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Clovispup and I are heading to the Dr Who convention in Baltimore next week. This will be our third con. This year I decided to put together a full costume. Since I am retired Air Force Reserves, I decided that a Unit uniform costume would be appropriate. Next year I may do Sgt Benson, but this year I am going to dress like the Brigadier. Got the last items a couple days ago, I know, down to the wire. Anyway here he is.
OK, I just looked at the picture and the Brig is not very squared away. Next time I will iron the trousers a little higher up, and pay more attention to the collar and the placement of the sweater. I failed to look in the mirror, since the light was fading and the sweater is hot. Anyway, it will give you and idea of what it looks like.

Also looks like the Brig needs to go on a diet. We used to call it the "Fat Boy Program" back in the day.

This looks a little more squared away. Notice the funky British open hand salute.

Have fun!

Awesome!!! I'll bet you and Clovispup will have a blast.

Have a great trip!

Cate

Well, instead of heading to Baltimore today, I'm lounging around the house. Got an e-mail alert from Amtrak yesterday that my reservation had been canceled. Weather in the northeast is nasty today. Got rescheduled for Thurs. Con starts on Fri. Snow is supposed to stop later this afternoon. Hopefully all we will miss is one day of non-con.

sure hope you are able to get there and do have a great time

You got that right, clovishound. The northeast is again getting pounded by their fourth nor'easter....what a rough winter so many folk have had, and still are having. Weather reports I'm seeing today predict this storm carries a "dump of record spring snow!" Glad Amtrak has you safe at home and lounging. Hope everyone on our Forum living in the Northeast will stay safe, too.

Anyway, enjoy yourselves when you finally do get there.

clovishound wrote:Well, instead of heading to Baltimore today, I'm lounging around the house. Got an e-mail alert from Amtrak yesterday that my reservation had been canceled. Weather in the northeast is nasty today. Got rescheduled for Thurs. Con starts on Fri. Snow is supposed to stop later this afternoon. Hopefully all we will miss is one day of non-con.

I was watching the reports for weather the last couple days, and yesterday I was starting to wonder whether to postpone the trip by a day. Since the hotel is very close to the train station, I decided to hold pat. Amtrak made the decision for me. Probably a good thing.

Clovispup and I talked last night and decided that we would still go if we had to miss the first day. Things don't kick off until late afternoon on Fri. The weather is supposed to be in the mid 40s tomorrow, so hopefully we won't have any trouble getting there.

The wooley pulley will be just the outfit for the forties. I hope you have a great time. Safe travels.

P.S. I'm moving this to the newly relocated travel area and I'm hopefully shadowing it here to.

I saw the travel section disappear a while back. Didn't realize it had been moved here.

Well, they canceled today's train. Looks like we will miss the first half day. Neither Clovispup or I are happy about it, but the only alternative that wasn't north of $1200 was a bus trip, that both of us nixed. Crossed fingers that we will make this one.

We were hoping to get the midnight train tonight that would get in tomorrow morning, but it was full.

Update, I kept checking the overnight train and a cancellation popped up, so we are leaving tonight and will be there in the morning. We shouldn't miss anything if it goes as scheduled. Had to pony up the difference between a seat and a sleeper, but since we will be traveling overnight, it seemed worth it. Plus it was the only way to get there before late tomorrow night. Clovispup is happy with Dad today.

Well, we just got back from Baltimore late last night. We had a GREAT time. It was much better attended than last year, undoubtedly due to the participation of Peter Capaldi and Michelle Gomez. For those not into Dr Who, they are on the short list of big celebrities for the genre.

Will post a couple pictures later.

There was an incident I witnessed first hand between between Peter and an attendee. I won't go into details for a variety of reasons, but Peter handled it with grace and compassion that really impressed me. His real personality is in contrast to the rather stiff and gruff character he plays in the series. My hat is off to him.

In other news, I was very pleased with the reaction to my costume. I got a lot of compliments and quite a few requests to take pictures. One lady was dressed up as the Brig's daughter and got excited when she saw me and rushed over and said something along the lines of: "I'm your daughter. I have to get a picture of us together!".

Some of the costumes I saw were extremely impressive.

Glad you had a good time.

Here's the pup and I with Sarah Sutton. She played Nyssa in the early 80s.



Most of my pictures were a little stilted because I had to hold my head down a little to keep the glare of the lights off my glasses.

I think your costume was terrific. I'd enjoy seeing all the photos you want to share of the event. Sounds cool.