Fosdem - Beer Event on Friday, and Dinner on Saturday - Join us
Fosdem on February 2 3 in Brussels. It is not just conference and expo. There is more. Beer event on Friday evening, February 1st = https://fosdem.org/2013/practical/beerevent/ Impasse de la Fidélité 4, Brusels http://www.deliriumcafe.be/ At 18:00 the Fosdem-people will go in (amazingly) large numbers into Delirium. Delirium is a very large, very good organised and very interesting pub in Brussels. You have to visit it at least once in your life. Admire the beer tapping installations, they are magnificent (25 beers from draught!!!). And their beer selection is at least as magnificent (0ver 2,000 different beers). Don't drink to much... delirium in Delirium, would probably not be the first person to have it. We as a Perl group want to meet here too. That means, we have to conquer some space and hold it in a friendly way. We will be with at least 10 people. And whoever gets first, has to secure some stools, chairs, tables, and a corner. And tell other Perl people about it: where can we find you. Wearing Perl t-shirts might not be enough... Don't be violent, Be polite. Be early. And stay where you are, keep that corner. Let's see if we can have some hours of fun together. Oh, and we don't have a sponsor for the beer event. Please pay for yourself and your friends. It's about being together. Dinner on Saturday evening, February 2nd = After the Perl-devroom is done at 19:00 and cleaned and locked, and the Perl-booth is secured (the expensive stuff has to go back into the truck, the building will not be secure at night), a large group of us (more than 20 people at the moment) will go have dinner at 21:00 at La Porteause d'Eau. You are welcome to join us. There is no sponsor for this, so bring some cash (no idea about the creditcards). Whoever gets first, is first, earlier than 21:00 is fine, they know about us. Mention the name Perl at the entrance, we have reserved a big section of the upper floor. We cannot say what time we as organisers come in. When the work is done. No sooner. Start with a drink, please, and have a good time amongs you earlybirds. It seems the selection of beers at La Porteuse is quite good. Please let us know if you plan to come as well. We have to reserve enough space for the group. Telling them anything between 10-30 people will nog make them happy. So please respond to this mail and tell me if you're going or not. La Porteuse de lEau http://www.laporteusedeau.be) Avenue Jean Volders 48 1060 Bruxelles The restaurant is a 3 minute walk from the Metro station Hallepoort / Porte d'Halle: http://goo.gl/maps/21zEu Pay in cash, everybody pays his own (or maybe we will split the bill, maybe some sponsors will be present to ease the bill). Take a look at the menu for the prices (I don't know about the prices). Small number of vegetarian menu items. I have been here before, and it was nice. The kitchen closes at 22:40, so don't be too late.
[ANNOUNCE] Social tonight with free beer, The Edgar Wallace, Strand, WC2R 3JF
The social is tonight, with free beer: On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 02:44:59PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: ilm...@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) writes: Hi all, The September London.pm Social will be next Thursday, September 6th, at The Edgar Wallace in Aldwych/Strand. They serve tasty pub food and have a large and ever-changing selection of lovely ales. We've got tables reserved upstairs from 18:30 onwards. See you there! As an extra incentive, PhotoBox has agreed to put a few hundred quid behind the bar, so there will be free drinks not just for newbies. Details here about the pub, and how to get to it: http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Edgar_Wallace%2C_WC2R_3JF Nicholas Clark
Call to beer: Tuesday August 7th, Dirty Dicks, Broadgate
Hi In order to celebrate the momentous occasion of me having an evening off Daddy Duty, I propose beer at Dirty Dicks, a home of chocolate and banana yumminess, on Tuesday August 7th. Combined with the dark forces of UKNOT, also invited, we shall take over as much of the 1st floor as is needed. I'm good for the first £100 of the bar bill using the powerful talisman that is the abmx company credit card. Fellow exhausted parents especially welcome, we can form a support group. See you there! -- Martin A. Brooks http://antibodyMX.net/ - antispam antivirus email filtering.
FREE BEER at the ORTHODOX social
Would some Clever People like to look at my code and make constructive comments in exchange for beer? There's links here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/david_cantrell/2011/08/adventures-in-self-documenting-code.html and the Free Beer will be at the ORTHODOX social on Thursday the 1st of September. -- David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist Cynical is a word used by the naive to describe the experienced. George Hills, in uknot
Re: FREE BEER at the ORTHODOX social
On 08/20/2011 12:46 PM, David Cantrell wrote: ORTHODOX social on Thursday the 1st of September. He's just trying to confuse people again. Orthodox socials are the day after the first Wednesday of the month. Heretical socials are on the first of the month. Dave... -- Dave Cross :: d...@dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg
Re: Free beer, and some computery/programmery stuff too.
- Original Message - From: Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers london.pm@london.pm.org Sent: Friday, 3 June, 2011 3:24:15 PM Subject: Free beer, and some computery/programmery stuff too. The Guardian are doing two events this month, one of which features free beer afterwards. I know you are collectively very good at mopping up excess bar tabs. The beer part of this is at The Fellow, Kings Cross, 1900 We've had slightly fewer people turning up than expected so we're opening up the invitee list a little. -- Martin A. Brooks http://antibodymx.net/ - antispam antivirus email filtering.
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On 6 Jun 2011, at 10:34, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: [...] Anyway I dunno what's the best manner to pick an evening... I assume whichever the most people can attend? And we have no idea what a good pub is in the area. If there isn't one, another area should be fine. The nearest reasonable pub to your hotel is the Princess Victoria, a few minutes walk east. It's what you get when you take a typical British boozer and actually clean it and serve decent beer. The prices are a bit fearsome and it's a trek even from Shepherd's Bush, which is why I rarely go there. It's not suitable for a social, but it is somewhere to wet your throat and get fed near your hotel. How about the Bridge House? It's a London.pm favourite, and it's near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, so fits in with your tourist plans.
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:14:00AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:34:23AM +0200, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: Sorry, wasn't subscribed so couldn't reply. For future reference, that's not actually true. Non-subscriber mail hits the moderation queue, and human non-subscribers usually then get whitelisted so that they don't need further moderation. Now, you likely won't see a *reply* unless you're subscribed, but that's a different colour of bikeshed ... :-) Ah, what I meant was, I have no idea how to set up headers to make an email out of the blue be a reply, or get it in the same thread as the other I made out of the blue. I dunno enough about email headers. Lawlz. I saw replies easily enough on the archive. So, was apologising for basically starting a whole new thread on the same subject as earlier. -Mallory
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) I'm looking at the suggestions of Nicholas, and wondering who is best as sponsor of this. I suppose first we'd have to know who thinks they can make it... and of them, who's a good candidate. cheers, -Mallory On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:42:13AM +0100, Peter Corlett wrote: How about the Bridge House? It's a London.pm favourite, and it's near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, so fits in with your tourist plans.
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On 6 Jun 2011, at 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) That would be the one, yes. I'm looking at the suggestions of Nicholas, and wondering who is best as sponsor of this. I suppose first we'd have to know who thinks they can make it... and of them, who's a good candidate. If someone is willing to do it, they will volunteer themselves. I'm normally unavailable on saturdays, or I'd do it. /j
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On 6 June 2011 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) That sounds like a wonderful plan, and I can make it! Let's have an emergency social meeting for you: From 6pm on 25th June 2011 Bridge House 218 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 2UP http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Bridge_House%2C_SE1_2UP I shall be there, probably wearing orange. I'll try and bring a small stuffed camel with me. I'll reannounce it closer to the date. Who else can make it? Cheers, Leon
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Léon Brocard a...@astray.com wrote: On 6 June 2011 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) I'll reannounce it closer to the date. Who else can make it? Count me in.
beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
Hallo mongers, I'm Mallory and I don't really do any Perl. But my husband does, and we'll be in London (a first for me) on the weekend of the 24th of June and was wondering if there'd be a possibility to just drink some beer and hang out with some Perlers somewhere that weekend? Dakkar suggested I ask here :) cheers, Mallory
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On 1 Jun 2011, at 15:02, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: Hallo mongers, I'm Mallory and I don't really do any Perl. But my husband does, and we'll be in London (a first for me) on the weekend of the 24th of June and was wondering if there'd be a possibility to just drink some beer and hang out with some Perlers somewhere that weekend? Dakkar suggested I ask here :) What area will you be in? What tourist crap do you want to do?
Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London
On 1 June 2011 15:02, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: Hallo mongers, I'm Mallory and I don't really do any Perl. But my husband does, and we'll be in London (a first for me) on the weekend of the 24th of June and was wondering if there'd be a possibility to just drink some beer and hang out with some Perlers somewhere that weekend? Dakkar suggested I ask here :) Emergency! Emergency!
Re: Beer: March 17th, The Dolphin, 47 Tonbridge St, WC1H 9DW
On 8 Mar 2011, at 09:10, Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net wrote: I'll be on the ground during the day from around 6pm, my mobile is 07792 493 388 if you need help finding us The back end of the pub has plenty of seating so we can cheerfully take over. That's where i am lurking.
Re: Beer: March 17th, The Dolphin, 47 Tonbridge St, WC1H 9DW
Martin A. Brooks mar...@hinterlands.org writes: On 8 Mar 2011, at 09:10, Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net wrote: I'll be on the ground during the day from around 6pm, my mobile is 07792 493 388 if you need help finding us The back end of the pub has plenty of seating so we can cheerfully take over. That's where i am lurking. I'll be heading over shortly, but I'll have top pop by the Euston Tap to see if they have any of the Nøgne Ø/Mikkeller Tyttebær (lingonberry) beer left. http://eustontap.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/old-in-the-fridge-n%C3%B8gnemikkeller-tyttebaer/ -- ilmari A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire. - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
free beer at FOSDEM
I think in my lightning talk at LPW I might have skipped over the slide about the Delirium Café where the attendees of FOSDEM meet on Friday. The evening before FOSDEM. They usually provide a certain amount of free beer. See details http://www.fosdem.org/2011/beerevent It is less than 3 weeks away. I am preparing a postcard to be given away at the Perl booth during FOSDEM on which I list all the European Perl events for which I already have the date. I also list the BPW even though they don't have date yet and as I thought I'll also add the LPW. Besides that it might be interesting to give away some fliers about London.pm or LPW. So if any of you is planning to attend FOSDEM, maybe you can bring over a few fliers. There is also a Perl track in preparation which has a few empty slots. You might want to give a talk about something that is interesting for people who are not hard-core Perl developers. The draft schedule is here: https://www.socialtext.net/perl5/index.cgi?events_2011_fosdem regards Gabor http://szabgab.com/
Re: Beer Festival in Rye
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 06:35:56PM +0100, Denny wrote: Not very London, I know, but some friends of mine (including the guy who managed the Pembury until recently) are about to open a pub in Rye. Starting as they mean to go on, they're launching with a beer festival this bank holiday weekend, starting on Thursday and running through to Monday: http://queensheadrye.com http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/4632066301_48dc4f3646.jpg (list of beers and/or brewers) If you know anyone in the general vicinity who might enjoy such an event, please do pass the word around. Ooh, that's a lovely lineup! -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Us Germans take our humour very seriously -- German cultural attache talking to the Today Programme, about the German supposed lack of a sense of humour, 29 Aug 2001
Beer Festival in Rye
Hi all, Not very London, I know, but some friends of mine (including the guy who managed the Pembury until recently) are about to open a pub in Rye. Starting as they mean to go on, they're launching with a beer festival this bank holiday weekend, starting on Thursday and running through to Monday: http://queensheadrye.com http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/4632066301_48dc4f3646.jpg (list of beers and/or brewers) If you know anyone in the general vicinity who might enjoy such an event, please do pass the word around. Cheers, Denny signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
free beer (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] London.pm December social 2009-12-03, The Prince Bonaparte, W2 5BE)
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 07:26:41PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: Hi all, Apologies for the late announcement (I *told* Léon I was too unorganised to be Pub Tsar), but don't you worry, we have a pub for the December social. Because I'm lazy we're going west again, this time to The Price Bonaparte in Westbourne Green. We had an very nice unannounced surprise - a very pleasant person from Goldman Sachs visited (Yan Fitterer), placed £40 in the kitty, and produced a pub quiz, which several people seemed to have fun with. His part of GS are recruiting, and hoped to find a better class of candidate at our social meeting. Ilmari and I (and probably others) thoroughly approve of people sponsoring the kitty, and would like it to happen more often. We'll drink to this! (If banking is not your thing, it looks like Gumtree are trying to recruit another contractor. But they haven't yet been persuaded to sponsor the kitty.) Nicholas Clark PS Warren Street tube station is closed tomorrow. Use Goodge Street. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/by-date.aspx?offset=weekend
Re: Beer [was Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?]
* Mark Blackman m...@blackmans.org [2009-09-29T11:39:39] On 29 Sep 2009, at 16:26, Ricardo Signes wrote: fairly choose between them. There is a large culture of beer appreciation here. ...but there's also a large culture of beer ignorance. Would you care to speculate on the ratio of those populations in the US? (and/or outside). (Please CC me on replies; I am not a subscriber and the last thing I need is more mailing lists!) I can speculate, but it's really hard to say. I divide the adult world into three groups: people who do not drink beer, people who drink beer but don't strive to get the best, and people who take beer seriously. I'd guess that about half the adults I know do not drink beer; that's including people who will drink a beer at a party if it is offered, but would never buy one or ask for one. So, among everyone else? Frankly, I have no evidence worth anything for doing science. (My previous half claim was also totally thin-aired.) I'd probably divide the populace in half, again, but say that there is a fuzzy area that eats into the beer lovers camp of people who drink beer, notice that some beer is better than other beer, but do not do much to learn what beer they like most or why they differ. These are people who will gladly fall in love with a new beer you show them, but will not go looking for new beer. So, 50/25/25 in the crap/complacent/connoisseur camps? Like I said, though, this is total bull. I bet there are interviews with craft brewers about their actual research out there, though. -- rjbs
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote: BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? Not yet seen a 2/3 pt glass, but 1/3 pint is occasionally used in pubs for barley wines, and quite often at beer festivals. -- David Cantrell | Minister for Arbitrary Justice In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's ... programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt. --Blair P. Houghton
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:11:30AM +0100, the following was promulgated by Nicholas Clark: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Ovid typed: Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*. I actually like it over here. Plus, US beers (even the quality ones) are often very fizzy. A bit too much for my taste. I know the microbreweries in Portland are fantastic, but they generally don't ship over here. I thought Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was *excellent*, although there was a tendancy for some to be over hopped. BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? As I understand it the law is that draft beer must be dispensed into crown (or EU) stamped glasses, which are in (integer) multiples of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 pint. It is 1/3 of a pint and integer multiples of 1/2 pints, so while one point five pint glasses are fine two thirds glasses will need a change. So I infer that if you can get a stamped 2/3 glass, it's legal. No, see above, but it has been through a formal consultation: http://www.nmo.bis.gov.uk/fileuploads/Docs/Legislation/SFQ/Specified_Quantities_DIUS_Press_Release_Oct_08.pdf I have seen 1/3rd glasses - Greg, Kake and I went to a Wetherspoon's beer festival where they were selling three thirds of different beers. I found this *extremely* dangerous - I can neck (and enjoy) a third pint glass very rapidly. And then there are 2 more. And then they are all gone. I love the fact that tasting palletes of 3 different thirds are becoming popular to help you decide between guest beers. -- Tony Kennick Web: http://www.pint.org.uk/ Blog: http://blog.pint.org.uk/ Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreatgonzo/
Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Ovid typed: Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*. I actually like it over here. Plus, US beers (even the quality ones) are often very fizzy. A bit too much for my taste. I know the microbreweries in Portland are fantastic, but they generally don't ship over here. I thought Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was *excellent*, although there was a tendancy for some to be over hopped. BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? -- Steve Mynott st...@gruntling.com
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
Steve Mynott wrote: BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? I don't know about the 2/3rds (although it would follow naturally from 1/3rd pints) but I've seen 1/3rds in a couple of places - the Young's brewery (before it moved) and the Great British Beer festival. I've got some 1/3rd glasses now, thanks to the last few GBBFs, because I ran out of space for pints. I think they've been a legal measure for a while, but after 10 minutes of reading through publications.parliament.co.uk I've lost the will to research any further for now... --billy -- http://billyabbott.co.uk You say tomato, I say EMACS
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Ovid typed: Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*. I actually like it over here. Plus, US beers (even the quality ones) are often very fizzy. A bit too much for my taste. I know the microbreweries in Portland are fantastic, but they generally don't ship over here. I thought Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was *excellent*, although there was a tendancy for some to be over hopped. BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? As I understand it the law is that draft beer must be dispensed into crown (or EU) stamped glasses, which are in (integer) multiples of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 pint. So I infer that if you can get a stamped 2/3 glass, it's legal. I have seen 1/3rd glasses - Greg, Kake and I went to a Wetherspoon's beer festival where they were selling three thirds of different beers. I found this *extremely* dangerous - I can neck (and enjoy) a third pint glass very rapidly. And then there are 2 more. And then they are all gone. IIRC, these 1/3rd glasses were EU stamped, but I don't have a picture of this. I'm sure Napoleon must be spinning in his grave - 1/3rd of a pint is 189 1/3 ml, and it amuses me no end that the EU are officially sanctioning a vulgar fraction. Nicholas Clark
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Steve Mynott wrote: It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? they always have been legal. you certianly now see thirds at CAMRA beer festivals and I have seen it in some pubs. Normally as part of a try 4 beers as thirds pay for a pint offer. http://www.emberinns.co.uk/offer/enjoyallyourfavouritecaskales/ -- bob walker buses should be purple and bendy
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
2009/9/30 Bob Walker b...@randomness.org.uk: On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Steve Mynott wrote: It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? they always have been legal. you certianly now see thirds at CAMRA beer festivals and I have seen it in some pubs. Normally as part of a try 4 beers as thirds pay for a pint offer. The (excellent) Bree Louise serves their (excellent) ales in 1/3 pint glasses if you ask. I usually pick 3 likely sounding ales, order 1/3 of each. They come on a little wooden board. IIRC they charge based on alcohol content, and ordering 3 random thirds tends not to get you charged for a pint of the strongest. So it seems a reasonable thing to do. Certainly doesn't cost more. /joel
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:11:30AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: As I understand it the law is that draft beer must be dispensed into crown (or EU) stamped glasses, which are in (integer) multiples of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 pint. That brings up an image of a civil servant stamping glasses. And once a month, a moves for a week from Brussles to Strassbourgh. Abigail
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
On 09/30/2009 09:53 AM, Steve Mynott wrote: BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen this? Completely coincidentally, I just came across this: Two-thirds of a pint measure to be introduced A two-thirds of a pint measure is to be introduced in pubs and clubs. Changes will also be made to measures of fortified wine and brandy. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_180884 Dave...
Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?
Abigail wrote: That brings up an image of a civil servant stamping glasses. And once a month, a moves for a week from Brussles to Strassbourgh. 20 or so years ago there was a UK Weight and Measures Authority near where I lived in Kingston. Although I never did it myself, a number of my school mates had holiday jobs there checking and approving (or rejecting) pint glasses. It was all done by hand, one glass at a time. I find it hard to imagine that they would still doing it by hand, if indeed they are. But then again, I found it hard to believe that they were doing it by hand back then and the UK civil service moves anything but fast. So it wouldn't surprise me. A few years later the landlord of a local pub told me how much he had to pay for officially stamped glasses (which, of course, you have to have). I forget the figure, but it was more than a quid if memory serves, and that was in olden days money where a pint cost about the same or even less. Whatever the figure, it was ridiculously expensive all because they had to pay someone to check and stamp every single glass by hand. A shiny example of British inefficiency at its best. A
Re: Beer [was Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?]
On 29 Sep 2009, at 16:26, Ricardo Signes wrote: fairly choose between them. There is a large culture of beer appreciation here. ...but there's also a large culture of beer ignorance. Would you care to speculate on the ratio of those populations in the US? (and/or outside).
Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
Léon Brocard wrote: 2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. I think there is scope for a london.pm social list Not moderated and where you can post emergency socials, informal meets and so on. Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Indeed. The main issue I am aware is that announce - gllug-social list where it raises hackles from anti perl brigade.
Re: Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
Andrew Black wrote: Léon Brocard wrote: 2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. I think there is scope for a london.pm social list Not moderated and where you can post emergency socials, informal meets and so on. -1 We're a social lot and always have been. AFAIC, the main list, plus announce is where these types of announcements belong. Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Indeed. The main issue I am aware is that announce - gllug-social list where it raises hackles from anti perl brigade. Why would a social group not want to be informed of relevant, and usually very pleasant pubmeets? If they don't think it's relevant ot their interests, they can always unsub. Ben
Re: Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
On 18/07/2009 10:17, Andrew Black wrote: Léon Brocard wrote: Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Indeed. The main issue I am aware is that announce - gllug-social list where it raises hackles from anti perl brigade. News to me. fxWaves GLLUG list admin hat/fx
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16
Just so you know: I just got 4 emails about this (the earliest dated Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:07:38 +0100) in a London PM digest. Obviously not much use as it's now Friday - not that I was going to go anyway. And, yes, I know I could switch to receiving non-digested London PM postings. Just wondering if there was a magic configuration that could be applied to the list's software to do something about this. Chris _ Get the best of MSN on your mobile http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Chris Jack wrote: Just wondering if there was a magic configuration that could be applied to the list's software to do something about this. You could subscribe to -announce non-digested while keeping the main list in digest mode. And arrange subtle reminders for any event-posters to use the announce list (which will mirror it to the regular list too, if I'm not mistaken). the hatter
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:16:49PM +0100, Chris Jack wrote: Just so you know: I just got 4 emails about this (the earliest dated Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:07:38 +0100) in a London PM digest. Obviously not much use as it's now Friday - not that I was going to go anyway. And, yes, I know I could switch to receiving non-digested London PM postings. Just wondering if there was a magic configuration that could be applied to the list's software to do something about this. The magic is presumably to use london.pm-announce. -- header FROM_DAVID_CANTRELLFrom =~ /david.cantrell/i describe FROM_DAVID_CANTRELLMessage is from David Cantrell scoreFROM_DAVID_CANTRELL15.72 # This figure from experimentation
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM, the hatterlondon...@bang.meep.org wrote: You could subscribe to -announce non-digested while keeping the main list in digest mode. And arrange subtle reminders for any event-posters to use the announce list (which will mirror it to the regular list too, if I'm not mistaken). the hatter Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. --James
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16
2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Leon
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
This is tonight. Who's coming? --James -- On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, James Laverjames.la...@gmail.com wrote: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm with anyone else who comes along, and there'll probably be some BBC worldwide people since it's their favourite pub. Come along and have great beer, I think the guy said there'll be about 60 ales constantly rotating. He seemed to be excited when I said I'd bring perlmongers. That pub loves us. Cheers, --James
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
James Laver james.la...@gmail.com writes: This is tonight. Who's coming? *hans* -- ilmari A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire. - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
ilm...@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) writes: James Laver james.la...@gmail.com writes: This is tonight. Who's coming? *hans* I have no idea who Hans is or what he's doing in my post, I meant *hand* (as in raises) obviously. -- ilmari A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire. - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
2009/7/16 Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker ilm...@ilmari.org: *hans* You're changing to a germanic name? --James -- See you there.
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
I'm here wearing a distinctive red last.fm staff t-shirt cunningly nicked off a friend. --James On Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM, James Laver james.la...@gmail.com wrote: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm with anyone else who comes along, and there'll probably be some BBC worldwide people since it's their favourite pub. Come along and have great beer, I think the guy said there'll be about 60 ales constantly rotating. He seemed to be excited when I said I'd bring perlmongers. That pub loves us. Cheers, --James
London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm with anyone else who comes along, and there'll probably be some BBC worldwide people since it's their favourite pub. Come along and have great beer, I think the guy said there'll be about 60 ales constantly rotating. He seemed to be excited when I said I'd bring perlmongers. That pub loves us. Cheers, --James
Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16
2009/7/15 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm with anyone else who comes along, and there'll probably be some BBC worldwide people since it's their favourite pub. Come along and have great beer, I think the guy said there'll be about 60 ales constantly rotating. He seemed to be excited when I said I'd bring perlmongers. That pub loves us. will the beer user be required to maintain the rotation of the beer, perhaps by dint of some complex spinning alg ? have never heard of a tasty beverage : dizzy dolly. cant make it mysel, but appreciate the herdings. mart.
Edgar Wallace beer festival
Is on from monday to friday this week. Lets make it a london.pm event. Do we have a distinct preference for the thursday? Replies off-list please. Cheers, --James
Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed
Hi James, long time lurker, first time caller. as a really crap perl programmer but an avid beer consumer, I'd be willing to swap some gut size for guru status. I'm co9 over by Braintree , where are you ? have an estate so possible I can get the lot in ( unless you lot are really worse than me and, reading some of the posts, that's very possible ). ta DaveN On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 13:18 +0100, James Laver wrote: I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a shovel? I've formulated the following devious plans: 1. a kind, friendly soul with a car drives to the brewery/winery in essex and drops stuff off at a convenient holding point (with lack of volunteers, probably my flat), and I will get them to the social a few cases at a time. 2. Similar, except we go next weekend and people pick them up from my house rather than the social. 3. a team of kind people arrange to meet at a tube station in eastern zone 2 and proceed to help me carry beer to the social via the hammersmith and city line. 4. I organise a social at the bridge house for september and we have the beer then (august is YAPC, remember). I'm not sure I can cat-herd effectively enough to make option 3 happen, but does any kind soul with a car fancy a daytrip to a brewery and winery in essex, or will we have to put it back to september? So, shovels anybody? Oh and we need to get artwork that still hasn't been drawn to the brewery by the end of tomorrow if we're going to attack plan 1 or 2. Any artistic shovels? --James
Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed
I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a shovel? I've formulated the following devious plans: 1. a kind, friendly soul with a car drives to the brewery/winery in essex and drops stuff off at a convenient holding point (with lack of volunteers, probably my flat), and I will get them to the social a few cases at a time. 2. Similar, except we go next weekend and people pick them up from my house rather than the social. 3. a team of kind people arrange to meet at a tube station in eastern zone 2 and proceed to help me carry beer to the social via the hammersmith and city line. 4. I organise a social at the bridge house for september and we have the beer then (august is YAPC, remember). I'm not sure I can cat-herd effectively enough to make option 3 happen, but does any kind soul with a car fancy a daytrip to a brewery and winery in essex, or will we have to put it back to september? So, shovels anybody? Oh and we need to get artwork that still hasn't been drawn to the brewery by the end of tomorrow if we're going to attack plan 1 or 2. Any artistic shovels? --James
Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed
2009/6/26 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a shovel? I've formulated the following devious plans: 1. a kind, friendly soul with a car drives to the brewery/winery in essex and drops stuff off at a convenient holding point (with lack of volunteers, probably my flat), and I will get them to the social a few cases at a time. When are you thinking of for this ? And where is the brewery/winery ? -- http://rabidgravy.com/ - Music http://gellyfish.co.uk/ - Everything else
Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jonathan Stowej...@integration-house.com wrote: 2009/6/26 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a shovel? I've formulated the following devious plans: 1. a kind, friendly soul with a car drives to the brewery/winery in essex and drops stuff off at a convenient holding point (with lack of volunteers, probably my flat), and I will get them to the social a few cases at a time. When are you thinking of for this ? And where is the brewery/winery ? It would have to be either in the evening this week to make the social, or more likely next weekend and i'd have to distribute it from my flat. The brewery is in the arse end of essex, Mersea Island, which is not the most convenient place to get to at all. --James
Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed
That's near my folks' place, but alas I have no car and they have no immediate plans to drive to London, nor any storage space to spare. Otherwise, I would have been happy to help. Anyone have connections to Eddie Stobart? The brewery is in the arse end of essex, Mersea Island, which is not the most convenient place to get to at all. -- http://evolectronica.com - survival of the funkiest
Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry
Hi guys, I'll be ordering anniversary beer today but there's one thing remaining - artwork. Last year, we were graciously donated a design by Kent Fredric of a camel going through tower bridge. This year, of all the suggestions, I think I like the idea of St. Pauls with a Perl Onion for a dome, the most. Is there anybody who will cut up some CC images and stick the onion on the dome for us? Please? Pretty Please? (mail me offlist if you have the skill and you're feeling generous to a good cause) Cheers, --James
Re: Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:39:43PM +0100, James Laver wrote: Last year, we were graciously donated a design by Kent Fredric of a camel going through tower bridge. This year, of all the suggestions, I think I like the idea of St. Pauls with a Perl Onion for a dome, the most. Is there anybody who will cut up some CC images and stick the onion on the dome for us? I also have in my possession a small text in Dave Cross' handwriting written on a piece of cardboard, saying roughly: The use of a glass of beer in association with the Perl language is copyright London.pm (the plan is to make a unique T-shirt to auction at YAPC in Lisbon) I'm sure he'll be more than happy to adapt the text to suit and fit a bottle of beer. -- Philippe Bruhat (BooK) All life affects us... even that which is far from our gaze. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #59 (Epic))
Re: Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) philippe.bru...@free.fr wrote: I also have in my possession a small text in Dave Cross' handwriting written on a piece of cardboard, saying roughly: The use of a glass of beer in association with the Perl language is copyright London.pm (the plan is to make a unique T-shirt to auction at YAPC in Lisbon) I'm sure he'll be more than happy to adapt the text to suit and fit a bottle of beer. I will also be carrying a case of beer to YAPC for the auction. --James
Anniversary Beer
Okay, I'm going to get around to ordering anniversary beer as soon as I come up with a venue for next month's social. If you asked for some, you should have received an email from me confirming your order. If you didn't, you forgot to email me or I've misplaced it (I searched my mailbox for 'anniversary beer') and forgotten that you ordered it off-list. If you want some and you haven't got a confirmation, you MUST reply today as I'll be doing the ordering tomorrow. Cases are of 12. If you have any number of complete cases, you get to choose which beer you want for them. Please write to me off-list indicating which of the bottle conditioned beers from http://www.merseawine.com/brewery.htm you'd like (or those of you who've ordered multiple cases get multiple choices) If you have a half-case, it's not really feasible and I'll make it Skippers (as I will if people don't email me today). Last year we had Island Skippers which has a nice summery element about it. Excellent tasty bitter. Oh, and please make sure you will be at the next social to pick it up or I will be frustrated since I'm carrying enough beer home already. --James
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 12 Jun 2009, at 09:31, James Laver wrote: Cases are of 12. If you have any number of complete cases, you get to choose which beer you want for them. Please write to me off-list indicating which of the bottle conditioned beers from http://www.merseawine.com/brewery.htm you'd like (or those of you who've ordered multiple cases get multiple choices) --James Fortune smiles upon us as it transpires that we've got 12 cases on order, which means we can create mixed cases. If you've ordered beer and want a taste of all the beers (with the exception of the pilsner), can you show your hand and I'll go ahead with manually creating mixed cases. It'll probably look like this: 2 Island Skipper 2 Pale ale 1 Oyster 1 Monkey per half-case. I also finally called the brewery and got prices. £12.50 per 6 bottles. 50p more expensive than last year. I'm sure we can cope with that. --James
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 12 Jun 2009, at 10:34, James Laver wrote: Fortune smiles upon us as it transpires that we've got 12 cases on order, which means we can create mixed cases. If you've ordered beer and want a taste of all the beers (with the exception of the pilsner), can you show your hand and I'll go ahead with manually creating mixed cases. It'll probably look like this: 2 Island Skipper 2 Pale ale 1 Oyster 1 Monkey per half-case. I also finally called the brewery and got prices. £12.50 per 6 bottles. 50p more expensive than last year. I'm sure we can cope with that. --James All cases will hereby be mixed owing to overwhelmingly positive feedback. If anyone else orders, they won't be able to take part in that (since i'm manually splitting the 12 cases ordered), but they can choose whichever beer they want. --James
Re: Anniversary Beer
Did anything happen about this? Is anniversary beer still on? I'm guessing with June social just days away it's not happening /this/ month, but did enough people get involved to make it happen at all? /joel On 1 May 2009, at 08:50, James Laver wrote: We've almost got enough to make it worth the brewery's while. Anyone interested who hasn't yet waved their hand? (All the people who bought what went unclaimed at the social last year, perhaps?) --James On 20 Apr 2009, at 22:30, James Laver wrote: As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) Yesterday, a london.pm member twittered about how much he enjoyed drinking some of it in the sunshine. This evening, another member IRCd about how much he enjoyed it. And then other people have said they really enjoyed it and wish they had some left. So I offered to reorder. This year we'll order it early to make the most of the summer. We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll deliver to the june social (which will fall on the 4th and hasn't yet been announced -- it is quite a way away). I've got 42 bottles confirmed so far. If you want in, please message me offlist. Please also make sure that you will be there to pick up the beer or make arrangements for someone else to. I'll put a 3 week cap on orders, so don't delay! Cheers, --James
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 29 May 2009, at 14:34, Joel Bernstein wrote: Did anything happen about this? Is anniversary beer still on? I'm guessing with June social just days away it's not happening / this/ month, but did enough people get involved to make it happen at all? /joel We hit critical mass, I just didn't get around to arguing. July. And thanks for giving me a boot up the arse to call the brewery. --James
Anniversary Beer
As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) Yesterday, a london.pm member twittered about how much he enjoyed drinking some of it in the sunshine. This evening, another member IRCd about how much he enjoyed it. And then other people have said they really enjoyed it and wish they had some left. So I offered to reorder. This year we'll order it early to make the most of the summer. We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll deliver to the june social (which will fall on the 4th and hasn't yet been announced -- it is quite a way away). I've got 42 bottles confirmed so far. If you want in, please message me offlist. Please also make sure that you will be there to pick up the beer or make arrangements for someone else to. I'll put a 3 week cap on orders, so don't delay! Cheers, --James
Re: Anniversary Beer
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:30:38PM +0100, James Laver wrote: As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll deliver to the june social (which will fall on the 4th and hasn't yet been announced -- it is quite a way away). Don't forget to keep a few of them for the Lisbon auction. It'll be worth it, if only to watch people throwing in a lot of money for beer in the land of cheap beer... ;-) -- Philippe Bruhat (BooK) Be careful when you take one side or the other. You could wind up in the middle.(Moral from Groo The Wanderer #33 (Epic))
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 20 Apr 2009, at 22:52, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:30:38PM +0100, James Laver wrote: As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll deliver to the june social (which will fall on the 4th and hasn't yet been announced -- it is quite a way away). Don't forget to keep a few of them for the Lisbon auction. It'll be worth it, if only to watch people throwing in a lot of money for beer in the land of cheap beer... ;-) Last year we had an offer of 4 cases for the YAPC auction that sadly never materialised. Handy, as it happens, since 4 cases were claimed by people who didn't pre-order but decided that actually, they wanted beer. I'll sponsor 6 bottles (12 quid IIRC) for the hell of it. Anyone else willing to do the same? --James P.S. why haven't I heard of other PM groups organising anniversary beer?
Re: Anniversary Beer
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:58:51PM +0100, James Laver wrote: P.S. why haven't I heard of other PM groups organising anniversary beer? Perhaps it is related to the problem of orgynising a piss-up in a brewery? -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Just because it is possible to do this sort of thing in the English language doesn't mean it should be done
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 20 Apr 2009, at 22:52, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: It'll be worth it, if only to watch people throwing in a lot of money for beer in the land of cheap beer... ;-) s/cheap beer/expensive ice-cold piss/
Re: Anniversary Beer
On 20 Apr 2009, at 23:12, David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:58:51PM +0100, James Laver wrote: P.S. why haven't I heard of other PM groups organising anniversary beer? Perhaps it is related to the problem of orgynising a piss-up in a brewery? -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Just because it is possible to do this sort of thing in the English language doesn't mean it should be done I seem to manage just fine, and I don't even have superpowers. Now, how about we organise a pissup in a brewery? Social at the fullers brewery tap? ;) --James
Re: London.pm Social - Edgar Wallace WC2R, 7th May 2009 -- FREE BEER
The May social is in 3 weeks, and I have good news -- there will be free beer! My own company is launching a new product and for shameless plugging purposes / drumming up vague enthusiasm, is going to put some money behind the bar. On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:38, James Laver wrote: This month we're looking to encourage people who've been lurking but not yet joined us, to do so. Perl programmer or not, beer drinker or not, black or white, male or female, bearded, unbearded or stubbly[1], come along and join us in the name of Perl[2]. Though there are (absolutely untrue[3]) rumours we have been approaching parity between women and Daves, the rumours of our friendliness permeating london are true[4]. Surely free beer can tempt some of you to the Edgar? Socials are always fun, come along and see! --James Standard blurb: Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly meets tend to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place at other times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to locations and the pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the bar if they want to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever people get there after work) and a group tends to be left come closing time. If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Leon out - we have a tradition that the leader of this motley crew buys the new people a drink (orange or not, either's fine) and introduces them to people.
York beer festival
Who's coming with me to the York beer festival on Sat 18 Oct? -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david I hate baby seals. They get asked to all the best clubs.
Re: Beer experiment
Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) I would ... except that I have a cold, am on anti-cold drugs that don't mix with beer, am out of London (since it isn't during the working week), and have guests. Otherwise, I'd be there like a shot. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: Beer experiment
On 13 Sep 2008, at 13:46, Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) I think maybe the communication channel is the problem. So sure, there are lots of people on the list but it's a single list. And it's predicated on people being in front of email. So you need to be multi-channel for a start. In Amsterdam I had an APB list on my phone that I could SMS and generally procure at least half a dozen for drinks. And there's that facebook thing. Oh, and twitter, though now they've killed the SMS's it's less immediate. Then think cross-network. According to the network graphing doofer on Facebook I have several main networks: London geeks, musicians and Avon type people. In your case you probably have others not on l.pm so they need to be reached. I'm sure Byzantine historians like beer too. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 49020 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.comNL: +31 654 982906 Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Beer experiment
I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) -tara
Re: Beer experiment
I would, but got other plans. Sorry. On 13 Sep 2008, at 13:46, Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) -tara -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 49020 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.comNL: +31 654 982906 Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Re: Beer experiment
On Saturday 13 September 2008 14:46:14 Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) -tara I'm in Munich, otherwise I'd be there - meanwhile please have one for me ;-) -- Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen http://www.rfi.net/
Re: Beer experiment
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would, but got other plans. Sorry. On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Richard Foley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in Munich, otherwise I'd be there - meanwhile please have one for me ;-) I guess the answer is no, then. Damn. We need more dedication to beer around here, people. -tara, mostly just happy to have got a seat on the Eurostar today after all
Re: High speed beer
* Chris Heathcote ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can anyone remember the trial of lager served below freezing? The glass was sprayed with water and rotated, and the beer was served below freezing under pressure. Ultrasound was used to stop it from freezing completely, but the beer did have ice crystals in. Can't find a link. Bah. I remember it being about 4 quid a pint in Richmond... Yip, I believe the last time we had a meeting in penderels oak they had this on trial, unfortunatly they choose a fairly shit lager to do it with so while having it that cold was good it still didn't inspire you to have more. And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get it. ;-) Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.org.uk/~gem/ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] msn://[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: High speed beer
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:07:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get it. ;-) or Belgium. -- Lusercop.net - LARTing Lusers everywhere since 2002
Re: High speed beer
And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get it. ;-) or Belgium. or the US. oh wait, no they serve beer-o-lade (to the extent that my g/f said ooh that's really nice, not at all like beer).
Re: High speed beer
Paul Makepeace wrote: ``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' Waiting for a beer at the bar could soon be a thing of the past... Yeah right. This device will allow the pubs to employ half as many staff to do twice as much work. We'll still be left waiting for a beer. A
Re: High speed beer
Lusercop wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:07:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get it. ;-) or Belgium. I think I prefer Dutch to so-called Belgian. Slovakia has very nice pilseners, and some fine dunkels. -- David Cantrell | Reprobate | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david When a woman has a man on a string, controlling his every thought and motion, backbone in said man is not a requirement. -- Ken, in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
High speed beer
``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3156773.stm Looks like a coffee machine, producing a similarly sized froth/head. Hmm. Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ What is the meaning of liff? Does the pope shit in the woods. -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
Re: High speed beer
``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3156773.stm Looks like a coffee machine, producing a similarly sized froth/head. Hmm. you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do that - like Guinness extra cold with extra nitrogen, which i'm sure i can tell tastes different, but maybe that's all in my mind... as you say, hmm. a Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ What is the meaning of liff? Does the pope shit in the woods. -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do that - like Guinness extra cold with extra nitrogen, which i'm sure i can tell tastes different, but maybe that's all in my mind... I've seen a similar yet much less efficient device used in France that speeds things up by not requiring any bartender attention to the beer as it is being poured: simply putting the glass in and hitting a button is enough. This effectively allows massively parallel beer-pouring by a single bartender. This being France, the beer had the exact same shite taste as usual. -- Robin Berjon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Engineer, Expwayhttp://expway.fr/ 7FC0 6F5F D864 EFB8 08CE 8E74 58E6 D5DB 4889 2488
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On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 05:16:51PM +0200, Robin Berjon wrote: I've seen a similar yet much less efficient device used in France that speeds things up by not requiring any bartender attention to the beer as it is being poured: simply putting the glass in and hitting a button is Or even, do away with the bartender altogether and put in a robot, http://www.wickednightclub.com/webgfx/venue/Cynthia%20pouring.jpg from http://www.wickednightclub.com/cyberzone.htm :-] Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ If I told Ryan that I like him, then weasels will rule the hinterland. -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
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Or even, do away with the bartender altogether and put in a robot, http://www.wickednightclub.com/webgfx/venue/Cynthia%20pouring.jpg from http://www.wickednightclub.com/cyberzone.htm amazingly enough, a friend of mine applied to be robot wrangler there, but something else came up - it's actually really slow and annoying. a :-] Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ If I told Ryan that I like him, then weasels will rule the hinterland. -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
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Or even, do away with the bartender altogether and put in a robot, http://www.wickednightclub.com/webgfx/venue/Cynthia%20pouring.jpg from http://www.wickednightclub.com/cyberzone.htm amazingly enough, a friend of mine applied to be robot wrangler there, but something else came up - it's actually really slow and annoying. sorry, meant to say, or certainly was when i went ages ago, it may well be the most amazing thing ever now. um, just in case, you know a a :-] Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ If I told Ryan that I like him, then weasels will rule the hinterland. -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do that - like Guinness extra cold with extra nitrogen, which i'm sure i can tell tastes different, but maybe that's all in my mind... the bar i used to work in had guinness extra cold installed while i was there - as far as i know (i was told this was this case for all of the installations) the extra cold is simply the same guinness (ours was from the same barrel as the normal guinnes but split when it got to the bar) as ever, but going through an extra cooler so that it has extra coldness... and yes, it does taste different - temperature affects taste, just try drinking lager at body temperature :) i can;t find a link for it, but the dumbest beer innovation that i've seen of late is the Fosters Head Tap, which is a normal Fosters tap with a button on top that when you press it sprays foamy beer on top of your pint so that you have a good head...you can achieve the same effect by only pulling the tap a little bit...but hey, it makes for an amusing advertising campaign. or something. billy -- Billy Abbott billy at cowfish dot org dot uk
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On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 05:54 pm, Billy Abbott wrote: the extra cold is simply the same guinness (ours was from the same barrel as the normal guinnes but split when it got to the bar) as ever, but going through an extra cooler so that it has extra coldness... Yep, rather than one loop of pipe going through the cooler, it goes through a double loop. That's the only difference (tho in 30 London pubs they were trialling a 20-30 second pouring system - never saw it). i can;t find a link for it, but the dumbest beer innovation that i've seen of late is the Fosters Head Tap, Can anyone remember the trial of lager served below freezing? The glass was sprayed with water and rotated, and the beer was served below freezing under pressure. Ultrasound was used to stop it from freezing completely, but the beer did have ice crystals in. Can't find a link. Bah. I remember it being about 4 quid a pint in Richmond... c.
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Billy Abbott wrote: and yes, it does taste different - temperature affects taste, just try drinking lager at body temperature :) otherwise known as drinking lager in England... (;
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On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:08:16PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: On Monday, July 7, 2003 12:46 +0100 Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have any unseen pubs on our hitlist? If not, where should we go? The Old Monk, on, errm, that street that runs across the top of Mill St, above Conduit St. It lacks a little atmosphere, but london.pm can provide its own. I think it meets most of our requirements: central good beer food large with a sort-of seperate area big enough for us disabled-friendly I wouldn't suggest it for an emergency social though, as it doesn't have the spark that makes a great pub. Hangon. That would imply that you want to go there for a regular social blind? Or did you mean that we shouldn't use it to entertain visitors? (ie we should do a check it out emergency social instead?) Nicholas Clark
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On Monday, July 21, 2003 7:50 pm +0100 Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or did you mean that we shouldn't use it to entertain visitors? (ie we should do a check it out emergency social instead?) Yes. -- David Cantrell
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On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 09:08 PM, David Cantrell wrote: is a fine pub, and the guvnor has excellent taste in both computers and beer. wrong endian, surely?
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On Monday, July 7, 2003 10:02 pm +0100 David Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 09:08 PM, David Cantrell wrote: is a fine pub, and the guvnor has excellent taste in both computers and beer. wrong endian, surely? I am not aware that he has any middle-endian machines. He does do both big- and little-endian though - kinda appropriate for soho :-) -- David Cantrell
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:04:31AM -0500, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: Jarkko and I will be in London the weekend of the 20th and 21st before riding down to Paris with those that are going. If anyone wants to meet up for a pint or three let us know as I don't think we'll be online at all I think that this would be good. Sunday night would be quieter than Saturday night (but I'm biased because I'm taking that Monday off work) Do we have any unseen pubs on our hitlist? If not, where should we go? The Pillars of Hercules has the advantage that it's next door but one to Milroys of Soho, but I'm not sure when Milroys is open. http://openguides.org/london/index.cgi?Pillars_Of_Hercules,_W1D_4DJ http://www.milroys.co.uk/ Nicholas Clark
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Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoth: * *I think that this would be good. Sunday night would be quieter than *Saturday night (but I'm biased because I'm taking that Monday off work) We're on holiday so we could, technically, go out either or both nights :) I have no idea what day the eurostar trip is though...you'd think I didn't have 10 or more different calendar things to keep track of itineraries or something... *Do we have any unseen pubs on our hitlist? If not, where should we go? An Unseen Pub? Would it have an Ankh-Moorpork theme? :) *The Pillars of Hercules has the advantage that it's next door but one *to Milroys of Soho, but I'm not sure when Milroys is open. If it has beer, it's perfect. :) It's a chore to find a decent wheat beer in Helsinki and after all the rye bread, rye cakes, rye biscuits, rye beer and rye everything else, London will seem like an oasis :) You pick and we'll show up for the beer. e.
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On Monday, July 7, 2003 12:46 +0100 Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have any unseen pubs on our hitlist? If not, where should we go? The Old Monk, on, errm, that street that runs across the top of Mill St, above Conduit St. It lacks a little atmosphere, but london.pm can provide its own. I think it meets most of our requirements: central good beer food large with a sort-of seperate area big enough for us disabled-friendly I wouldn't suggest it for an emergency social though, as it doesn't have the spark that makes a great pub. The Pillars of Hercules ... is a fine pub, and the guvnor has excellent taste in both computers and beer. -- David Cantrell
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On Thu 05 Jun 2003, Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now all we need is a venue. Now where did I put that pub minion? The Jerusalem Tavern's definitely too small. How about the Fullers Ale Pie pub on High Holborn? http://www.fancyapint.com/pda/pdafiles/colour/pdathepubs/pdapub71.htm http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531215y=181558 Kake
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From: Kate L Pugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/5/03 2:03:56 PM On Thu 05 Jun 2003, Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now all we need is a venue. Now where did I put that pub minion? The Jerusalem Tavern's definitely too small. How about the Fullers Ale Pie pub on High Holborn? http://www.fancyapint.com/pda/pdafiles/colour/pdathepubs/pdapub71.htm http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531215y=181558 The Melton Mowbray. That's where I get my agent to take me for lunch as it's right over the road from where I work. It's pretty good. Can get a bit full of suits in the evening. Dave... [ currently a suit ] -- http://www.dave.org.uk Let me see you make decisions, without your television - Depeche Mode (Stripped)
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On Thursday, June 5, 2003 10:43 +0100 Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/06/2003 at 10:22 +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: I smell a trip to the Jerusalem Tavern. Well, yes, it's close to where Perrin is staying, and it's a nice pub. However, for a meeting involving more than about four people, it's too small, unless you're able to nab the large table at the back. (Even then, there's a lot of shuffling about as people go to the bar, and so on). The Yorkshire Grey isn't that far up the road, and is much larger, if you're going to force me to pick a pub around there. I'm sure other people could suggest something better, though. Three Cups, Cowcross St. There's a couple of pubs whose names I forget up at the top end of Cowcross St, opposite Smithfield market. There's an *excellent* curry house on Cowcross St too, right opposite Farringdon tube. -- David Cantrell Beekeeping is like being a lion tamer, but with smaller lions, and more of them. -- arp
