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[sapagoo]

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[cubicgardencom]

Bloody hell faster that I can put them up and write on a forum.

It is the black ring.

I've now got it on the top of my bookshelf in the middle of the room. we took 2 lots of pictures of the inside of the ring, so if anythings not clear, wait while chippy puts his up too.

[Nighthawk]

I gotta say, the rings look amazing. Hope you get to keep it eventually.

Now I wonder Miami! where the next MIAMI! one will I said MIAMI!!! be... It's not like we have a whole lot of time.

[chippy]

WE GOT IT!!

Here's my account.
I've only a few pics. cubicgarden, davemee and sward have taken many more, including video etc.
Yes. I wore a suit! No. I didn't have a monocle.

So I arrived just after 5pm (missed the earlier train) and met sward and cubicgarden in the cafe next door.

After introductions, we exchanged information about where the ring was located, who was in the gallery, and what to say, although I had already rehearsed it (even dreamt about it last night!

So, a quick slurp of lemonade and a quick tidy up in the mirror, and I headed out. No time for nerves.

Tried to open the door. It wouldn't move! "oh my god, they've shut early", I thought, but no, there was a bell to ring, and they buzzed you in. It was more of a pop-art shop than a proper gallery.

Strode up to the counter, a lady (previously described by my friends in cafe next door, and i made sure they remained seated next door!) was seated there,

I said in a loud, confident tone "I'm looking for the Ringkeeper"
they said: "ringkeeper?"
"yes, I'm the official transporter of the ring, and I'm here to collect it"
"but how do you know we have a ring?"
"Ahh, I know you have it, this is the right place" (Later on, I clarified "I send some scouts here earlier on today, to see if you still had it" - she was a bit picky on this subject)
"well now, in that case, what's the password?"
"Thermantia" (pronounced Ther-man-tee-ahh) - I figured they wouldnt have read up on ancient greek spellings
"OK, then you can have it."
and we walked over to the display case, and then she called over for the box from the lad who worked there.
On the way there, still in character, I ask "So, you had some trouble earlier on, we may have been compromised" and she says "well, there is a protocol to follow..." I replied, "well, those were nothing to do with me, they were obviously on the opposite team!"

She said, well, theres the protocol, and that she emailed the people and they said she had done the right thing.

And, after packing the ring up into the box, and a couple of pleasantries, although I wasn't allowed to talk about much, and they said they were not allowed to ask me questions, I left, and she went to email those in charge to say we had it.

Entered the cafe, and celebrated a bit laterdown the pub, with it standing on the table. It was a great topic of conversation with many people coming up and asking what it was. We even met an eccentric lady who said she spoke some esperanto.

Cubicgarden is looking after the ring, after traipsing around manchester for several days in hunt of it. I'm glad I paid my part well, and got it safe into our hands!

that's me

edits: just emailed eli and james saying we've got it safe now.

[unagi]

[DavFlamerock]

[sward]

Photos

[Canzonett]

Three cheers, hooray and a huge WOW! for team Manchester. Great work!

[chippy]

Re: Photos

[davemee]

Re: Photos

[sapagoo]

the baudot code has changed.
in ring 1, I believe it said

[sapagoo]

You can clearly tell where the SESA section is, and where the perdita section is.

perdita looks like an M on the top row:

[unagi]

Great, sapagoo!!!

We can see the section where "la ringo sesa" is repeated in the third ring!!!