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Jac Hawk
06-10-2022, 10:37
Update on the WAM Show, the hotel they used this year and were planning to use next year has been ear marked for use by the home office for asylum seekers, https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/88-rooms-north-stafford-hotel-7668882

If this is the case then a spring WAM show is unlikely in my opinion unless they have a plan B?
Pigmy Pony
06-10-2022, 18:19
The council cited concerns about extremism. At least the Wam show was not extreme. A bit bonkers maybe :)
Barry
06-10-2022, 20:52
Why don't you combine the two: accommodate the asylum seekers and compare and contrast their audio systems? The choice of music with which to demonstrate them would be interesting.

Suela Braverman could be one of the judges - the winner gets an all-expenses paid trip to Rwanda (unfortunately one-way only). :doh:
Pigmy Pony
07-10-2022, 06:06
Why don't you combine the two: accommodate the asylum seekers and compare and contrast their audio systems? The choice of music with which to demonstrate them would be interesting.

Suela Braverman could be one of the judges - the winner gets an all-expenses paid trip to Rwanda (unfortunately one-way only). :doh:

https://syriaradios.com/en/images/contents/features-phone.png

A typical Syrian audio system, yesterday. Looks a lot like a Pure DAB radio I had years ago. If this is the expected standard, I doubt anyone will be going to Rwanda. But I'm sure there will be worse places than a hotel in Stoke in the depths of winter... just give me a minute to think.
Macca
07-10-2022, 17:45
https://syriaradios.com/en/images/contents/features-phone.png

A typical Syrian audio system, yesterday. Looks a lot like a Pure DAB radio I had years ago. If this is the expected standard, I doubt anyone will be going to Rwanda. But I'm sure there will be worse places than a hotel in Stoke in the depths of winter... just give me a minute to think.

Once they've had a winter in Stoke in that draughty old hotel they'll be fighting to get on the plane to sunny Rwanda. Maybe that's the plan all along?
Pigmy Pony
07-10-2022, 21:05
Once they've had a winter in Stoke in that draughty old hotel they'll be fighting to get on the plane to sunny Rwanda. Maybe that's the plan all along?

Yes that thought occurred to me too. Warm sunshine, and probably better WiFi. Not sure if Rwanda has Subway though.
Macca
08-10-2022, 06:08
Yes that thought occurred to me too. Warm sunshine, and probably better WiFi. Not sure if Rwanda has Subway though.

No Subways in Rwanda - https://restaurants.subway.com/

You probably can't get oatcakes there either. But they do have a KFC so all is not lost.
Pigmy Pony
08-10-2022, 06:55
I don't know what all the fuss is about, I'd stay there.

https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/1c/d4/4b/08/hotel-exterior.jpg?w=300&h=-1&s=1
Floyddroid
09-10-2022, 21:46
Why not come to NEBO instead or as well as?
Jac Hawk
10-10-2022, 18:25
Why not come to NEBO instead or as well as?


no need to ask me twice, the Strongarm alone makes me want to attend NEBO
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2022, 06:03
I can't find Steve's post announcing NEBO 13. Maybe it needs to be re-posted with the suggested date and then have a show of hands.
struth
11-10-2022, 07:47
I can't find Steve's post announcing NEBO 13. Maybe it needs to be re-posted with the suggested date and then have a show of hands.

it was removed due to a request by steve.
Pigmy Pony
11-10-2022, 20:30
it was removed due to a request by steve.

No doubt due to the possibility of it clashing with the next 'Wam show. But since then it has been reported that the North Staffordshire Hotel in Stoke (where it was held earlier this month) may be out of the running by Stoke Council being made to use it to house asylum seekers. So it's all a bit up in the air right now.