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November 21, 2006 at 6:58 am #2249528
[b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Lockedby gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
See update post at end of thread, people!
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Kiltie threw this idea out in another post, so I’m putting this thread up for general thoughts.
Who’s in the UK? Who’d like to meet up?
Initial thoughts are to meet in late Spring/early Summer and have a general good time.
Where? Once we know who’s interested we can set a central location, with good transport links for those of us not inclined to drive.
What? Whatever you like (ok, within reason, you lot!) We can do the weekend thing, or an overnighter, or a meal and a drink, or just a drink. It’s up to whatever takes your fancy. :8} (within reason….!)
I forgot to turn off the “Volunteer” switch in my brain, so have volunteered to co-ordinate this/book rooms, hotels, B & B’s as decided or restaurants/bars for meals/drinks. 🙂 All you’ll have to do is co-ordinate your own transport.
So, it’s over to you. Who’s up for it?
Ok, I promise I’ll turn the man-eater level to low (it never gets switched off….. 😉 )
Hell, I’ll even promise to speak English and not Geordie, if that’ll help any!
Posts on here, or pm’s to me, I don’t mind.
GG
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November 21, 2006 at 9:06 am #3279420
Well, see how you are
by jdclyde · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Leaving the rest of us out in the cold!
Hope you lot have a grand time anyways! Someone remember to take some pics!
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November 21, 2006 at 9:59 am #3288772
but ya know what?
by jaqui · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, see how you are
this could be done for every area. :p
you could get everyone from Moldy Intestines to get together. 😀
though it might be a good idea to not have it in the land of confusion. ]:)
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November 21, 2006 at 10:05 am #3288769
Used to do this at AFU
by jamesrl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to but ya know what?
I hosted one in a Toronto Bar – only 6 people but what the heck it was fun anyway.
I’d be happy to host if people want to make their way here.
James
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November 21, 2006 at 4:43 pm #3288679
So what
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, see how you are
Denman Station? Numbers? errrr. no thanks.
(damn, they still around? It’s been a while sicne I was a downtown hound).I’d always come down to the Dover Arms for a few with you though.
Sorry that was aimed for Jaqui, but posted under your for some reason. I’ve been having a hell of a time with TR lately.
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November 21, 2006 at 10:43 pm #3288623
only
by jaqui · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So what
Numbers is still around.
Celebreties, Moosehead, Pump Jack’s [ used to be Doll and Penny’s ], Oddesy and the Dufferin for the gay bars.
The Plaza, Dicks on Dicks, Roxy, Cecil, Cellar, Tonic, Caprice, Au Bar, The Drink, Sonar, Penthouse, Cobalt, American [ and the wino central joints on Hastings ] for Straight Bars.
[ Downtown only, the list is way to long if we add the outskirts of Vancouver, never mind the burbs, like Burnaby, New West, Coquitlam, Surrey, Richmond, North Van, West Van. ]Really, I think you would rather the Fireside or Mugs ‘N Jugs [ peeler bar.. or was last time I was in it ]
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November 22, 2006 at 1:46 pm #3288424
Hey Im not THAT out of touch
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to only
It’s just the bars and clubs around the bent-end that I don’t keep up with.
I am in close contact with most others, through booking their acts for them.
Mugs and Jugs is a dive full of bottom feeders, the HA clubs (#5 or Drake) are still okay though, Hells Angels keep the entertainment good there.
Fireside? Just around teh corner from me, but full of old farts and people who think a pint of Blue while the wife plays Bingo is a great evening out. (too Surrey’ish for me.)
I’ve hung out at so many of them though, over the years, including Funky WinkerBeans, the old Grand Union and Balmoral. It’s not that I’m too stuck up, but simply don’t have the patience for the patrons anymore; I left that life behind many years ago.
Celebrities and such, not my bag (sorry for the pun) but I have a ‘wide variety’ of friends so I’ve been pretty much everywhere down there.
I should try and make it down that end more often, I always liked hanging out on English Bay (in a secluded cormer without the yahoos and tourists)and walking the seawall is always good excercise.
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November 22, 2006 at 2:11 pm #3288417
well
by jaqui · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Hey Im not THAT out of touch
I tend to not hit the bars at all.
In a way, Calabs is the best out of them, classed a gay bar, but completely non discrimnatory, with 75% of business from the straight community.
[ gods, the hot women going in there ]:) ]
And it’s where Sanctuary is being held now, instead of the Purple Onion.
[ Goth Night, with a heavy dose of Fetish ]:) ]I’m more likely to wander into a Blenz or Timmy’s than a Bar on any given night.
ahh, a great place, fantastic food, licensed [ for the booze hounds ] Vera’s burgers on Davie.
[ right beside Celebreties ]There are at least 8 members from the lower mainland here.
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November 22, 2006 at 3:11 pm #3290374
Vera’s
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to well
Always has been the best burger downtown. Even better than Fuddruckers. (but i am still partial to Wally’s on Kingsway).
As for gay/mixed bars, when I worked in Bentall area half the staff were gay, half were straight, we’d bar hops without thought as to who was where. That’s one thing I do like about downtown, for teh most part it’s pretty liberal and accepting, though a bit too trendy with the lap dog craze. I was actually asked many times when meeting new people, “Where’s your dog?” as if it was an accessory or something.
Bars, not so much this last year, when working with acts I don’t usually even turn up anymore, too many endless nights in bars for me. But last year and in previous years, I would go from a skid bar on East Hastings, to the 5, to Stages, to Denman Station, then back up to Dicks on Dicks, then perhaps teh Cecil, then the Yale etc.
All bars were sources of income, so I didn’t hold prejudices on who went where. It’s kinda fun that way too, you meet a greater variety of people, instead of the typical bar chicks you seen to find in every corner of the planet.
A buddy of mine is/was heavy into the latex, rubber and fetish trip for years, I never really hung out for such nights at local clubs, but I couldn’t give a toss what people choose to do either, it’s just not MY thing that’s all.
God knows I am not one to judge someone for their choices.
As long as you have fun and nobody loses an eye, well not BOTH eyes anyway, who cares what people do?
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November 22, 2006 at 5:00 am #3288574
Hey!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, see how you are
It’s not intentional, it’s just there’s a bloody big expanse of water between us.
Personally, I think that any others who want to join us would be an [b] added bonus [/b]! 😉
Yes, that’s an open invitation – but again, I’ll help with accommodation etc., but you sort your own bloody transport!
(my little Trusty camera with the 512 card is already packed, jd! :p )
GG
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November 21, 2006 at 10:47 am #3288757
Seems a little unfair
by dmambo · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
You small-country people could realistically pull this off, but us big-country folks probably can’t. I don’t think this is an equitable situation.
Ah, well. I hope you pull this together, GG. It sounds like fun. Keep everyone up-to-date.
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November 21, 2006 at 4:44 pm #3288678
now now
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Seems a little unfair
Remember, you escaped that p1sshole for a Brave New World, a land of freedom and vast expanses of land where you find it virtually impossible to meet friends from around your country but have no choice but to put up with the idiots on your own street. 🙂
Nice, warm, fuzzy feeling time.
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November 22, 2006 at 5:04 am #3288572
Grief, Dangermouse….
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Seems a little unfair
unfair? unfair? small-country people? Sheesh. Don’t you have ANY idea how much I’d give to be over [b] that side of the pond [/b] right now?
You [i] can [/i] do this too – just over a number of areas instead of one. Hell, if it helps, I’ll even help co-ordinate from a distance if that’ll put your happy head back on!
Once it’s sorted and sussed, I’ll put it up on the board for any TR members to surprise us – that should keep everyone on their toes!
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 8:02 am #3288509
What’s needed
by ed woychowsky · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Grief, Dangermouse….
What we need is a way that we can meet each other regardless of wear we’re from. Along the lines of “Hey, I’m going on holiday/vacation to xxxxx in yyyyy, who want’s to get together for drinks?” Of course, this means that people who live in either Florida or London will eventually meet everybody.
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November 22, 2006 at 8:11 am #3288507
Just all…
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to What’s needed
sway to an IT conference in a city at the same time.
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November 21, 2006 at 3:18 pm #3288691
Hell why not
by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
I’m in.
hic :p
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November 22, 2006 at 5:13 am #3288568
Tony!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Hell why not
Your name is alzo on zee leezt!
Can you let me have your email via pm sometime? Ta muchly!
😀
GG
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November 21, 2006 at 4:41 pm #3288680
Hmm date and time
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Enough advance and I’ll come back for agood piss up (er, meeting).
I have a few things to do there next year, a festival (in Germany) and some promo work, maybe thay will work out.
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November 22, 2006 at 5:21 am #3288562
You’d be more than welcome, Oz!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Hmm date and time
the more the merrier!
Let me know when you get your dates sorted out…..!
Oh – and if Snowy Canada is still brrr! remember to leave your thermals over there, you won’t need them here!
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 2:13 pm #3290383
Snowy Canada, Brrrrrrr!
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to You’d be more than welcome, Oz!
Canada is cold and snowy, we wear seal skins to work and live in igloos. It is not a nice place to visit!
We all just say that so the Americans stay home, as soon as they come up here, we can’t get rid of them again. They start moving families, business etc. into Canada and, lo and behold, there goes the neighbourhood!
Now let me go and carve some more ice blocks, the roof is melting. 😉
In reality, London got WAY more snow that we did in Vancouver last year. The US generally gets far worse snow storms that we do out here in the west. It’s veyr mild and very much like southern England here. Although you’ve had some great weather this fall! But it’s usually mild, overcast and drizzly/rainy here for fall and winter.
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November 22, 2006 at 2:00 am #3288606
Woohoohooo
by stargazerr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Brilliant Idea.
How about sometime feb GG ? And wherever is Neil ? I havent seen him around in quite a while 😀
I am definately in. What say we make a list to keep track of the half a dozen people coming .. ? hehehe
GG
Tony
Oz?
SG
Neil?Everyone come to london. That way, I dont have to move around and we can all have a great time .. There are loads of places to go around here 😉
]:)
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November 22, 2006 at 4:54 am #3288578
Star there is a very good reason Neil’s been missing lately
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Woohoohooo
GG has finally caught up with him and punished him for standing her up. I believe that he’s getting out of Hospital or more correctly will start Rehab some time in late March 07 if he’s lucky. :^0
Though that time frame is still very flexible it depends on what extra operations are required in the [b]Mean Time![/b] :p
HUM you didn’t have anything to do with GG finding out where he was hiding in London did you? 🙂
Col
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November 22, 2006 at 5:11 am #3288570
hehehe
by stargazerr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Star there is a very good reason Neil’s been missing lately
Shush Col .. Thats meant to be a secret between GG and me. If Neil finds out, I will be the one waiting to be hunted down next 😉
]:)
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November 22, 2006 at 5:26 am #3288557
extra operations?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Star there is a very good reason Neil’s been missing lately
oh, I see what you mean, Col.
It’s that extension he’s been wanting done for the last few years…….
]:)
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 5:43 am #3288552
SG
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Woohoohooo
late spring seems to be better for most, but I’ll pm you.
I seem to have been outvoted on the London bit so far, so I may have to pick your brains as to where we go. Thanks for that. Means I have to fork out for an overnighter! Nah – I’ll just invoice you…..
Neil is a yes, but is offline at the moment. Well, he said he’d get to this thread on Friday. If he says yes this time and doesn’t show – well, I’ll really get him back.
Oh, and see below – you can Kiltie to your list, too!
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 11:30 am #3288463
Got it in one
by stargazerr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to SG
Like I said … I can put up a few unruly ones in my lofts 😉 No
trouble at all …PMing me is the best way to get thru to me … I am very bad
when it comes to showing up on threads …]:)
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November 22, 2006 at 3:06 am #3288603
woo hoo
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
if we have it kinda late spring early summer I’m up for it!!
Has to be central-ish though..(somewhere i can fly into from Dublin)
We could do something geeky..is there any computer museums in london?..(hahahaa..only joking) and then dinner and DRINKS or whatever.
Would be a good laugh allright.
Rob is close to UK, maybe he’d be able to make it as well?
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November 22, 2006 at 4:58 am #3288576
Shell I suggested that we all meet up at the Isle of Man for the TT’s
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to woo hoo
That way we would all feel at home playing with Engine Management Systems on the racing Motorcycles. We could even claim it as a Training exercise. :^0
But Her Majestic Majesty has knocked that on the head. Maybe she doesn’t like [b]Real Ice-cream![/b] 🙁
Col
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November 22, 2006 at 5:29 am #3288556
Ahem! She can’t [i] have [/i] real ice creammmm!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Shell I suggested that we all meet up at the Isle of Man for the TT’s
Don’t you think Kiltie and I travelling to London is enough?
You think I want to risk the transport system in the UK with getting to the IoM??
To watch little boys playing with their toys?
When I could be [b] imbibing my G & T [/b]??
If you think that, Col, you’ve not only lost the plot, you were never in full possession of it in the first place……
😉
GG
Edit: oh, and Shell – keep an eye out on that website I sent you for dates of when their special offers come out.
Good idea about Rob! – hey, the more the merrier!
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November 22, 2006 at 7:08 am #3288520
Well thank you :)
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to woo hoo
But I don’t want to impose myself on to the islanders. But if they like my presence I would love to come over 🙂
Alltho … the computer museum visite 🙁 … the other stuff about drinking and dinner 🙂 count me in.
Rob
[i]emoticons @#$%$#@ will I ever learn???[/i]
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November 22, 2006 at 7:09 am #3288519
Rob
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well thank you :)
– consider yourself counted!
:p
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 7:12 am #3288518
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November 22, 2006 at 3:57 am #3288591
Go for it GG
by kiltie · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
I am sure, also, that GG didn’t mean to restrict the meet n greet to only Brits.
Given enough of an advance notice (say late spring or summer), maybe folks can be flying in from across The Pond, or burrowing up from Down Under.
For a location, I would prefer somewhere down south, where they have decent real ale (hehe) even though it’s much further for me.
Someone started a rumour that GG will be buying the drinks 😉
(Maybe that rumour was started by a tight fisted Scot?)
I’m not sure about the idea of turning “the Man Eater” level to low though, how on earth will we recognise her without that?
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November 22, 2006 at 5:38 am #3288553
You rumourmonger, you!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Go for it GG
I thought you lot would be buying MY drinks for my organisational workings!
You mean to say I have to buy YOURS as well as MINE??
No chance. Remember, Kiltie, I’m of Scottish decent. Old Border Reiver stock. So you stand as much chance as…..fly.
As for recognising me – I’ll be the five foot tall one, with the unruly hair, flashing eyes, stilletos and extremely raunchy top, long skirt with extremely high split up the side covering the stockings and suspenders, flirting outrageously. And yes, the raunchy top fits where it touches….!
(Worried yet??!! ]:) )
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 4:14 am #3288584
A note to you all:
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Have any of you actually taken part in a meeting like this before?
You may find things don’t work out as you ‘imagine’ and the group disbands / splits forever.
Keep it in mind.
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November 22, 2006 at 4:33 am #3288580
valid point
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to A note to you all:
Tech, however, what if things work out good and we get drunk, have a laugh (talk about JD behind his back), and part ways planning to do it again?
Of course it all go up KaKa creek quickly, but i think if you keep it to a 1 day thing it will be ok.
Even if it turns out you can’t stand someone, its only for the day, its not like we all moving in together right?
If it don’t turn out like we think it does, anyone can duck out and just not come back for the second round of drinks. I think people would understand..not everyone gets on with everyone.
As long as we keep it all friendly like..i mean..i don’t fancy finding Neil in a compromising situation with anyone if ya know what i mean ]:)
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November 22, 2006 at 5:13 am #3288569
My experience
by jamesrl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to valid point
AFU get togethers were a bonding experience. It all worked out happily. Drinks were consumed, stories told.
James
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November 22, 2006 at 5:32 am #3288554
That’s what I’m aiming for, James
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to My experience
(Can YOU get over for this??)
Just a good time being had by all. I think we’re all bad enough and old enough to fend for ourselves in TR company. (Notice I didn’t say big. Can’t. Vertically challenged as well as everything else!)
It’s only a “board” meeting, it’s not going to be life changing. Well. If cupid strikes, or if someone offers someone else a job it could be, but you understand what I’m getting at.
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 6:12 am #3288539
Can I get over?
by jamesrl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to That’s what I’m aiming for, James
Possibly. Not sure the wife would appreciate me leaving her in sole care of our three, but she has done it to me often enough with weekend conferences.
I would probably not fly across the Atlantic for 2 days, but three might do it – I sleep fine on airplanes, and I have some airline points saved up.
I think networking is always a good thing.
James
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November 22, 2006 at 6:14 am #3288538
Nothing ventured
by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to A note to you all:
nothing lost 😀
I thought you’d be bigger!
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November 22, 2006 at 6:23 am #3288535
Err…Tony?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Nothing ventured
Did you post in the wrong place?
Or did you think TechMail would be bigger?!
As for me? Yes, I am.
Bigger, that is.
Just not in height…..!!
(Now is the time to hit jd and DMambo for info if you missed that thread last summer!! ]:) )
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 6:38 am #3288528
No Offence but…
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Nothing ventured
how was I to know you like to touch your toes while leaning agains chipboard walls. Not my cup-‘o’-cha thanks all the same!
I suggest you go ‘Outside’ IN THE SUNSHINE 🙂
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November 22, 2006 at 1:52 pm #3288422
You were n’t the TechMale
by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to No Offence but…
who PM’ed me then :O
😀 : D
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November 22, 2006 at 6:19 am #3288536
Most bad meetings
by jdclyde · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to A note to you all:
are because people are not true to themselves when they post on a board. If they play a part when on-line, then they can’t pull it off when they finally meet face to face.
The people that put our their true annoying selves all the time will be just fine.
The regulars are less likely to have been able to keep up the masquerade, and others would have seen through the act.
This sounds wonderful (even if it IS just copying MY idea of a Vegas meeting from a few months back…….)
Have one for me, not one ABOUT me!
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November 22, 2006 at 6:24 am #3288534
Can’t I do both??!!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Most bad meetings
for and about, I mean! 😉
You never know, jd, that Vegas thing could still be a go-er at some point…
GG
Edit: too much typing makes for dyslexic thinking….
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November 22, 2006 at 5:48 am #3288550
Well, despite the insults back up the thread
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
I’m up for it. I’m on a course so I’m doing this instead of configuring a CommVault DR Storage Policy.
Oh no! I’ve been rumbled… Now I’ve got detention!
Neil 😀
I can put a couple of people up if its held in London. When was Max maybe going to get his Libertarian Butt across here?
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November 22, 2006 at 6:09 am #3288543
Neil
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, despite the insults back up the thread
Max said August for the International Scouting thingummyjig.
August could be dodgy for folks summer vacations, including mine. (Yes, I’m getting one, but only cos I’m escorting Ma and Pa)
Now.
Should I frighten the hell out of you and ask if you’ll put me up?? ]:)
GG
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November 22, 2006 at 6:49 am #3288523
Sound a Like
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, given that you’d have my address…
Rythmic hitting of a gel wrist rest against a hard top table is on the cards.
Darn Fly – got ya 🙂
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November 22, 2006 at 8:30 am #3288503
Hey! This is YOUR fantasy!
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Sound a Like
You should get together with jdclyde. You’d have such fun!
Neil :p
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November 22, 2006 at 11:21 am #3288466
There you are
by stargazerr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Well, despite the insults back up the thread
I was wondering what you had got to !!
Likewise, I can handle a couple more people in my house ..
Got a few handy lofts for the unruly ones 😉See you guys in london
]:)
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November 22, 2006 at 6:20 pm #3290337
Star don’t trust Neil one little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to There you are
I tried to give him my daughter a while ago and he ran away scared when she hit the UK.
No matter what I do I just can’t seem to get rid of the kids and the youngest one is around 30. 🙁
Col
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November 22, 2006 at 11:24 am #3288465
So Far we have
by stargazerr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
GG
Tony
Oz?
SG
Neil (without the question mark)
Kiltie (Hiya to you … I havent ever met u have I ??? 🙂 )]:)
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November 23, 2006 at 2:28 am #3290300
me too..
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So Far we have
add my name to the list 🙂
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November 23, 2006 at 2:39 am #3290299
Great!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to me too..
now, can anyone think of any people we’ve missed?
Anyone who’s UK based but offline at the moment?
Anyone else at all??!! 😀 :p
GG
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November 23, 2006 at 5:39 am #3290282
By Default
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to GG you might be able to tempt GOD
As in being there, depending on your belief systems I would say.
Has big hands according to foke songs.
&
Is a binary object as well.Edit – Lightning Struck the PC and caused s typo
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November 23, 2006 at 7:18 pm #3290212
As you have obviously misunderstood my intention
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to By Default
GOD is a Member of TR and has been forever he goes under the Site Name of [b]Guru of Dos[/b] GOD as shorthand for us lowly IT Techs.
There was no reference to any religious overtones at all intended and it is quite obvious that others here understood perfectly what I was getting at.
Col
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November 24, 2006 at 1:13 am #3290545
Hint Taken…
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As you have obviously misunderstood my intention
“is quite obvious that others here understood perfectly what I was getting at”
It is glaringly obvious that I knew of no such person when posting as there was no further information available to me (as post time).
I will take leave of this thread.
Many, many thanks for the ‘outcasting’.
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November 27, 2006 at 8:48 am #3289921
GoD vs GOD
by onbliss · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As you have obviously misunderstood my intention
Didn’t he use “GoD”? Or was it “GOD”… it’s been so long 🙁
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November 27, 2006 at 2:28 pm #3289451
Actually he used Guru of Dos
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As you have obviously misunderstood my intention
But everyone else used GOD or GoD as shorthand.
We never used God as that is a direct likeness to the way that several of the Deities are described in various religious texts.
As GOD was an Anagram I always used Capitol Letters but some used a lower case o. Depends on the Peer in question.
Col
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November 23, 2006 at 7:02 am #3290269
Thanks Col
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to GG you might be able to tempt GOD
(and yes, [b] I [/b] know who you mean)
I’ll pm him with a link to the thread and see if he can be tempted!
Thanks for that, babz
GG
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November 24, 2006 at 6:54 am #3290494
We may have met
by kiltie · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So Far we have
Since I spent most of my working life in the Thames Valley area.
(For our US peers, that is an area about 20 miles west of London, and is considered the UK equivalent of Silicon Valley in US)
Name me a pub you have been to, west of Slough, and I have probably been there.
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November 27, 2006 at 5:03 am #3289991
Me Three
by chris meacher · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So Far we have
Location, Date, Blood Alcohol Level permitting …
oh dear – pm-ed GG with email addy – eeeep!
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November 27, 2006 at 4:24 pm #3289407
Ahhh but I have a cunning plan …
by chris meacher · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Poor guy, you wont last long then
Since no-one on the forum has actually met me I can casually blend into the background.
At these types of meets I’m usually pretty blended anyways 😉
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November 23, 2006 at 6:43 am #3290271
An Idea that may help :-)
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Hey you, get in to my car
Who me?
Yes you, get in to my car
Wooooooooooooooh. Wah! Yeah!Who’s that lady
Coming down the road
Who’s that lady
Who’s that woman
Walking through my door
What’s the score
I’ll be the sun
Shining on you
Hey Cinderella
Step in your shoe
I’ll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle
I’m your manGet outta my dreams
Get in to my car
Get outta my dreams
Get in the back seat baby
Get in to my car
Beep beep, yeah
Get outta my mind
Get into my life
Oooooooooh
Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You)
Get in to my carOh baby
Lady driver
Let me take your wheel
Smooth operator
Touch my bumper (Bumper)
Hey, let’s make a deal
Make it real
Like a road runner
Coming after you
Just like a hero
Outta the blue
I’ll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle
I’m your manGet outta my dreams
Get in to my car
Get outta my dreams
Get in the back seat baby
Get in to my car
Beep beep, yeah
Get outta my mind
Get into my life
Oooooooooh
Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You)
Get in to my carOh baby, let’s go
I said open the door
(Get in the back)
Tread on the floor
(Get on the track)Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah)
Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah)Let’s go
Ooooh, woooow, yeah
I’ll be the sun
Shining on you
Hey Cinderella
Step in your shoe
I’ll be your non’stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle
I’m your manGet outta my… Get outta my…
Woooooooooooooh
Get outta my dreamsGet outta my dreams
Get in to my car
Get outta my dreams
Get in the back seat baby
Get in to my car
Beep beep, yeah
Get outta my mind
Get into my life
Oooooooooh
Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You)
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November 23, 2006 at 7:08 am #3290266
Is this practical? *Need feedback* :D
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Before you all shoot me down in flames, remember I’m a non-techie for the most part. These are just thoughts forming into something like an idea for consultation, ok?!
At this meetngreet, what if I take my lappie and Skype kit? Would it be possible for others across the pond to Skype in to our get together?? With or without webcams/cameras, whatever. I know it may entail *some* cost, but between us, is it do-able?
GG
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November 23, 2006 at 2:42 pm #3290227
Sure
by oz_media · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Is this practical? *Need feedback* :D
Technology is there, but you are expectign IT staff to geton the same page? Godo luck. Most can’t even meet their maker when they die, without analyzing the intricacies of death first. You are looking at a bunch of people with no concept of time.
Ever seen a real IT department on a Sunday afternoon? They still think it’s Tuesday morning, with their bleached skin and big white eyes hidden from the glow eminating from the light across the steet.
But it’s fun too, if you ever want to get rid on the IT guys at work, just turn a light on and they scurry under furniture like cockroaches seeking dark cover. 🙂
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November 24, 2006 at 1:18 am #3290544
A night out ( wooohooo)
by geordifc · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Why not, I’ll be up for that, and there is no need to drop the toon speech, not our prob if they can’t understand a proper language!!
Let me know the rough details when you get sorted GG.
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November 24, 2006 at 2:04 am #3290539
Why aye man!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to A night out ( wooohooo)
(happy dance, nuther Geordie, happy, happy dance…do de do de do
) Geordie in Leeds? Doesn’t compute! Wotcha dein’ theore?
Y’areet marra?
If it’s areet wi’ yee, giz ya pm an’ aal put yaz on me lizt.
(happy happy dance….woohoo! happy GG!! :p )
GG
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November 24, 2006 at 4:08 am #3290523
RE: Why aye man!
by geordifc · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Why aye man!
Lived and worked down here for quite a bit, not to bad a place has some good ups and some very bad downs.
Cheerz
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November 24, 2006 at 6:05 am #3290514
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by tiggertwo. · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
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November 24, 2006 at 6:25 am #3290505
wow
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
no way?
Long way to go for a drink girl!!
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November 24, 2006 at 6:30 am #3290503
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by tiggertwo. · about 17 years, 4 months ago
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November 27, 2006 at 8:29 am #3289929
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November 27, 2006 at 8:55 pm #3289342
Is “ho, ho, ho” self-descriptive.
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
Or, is that your ambition?
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November 24, 2006 at 7:25 am #3290486
ah yes
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to An imposter
hhhmmm..
i do believe your right Kiltie!
*dang clones*
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November 24, 2006 at 6:31 am #3290502
Look forward to greeting you!
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
I think a Glasgow Kiss would be appropriate!
😀
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November 24, 2006 at 6:39 am #3290498
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In reply to Look forward to greeting you!
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November 27, 2006 at 8:29 am #3289927
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November 27, 2006 at 9:31 am #3289903
Looks like TR have ripped his ass right
by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
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November 27, 2006 at 9:46 am #3289897
I missed THAT one!
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Looks like TR have ripped his ass right
This [b]is[/b] me, by the way…
😀
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November 27, 2006 at 2:32 pm #3289448
How’s you going Spuddy?
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I missed THAT one!
Just kidding Neil I couldn’t resist. 😀
But this clown doesn’t seem to take a hint. As it’s been removed as TiggerTwo. It’s now changed it’s Site Name to TiggerTwo..
OH well I suppose [b]Small Things Amuse Small Minds.[/b] :^0
Col ]:)
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November 27, 2006 at 8:29 pm #3289350
Not just out of here.
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Looks like TR have ripped his ass right
If you follow any link to a post within a Discussion started by him/her/it, you’ll get the response “[i]Error: requested resource not found.[/i]”
TR has taken away all of it’s toys!
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November 27, 2006 at 11:56 pm #3289315
Not all
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Not just out of here.
But most of them. TR has removed his postings
On the one still in he used a double fullstop..
Rob
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November 28, 2006 at 12:38 am #3289310
I was referring to TR’s having zapped entire Discussions …
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Not just out of here.
where this miscreant was the root, as opposed to individual posts.
And, I’d already deduced that “TiggerTwo.” and “TiggerTwo..” were one and the same, a fact which will no doubt [b]not[/b] escape notice by TPTB.
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November 29, 2006 at 7:42 am #3224332
The guy posted the lyrics to Berlin’s
by tony hopkinson · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Not just out of here.
Take My breath away, so I was ripping him for lack of musical taste as well. I really wanted him to listen to Verbal Abuse as well.
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November 29, 2006 at 5:48 pm #3224897
Well, you know the old saying that “there’s no accounting for taste.”
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Not just out of here.
Now, if he could produce guitar tabs on demand, then I might find it possible to tolerate his blatherings.
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November 24, 2006 at 6:39 am #3290497
Unless …
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Look forward to greeting you!
A Glasgow Kiss is a blow with a jack-hammer (not just a hang-over but a real meaningfull blow) it’s right on the spot. 🙂
Rob
[i]Neil check this persons profile[/i]
ps Let’s not get the fun spoiled by an imposter 🙂
[i]edited for the ps[/i]
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November 24, 2006 at 6:48 am #3290496
Rob, a Glasgow Kiss
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Unless …
is a head butt to the bridge of the nose.
“Can ye mammy sew? Well tell her to stitch that!”
THWACK!
This guy/gal/piece of crap is strange. I don’t see quite why anyone with even an ounce of what it takes to be human gets anything out of what he/she/(sh)it is doing.
So, TiggerTwo. (with fullstop), why? I’m really interested in why you do this.
😀
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November 24, 2006 at 6:51 am #3290495
Oh my …
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Rob, a Glasgow Kiss
but right on the spot still 😉
Nice one Neil 🙂
Rob
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November 24, 2006 at 7:01 am #3290492
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by tiggertwo. · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Rob, a Glasgow Kiss
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November 24, 2006 at 7:07 am #3290491
Wrong ilness
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
Check out ASPD – sociopath is its popular name.
The symptoms fit you well:
1. failure to conform to social norms
2. deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
3. impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated fights or assaults (both physically or mentally)
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain steady work or honour financial obligations
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from anotherIf that’s what you are then be happy.
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November 24, 2006 at 7:15 am #3290489
Interesting
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Wrong ilness
Do these kinds of facets actually ‘count’ in terms of a virtual on-line personality?
There are no ‘physical’ aspects to consider.
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November 24, 2006 at 8:45 am #3290463
Techmail: Of course they don’t
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Wrong ilness
I was merely pointing out that what is true is that Spuddy’s on-line persona is closest to that of someone who routinely vandalises phone boxes. He may have a shed-load of other on-line personae, some of them nearly as nice as me, but as this is the only one that I know, I thought I’d comment on it. I invited him to post his motive in attempting to pass himself off as another peer – however easy it was to spot – and he was the one who suggested mental illness. I was just agreeing with the reason but disagreeing with the finer point of the diagnosis…
He could be mentally ill.
He could be – most likely! – just an immature little arsewipe.
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November 27, 2006 at 8:29 am #3289928
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November 27, 2006 at 8:32 pm #3289349
TR Moderator Alert – It’s BACK!
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
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November 24, 2006 at 6:28 am #3290504
My Thanks to HAL 9000
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
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November 24, 2006 at 7:00 am #3290493
Now what’s this
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to My Thanks to HAL 9000
Now don’t be 🙁 as Hall9000 just pointed out that other members of TR did know what he was babbling about.
And … there are a lot of threads where Guru of DOS does participate in so… don’t be offended. As fare as I know Hal it’s meant the right way.
[i]now I remember is there any way the right way to Hall ?:| :0 [/i]Rob
[i]But then it’s friday and I can’t think straight anymore.[/i]
Have fun all 🙂
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November 24, 2006 at 7:19 am #3290487
Hmmm
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Now what’s this
Guess so, but the wording of 9K’s response hinted persecution.
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November 24, 2006 at 6:28 pm #3290411
You forget I’m an AI :p
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Hmmm
Persecution is when you walk into a lift and there is nothing there but air. 😀
Sorry if you took it the wrong way but I was mealy pointing out that [b]Guru Of Dos[/b] may be a good candidate for this meeting and when you seemed to take offence I didn’t want to offend any further. But just in case always look out for a lift in future before you walk through the door. :^0
Col ]:)
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November 27, 2006 at 4:24 am #3289997
unless ;)
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to You forget I’m an AI :p
it’s the elevator door that slides open :^0
Rob
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November 27, 2006 at 5:24 am #3289988
I prefer…
by now left tr · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to unless ;)
the escalator to nowhere myself.
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November 27, 2006 at 8:51 am #3289920
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November 27, 2006 at 2:44 pm #3289444
It’s possible :D
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I prefer…
All that needs to happen is that as you reach the end of the escalators the flap springs open and eats you then springs shut again so no one notices. :^0
I just hope that you have a lot of paper when I do this as you’ll need something to try to attract attention. No that wouldn’t be fair to give you a [b]Sporting Chance[/b] I’ll hit you when you least expect it and you’ll not believe its happened even after you are caught. 😀 :^0 😀 :^0
Col ]:)
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November 27, 2006 at 3:44 pm #3289425
Escalators can be fun
by kiltie · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I prefer…
Especially if you are a few rungs below a girl in a short skirt 😉
However, it is [u]more fun[/u] when a girl is a few more rungs below a guy in [i]a kilt[/i].
[i]Thus[/i] is revealed the mystery of [b]The Kilt Myth[/b]
😀 😀 😀
and gets a few giggles and blushes 😉 😀
EDIT: mismatched tags :8}
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November 27, 2006 at 11:43 pm #3289319
discovering kilt
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I prefer…
So it was just with the invention of the escalator that the lady-Scots-men discovered the use of a kilt ?:| :0
[i]this must be the reason why the ladies like shopping so much (low inner voice) or is it still to rip off the guy’s (more clear inner voice) nah they all earn there own wages so they can rip off themselves :^0 ;)[/i]my oh my, this will sure stir up things at the gathering medio 2007
The get_to_gether is gonna be a stairway to heaven 🙂 [i]or was it an escalator to nowhere 😀 [/i]
Rob
[i]dang emoticons[/i]
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November 24, 2006 at 6:35 am #3290499
Sounds like a plan
by vawns · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Sounds like a plan – I’d definitely be up for it 🙂
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November 24, 2006 at 7:17 am #3290488
Then you, too,
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Sounds like a plan
are alzo on ze lizt!
PM me with your email address sometime, so I can keep you in the loop for dates, times and venues!
Hey! The more the merrier!
GG
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by tiggertwo. · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
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November 24, 2006 at 10:37 pm #3290182
Are you related to Mrs. Miami?
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [post deleted by admin]
He/She likes to shout, just like you.
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November 26, 2006 at 3:47 pm #3290048
This is just the scumbag wanna-be
by jdclyde · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Are you related to Mrs. Miami?
this loser pops up every now and then, pretending to be someone that is relevant.
hasn’t worked yet.
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November 27, 2006 at 7:56 pm #3289358
How long has this been going on?
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to This is just the scumbag wanna-be
And, why was’nt I kept informed? You’d think that by now that someone would have noticed that I fade in and out here, and therefore might not be entirely up to speed at all times.
Jeesh, does a guy have to do everything for himself?
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November 27, 2006 at 11:49 pm #3289317
If you say so deepsand
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to How long has this been going on?
but please keep it to yourself. :0 :^0 😉
Rob
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November 28, 2006 at 12:43 am #3289309
So, it was your turn to be my eyes in absentia?
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to How long has this been going on?
Good help is so very hard to find these days.
PS – In re. your PM, I concur that it lusts after attention.
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November 28, 2006 at 1:37 am #3289300
I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So, it was your turn to be my eyes in absentia?
but if not, you know where I am.
I seem to have forgotten my place on your rota – whom’s next on the “Eyes” list??!!
So.
As this thread was originally about a UK meetngreet, and you’re on the thread, I get the impression you’re interested….
When you getting over here then?
(Gotcha! :p )
GG
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November 28, 2006 at 2:27 am #3289294
Be careful what you wish for.
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
My now deceased father always intended that, after WWII, he would accept Lord Beaverbrook’s invitation to return, with his 1st born son, as the Baron’s guests.
Said 1st Baron departed Surrey on 09JUN1964, during the brief interlude between my having graduated from high school and my being commissioned in the the U.S. Naval Academy 3 weeks later, so that meeting the Lord was not possible.
The 2nd Baron disclaimed the title a mere 3 days after his father’s death, with the 3rd not reclaiming the title until 1985; my father died in the interim.
But, as the current Baron is alive and well, and, at but 5 years my junior, of a very similar age as myself, he might be persuaded to honor his grandfather’s invitation.
Given the Beaverbrooks past and present presence in Canada, and so as to provide for a location more equitably located with respect to all Colonials, perhaps we could arrange for accomodations North of the border.
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November 28, 2006 at 7:01 am #3289227
Was that a yes?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
or just a waffle?! :p
You’re more than welcome, you know that. Now, stop making excuses and start planning…..!! 😉
GG
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November 29, 2006 at 5:40 pm #3224898
A qualified yes.
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
In a perfect world, I’d not only be quite willing, but also eager to cavort about the globe and hang out with more than a few of the TR gang, including some who may not feel the same about me.
However, in the real world, my time is not quite my own, as witnessed by my frequent, and sometimes prolonged absences, from this place. And, sad to say, I am not so well heeled that I can prudently forego revenues that would belost during my absence, along with the additional expense incurred.
Hence the suggestion re. meeting in Canada. Not only is it more conveniently located, not for myself but for some others as well, but it really does have some great places, such as Montreal, that would be more than suitable for our needs.
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November 30, 2006 at 1:22 pm #3224613
Good suggestion Sandy
by jamesrl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
I’m about 5 hours drive from Montreal. DMambo is closer methinks. But there are plenty of planes for those who live farther. I can probably write it off for business (my boss is there). If JD can make it to my place, I can drive him the rest of the way.
Montreal has good food – Great steaks, jewish deli, French, Italian.
James
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November 30, 2006 at 4:45 pm #3224563
Not to mention exceedingly friendly people, and …
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
fine beer halls.
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November 30, 2006 at 5:15 pm #3224553
Sandy and James
by tig2 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
Onbliss and I have been talking about the possibility of pulling something together in MN as well. Perhaps we should take a look at a map and see if we can combine those efforts?
Sault Ste Marie is an easy drive from here. I will confess that I know little of Montreal except that I speak horrid French (but I TRY). We may be able to pull together a carpool or caravan to wherever.
So maybe we can combine effort and get the upper NA contingent in the same place.
Any thoughts?
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November 30, 2006 at 9:56 pm #3223418
My command of the French language is limited to but one vulgarity; but …
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
the French-Canadiens of Montreal seem to be more than willing to accommodate our not being bi-lingual.
Of course, Montreal is not the only candidate available. As our members to the North are those most familiar with that which Canada has to offer, and the more favorable times of the year for such a gathering, it would be prudent to solicit their advice.
Of course, they may be seeking to get away, as it were!
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December 1, 2006 at 5:15 am #3223365
Tig, Sandy, James et al!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m assuming you’re up to date Sandy,
Keep me in the loop for your meetngreet too!
I’ve got everything ready on my lappie to start using Skype, and intend having a practice over Xmas/New Year depending on work skeleton rota. The only thing I need to do before actually using it is to set up my account…..
Lets see if we can get to each others meetngreets by Skyping – hey I’ve even got my webcam working!
GG
Edit: Friday keyboarditis
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November 30, 2006 at 9:13 pm #3223431
TR continues to post 1 level higher than intended.
by deepsand · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to So, it was your turn to be my eyes in absentia?
This yet one more instance where TR linked my post to the level above the post to which I was replying.
1st it was the duplicate posts; now, this.
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November 28, 2006 at 4:13 am #3289276
where do we stand?
by shellbot · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
so, have we date & location chosen yet?
and a running list of who’s all going somewhere?
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November 28, 2006 at 6:56 am #3289229
Running List No. 1
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to where do we stand?
so, at end November, we have the following culprits – ooops, I mean greeters….
Stargazerr
NeilB
Kiltie
Shell
Geordiefc
Tony Hopkinson
Possibly Oz
Possibly James
Rob Mekel
Chris Meacher
Vawns
and I did get a pm from a member but non-poster (not putting his name up here till he says I can)0h – and me!
Hey! 13! My luckiest number!
That’s the total so far, but I’ve yet to pm GoD with the thread links as per Col’s request, so that could be another possible.
It seems that London is going to be best for everyone, so that seems quite settled.
As for the date: no specifics yet, but late spring/early summer does look favourite from the feedback I’ve been pm’d.
I think the best thing to do is to leave the actual date to be determined after the Xmas holidays so people can recover (figure/money/ credit status/disposable (drinking!) income) etc.
I’ll keep putting it to the top of the list, though, just in case there are any new takers.
Seems like a go-er to me!
😀
GG
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November 28, 2006 at 11:54 am #3289143
What’s up with all this?
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Running List No. 1
Me being the lazy sort, I haven’t bothered to read all of the messages but I get the feeling that somebody is planning a party in the vicinity of London. As far as I’m concerned, any party without me just ain’t a party. I have quite a few vacation days that I need to blow. Maybe I’ll fly out there and turn this geek meet into a real live cacophony of a damn good time. Where and when? 😀
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November 29, 2006 at 6:06 am #3224358
You’re definitely lazy, Mark! ;)
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to What’s up with all this?
If all you want is a quick synopsis, then read my original post, and the one above this one.
That’ll give you the general gist of things as they stand now (End Nov)
This ain’t just a geek meet, so you’re more than welcome! < :p >
We do have offers of rooms, I’ve already bagged one, but obviously if more of our overseas mates are heading this way, I’ll opt out and make other arrangements.
Let me know if you’re having serious thoughts, and I’ll put you on the hit list!
(providing you offer to bring some of those Texas steaks with you that JW used to go on about….. 😀 😉 )
GG
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November 29, 2006 at 7:06 am #3224339
General Gist
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to You’re definitely lazy, Mark! ;)
General Gist… I haven’t heard of him. Did he serve with General Patton and General Montgomery? Oh never mind…. I did read your original post and the one above the one above this one, aka two posts above this one. So I do have the general gist of things. I’m glad it’s not only a meet for geeks. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be allowed to join in the merriment. I’m halfway serious. I haven’t been to England in a few years so this might be a good excuse to go again. So keep me on your hit list. I hate to plan anything more than a couple of weeks in advance, and me being such a procrastinator and all, I probably won’t decide for sure until the last minute. Don’t worry about having to opt out of a room due to my procrastinations. I’m sure London usually has a few vacant hotel rooms that I can shack up in. Otherwise, there’s always the subway, aka tube, station.
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November 29, 2006 at 7:46 am #3224328
The subway, aka tube, station
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to General Gist
Not since the last attacks on them. 😉
London and it’s surrounding can be quit busy in spring/summer.
My brother lived in Worthing (near Brighton) in the late ’80 and early ’90.
We went over a couple of times. As we visited London it was hell to find vacant hotel rooms, so be prepaired. 🙂BTW great place to live, Worthing, nice beach and surrounding country-side 🙂 Some great historical places to visite to. 🙂
Rob
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November 29, 2006 at 3:57 pm #3224198
Worthing? Beach? Well, I have to disagree
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to The subway, aka tube, station
My boat is moored at Brighton, ten miles to the east, so I’ve been to Worthing more times than I can count. It has a fine, sandy beach but only if you define sand as made up of rocks smaller than four inches across…
We call it “shingle”.
Must admit that the surroundings are nice, though.
😀
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November 30, 2006 at 8:29 am #3224719
Worthing, have to agree
by rob mekel · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to The subway, aka tube, station
Well maybe it was Brighton beach. At first my brother lived about 150 mtrs from coastal road from Brighton into Worthing, just a right turn at the end of the road comming from Brighton. That is in 1990 it was. 🙂
Later on he and his wife lived in Brighton about 500 mtrs from the seafront and the place where the Iron Lady and here party were attacked.
Have you ever been to Chicester? Great glasworks 🙂
Rob
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November 30, 2006 at 1:12 pm #3224615
Chichester
by neilb@uk · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to The subway, aka tube, station
We quite often do the “run” from Brighton Marina (our base) to Chichester Marina along the coast as they’re owned by the same company so we can tie up for free. Most of that coast is very pebbly, including Brighton, and the sand doesn’t really start until West Wittering way down ar the Chichester harbour entrance.
Not seen the Glassworks, though. I’ll look it up come next Summer.
😀
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November 29, 2006 at 8:04 am #3224322
hmmmph.
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to General Gist
typical, Mark, just typical.
Not a bleedin’ word about the Texas steaks….
RATZ!!
:p
GG
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November 29, 2006 at 9:43 am #3224301
About the steaks
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
Don’t “hmmph” me, little missy! :p OK so I guess I forgot to bleed words about the steaks. And I didn’t mention bleeding steaks either. So you like your steaks rare, huh? Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the United Nations Ruling Commission on Trade, Commerce and Transportation of Foodstuffs Across International Borders have a regulation against transporting foodstuffs across international borders? Mad cow disease and the chicken flu and all that, you know. But who the hell pays any bit of attention to anything the UN rules on? However, unlike one infamous American, I respect international laws so I’d be happy to take an authentic replica of a Texas cowboy hat instead of the steaks (not to be confused with an authentic replica of a Dallas Cowboy football helmet). Would you be happy with that?
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November 29, 2006 at 2:44 pm #3224211
Well if this helps GG
by hal 9000 · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
I had a tech from Switzerland sent out here via the US and the first night here I took him to his hotel and stayed with him for a counter meal in the pub.
He ordered a T Bone and I had to drag him away from the poor girl behind the bar when he was insisting that what had been given to him wasn’t a T Bone steak. Apparently he wasn’t used to seeing about 5 pounds of meat served up on a plate and was insisting that it was [b]Too BIG to be a T Bone.[/b] :^0
The last that I heard from him is that he wanted to return to AU because we had better meals here and everywhere else that he was sent he considered as punishment as he couldn’t live anywhere near as well as what he did in AU on his Swiss Salary. :p
Col
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November 30, 2006 at 2:07 am #3224842
Offer accepted, Mark! :D
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
To be quite honest, I don’t think I could cope with a Texas T-Bone. (Steak, I mean! :8} ) Had a T-Bone steak in Vegas, absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed it, but was totally defeated after the indulgence of clam chowder. (Another reason I could live over there – love clam chowder,steak etc….have a bit of bother with your beer, though!) Only got what you lot class as a small T-Bone steak, but only managed to consume around half of it…. Oh, sweet memories…. 🙁
But, as for a Texan hat – I’ll take that offer! What is it with you? Got a lead into my brain or something? I was just thinking of trying hats again, and was looking around for a Trilby or something like that to go with one or two outfits I just may wear for this meetngreet. And there you go offering a Texas hat! I’ll take it! Black, please, and when I find out what size I take, I’ll let you know! (Only possess one hat, it’s a one-size-fits-all type, so I have no idea what size I am! oh, and that’s enough of the “small, same as brain” remarks from all here……)
My contribution to this little party will be a batch of Geordie passports, and, I think, some limited edition Newcastle Brown Ale, if it’s available again. We’ll see!
You’re on the list and in the loop! Watch out for a “head size” pm sometime in the future!!
:p
GG
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November 30, 2006 at 7:49 am #3224740
re: Offer accepted
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
I don’t understand the metric system, so give me your hat size in the US measurement system. That might it seem like you have a huge head though if you convert meters of head circumference to whatever we use over here to denote hat sizes.
And I have no clue what this Trilby thing is. Would that be the Brit word for “transistor”? Jack K[u]ilby[/u] invented the integrated circuit by glueing together a couple of [u]tr[/u]ansistors, so maybe somehow you conjoined that and came up with trilby. You know, I dig chicks that wear transistors in their hair. :^0
I’ll agree with you that we don’t have much in the way of good beer over here. America is the proverbial melting pot of cultures and counter-cultures so I don’t know what would comprise the typical “American” meal (depends what part of this great country you live in) but it’s certainly better than fish and chips… (gag!).
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November 30, 2006 at 8:16 am #3224728
Transistors in my hair?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
How dare you switch jd’s webcam on first thing in the morning!
No, Mark dear, THIS is the type of TRILBY I had in mind….
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/glamourgran/pink.gif
oh, and just [b] what [/b] is wrong with fish and chips (an’ mushy peas, too?) No, not every day, but a nice treat once in a while…
Then again, if you get over here, I could offer to do you something traditionally Geordie, perhaps – Sheeps’ heed an’ stotty cyek anybody?
Oh, and you want me ready converted, do you? Hmm. To what, exactly? Care to share???!!!
]:)
GG
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November 30, 2006 at 10:02 am #3224654
Cute hat
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
Even cuter than transistors. For some reason transistors in a woman’s hair reminds me of a cavewoman with a dinosaur bone in her hair.
Sheep head and what?? Doesn’t sound too delicious but…erm…I am sure it is. ?:|
What’s this about being “ready converted”? That must be another of your famous double entendres b/c it went over my head.
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December 1, 2006 at 5:10 am #3223366
Hey, even I wouldn’t eat that food!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
Sheeps heed n stotty cyek – boiled sheeps head made into thick soup with cereals, pulses and vegetables. It’s so thick you don’t need a spoon, you “dunk and suck” with the stotty cyek (flat ovenbottom bread cake)
I don’t eat that…..
Conversion – you said you wanted my hat size ready converted to US size…. I just wondered if that was the only thing you wanted converted???
(DD bra sizes convert to the same over there, don’t they?!)
]:)
GG
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December 1, 2006 at 7:24 am #3223298
Metric bra sizes
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to hmmmph.
Hell this is way out of my broad scope of knowledge but I’ll weigh in with an opinion anyway. Having never worn a bra, I may be mistaken but I think bra sizes take a difference between two different measurements to derive that ubiquitous letter (A :(, B :|, C :), D :D, etc.). That means you might have to use your centimeter to inch conversion again. Or in your case, being a DD :0 you’ll have to convert [b]meters[/b] to inches.
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December 1, 2006 at 7:55 am #3223285
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November 30, 2006 at 5:30 pm #3224551
I’m glad you posted this
by maecuff · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to What’s up with all this?
I’ve been meaning to read this thread, because I’m sure it’s interesting, but I’ve been busy and haven’t been able to..then you brilliantly ask for a summary which makes this easier..
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November 30, 2006 at 8:36 pm #3223441
tomaaaato taaamatto
by jdclyde · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m glad you posted this
brilliantly, lazily.
funny how people say different words while they mean the same thing? :p
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December 1, 2006 at 6:02 am #3223344
It all depends
by maecuff · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to tomaaaato taaamatto
on the person, right?
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December 1, 2006 at 7:38 am #3223290
Brilliantly lazy tomatoes
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to tomaaaato taaamatto
Actually, brilliant people can easily be lazy because knowledge comes so easy for them. I should know because I am brilliant.
Speaking of tomatoes, why doesn’t anyone say “potahtto”? Here’s another one. Americans accent the whole word “at” when we say “at all”. Brits accent only the ‘t’ like it’s all one word: “a[b]t[/b]all”. Sounds almost like “a tall”. What’s up with that?
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December 1, 2006 at 11:29 am #3223215
Bud the Spud
by jamesrl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Brilliantly lazy tomatoes
If you want to hear an interesting pronounciation of ‘potatoes’, listen to Stompin Tom Connors, who grew up on Prince Edward Island, known for its potatoes.
He kinda says it like “pah day ders”.
And lots of Canadians say “a tall” instead of at all.
James
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December 1, 2006 at 7:34 am #3223294
I am too
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m glad you posted this
Although I’ve been chewed out by one or two idiots around here for taking the lazy approach and asking for a summary. I figure why spend a half hour reading all the messages when I can get an equivalent bit of knowledge from a 5 second synopsis. And I love it when I unintentionally piss off some knucklehead who has nothing better to do in his life than worry about what other people are doing. :^0
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December 1, 2006 at 10:56 am #3223228
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December 1, 2006 at 11:34 am #3223211
Not you, jd
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Right time at the right place?
I don’t recall you being one of the knuckleheads who have gotten bent out of shape. Although I’ve lost a few brain cells over the years. Maybe my memory has been slowly evaporating.
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December 1, 2006 at 7:48 am #3223288
By the way, Mae (hey, that rhymesI)
by m_a_r_k · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to I’m glad you posted this
Are you gonna make the trip for the geek meet? If I go and you go, I’ll let you stow away in my suitcase and we can split the cost for my ticket. Erm… but that means there won’t be any room for the black cowboy hat that I was gonna take for GG. Maybe she’ll be satisfied with a simple spoonful of official Texas dirt that I can easily stuff into your pocket while your not-so-easily stuffed inside my suitcase which will be eaily stuffed deep within the bowels of the airplane?
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December 1, 2006 at 8:01 am #3223281
As attractive as that offer is..
by maecuff · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to By the way, Mae (hey, that rhymesI)
I don’t want to be stuffed in a suit case. Actually, my husband and I have been talking about a trip to England as his sister lives there with her husband. I’m not really sure where she is, but I think the word ‘Cleve’ is in the name of the town.
If I’m still gainfully employed, we just might be able to make it.
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December 1, 2006 at 8:08 am #3223278
Mae!
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As attractive as that offer is..
Cleveland?
(not far from me!)
it’s the county name – come on, rack your brains and remember, girl!
😀
GG
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December 1, 2006 at 8:30 am #3223267
No, I’d remember if it were Cleveland
by maecuff · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As attractive as that offer is..
as I live in Ohio and Cleveland is a rather large city in this state.
I’d ask my husband, but he won’t remember, he’s worse than I am. I’m going to have to have him call his mother, she’ll know where it is. I believe it’s about a 4 hour car trip from London, but not much more than that.
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December 1, 2006 at 8:58 am #3223258
Clevedon?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As attractive as that offer is..
it’s the only one on Wiki …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevedon
miles away from me, dammit, but you could still get to London!
😀
GG
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December 1, 2006 at 11:00 am #3223227
4 hour drive….
by jdclyde · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As attractive as that offer is..
is that before or after the time change? :p
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December 1, 2006 at 11:16 am #3223221
I don’t know
by maecuff · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to As attractive as that offer is..
I seem to remember there being multiple words in the town name. Or maybe that’s the name of her street. I don’t think it’s Clevedon. I’ll find out over the weekend and let you know.
Either way, I hope it works out, I’d love to be able to be there.
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November 30, 2006 at 3:08 am #3224833
the scouse love monster
by greenmole · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
I dont mind your accent at all.
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November 30, 2006 at 3:13 am #3224830
que?
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years, 4 months ago
In reply to the scouse love monster
does that mean you’re up for the meetngreet?
GG
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March 6, 2007 at 2:45 am #2535811
*UPDATE*
by gadgetgirl · about 17 years ago
In reply to [b] ** RE-RAISED** BRIT MEET & GREET! [/b]
Well, I said I’d raise this one after Christmas, but due to exceptional circumstances, it got left to after February!
So.
Any further Culprits? – sorry, takers? 😉
We need to start putting some general thoughts together about dates, so we can all get planned. General opinion seemed to be late spring/early summer (I’ll let the Global Warming Neil determine the exact dates……) so now seems to be around the right time to raise this one again.
As a lot of us will have transport to arrange, the next person who finds out when seats/schedules are released on the cheap flights/trains in and around the UK, can they please post that around here?
Drinks/meal/chat seem to be the order of the day, everyone ok with that? 😀
Any further thoughts from the peers “on the other side” as to whether they can make it?
One specific beg and plead from me here – please don’t make this anywhere between 04 August to 20 August, because if you do….. THEN I CAN’T GO!!
Post away, peeps….. :p
GG
]:)
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March 6, 2007 at 6:32 am #2535749
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March 6, 2007 at 6:40 am #2535737
Well, I’m still up for a few beers
by neilb@uk · about 17 years ago
In reply to *UPDATE*
If we decide on the capital city, my offer to put up a couple of distant peers still holds. Gadget has first refusal. I have a two-bedroom flat and a sofa in sunny Croydon which I’m willing to contribute to the festivities…
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April 20, 2007 at 5:53 am #2530201
Avoiding August – nice plan
by chris meacher · about 16 years, 11 months ago
In reply to *UPDATE*
I run stock take, and prep + stock take itself takes up most of August so I’m quite glad this is avoided if poss. In fact I’ll be in stock take mode from 16th June (there’s a lot of organisign since everythings generally so disorganised to start with).
And if we could avoid May – I’ve got a few things on – I’m still up for it [snigger].
Can’t find the events listing in Computer Weekly at the mo’ – I’ll check next week to see if there’s anyhting we can overlap with.
Cheers
Chris
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