mrs_b

Hello Ladies & Gents Looking forward to a fresh start with UKSO. As some of you may (or may not) know, myself & the wife have a lot going on over the next few months on top of the starlet build & I'm looking forward to seeing him enjoy it all instead of spending hours stressed, fucked off & upset by things that happen. UKSO is going to be exactly what UKSC started out as...its a family, somewhere everyone can enjoy coming, everyone is welcome, not for profit, completely transparent to members & best of all...it will have slutty brownies!

Don't tell me you were looking at the 'interesting' pictures of me too?!? Not a chance I think my cleavage stopped much chance of me being upstaged Not me...I have high standards

Right then, official wedding pictures are back tonight Just thought we'd add a bit of a rogues gallery of those UKSC members at the wedding for everyone to have a nosey/laugh at & a bit of a preview for a certain Nanglebadger. Liam_D and mrs Liam_D were in attendance but I have no picture of them for some reason I will find one somewhere! Mr B getting a helping hand from the Nanglebadger Mr B getting a helping hand from SiCaln (anyone would think he couldn't dress himself!!!) Looking smart & ready to go All smart outside church before the festivities really kicked off StarletRick having a look at some very interesting pictures of the bride Ecksjay having seen said pictures of the bride One of the said interesting pictures of the bride (as presented to the groom on the morning of the wedding!) Nervous Nanglebadger Very happy Nanglebadger (with his present from us) The wedding cake StarletNath A couple of Ecksjay Ro55ifumi Ro55ifumi Jnr Mrs Nanglebadger (a little worse for wear but this one made me smile!) And me & my husband Anyone who wants to see anymore, I'll put a link up to the facebook gallery when it goes online!

We'll show you them when we've had a proper look

Oh my god. Phil. The pictures. Amazing. That is all I can say. I can't wait for you to see them!

We couldn't not give you a present ;) You & Mrs badger were absolute gems the entire time you were with us! And as best man #2 (second only to Daddy Bower!) you deserved a pressie ;) I had to see you open it, Rob said you'd be really chuffed with them & I wanted the pleasure of seeing a couple of bits of plastic make someone so happy ;) You can pay if you like, I believe there may be some photographic evidence!

Nope, not asleep at all ;) Just having internet catchup time! Honeymoons definitely mean 'maximum shaggage' as you put it.... But he's ruined so I have to give him a break occasionally ;p It wouldn't have been the same without you guys there! And I don't know how we'd have coped without your good self & the fabulous mrs badger ;) Which reminds me, she needs to come to JAE one year soon...and we need to come visit the badger emporium too ;)

Well, feel free to ring us whenever you fancy :-) Oooh, by the way, I have handjob nails again! They're a rather nice shade of red ;) with matching toe nails

You love listening to Geo's dulcet tones on the phone Just as you love listening to Rob's (and mine obviously!) ;)

Perhaps a paypal account might be the way to go? Having a commitee and meetings blah blah blah might get a little complicated! And like phil says, its not going to be practical for the entire team of mods and admin to get together, as much as they'd like to! I think the plan for next year will be advanced tickets only on the stand because it will help in terms of deciding how big a pitch we need to book, meaning we won't book & pay for too much so there'll be no wasted money! ;) It also cuts down on the chances of people pulling out at short notice, once people have paid they're more likely to turn up! None of this yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm coming, really excited, book me a place on the stand...no show ;) There'll be no excuses either, people know that chances are they will need to pay in advance to be guaranteed a space on the stand, know its going to be roughly £30...get saving now, put it on your xmas list or your birthday list (or even your wedding list!) Glad you like the avatar John, I always aim to please

It all depends on what people are prepared to pay for their tickets. I suggested to Rob last night that, for example, if tickets are £20 then people pay £30 with that covering the cost of their ticket, postage and a contribution to the club but he feels that members wouldn't pay that much. What do other people think? Should we stick it at £25 with people adding what they see fit as a donation? I definitely think that everyone who want to benefit from things should be prepared to chip in. I mean, I've chipped in every year we've been and up until a week (ish) ago, I wasn't an official member. This is something I know has been thought about, but what implications would this have for the club? Would we need to be a business? A charity? I'm not sure. Would we need to keep accounts? Any ideas anyone? It would also need a number of signatries (sp?). Chesh, that sounds like a fab idea ;) But, I'd guess it means we need a proper generator ;) Which means members contributing. So long as people are going to do that, I think it'd be fab

John is right that the club doesn't generate money as such (it does but it goes towards paying for the hosting etc), definitely making things more difficult to put into place, but if I'm honest, I don't think a yearly membership fee is the way to go, partly because a lot of members wouldn't pay it and because not everyone goes to a show meaning some people wouldn't necessarily see the physical benefits such as an improved club stand at shows such as JAE. We don't want to see the club dissapear and die In terms of a fee for certain areas, what about a fee for the traders? It doesn't have to be massive but in reality this is currently 'free' trading space for them. If a trader had a website, with such specific traffic as they have here, surely it would be an expensive thing to set up and maintain. ;) We did beg, borrow and steal to get things for the show and I know when Jo was around ('scuse me mentioning her name ), she asked a trader to pay for a generator for one of the shows she played a part in organising. Great idea, but we can't rely purely on traders to pay for us to have a good set up at shows, they won't be prepared to do it for every show of every year. I know we all say that members are often young and still living at home, but some of us are young and running our own homes which means we have a lot of outgoings too. Even those members who aren't so 'young' still have responsibilities but find a way to contribute. Sometimes you just have to find a way. The preparation stages for JAE start, pretty much, straight after JAE finishes. Members can't be telling me they don't have a spare tenner between now & the next JAE. I mean, we're getting married and running our own home and will probably find a lot more than a spare tenner each between now and then to support the show. It's a difficult area and things could go horribly wrong if the whole thing isn't thought about properly I think its something all members need to be involved in and they need to make an input as to how they would feel, but until we find money from somewhere, JAE won't be able to improve much more than it already is, which is still a fantastic weekend and worth every penny ;)

Cheers John. I definitely agree about doing your research as its something you're stuck with forever and there are some pretty crappy tattoo artists out there! I spent years toying with what I wanted and who I wanted to do it. Quite a few people did see a bit of me that weekend but I'm not shy I'm very proud of my pictures! I was told that numbing cream can make the skin difficult to tattoo so I didn't use anything. Despite being worried about the pain, I think if you want it you'll grit your teeth and bear with it. Mine was 3 hours of work & I had it in one sitting despite the fact I always thought I had no pain threshold whatsoever!

I'm going to be a bit of a gob-shite now (nothing new there then!) and say things that I'd imagine a lot of people are thinking Phil's right. Certain things are out of Rob's hands. I know there were supposed to be ramps over the speedbumps but for some reason they weren't there. I'm sure it'll get fed back to John (and not only by Rob!) so thats all that can be done on that matter. If there's anything else that needs feeding back to the organisers (such as the location of the activities) then let us know and we'll do that. In terms of activities during the day, we have tried to get people involved in things like the 'its a knockout club challenge' and the '5-a-side football' but there was very little interest from club members Thats not something Rob has control over. This year, we can put posts up on the forum, giving people chance to sign-up for activities but if people don't join in, there's not much else we can do, as you need to put the club name down for a lot of the activities before the show. If anyone has any suggestions for activities we could do as a club on the pitch, just holler and we'll see what we can do In terms of location, the site was booked a lot faster and earlier than last year, we booked the pitch a lot earlier this year. I know Geo and Rob are looking at booking the site asap (Rob's already been in contact with John) and the first opportunity will be the reps meeting which we are hoping to be at this year, so fingers crossed we'll be in a better spot in 2011 That said, the main fields are much more expensive, which moves nicely onto my next point... There are a lot of things people would like, a better pitch, bigger/better sounds, a more sturdy marquee to kick things off, but the question is... how many of you would be prepared to contribute some cash to it? And I don't mean say you will, I mean actually put your money where your mouth is. The generator this year was paid for by Rob with some help from a small number of members, the pitch and the marquee was paid for by Geo, again with help from a small number of members. If members will contribute, then these things will be more likely to happen. It doesn't have to be a lot, but it all counts and if everyone who attended chipped in a tenner, we'd have a lot of money in the pot to sort things out! I know that next year the stand policy is probably being changed, so that only those who buy an advanced will have a space on the club stand. How would people feel about paying a bit more for tickets and their space to give us a better stand etc? Despite getting married in June, which is coming round far too fast & taking up far too much time & money, I know Rob is uber excited about planning JAE next year, despite what some people have been told. Having seen how much work Rob puts in to JAE every year, I just want to make a point of saying thankyou to all those members who have offered their help, it's much appreciated. Rant over I feel much better now.

rude

dude. that was not dominos. it was pizza hut.

Pizza is lush Especially ones in the dominator base from dominos!

Err, how rude! Why was I not shown this in the flesh at JAE?!? I know I whipped my ink out for a lot of people! Ooooh, can't wait to see it. I did say never again but Adrian is amazing & I'll be going back after the wedding to have another one done

Oi oi mr luke You forgot the rest of the cheese & the pineapple

It is :-) Are you going to join us at JAE next year?

Having been told I need to become a member on the forum instead of cheating & posting under rob_bower's username, here I am!

Right, lets get this thread moving again :-) Here's a picture of the artwork I had done a month or so ago by Adrian Pain at Thou Art (Sheffield)... definitely check them out on Facebook if you're thinking about some ink done :-)

I love your car :-) So much so, I even had blurple nails for JAE to make up for the fact it wasn't there :-D

Phil, its was me who pinched Bills hat :-( But yes, he shouldn't have left on Saturday and that makes him a prick :-)