Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-12-01 Thread Dirk Koopman
Martin A. Brooks wrote: James Laver wrote: I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin. Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'. Unless you think conditions outside count as 'summer', and looking out of a window in the City, I can't agree... That's becau

Re: Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

2008-12-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 05:16:10PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: > The range "1st December - February" encompasses Thursday, 1st January, which > as any heretic knows is not the date for the original orthodox meeting. > > Or something like that. > > But we're looking for a pub for the hardy souls

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-12-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:46:55PM +, Martin A. Brooks wrote: > That's because I mostly don't drink beer. If I wanted to toss sour, > astringic liquid down my throat, I'd do it properly and suck on a > lemon. There's a few exceptions, like double chocolate stout, and > banana bread beer,

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-30 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 17:06 +, Kake L Pugh wrote: > On Fri 28 Nov 2008, James Laver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'. > > Speaking of beer... it's the season for Fuller's London Porter! > > Although this is available in bottle

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Martin A. Brooks
James Laver wrote: I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin. Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'. Unless you think conditions outside count as 'summer', and looking out of a window in the City, I can't agree... That's because I mostly don't drink b

Re: Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

2008-11-28 Thread Kake L Pugh
On Fri 28 Nov 2008, Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But we're looking for a pub for the hardy souls who will be out on the 1st, > rather than waiting for Thursday 8th? > > (Or is this nothing to do with our wonderful pub minion, and instead > something for our official bad influence to

Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

2008-11-28 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 05:06:46PM +, Kake L Pugh wrote: > It's also apparently very nearly the season for Shepherd Neame > Original Porter, which I believe is available from 1 December until > February - if anyone sees it, do let me know. $ cal 1 2009 January 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Kake L Pugh
On Fri 28 Nov 2008, James Laver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'. Speaking of beer... it's the season for Fuller's London Porter! Although this is available in bottles all year round, the bottled version's not a patch on the cask ve

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread James Laver
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Martin A. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tomas Doran wrote: >> >> Tim Taylor Landlord >> Adanms (x2 if you're lucky) >> London Pride. > > I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :) > I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin. Beer is dark and foamy

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Tomas Doran
On 28 Nov 2008, at 16:07, Martin A. Brooks wrote: Tomas Doran wrote: Tim Taylor Landlord Adanms (x2 if you're lucky) London Pride. I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :) Well, it's no double chocolate stout, but I'd say you're a crazy man for switching to wifebeater... Each to their

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Martin A. Brooks
Tomas Doran wrote: Tim Taylor Landlord Adanms (x2 if you're lucky) London Pride. I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :)

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Tomas Doran
On 28 Nov 2008, at 15:11, David Dorward wrote: Tomas Doran wrote: * Has 3/4 nice real ales Is this like Russian Roulette? Someone gets unlucky and has to drink the pint of mud? Heh, its more that they usually have 4, but sometimes 3. From memory you're likely to get: Tim Taylor Landl

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread David Dorward
Tomas Doran wrote: > * Has 3/4 nice real ales Is this like Russian Roulette? Someone gets unlucky and has to drink the pint of mud? -- David Dorward

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Tomas Doran
On 28 Nov 2008, at 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just at the Calthorpe for lunch, paranoia prompted me to check and it turns out it's booked for a wake this evening. OK, so do we want to make an alternative plan? Although I can't make it to the LPW tomorrow, I was hoping to have

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread ben
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:30:30PM +, Martin A. Brooks wrote: >Tomas Doran wrote: >> >>On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before >>>as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night?

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-28 Thread Martin A. Brooks
Tomas Doran wrote: On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night? http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2008/wiki?node=FridayNightMeetup I w

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-27 Thread Tomas Doran
On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night? http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2008/wiki?node=FridayNightMeetup HTH t0m

Pub for tomorrow?

2008-11-27 Thread bloke
Hi, I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night? PerlBloke