Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-07 Thread Paul Mison
On 04/05/2002 at 00:31 +0100, Richard Clamp wrote: Sorry, you don't count because you're not voting for the Anchor. Only the old bits or outside though. Yeah, the new bar looks like- urk- a Wetherspoons. Even so, however, there being no (significant) disagreement, and the people on IRC

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-07 Thread Mark Fowler
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Paul Mison wrote: Even so, however, there being no (significant) disagreement, and the people on IRC deciding it's not worth trying to book, I'm going to do the leader bit and declare that the next social meeting, on Thursday, 6th June, shall be at the Anchor, Bankside,

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-07 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 05:17:09PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: Even so, however, there being no (significant) disagreement, and the people on IRC deciding it's not worth trying to book, I'm going to do the leader bit and declare that the next social meeting, on Thursday, 6th June, shall be at

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-07 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 05:17:09PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: Even so, however, there being no (significant) disagreement, and the people on IRC deciding it's not worth trying to book, I'm going to do the leader bit and declare that the next social meeting, on Thursday, 6th June, shall be at

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-04 Thread Roger Burton West
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 12:35:38AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:54:31PM +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: Harveys? (At the risk of being too IRC) I'd second a vote for Harveys. That would mean the Royal Oak near Borough station. It's not a pub suitable for a social

[ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Kate L Pugh
Leo has come up with a suggested alternative venue for meets -- the Glasshouse Stores in Brewer Street, very close to Piccadilly Circus tube. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F9UJZ=1 We are going to check it out on Tuesday 21 May from 6:30pm. Please come along and join us.

[ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Kate L Pugh
Leo has come up with a suggested alternative venue for meets -- the Glasshouse Stores in Brewer Street, very close to Piccadilly Circus tube. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F9UJZ=1 We are going to check it out on Tuesday 21 May from 6:30pm. Please come along and join us.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Paul Mison
On 03/05/2002 at 12:41 +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: Glasshouse Stores ... I would think though that if we do like it, we might still want to put it on the back burner until after the summer; people have been saying that they'd rather be somewhere that sunlight was actually visible, in the summer

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Kate L Pugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: after the summer; people have been saying that they'd rather be somewhere that sunlight was actually visible, in the summer months. (Opinions? Send 'em to the (non-announce) list.) The Anchor! I saw again The Anchor! -- Greg McCarroll

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:41:50PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: PS Grue has mentioned another possibility -- an O'Neill's pub in Earl's Court -- but we haven't set a date to check that one out yet. Maybe it is too far West though. O'Neill's are those nasty fake Irish pubs aren't they?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 01:49:34PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: Otherwise, we could go back to the Doggett's for a meeting, or to the Founder's Arms, if people like the riverside atmosphere of the South Bank. Any other suggestions? Or should we simply go back to the Cittie of Yorke in June,

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:15:11PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: O'Neill's are those nasty fake Irish pubs aren't they? ^---^ ^^ That's an oxymoron, isn't it? I was under the impression that fake Irish pubs were not nice by definition. Caffreys - brewed in Ireland

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread hipps
Pulled from Nicholas Clark's mail (Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:10:26PM +0100): On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:15:11PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: O'Neill's are those nasty fake Irish pubs aren't they? ^---^ ^^ That's an oxymoron, isn't it? I was under the impression

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:10:26PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:15:11PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: O'Neill's are those nasty fake Irish pubs aren't they? ^---^ ^^ That's an oxymoron, isn't it? I was under the impression that fake

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Richard Clamp
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:20:10PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: Founders Arms gets my vote. Sorry, you don't count because you're not voting for the Anchor. Only the old bits or outside though. -- Richard Clamp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:54:31PM +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: On Fri, 3 May 2002 21:10:26 +0100, Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we find a suitable Shepherd Neame pub? Or Adnams? Harveys? (At the risk of being too IRC) I'd second a vote for Harveys. How many people are

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emergency pub reconnaissance, Tuesday 21 May

2002-05-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:10:26PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: Caffreys - brewed in Ireland since 1999, IIRC Brewed? Manufactured, you mean. Yip, it was originaly made for girls and shandy drinkers, who didnt like the taste of proper beer