10 minutes to lunch
Return of the Drag: 2011
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neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
I'm going to try and hold out for a bit longer. Think cuntboss is off out soon, so need to maximise not having to look busy time 
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
this office, or rather, the people in it are doing my head in today
kittyP
Pluviophile
You totally miss-billed this film to me. I thougt it was a kinda mock doc about hippies
Seems not.
Looks good though
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
don't tell anyone, but in sainsbury's i pressed the button for carrots as i was paying for parsnips at the self checkout 
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Thief 
Right, lunch time!
Right, lunch time!
Still working out my plan for running a Wire Retreat Week. This is for people that have not seen The Wire before, or those who simply have a lot of money/time and just love banging on about The Wire.
The outline plan is to book a hotel which has a suitable conference/cinema room with projector and screen. Let's say for example rooms for the punters block booked for 6 nights and 5 days use of the conference (cinema) room with projector and screen with decent surround sound.
Location of the hotel is TBC at the moment. As this will be a Wire Retreat Week it feels like it should be out of the city's. However the punters will barely see the outside so perhaps it does not matter? Equally there may be scope to clone or franchise the Wire Retreat Week so we could be running these all over the UK and Ireland.
Arrival is Sunday night for dinner, drinks and introductions. There might even be scope to invite guest dinner speakers but this may not be viable.
Then The Wire schedule starts on Monday morning (after breakfast) on a strict schedule ending Friday night.
08:00 breakfast then 09:30 start till 13:30 break for lunch (4 hours of The Wire)
15:00 start till 19:30 break for dinner (4.5 hours of The Wire)
21:00 start till 00:30 then finish (3.5 hours of The Wire)
Then a goodbye breakfast on Saturday morning before being returning the punters to their nothing lives.
12 hours of The Wire per day (excluding meal breaks) over 5 days gives a total of 60 hours viewing for the punters. The total run time of The Wire is 3499 minutes (58.32 hours) so approx a 1.5 hour margin for any delays. This seems pretty tight but the mealtimes are quite generous so could always shorten them if more problems are encountered. I don't really want shorten the mealtimes if possible, as part of the Wire Retreat Week is discussing the series development and characters. The only thing that may also have to be factored in are cigarette and bathroom breaks, that may mean a rethink of timings.
Where this is going to become difficult is how to cost the whole thing. I could see this being done once as a 'not-for-profit' thing but there would need to be some money for the organiser.
The hotel costs alone are going to be quite high. I plan to include all meals so 6 nights accommodation, 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners will have to be charged. There will need to be drinks and possibly some snacks served during viewing periods too. Of course a bulk booking discount will be applied but will have to investigate this. I would hope to have around 20 punters per week but it would be hard to judge.
Conference/cinema room would probably be chucked in free or at a very low cost if sufficient room/food/drink money was spent. However there may be AV equipment costs to set up screen, projector, player, sound, etc. It would need to be good and a back up would need to be available at all times in case of equipment failure. Also the conference/cinema room will need to have suitable furniture as the punters will be sitting down for long periods of time.
One cost I have not even investigated is the 'public viewing' costs. I have a nasty suspicion that this is going to be expensive. Of course I would be able to speak to the HBO network but doubt a UK Wire Retreat Week is going to have much bartering power.
Then there is marketing/promotional costs. The Wire Retreat Week will need a website and social media could go so far. However I really think that there would need to be a higher profile campaign. This is fairly easy to plan but not going to be easy.
The outline plan is to book a hotel which has a suitable conference/cinema room with projector and screen. Let's say for example rooms for the punters block booked for 6 nights and 5 days use of the conference (cinema) room with projector and screen with decent surround sound.
Location of the hotel is TBC at the moment. As this will be a Wire Retreat Week it feels like it should be out of the city's. However the punters will barely see the outside so perhaps it does not matter? Equally there may be scope to clone or franchise the Wire Retreat Week so we could be running these all over the UK and Ireland.
Arrival is Sunday night for dinner, drinks and introductions. There might even be scope to invite guest dinner speakers but this may not be viable.
Then The Wire schedule starts on Monday morning (after breakfast) on a strict schedule ending Friday night.
08:00 breakfast then 09:30 start till 13:30 break for lunch (4 hours of The Wire)
15:00 start till 19:30 break for dinner (4.5 hours of The Wire)
21:00 start till 00:30 then finish (3.5 hours of The Wire)
Then a goodbye breakfast on Saturday morning before being returning the punters to their nothing lives.
12 hours of The Wire per day (excluding meal breaks) over 5 days gives a total of 60 hours viewing for the punters. The total run time of The Wire is 3499 minutes (58.32 hours) so approx a 1.5 hour margin for any delays. This seems pretty tight but the mealtimes are quite generous so could always shorten them if more problems are encountered. I don't really want shorten the mealtimes if possible, as part of the Wire Retreat Week is discussing the series development and characters. The only thing that may also have to be factored in are cigarette and bathroom breaks, that may mean a rethink of timings.
Where this is going to become difficult is how to cost the whole thing. I could see this being done once as a 'not-for-profit' thing but there would need to be some money for the organiser.
The hotel costs alone are going to be quite high. I plan to include all meals so 6 nights accommodation, 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners will have to be charged. There will need to be drinks and possibly some snacks served during viewing periods too. Of course a bulk booking discount will be applied but will have to investigate this. I would hope to have around 20 punters per week but it would be hard to judge.
Conference/cinema room would probably be chucked in free or at a very low cost if sufficient room/food/drink money was spent. However there may be AV equipment costs to set up screen, projector, player, sound, etc. It would need to be good and a back up would need to be available at all times in case of equipment failure. Also the conference/cinema room will need to have suitable furniture as the punters will be sitting down for long periods of time.
One cost I have not even investigated is the 'public viewing' costs. I have a nasty suspicion that this is going to be expensive. Of course I would be able to speak to the HBO network but doubt a UK Wire Retreat Week is going to have much bartering power.
Then there is marketing/promotional costs. The Wire Retreat Week will need a website and social media could go so far. However I really think that there would need to be a higher profile campaign. This is fairly easy to plan but not going to be easy.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
This is a lot of The Wire. It's something I've still not got round to watching (along with Spartacus)
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
I was wondering where you were, you CUNT
Corrected for you.
I can talk - I'm not dragging today.
i've never seen the wire
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
i've never seen the wire
Are you going to be the first to book?
i've never seen the wire
First two punters are on board
All you need to pay is £200 (non-refundable) deposit to reserve your places on the Wire Retreat Week. There is still a fair bit to do so I predict the first showing will be in autumn 2011. Once the £200 (non-refundable) deposit is paid I will prepare the contracts and (inflexible) payment terms.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
First two punters are on board
All you need to pay is £200 (non-refundable) deposit to reserve your places on the Wire Retreat Week. There is still a fair bit to do so I predict the first showing will be in autumn 2011. Once the £200 (non-refundable) deposit is paid I will prepare the contracts and (inflexible) payment terms.
Will there be custard creams and other fancy biscuits 'cos if so I am in!
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Sounds like a bargain
First two punters are on board
All you need to pay is £200 (non-refundable) deposit to reserve your places on the Wire Retreat Week. There is still a fair bit to do so I predict the first showing will be in autumn 2011. Once the £200 (non-refundable) deposit is paid I will prepare the contracts and (inflexible) payment terms.
Looks a bit pricey.
Maybe I'll torrent it instead.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Oooh how exciting - good luck
Ta queeny! Bit addictive all this stage stuff, innit?!
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Oh you have gotta love where I work.
So we are not allowed to leave milk in the office i.e. out of the fridge, in case it goes off and is a health (and safety) risk. however, my computer has just failed an electrical test but "Oh I'm sure it's fine, we'll check with ***** (*the IT guy) when he is back from holiday"!
Plus the water pressure has gone on the first two floors so there are no sinks or toilets in use except for the two small cubicles on the top floor!
Priceless!!
So we are not allowed to leave milk in the office i.e. out of the fridge, in case it goes off and is a health (and safety) risk. however, my computer has just failed an electrical test but "Oh I'm sure it's fine, we'll check with ***** (*the IT guy) when he is back from holiday"!
Plus the water pressure has gone on the first two floors so there are no sinks or toilets in use except for the two small cubicles on the top floor!
Priceless!!
This is going to be half yours my good lady wife and will be our retirement fund
Yes, I can take specific snack requirements beforehand. The bulk will be Space Raider crisps and pop of course.
I am pretty much cutting my own throat
You stay out of this
It will be great value
So far I have dialled 99 and my finger is hovering over the 9
What are you wearing for it?
good luck!
Fanks carnage
Not getting dressed up or owt this time - although I do have a new checked shirt that our lass got me, so that probably
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