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|    Re: I feel violated.    |
|    17 Mar 08 18:17:24    |
      0a5e05d3       From: fache@SPAMclara.net              On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:01:02 -0700 (PDT), ang.rosin@gmail.com wrote:              >I'm going to a science fiction convention [1] on Friday which has a       >number of Blakes 7 related items as it's 30 years since it started       >showing. Only then I realised that it was 20 years since Red Dwarf       >was first shown and so I thought it might be fun to go to this year's       >Dimension Jump. Except looking at the Red Dwarf fan club pages it       >doesn't look there is going to be one (boo!).       >       >*Then* the page says:       >       >"This is the only Official get-together of fans, but once you start       >making friends in the Red Dwarf community you will find that they       >organise their own get-together's. These gets-together's could be       >anywhere in the world but have been generally become to be known as       >'local meets'. Local meets in the past have been based in Liverpool,       >Manchester, York, London, Birmingham, Victoria (Australia). We're sure       >that there have been many more but that's all we can remember. If you       >want to find, or organise a 'local meet', visit some of the links in       >our Communication Zone and get meeting some fans and have fun."       >       >       >The cheek! Most of these meets were arranged through atvrd and had       >only a tenuous link to the fanclub at best. Atvrd isn't even       >mentioned on the linked to "communication zone". The fan club's own       >bulletin board was, though, although the last post appears to have       >been made on 12th March making it only marginally more active than       >here.       >       >Anyways. Hi guys. Any news about the film?       >       >Ang       >       >[1] It is my tragedy that I have become a "fan"                            The film was last week, yadda yadda              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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