[F] Oxford 3.141592654 meet report
LNR
Thomas, as keeper of at least some quotes, promised to write a meet
report, but since if he has it hasn't reached me yet I thought I'd write
one myself.
Myself, rjk, Peter Ellis and Tony Finch could almost have been
considered a mini-meet in ourselves as we got on the coach in Cambridge
at 17:10 in order to get to the meet. On the way we were amused and
bemused by a voluble young man who thankfully got off at Bedford. He
seemed nice enough but boy could he talk. *I* was further amused as the
other three all appeared to fall asleep. rjk appeared to be being amused
by my copy of TLC.
As we arrived and staggered off the coach we were met by a message on
Tony's mobile telling us that Kitten was at the pub and asking where we
were. As we arrived we were met at the door by Sarah Sherlock, who
recognised me from the last time we'd met by the fact that I'd decided
to wear pigtails again. Kitten, Tabbycat, Simes and J were already
there, though J seemed mildly amused that no-one recognised him when he
introduced himself as John.
Mike rang to say he was lost, a case of following the "left" on the
directions rather than the "Catte Street" when the two turned out to be
contradictory, eventually we managed to steer him back in the right
direction. He proceeded to sulk a little, then some more when he was
handed a birthday card that accused him of bing old. The cuddly frog
(which according to the one true relative (who had arrived while I was
off trying to find Mike) sounded more like a mobile phone than a frog)
seemed to cheer him up.
Other people arrived, including (in no particular order) Jo and Warwick,
Rob the ergonomist and Selina, Chris/Ranma, Nick Caulfield (sp?) and
possibly some more who I may have forgotten. This seems to take the
total up to 16, quite small for an Oxford meet by recent standards I
guess.
The usual stuff was talked about, chocolate covered cherries and
strawberries were consumed and deemed delicious, the chocolate covered 5
1/4 inch disk wasn't however, and nor were the CCCBs due to having
melted in their packet. According to Whittards who sell them this is
actually a common problem, which is why they discontinue them in July.
Chris, Simes, Kitten, Tabbycat, and Sarah all had to leave early, the
rest of us wandered off towards G&D's when the pub shut. En route we
bumped into Ben Hutchings, who joined the throng, had a complete stranger
try join in too but be dragged off by a friend (we obviously looked like
we were having fun) and made various pauses for banks and public
loos. Hannah also joined the party, being a non-afper herself but the
girlfriend of a lurker who hadn't made it because he was too busy
watching bad horror films (Shame on you Tom).
Icecream was consumed by some, and food from the Kebab van was consumed
by others, then we headed back to my place, where I attempted to find
enough room and drinking receptacles for everybody. Many songs were sung,
photos taken and fines levied - up to a grand total of 4 pounds fifty,
which I think Thomas took with him on the principle he knew who
to give them to.
Jo, Warwick, Rob and Selina took a taxi to their crash space, I hope
they found the key so they could get in, many thanks to Lanfear for
offering it despite the fact she herself was in Bradford. Ben and J
finally left at about three, allowing myself, rjk, Tony, Peter and
Thomas to finally get some sleep. For some reason Thomas chose to do
this under my desk, but who was I to stop him.
They didn't look very happy when I woke them up in the morning and made
them help me pack :-)
Thanks for a great send-off folks - it was fun! And here's looking
forward to me being able to organise meets in Cambridge in the not too
distant future.
Attendees:
LNR,
rjk,
Tony Finch,
Peter Ellis,
Sarah Sherlock,
Simes,
Kitten,
Tabbycat,
J (aka John) Barberio,
Jo,
Warwick,
Rob,
Selina,
Chris/Ranma,
Mike,
Nick,
Ben Hutchings,
PThomas,
and Hannah
Quotes: Ask PThomas.
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Warwick
LNR wrote in message ...
<Hack>
>Quotes: Ask PThomas.
Mpk - "Feck"
Warwick
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Selina T. Lock
On 21 Jun 1998, LNR wrote:
<major snipperty>
> Mike rang to say he was lost, a case of following the "left" on the
> directions rather than the "Catte Street" when the two turned out to be
> contradictory, eventually we managed to steer him back in the right
> direction. He proceeded to sulk a little, then some more when he was
> handed a birthday card that accused him of bing old. The cuddly frog
> (which according to the one true relative (who had arrived while I was
> off trying to find Mike) sounded more like a mobile phone than a frog)
> seemed to cheer him up.
Oh is that the nominal reason for Mike being grumpy I though he was just
being his usual self *grin* actually he was in a good mood when we
arrived unless anyone mentioned users & computers in the same breath....
> Other people arrived, including (in no particular order) Jo and Warwick,
> Rob the ergonomist and Selina,
Yeah, late,
mumblemumbleruddyM25mumblesodding10mphallthewayrounditmumblemumble.
<snip>
> The usual stuff was talked about, chocolate covered cherries and
> strawberries were consumed and deemed delicious,
I thought they wouldn't be edible by the time I got there but thankfully
they were *grin* even one of the bar staff seemed to like them!
> the chocolate covered 5
> 1/4 inch disk wasn't however, and nor were the CCCBs due to having
> melted in their packet. According to Whittards who sell them this is
> actually a common problem, which is why they discontinue them in July.
Oh dear.
> Chris, Simes, Kitten, Tabbycat, and Sarah all had to leave early,
Yes, heelo to those I didn't meet as everyone seemed to start leaving
when we arrived........I'm sure I didn't smell that bad :-)
>the
> rest of us wandered off towards G&D's when the pub shut. En route we
> bumped into Ben Hutchings, who joined the throng, had a complete stranger
> try join in too but be dragged off by a friend (we obviously looked like
> we were having fun)
I seem to remember quite a few people kept tagging along or getting
caught in the middle of the throng, the one true relative appeared to
accost an innocent stranger outside G&D's until he realised she wasn't
with us :-)
> and made various pauses for banks and public
> loos.
Which were unaccountably under the middle of the street[1]
> Icecream was consumed by some, and food from the Kebab van was consumed
> by others,
Chips & cheese, yummy.
> then we headed back to my place, where I attempted to find
> enough room
Very cosy :-)
> and drinking receptacles for everybody. Many songs were sung,
Loudly & I'm obviously missing a vital part of my education because I
didn't know any of them!
> photos taken and fines levied - up to a grand total of 4 pounds fifty,
> which I think Thomas took with him on the principle he knew who
> to give them to.
:-)
> Jo, Warwick, Rob and Selina took a taxi to their crash space,
well we didn't think we make it if we attempted to walk!
> I hope
> they found the key so they could get in,
We did.
> many thanks to Lanfear for
> offering it despite the fact she herself was in Bradford.
Yes, many,many thanks & say thankyou to your bemused housemates too who
were very understanding in having complete strangers invade their house.
I was most impressed that Jo & Warwick bought a double airbed with them,
blew it up & then let us sleep on it *grin*. Though I'm still trying to
work out the logic of Rob saying that they could have the single bed
becasue married couples took up less space!
> Ben and J
> finally left at about three, allowing myself, rjk, Tony, Peter and
> Thomas to finally get some sleep. For some reason Thomas chose to do
> this under my desk, but who was I to stop him.
He was trying to describe this sleeping position when we bumped into him
& Tony in the train station the next morning.
> They didn't look very happy when I woke them up in the morning
They mentioned this was done by playing very loud music at them.
> and made
> them help me pack :-)
As you should :-)
> Thanks for a great send-off folks - it was fun! And here's looking
> forward to me being able to organise meets in Cambridge in the not too
> distant future.
I had great fun, nice to see/meet everyone, looking forward to some more...
<snip>
> Quotes: Ask PThomas.
Yes, where are they PThomas??
I know there were some good ones but I can't remember any now!
Luv & hugs
Selina
[1]The toilets not the banks
r...@greenend.org.uk
>> and made various pauses for banks and public loos.
>
> Which were unaccountably under the middle of the street[1]
They do things funny in Oxfrod, you know.
>> Icecream was consumed by some, and food from the Kebab van was
>> consumed by others,
>
> Chips & cheese, yummy.
...and the guy in the kebab van putting on an amazing show as he
prepared the food. He's *fast*.
>> They didn't look very happy when I woke them up in the morning
>
> They mentioned this was done by playing very loud music at them.
I wouldn't say it was *that* loud. But then my brain doesn't respond
to loud noises in the morning in case they're alarm clocks anyway.
(This is rather annoying, actually.)
Thomas Pratchett
>
>Quotes: Ask PThomas.
>
And here they are:
please note that these are mostly for the small section *after* the
pub and ice-cream doing.
MPK - Feck!
Womble - Anthropods of the genus creepy-crawley
LNR - That rug won't be there in the morning
Peter - I'm not that corrosive
Pthomas - Hi! I'm tuberculosis, my friends call me TB
Peter - I was brought up on Lichen
Thomas Pratchett
--
A sig? The Last Word of Carpe Jugulum : 'One'
Warwick
Thomas Pratchett wrote in message <35909b3...@news.lspace.org>...
>A sig?
Who's sig?
>The Last Word of Carpe Jugulum : 'One'
(flame mode = on) *grin*
and who asked to see the word for the specific purpose of sticking it in
their sig?
You were coming to the next meet tomorrow weren't you.
Do you expect to go home after it?
GET OFF MY SIG!
fx: Jumps up and down on Thomas lots
(flame mode = off)
Warwick
--
"One" - The Last Word of Carpe Jugulum : Terry Pratchett
Tony Finch
elea...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (LNR) wrote:
>
>Icecream was consumed by some, and food from the Kebab van was consumed
>by others
These two being intersecting sets. I was quite pleased that they gave
me a free ice cream because I remembered "Pass the dutchy" or however
they spell it.
Tony.
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