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Apr 25: The Final Adventures of Roger Wilco?

Regular readers might recall the previous adventures of Roger Wilco, the somewhat superior raccoon. (There are several links there, best read in order.)

Well last week I suspect we saw the final chapter in Roger's round-the-world trip which has included Birmingham, Malov, San Francisco, Malov, Birmingham, Cirencester and many points in between.  Through the magnificent efforts of some good Oak Table friends, he arrived with James Morle in London at the UKOUG Exadata event to complete the final leg. (I also finally took delivery of my new OT T-Shirt, which is very cool ...)

We all adjourned to a bar with outside tables and a wide selection of good beers so that Roger could say farewell to some of his new friends.



Left-Right - Roger Wilco, Paul Logan of Pythian, Dan Norris, James Morle, David Kurtz, Tanel Poder and the back of Peter Brink's head.

He almost didn't make it back though as he went missing again and I knew that I would be in deep trouble when I got home. When I saw the evil glint to Lisa Dobson's smile, I realised something fishy had been going on. He'd been kidnapped!



Once untangled, I was able to finally delivery him home to Edinburgh. His fur looks a bit bedraggled but he has lost none of his sense of superiority. In fact, he's much worse because he claims to have been places and seen things that a cuddly toy can never forget and the others are never likely to see. To say the atmosphere at home is a little frosty is an understatement!



I only hope that in time they bring him down to earth with a sharp bang and we can all get back to normal again. If not, I worry he might decide to go off on a new set of adventures.

As long as he doesn't find himself in this sort of situation.

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#1 - Tanel Poder said:
2011-04-25 22:24 - (Reply)

I seem to be staring at Roger for some reason... Or maybe I'm wondering which beer is mine?

#1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2011-04-25 23:38 - (Reply)

That's fine. He's used to being the centre of attention.

#2 - Marco Gralike said:
2011-04-26 00:12 - (Reply)

Brilliant shot that last picture. O, how I had a good laugh. Lets hope he is able to tell the tale. This will not go good for even a short time...

#3 - Kevin said:
2011-04-29 16:27 - (Reply)

Where is my OT T-Shirt?

#3.1 - Doug Burns said:
2011-04-29 23:58 - (Reply)

Hi Kevin,

Well this was one that I ordered during the last round, about 2 years ago? But then I missed a couple of events in Denmark and OOW and missed Mogens at UKOUG. So one of

1) You have one already and it's just taken me a much longer time for me to get mine.
2) You didn't bother ordering in the last round
3) Your is somewhere in transit too

Whatever, there was a mail went out easily asking if anyone wanted one. I'll re-forward it to you ;-)

Hope things are going well ...

#3.1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2011-04-30 00:00 - (Reply)

Maybe it was just a year ago. I'm getting old and losing track of time

#4 - Bradd Piontek said:
2011-05-13 16:54 - (Reply)

Wow, thanks for catching the ellusive Logan Irishman on digital film. Definitely a rare beast to behold.

Cheers


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