully aware that I've been using binary-gendered language throughout this post - for which I'm sorry, but the NBS unfortunately does not seem to be entirely competent at trans* people.

Flatmate search

enigel

Sunday, November 6th, 2011 02:43 pm

Hello, UK! :)

I've just moved to London and I'm looking for a flatmate or two. The ideal flat would be within commuting distance of Shoreditch - 40-45 minutes being a reasonable commute time. Somewhere on the Northern line would be great, or on a bus route and near-ish a bus station.

Please contact me if you're interested, or if you know someone who might be interested.

More details in my journal.

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cesy

Thursday, August 18th, 2011 12:23 pm

Early warning: 24th September, Stultiloquentia will be visiting the UK, so I will be hosting another tea party meetup thing, around 2pm-6pm. Quinara and such_heights and Nanila will also be there - anyone else want to join us?

It is likely to involve fannishness, knitting, vid-watching, general geekery and much squee. Also cakes, because cakes are delicious. My place is near Clapham Junction, and has one flight of stairs so is not wheelchair-accessible

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london

Petition (deadline is noon tomorrow)

susanreads

Thursday, July 7th, 2011 12:05 pm

Just a quick note for anyone who's been boggling at the latest in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. NotW's boss Rupert Murdoch is trying to take over BSkyB and the government wants to let him. 38 Degrees will hand in a petition tomorrow, which you can find at their site: No time to give Murdoch more power.

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Flatmate wanted!

tellitslant

Friday, July 1st, 2011 01:27 pm

I'm looking for a new flatmate in Brighton. Details in my journal. Please pop by or pass it along if you're interested or know anyone who might be. Thanks!

Current Mood: hopeful

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A tea party in honour of fu

cesy

Saturday, June 18th, 2011 08:56 pm

fu is coming to visit London, so I will be hosting a tea party on June 25th. PM me for details if you'd like to join us.

Advance warning, since I forgot to mention it before: It is a first floor flat, and sadly there is no lift, so it's not really accessible to wheelchairs. If the weather's good, we can picnic in the park opposite.

London meetup

cesy

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 07:12 pm

Details in my journal. It would be great to meet more Dreamwidthers from the London area.

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Another London meetup

cesy

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 09:40 pm

Details in my journal. It would be great to meet more Dreamwidthers from the London area.

Anyone in Glasgow?

kake

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 06:49 pm

I'll be in Glasgow from Thursday 4 November until Sunday 7 November — are there any Glaswegians here who'd like to meet up for a drink or lunch or something?

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More people arrive...

almadsfeika

Monday, October 11th, 2010 09:44 pm

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Current Location: zombie computer
Current Mood: blank
Current Music: Jack's Mannequin

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Rally in Birmingham against cuts in disability benefits

susanreads

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 11:27 am

(I should have cross-posted this before, but I just thought of it after logging out last night. The gathering will have started by now, but it lasts a few hours in all.)

Where's the Benefit? have the following info:

A (hopefully!) large group of disabled people will be protesting against the proposed benefits cuts outside the Tory Party conference tomorrow, Sunday 3rd October 2010. For details of where, times, etc, please see Disabled People Protest.

For those who can't go, there's also a virtual protest (with a Facebook page which I can't access): to replace your avatar with the campaign image (see icon for this post). "Cuts hurt when it's you that's bleeding". Fake blood will also be used in the physical protest in Birmingham.

(hat-tip

trouble)

London meetup

cesy

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 04:51 pm

For a long time, I have mourned the lack of a teleporter to enable me to go to

synecdochic's knitting meetups.

Now, I have my own flat in London, so I am proposing a local version. Anyone who can travel or teleport to Clapham is welcome. PM me for the exact address and my phone number. It is sadly on the first floor and has no lift, only stairs. Parking is difficult, but it is 10 minutes' walk from Clapham Junction, or on various bus routes.

October 3rd, 2pm-5pm. I will provide some sort of food and drink. Let me know if you have any particular dietary requirements. Bring knitting, writing or other crafts.

Poll #4300 October meetup
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So, meetup in Clapham?

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Yes, I will probably be there
5 (9.4%)

I can't make it this time, but I'll be there next time
6 (11.3%)

Now I need a teleporter
9 (17.0%)

I still need a teleporter
33 (62.3%)

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hello

midnightmoon

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 01:54 pm

Hi, anyone here from the South of England?

Another London meetup

cesy

Saturday, August 14th, 2010 10:19 am

A few of us were planning an OTW meetup today, which has fallen through, but

watersword,

juliet and I had a great evening last night, and we were saying it would be good to do it more often, given that there are a fair number of us in and around London.

I'll be in London anyway on Saturday September 11th - does anyone want to meet up for coffee or drinks?

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grocery gift cards?

watersword

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 03:48 pm

Does anyone know of a way to pre-pay for groceries, preferably online? I have a grant to cover expenses while I am traveling in the UK in August (yay research fellowships!), and they want receipts, understandably. I'm not thrilled at the thought of collecting a ton of little pieces of paper from Tesco's and Sainsbury's to turn into my bursar's office, and if I could just buy, like, a gift card before I go, that would be awesome. My Google searches are not helpful, but I have the sense the websites aren't, shall we say, au courant with reality.

General election 2010

naraht

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 08:20 pm

Anyone following the general election news? Expecting a hung parliament? Hoping for a hung parliament? I thought it might be nice to have a discussion thread...

Political Betting
UK Polling Report
Electoral Calculus

First Birthday Meetup

tajasel

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 02:30 pm

So, I was just thinking that I'd like to go out for pancakes tonight, and pondered briefly inviting some Dreamwidth folk out for it. Then, I realised that few of those in #dw, at least, were London based, so it was unlikely that I'd convince anyone to come and eat pancakes with me with just 3 hours before I planned to do it.

Then, I realised that in 2.5 months, it'll be Dreamwidth's first birthday and that's actually a reasonable amount of time in which to organise some kind of get-together. (I procrastinate easily, okay? It could well actually take me that long...)

Aaaanyway. Here's my proposition:

What: Dreamwidth Turns One party/meetup/thing
Where: London, UK
When: Friday April 30th 2010

ETA: this totally doesn't have to be the only UK meetup; I picked London because it's convenient for me, but if you want to organise another in another town/city then please, go ahead!

Poll #2293
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Yay/nay?

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Yay!
9 (23.1%)

Nah.
6 (15.4%)

Maybe
24 (61.5%)

Ticky box!

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Ticky!
20 (64.5%)

Box!
18 (58.1%)

Ticky box!
25 (80.6%)

Current Location: London, England

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Hot weather and floods

cesy

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 11:18 am

Did any other areas of the country get flash floods the other day, in between the hot weather? Newcastle had a morning of sunshine, an afternoon of thunderstorms (which brough part of the Metro to a halt), and then back to sunshine again.

waves

7rin

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 01:02 am

Hi

Staff's/West Mid's border here - though I prefer to use Mercia, and have since long before it became fashionable again. :)

Also, figured I'd mention

the_midlands, since I've created it.

Current Location: WS11
Current Mood: bored

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December meet-up in Manchester!

Blood donation

Flatmate search

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Petition (deadline is noon tomorrow)

Flatmate wanted!

A tea party in honour of fu

London meetup

Another London meetup

Anyone in Glasgow?

More people arrive...

Rally in Birmingham against cuts in disability benefits

London meetup

hello

Another London meetup

grocery gift cards?

General election 2010

First Birthday Meetup

Hot weather and floods

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