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Old 08-13-2008, 10:13 PM   #1
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Old 08-14-2008, 02:12 AM   #2
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Thanks to all of you for sharing your experiences and the photos with us! Eight Downers at once is indeed a record, and I foresee that my record of meeting the most Downers personally (usually singly, doubly or triply at best) is in grave danger of getting broken. The only solution - I need to come to Finland too!
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Old 08-14-2008, 10:22 AM   #3
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Someday...someday I'll visit there, too...
Yes, someday when I have money to blow I'll go over their. Maybe I can get my Volvo then.
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:28 AM   #4
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My hands are itching - I think I have been possessed by the spirit of a late great aunt who cut the hair of the man sitting in front of her on a bus with her nail scissors as she thought it was too long (he was asleep and didn't notice... )
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:12 PM   #5
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Okay, so still flooding the thread with pictures, but these are probably the last ones from me.

Here's how our car looked like, without Nogrod. Lommy is sitting behind Greenie.


I was told to post the following picture. These guys played the elves in our RPG. They did much work to get into their characters.
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Old 08-15-2008, 08:24 AM   #6
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Goodness that car looks small. Let's see how many more Downers you could fit in the car before they all fall out!

Rune is beginning to look like he's had one to many.
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Old 08-15-2008, 08:42 AM   #7
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Lhuna, Gwath, Groin, Esty and others too - you are of course more than welcome visit us any time!

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Rune looks older to me. And more like a viking than usual.
He looks weirdly very old in some of the pictures. He was tired, though...

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Lommy looks younger every picture I see of her. Which is weird, since she's supposedly getting older. You're not related to Merlin by any chance, are you, Lommy?
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Every picture I see of A Little Green, my first thought is: "that can't be Lommy's sister. They look nothing alike!" Then I look again, and change my mind.
That is funny, because everybody says either "you look so similar!" or "one would never guess you're sisters!" and no one ever says anything "yeah, you look a little similar".
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Legate did not previously make me think "Elf!", but he does now.
Having actually met him, I can elaborate on the subject. Sometimes he looks really (rilli?) Elvish, there are certain expressions... especially when he is sceptical or something like that. Most of the time he looks like a normal human being though, or just a little Elvish.

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Nogrod is entirely too short and does not look enough like his old avatar.
He's really not short - just of average height. (180cm or about 6ft or maybe 5'11".) It's Rune standing beside him that makes him short.
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Old 08-15-2008, 09:00 AM   #8
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It's Rune standing beside him that makes him short.
So, you're saying... Rune has his own gravitational pull? If he comes to Oxonmoot, we'll have to watch out for that!
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Old 08-15-2008, 11:26 AM   #9
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So cool. Looks like lotsa fun was had!

My friend and I have been hoping to *study abroad* in Finland. This friend has visited before and loved it, and thinks I would love it, as do I... I guess we'll see what happens...

From reading this thread it looks like we might soon be hearing reports of Finland's tourist industry growing rapidly for reasons unknown...
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Old 08-15-2008, 05:12 PM   #10
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Personally, I'm just waiting for our first BD wedding, so I can *sort of* justify travelling far and *undoubtedly* spending too much money.

Rikae & Mac?
Eomer & Cailin?

Any takers?



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He's really not short - just of average height. (180cm or about 6ft or maybe 5'11".) It's Rune standing beside him that makes him short.
That make Nogrod my height...

*attempts to visualise*

Okay, even if I can wrap my mind around that... how on earth do you get used to a fire-eyed demon in the family?

(See Nogrod in the last pic...)
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Old 08-15-2008, 05:16 PM   #11
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Rune is beginning to look like he's had one to many.
I am still wearing clothes and it is even my own, so clearly I did not have too many.
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