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 c

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

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As I skuttled off to Nottingham[1] this morning, Philip Newton wrote: > > > that I 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 progr

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 seag

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

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Chris Benson
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 ... though 5-7 hour GNER magical mystery tours instead of the usual 3h is pretty grim. It m

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Mark Fowler
As I skuttled off to Nottingham[1] this morning, Philip Newton wrote: > that I 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 to

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Mark Fowler
Dave wrote, while probably stroking a gold plated cat, in response to grep talking about living above him: > Bit tricky that. What with us living in a house and all that. Wot, you've seen shallow grave haven't you? -- print "\n",map{my$a="\n"if(length$_>6);' 'x(36-length($_)/2)."$_\n$a"} (

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, o

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread dcross - David Cross
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. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidenti

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

RE: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Matthew Jones
>just think of the sitcom possibilities if i lived above you >Dave? heh? heh? ;-) ;-) THE LEAGUE OF CAMELMEN Dave is sitting in his living room, leafing through his back issues of "Canned Food and Preserved Rations Monthly". There is a knock at the door. Dave sighs, gets up and removes the lead

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 > > One of the big plus points for this jobs was that it was on the > right (i.e. south) side of the

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

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.

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 ba

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Dave Cross
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 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 th

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Richard Clamp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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 meet

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, o

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 assimil

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread Greg McCarroll
* 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? > i assume odd beer is a typo and you mean't odd beers, i.e. an odd number of beers ( i've also decided

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-29 Thread David Cantrell
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

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. Da

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

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 ro

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

2001-01-27 Thread Dave Cross
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 11:11:09PM +, Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > > > Yeah, the web site sez that technical meetings are bi-monthly. Shouldn't > we change this as they're only monthly (though half way though the month.) > Doesn't bi-mo

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-26 Thread Mark Fowler
> [1] ? Ooops, I know there was something I'd missed off the bottom of the message. That'll teach me to watch TV, eat, use irc, and post at the same time [1] Unless I've missed it due to the large amount of mail, or someone has replied off off list. > I have replied to this, off list, because

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

Re: Technical Meeting Venues

2001-01-26 Thread Mark Fowler
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]. I think the lack of response seems to indicate that no-one has any objections to either venue. I personally thought S