On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 17:44 +0100, Victor Churchill wrote: > Hi Natalie, Ralph and all, > > On 7 October 2010 17:19, Natalie Hooper <nataliehoo...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > > > > I agree re: the pub - snug area was nice and location was practical to both > > drivers and public transport users, but karaoke was too loud so we'd be > > better off meeting on another night of the week. I think that the problem > > wasn't so much with the speakers in the snug area but that we actually could > > hear directly from the speakers in the karaoke area. At least, this is how > > it sounded to me. I could actually see the karaoke if I looked towards the > > bar, so there was a direct way for the music to get through, from the > > karaoke, over the bar, to us. > > And quoth Ralph: > > There is a > > column of controls behind the bar, one of which is labelled "Snug", so > > it may be they can control the volume of their normal music on > > non-karaoke nights. The intention is to move Bournemouth meets from a > > Wednesday. Action: Victor to do further research at the pub, > > IATJBSGTDI, to find out if they've a "Sssssh! Domino players are > > thinking" night of the week. Also, could you find out if that is a > > control to mute the snug's speaker? > > Indeed. I was fortunate to be rather more shielded but still struggled > against the overflow of sound from the main pub area. However, if > there is a quieter evening then the pub is likely to put muzak of some > sort over the room speakers so having the power to have those down too > would be good. ( Sadly, I don't expect the pub music player would > respond to a TV_Be-Gone, be interesting to give it a go if anyone has > one ;-) > > -- > Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
At the end of the day, having looked back through the emails for Terry's 3 key needs, "reasonably close parking, a decent Wi-Fi connection and reasonable seating." I guess this pub meets those, and if we add being able to hear each other, then it's OK? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
