[ANNOUNCE][F] AFPBirthday 1.0 in Cambridge -- 24th October meet
Peter Ellis
OK, time for another consciousness-raising announce from the pen [1] of
your humble [2] correspondent, using yet another unfamiliar newsreader
on yet another system. Damn, I'll be glad when the college sorts me out
my own connection for another year...
Anyway, here goes <clears throat>
There will be a BIG BAD BIRTHDAY MEET in Cambridge on the 24th of
October. All are invited.
Place: The Castle pub, Castle St, Cambridge.
Time: 6pm onwards.
Clothes: Yes, if you really want.
Bring: Yourselves.
Don't Bring: Food [3]
The reason for all this jollity is as follows...
I have a birthday, as does Carol's adorable little flirt^Wdaughter
Vicci, on the 31st. Lottie has a birthday at around the same time.
PThomas claims to have an 18th birthday, too [4]. Also, a little birdie
tells me that TOTKat is similarly afflicted, so all-in-all, it's a good
excuse for a piss-up^Wmeet.
And, of course, the main reason for the meet is BECAUSE I SAID SO. I
can organise a meet if I want to, can't I? Because I am the Director,
and the Director's word is "splush"[5]. So you're all to turn up on
pain of pain, or I'll.... I'll..... I'll *sulk*, that's what. And you
won't get any hugs if you don't turn up.... No! Wait! Come back!
Awwwwww....
Anyway, enough of such gay badinage! Here are the TECHNICAL DETAILS
(ooer) of the unfortunate venue.
There is a (104 kb) map of Cambridge at
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/mapblack.htm
With a little imagination, one can see how the Pub Map of Cambridge at
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/dlg10/pubs/
fits into the scene.
The above should give information about car parks and so on, though I
believe the Castle has some parking facilities of its own. It's on
Castle Hill, so should be easy to find...
Children are acceptable at the Castle, so by all means bring them if you
have any (or even hire some for the occasion).
The Castle serves food, (hence the prohibition on excessive chocolate)
- -- there are also curry houses nearby if anyone feels so inclined, but
the plan is just to eat at the Castle as and when people so desire.
I'd like everyone who wants to come to email me so I can get an idea of
numbers -- if enough turn up I may be able to convince the Castle to get
a late licence, which would be excellent -- but they'd need to know that
there will be enough people to justify this.
About crashspace -- I can't promise anything as yet, but I know there
are several afpers living in the Cambridge area (i.e. *living*, not
College rooms), and others who have local friends, so there *may* be
some available. Would anyone who can offer crashspace EMAIL ME ASAP.
I'll reannounce this a week before the meet, with details of whatever
crashspace has become available by then....
*Hugs* to all -- see you on the 24th!
Peter
[1] OK, OK, not pen.... typing fingers. That better, pedants?
[2] Don't say a thing.....
[3] This is *important* -- since we're going to be eating there, and
I'm going to try to sweet-talk them into getting a late licence, it's
important not to abuse their hospitality by just turning up with too
much of our own edibles. CCCBs, OK, maybe (but if *everyone* brings
them then that's too much so....)
Given that this is a birthday meet, a cake or two might be OK if I warn
the pub about it first -- if anyone wnats to bake a cake, email me and
I'll see what the pub say...
[4] PThomas coming of age? Maturity at last? <shudder>
[5] I wanted the Director's word to be "final", but apparently it was
already taken. "Splush" was on sale, so I had that instead.
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