In message .uk, Colin
Rosenstiel writes

I'd have come along apart from the fact I didn't realise it was
happening until a day or two before. And something else was in the
diary by then.

s'alright, Roland. We talked about you in your absence. :-)

Oh, *that's* who you were talking about

Mind you we slagge^H discussed a few people.
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In message .uk, Colin
Rosenstiel writes
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

I'd have come along apart from the fact I didn't realise it was
happening until a day or two before. And something else was in the
diary by then.

s'alright, Roland. We talked about you in your absence. :-)

As I recall, we talked about quite a few people in their absence! :-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

In article ,
(Ian Jelf) wrote:

In message .uk,
Colin Rosenstiel writes
In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

I'd have come along apart from the fact I didn't realise it was
happening until a day or two before. And something else was in the
diary by then.

s'alright, Roland. We talked about you in your absence. :-)

As I recall, we talked about quite a few people in their absence!
:-)

You mean, apart from Roland, Boris and Ken?!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Jul 16, 1:07*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

I'd have come along apart from the fact I didn't realise it was
happening until a day or two before. And something else was in the diary
by then.

I'd also have come along, though work commitments got in the way
tonight!

/aol

John B wrote in

Notable were Messrs Jelf, Corfield, Thant, asdf, Anderson, Briscoe
and
Rosenstiel

That's Jeff of course and Steve Fitzgerald posted the above and John
Rowland announced himself elsethread

Certain others were notable by their absence.

Suggestions were made that this could be a bi-annual event; I leave
it
to the masses to discuss the advisability or otherwise of this
suggestion.

Apologies for absence, work-based. I'm a strong supporter of
bi-annual-
isation.

And that means ?

Many a NG would argue for six months or two years on whether biannual
or biennial was the One True Way.

--
Mike D(olbear) who delurked for the occasion.

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:47:51 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald ]
wrote:

Just walked in the house.

Grief - what time did you leave the pub? Midnight?

Suggestions were made that this could be a bi-annual event; I leave it
to the masses to discuss the advisability or otherwise of this
suggestion.

This is beginning to smack of organisation. Far better for it to be
arranged as and when people feel like it and with perhaps a bit better
advance notice and reminders given we've had a few "would like to have
come if we'd known" comments.

In future I will be asking for all LU related questions to be submitted
in advance so I have a chance of being able to answer them ;-)

Just my 2p worth.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

In message , Paul Corfield
writes

Just walked in the house.

Grief - what time did you leave the pub? Midnight?

About that. We were evicted at closing time but stood outside chatting
for a little while after admiring the bendy buses It does take me
about 1 1/2 hours to get home from there too; I don't have a direct
Victoria line train like some you know!

Suggestions were made that this could be a bi-annual event; I leave it
to the masses to discuss the advisability or otherwise of this
suggestion.

This is beginning to smack of organisation. Far better for it to be
arranged as and when people feel like it and with perhaps a bit better
advance notice and reminders given we've had a few "would like to have
come if we'd known" comments.

The date was set a good time ago based on the fact Ian would be in
London and my rest days. I suppose the mistake was assuming people read
messages and maybe we should have had more regular 'a ****up is
occurring' messages.

In future I will be asking for all LU related questions to be submitted
in advance so I have a chance of being able to answer them ;-)

I did note comments before you arrived (can't remember who from) that PC
will be able to answer all our Oyster queries when he arrives! If it's
any consolation, I was grilled on train operation.

Just my 2p worth.

Worth every penny guv!
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Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building.
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In article , ] (Steve
Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message , Paul
Corfield writes

Just walked in the house.

Grief - what time did you leave the pub? Midnight?

About that. We were evicted at closing time but stood outside
chatting for a little while after admiring the bendy buses It
does take me about 1 1/2 hours to get home from there too; I don't
have a direct Victoria line train like some you know!

I thought the Victoria Line was shutting early these days?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Jul 17, 2:33*am, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
I thought the Victoria Line was shutting early these days?

Which is why I left at 2200 and got the penultimate Walthamstow
train. Trying to get home on the Picc Line and Rail Replacements
buses is not my idea of fun at that time of night.

Paul Corfield

In message
,
Paul Corfield writes
On Jul 17, 2:33*am, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
I thought the Victoria Line was shutting early these days?

Which is why I left at 2200 and got the penultimate Walthamstow
train. Trying to get home on the Picc Line and Rail Replacements
buses is not my idea of fun at that time of night.

Funnily enough, I found getting back to Hounslow more of a drag than
getting back to Birmingham was, late last night! Not sure why; all
psychological.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk