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MeTa post:
jason's_planet will be in London. Let's meet up!
I just read essexjan's link - a Eurovision meetup would be all manner of untold ossumness.
Actually, last year's (100% awesome) Eurovision thread ended with a 'everybody must meet up and have a Eurovision party' exhortation.
Not sure about my freeness yet, I will keep staring at my diary until something does or doesn't appear.
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at 11:28 AM on April 29, 2008
RANDOMINATION IN NON-SAM SMITHS PUB SUGGESTION SHOCK
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at 1:54 AM on April 30, 2008
Not sure it serves fruit beer, though, unless it's a lager top.
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at 1:59 AM on April 30, 2008
Well, one of the comments on BITE mentions that it's quiet on Saturday because few people yet know it's actually open then...
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at 2:24 PM on April 30, 2008
Er. Except it's on Friday.
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I obviously haven't had enough tea today.
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at 2:25 PM on April 30, 2008
Going to have to skip this. Sorry everyone, I've just got too much W. S. on at the moment. Rising Sun sounds great though. Next time for sure.
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at 8:18 AM on May 23, 2008
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The icing on the snowplough
I didn't want to say the word 'wedding', because if you do, the price goes up by $500
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at 9:17 AM on January 11, 2008
Yay Toronto -- I have sidebarred these shenanigans.
I can't quite remember what time the last GO for Clarkson leaves but don't feel restricted to around Union station on my account... can I leave it to somebody else to suggest a venue?
A lift back to Mississauga would be super and also duper, though -- thanks. Let's see what transpires.
I will try and save some cake, or at least some centrepiece ideas or boutonnieres.
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at 4:28 AM on January 12, 2008
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at 2:22 PM on January 15, 2008
Good idea -- I think that's supposed to be a nice place.
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at 2:45 PM on January 17, 2008
A minor observation.
I think I speak fairly clearly. I have an accent, but that's not as if nobody's heard somebody from England before. So why do service personnel find me so hard to understand?
In the cinema today, I order water from the kid behind the counter and get given tea. At Tim Horton's I ask for two maple swirls and get given three. And at Swiss Chalet -- I went to the loo after my meal, came out and couldn't find my table. I found the... [more]
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at 5:53 PM on February 10, 2008
Well I'm going to try and avoid talking to the bartenders on Friday. Instead of beer they'll probably think I asked for a toad, or a small Persian rug, or Neptune's 2nd moon or something.
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at 7:35 PM on February 11, 2008
I don't know about peeps, but I'm still going.
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at 7:47 PM on February 14, 2008
Hey all - this is randomination's girlfriend . . . anyone know what his plans for coming home were? Just wondering 'cause he's about an hour and a half late and I can't get a hold of him or find him . . . Not too sure about an englishman wandering the streets in this cold!
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at 11:34 PM on February 15, 2008
Morning. I made it home. Unfortunately the all-night streetcar down Spadina runs all night but only stops at Adelaide, so I ran, weaving through club queues and skidding over icy pavements all the way from Adelaide/Spadina. I think at one point I vaulted a six-foot snowbank. At Queen I dived into the underground passageways thinking they would get me down the block faster. That was a mistake. I lost all sense of direction and had to be escorted back up the stairs, gibbering, by the security... [more]
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at 12:51 AM on February 16, 2008
MeTa post:
London Christmas Meetup
The Dovetail serves fruit bear. Sorry, I would google it and give uyou a link but iam too drunkl.
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at 2:21 PM on December 1, 2007
I'm slightly concerned by the reports that it's a rather busy bar? Crowded venues make for terrible meetups.
Might be ok on a Thursday... Shall I go in tomorrow and reserve a table just in case, though?
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at 11:21 AM on December 2, 2007
Right, I booked us in at 6.30pm for the non-Christmas menu. I asked for room for around 10 people but the last time I booked a table there I was hilariously inaccurate with the numbers and they didn't seem to mind.
There was an identical booking for 6.30pm for the same date, nobody else booked, did they?
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at 11:27 AM on December 3, 2007
Am going about 10 minutes early, see if I can bagsy the table by the door.
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at 9:57 AM on December 20, 2007
MeTa post:
Mathowie in London
O2 Arena (The old Millennium Dome).
No.
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at 12:36 PM on September 17, 2007
Agreed with dash. And we need to have a curry. It must be done.
YES. Might I suggest Masala Zone? There's a branch in Soho with nice big tables. Or somebody may have their own favourite curry place I know nothing about...
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at 4:05 AM on September 18, 2007
MZ only does bookings for 12+ people I see,but I'm pretty sure we can manage that kind of turnout.
Meet first in pub would probably be a good idea. Loads of good ones round there; I'll leave that for somebody else to suggest, though.
Hey Mathowie, something just occurred to me. Are you considering reporting from London for the podcast?
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at 9:20 AM on September 18, 2007
What about Wagamama?
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at 2:58 AM on September 19, 2007
I can go, but not for all the evening. As usual.
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at 11:16 AM on September 25, 2007
MeTa post:
A fair warning: I'm headed your way
Sam Smiths pub + weekday night = attendance though probable regret the following day.
hugnkisses, may I respectfully refer you to a previous comment of mine regarding Garlic & Shots.
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at 8:09 AM on August 23, 2007
I'm gonna be in London from Oct 1-6th. If there's a meetup that week, I'll be there.
Hah, then this Sep 20 meetup is going to almost certainly turn into a 'plotting what to do with mathowie in London' meetup.
I've already got the gallon of chicken jalfrezi on order, now I have to source a suitable hosepipe.
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at 9:51 AM on August 27, 2007
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3706
This looks great, but I'm going to be in Oxford for a Peruvian-Jewish ceilidh.
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at 4:16 AM on July 20, 2007
Randomination, love the idea of a Peruvian-Jewish ceillidh, please take photos!
Addendum: It's a Peruvian-Jewish ceilidh in a field in Oxfordshire.
I'll try and take photos but I'm not sure my camera will work underwater.
Have a good time, you guys.
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at 3:31 PM on July 20, 2007
MeTa post:
London meetup, 28 June 2007
Uh, I'd have gone if I had time today to look at MeFi because I did also need a drink after work. That said, it was probably for the best for my poor, poor liver.
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at 3:34 PM on June 28, 2007
(I had my engagement party in that pub. It's great.)
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at 3:34 PM on June 28, 2007
MeTa post:
London Meets
I live near Richmond, so I'd definitely be up for that.
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at 9:37 AM on June 16, 2007
Richmond's not so bad, although it could be a bit of an arse for some people to get to particularly if the District line disappears up its own chuff.
May I suggest the Dove, in Hammersmith? It's on the river, and all, and has Europe's smallest bar. Nearest tube is Hammersmith / Ravenscourt Park.
The afternoon might be quite nice.
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at 10:44 AM on June 16, 2007
They do food.
If you're really hungry, you can go across the river and hunt swans at the Barnes Wetland Centre.
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at 8:11 AM on June 17, 2007
Just out of interest, is anybody interested in the mass Bookcrossing on the South Bank on that afternoon? It starts at noon and is free. (This is an explanation.)
I'll be going if anybody else is. We can then grab lunch, mooch around and then amble down to Hammersmith.
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at 9:06 AM on June 24, 2007
Waterloo railway station, under the clock on the concourse? That's a fairly easily locatable spot, five minutes' from the South Bank, and a famous London meeting place.
I do need to be there for the start of the event, though...
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at 12:15 PM on June 26, 2007
Eeek! Sparx -- the clock is INSIDE the station... not outside.
I might need to arrive at 11.30 and head down at 11.45.
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at 4:06 PM on June 26, 2007
I'm going to be under the clock at Waterloo from about 11.15 onwards. It'll be busy, but you will be able to see and identify me because I will be holding a shiny gold balloon.
This is what the clock looks like.
I will leave at 11.45, but I will take a few spare gold balloons if anybody else wants to hang back and pick up any latecomers.
There's some fun stuff going on on the South Bank that afternoon (ballroom dancing,... [more]
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at 3:15 PM on June 28, 2007
