Poll: DC contributurs meeting / beers / get together - Reading - 28th October

[rich99million]

I'll be leaving soon too - I'll either be sat atop a red Asus Vento or inside a red VW Vento, given the way the weather looks at the moment I may opt for the latter

I'll also be on the orange squash/fizzy pop as it's been a funny few weeks and I'll be driving back late tonight

edit: plenty of fun will still be had I can assure you
edit2: and i'm off
edit3: and I'm back again

 

[MGP]

Well a good time was had by all. The hangover's beginning to dissipate, perhaps left to right missing out only on mothers something wasn't quite so birght an idea without any food!

Thanks to Berserker for stepping up to the plate and co-ordinating when the thread starter abandoned us!

 

[rich99million]

Well a good time was had by all. The hangover's beginning to dissipate, perhaps left to right missing out only on mothers something wasn't quite so birght an idea without any food!

Thanks to Berserker for stepping up to the plate and co-ordinating when the thread starter abandoned us!

Hurrah you've surfaced!!!

You could always try out the Fanta and Polos I suppose?

 

[MGP]

I think the mess my insides are in already means that invoking some sort of chemical reaction inside the stomach is not a wise move.

 

[Whitestar]

Mr Zerker, Did you get my email i sent Friday afternoon? Only I didn't get a reply.

I wasnt worried at the time as the trains I was getting were supposed to get me there at 1PM, but because of an accident at Maidens Head, I wound up getting there at 4PM.

I went to the meeting spot on the off chance that someone was there, but no-one was, so it ended up being a bit of a wasted weekend for me

Oh well. Maybe next time

Mark

 

[rich99million]

Mr Zerker, Did you get my email i sent Friday afternoon? Only I didn't get a reply.

I wasnt worried at the time as the trains I was getting were supposed to get me there at 1PM, but because of an accident at Maidens Head, I wound up getting there at 4PM.

I went to the meeting spot on the off chance that someone was there, but no-one was, so it ended up being a bit of a wasted weekend for me

Oh well. Maybe next time

Mark

doh!

We were at the meeting point for a while but must have moved on before 4pm - there wasn't really anywhere to get a decent pint (without taking out a mortgage) in the Oracle centre so we made our way up to the pub by the train station

edit: The roads weren't in much better state - I got into reading just before 3pm and was just round the corner from the Oracle sat in a traffic jam for the car parks
Still the multi-storey was great fun

 

[Berserker]

We'd gone back to the railway station by then.

And no, I didn't get the original email. Lost in the ether, never to be seen again.

Oh, and it was no accident. It was a 'one under'.

 

[Whitestar]

Oh, and it was no accident. It was a 'one under'.

I thought it might have been.

I got all the way to Paddington without any problems, only to be told that I had to go all the way to Waterloo and get a train to Reading from there.

From Paddington to Reading = 20min
From Waterloo to Reading = 2Hours!!!

Ah well. It wasn't a complete waste. I went to one of the clubs at the riverside and had a cracking time.

Just a shame it wasn't with you guys.

 

[VeNT]

TTIUWP DAMMIT!

 

[A.N.Other]

TTIUWP DAMMIT!

Don't think there were any.

Excellent time, though - big thanks for Berserker for getting it all together .

I ended up getting in at about 2am - went for a kebab .

 

[MGP]

TTIUWP DAMMIT!

Anyone even contemplating that would have been summarily thrown out

 

[shadowscotland]

@A.N.Other and PStu

I guess you did catch the last train after all, cutting it fine I must say
Got home myself in under an hour (from pub to home) car part cost more that a round though hey ho. Thanks Mr. B, enjoyed it more that I thought I would.

Oh and any advise given that evening should be taken with a pinch of salt

 

[A.N.Other]

snip

Yeah, we got back eventually. The train only went as far as Didcot, so there was a (badly organised) coach service the rest of the way back.

Was great to meet you all anyway ... look forward to doing it again!

@ Pumpkinstew ... your physics is soooo bad

 

[Berserker]

Sorry for the uber-quick escape. I started looking at the trains in the wrong direction and noticed about 2 minutes before I left.

Anyway, nice to meet you all, even if the venue required a quick change.

 

[Pumpkinstew]

Yeah, we got back eventually. The train only went as far as Didcot, so there was a (badly organised) coach service the rest of the way back.

Was great to meet you all anyway ... look forward to doing it again!

@ Pumpkinstew ... your physics is soooo bad

The desmond Exeter awarded me says you're probably right.

It was good meeting you all. Was it coincidence that myself and MGP did most of the drinking and most of the arg.... I mean debating?

 

[Berserker]

So MGP, how did the 'beer by numbers' go after I left? Did you head back in the opposite direction, or did you move on to 'optics by number'?

 

[MGP]

Got to the end of the line, having missed one cos somebody couldn't work out that with a row of 8, fifth from the left is not third from the right, still that was the Mother's whatsits I then just plumped for probably the best one again, Hobgoblin to finish the night off and staggered out literally, just before 11:00pm!

 

[MGP]

Was it coincidence that myself and MGP did most of the drinking and most of the arg.... I mean debating?

Did we, hmm, can't think why that would have been

 

[shadowscotland]

It was most amusing to the myself and A.N.O I can tell you.

 

[A.N.Other]

It was most amusing to the myself and A.N.O I can tell you.