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Post by edgemaster on Dec 8, 2018 9:03:32 GMT
Would a long time lurker, but infrequent poster be welcomed? (Recently discovered my old account had been expired)
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 8, 2018 9:39:07 GMT
Would a long time lurker, but infrequent poster be welcomed? (Recently discovered my old account had been expired) Despite your recent expiration, you're very welcome.  |
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Post by goldenarrow on Dec 8, 2018 11:40:10 GMT
Luckily I’ve been given a break from my usual work on Sat 8th so should be able to come. Had to help out my neighbour with his car this morning, will still make it albeit at around 13:45 ish. Approaching from the East, am I right in recalling that the Oak is slightly closer to Chancery Ln? |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 8, 2018 11:44:57 GMT
I'm just setting off, see you in about 45 minutes (ish)
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Post by Chris M on Dec 8, 2018 11:46:47 GMT
Approaching from the East, am I right in recalling that the Oak is slightly closer to Chancery Ln? The pub is approximately equidistant between Holborn and Chancery Lane, meaning that when approaching from the East it is slightly quicker to alight at Chancery Lane as you are not doubling back on yourself. Chancery Lane station is also much quieter at the weekend than Holborn. |
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Post by Deep Level on Dec 8, 2018 11:56:28 GMT
Unfortunately it looks like I'm not going to be able to make it this year  |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 8, 2018 12:06:31 GMT
Unfortunately it looks like I'm not going to be able to make it this year so who will there be to identify any DLR stations in the quiz? |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 8, 2018 12:07:47 GMT
Nice to see ‘Dave’ being spelt correctly at the pub.....  |
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Post by Deep Level on Dec 8, 2018 12:15:34 GMT
Unfortunately it looks like I'm not going to be able to make it this year so who will there be to identify any DLR stations in the quiz? I think everyone else will appreciate the chance to have a go at them for once  Normal service will resume for the next one  . |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 8, 2018 13:35:21 GMT
All this lot are approximately equidistant between me and the window Chris.........😂  |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 8, 2018 13:58:37 GMT
ChrisM ordering his dinner by phone. What a lazy sod.  |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 8, 2018 14:00:29 GMT
nah, PayPal need to phone me at home before I can order anything by phone - but I'm never at home when I want to order anything by phone...
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 8, 2018 14:04:39 GMT
nah, PayPal need to phone me at home before I can order anything by phone - but I'm never at home when I want to order anything by phone... Cobblers! 😀 |
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Post by Chris M on Dec 8, 2018 14:07:24 GMT
I've never wanted to order a cobbler, by phone or otherwise  |
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Post by Colin D on Dec 8, 2018 16:21:54 GMT
Looks like like a really good turn out. I’ll raise a glass or two to you all and to those no longer with us when I’m done my shift. And thanks for the pictures whistlekiller2000😊 |
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Post by rincew1nd on Dec 8, 2018 17:21:23 GMT
ChrisM ordering his dinner by phone. What a lazy sod. You weren't complaining when I ordered you pigs in blankets and a tart, by phone from home in Liverpool. |
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Post by cso on Dec 8, 2018 18:37:20 GMT
Maybe he needs an SSH client on his phone instead :-p
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Post by Chris W on Dec 8, 2018 22:32:23 GMT
All this lot are approximately equidistant between me and the window Chris.........😂 Sorry I couldn't make it today chaps....
Who's that ugly s0d in the bottom right corner.... looks like he's had an argument with a wet fish and lost !!!
And why is Colin saying that "mine's this big" ??!!
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Post by Chris M on Dec 9, 2018 2:59:10 GMT
Well that was a good social meet. We lasted until closing time and then had a tour of the outside of Kingsway Tram Subway by beingcharley . After which I chose the wrong way to get home - N550s should run every half hour. I waited 33 minutes for one which didn't actually stop - probably because they didn't spot me or the other person waiting because of an N26 that had been sat at the stop for 10 minutes already (see below). So I got on the immediately following N15 hoping it would overtake, but we just got later and later so at the last stop before the routes diverged there was a 26 minute wait for the one behind. Alternatively I could walk for about 5 minutes to get an N277 - in 2 or 33 minutes. So I decided to walk a bit further and bypass the Canary Wharf loop and have only a few minutes to wait for whichever bus turned up first, by my estimate that should have been about 10 minutes at most. When I got to that stop CityMapper said 11 minutes. Both an N277 and an N550 turned up after 17. - The N26 arrived at the stop on Aldwych, several people got on. For some reason the payment on one of the passenger's phones didn't work, so his mate tried to pay for him. The driver for some reason was not having this and was not moving the bus. By the time I left at least 6 people offered to pay this stranger's bus fare but the driver was not having it and was not moving the bus, or apparently saying anything to any passengers - even the ones requesting a transfer ticket so they didn't have to pay for a second bus if wasn't moving this one. |
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Post by Tom on Dec 9, 2018 9:56:12 GMT
Got the last Bakerloo and last GWR trains home - finally got in about 1:35. Great afternoon.
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Post by rtt1928 on Dec 9, 2018 15:43:27 GMT
It was good to see everyone who was in attendance yesterday and I would like to wish one and all a really brilliant Christmas.
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Post by ducatisti on Dec 10, 2018 9:58:53 GMT
Gosh - sounds an excellent day out. I'm afraid I was watching the Gruffalo's Child instead. (at least the theatre was on the site of trolleybus destination).
Was Penderel's oak full of other internet groups? I have been to Christmas drinks there with every internet group I am involved with...
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Dec 10, 2018 11:10:14 GMT
Gosh - sounds an excellent day out. I'm afraid I was watching the Gruffalo's Child instead. (at least the theatre was on the site of trolleybus destination). Was Penderel's oak full of other internet groups? I have been to Christmas drinks there with every internet group I am involved with... I didn't have time to interrogate other tables but you could well be right. |
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Post by rincew1nd on Dec 10, 2018 16:55:21 GMT
Was Penderel's oak full of other internet groups? I have been to Christmas drinks there with every internet group I am involved with... Oui. |
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Post by ducatisti on Dec 10, 2018 17:08:31 GMT
Was Penderel's oak full of other internet groups? I have been to Christmas drinks there with every internet group I am involved with... Oui.  enfer c'est les autres groups internetoise… (To avoid clique-iness, one year ('09?) we had drinks there, and someone joined us. Nobody knew his face, but y'know, internet groups... I sat opposite him and was bemused by his attempts to steer conversations round to France. Eventually he stood up and said "You're not the London French Group are you?" It wouldn't be so bad, but someone sidled up to MRFS the next year and asked if we were some other group (forget which one). I think it just has the right combo of size/un-busy-ness/location to suit large collections of people who don't know each other outside a screen). |
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Post by xercesfobe on Dec 24, 2018 23:26:38 GMT
Sorry I could not make the meet up it this year as I was in San Francisco riding the MUNI, BART and photographing Hummingbirds
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Nigel
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