UKLEM-11 - Surfleet, South Lincolnshire 23-24-25th of September 2011

[RGbee]

Nice pics there Adrian!

Cheers matey,

[gashead]

Is this a VW sourced TDi of some kind? Are you using Vagcom?

As Rob says it's a Voccie Vekkie 2.0 TDi.

Think I've figured it out:

1) Little cracks in Intercooler feed hose
2) Little cracks in pipe joiners that connect the vac lines which control god knows what and the EGR valve

Bit of Gaffer tape seems to sort the vac lines, but doesnt fix the intercooler for very long as the pipe heats up, expands and leaks! bah.

[smogthemog]

I know I have mentioned this before but would anyone be interested in a UKLEM11.5 of maybe just 2 days, Sat/Sun,or even 1?? at the middle to end of October?????

Please speak up

[hobbybob]

So here goes, yesterday i felt completely knackered, sore throat, couldn't hardly speak. So here's my view on the weekend.

First of all i'd like to wish all the best to Jem with the recovery of Steph, hope so will soon be better and get on, after this horrible accident.
Thanks also for the text on the boat, immediately booked the Ship Inn, so i will be there in February to bring stroopwafels, or to say in Soffy's accent SSCHHHHHTROOPWafels ;-)

Sorry i might have been a bit down, the expensive RGB Lasersystems 473nm Blue died in my RGB, which was a bit of a letdown and me me feel sad and angry and disappointed.
Luckily half way through the weekend i got my green converted to Green/Blue with the mighty help of Rob , Daniel and especially Andycon and Dilbert.
That cheered me up a little, then getting parts to fix my RGB and to build my new to be RGB2 projector cheered me up completely. So second half was better then first half.
Thanks everyone for that.


Then for the people
@Rob: thanks for the help with the RGB, being there when i needed it most, the great deals on parts, for the fun and all the tips on Quickshow !
@Daniel: thanks for the help with the parts, the fun talks, the nice document u sent me (great read), the serious talks and the scope looked excellent !
@Kev: thanks for being the listening ear, you cheered me up when i needed it, thanks for the great deal.
@Graham: thanks for the great tunes, nice talking to you. Since i don't see you till Feb: Happy marriage in December !
@Jim: Thanks for organising again, even without lasers you still organising this is really great ! Send me your home adress for some early drinkable X-mas presents ;-)
@JEM: thanks for coming down on thursday , while first saying you wouldn't really cool. Very cool you came back to visit us once more. Totally surprised me !
@RGB: thanks for the relaxness and fun you always bring. Cool tunes too! We keep in touch about those tunes ;-)
@Nige: Thanks mate for the IrnBru, the nice cookies and wafers, absolutely totally awesome cool ! Nice talking to you !
@Dilbert: thanks for all the help with the driver adjustment, your patience and clear explanation on things. Cool car too (Xbox and PS3 ? Are you nuts....)
@Andy: thanks for the cool pictures, help with excellent adjustment of Green/Blue and advice/lessons on adjusting lasers.
@Mark: thanks for bringing the second scope, really looked cool man ! Thanks for your lessons in Livepro !
@Simon(p1tbull): thanks for advice on waveplates, pbs and basic optic stuff i keep fucking up.
@Other Simon and brother: thanks for the brief visit you gave us.
@Richie and Kieran: thanks for the flying demo! Real impressive to fly under those windy conditions.
@Paul: Nice to see your laser collection has grown so much since we first meet a few meets ago. Excellent getter better and better.
@Diachi: thanks for the fun in the kitchen and the talks !
@Rob (YAG): see above and thanks for the Science museum tip (can you send the link?)
@Ryan: Welcome to the club dude! You fit right in with your awesome gasser and attitude. Looking forward meeting you in Ilpendam end of October.
@CarlB: Thanks for the excellent JMJ music and laserharp display. It's improving and getting better. Now without the bar with LDRs even cooler ! Boy you can play !
@MarkMTTS: thanks for visiting, thanks for crisps you brought.
@Pieterjan: thanks for the Beyond3D explanation, Beyond and especially the Laser designer and Showtime 2000 lessons. And all the fun in the car.
@Soforene: You SchTOP ScHINING that SchILLY Blue LASchEr......SchAYS the DUTSCH guysch....SCHTOOPLE ! Nice seeing you again !


Now the hardest part: if i've forgotten anyone it's not on purpose so i am sorry if i have.

Thanks to all that supported me when i felt a bit down and cheered me up.
I must agree with Graham, is that hall in a timewarp or so ?
I remember building up, building the Green/Blue and adjusting it with Dilbert (Driver) and Andy (optics) and then getting hints (FUCK OFF DIMMERS!) on Saturday evening that it was time to go already at 2 o'clock (where it felt like 10PM'ish) and then remember breaking off... POOF weekend gone... Damn.... Never went this fast before...

Looking forward towards the next one (February) as i have 2 busy weekends end of October.
See you then ?

[robotarmy]

I know I have mentioned this before but would anyone be interested in a UKLEM11.5 of maybe just 2 days, Sat/Sun,or even 1?? at the middle to end of October?????

Please speak up

Lets do it! Great prep for Ilpendam! Just don't make it the same weekend and i'm down for sure.

[smogthemog]

OK people, here's the cash situation for all to know.

We had £111.00 left over after paying £250.00 for the hall out of the money we made from the April 2011 LEM. I actually paid them £270.00 on the Thursday before the LEM and a further £30.00 when I took back the keys. This leaves us with £61.00
I took in total £95.00 over the weekend from people that didn't attend in April; that included one donation.

We now have £156.00 towards the LEM in Feburary 2012

This means that if I charge £10 per person (25 people) we will be covered up £406 which will leave us around £100 towards the next LEM.

Hope this sounds good with you lot

[Jem]

Sounds great Jim :-)

Thank you again for all your hard work organising the LEM's.

Cheers

Jem

[robotarmy]

Yeah! Thanks a lot Jim, best weekend I've had in a long time.

Any of you guys planning on going to Ilpendam? I'm thinking about it, but i don't know if there'll be room for my gassers there... (wouldn't wanna stink 'em out!)

[danielbriggs]

I know I have mentioned this before but would anyone be interested in a UKLEM11.5 of maybe just 2 days, Sat/Sun,or even 1?? at the middle to end of October?????

Please speak up

That be dangerous talk.
If it goes ahead, I'll be there

[Jem]

Did someone mention another LEM?

Schedule's a bit tight Oct/Nov, and now Steph doesn't have a car I reckon i'll be doing the University run every third weekend. However, if time permits i'll do my best to attend.

Cheers

Jem