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TheConferenceManager

Mrs Lumlev

T he' BoyalIl otel

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Cardiff

7 INFORMALLETTERS

7ATechnicalmatters

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IT o thankArunlxaforlett inghe r stay in he r

flat.

He r stay in t he flat; th edeathoftwogoldfish

T heHap py Planet Associa tion

6.3CnmscottSt

Lond on SEI

February7thl!:l\JG

Answerkey

and their replacement ; a plane strikeat

I I cuthrowairport.

2 Than k-y o u;apologiesfor goldfi sh and

e xplanat ion;re mind e r about par ty.

3 T hisquest ion is answeredbythe restofth e

unit.

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I InAruntxu'sflat, possiblyOIlth e kitchentable.

2 She is ill ahurrv.

3 By includin g nc;th ing else. Sheleavesout a ll

11IllH'cessaryinfonnntlon.I IIterms o f

g ra mm a r she use sabbrevia tions ,con t ract io ns

amie llipsis.

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H(let ter) Thanks \'e IY much;I'll tellyou all

abo utit;X ow.It' shadnew s;th e thing is;

T hat' slife; ..,is 110 joke ;Anyway

(not e)JustaquicklIo te ; Veryson)';I'moff

now

The m e of parenthe se s;no pron olln(Ve ry

sorry;se e yo usoon ); PS; contractions (I' m)

De ar:\l r s Lumley

Furthertoourtele p ho neconve rsat tcnye ste rd ay morning,I wouldlike toconfirmour

hookingfora conferenceatyo u rhot e l fromSaturdaySeptember Srdto :\Iu lldaySeptember

5t hofthisyear,leadng0 11th e morutngoftheSth.

The details (subjec tto amend me nt)arcas follows:

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Sat3nLSun-lth.Mon5th: 26 stnglcmmns

8 doub l e ro oms

Pleasenot e thatone of t hedelegatesisd isab ledandrequire saccommoclatfonwithgood

w heel ch air access.

CONFERENCEFACILITIES

ONECO;.:FEHEXCEHOO.\I on Sat31"(1 andMon 5th(not o n Su nday ), 4.30 - i .nOp .m.,

equippe-dwit hvcnand monitor ,to accommodateup to 40 peo pleillspaceandcomfort.

4 SE.\II:'\A H HOO .\IS o n Sun 4thand .\Io n .5th: lOa.m. - !.OOp .lll.ant]2.30- 4.00p.m "

e qui ppe d with wldteboards. toaccommodateup to 12peop le each,

CAT EHIN G

Provisionally. om requirements (fo rIII'to 42 guests) a re asfollov....s:

SatSrd dinner only

SUJl4 th breakfast .lunch(lp.m.]:tea(dp .m.)

.\ 10 11 5 th br eakfast.tea(4 p.lll.); dinner(Sp. m.)

Tiles6th bre akfast

Approxima tely onethirdo f th e delegateswill prefera vege tarianmen u.

OUl'lastreque st : weunderstand thatthere is an int e rnationalrugby match atCardiff Arms

Pa rkOiltheSatur day afternoon .ami wouldbe gratefulif you couldobtain6 ticketsfor us.

Should this he inconveni e n t for yo u.p le aseadvise how we mightobt ain them,

I look forwardto hearin g fro myOIl withconfirmationofour boo kin g.

Yourssince re ly,

ChristineUpt on

Christine Upton

AssociationSecreta ry

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flproblem 10 gin' 11 jail 12 Anywa y /-St ill

13 Lo ve / Bes t wishes

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B 1 I'm fedlipwithth is stu pid job- lily new

bossis even wo rsethant he lastone.

2 I'mfedupwit h this st upid joh- I wantto

live!'!

3 Iwasamazedto sec Jo lma t t he party- I

th ou ghthe was in prison!

4 Iwas am azedtoseeJoh n att he party-

he 'snonnallvverv unsocia ble.

5 T he wildp igdi(h~'tatt ack Emily -itwas

E m ily whoattacked the wild pig!

6 The wild pig didn't atta ck Emily- it was

ju sttrying to es ca pe.

eSugge ste d ans we r

De a r Mum,

Cucsswhat !You'llneverbelie ve this,h u t I'm

go ing to he famous at last! .\.Iy newIili.~sta rts

tomorrow , inPoland! O ntourwithU2!

Itallhappened so sud denly. We werejust

doing a gig in asm all towninthe north(,)

whe n Bono walke din.Yo nshouldhave scr-n

thelookOIlKcmat'sfac e !Anvwav, to cuta

lo ng story short,BOliOlove d;)lll"'musicand it

justhappenedthathe needed a sup por thand

fo r U2's EastEurope anto ur .So we're all off

toPolandnextweek.By theway,how's your

Polish? Can you stillspeakth e language?If

so.why don 't you l'o mewit h liS?I' msu re

you' d re ally enjoy it- it's no t a ll sex,drugs and

rock'n ' roll, )'on know!

.\Instdash.We'vegota re hearsalillhal f an

hour,and lily bagpipesa reoutoftunc.

Yourlovm gSOil.

Ed mu nd.

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