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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [ANNOUNCE][F] Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 - Update
| [ANNOUNCE][F] Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 - Update [message #260910] |
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This is a reminder for the Vancouver meet a week today,
and notice of a TIME CHANGE:
We are meeting on the same day & the same location as below,
but the meet-up time has been changed to:
11:15 am to 11:30 am
Be there or be square.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "April Goodwin-Smith" <agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [F] Vancouver MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 - parking
>
> <snip> there is parking in the back.
<snip>
>> Alrighty then.
>>
>> The first Saturday in May is 06 May 2006.
>>
>> Cafe du Soleil is located at 1393 Commercial Drive.
>> http://www.commercial-drive.com/
>>
>> It is near the corner of Kitchener Street & Commercial. Currently
>> there is no street sign for Kitchener. :) This is three blocks north
>> from 1st Avenue, and one block south from Grandview Park. It
>> is on the west side of the street.
>>
>> It is open 7-days a week, from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm everyday.
>> It serves vegetarian food (except for its fabulous tuna melt). It
>> serves breakfast items at all hours. Actually, now that I think of
>> it, I think it serves all its menu all day - I just think that sometimes
>> it takes a while to get the soup on. It does not serve alcohol. I
>> did, however, have a very nice hot apple cider today.
>>
>> It is a small restaurant, and sometimes one has to wait for a
>> table. The wait is worth it. Whoever is there first, be ready
>> to pounce on one of the tables for four.
>>
>> Oh yes. It is a child-friendly place, so sitting near the kiddie
>> picnic table is pretty much guaranteed to have the conversation
>> punctuated with shrill punctuation. :)
>>
>> What say all of you?
>>
>> April.
>>
>>
>
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| [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263080 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 01:56 |
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Sadly, Lesley couldn't join us.
I got there a bit early because I went for blood tests[1] in the
morning, and let me tell you - don't go to the Cafe du Soleil
(1300 block) at 11:00 am - the place is stuffed solid. (Strangely,
it cleared out at about 11:50 am. It does the same on Sunday.)
My SOGP showed up around 11:15, and we dithered - but
a table for four opened up, so we took it. Jessie arrived at
about 11:30 - after fruitlessly circling the block looking for
parking (the Drive is a popular place on the weekend) for
ages and ages.
We consumed lovely hippie-nostaglia inspired vegetarian
food. I had a tuna melt (I know, I know), my SOGP had
the sweet crepes (melon and peaches in a sweet yoghurt
sauce stuffed inside crepes and then drizzled with chocolate).
Jessi had eggs almost bennie - eggs on Canadian-style
english muffins, veggie ham, and lovely hollandaise.
We discussed the changing of jobs (I just have and Jessie
is expecting to and Lorne has done so about a month ago)
within our respective companies.
We discussed doctors. I have just found a new one that
I am very pleased with (she says I do not need an operation,
so she's my hero). Jessie says when her previous doctor
decided to specialize in something extremely obscure, she
was transferred to a new doctor without her knowledge or
consent. Fortunately, the new doctor seems good. (Finding
a new doctor in Vancouver is a full-time job.)
We discussed electric vehicles. My SOGP wants an electric
motorcycle so bad I can tell he dreams about it in his sleep -
he makes these strangled little "vroom vroom" noises.
After our meal we did a little shopping on the Drive. We
hit the Santa Barbara Market for some veggies (& cookies).
Then we hit Beckwoman's - it's not quite the same as it
used to be. And then Penelope's, where Jessie found
earings and a bracelet to match her necklace.
Jessie, please add anything I've missed.
All in all, a pleasant afternoon. I think Cafe du Soleil would
be a repeat visit (I mean - Lorne & I can eat for $20 including
tip) - but not if our small cadre of Pratchett fanatics should
grow any bigger. There are some interesting-looking places
on Main, the north side of King Edward.
So are we up for the first Saturday in June (03)? Is it too
soon? Over to y'all.
April.
[1] - new doctor - four bloody[2] tubes
[2] - heh
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263638 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 05:13 |
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April Goodwin-Smith <agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> My SOGP showed up around 11:15, and we dithered - but
> a table for four opened up, so we took it. Jessie arrived at
> about 11:30 - after fruitlessly circling the block looking for
> parking (the Drive is a popular place on the weekend) for
> ages and ages.
Significant Other's Grand Parents?
> We consumed lovely hippie-nostaglia inspired vegetarian
> food.
Uh, oh, they're not THAT old, are they?
(When a man turns green, he's eschewed protein.)
Regards,
--
*Art
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263645 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 05:57 |
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"Arthur Hagen" wrote ...
> April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
>> My SOGP
>
> Significant Other's Grand Parents?
>
Spousling of Great Price.
April.
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263649 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 06:32 |
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On Sun, 07 May 2006 23:56:58 +0000, April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
> Jessie, please add anything I've missed.
There's really not much else. I can only recall the use of empty
literature as brain candy to keep your head from imploding during moments
of great boredom...
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263738 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 19:46 |
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In article <Ekz7g.136725$P01.11631 [at] pd7tw3no>, agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca
says...
> "Arthur Hagen" wrote ...
> > April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
> >> My SOGP
> >
> > Significant Other's Grand Parents?
> >
>
> Spousling of Great Price.
I always feel that saying "Of Great Price" implies that the said
Spouseling is actually on the market at a named price, and if the price
were offered you would accept it. It would read much better to me if you
said "Spouseling Of Great Value", if I understand correctly what you
mean,
Just my bit of afpedanting. Sorry. Carry on as you were.
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263740 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 19:55 |
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in article ePv7g.136496$P01.37356 [at] pd7tw3no, April Goodwin-Smith at
agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca wrote on 07/05/2006 4:56 PM:
> Sadly, Lesley couldn't join us.
<snip report of meeting that sounds really good, and if I hadn't
double-booked myself I'd have been there to enjoy it>
> So are we up for the first Saturday in June (03)?
YES! I'll pay more attention to my social-engagements diary that I don't
keep, this time.
--
Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263831 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 22:55 |
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Alec Cawley wrote:
> In article <Ekz7g.136725$P01.11631 [at] pd7tw3no>, agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca
> says...
>
>>"Arthur Hagen" wrote ...
>>
>>>April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>My SOGP
>>>
>>>Significant Other's Grand Parents?
>>>
>>
>>Spousling of Great Price.
>
>
> I always feel that saying "Of Great Price" implies that the said
> Spouseling is actually on the market at a named price, and if the price
> were offered you would accept it. It would read much better to me if you
> said "Spouseling Of Great Value", if I understand correctly what you
> mean,
>
> Just my bit of afpedanting. Sorry. Carry on as you were.
Ahh. It reminds me instead of a book of Mormon scripture called "The
Pearl of Great Price" and I start wondering at people's religions.
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| Re: [I] Report of Value versus Price (was Vancouver minimeet, etc etc) [message #263897 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 05:40 |
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"Alec Cawley" wrote ...
> agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca says...
>> "Arthur Hagen" wrote ...
>> > April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
>> >> My SOGP
>> > Significant Other's Grand Parents?
>> Spousling of Great Price.
>
> I always feel that saying "Of Great Price" implies that the
> said Spouseling is actually on the market at a named price,
> and if the price were offered you would accept it. It would
> read much better to me if you said "Spouseling Of Great
> Value", if I understand correctly what you mean,
> Just my bit of afpedanting. Sorry. Carry on as you were.
Oh pfff - like I can leave afpedanting well-enough alone.
See, I am of the opinion that we are all "on the market"
one way or another through most of the minutes of the
days of our lives. Something that "costs a lot" whether
metaphorically or not, is usually prized more than a
comparable item that did not. So, for me, a phrase
indicating dearness, costliness, and general all-over
ooo-shiny-ness works very well.
The concept of "value" however, has become devalued[1] since
I am only every told something is valuable if it is not, and is,
instead a pig in a poke - quite possibly a rancid bacon rind
in a manitoba gladstone, in fact. If I have to do anymore
nonsense about "core values" I may cause someone to
require costly dental renovation, for instance.
I guess, for me, "value" is a term used in bargaining, in shopping -
when something is "good value for the money". And here the real
lodestone is still the ooo-shiny-ness factor.
So. Basically you are meant to realize that even if you offered
me as many tons of gold as there are molecules - no - atoms in
the universe (known or otherwise), it wouldn't be enough for me
to part with my SOGP.
April.
[1] - heh
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263900 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 05:44 |
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"Lesley Weston" wrote ...
> April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
<snip>
>> So are we up for the first Saturday in June (03)?
> YES! I'll pay more attention to my social-engagements
> diary that I don't keep, this time.
>
I have the perfect piece of string for your finger - you
get to be the organizing force and general ring master
for this next one.[1]
Over to you, maestro![3]
April.
[1] - I think this is where I say "mwahahahahaha"[2]
[2] - how many exclamation points, do you think?
[3] - is there a feminine of this, like bravo and brava?
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #263906 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 05:50 |
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"peachy ashie passion" wrote ...
> Alec Cawley wrote:
>> agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca says...
>>>"Arthur Hagen" wrote ...
>>>>April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
>>>>>My SOGP
>>>>Significant Other's Grand Parents?
>>>Spousling of Great Price.
>> I always feel that saying "Of Great Price" implies that the said
>> Spouseling is actually on the market at a named price,
<snip>.
>
> Ahh. It reminds me instead of a book of Mormon scripture
> called "The Pearl of Great Price" and I start wondering at
> people's religions.
I see your "ahh" and I raise you a "hmmmm..." - remember:
you can steal the silver candlesticks without any intension of
holding a dinner party.[1]
April.
[1] - okay - this may instead raise an "eh?" but that's only
because they don't/can't get the pebble[2]
[2] - just the hand, for the snatching from
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #264018 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 20:19 |
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On Tue, 09 May 2006 03:44:02 GMT, "April Goodwin-Smith"
<agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>Over to you, maestro![3]
>[3] - is there a feminine of this, like bravo and brava?
>
Erm... Diva?
--
Andrew Nevill B.F. D.W. FdV. Reply address: anevill [at] btopenworld.com
AFPWorshipper to Spooky, AFPfiance to Sarah (Nanny Ogg) & S*****
AFPUncle to James Vaughan. You cannot value friends as pennies,
nor can you replace them as easily (Spooky in email, Aug 2001.)
Discworld Convention 2006. 18 - 26 Aug 2006 Hinckley Island Hotel
Hinckley, UK www.dwcon.org
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #264034 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 21:17 |
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in article 6eU7g.143207$WI1.142280 [at] pd7tw2no, April Goodwin-Smith at
agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca wrote on 08/05/2006 8:44 PM:
> "Lesley Weston" wrote ...
>> April Goodwin-Smith wrote:
> <snip>
>>> So are we up for the first Saturday in June (03)?
>> YES! I'll pay more attention to my social-engagements
>> diary that I don't keep, this time.
>>
>
> I have the perfect piece of string for your finger - you
> get to be the organizing force and general ring master
> for this next one.[1]
>
> Over to you, maestro![3]
Fiendish! ...OK.
> [1] - I think this is where I say "mwahahahahaha"[2]
> [2] - how many exclamation points, do you think?
As many as possible, shirley.
> [3] - is there a feminine of this, like bravo and brava?
>
If there isn't there should be.
--
Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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| Re: [F] Report of Vancouver BC MiniMeet part Many - 06 May 06 [message #264035 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 21:21 |
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in article l7n1621pge63svpgra0b4fqiovep01scip [at] 4ax.com, Andrew Nevill at
spookystwerp [at] hotmail.com wrote on 09/05/2006 11:19 AM:
> On Tue, 09 May 2006 03:44:02 GMT, "April Goodwin-Smith"
> <agoodwinsmith [at] shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Over to you, maestro![3]
>
>> [3] - is there a feminine of this, like bravo and brava?
>>
> Erm... Diva?
But is a diva actually in charge, or just the lead singer?
--
Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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