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PA Meetup [UK] - Birmingham, October 24th and 25th 2009. We Survived!

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  • ColdredColdred Registered User
    Just passed Acocks Green.

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  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    I am home. The weekend of culture, civilised conversation and drinking resulted in only one of us being robbed of his clothes. A success!

  • JohannenJohannen Registered User
    Who got raped?

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Also home, but now I have a coat.

    We also went to Burger King on a whim and were reminded why we don't like fast food restaurants.

    EDIT: Kalkino either left his bag on the train or it was lifted while we were at Starbucks.

  • JohannenJohannen Registered User
    :( Unlucky man, if it was going to happen though, it was in Birmingham.

  • BobCescaBobCesca Registered User regular
    and now there shall be pictures!

    japan and kalkino:
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    japan, bogart, kalkino, mojo and mrs. bogart:
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    bogart, mojo and coldred find something funny:
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    coldred and kalkino:
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    kalkino's pie and mash with an extra sausage:
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    all have been fed:
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    bogart and coldred and the Rep bar:
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    the final coffee:
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  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    I'm so pretty.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Oh man I forgot about the extra sausage.

  • JohannenJohannen Registered User
    You guys just love some extra sausage...

    it looked like there was an overabundance of sausage there anyway.

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo Tough on mime. Tough on the causes of mime Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    Oh man I forgot about the extra sausage.

    Frankly, it made the entire weekend worthwhile. And the simultaneous soup.

  • ColdredColdred Registered User
    I have returned home to the glorious city of Reading. No molestation to report. It was great to finally meet you guys in person.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    Oh man I forgot about the extra sausage.

    Frankly, it made the entire weekend worthwhile. And the simultaneous soup.

    And the fact that Coldred nearly inadvertently contributed three quarters of the cost of the meal.

  • ColdredColdred Registered User
    japan wrote: »
    Mojo_Jojo wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    Oh man I forgot about the extra sausage.

    Frankly, it made the entire weekend worthwhile. And the simultaneous soup.

    And the fact that Coldred nearly inadvertently contributed three quarters of the cost of the meal.

    Seventeen, seventy, what's the difference?

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  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    PA Crew mark their territory
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    Surreal graffiti about long-running characters in the Aussie soap Neighbours
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    We chat like normal people
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    Kalkino orders two main courses because he's inordinately greedy
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    PA dudes hanging around looking mean and cool in front of the ugliest building any of us have ever seen
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  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    You guys make a beautiful crowd.

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    You're right, Haps: I am really pretty.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    The central library (the ugly building) is now due to be demolished, and very nearly ended up with listed status.

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    Really, listed status? That's insane, unless the idea was to save it as a future reminder of how not to build something.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Unfortunately, terrible buildings do get listed. This is the Central College of Commerce that I lived near in Glasgow. It is a listed building:

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    I lived about 50 metres away. I would also point out that the burger van in the lower left of this picture used to stay open until 4am and gets all its electricity from the world noisiest petrol generator.

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo Tough on mime. Tough on the causes of mime Registered User regular
    That belt I have is useless, you can totally see my boxers in Bogart's last photo.

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    Also, Japan's shoes are untied and coldred's shirt is untucked. Slovenly lot.

    Also, I hope the missus doesn't follow through on her threat to examine the archives here for my old posts. I'd hate for her to find out about the affair, the string of abortions, and that shallow grave in the New Forest.

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo Tough on mime. Tough on the causes of mime Registered User regular
    Also, you guys are all the same height and I tower above you like a God.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    Are you wearing a Sinestro Corps shirt in those pics, Bogart?

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    Haphazard wrote: »
    Are you wearing a Sinestro Corps shirt in those pics, Bogart?

    Yes! Japan failed to identify the symbol and had to be educated on its meaning. I have confiscated his geek card until such a time that he can resit the exam and once again join our number.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    My shoelaces aren't untied, it's just that the original laces that came with the shoes broke and the only spare laces I had to hand were for my calf-height boots, so they're too long.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    I really should've been there with you lot. :(
    And where did you get the shirt?
    <.<
    >.>

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    My local comic shop (whose plastic bag I am clutching in one of the pics) is the glorious Page 45, and they sell them there. A t-shirt just like it might form part of my secret santa present to whomever I am assigned.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    Huh, as idiotic as it might sound, I haven't asked my local comic shop yet. Thanks for the hint.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Haphazard wrote: »
    I really should've been there with you lot. :(
    And where did you get the shirt?
    <.<
    >.>

    We did kind of come to the realisation that none of us are really that far from each other, so in practice we could probably do another one without a massive amount of difficulty.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    Just let me know. Maybe I'll be able to attend next time. It's further for me, but not that far.

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    Peeps are certainly welcome to come to our gaff for a visit. We have a delightful [strike]dungeon[/strike] spare room where you can [strike]scream because we've soundproofed the walls and no-one can hear you[/strike] stay.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    As long as I'm back at work on Monday...

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    We can assure you that parts of you will be posted back to whatever address you like.

  • HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    Aww, that's so nice of... wait, something's going on here!

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Once we've flitted we'll be equipped to take on visitors, too.

  • JohannenJohannen Registered User
    I live in Cardiff, which is literally an hour and a half away from Birmingham, give or take 15 minutes. Haps, a flight from Germany to Birmingham airport or Bristol Airport would cost around €70 for a return I reckon, probably Easyjet or Ryanair or something. Then the train from Bristol is about £6 to Birmingham if you go that way.

    I will attend the next one I promise you guys, and I will try to help us be as un-nerdy as possible, or as nerdy as possible depending on what we are going for.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    This one wasn't particularly nerdy. Though as it turns out, Mrs Bogart is a huge beer-geek. Next time I propose she picks the Pub.

  • BogartBogart Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    This one wasn't particularly nerdy. Though as it turns out, Mrs Bogart is a huge beer-geek. Next time I propose she picks the Pub.

    If you give her the opportunity she will have a weekend planned in merciless detail, fitting culture and interesting tidbits of local colour into every nook and cranny of time she can find. Our holidays are military campaigns in which we plan ruthless assaults on the galleries and restaurants of foreign lands, conquering them all in record time before retiring back to Nottingham with blistered feet.

    I thought her finest moment of the weekend came when she accosted a complete stranger in a flourescent jacket emptying a bin and wrung the location of a great pub out of him. The treatment of passersbye as potential tourist guides is surprisingly effective.

  • BobCescaBobCesca Registered User regular
    I do feel completely inadequate next to Mrs. Bogart.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Bogart wrote: »
    I thought her finest moment of the weekend came when she accosted a complete stranger in a flourescent jacket emptying a bin and wrung the location of a great pub out of him. The treatment of passersbye as potential tourist guides is surprisingly effective.

    That was fantastic.

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