Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-31 Thread Kake L Pugh
On 22 May 2009, at 14:21, Caroline wrote: I just spoke to a very nice man at the Miller (London Bridge: http://www.themiller.co.uk/pub/index.asp) about booking a room for our bioinformatics beer thing [...] On Fri 22 May 2009, James Laver james.la...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-31 Thread James Laver
On 31 May 2009, at 23:51, Kake L Pugh wrote: I have also done some research, though not to the extent of actually entering the pub. Exterior: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3582609259/ Menu: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3583397008/

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-27 Thread Peter Corlett
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:21:33PM +0100, Caroline wrote: [...] I just spoke to a very nice man at the Miller (London Bridge: http://www.themiller.co.uk/pub/index.asp) [...] I haven't actually sampled the food or the beer though. The beer there is *excellent*.

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread Caroline
On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 19:32 +0100, James Laver wrote: This leaves us with an interesting problem. Anyone know a pub with a room for 80 people that serves a range of real ales and lagers? It should be reasonably central and the room free if possible. It should probably also serve food.

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread James Laver
On 22 May 2009, at 14:21, Caroline wrote: I just spoke to a very nice man at the Miller (London Bridge: http://www.themiller.co.uk/pub/index.asp) about booking a room for our bioinformatics beer thing (27th May from 6ish, if anyone fancies coming along). They can fit up to 100 people, they

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 22 May 2009, at 14:21, Caroline wrote: On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 19:32 +0100, James Laver wrote: This leaves us with an interesting problem. Anyone know a pub with a room for 80 people that serves a range of real ales and lagers? It should be reasonably central and the room free if possible.

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread Jasper
2009/5/22 Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com: That reminds me. There's a pub up from Holborn, The Ivy I think, that does Thai food (who doesn't?), has a large upstairs room. The FOWA people had a meet there. If it's the pub I'm thinking of I recommend avoiding it at all costs. Shit hole. --

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread Kake L Pugh
On Fri 22 May 2009, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: That reminds me. There's a pub up from Holborn, The Ivy I think, that does Thai food (who doesn't?), has a large upstairs room. The FOWA people had a meet there. We've had meets there, too, several years ago - but generally smaller

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-22 Thread Jasper
2009/5/22 Kake L Pugh k...@earth.li: On Fri 22 May 2009, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: That reminds me. There's a pub up from Holborn, The Ivy I think, that does Thai food (who doesn't?), has a large upstairs room. The FOWA people had a meet there. We've had meets there, too,

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:32:32PM +0100, James Laver wrote: I've just spoken to Matt Raines, the leader of PHP London and we're going to try and organise a joint social in July, bringing together the sadly misguided with the followers of the CPAN. Hurrah! This leaves us with an

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:46:35PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: One of the cavernous Wetherspoons. And some of the places like, uh, the Pitcher and Pianos in Liverpool st. and Soho have entire downstairs bars that can be opened early on. Pithcer and Piano used to be fucking awful, has that

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 21 May 2009, at 12:34, David Cantrell wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:46:35PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: One of the cavernous Wetherspoons. And some of the places like, uh, the Pitcher and Pianos in Liverpool st. and Soho have entire downstairs bars that can be opened early on.

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread James Laver
On 21 May 2009, at 12:27, David Cantrell wrote: Tell you what, I volunteer for the onerous duty of going on a pub crawl to help you find a venue, as long as I don't have to drink lager. Sunday, 11am, my flat. Dare we try the central line pub crawl? ;) --James

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 07:13:00PM +0100, James Laver wrote: On 21 May 2009, at 12:27, David Cantrell wrote: Tell you what, I volunteer for the onerous duty of going on a pub crawl to help you find a venue, as long as I don't have to drink lager. Sunday, 11am, my flat. Dare we try the

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-21 Thread James Laver
On 21 May 2009, at 21:04, David Cantrell wrote: Can't. I thought that seeing that you're a Gentleman of Leisure and I shall shortly begin a period of Rest, we could do it mid-week. As long as it's not the Central Line pub crawl. And I am no gentleman of leisure, I'm just resting myself.

joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-20 Thread James Laver
Calling all boozeaholics... I've just spoken to Matt Raines, the leader of PHP London and we're going to try and organise a joint social in July, bringing together the sadly misguided with the followers of the CPAN. Their meetings are bigger than ours, typically having 30 - 50. They also

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-20 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 20 May 2009, at 19:32, James Laver wrote: Any ideas? One of the cavernous Wetherspoons. And some of the places like, uh, the Pitcher and Pianos in Liverpool st. and Soho have entire downstairs bars that can be opened early on. You're not getting the hang of this pub minioning thing, are

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-20 Thread Pedro Figueiredo
On 20 May 2009, at 19:32, James Laver wrote: Calling all boozeaholics... I've just spoken to Matt Raines, the leader of PHP London and we're going to try and organise a joint social in July, bringing together the sadly misguided with the followers of the CPAN. Their meetings are bigger

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-20 Thread James Laver
On 20 May 2009, at 20:46, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: You're not getting the hang of this pub minioning thing, are you? I believe I was asked to be pub minion for my excellent knowledge of beer in London, not for any knowledge of places with rooms that fit 80 ;) Two votes for a wetherspoons

Re: joint Perl/PHP social for July

2009-05-20 Thread James Laver
On 20 May 2009, at 21:30, Pedro Figueiredo wrote: The Crosse Keys near Cornhill? http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Crosse_Keys,_EC3V_0DR I'm noticing a slight trend towards Wetherspoons here... --James