Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

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Size Euro Shoe Size Small 36-39.5 Medium 40-42.5 Large 43-45.5 XL 46+ Trouty - 2 Mikesbytes - 2 - Large 43 EMT - 2 Karzie - 2 Julio - 2 Miguel - 2 Rainbow - 2 ?? Orphic - 2 S Anthony - 2 Timbo - 2 L Stuart - 2 othy - 2 L Weller - 2 (edit by Mod) Mark L - 3 Christian - 2 L jbcow - 2 L Lizanne- 2 S Ma...

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Well done guys sounds like a really tough ride. Mark - You absolutely would still be recovering from the Grafton! Even if you didn't ride at all for the whole week you would still have residule fatigue from an effort like that. Not to mention that psychologically you might not be prepared to attack ...

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Can I give you my tubes, you patch them for me, then you can give them back to me? And you get the points... I've got heaps!

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This is getting rather dull. It's relatively rare for me to get flats on the road. Might be a sign I need some new tyres. How many km's am I supposed to get out of road tyres anyway? 36.5 orphic ------------------------------------------------------------- 11.5 Micklan 11 chubb 10.5 Mikesbytes 10 Gi...

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Oh the poor thing! Hope he is ok. I can see why a cat might be tempted to do such a thing. What happened? Did he touch the spokes or the side of the wheel?

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I'm in. Are you saying you are riding in the drinking 6s or you want to ride seriously Anthony?

I want to race for serious. Mixed four?

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To make things easier perhaps we should start one of our famous forum lists...

Trouty - 2
Mikesbytes - 2
EMT - 2
Karzie - 2
Julio - 2
Miguel - 2
Rainbow - 2 ??
Orphic - 2
Anthony - 2

Total: 18

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Socks for me too

Club socks to go with my jersey, drink bottles and hat would be pro!

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Wow, that elevation profile.. I'm speechless!

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Awesome work guys! Bet it was really hard work.

Anyone got Garmin data from the day? James?

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I just went back through and counted. I didn't change all of them myself, and a few times I wasn't carrying things I should have been.

Total of 24 flats this year.

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Sam Rutherford? That's heaps aweome! And go Jackson. Pretty epic race to place in...

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Hmmm you should have gotten an sms with my new number... I'll send it to you

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Hey I only just saw that, damn I would have loved to race! Too late now as I have other plans

Next time sms me if you are going...

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Weiyun spotted in Centennial Park. Had a nice couple of laps having a chat before he was to head off. Unfortunately not long after that I spotted a poor man who had what seemed to be a heart attack while riding. It was not a very pleasant morning and I can only hope he was ok but when I left things ...

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Haha nice. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who browses ebay for things that I have no intention of purchasing

Or do I...

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There is one up on ebay that's in Perth...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BMC-Track-Machin ... 4aa59ab87b

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It sounds like Lidcombe racing is pretty fun. I'm keen to give it a shot this year. Is anyone planning on racing regularly?

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It was in July or something...

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I'm afraid that's a bit late for me. I would be half asleep on my second lap!

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The Highland Fling (mountain bike race) if I manage to get a ticket... Although it's more of a ride for me than a race!

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Yep...he bought a 2nd hand carbon Dolan. You coming to the SPrint series on Sunday? It's good fun...I think I came 5th last or some thing last time, but you get 3 good races in and it's quite fun. Oooh Dolan, nice! I was pretty keen as it sounds like fun, but I have been off the bike for over a wee...

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Soo are you guys still alive?

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I would be up for it but funds are low post 24 hour and I need to save my pennies for the Fling. Sounds like fun! Hope you guys tear it up

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Did Shaun buy a new bike??

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Having you considered the Shimano RS80's? Same rims as the 7850's, almost the same weight and much cheaper.

I have a set of these and they are really nice. Probably the best value for money right now. Another option to consider is getting a set of TWE wheels built.

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I'm out too, work commitments.

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Photos are up http://www.sportograf.de/en/shop/event/945 3055 Christian Lees 3056 John Nguyen 3057 Anthony Platts-Baggs 3804 Megan Edwards 3805 Christopher Jenkins 3806 Simon Llewellyn 3812 Kevin Mills 3810 Victoria Armstrong 3811 Ted Robinson (hehe) 3802 Camilla Norman 3801 Lindsay Munks (but they ...

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So I can understand the race....roughly how long did a lap take, and how many km? The Picture of Camilla is gold. I'm still wrapped DHBC got a 3rd!! Overall DHBC did really well. The team of three males got fifth in their category out of a large field - something like 26 teams. They were really clo...

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No Christian + 1

If I hadn't cracked that helmet I would have done = Christian. Definately going for + 1 next time though.

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What's the Mont like Anthony? I want in. It's teams only, yeah?

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A bit past midnight, out on the Scott 24 course my rear tyre went flat. I kind of tried to seal it (tubeless) but kind of didn't know what the hell I was doing. Ended up putting a tube in it, but the whole process took me about 20 minutes because I was so tired. One girl stopped to help, I was findi...

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That would have been John. It's a real school clock! There is also a white board to the left keeping track of their teams expected arrival times, and a sign to the right reminding Victoria to take her insulin. I didn't remember despite the sign, but luckily team nurse Simon did!

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I thought I would post this up as I had absolutely no idea there was such a thing as a crash replacement program, until my good friend at CBD alerted me to it before I went and paid full price for a new helmet. Not sure what other companies do it, but Lazer have a crash replacement program where you...

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Are you feeling better now Amy? Sorry you couldn't make it

Camilla I can't stop laughing at that last photo. The bandage, ice on your hand, dust on your legs/shoes and smile on your face really sums up the entire weekend!

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Oh yeah I know. I already spoke to a lady at the Bundanoon Hotel and NextG works perfectly down there, and I am on Telstra so it's all good. I'm not talking on-call work here, I am talking scheduled I will definately have to be working kind of work!

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Did anyone else take photos? At the moment it looks like I wasn't even there. Maybe it was all a dream? I know I dreamt of lots of rocks and dust last night! Stuart, I think there is some level of insanity involved. The crashes happened later on in the event, as you get pretty tired and do some sill...

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I am tentative until I find out what is going on with work. I may have to work on Saturday, which means I wouldn't be able to leave for Bundanoon until late Saturday evening. This might not really work with the whole trains not running thing :( John - sorry to hear about your rib! Hope you are ok an...

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That's a really nice shot of Anthony, thanks Tom! Well done on getting 10th too, that's impressive given the field. I am feeling pretty good today, suprisingly. I am still regretful that I wasn't able to do my last lap. I reckon I could have done at least another two over night if I didn't have to s...

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Well that was really fun. Thanks everyone for an awesome weekend! I feel totally cooked, but it was soo worth it. What a great track and great company. I don't think all the riding and lack of sleeping would have been possible without everyones encouragement, and the constant supply of food ;) Shame...

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I've had a response on Rotorburn now so I am hoping they will ride Trying to do my best to get Aimee some money back. $150 is a fair bit to lose. If it comes down to us having a spare race plate I have someone who is down there anyway that will ride, maybe not 6 laps but 3 or something. That should ...

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So it looks like Kevin and I are riding a pair. Shame he's not female, if he was we would win!

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I don't know if I can backup two fixed days, especially a week after the 24 hour. If it's a case of ride down on Saturday or don't go I might have to pull out. It's supposed to be fun as well as painful.

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Hmmm, well I guess the is no guarantee as to if we can get our bikes on or not. So the option is to try, and potentially be turned away in which case you will have to ride. Not really keen on riding 100km fixed with a backpack, personally. The other option would be to get the train down on Friday ni...

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This is kind of similar to the re-enactment of racing we has at the pub after a RAW night last year... Only replace the bike models with beer placemats.

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Love the new signature Toff. Wise words that should be passed on to the younger generations.

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I can't find the damn article but there was some other pro who lived on rice cakes with nothing on them. Those things are like eating air!

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Just do a couple of 260 km training days up macquarie and you'll lose weight.

Not if you chase it with two pizzas

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Tim you would be pretty suprised the lengths athletes have to go to to keep their weight down when they might not naturally be like that. I remember reading that Basso doesn't eat peas because they are slightly higher in calories than other vegetables...

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With how skinny some of those guys manage to get, I don't doubt the a lot of them would be using it. The pressure to get weight down to impossible levels must be massive. You would probably find that they have all used it at some point in the past.

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I just did 35km on the fixie and it's the only riding I've done all week...

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Is anyone planning on going down on the Saturday? I have a potential team mate but needs a lift on the Saturday morning. Oh and a bike...

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The distributor for Salsa in NSW is Dirtworks. Maybe they can't get them anymore. Or maybe they are being replaced with Titanium Casseroll's like all the other Salsa bikes seem to be at the moment!

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Hmmm now you have me looking at bikes. I looked at lots of these when I was getting my Cross Check, but I had to get mine in a hurry so it came down to what I could get from Dirtworks that week. http://www.voodoocycles.net/wazoo.htm The Soma looks nice. Very similar geometry to the Cross Check. http...

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The Planet-X Kaffenback is also another option

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/FRP ... back-frame

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I am really happy with my Surly Cross Check. It is a great commuting bike and served me very well touring around Tassie. It's not too heavy and the geometry feels good. My only complaint is the colour (I had no choice but to get it in poo brown), but now that I know it's a keeper I'm considering get...

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How much does your frame weight James?

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I can visit the bike shops in the CBD tomorrow at lunch if you don't find anything before then.

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Thanks everyone, that was the best road ride I have done in a really long time. Great day for it, and the company was tops!

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Thanks heaps for the offer Stuart. I think we shall take you up on that and Christian is going to get some mantles.

Should I bake for this years event? What's good riding food?

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No fixie? What happened to it?

Does that mean you're not doing the Century?

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Oh yeah for some reason I had it in my head that we were coming out at Waterfall. I might die riding with you guys, maybe I should leave earlier and get a head start

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Depending on how I'm feeling I might go longer so might not be with you the whole ride. I might go to Bundeena, not sure. I want to get at least 100kms in this weekend.

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I actually want to do it because I'm bored with some of the riding I am doing, and I like riding on Friday mornings and having someone to talk to and drink coffee with afterwards would be awesome. Mainly the coffee part, really (I have taken up coffee again.. What was I thinking giving it up?!) I al...

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Sorry Mike, Fixie Friday appears to be off...

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Christian waiting at Randwick gates of Centennial Park for Randwick training ride to start (I am allowed to spot him aren't I? Only when I see him when I don't expect it... Although I suppose I kind of knew he would be there)

Simon Sharwood in his civvies on Market Street yesterday.

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I have a couple of people up my sleeve. Watch this space...

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I'm keen, unless I decide to ride the mountain bike. Yeah same. But me riding a mountain bike depends on Christian riding a mountain bike so it's all in his hands. Oh and I am only keen for this if you will wait for me on the hills... In return I will make you all look super glamorous just by ridin...

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I need to do some km's on the fixie and I never seem to make it to a Waterfall ride these days.

Anyone wanna do an early Friday AM fixed ride? Maybe to LaPa out via Botany Bay and back via Maroubra or something? It can be called Fixie Friday

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Well this is certainly creeping up on us. We need to start thinking about transport arrangements as well as stuff we're bringing. Christian and I will be bringing a 2 room tent, that I guess fits about four people? I need to confirm this though. Tim will be shacking up with us. The map of the villag...

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Yeah, I don't mind just using the brakes on the way down the big hill. I don't have a flip flop to change gears, but even if I did I doubt I could be bothered.

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7 whole weeks with no flats! My good run was destroyed by a shard of beer bottle this morning. 32.5 orphic On ya bike 11.5 Micklan 11 chubb 10 Gi, Anthony 09 08.5 Christian 08 Mikesbytes 06 Weiyun 05.5 Rainbow 05 PeterOS, Julio 4.5 othy 04 Geoff M 03 Eleri 02.5 Groomy 02 SSCG_Michelle 01.5 jimmy 01 ...

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I will be running the same I did last year... 44/17 which is 69.9". I figure that if you can do Waterfall on it you can do the fixie centry on it. The fact is that you are going to have to brake going down Macquarie pass anyway, and it's not a race so you aren't going to get left behind. There ...

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Wow well done everyone! Sounds like a great day of racing.

Were there any elite women Jo?

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Ooh this game sounds like fun! Can I spot myself? How about I make it more challenging and start dressing in disguise when I ride.

Sorry Chidgey, I didn't see you

How annoying are those stupid rangers that wave their stupid things at you along the bridge?

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Are you people mind readers or something? I was thinking about a LWE tour the other day, but I'm not sure if I can do that weekend

Are you saying you're riding your road bike instead of touring bike?

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I want to start doing some bigger rides. I seem to be having trouble convincing people to do it though. The problem is that I want to do them at lower efforts - like not over 75% which can be relatively slow. Did Stanwell tops the other weekend and it took over 4 hours

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Great to hear the crits are back! I won't be able to make this one, but hopefully next time

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Is it too late to be counted in for this? Don't know if you are specifying bed config but I can shack up with Christian.

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Oh can I just add that I missed out on RAW on Friday night so I could be fresh for this freaking race too. Grrr!

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Oh really Megan? That sucks!! I don't know if I will do an AROC even again. It seems they have problems with cancelling events in extreme conditions - I didn't realise until this morning that they are also behind Capital Punishment. So instead of racing I spend over $300 to go and stay in a place th...

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worst weekend ever.

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Glad you like it

It's a NZ recipe... And I couldn't keep any of it at my house or I would eat it all and make myself violently ill!

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That's awesome!

Stuff like that can really help when trying to get sponsorship for events.

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Any word on mine? Was hoping I could get it tomorrow night.

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I appear to have lost a knee warmer and fear I might have left it at RAW on Friday night.

Let me know if you happened to have picked it up by mistake. The brand is Assos.

Thanks!

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High chance of rain

I don't mind the rain, but if it looks like it's going to be as bad as Captial Punishment apparently was then I would consider not riding. Only because I can't afford to replace bits on my bike right now!

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So who thinks they are going to qualify for the fatty race?

I'll have to put of 15kgs before tomorrow night if I want to ride

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You can get the old one off with a hammer and chisel, unless you have the special tool.

Are you talking about a crown race setter? That has to be my favourite tool. Mmmmm big crazy tool for doing such a simple job. Does anyone actually own one though?

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Mike - I have no idea. I'll have to let you know when I pick it up.

Speaking of which, when do I get confirmation about payment?

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I will be on call the entire weekend, so no reception overnight will be a big problem. Sigh.

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I am doing an order through Aspire if you are after any CK goodies (yes Rob, I'm getting the red headset!)

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After having to solve IT problems track side at the Appin 400 the other weekend, I think I am sworn of racing while on call.

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What is the situation with sag wagon? I am trying to figure out how I can do this ride. As long as I remain within 1 hour of internet the whole way I can do it... I have internet on my phone, I just need to be able to get to my laptop. Hmmm.

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PS - are they new forks and how much were they??

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Hmmmm, don't think I can make it. Cry

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Ooh very nice! I do agree that you might want that fork resprayed... But find somewhere that it can be done quickly! Ozriders do foam grips in Merida green now, and I found a website with Merida green cable outer too... It's the colour I am thinking of using to build up the Zaskar (as there is a bit...

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So sorry to hear about Matt's accident. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Good work on the second place Hugo. I'm sure it's a sign of more podiums to come.

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Is that Annoying at 1:06?

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If for some reason I don't get hideously drunk on Saturday night then I could be a late entry. But that is very unlikely.

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