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Hey lazywebs peoples.

I'm having either google-fu fail, or looking in the wrong place.

Does anyone know a Motorway Service station with a Burger King that's open 24 hrs, possibly on the M6?

It's odd what one discusses in the middle of the night, driving a truck home from London, and this was a topic.

x-posted to facebook:

Does anyone I can easily borrow it from have a "super powerful" torch I can use next weekend - the sort advertised as being in the millions of candela?

I have a place on a trip exploring a particularly interesting set of tunnels, and I could do with a big light source.

Thanks.

People have asked about Roller Derby, and keep telling me they want to come and see a bout.

( We have bouts coming up )

For those people who expressed an interest in seeing some roller derby this weekend in Leeds - Rainy City (Manchester) will be playing against Leeds, Sunday afternoon at the University Sports Centre, tickets can be obtained from http://leedsrollerdolls.co.uk/ for £6 per head (under 10s are free).

Doors at 2pm, First whistle at 3pm.

The following is copied from flannelcat, as a public service announcement.

"Firecat Masquerade help run an IDP / Refugee camp at a training simulation for international aid workers, in Wellingborough (Northants).

On September 7th and 8th we have the first of our double training sessions, with a Road Traffic Casualty Simulation on Tuesday 7th and an IDP / Refugee Camp simulation on the Wednesday. We urgently need participants for next Wednesday (8th Sept).

I am urgently looking for 2 people for the Casualty Sim and 3 people for the IDP Camp. If you would like to camp overnight on site (a lovely, picturesque piece of Northampton countryside) that will be possible, and there is a pub doing decent meals only a 20 min walk away from site.


It's helpful if you can act or roleplay, but not neccessary. Participants should be able to take clear direction, however, and be prepared for long periods of waiting between scenes. The scenes we are simulating will involve gunfire, potential hostage-taking and simulated violence.

You would need to be able to get to Wellingborough (near Northampton) for the morning of Wednesday 8th Sept. Various people are coming from various places, so we might be able to organise lifts.

While we are unfortuantely unable to pay people much, there is some scope for paying reasonable small expenses and beermoney. Those who have worked on RedR's Personal Security in Emergency courses will be able to tell you that a) it's a LOT of fun and b) you would be helping charities and NGO's prepare for potentially life-threatening situations in the field.

We can offer:

- Eternal gratitude
- A fun day out with lunch provided
- £20 payment for the days work and then up to £20 expenses to cover your costs
- A possible lift, dependant on location.

Is anyone able to help us out with this?"

If you would like to help us out with this, or if you would like to be added to the Mailing List for future simulations, please email us at firecat.masquerade@gmail.com

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It was awesome. I had a fantastic time, in a field.

Matt P put it best in the post-event meeting. "First Aid - I have never seen them look so happy pulling injured people out of a fight".

Being on the Arena Team was amongst one of the best LRP weekends I've had in a long time, and certainly for working it as well.

It was a delight to work with so many awesome people - freddiefraggles getting as dragged into it as I did; oldnick & shazrasha at either end; alongside obsidian_sphinx; Chalkie, Jam, Keiron, Wookie and of course H as my King.

The brief from pax_draconis was wonderful in all its simplicity - to play a raised member of a dead nation, serving as a punishment was fantastic. I'd do it again tomorrow, even though my legs hurt from skate practice tonight.

I can't list everyone else who was there and made Odyssey so great - I'll only forget someone. But you were all awesome. I enjoyed the event so much I almost feel bad about not having to pay to turn up.

But yes, I have some hot roller derby action this weekend (see next post) and to my delight one of the other newbies knows about LRP and had a mate who went (Persian Philosopher) that can't stop frothing either!

Essex postman stole letters and birthday card cash (BBC News).

For those of you I have frothed about Roller Derby to:

The Rainy City Roller Girls have an intra-league bout this weekend, in Bury.

This is a good way to start watching the sport - the Rainys are a relatively new league, and some of the girls bouting this weekend will be doing so for the first time - which keeps the overall speed of the pack down and makes it easier to watch. That said - they won their last bout, and have been doing very well against other leagues recently. Some of their key players were recently seen at the training camp run by the Texas Hustlers (the godmothers of roller derby), and are sure to have picked up some very interesting new things.

ephrael, freddiefraggles and Dave (WINOLJ) will also be there - and will be happy to sit with you and explain what's going on, it's a very simple sport to get the basics of.

Oh, and it's got a pirate theme.

See you there?

My good friend oxfordgirl has attempted to obtain car insurance, and has run into an interesting problem with it, in short it seems that "Aviva don't want our filthy queer money" (thanks marcus_felix for putting up a non-friends locked version).

Side note: was going to use rage icon, decided pride flag more important.

ETA: Hold Fire. oxfordgirl has written to a person in charge, and is awaiting conformation/denial of weaselgreasing. More will follow.