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Bump. New time announced.

Who isn't working on a Saturday night EST?

I'll have to give this one a miss, bitch.

It sounds like the ferry will be majority Mitteners! Indeed, there will be 8 of you on that crossing. Maybe that is enough to overthrow the captain and commandeer the ferry for our own use for the week? Something to think about.

Tier is not a mystery (at least as far as transportation to/from the house is concerned). He is only taking the ferry back to the UK. He is flying into Dublin on the 19th.

[Time for some logistics!]

IT'S PEANUT BUTTER MITTENS TIME!

Wow, now I'm even more excited. Sounds like we should make a piñata and fill it with peanut butter


Time for some logistics!

Among the Dublin entry (or residency) people, seven are arriving at Dublin airport between 10:05 and 11:05- Disco, Layabout, Grundislav, Snarky, Esseb, Cat, and Tier. Bicilotti arrives at nearly 13:00, so will miss the first train and will need the later 18:30 one. Abstauber will be bussing.

Once we all meet up, we will get a taxi to Connolly Rail Station. The fare estimate from the site Cat linked is between â,¬23.20 and â,¬31.00 for a group of 5-6. The average journey is 25 minutes.

We will meet up with Miez and LimpyFish (and perhaps monsieur_ouxx?) at the station. The midday train leaves at 13:30 and arrives in Rosslare Strand about 16:20. A return ticket is â,¬29.40 (web price, may be more at the office).


I'm waiting for an email about the actual location of the property, since the specific address I was given via email did not quite match the location on the website map. More logistics to come after the answer.

Drop the bone into the shaft. Count the seconds until impact to gauge distance.

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That'll do it.

I think she meant picking him up from Wexford around 22:00, which is as far as he can get that night with public transportation. I checked distances between the house and Wexford bus station and it says it is just under 20 minutes by car.

But since the hostel is booked, do I have a bed too or should I hurry and book one myself?

You are on the list for the dorm room so all you need to do is turn up with us The price per person is â,¬31 plus a refundable â,¬20 deposit for the weekend. They require damage deposits for any group of 8 or more.

Also I'll arrive at 5:55p in Dublin, unfortunately not in Roslaire

All the times listed by our names are times for arrival at Dublin airport. The actual arrival for those on the first train (leaving at 13:30) is closer to about 16:20

He ends up at home in the end conclusion.

Spoiler alert!!! 

Disco! I can probably handle booking the other half, as long as it doesn't cost me too much. Give me details.

Thanks Berian, but I did manage to find some help with that. I booked 8 beds in a 16 bed dorm earlier today, and another 8 are being booked tonight or tomorrow.

The first post is being updated periodically with arrival times under the Attendees list and with date and time of departure under the Dublin Weekend list.


Mittens is ten weeks from tomorrow!!!

Disco! What is happening with the Dublin weekend now? What needs to be done to get this sorted?

Well I was going to organise it so that one room will be booked for two days and another for three, but I haven't got many responses to my post (Although I guess Snarky will be staying for three days now). Are you and Jen planning on staying for the Bank Holiday?

Also, I haven't had anyone step up and offer to book in concert with me, as their rules do not allow for more than 8 beds to be booked at a time. I am going to start making personal appeals to attendees to help with this.

Idea.

I know that at least 3 of us are staying an extra day after the Dublin weekend for the Bank Holiday. This got me thinking, why not book two rooms for the separate timeframes? I have not booked anything yet, so wish to know as soon as I can who else would be interested in staying over Sunday night.

Any UKers up for that? so far it would be splitting 11 to 3, but I imagine we could get that to about 4 if not 6. Anyone else interested in doing that?

Aw sorry to hear that Creed and Kim Hopefully you can make the full thing.

I haven't booked anything for Dublin yet. My surname change was approved today so I can make it soon. Still hoping I can get another person to book the other half. Anyone willing to do that?

August 26 - 28 (although some of us are staying for the Bank Holiday as well, to be booked separately). I've been told I can't reserve all 16 beds at once without having to jump through some silly hoops, but can do 8 at a time without them. We should perhaps have two different people book 8 beds each.

I have asked a couple people personally to book 8 beds and have been turned down by all so far.

Also, my surname is changing in just under two weeks so would rather wait until my card changes to avoid any problems at check in. Either someone can book in my place or I can do it after May 23.

My recorder is this: http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1077

It records directly to SD. The screen shows recording levels and there is an LED peak indicator so you can quickly find the right setting.

On the back there are switches for mic gain between high and low sensitivity, and a low-cut switch that makes the recorder ignore low frequency sounds like wind, breath, and machine hum.

It should work fine for doing BFJ dubs!

The working title is: Dumbledore and Grindelwald: For the Greater Good.

Am I right in guessing that this is a homoerotic adventure game? There are not enough of them!

[EDIT:]

Not yet unfortunately. I asked about booking all the beds at once to avoid making two bookings of 8 (the amount they normally limit per reservation). If I were to book 16 at once, they would class it as a "group" booking, which has its own set of terms and hassle.

Instead of the normal 10% reservation, they want the FULL first night paid up front, and the rest 6 weeks prior. They also want a "code of conduct" signed by a group leader and a â,¬300 damage deposit.

None of this is necessary for 8 or under, so I am looking for one more person to make a reservation with me for these dates. It is only â,¬24 to reserve 8 beds in a 16-bed dorm, with a remainder of â,¬216 due on arrival.

Anyone willing to take up the other please get in touch by email or PM.


EDIT: On second thought, I should not make the booking myself right now since my name is legally changing on May 23. I can either do afterwards or have someone else do it in my place.

I will have a lucid dream perhaps once a month. They are more common when I set an alarm or wake up early for a bit and then go back to bed. I tend to wake up quite soon after becoming lucid as well, and have not really managed to do anything exciting within the dream.

The last time I was lucid and tried to do something fun I went into a handstand position and stayed like that for a bit. Dunno, that was just the first thing I thought of

A few weeks ago I attempted using Theta binaural waves in a brain entrainment experiment to try and force a lucid dream. Of the two or three times I've attempted, I have not gotten it to work. Maybe it is because I do not have a long enough wave track (I use a 120 minute rain and 7.83 Hz track that is looped twice) or because I wake up with the headphones tangled around my arm or chest and they fell off before the effect would kick in.

I will try this some more and get back to you with my results!

Alright, I found and contacted the hostel that best fits our situation. Isaac's Hostel has a 16-bed dorm and is located 350 meters from Connolly Station. We currently have 15 people for shared and 2 for private, but I suspect maybe a few more people may join so going for the 16-bed.

The room is â,¬480 for the whole weekend, so will be â,¬32 each if we have 15 or â,¬30 with 16.

A twin bed private room is â,¬140 total for the weekend.

I can go ahead and book this tomorrow unless there are any objections?

I assume people will be taking laptops? 

I need to record some audio while at Mittens, if anyone would be so kind as to volunteer use of one.

I will bring my portable wave/mp3 recorder, it has a built in stereo microphone and records up to 24-bit/96 kHz .wav and 64-320 kbps .mp3