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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #555 on: November 24, 2010, 01:25:38 AM »
YES!!! Why???

uh... what???

eh a: i don't care.  if they're good naked pix, maybe they'll let me have a copy.  b: i'm weird.  i like the dentist too.  c: sometimes ya just gotta suck it up and take one for the team.  i totally don't mind getting electroskanned.  if it's hot enough someone likes it, power to em. i just look at it as a "are you done yet so i can get on the plane?" type thing. destination more important than airport hassle.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #556 on: November 24, 2010, 01:41:57 AM »
Yes, I agree.. I'd rather be scanned than blowed up. I just don't necessarily LOOK FORWARD to it.  :D
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #557 on: November 24, 2010, 01:48:14 AM »
 :D  S'not that bad. The plus side--you get through security so much quicker.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #558 on: November 24, 2010, 03:47:39 AM »
Ars Technica is currently running the story of how Adam Savage (Mythbusters) accidentally got past the  body scanner with two (2) foot long razor blades! :o

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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/adam-savage-tsa-saw-my-junk-missed-12-razor-blades.ars
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #559 on: November 24, 2010, 06:11:42 PM »
We are also driving down from Jersey and certainly take another person in our van
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #560 on: December 01, 2010, 02:26:07 PM »
Anyone allergic to nuts? I *might* make candy to take.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #561 on: December 01, 2010, 08:18:52 PM »
If I were allergic to nuts I couldn't hang out on this forum...oh, wait, you mean the food..  :P   ;D
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #562 on: December 01, 2010, 08:41:33 PM »
Of course the food.  ;D The other goes without saying.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #563 on: December 01, 2010, 09:19:52 PM »
If I were allergic to nuts I couldn't hang out on this forum...oh, wait, you mean the food..  :P   ;D
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #564 on: December 01, 2010, 09:23:21 PM »
[adam savage] I reject your reality and substitute my own! [/adam savage]
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #565 on: December 01, 2010, 09:36:53 PM »
[adam savage] I reject your reality and substitute my own! [/adam savage]
Just that ! Now if you can explain it to Star we can all be happy again !  :)
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #566 on: December 01, 2010, 10:32:41 PM »
I came home from work today to that, among my packages from UPS, were the rest of things I needed to finish my costume.  ;D

On another note, FX Warehouse - thank you ever so much for packaging everything underneath little bits of shredded newspaper.   :P
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #567 on: December 01, 2010, 11:23:06 PM »
I came home from work today to that, among my packages from UPS, were the rest of things I needed to finish my costume.  ;D

On another note, FX Warehouse - thank you ever so much for packaging everything underneath little bits of shredded newspaper.   :P

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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #568 on: December 01, 2010, 11:27:17 PM »
Yes.  I think I picked it all up before my cat ate any.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #569 on: December 03, 2010, 05:56:37 PM »
OK, so I'm a newt.  Never did the costume thing...old lady, stuffy upbringing, what can I say?  Am not sure that I fit any of the female characters, but am thinking of Susan...need to re-research her...remind my newt brain which was the last book she showed up in before
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.  As I used to do hunting training and tests (but not actual hunting) with my Golden Retrievers, I think I have most of the stuff I'd need to do the guerrilla warfare dress thing...maybe nextime will spring for a real costume if it goes over well...or at least if it is not too embarassing...tho I'm a bit unsure about the costume thing, I'm also old enough that I've been in embarassing situations so often I've started to become immune to them  ;)

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