Jim at New York Comic Con - Oct 8-10, 2010

[Chiana]

Don't know if you are joking or not but to gird your loins is to tie up/secure your loose garment (like a long tunic's lower ends) and secure the loose ends around your legs and or waist to allow greater freedom of movement in preparation for something strenuous like hard work or battle.

It also referred to snugging up securing certain swingly bits that would react with sensitivity to the application of swords, spears, and the like.  Making them a more compact target increases the likelyhood of the owner retaining his aquaintence with them.

I did not understand it but now do!  Thank you!

[Shecky]

Less than 11 hours till I find myself in NYC!

How do you know that's where you'll find yourself? Is it because you know that's where you lost yourself?

[Priscellie]

Well, D*C is much larger than NYCC, so you'd expect the crowd to be proportionally sized. But that room just ain't enough in either case.

Hell, the fan dinner alone would fill most of the room.

I brought it to Anne Sowards' attention a few days ago.  She's not sure if anything can be done, but she's trying anyway.

[Shecky]

Hell, the fan dinner alone would fill most of the room.

I brought it to Anne Sowards' attention a few days ago.  She's not sure if anything can be done, but she's trying anyway.

As always, fine work.

[Myyrdn Eopia]

How do you know that's where you'll find yourself? Is it because you know that's where you lost yourself?

I has a map with an "X" marking the spot where I'll find me.  I think.  Oh wait...

Hell, the fan dinner alone would fill most of the room.

I brought it to Anne Sowards' attention a few days ago.  She's not sure if anything can be done, but she's trying anyway.

As always, fine work.

Definitely.

[snowbank]

Less than 11 hours till I find myself in NYC!

Keep breathing slowly and deeply, M R; if you faint you might miss the train.

[Myyrdn Eopia]

If I faint, I may miss the midterm I have to take before I leave.    Kinda counter-productive.

[Shecky]

I has a map with an "X" marking the spot where I'll find me.  I think.  Oh wait...

You're lucky to know you're going to find yourself at that age. I didn't find myself until I was 25 or so. Turns out I was behind the sofa the whole time.

[Katty]

Always in the last place you look, huh Shecky?   

[Shecky]

Always in the last place you look, huh Shecky?   

Actually, it was the second, 14th and 59th place I looked. I'm told I skulked around in different places during that time and made it so I couldn't see me. Apparently, I'm a sneaky bastard.

[Katty]

Apparently so. 

And thank you for a much needed laugh this morning.

[Paynesgrey]

In 24 hours I will be on a train.  Probably glaring at the "Out of service" sign on the snack car or the lavoratory, perhaps just pondering where to throw this or that Irritating Fellow Passenger out.  Tunnel, or embankment? 

[Eibhlin]

I say enankment   

[Starbeam]

Embankment.  Then you can watch them roll for longer than if you did tunnel.  Although tunnel has its advantages, too, such as no one seeing much.

[Shecky]

In 24 hours I will be on a train.  Probably glaring at the "Out of service" sign on the snack car or the lavoratory, perhaps just pondering where to throw this or that Irritating Fellow Passenger out.  Tunnel, or embankment? 

Rivers add to the entertainment factor, in my experience.

As you already know, a book and a pair of iPod earphones are almost always a fine vaccination against social contact on public conveyances. If they do start talking to you, ignore them like you can't hear them at all.

In all seriousness, I don't know if the cafe car will be in operation the whole length of the trip; for parts of our Montréal trip, it was closed. Then again, those were around stops/changes and customs, so that may not apply here.