[F] Edinburgh 2.0 meet report[3]
Michael Grant
afpmeet took place in and around the fair city of Edinburgh. Attending
were Adrian Hurt, Grymma, Hannes Reinecke and your humble^H^H^H^H^H
lethargic narrator. Oh, and a hedgehog provided by Grymma.
Despite the rain, we decided to go ahead with the prior arrangements
and commence with a ferry trip to the island of Inchcolm in the Firth
of Forth, where there was a semiruinous twelfth-century abbey, and WW2
gun emplacements, to boot -- which point was aptly demonstrated by
Adrian, who booted them.
Since it is a tradition at afpmeets to consume chocolate-coated
products, and a tradition at my parties to consume popcorn[5]; we
combined the two at this meet (credit to Grymma) with chocolate-
coated popcorn biscuits, provided by yh^Hln. Rather nice, actually. ;^)
Even nicer were Grymma's chocolate-coated strawberries. The same sadly
cannot be said for Adrian's chocolate-coated cheese, not least because
I don't like cheese, and because Grymma is allergic to the stuff.
Curiously, by the end of the meet even Hannes was politely turning the
stuff down. ;^b I'll just take this opportunity to point Adrian in the
direction of <atmd19980712191947$4d...@spiff.cs.nott.ac.uk> before he
considers such actions again...
At the abbey we discovered a party already there, having a barbecue.
We discussed whether it is a purely British phenomenon[2] to have
barbecues in the rain; the question was solved by Adrian (?) who
pointed out that since this was an abbey, the barbecuers were
evidently the friars. <ducks>
A plunge down a steep, slippery spiral staircases, a sighting of a
seal (which I missed :-( ), a discussion of double-roundabouts (upon
attempting to navigate such) and on whether the Forth Bridge was
intentionally painted the colour of rust later; the second part of the
meet was convened at the Hogshead public house. Memorable quotes
(these being few in number, since nobody had a Psion) included Hannes'
"I don't define rain", and Grymma's "I'm running out of knees!".
Since Adrian possessed a digital camera[4], we can expect photographs
of the meet to be appearing in the very near future. I'll stick a link
in from my webpage.
All in all, the meet was considered a success, and a followup
tentatively arranged for Sunday 23rd of August, in a field somewhere
to the west of Glasgow, AIUI.
ttfn,
Mchl Grnt[0]
[1] Or for secularists, the year 2751 since the Foundation of the City.
[2] Oh Eeemmmeeettttt...
[3] Since Sara's one last summer was subquorate, we can call it 1.1?
[4] Though according to some of his actions, it might be more accurate
to say that the digital camera possessed Adrian.
[5] Commencing with the popping of the corn. Since Edinburgh 1.0, when
the popcorn pot tried to swallow me whole, I've figured out how to
do it and get it to work. Far less fun, though.
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Adrian Hurt
>
>Since it is a tradition at afpmeets to consume chocolate-coated
>products, and a tradition at my parties to consume popcorn[5]; we
>combined the two at this meet (credit to Grymma) with chocolate-
>coated popcorn biscuits, provided by yh^Hln. Rather nice, actually. ;^)
>Even nicer were Grymma's chocolate-coated strawberries. The same sadly
>cannot be said for Adrian's chocolate-coated cheese, not least because
>I don't like cheese, and because Grymma is allergic to the stuff.
The reason for this is that I happened to spot the following article on
afp:
Supermouse <Super...@warnco.com] wrote:
] In article <35c0562e...@news.innotts.co.uk>, jes...@innotts.co.uk
] wrote:
] >Hmm, I think Thing in the Pantry, with access to cheese and chocolate,
] >for combining.
]
] What kind of sick, twisted individual would even contemplated combining
] perfectly good cheese with perfectly good chocolate?
The answer to that is: the same kind of sick, twisted individual who would
attach a parachute to Po the Teletubby, then send her up in a rocket. [*]
I saw this article, and immediately decided that my contribution to the
afpmeet would be chocolate-covered cheese.
>At the abbey we discovered a party already there, having a barbecue.
>We discussed whether it is a purely British phenomenon[2] to have
>barbecues in the rain; the question was solved by Adrian (?) who
>pointed out that since this was an abbey, the barbecuers were
>evidently the friars. <ducks>
No, I'm pretty sure they were human friars, not ducks. ;-)
>All in all, the meet was considered a success, and a followup
>tentatively arranged for Sunday 23rd of August, in a field somewhere
>to the west of Glasgow, AIUI.
Incorrect. The suggested followup date is Sunday 30th of August, in a field
near Largs (which is about as far west of Glasgow as you can go without
getting your feet wet or using a boat). This is to coincide with the
International Rocket Weekend [+], and if there *is* an afpmeet there at this
time, I'll bring my flying Discworld along.
[*] I did this on 12th July at another rocketry event. Po refused to let go;
her parachute got tangled with the rocket's, but both landed unharmed. Which
means if the next afpmeet is at the International Rocket Weekend, you may get
to see Po's next flight...
[+] For more info about this, take a look at: http://www.gbnet.net/orgs/staar/
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Grymma
Michael Grant wrote in message ...
Despite my worries, (as it became obvious later to the guys that I
have no sense of direction), Mchls' road instructions were very good,
and I only took one wrong turn getting to the meet. I was, to my
surprise, early, so the poor old thing <G> had to amuse me for about
40 mins until Adrian and Hannes arrived. He managed wonderfully with
the evidenc^H^H^H^Hphoto collection of previous meets, and even
managed to keep ppint's ID/gender a secret from me, which I don't mind
one little bit, no I don't. <G>
>On Sunday 27th July, in the year of Somebody Else's Lord 1998[1], an
>afpmeet took place in and around the fair city of Edinburgh.
Attending
>were Adrian Hurt, Grymma, Hannes Reinecke and your humble^H^H^H^H^H
>lethargic narrator. Oh, and a hedgehog provided by Grymma.
Who(m?) I never formally introduced :-( Spike the Hedgehog, meet the
guys. Guys, this is Spike the Hedgehog[1]
>
>Despite the rain, we decided to go ahead with the prior arrangements
>and commence with a ferry trip to the island of Inchcolm in the Firth
>of Forth, where there was a semiruinous twelfth-century abbey, and
WW2
>gun emplacements, to boot -- which point was aptly demonstrated by
>Adrian, who booted them.
And a large number of herring gulls, there to breed, who eyed all the
visitors suspiciously. It was like being a cast member on Hitchcocks'
"The Birds". Regretfully, we didn't see any Puffins, but the tourist
chap had said there were very few this year :-(
>
>Since it is a tradition at afpmeets to consume chocolate-coated
>products, and a tradition at my parties to consume popcorn[5]; we
>combined the two at this meet (credit to Grymma) with chocolate-
>coated popcorn biscuits, provided by yh^Hln. Rather nice, actually.
;^)
They were indeed, very nice cc popcorn biccies. Very messy though :-)
>Even nicer were Grymma's chocolate-coated strawberries.
Why, thank you kind sir! :*)) However, I definitely made far too many
for 4 people, and I'm still eating my way through them here at home
<burp>
>The same sadly
>cannot be said for Adrian's chocolate-coated cheese, not least
because
>I don't like cheese, and because Grymma is allergic to the stuff.
Yes indeed. Sorry about that, Adrian. (Didn't see Adrian eating too
many of his own offering myself, I might add!)
Goodness knows what the other ferry users thought we were up to, but
someone's toddler was snatched away just before he/she managed to
grasp one of the ccstrawberries while passing by :-/
>Curiously, by the end of the meet even Hannes was politely turning
the
>stuff down. ;^b I'll just take this opportunity to point Adrian in
the
>direction of <atmd19980712191947$4d...@spiff.cs.nott.ac.uk> before he
>considers such actions again...
>
>At the abbey we discovered a party already there, having a barbecue.
>We discussed whether it is a purely British phenomenon[2] to have
>barbecues in the rain; the question was solved by Adrian (?) who
>pointed out that since this was an abbey, the barbecuers were
>evidently the friars. <ducks>
>
>A plunge down a steep, slippery spiral staircases, a sighting of a
>seal (which I missed :-( ), a discussion of double-roundabouts (upon
>attempting to navigate such) and on whether the Forth Bridge was
>intentionally painted the colour of rust later; the second part of
the
>meet was convened at the Hogshead public house.
- In what I thought was the afppropriately named 'Bread Street'.
We were told that the large grouping of gentlemen that arrived after
us were Spurs Football Club team. No-one in our party appeared to be
a Spurs fan; in Mchl's case, not even a football fan, so we cannot
confirm as to whether it was indeed the team in question. Natty
outfits though - really nice trendy blue tracksuits :-^)
At one point, I nipped off to the ladies loo (well you have to at some
point, if you're a lady!) Upon my return, Adrian had his 'Parachuting
Po' on the table, used apparently strapped into rockets that he fires
at the sky. Po appeared to be in good health, fear not! (for all you
Tellytubbies fans) but I'm glad I left Spike in the car :-)
Then the music started. Well, I say music, but I mean it in the
loosest term, being the kind of heuchter-teuchter accordion-playing
stuff that is only trotted out for the tourists and/or ceilidhs.
Indeed, a ceilidh was beginning. It was obviously too much for Spurs,
who, by the second tune decided to leg it out of there :-) Our exit
was somewhat impeded by folk trying to dance what I guessed to be the
'Gay Gordons' which the chaps found amusingly, but Mchl ploughed
through them and we made our escape in his wake.
I haven't heard otherwise, but I presume neither Adrian, Hannes nor I
won the raffle that the pub was holding (for a bottle of Grouse IIRC)
:-(
> Memorable quotes
>(these being few in number, since nobody had a Psion) included
Hannes'
>"I don't define rain", and Grymma's "I'm running out of knees!".
And Mchl(?), on how to reach the ferry: "Stop the car when we hit
water"
>Since Adrian possessed a digital camera[4], we can expect photographs
>of the meet to be appearing in the very near future. I'll stick a
link
>in from my webpage.
<snippetry of misinformation regarding next meet>
A successful meet, all in all, despite me continually being in the
wrong lanes on the one way system bits in the city. Credit to Hannes
and his navigational instructions, or we may have ended up at my
Granny's: we definitely passed by her street twice.;-)
~ Grymma Afpiancee of Xmorpheus
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Supermouse
wrote:
>In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.980727115225.6146H-100000@azdak> Michael Grant
><msg...@cee.hw.ac.uk> writes:
>>
>>products
> Rather nice, actually. ;^)
(hack)
>> The same sadly
>>cannot be said for Adrian's chocolate-coated cheese
>The reason for this is that I happened to spot the following article on
>afp:
>
>Supermouse <Super...@warnco.com] wrote:
>] In article <35c0562e...@news.innotts.co.uk>, jes...@innotts.co.uk
>] wrote:
>] >Hmm, I think Thing in the Pantry, with access to cheese and chocolate,
>] >for combining.
>]
>] What kind of sick, twisted individual would even contemplated combining
>] perfectly good cheese with perfectly good chocolate?
>
>The answer to that is: the same kind of sick, twisted individual who would
>attach a parachute to Po the Teletubby, then send her up in a rocket. [*]
>I saw this article, and immediately decided that my contribution to the
>afpmeet would be chocolate-covered cheese.
I have to show my awful ego to the world here and say that I was self-
referencing the cheesy comestibles I took to Notts 5.0.
<covers head in shame>
The selection, all coated in plain chocolate with 50% cocoa mass:
Wensleydale+cranberries: this wasn't so much coated as combined.
The w+c was bought and used as-was
crumbled into chocolate and set.
Cheddar and strawberry: a sandwich of Irish Mild cheddar and high-
fruit strawberry conserve, individually
hand-coated. Badly.
White Stilton and apricots: WS+A bought as-was and topped with apricot
conserve before being coated.
In my defense, I have to say that of the forty or so morsels I took,
only two returned home with me. The wensleydale-and-cranberry-in-
chocolate in fact worked so well that I shall probably do it again, this
time with more cheese and less chocolate. The two seem to go very well
together, IMHRO.
Hungrily,
--
Supermouse
Do you want cheese with that?
jes...@innotts.co.uk
<1YN39DAg...@rat-cage.demon.co.uk>:
<rogue (well, I got tired of typing hack 8-)>
>The wensleydale-and-cranberry-in-
>chocolate in fact worked so well that I shall probably do it again, this
>time with more cheese and less chocolate. The two seem to go very well
>together, IMHRO.
I'll second that. In fact I've been thinking about maybe asking very
nicely whether I could put in an order for Xmas (I suppose I could try
making it myself, but I suspect that *would* be a waste of good cheese
and chocolate)
Andy Brown
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