UK Open 2010

[joey]

Daniel Sheppard goes to Cambridge if I remember correctly.

 

[sutty17]

Daniel Sheppard goes to Cambridge if I remember correctly.

He is an Oxonian.

 

[Kirjava]

He is an Oxonian.

Sheppard is an apt name for a bovine.

 

[Robert-Y]

I mentioned this to Charlie a while ago, but I'm not going to be able to make it.
Hopefully see you guys at the next UK Competition.

Don't worry about it, see you next time.

As long as we can keep the tradition of having at least one Thom in every UK competition, then it's ok

 

[kinch2002]

Daniel Sheppard goes to Cambridge if I remember correctly.

You are indeed correct...if you believe Mr Euro2010-announcer

 

[kinch2002]

Hey Charlie, due to my excessive lazyness, where do I send an email to regarding which events I take part in?
I'd like to do Team-BLD. :3

Wow you really are quite lazy. It's in the first post of the thread [email protected]

 

[blakedacuber]

is anyone selling tshirts? i want one

 

[CharlieCooper]

The spreadsheet has now basically been finished, and apart from adding the competitors that aren't yet on it, I probably won't make minor changes like people wanting to do H2H etc. On the day when you register, you will check your events and that will now be when the spreadsheet can be updated, otherwise I'll be messing about sending the spreadsheet around the internet with various updated versions and it gets quite annoying. H2H will be extremely informal, so don't worry about not being signed up for that. Basically, everybody that wants to take part will write their name on a piece of paper which will be put in some kind of vessel, I will then draw out names for the 'groups' and we will have a swift H2H competition. If there is an odd number of competitors, I shall take part to sort this out! If this goes smoothly, we'll have time for team BLD.

And, to clarify, Daniel goes to Oxford Brookes.

 

[Escher]

@Banana: I'm not sure if you're in contact with Breandan, I haven't spoken to either of you for a while
But we'll be arriving in pretty late on Friday evening and leaving at like, 5am Monday morning (same flight Breandan got back after Euro).

I'll be present for the meal on Saturday night but due to my unbelievably limited funds I'll probably not be partaking...

Yes I am going to make a packed lunch and dinner.

SEE YOU FRIDAY XOXOXOXOX XOXOXO

 

[CharlieCooper]

@Banana: I'm not sure if you're in contact with Breandan, I haven't spoken to either of you for a while
But we'll be arriving in pretty late on Friday evening and leaving at like, 5am Monday morning (same flight Breandan got back after Euro).

I'll be present for the meal on Saturday night but due to my unbelievably limited funds I'll probably not be partaking...

Yes I am going to make a packed lunch and dinner.

SEE YOU FRIDAY XOXOXOXOX XOXOXO

Edit: Eat lots at lunch time, there is a sandwich buffet situation Also, I shall not let you perish due to lack of food/beer, fear not.

 

[r_517]

Nice weather

ps: i have some banknotes which are issued by other banks (BOI, RBS, Ulster Bank etc) other than BOE. does anybody know if they are accepted in England?

 

[Kirjava]

ps: i have some banknotes which are issued by other banks (BOI, RBS, Ulster Bank etc) other than BOE. does anybody know if they are accepted in England?

I think they're useable but you might get funny looks at some places

 

[kinch2002]

ps: i have some banknotes which are issued by other banks (BOI, RBS, Ulster Bank etc) other than BOE. does anybody know if they are accepted in England?

I believe some places refuse them and are legally allowed to do so. However some nice places do accept them. It's a risk but worth a try

 

[r_517]

yep i once tried it when having lunch in Heathrow Airport. they did accept it after checking it for quite a while

 

[~Adam~]

I accept all of those notes but I do work in a casino.
If we had a more relaxed dress code I'd probably be allowed to take the shirt off your back.

 

[CharlieCooper]

It really depends where you go. Large chains usually take them (or conversely have a no Irish/Scottish bank note policy in all branches) and small independent shops often don't accept them. You are allowed to ask for English notes when you receive change in a shop, so I think it's fair enough to not accept them.

When I was on my way back from Worlds last year, Breandan owed me money for something and gave me a £10 Scottish note. When I got a taxi back in the middle of the night from the train station it was the only cash I had on me. I gave it to the driver and tried to make a quick getaway before he could say anything, but he got extremely aggressive and demanded some other money or that I should have declared it before going into the taxi! Despite it being legal tender, he took my phone number/flat number/name (all of those made up ) so that he could find me if couldn't spend it!

 

[r_517]

thank you all
i'm just unwilling to walk 30 min to the nearest bank in such a cold and rainy day
i'll try to exchange them to English notes if i can find any bank service inside the airport. not sure if they would let me do so though. i was rejected twice for changing big notes to small notes in China and Amsterdam's airports

 

[MichaelErskine]

As I only see other cubers at competitions, and those competitions are pretty far apart, I plan to try and learn at least one new cubing related "thing" from each person at the UK Open. For example: at UK Nationals this year I managed to learn my final 2 PLLs (the N-Perms) from Rowan. That was pretty massive for me. This weekend my goals are quite small: cube with people and hopefully pick up some of those gems of information that you just can't get from YouTube (well, I can't anyway!)

EDIT: if I start to get (more) annoying, just tell me

 

[Kirjava]

Learn commutators

 

[joey]

I will show you the updated V-perm.