Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA) is a good few months away, so plenty of time to save up! How many UKCM can we get across there?

The con dates are 29th August 2008 – 1st September 2008 but I am planning on arriving in Atlanta on the 28th and leaving on the 2nd, necessitating 5 nights in a hotel.

So, the Ready line …


Pug50 (Hyatt)
Sidewinder (Hyatt)
Fal Bowden (Hyatt)
Mantroon (Hyatt)
Geordi (????)
skapunkninja (Hyatt)
ADC (Hyatt)
Junior Engineer Dredds (Hyatt)
sixty (Hyatt)
BurntKona (Hyatt)
Luinsar (????)
DATA (Hyatt)
Malikaand (Hilton)
Clanger68 (Hyatt)
ClangerToo (Hyatt)
dangerousrick (Hyatt)
Harry Harris (Hyatt)
PVB (Hyatt)

I should be there

i'm 85% sure i'm going

could we take PR's over and bring them back?
Or will it be a case of just armor?

PUG50
MANTROON
Geordi

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Marc Freedman

Pug50 (Hyatt)
Sidewinder (Hyatt)
Fal Bowden (Hyatt)
Mantroon (Hyatt)
Geordi (????)

Just a quick explanation on how 'weapons' carriage should work if we go as a group or by ourselves:


Arrive at airport, declare PRs as sporting goods and request they be inspected by the police.

Have them inspected by the police and explain their usage. You will then give a statement, which you sign, as proof of inspection. IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT YOU KEEP THIS!

Take to the USA and have a laugh (assuming your guncase doesn't get trashed in transit like mine)

Return to the UK, including your inspection chit in the case showing that you are not *importing* your PR, but returning with a PR you left with, thus meaning you don't get owned by the VCR.


While some people would say "best to err on the side of caution", if they took the PR off of you and destroyed it or whatever else, they would be breaking the law and you would be liable for a chunk of compensation. At the very least expect some minor inconvenience, but it's worth it just to avoid future hassle and to get your pieces Stateside and back


Also, baggage allowances to the USA are very generous - 36KG per bag both ways, and you get two cases. Hand luggage is one bag going out and one bag and laptop case coming back. You get a third checked case up to 36KG for sporting goods, which PRs qualify as, so gun cases would be fine to take Stateside.


£280 would be a fantastic rate to get for going to Atlanta. I got lucky with my £330 rate last year, but fingers crossed that we can keep costs down :3


Worry not, your liaison officer has your back!

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What a ham shank time to be flat broke.

I don't have any money either atm. You have 288 days to save up.

True, but the Hyatt will be booked to buggery by the time I have any spare cash. Even my credit cards are empty right now.

TE armour comes before any other large expenditure at the moment anyhoo!

General advice to all: You only need to use a card to SECURE the room (no charge is made, provided you cancel the room before 3pm EST on the day before planned arrival).

FYI £1 = $2.07

If you can book a few rooms now with 4 per room........you'll be fine.

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The Marriott and Hilton are D-Con hotels as well guys- all with the same convention rate. I stayed in the Hilton last year and truly enjoyed it (despite the joke I made in the USCM D-Con thread... it doesn't suck.)

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

Yup, we know. Paul, Simon and I are all staying in the Hyatt only because we're staying in the same room. And I only booked that room in the Hyatt because our D*Con guide was already booked in there.

LOL
You MUST be a bug, Pug50
Looking forward to seeing all you Marines at DCon 08. It's gonna rock!

Mike

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There is nothing more impressive than a bloody big Alien wiggling on the end of a sharp stick!

I'm giving you that look Alan. Right. Now.

SAS

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Alan T. Alien
1st Lt Smith, SA "Sidewinder"
A13/TQ1.4.19720EX CMA
Founder of UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters
Founder of Special Armaments Section (Heavy Weapons)
"People don't understand. people like me"

I really need to do DragonCon next year, if I don't Spat will do unspeakable things to me.

I'm in!

Now who wants to share a room with me, considering I snore like an over-revved APC?!

Harry

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Well I`m not allowed to go (my wife`s seen too many of the photos of past Dcons) & I turn 40 next (Dec) year & couldn`t even use that leverage Booooo Hooooo.

So UKCM who go & Abe,Have a BLAST & Make us ALL proud

We want plenty of photos & Stories.

One thing as Munkey is going,is Troonface going too? You have to take him & get all the USCM,UACM & UKCM to sign it

Jason

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STEAD,J "TECKNO VIKING"
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Skype: ulthur1

Ooooh, bad news guys. I just saw on the news that Atlanta is going to be closed for Brits that weekend next year. Sorry!

Maybe in 2009!

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-Spat

Just 'cos you don't wanna suffer another 'death by Nerf'.

SAS

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Alan T. Alien
1st Lt Smith, SA "Sidewinder"
A13/TQ1.4.19720EX CMA
Founder of UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters
Founder of Special Armaments Section (Heavy Weapons)
"People don't understand. people like me"

right, i suppose i better start saving then! i'll be able to give a definate yes in a couple of days

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And for the most part, remember that you can get food for cheap if you're smart and stick to the food court. AND, you can bring your own drinks to the bar, so that can save you a bit of cash as well. Chip in and buy a bottle of something, mix up your own drinks in the room, and bring down a cooler, and some cups. So long as you order a drink from the waitress once in a while, no one really cares. At the Hyatt bar anyway. Other bars are a different story.

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-Spat

Thanks Spat, any and all info like this will be greatly appreciated by us UKCMers coming over to visit our colony.

SAS

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Alan T. Alien
1st Lt Smith, SA "Sidewinder"
A13/TQ1.4.19720EX CMA
Founder of UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. Freebooters
Founder of Special Armaments Section (Heavy Weapons)
"People don't understand. people like me"

*in sleazy Italian-American voice*

Whaaaaat? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?


In other news...

Righto, have booked a D'Con '08 ticket... Sheesh, you guys could make a blind man buy glasses. Anyone looking to book a room and need a room-mate?

ok, thought about it! im definatly in, gonna book dcon ticket tomorrow.

now who needs a roomie?

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

Keep racking em up lads - we need at least ten to intimidate the Yanks into giving us their women and beer!

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O_O;; news to me!

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I thought those lucky sods who god the nice shiney GOLD wings didn`t get their promotions???
Troon being the exception as he got his on the Fri night.

Just joshing Pete,Congrats

Certainly looking like a GREAT buildup for the UKCM invasion team

Jason

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Pvt.
STEAD,J "TECKNO VIKING"
A06/TQ1.0.22140E1

Skype: ulthur1