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Yangtze
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So, to welcome LeRoc to the UK and help him sample some more of Britain's finest ales, as well as a curry, we think it's time for another London Shipmeet.
Saturday 25th July. Pub somewhere near Euston. My suggestion would be the Somers Town Coffee House (which despite its name is a pub) but other pubs are available. To move on to a curry on Drummond Street should the desire be there.
Timings? Hmm, 7ish for beer, 9ish for curry - does that work?Or meet in pub bit earlier?
All are very welcome whether you've never been to a Shipmeet before or are old hands at it.
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Thank you for starting this thread, Yangtze. Wow, is it called a LeRoc meet? Let's just call it a London meet where I happen to be present ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Like I said on the other thread, the 25th is ok for me. The programme looks very good. I'll have to see what time the last train goes back to Milton Keynes (or else I might try to find accomodation in London).
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Lothlorien
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I'm posting in answer to the plea for responses.
I would love to come but the notice is short and I don't think I can scrape together the fare right now. Have a good time.
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Oooh - That's one of my free weekends. I shall see what I can do about being in London for the weekend!
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Spike
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That's the day we come back from our holiday, so might be up for it. Depends how knackered I am after driving home from South Wales.
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Sarasa
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Should be able to make it. I love vegetarian curry, and have always wanted to meet LeRoc.
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I will have to saunter in unfashionably late as Globe won't finish until around 5PM and I then have to get across town, but I am in .
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Smudgie
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I may be able to make it to the pub, though I'll give the curry a miss
I'll pop it in my diary.
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M.
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Blast! Macarius and I are already booked for that weekend.
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Tree Bee
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Hoping to make it.
If you're coming back on the train Le Roc it would be good to have a companion.
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LeRoc
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Great so many people, looking forward to seeing all of you. Yes I'll probably go back to mk by train. I just had a look at the train times, and they look quite good.
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Spike
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Does the pub serve proper beer?
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Smudgie
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I'm sure they'd do you a shandy, Spike, if you asked them nicely.
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Yangtze
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Does the pub serve proper beer?
Spike, this is me what suggested it, of course it does...
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
I'm sure they'd do you a shandy, Spike, if you asked them nicely.
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Spike
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Is this still going ahead?
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Sarasa
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I'm still up for it.
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LeRoc
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As far as I'm concerned yes, definitely. I'm looking forward to it.
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Tubbs
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Bummer, we're not here. Have a wonderful time.
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Tree Bee
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Super. I'll order my train ticket soon.
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Kelly Alves
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For anyone still interested!
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Kelly Alves
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I'm hoping the more beer that is consumed, the more open- minded y'all will be.
Or shandies, in Spike's case.
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Eutychus
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Me too, despite not being able to be there ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Pigwidgeon
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I wish I could join you. I'll be in England, but about 160 miles away, with no spare time.
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Smudgie
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Due to an amazing coincidence (as I had forgotten completely about the meet when I booked the train tickets), the Smudgelet and I will be arriving in Euston station from our fact-finding-mission up north at approximately 5.15pm. We will find somewhere local to eat and hopefully the two of us will have enough energy left to make it to the pub for seven.
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SusanDoris
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Just seen this thread - it would be really nice to meet Leroc in person, butt not practical, I'm afraid!
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Sparrow
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I'd love to come, I don't usually manage to get to shipmeets. So as long as the lovely guys who are coming to replace my decking are finished by the evening, I will be there!
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LeRoc
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So, how are we going to do this?
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Spike
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quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
So, how are we going to do this?
We're going to meet in a pub and get pissed
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LeRoc
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I can do that I was just asking because I'm a virgin (when it comes to Shipmeets). So, it's confirmed? 7pm (or a bit earlier) at the Somers Town Coffee House? Is there a secret handshake?
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Sarasa
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Turn up at the pub - there always seems to be some sort of SOF sixth sense that allows us to recognise each other. I'm really looking forward to curry as well as beer.
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Lothlorien
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There is the story that Tree Bee and I turned to each other in the middle of a pedestrian crossing in Sydney and said, "excuse me, are you...?" Yes, there is that certain something about a Shipmate. We did wait till we reached the footpath for more conversation.
You will find them just fine. Have a good time.
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Tree Bee
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quote:
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
There is the story that Tree Bee and I turned to each other in the middle of a pedestrian crossing in Sydney and said, "excuse me, are you...?" Yes, there is that certain something about a Shipmate. We did wait till we reached the footpath for more conversation.
You will find them just fine. Have a good time.
It also helps to browse the gallery a bit.
Or we could all wear red hats....
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Pigwidgeon
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Several years ago we had a Shipmeet in Phoenix to meet a new Shippie. There were six of us sitting at a table in the middle of a fairly empty pub. Four of us were wearing lovely Ship of Fools t-shirts that Ye Olde Motherboarde had sent us from a Santa Fe meet. The new Shippie still failed to find us.
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Curiosity killed ...
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Yes, we failed to meet someone in a pub once. Those who were there had quite a fun Shipmeet together. That was the Anchor on the Southbank, which has so many little side rooms it wasn't easy to find people you know, let alone someone you've never met before.
As I met LeRoc on Sunday in the middle of a field with 7000 others there I suspect we'll manage. Particularly as I have his phone number and quite a few other numbers of the people I know on the thread.
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Piglet
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I think Sarasa's right about the sixth sense. When I went to my (so far only) Shipmeet, I was the first to arrive, and when Cottontail and NEQ came in, I thought, "I bet that's them". Unfortunately the waiter showed them to the wrong table (despite them and me telling him we were booked in Cottontail's name), but it didn't take me long to pluck up the courage to go over and say, "ahem, excuse me, are you ...?"
Hope you all have a great time!
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Sparrow
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I hope I can still make it ... in addition to having my decking replaced this Saturday, it also turns out that my tube line will not be running! I'll make every effort but it depends on what time the decking guys finish and how long the substitute bus will take.
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Yangtze
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Hurrah, I pop back onboard to check this is still happening and it seems it very much is.
There's no rule that it has to start at 7pm, that was just my suggestion, so if Smudgie & the Smudglet wanted to get there a bit earlier and others can meet then as well, go for it...
I'm out of the country* at the moment but if anyone wanted to try calliing them and reserving a table that might help with a) making sure we have space and b) finding each other. No clue if they will reserve table just for drinkers though.
*And fwiw it's a bit warm here in the Rhineland and no, I'm not on holiday, I'm on the top (i.e. hottest) floor of an office in Bonn.
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Eutychus
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
For anyone still interested!
C'mon guys. Who's bringing the guitar, the lyrics, and something to film with?
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If you really want that track filmed, won't it work better to set up a special Shipmeet to do so? That way you could get a group together who want to take part and can organise instruments, music, lyrics and filming to be present in the same place? Because we're going to need a venue that would work too - not a noisy pub or restaurant.
This time of year, a picnic in one of the parks followed by a pub might work, or there are pubs where we could book a room. The Mulberry Bush on the Southbank has allowed us to book their upstairs room before, and there's a pub near Euston has an upstairs room they might let us use.
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Marvin the Martian
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
C'mon guys. Who's bringing the guitar, the lyrics, and something to film with?
I wish I could make it now, but I've gone and double-booked myself
ETA: if another meet is proposed specifically for the singalong, I'll see what I can do.
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Tree Bee
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Should get into Euston about 6.15 and will head straight to the Coffee House.
So will be there before 7.
Le Roc and I hope to travel together from MK so we can both look out for other shipmates .
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Sarasa
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We'll be heading up from SW London, so will aim to get there at about 6.30.
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Have a lovely time. I had a very nice meet in London just more than a year ago with some fine people. We almost thought we'd be back to visit my daughter, but alas, with the fading Cdn dollar and other circumstances, we didn't make it this summer as planned.
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Eutychus
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
C'mon guys. Who's bringing the guitar, the lyrics, and something to film with?
I wish I could make it now, but I've gone and double-booked myself
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ETA: if another meet is proposed specifically for the singalong, I'll see what I can do.
Noted. The baton has officially been passed to you ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
Feel free to rehearse tomorrow and upload the results though!
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Tree Bee
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I'd prefer to eat earlier than 9 if possible. Has anything been booked?
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Doesn't look like it. I haven't, and of the people on here it's most likely to have been me or Yangtze.
Checking the website of the Somerstown Coffee House, we can only book to eat.
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M.
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Have a good time, all. Sorry we won't be with you.
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