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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184395 More actions · Answer 1

Eirikur Eiriksson (3/11/2015)
Jack Corbett (3/10/2015)
Wow! I have little to say.
Quick question, this is a normal size Strat in your picture then?
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Not a Strat it is a Fender Bass and yes it is normal sized.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (3/11/2015)
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Jack Corbett (3/10/2015)
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Grant Fritchey (3/9/2015)
By the way, Gianluca is a giant.
So this means if and when I meet Gianluca he'll have to be seated for us to see eye to eye.:-P
Well, he might have to be laying down for that to happen...:-D
Ouch, that's a low blow 😀
Operative word being low :hehe:;-):w00t:
Take the high road, Jack. Just take the high road.
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And now I'm going to have Loch Lomond playing in my head all day. Thank you.

You are quite welcome. 😀

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 3

rodjkidd (3/10/2015)
Gianormous (:-) ) was only there Saturday as far as I know. So if you did see him on Thursday then you should have also done the lottery!

Yes, only Saturday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I swear that I will never ever make it again.

I took a plane from Venice at 10.30 PM on Friday, spent 2 hours at Stansted for passport checks, lost the last train to London, took a coach to Liverpool St. Station, then a taxi to the Hotel. I arrived there at 3.30 AM, which was 4.30 for me.

I got up at 7.30 (slept 2,5 hrs) and got to SQLBits.

Saturday night I had dinner with some friends and got to bed at midnight. At 2.30 AM I got up to take a taxi to Liverpool St. Station, took the train, then plane to Venice.

Total slept: 5 hours in 2 nights. I'm getting too old for this kind of things.

Next time I'll spend at least 3 days in the UK.

-- Gianluca Sartori

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259197 More actions · Answer 4

spaghettidba (3/12/2015)
rodjkidd (3/10/2015)
Gianormous (:-) ) was only there Saturday as far as I know. So if you did see him on Thursday then you should have also done the lottery!
Yes, only Saturday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I swear that I will never ever make it again.
I took a plane from Venice at 10.30 PM on Friday, spent 2 hours at Stansted for passport checks, lost the last train to London, took a coach to Liverpool St. Station, then a taxi to the Hotel. I arrived there at 3.30 AM, which was 4.30 for me.
I got up at 7.30 (slept 2,5 hrs) and got to SQLBits.
Saturday night I had dinner with some friends and got to bed at midnight. At 2.30 AM I got up to take a taxi to Liverpool St. Station, took the train, then plane to Venice.
Total slept: 5 hours in 2 nights. I'm getting too old for this kind of things.
Next time I'll spend at least 3 days in the UK.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399330 More actions · Answer 5

I seem to be the harbinger of doom.

Terry Pratchett has died.[/url]

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 6

Grant Fritchey (3/12/2015)
I seem to be the harbinger of doom.
Terry Pratchett has died.[/url]

Yout might pay closer attention to the news than I do. Another possibility is that you really like to read obituaries. As long as you aren't trying to find yourself, you're doing okay. :hehe:

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182951 More actions · Answer 7

Ed Wagner (3/12/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/12/2015)
I seem to be the harbinger of doom.
Terry Pratchett has died.[/url]
Yout might pay closer attention to the news than I do. Another possibility is that you really like to read obituaries. As long as you aren't trying to find yourself, you're doing okay. :hehe:

Could be a sign of the COR syndrome (Compulsory Obituary Reading)

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 8

Grant Fritchey (3/12/2015)
I seem to be the harbinger of doom.
Terry Pratchett has died.[/url]

Miskatonic alumni often are.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 9

spaghettidba (3/12/2015)
rodjkidd (3/10/2015)
Gianormous (:-) ) was only there Saturday as far as I know. So if you did see him on Thursday then you should have also done the lottery!
Yes, only Saturday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I swear that I will never ever make it again.
I took a plane from Venice at 10.30 PM on Friday, spent 2 hours at Stansted for passport checks, lost the last train to London, took a coach to Liverpool St. Station, then a taxi to the Hotel. I arrived there at 3.30 AM, which was 4.30 for me.
I got up at 7.30 (slept 2,5 hrs) and got to SQLBits.
Saturday night I had dinner with some friends and got to bed at midnight. At 2.30 AM I got up to take a taxi to Liverpool St. Station, took the train, then plane to Venice.
Total slept: 5 hours in 2 nights. I'm getting too old for this kind of things.
Next time I'll spend at least 3 days in the UK.

flying late into Stansted is bad news, flying to Gatwick is much better as there are trains all night. I used to fly in regularly (not from Venice, sadly - I've not managed to get back there since the mid-70s) on either a flight landing just after midnight or a flight landing just after one (which time depended on the day of the week) and I would be in central London pretty quickly because the trains were still running quite frequently (if I remember rightly, the longest gap between sucessive trains is about 2 hours starting at about 03:00). But mayb things have changed in the last 6 years (I stopped flying into Gatwick when I stopped working in London).

Tom

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399330 More actions · Answer 10

The Dixie Flatline (3/12/2015)
Grant Fritchey (3/12/2015)
I seem to be the harbinger of doom.
Terry Pratchett has died.[/url]
Miskatonic alumni often are.

Go Pods!

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 11

TomThomson (3/12/2015)
spaghettidba (3/12/2015)
rodjkidd (3/10/2015)
Gianormous (:-) ) was only there Saturday as far as I know. So if you did see him on Thursday then you should have also done the lottery!
Yes, only Saturday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I swear that I will never ever make it again.
I took a plane from Venice at 10.30 PM on Friday, spent 2 hours at Stansted for passport checks, lost the last train to London, took a coach to Liverpool St. Station, then a taxi to the Hotel. I arrived there at 3.30 AM, which was 4.30 for me.
I got up at 7.30 (slept 2,5 hrs) and got to SQLBits.
Saturday night I had dinner with some friends and got to bed at midnight. At 2.30 AM I got up to take a taxi to Liverpool St. Station, took the train, then plane to Venice.
Total slept: 5 hours in 2 nights. I'm getting too old for this kind of things.
Next time I'll spend at least 3 days in the UK.
flying late into Stansted is bad news, flying to Gatwick is much better as there are trains all night. I used to fly in regularly (not from Venice, sadly - I've not managed to get back there since the mid-70s) on either a flight landing just after midnight or a flight landing just after one (which time depended on the day of the week) and I would be in central London pretty quickly because the trains were still running quite frequently (if I remember rightly, the longest gap between sucessive trains is about 2 hours starting at about 03:00). But mayb things have changed in the last 6 years (I stopped flying into Gatwick when I stopped working in London).

Unfortunately I had no choice. Low cost airlines (RyanAir) fly to Stansted only. To add more irony, the SQLBits venue was very close to London City Airport.

-- Gianluca Sartori

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 739545 More actions · Answer 12

It was great to meet you, Gianluca, and sorry we didn't get to talk more. I'll have to get down to Italy at some point.

And yes, you are a giant in a few ways. 2m and quite intelligent.

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15973 More actions · Answer 13

spaghettidba (3/13/2015)
TomThomson (3/12/2015)
spaghettidba (3/12/2015)
rodjkidd (3/10/2015)
Gianormous (:-) ) was only there Saturday as far as I know. So if you did see him on Thursday then you should have also done the lottery!
Yes, only Saturday. I enjoyed it a lot, but I swear that I will never ever make it again.
I took a plane from Venice at 10.30 PM on Friday, spent 2 hours at Stansted for passport checks, lost the last train to London, took a coach to Liverpool St. Station, then a taxi to the Hotel. I arrived there at 3.30 AM, which was 4.30 for me.
I got up at 7.30 (slept 2,5 hrs) and got to SQLBits.
Saturday night I had dinner with some friends and got to bed at midnight. At 2.30 AM I got up to take a taxi to Liverpool St. Station, took the train, then plane to Venice.
Total slept: 5 hours in 2 nights. I'm getting too old for this kind of things.
Next time I'll spend at least 3 days in the UK.
flying late into Stansted is bad news, flying to Gatwick is much better as there are trains all night. I used to fly in regularly (not from Venice, sadly - I've not managed to get back there since the mid-70s) on either a flight landing just after midnight or a flight landing just after one (which time depended on the day of the week) and I would be in central London pretty quickly because the trains were still running quite frequently (if I remember rightly, the longest gap between sucessive trains is about 2 hours starting at about 03:00). But mayb things have changed in the last 6 years (I stopped flying into Gatwick when I stopped working in London).
Unfortunately I had no choice. Low cost airlines (RyanAir) fly to Stansted only. To add more irony, the SQLBits venue was very close to London City Airport.

Gianluca,

Sadly as most people discovered the Excel is great if you fly in to London City, not great for any other London airport! Next time let me know you plans, if I'm in East Anglia still, Stansted isn't that bad a drive for me.

Cheers,

Rodders...

rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15973 More actions · Answer 14

So went through the next batch of photos. Up to Thursday lunchtime more or less.

Found this rather silly one of our very Steve helping with putting up the Redgate stand...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/127113040@N04/16791159796/in/set-72157648951104203

Cheers,

Rodders...

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/14/2015)
It was great to meet you, Gianluca, and sorry we didn't get to talk more. I'll have to get down to Italy at some point.
And yes, you are a giant in a few ways. 2m and quite intelligent.

We're waiting for you! We've already had international speakers at our SQLSaturdays and attendees had no issues at all with English sessions. It was a big concern for us (Italian people are not exactly renowned for their fluency in foreign languages...) but we got pleasantly surprised by our attendees and their feedback.

I think that at some point we'll have to switch to 100% English sessions, otherwise we will never be able to attract attendees and speakers from foreign countries. It has be said that attracting attendees from our own country has been challenging enough that nobody wants to scare them away with English sessions now. It's hard to find a balance and it probably comes down to what your primary goal is.

In all honesty, I can't think of a dumber thing than a room full of Italian attendees desperately trying to follow along with an Italian presenter speaking (poor) English. 😀

Regarding me being a giant, well... thanks :blush:

-- Gianluca Sartori