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London Meet [message #220036] Fr, 10 Februar 2006 22:15
cj_junktrap  
Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
further.

Would anyone be interested? I don't know London very well, so I don't
have any suggestions for venues, but I'm sure you guys can some up with
some ideas! I'll be staying in south-east London (Tooting) for a bit,
but I'm sure that doesn't need to limit the venue since travelling
around London is pretty easy (I know not all Londoner's think so, but
try living in Cape Town - anything, in comparison, will seem easy to
me).

I don't really know many people in London, and I've been lurking on afp
for years so it'd be nice to meet all of you and put faces to the names
:-)
Re: London Meet [message #220045 ] Fr, 10 Februar 2006 23:05
alec  
In article <1139606120.767881.187270 [at] g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
cj_junktrap [at] mail.com says...
> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
> month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
> suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
> further.
>
> Would anyone be interested? I don't know London very well, so I don't
> have any suggestions for venues, but I'm sure you guys can some up with
> some ideas! I'll be staying in south-east London (Tooting) for a bit,
> but I'm sure that doesn't need to limit the venue since travelling
> around London is pretty easy (I know not all Londoner's think so, but
> try living in Cape Town - anything, in comparison, will seem easy to
> me).
>
> I don't really know many people in London, and I've been lurking on afp
> for years so it'd be nice to meet all of you and put faces to the names
> :-)

If there was a decent meet, I'd travel up to the Big Smoke. If it
involves latish hours, I'd probably want to be not too far from my
brothers in (West) Islington, where I could get a bed for the night. But
I could join in most places.
Re: London Meet [message #220048 ] Fr, 10 Februar 2006 23:19
cj_junktrap  
CJ wrote:

>... I'll be staying in south-east London (Tooting) for a bit

south *west*, of course I meant.
Re: London Meet [message #220051 ] Fr, 10 Februar 2006 23:35
Dom  
CJ wrote:
> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
> month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
> suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
> further.
>
> Would anyone be interested? I don't know London very well, so I don't
> have any suggestions for venues, but I'm sure you guys can some up with
> some ideas! I'll be staying in south-east London (Tooting) for a bit,
> but I'm sure that doesn't need to limit the venue since travelling
> around London is pretty easy (I know not all Londoner's think so, but
> try living in Cape Town - anything, in comparison, will seem easy to
> me).

Yes, I should be able to make it down to London that evening. As for
venues - there used to be a pub that was used for most AFPmeets, but
the last few didn't go so well. Other places have been tried with
varying degrees of success. I'll leave that to the Londoners to
suggest a place.

I look forward to meeting you :)
--
Dom
Re: London Meet [message #220056 ] Fr, 10 Februar 2006 23:54
Brian Wakeling  
In a speech called
1139606120.767881.187270 [at] g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
CJ uttered thus:
> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
> next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as
> far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never
> took it further.
>
> Would anyone be interested? I don't know London very well, so I
> don't have any suggestions for venues, but I'm sure you guys can
> some up with some ideas! I'll be staying in south-east London
> (Tooting) for a bit, but I'm sure that doesn't need to limit the
> venue since travelling around London is pretty easy (I know not all
> Londoner's think so, but try living in Cape Town - anything, in
> comparison, will seem easy to me).
>
> I don't really know many people in London, and I've been lurking on
> afp for years so it'd be nice to meet all of you and put faces to
> the names :-)

I'll come. I've not been in London long myself though, so I can't
recommend a vanue.


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Re: London Meet [message #220059 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 00:30
Sofia  
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:54:10 +0000, Brian Wakeling wrote:

> I'll come. I've not been in London long myself though, so I can't
> recommend a vanue.


I had such fun at the Sept afpmeet, the first one I ever went to, so I'm
just dying to go to a second... just give me a date and a venue quickly
and I'm off!


All the best


Sofie

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Re: London Meet [message #220075 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 01:23
Karen  
In article <Wy8Hf.18289$wl.8209 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Dom
<domafp [at] blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>CJ wrote:
>> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
>> month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
>> suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
>> further.
>>
>> Would anyone be interested? I don't know London very well, so I don't
>> have any suggestions for venues, but I'm sure you guys can some up with
>> some ideas! I'll be staying in south-east London (Tooting) for a bit,
>> but I'm sure that doesn't need to limit the venue since travelling
>> around London is pretty easy (I know not all Londoner's think so, but
>> try living in Cape Town - anything, in comparison, will seem easy to
>> me).
>

The advantage to somewhere central-ish or near to mainline stations is
that its much easier for people to come in to town from a distance. One
of the reasons I started booking The Green Man was because it was close
to several main line stations and three tube networks.

>Yes, I should be able to make it down to London that evening. As for
>venues - there used to be a pub that was used for most AFPmeets, but
>the last few didn't go so well.

Two different things were happening really - The Green Man changed
management and the beer prices went up so another possible venue was
sought. It has actually changed again and may be worth revisiting now.

A couple of other places have been tried since but not many places will
hold large numbers on a Saturday night. Plus the another issue was the
paucity of London pubs allowing kids to cross the threshold. Barry R
went venue hunting, I'm not sure what his latest view is on the subject.

The other issue is that over the last year a number of meets have had
relatively little publicity and so people haven't always heard about
them in time. Its a little while since there was a large London meet.

>Other places have been tried with
>varying degrees of success. I'll leave that to the Londoners to
>suggest a place.
>
>I look forward to meeting you :)



Caroline: I suggest you forward you post as a proposed meet date to AFPA
and also consider joining the UK-Meets list to catch any other would be
'meeters' who miss this.

It can be found here:

<http://lists.lspace.org/mailman/listinfo/uk-meets>


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Re: London Meet [message #220128 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 15:54
Andy Davison  
On Saturday 11 February 2006 00:23, Karen wrote:

> Two different things were happening really - The Green Man changed
> management and the beer prices went up so another possible venue was
> sought. It has actually changed again and may be worth revisiting now.

Don't forget that while GPS station is closed after 22:00 every night
Regents Park, Warren Street and Baker Street are all easy walking distance
from the Green Man. I haven't been in for a while. I guess I'll have to at
some point but I don't think I can have a look for the next week and a bit
because of my shifts. It was part of the TJ Bernard chain which was part of
S&N so the prices are likely to be set by management higher up the chain
than the pub manager.
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Re: London Meet [message #220134 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 16:43
Sofia  
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:54:44 +0000, Andy Davison wrote:

> Don't forget that while GPS station is closed after 22:00 every night
> Regents Park, Warren Street and Baker Street are all easy walking distance
> from the Green Man. I haven't been in for a while. I guess I'll have to at
> some point but I don't think I can have a look for the next week and a bit
> because of my shifts. It was part of the TJ Bernard chain which was part of
> S&N so the prices are likely to be set by management higher up the chain
> than the pub manager.

Although I live a couple of stops from Gatwick airport today, in Crawley,
West Sussex, I lived in London for 30 years before I moved out, which
meant at the Sept afpmeet I went to, in Holborn, I just left the afpers at
8.30pm, and got back home before the trains stopped running. I think we'll
have to arrange an early meeting then.

Hubby used to live in Tooting though, where CJ's moving, and he says there
was a great little pub called "The Bedford" near one of Tooting's three
main train stations, but he doesn't know which one.

Is there anybody who could check this one up for me though, as it would be
nice to jump on a train, and get both there, and back home again, before
the trains stop running!

All the best

Sofie


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Re: London Meet [message #220159 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 19:50
cj_junktrap  
Karen wrote:
> In article <Wy8Hf.18289$wl.8209 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Dom
> >CJ wrote:
> >> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
> >> month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
> >> suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
> >> further.
> >>
> >> Would anyone be interested?
>
> Caroline: I suggest you forward you post as a proposed meet date to AFPA
> and also consider joining the UK-Meets list to catch any other would be
> 'meeters' who miss this.
>
> It can be found here:
>
> <http://lists.lspace.org/mailman/listinfo/uk-meets>

Just subscribed - should I post to AFPA now, or wait until a date &
venue has been confirmed?

(I assume you meant me, although I'm not Caroline - it's Cathryn,
actually :-)
Re: London Meet [message #220161 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 19:57
cj_junktrap  
Obviously a place in Tooting would be ideal for me :-)

This is obviously a difficult question to answer, but how safe is it
for a single female travelling alone in the evenings? I know I'd never
even consider such a thing here (in fact, we don't actually have any
public transport that runs in the evenings, but that's another issue),
but I get the impression that London is somewhat safer. Would walking
back from a pub in Tooting to where I'm staying be considered safe, or
foolish? What about coming back from central London? Obviously I'll
start getting a feel for this sort of thing once I'm there, but I'm
curious...
Re: London Meet [message #220191 ] Sa, 11 Februar 2006 21:03
Eric Jarvis  
CJ cj_junktrap [at] mail.com wrote in
<1139684233.343596.260900 [at] g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
> Obviously a place in Tooting would be ideal for me :-)
>
> This is obviously a difficult question to answer, but how safe is it
> for a single female travelling alone in the evenings? I know I'd never
> even consider such a thing here (in fact, we don't actually have any
> public transport that runs in the evenings, but that's another issue),
> but I get the impression that London is somewhat safer. Would walking
> back from a pub in Tooting to where I'm staying be considered safe, or
> foolish? What about coming back from central London? Obviously I'll
> start getting a feel for this sort of thing once I'm there, but I'm
> curious...
>

The Bedford (77 Bedford Hill) is in Balham (Gateway to the South) rather
than Tooting, so it might be quite a long walk to somewhere south of
Tooting Broadway.

I've walked around that area a LOT. My oldest friends used to live near
Tooting Broadway, and an ex girlfriend lived there for a while. It's
always seemed fairly safe to me, but it might seem intimidating for
somebody not yet used to London. Plus it's always less safe walking around
a place you don't know well.

My suggestion would be to go for a pub somewhere near to a Northern Line
station that's fairly central. That would include The Angel (Tottenham
Cour Road), The Mansion House (Kennington), The George Inn (London
Bridge), The Wellington (Waterloo), and the Wetherspoons at the Elephant
and Castle.

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Re: London Meet [message #220229 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 01:09
Brian Wakeling  
In a speech called gmYY$6rC6S7DFwIa [at] cableinet.co.uk,
Karen uttered thus:
> The Green Man changed
> management and the beer prices went up so another possible venue was
> sought. It has actually changed again and may be worth revisiting
> now.

I think the beer prices have gone back down again.



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Re: London Meet [message #220234 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 02:32
Andy Davison  
On Saturday 11 February 2006 20:03, Eric Jarvis wrote:

> My suggestion would be to go for a pub somewhere near to a Northern Line
> station that's fairly central. That would include The Angel (Tottenham
> Cour Road), The Mansion House (Kennington), The George Inn (London
> Bridge), The Wellington (Waterloo), and the Wetherspoons at the Elephant
> and Castle.

The Angel is a nice old pub (one of my favourites) and is cheap as it's a
Sam Smiths pub (£1.70 for Old Brewery Bitter) but it isn't the biggest and
can get smoky so avoid it if you get asthmatic. The Tottenham over in
Tottenham Court Road itself has a no-smoking basement bar but is a pricier
pub. I've not been to the Mansion House but it is a Shepherd Neame pub and
so shouldn't be too pricey from experience of other pubs they own but not
as cheap as a Wetherspoon or Sam Smith place. The George is pricey but is
one of the pubs that visitors to London should at least visit once as it is
historic and is owned by the National Trust (it's the pub that General
Heynau of Austro-Hungary sheltered in after escaping the attack by the
brewers and draymen at Barclay & Perkins brewery in 1850 who were angry at
his treatment of the people of Brescia). There are several good pubs in the
area and it's near Borough Market so worth a trip on a Friday or Saturday.
I've been to the Wellington at Waterloo. I wasn't impressed with the
service the day I went and prefer the Hole in the Wall anyway. The
Wetherspoon at Elephant is a typical JDW, love them or hate them.
--
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Re: London Meet [message #220235 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 02:35
Andy Davison  
On Sunday 12 February 2006 00:09, Brian Wakeling wrote:

> I think the beer prices have gone back down again.

Apparently it's £2.80ish a pint. 6 handpumps plus Leffe Blonde, Kronenbourg
Blanc (a sort of non-descript wheat beer for people who don't remember what
Hoegaarden used to taste like) and several lagers. The wheat beer is
ludicrously priced especially when you consider how bland it is but that's
a S&N policy out of the hands of the pub or chain.
--
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andy [at] oiyou.force9.co.uk
Re: London Meet [message #220264 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 14:04
Eric Jarvis  
Andy Davison andy [at] oiyou.force9.co.uk wrote in
<43ee9032$0$82648$ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>:
> On Saturday 11 February 2006 20:03, Eric Jarvis wrote:
>
> > My suggestion would be to go for a pub somewhere near to a Northern Line
> > station that's fairly central. That would include The Angel (Tottenham
> > Cour Road), The Mansion House (Kennington), The George Inn (London
> > Bridge), The Wellington (Waterloo), and the Wetherspoons at the Elephant
> > and Castle.
>
> The Angel is a nice old pub (one of my favourites) and is cheap as it's a
> Sam Smiths pub (£1.70 for Old Brewery Bitter) but it isn't the biggest and
> can get smoky so avoid it if you get asthmatic. The Tottenham over in
> Tottenham Court Road itself has a no-smoking basement bar but is a pricier
> pub. I've not been to the Mansion House but it is a Shepherd Neame pub and
> so shouldn't be too pricey from experience of other pubs they own but not
> as cheap as a Wetherspoon or Sam Smith place. The George is pricey but is
> one of the pubs that visitors to London should at least visit once as it is
> historic and is owned by the National Trust (it's the pub that General
> Heynau of Austro-Hungary sheltered in after escaping the attack by the
> brewers and draymen at Barclay & Perkins brewery in 1850 who were angry at
> his treatment of the people of Brescia). There are several good pubs in the
> area and it's near Borough Market so worth a trip on a Friday or Saturday.
> I've been to the Wellington at Waterloo. I wasn't impressed with the
> service the day I went and prefer the Hole in the Wall anyway. The
> Wetherspoon at Elephant is a typical JDW, love them or hate them.
>

The Mansion House is pretty basic, or at least it was last time I was
there. It's probably too early in the year to appreciate the beer garden.
However it has a major advantage in that it's actually visible from
Kennington station.

The Angel is probably better to use in the summer when the beer garden is
open, however the saloon bar has generally pretty much empty when I've
been there and it would be fairly easy to "colonise" it thoroughly.

Those are the two I'd vote for,

--
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Re: London Meet [message #220286 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 17:53
Brian Wakeling  
In a speech called
43ee90f9$0$82648$ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net,
Andy Davison uttered thus:
> On Sunday 12 February 2006 00:09, Brian Wakeling wrote:
>
>> I think the beer prices have gone back down again.
>
> Apparently it's £2.80ish a pint. 6 handpumps plus Leffe Blonde,
> Kronenbourg Blanc (a sort of non-descript wheat beer for people who
> don't remember what Hoegaarden used to taste like) and several
> lagers. The wheat beer is ludicrously priced especially when you
> consider how bland it is but that's a S&N policy out of the hands
> of the pub or chain.

Ah.I must have been there in happy hour, then.

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Re: London Meet [message #220295 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 19:46
Dom  
Karen wrote:
> In article <Wy8Hf.18289$wl.8209 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Dom
> <domafp [at] blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>CJ wrote:

( about a "moving to London" meet)

>>Yes, I should be able to make it down to London that evening. As for
>>venues - there used to be a pub that was used for most AFPmeets, but
>>the last few didn't go so well.
>
> Two different things were happening really - The Green Man changed
> management and the beer prices went up so another possible venue was
> sought. It has actually changed again and may be worth revisiting now.

I'm willing to give it a go (as long as they've fixed the plumbing)

> A couple of other places have been tried since but not many places will
> hold large numbers on a Saturday night. Plus the another issue was the
> paucity of London pubs allowing kids to cross the threshold. Barry R
> went venue hunting, I'm not sure what his latest view is on the subject.
>
> The other issue is that over the last year a number of meets have had
> relatively little publicity and so people haven't always heard about
> them in time. Its a little while since there was a large London meet.

Well, as you have posted this on the meets mailing list, I hope that
a good few people will be able to attend.

Whatever the decision on the venue, I will do my best to attend. :)

--
Dom
Re: London Meet [message #220315 ] So, 12 Februar 2006 22:17
Sofia  
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:46:47 +0000, Dom wrote:

>> The other issue is that over the last year a number of meets have had
>> relatively little publicity and so people haven't always heard about
>> them in time. Its a little while since there was a large London meet.
>
> Well, as you have posted this on the meets mailing list, I hope that
> a good few people will be able to attend.
>
> Whatever the decision on the venue, I will do my best to attend. :)


I couldn't have made the Sept meet without you Dom! It'll be just great to
meet you again too, only this time I'll know not to bring any choccies or
cuddly toys, and just come dressed in ordinary T'shirt & jeans so I
won't be the odd one out in my Rincewind T'shirt! :-)


All the best


Sofie

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Re: London Meet [message #221708 ] Mo, 13 Februar 2006 11:27
Petri Sakari Holopain  
On 10 Feb 2006 13:15:20 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
wrote:

>Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
>next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet.
>We got as far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date
>but never took it further.

I would have gladly come, but I'm coming to London on 25th of March,
so I'll have to pass the opportunity.

Petri
Re: London Meet [message #221724 ] Mo, 13 Februar 2006 14:31
Eric Jarvis  
Petri Holopainen petri.holopainen [at] kymp.net wrote in
<56n0v1pl32j9ot8oq79cfej111jokkh4pv [at] 4ax.com>:
> On 10 Feb 2006 13:15:20 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
> >next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet.
> >We got as far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date
> >but never took it further.
>
> I would have gladly come, but I'm coming to London on 25th of March,
> so I'll have to pass the opportunity.
>

If that date works for Cathryn then I suggest we take the date back a week
and make it a multinational welcome to London meet.

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Re: London Meet [message #221748 ] Mo, 13 Februar 2006 19:34
cj_junktrap  
Eric Jarvis wrote:
> Petri Holopainen petri.holopainen [at] kymp.net wrote in
> <56n0v1pl32j9ot8oq79cfej111jokkh4pv [at] 4ax.com>:
> > On 10 Feb 2006 13:15:20 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
> > >next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet.
> > >We got as far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date
> > >but never took it further.
> >
> > I would have gladly come, but I'm coming to London on 25th of March,
> > so I'll have to pass the opportunity.
> >
>
> If that date works for Cathryn then I suggest we take the date back a week
> and make it a multinational welcome to London meet.

Sure, I'm flexible.

So to summarise:

Date: 25 March
Place: the Mansion House or the Angel
Time: ?

Once we get those details finalised, I'll post it to afpa and the uk
meet mailing list.
Re: London Meet [message #221756 ] Mo, 13 Februar 2006 21:44
Eric Jarvis  
CJ cj_junktrap [at] mail.com wrote in
<1139855691.968994.135220 [at] f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:
>
> Eric Jarvis wrote:
> > Petri Holopainen petri.holopainen [at] kymp.net wrote in
> > <56n0v1pl32j9ot8oq79cfej111jokkh4pv [at] 4ax.com>:
> > > On 10 Feb 2006 13:15:20 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
> > > >next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet.
> > > >We got as far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date
> > > >but never took it further.
> > >
> > > I would have gladly come, but I'm coming to London on 25th of March,
> > > so I'll have to pass the opportunity.
> > >
> >
> > If that date works for Cathryn then I suggest we take the date back a week
> > and make it a multinational welcome to London meet.
>
> Sure, I'm flexible.
>
> So to summarise:
>
> Date: 25 March
> Place: the Mansion House or the Angel
> Time: ?
>

The Angel is handy for lots of bookshops, so it might make sense to meet
at lunchtime to allow raiding parties to make forays to Forbidden Planet
and Foyles. The Mansion House is handy for Kennington, so it might make
sense to meet late afternoon so that people can be somewhere more exciting
first. Though there's a new stall at the Elephant and Castle market that
has a mass of West African CDs at three quid each, which is nice.

The other factor to take into account is fodder for ravening afpers. The
Mansion House didn't serve food last time I was there. There are a couple
of good pizzeria's nearby as well as some more interesting things like a
Potuguese Bistro. The Angel does standard plastic pub food at standard
plastic pub food prices, and is handy for a huge range of places to eat
including my favourite Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately Il Pollo, which
used to do excellent and cheap Italian food, now seems to have gone.

> Once we get those details finalised, I'll post it to afpa and the uk
> meet mailing list.
>

I think it's your choice. Either the Angel at 2pm or the Mansion House at
6pm. I'll try to pop in to the Mansion House tomorrow to find out what
their policy is on proto-afpers.

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Re: London Meet [message #221758 ] Mo, 13 Februar 2006 22:27
cj_junktrap  
Eric Jarvis wrote:
> CJ cj_junktrap [at] mail.com wrote in
> <1139855691.968994.135220 [at] f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:
> >
> > Eric Jarvis wrote:
> > > Petri Holopainen petri.holopainen [at] kymp.net wrote in
> > > <56n0v1pl32j9ot8oq79cfej111jokkh4pv [at] 4ax.com>:
> > > > On 10 Feb 2006 13:15:20 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London
> > > > >next month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet.
> > > > >We got as far as suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date
> > > > >but never took it further.
> > > >
> > > > I would have gladly come, but I'm coming to London on 25th of March,
> > > > so I'll have to pass the opportunity.
> > > >
> > >
> > > If that date works for Cathryn then I suggest we take the date back a week
> > > and make it a multinational welcome to London meet.
> >
> > Sure, I'm flexible.
> >
> > So to summarise:
> >
> > Date: 25 March
> > Place: the Mansion House or the Angel
> > Time: ?
> >
>
> The Angel is handy for lots of bookshops, so it might make sense to meet
> at lunchtime to allow raiding parties to make forays to Forbidden Planet
> and Foyles.
>
>
> I think it's your choice. Either the Angel at 2pm or the Mansion House at
> 6pm. I'll try to pop in to the Mansion House tomorrow to find out what
> their policy is on proto-afpers.

Ooohh, bookshops! Okay, the Angel wins :-) Do you want to post the
meet announcement (since you can give directions, etc)?
Re: London Meet [message #221775 ] Di, 14 Februar 2006 01:29
Eric Jarvis  
CJ cj_junktrap [at] mail.com wrote in
<1139866068.656611.229900 [at] g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
>
> Eric Jarvis wrote:
> > CJ cj_junktrap [at] mail.com wrote in
> > <1139855691.968994.135220 [at] f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>:
> > >
> > > Date: 25 March
> > > Place: the Mansion House or the Angel
> > > Time: ?
> >
> > The Angel is handy for lots of bookshops, so it might make sense to meet
> > at lunchtime to allow raiding parties to make forays to Forbidden Planet
> > and Foyles.
> >
> > I think it's your choice. Either the Angel at 2pm or the Mansion House at
> > 6pm. I'll try to pop in to the Mansion House tomorrow to find out what
> > their policy is on proto-afpers.
>
> Ooohh, bookshops! Okay, the Angel wins :-) Do you want to post the
> meet announcement (since you can give directions, etc)?
>

It's your meet, so you post the announcement.

The Angel is at 61 St.Giles High Street, LONDON, WC2H 8LE. Nearest tube
station is Tottenham Court Road.

<http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/2012/Angel/Soho>

From Tooting it's a matter of taking the Charing Cross branch of the
Northern Line to Tottenham Court Road station. Take the exit for Centre
Point or the south side of Oxford Street (East). Go east along Oxford
Street to the right turn at the far side of centre point. That road leads
to St Giles High Street.

Regular meet attenders may know the pub since it's previously been used as
a meet venue to go with signings at Forbidden Planet.

Mine's an oatmeal stout.

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Re: London Meet [message #221859 ] Di, 14 Februar 2006 21:58
Petri Sakari Holopain  
On 13 Feb 2006 10:34:52 -0800, "CJ" <cj_junktrap [at] mail.com>
wrote:

>Sure, I'm flexible.

Great, thanks. You can count me in.

My flight to Heathrow lands at 9:10 so I should have plenty of
time to make it to the meet.

Petri
Re: London Meet [message #221928 ] Mi, 15 Februar 2006 09:54
cj  
Odd - my flight also lands at 9:10 (although on a different day).
Where are you flying in from?
Re: London Meet [message #221944 ] Mi, 15 Februar 2006 12:50
Petri Sakari Holopain  
On 15 Feb 2006 00:54:39 -0800, "CJ" <cjohns [at] gmail.com> ¨
wrote:

>Odd - my flight also lands at 9:10 (although on a different day).
>Where are you flying in from?

From Helsinki. That weird name of mine is finnish.

Petri
Re: London Meet [message #221951 ] Mi, 15 Februar 2006 13:47
Hendrik Schober  
Petri Holopainen <petri.holopainen [at] kymp.net> wrote:
> On 15 Feb 2006 00:54:39 -0800, "CJ" <cjohns [at] gmail.com> ¨
> wrote:
>
>>Odd - my flight also lands at 9:10 (although on a different day).
>>Where are you flying in from?
>
> From Helsinki. That weird name of mine is finnish.

For being Finnish, it isn't all that weird. <g>

Schobi

--
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I'm Schobi at suespammers dot org

"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign
on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH',
the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."
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Re: London Meet [message #228228 ] Mo, 20 Februar 2006 16:23
Sofia  
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:44:51 +0000, Eric Jarvis wrote:

> The Angel does standard plastic pub food at standard
> plastic pub food prices, and is handy for a huge range of places to eat
> including my favourite Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately Il Pollo, which
> used to do excellent and cheap Italian food, now seems to have gone.


After the torture of travelling for 2-3 hours on public transport, even
plastic pub food tastes like the best thing you've ever tasted in your
entire life - a bit like Dibblers sausage rolls perhaps!


All the best


Sofie

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Re: London Meet [message #229489 ] Mi, 22 Februar 2006 22:55
Sofia  
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:54:39 -0800, CJ wrote:

> Odd - my flight also lands at 9:10 (although on a different day).
> Where are you flying in from?



Hi Cathryn, I do hope you make it here in one piece, as I'm counting on
you showing me your butterfly tattoo - that's if you've actually got it
done yet! :-)


All the best


Sofie

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Re: London Meet [message #229534 ] Do, 23 Februar 2006 11:09
cj  
Sofia wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:54:39 -0800, CJ wrote:
>
> > Odd - my flight also lands at 9:10 (although on a different day).
> > Where are you flying in from?
>
>
>
> Hi Cathryn, I do hope you make it here in one piece, as I'm counting on
> you showing me your butterfly tattoo - that's if you've actually got it
> done yet! :-)

Well, I *plan* to arrive in one piece :-)

I had the tat done just after I posted about it - in fact, I posted a
link to a pic of it, although I've since removed the photo because I
don't really want the whole world seeing my tat! It's really awesome,
though, and I'm totally happy with it. But you can see it at the meet
:-)
Re: London Meet [message #229650 ] Fr, 24 Februar 2006 22:32
Karen  
In article <1139683856.535091.27320 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, CJ
<cj_junktrap [at] mail.com> writes
>
>Karen wrote:
>> In article <Wy8Hf.18289$wl.8209 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Dom
>> >CJ wrote:
>> >> Over in the tattoo thread, I mentioned that I'm moving to London next
>> >> month, and Erik suggested a Welcome To London meet. We got as far as
>> >> suggesting the 18th of March as a possible date but never took it
>> >> further.
>> >>
>> >> Would anyone be interested?
>>
>> Caroline: I suggest you forward you post as a proposed meet date to AFPA
>> and also consider joining the UK-Meets list to catch any other would be
>> 'meeters' who miss this.
>>
>> It can be found here:
>>
>> <http://lists.lspace.org/mailman/listinfo/uk-meets>
>
>Just subscribed - should I post to AFPA now, or wait until a date &
>venue has been confirmed?
>

Sorry for slow response but as others have said either and both are
fine! Send out a booster message closer to the time as well, its worth
sending out a reminder.


>(I assume you meant me, although I'm not Caroline - it's Cathryn,
>actually :-)
>

Yes and its a double apology because I've made the same mistake before -
I shuffle feet, grin sheepishly and point at my friend Caroline J from
Cape Town :)


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Re: London Meet [message #235526 ] Sa, 11 März 2006 00:10
cj  
I'm happy to say that I have, actually, arrived in one piece. I even
have internet access, which is pretty good going, I think. It helps to
have a friend to stay with :-) It's much colder than I was expecting,
though - I'm going to have to go buy at least a warm jacket tomorrow,
if not an entire wardrobe of warm clothes.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meet :-)

--
CJ
Re: London Meet [message #235675 ] Sa, 11 März 2006 22:31
Sofia  
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:10:24 -0800, CJ wrote:

> I'm happy to say that I have, actually, arrived in one piece. I even
> have internet access, which is pretty good going, I think. It helps to
> have a friend to stay with :-) It's much colder than I was expecting,
> though - I'm going to have to go buy at least a warm jacket tomorrow,
> if not an entire wardrobe of warm clothes.


Hi Cathryn, glad to hear you've gotten here safely, and in one piece, but
out of interest, which country have you come from, I've sort of been
wondering what kind of accent you have?

It's a good thing you've also got somebody to stay with, as the streets of
London aren't paved with gold (as they say), and might need someone to
lean on every now and again.

And don't worry about the weather, we're still in Winter, but we'll be
changing to Spring soon, so it won't be long till it start's getting a
little warmer again!


Dying to meet you


Sofie

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Re: London Meet [message #235773 ] So, 12 März 2006 13:34
cj  
Sofia wrote:
>
> Hi Cathryn, glad to hear you've gotten here safely, and in one piece, but
> out of interest, which country have you come from, I've sort of been
> wondering what kind of accent you have?

I'm from South Africa, although there are so many different types of
accents in SA that that probably doesn't tell you much :-) English is
my first language, though, so think whatshisname from Mission
Impossible more than Tsotsi (although that accent was horribly
exaggerated -at least, I hope we don't sound that bad!)

> It's a good thing you've also got somebody to stay with, as the streets of
> London aren't paved with gold (as they say), and might need someone to
> lean on every now and again.

Oh yeah. I'm camping out in their living room at the moment, so I
really do need to find my own place soon, but it's been a great help.
Even just from the point of view of having someone explain how to buy
something at Argos :-)

> And don't worry about the weather, we're still in Winter, but we'll be
> changing to Spring soon, so it won't be long till it start's getting a
> little warmer again!

Ah, something to hope for, then...

--
CJ
[F] Re: London Meet [message #237858 ] Fr, 17 März 2006 17:39
felinitykat  
CJ wrote:

> Oh yeah. I'm camping out in their living room at the moment, so I
> really do need to find my own place soon, but it's been a great help.
> Even just from the point of view of having someone explain how to buy
> something at Argos :-)

Nobody knows how to shop at Argos, it's all a gamble. Hope you're
settling into Tooting well -- I live just round the corner. I saw all
the conversation about the Bedford, and if you're around for a bit it's
worth a visit (although beware it gets very very full on weeknights).
Down in Tooting Broadway though you've got a whole host of lovely
establishments -- I particularly recommend the Trafalgar and the Spirit
Bar. Enjoy your first afpmeet -- it's been a while since I've been to
one but the afpbunch are very friendly to newcomers.

Kat
Re: [F] Re: London Meet [message #237863 ] Fr, 17 März 2006 17:42
Random C  
In article <1142613570.218670.135870 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
felinitykat [at] gmail.com wrote:

> CJ wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah. I'm camping out in their living room at the moment, so I
> > really do need to find my own place soon, but it's been a great help.
> > Even just from the point of view of having someone explain how to buy
> > something at Argos :-)
>
> Nobody knows how to shop at Argos, it's all a gamble. Hope you're
> settling into Tooting well -- I live just round the corner. I saw all
> the conversation about the Bedford, and if you're around for a bit it's
> worth a visit (although beware it gets very very full on weeknights).
> Down in Tooting Broadway though you've got a whole host of lovely
> establishments -- I particularly recommend the Trafalgar and the Spirit
> Bar. Enjoy your first afpmeet -- it's been a while since I've been to
> one but the afpbunch are very friendly to newcomers.
>
> Kat

Londonmeet? Tooting? What have I missed?
Re: [F] Re: London Meet [message #237867 ] Fr, 17 März 2006 17:53
Karen  
In article
<youshouldknow-0A4075.16425617032006 [at] fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Random
C <youshouldknow [at] by.now> writes
>In article <1142613570.218670.135870 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
> felinitykat [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>> CJ wrote:
>>
>> > Oh yeah. I'm camping out in their living room at the moment, so I
>> > really do need to find my own place soon, but it's been a great help.
>> > Even just from the point of view of having someone explain how to buy
>> > something at Argos :-)
>>
>> Nobody knows how to shop at Argos, it's all a gamble. Hope you're
>> settling into Tooting well -- I live just round the corner. I saw all
>> the conversation about the Bedford, and if you're around for a bit it's
>> worth a visit (although beware it gets very very full on weeknights).
>> Down in Tooting Broadway though you've got a whole host of lovely
>> establishments -- I particularly recommend the Trafalgar and the Spirit
>> Bar. Enjoy your first afpmeet -- it's been a while since I've been to
>> one but the afpbunch are very friendly to newcomers.
>>
>> Kat
>
>Londonmeet? Tooting? What have I missed?


AFPA and uk-meets :p

You uk-meets address is quite an old one - is it still correct?

===============================================
There will be a London AFPmeet on Saturday the 25th March.

It will be a multinational Welcome To London Meet for myself and Petri
(and anyone else new to London!).

Date: Saturday 25th March 2006

Time: 2:00pm onwards, with possible eating and bookshop forays during
the afternoon.

Location: The Angel is at 61 St.Giles High Street, LONDON, WC2H 8LE.
Nearest tube station is Tottenham Court Road.

For more info on the venue, visit:
<http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/2012/Angel/Soho>

Regular meet attenders may know the pub since it's apparently
previously been used as a meet venue to go with signings at Forbidden
Planet.

Looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible :-)

Cathryn Johns

Web: http://cjohns.atspace.com
Blog: http://occasional-solipsism.blogspot.com

===================================================
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Re: [F] Re: London Meet [message #237869 ] Fr, 17 März 2006 18:00
Random C  
In article <TakUwFpGmuGEFw4Y [at] cableinet.co.uk>, Karen <Karen [at] lspace.org>
wrote:

> In article
> <youshouldknow-0A4075.16425617032006 [at] fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Random
> C <youshouldknow [at] by.now> writes
> >In article <1142613570.218670.135870 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
> > felinitykat [at] gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> CJ wrote:
> >>
> >> > Oh yeah. I'm camping out in their living room at the moment, so I
> >> > really do need to find my own place soon, but it's been a great help.
> >> > Even just from the point of view of having someone explain how to buy
> >> > something at Argos :-)
> >>
> >> Nobody knows how to shop at Argos, it's all a gamble. Hope you're
> >> settling into Tooting well -- I live just round the corner. I saw all
> >> the conversation about the Bedford, and if you're around for a bit it's
> >> worth a visit (although beware it gets very very full on weeknights).
> >> Down in Tooting Broadway though you've got a whole host of lovely
> >> establishments -- I particularly recommend the Trafalgar and the Spirit
> >> Bar. Enjoy your first afpmeet -- it's been a while since I've been to
> >> one but the afpbunch are very friendly to newcomers.
> >>
> >> Kat
> >
> >Londonmeet? Tooting? What have I missed?
>
>
> AFPA and uk-meets :p
>
> You uk-meets address is quite an old one - is it still correct?
>
Presumably not. When I changed from running my own mailserver to using
pol's, a lot of addresses that mostly only got spam were junked. The
main one is random_c [at]
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