Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-30 Thread Simon Wistow

Matthew Jones wrote:
 
 So how do That.pm feel about some northern tyke scuttling down to join you
 for the odd beer and tech meeting on a sort of semi-regular basis?

For the love of God NO! Every time you're down in This I end up the next
morning feeling fragile wearing nothing but a traffic cone and a
policwoman's helmet ;)





Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Philip Newton

Mark Fowler wrote:
 [2] Bath.pm roots showing.  We used to discuss a fair amount 
 of technical (but not necessary perl related) stuff.  From
 this, I quickly progressed into the well rounded perl programmer
 I am today

Is that "well rounded perl programmer" in the sense that "grep is well
rounded"?

g,drvvf

Cheers,
Philip



RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Matthew Jones

Speaking from a personal standpoint, I really enjoy the
technical meetings and think more of them would be really beneficial[2].  
I think they represent a lot of what we are us to and show that we're 
all not just talk 'n booze.  Hence I'm anxious to see them succeed.

I'd like to be able to attend your technical meetings, since compared to the
majority of you lot I'm pretty green, having only been using perl for just
over eighteen months. And this:

Bath.pm roots showing.  We used to discuss a fair amount of technical
(but not necessary perl related) stuff.  From this, I quickly progressed
into the well rounded perl programmer I am today[3]

Works for me as a testimonial to *.pm tech meetings. Tech meetings good.
Learning things from sharp people good.

So how do That.pm feel about some northern tyke scuttling down to join you
for the odd beer and tech meeting on a sort of semi-regular basis?

-- 
matt



RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Dave Cross

At Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:27:41 -, Matthew Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 So how do That.pm feel about some northern tyke scuttling down to 
 join you for the odd beer and tech meeting on a sort of semi-regular 
 basis?

We'd be very happy for you to come along whenever you wanted to.

Dave...



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Stevens

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:41:38PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote:
 i assume odd beer is a typo and you mean't odd beers, i.e. an odd number
 of beers ( i've also decided that 1 is not an odd number )
 seriously, i'm sure everyone would welcome you with open arms

We are perl.

you will be assimiliated.

Michael



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Richard Clamp

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:28:07PM +, David Cantrell wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:27:41PM -, Matthew Jones wrote:
 
  So how do That.pm feel about some northern tyke scuttling down to join you
  for the odd beer and tech meeting on a sort of semi-regular basis?
 
 You will, of course, be assimilated and ultimately move to That London.
 Just like that northern tyke Mr. Clamp did.

Northern, why I oughta!

I'm from Birmingham damnit[0], which though north of the M25, is nowhere near
as grim as proper up north.

[0] It's full name being 'Birmingham - damnit, now how do I get through this
sodding one way system'

-- 
Richard Clamp [EMAIL PROTECTED]



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread David Cantrell

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:54:26PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote:

 the minute i cross the river, i can feel grimness coming upon me

And they all talk funny.  North of the river they're all called Hamish
and Angus, and they wear flat caps and have whippets.

 Greg (who was surfing for flats in balham this weekend and spotted one on
   dave's road ;-) )

You don't want to live there then.  Slum landlords and all that.

-- 
David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/

   Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Rob Partington

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 And they all talk funny.  North of the river they're all called Hamish
 and Angus, and they wear flat caps and have whippets.

'eyup!  My uncle used to race greyhounds and whippets (and pigeons!)
and I have a flat cap.  But I don't talk funny, and I'm not called Hamish.
-- 
rob partington % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://lynx.browser.org/



RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Matthew Jones

 the minute i cross the river, i can feel grimness coming upon me

And they all talk funny.  North of the river they're all called Hamish
and Angus, and they wear flat caps and have whippets.

Eeeh, lad, 'appen tha's f'gottent' pigeon-fancying[1] and breakfasts
consisting entirely of clotted blood wrapped up in guts.

Mind you, as I've said elsewhere, the beer's *dead* cheap, and
properly-made. Which is why I tend to drink fizzy lager in That, because
I've yet to find a rub-a-dub that serves a decent pint of Real Ale[0]. Like
Old Eli or Enoch's Hammer from the Sair Inn[2].

-- 
matt
[0]Of course there's no ulterior motive for me wanting to come to That.pm
meetings ...
[1] Well done, Rob.
[2] http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/6006/sair.htm



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 At Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:54:26 +, Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:
  
  the minute i cross the river, i can feel grimness coming upon me
 
 AOL/ One of the big plus points for this jobs was that it was on the
 right (i.e. south) side of the river.
 
  Greg (who was surfing for flats in balham this weekend and spotted 
  one on dave's road ;-) )
 
 Do you know what number it was?
 

it doesnt say on the main website and the links down to the
fuller detail picture

its being let my sheraton law if thats any help

just think of the sitcom possibilities if i lived above you
Dave? heh? heh? ;-) ;-)

greg

-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Simon Wistow

Matthew Jones wrote:

 Dave is sitting in his living room, leafing through his back issues of
 "Canned Food and Preserved Rations Monthly". 

Wrong Dave. More like "Dave is lounging casually in his Chippendale,
stroking his gold plated cat and having his feet massaged by a minion.
Another lackey is reading aloud from the latest issue of 'Being rich
monthly' but Dave halts him with a flick of his bejewelled hand sends
him scurrying away, tugging his forelock as he backs out of the room,
hi-salamming as he goes. He is just musing whether or not to go riding
in his Zeppelin throwing gold coins to the supplicating paupers below
when Greg walks in ..."



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Paul Makepeace

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:28:07PM +, David Cantrell wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:27:41PM -, Matthew Jones wrote:
 
  So how do That.pm feel about some northern tyke scuttling down to join you
  for the odd beer and tech meeting on a sort of semi-regular basis?
 
 You will, of course, be assimilated and ultimately move to That London.

Or California like some London.pm'ers. Great weather, AND
you don't have to get up in at four in t'morning t'lick road
clean. (They have illegally present Mexicans for that.)

Paul



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread David Cantrell

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 08:57:00PM +, Chris Benson wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:48:33PM +, Richard Clamp wrote:
  
  I'm from Birmingham damnit[0], which though north of the M25, is nowhere near
  as grim as proper up north.
 
 Oi! where you calling grim

http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/maps/britain.gif

So there.

-- 
David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/

   Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced



RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Jonathan Stowe

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, dcross - David Cross wrote:

 From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: 29 January 2001 15:34

  just think of the sitcom possibilities if i lived above you
  Dave? heh? heh? ;-) ;-)

 Bit tricky that. What with us living in a house and all that.


We have seagulls on our roof, perhaps grep meant to be building a nest on
your chimney ?

/J\
-- 
Jonathan Stowe   |
http://www.gellyfish.com |   I'm with Grep on this one
http://www.tackleway.co.uk   |




Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, dcross - David Cross wrote:
 
  From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: 29 January 2001 15:34
 
   just think of the sitcom possibilities if i lived above you
   Dave? heh? heh? ;-) ;-)
 
  Bit tricky that. What with us living in a house and all that.
 
 
 We have seagulls on our roof, perhaps grep meant to be building a nest on
 your chimney ?
 

ok scratch that, the idea for the sitcom is i'm the lodger, dave had
to rent out his flat because he needed the cash --- err no, thats
a bit too far fetched even for a sitcom

-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-27 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 
 Doesn't bi-monthly mean every tw months?
 

yes, and if there is any doubt, i recommend looking up ``bi'' on
your favourite search engine ;-)


-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net



Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-26 Thread Natalie Ford

At 23:11 26/01/01, you wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote:

  How do people feel about going back to State51? Does someone want to
  contact the ICA?

Hmm.  No one seems to have replied to this[1].

[1] ?

I have replied to this, off list, because the preferences I expressed were 
personal and medical...  ;-)

Natalie