so yes, it's official even if i don't QUITE have a date yet (fingers x-ed before xmas as i've been planning but we shall see)
and it wd be nice to see everyone before i go (tho i will certainly be back often enough for various reasons) -- so i am proposing we meet at the YORKSHIRE GREY 46 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AX, from 2ish this coming saturday (10 dec 2022) -- an ilx fap classic iirc (at least i remember meeting Dr C there once, and dave q i think another time) (anyway it's a good place for ppl with single letters as their last name)
a bit tentative bcz they don’t have a website or apparently an email or ever pick up the phone so while it won’t be booked up for parties by others (logic) and is generally not packed on saturdays during the day i haven't yet discovered if it's even open. but for now assume this will be the place
it's a bus strike day (metroline routes only) but it's easily walkable from various tube stations so i don't think this will affect things much
― mark s, Monday, 5 December 2022 15:39 (two years ago)
✔️
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 December 2022 15:52 (two years ago)
Unfortunately I don't know if I can make the 10th but I'll try.
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Monday, 5 December 2022 16:17 (two years ago)
I salute this fine effort from across the seas.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 December 2022 16:17 (two years ago)
i’ll bee dat
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 5 December 2022 17:03 (two years ago)
sorry to miss this but I left london already, never to return (twice in one week, will be there on thurs for my works xmas do :/ )
― ledge, Monday, 5 December 2022 17:49 (two years ago)
we will have to meet up in the hinterlands some time
also this self-portrait by matisse reminded me a bit of you 👕
Self-Portrait in a Striped T-Shirt, 1906 #henrimatisse #fauvism https://t.co/R6f6HhuUU3 pic.twitter.com/hir17VmInj— Henri Matisse (@artistmatisse) December 4, 2022
― mark s, Monday, 5 December 2022 18:18 (two years ago)
lol yes it me
― ledge, Monday, 5 December 2022 23:05 (two years ago)
Am very out of London that weekend, but have a grand one! Very much enjoyed the last one I made it to, so regards to all as well.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:16 (two years ago)
Vera Lynn to thread!
― Soda Stereo Total (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:21 (two years ago)
to clarify this is not the yorkshire grey on theobald's road (which will be showing football) but the one in fitzrovia
see you there!
― mark s, Thursday, 8 December 2022 14:04 (two years ago)
reminder reminder :)
― mark s, Saturday, 10 December 2022 10:35 (two years ago)
post some pics (a la #henrimatisse #fauvism if you wish)
― Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 10 December 2022 13:44 (two years ago)
on my way in a mo
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 10 December 2022 13:52 (two years ago)
OMW shortly! We just got back from Hyde Park so I’m leaving Widget at home to sleep it off.
― put a VONC on it (suzy), Saturday, 10 December 2022 14:38 (two years ago)
thanks you everyone for the classic large-scale FAP!
it was very lovely to see you all and very touching to me, and my weird and random choice of pub (basically via a sequence of inattentive errors) worked out well also -- i will not be a stranger (= you will spot me online all the time being silly)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2022 11:53 (two years ago)
That's right
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 11 December 2022 14:21 (two years ago)
I thought it was a good choice of pub, it feels like the time is right for a Sam Smiths comeback...I bought a round of five drinks and it was only £20! plus no loud music, so we could mostly hear each other. Who could need more.
― colette, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:24 (two years ago)
Yeah it was ideal.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:25 (two years ago)
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🎄🎄🎄
(on a mild warning note one of our number has since tested pos for covid so everyone present shd probably check just in case)
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:41 (two years ago)
FAC
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:11 (two years ago)