Fancy a pint, London? (Geeta in London - Oct 27 2013 dudes)

We've not done it in a while, and there are lots of new Londoners, so why not. Next couple of weeks maybe, somewhere central. Anyone up for it?

Yes!

Gaggin' for a pint here

ah go on then.

let's do it!

i'd be up for one of these today! this afternoon! omg thank u weather gods for bringing summer back like travis porter on a day in which i have legit nothing to have to do

(am still in bed)

sounds good

i'm in

Would love to.

moi aussi

How is next week looking for people? Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday? Or midweek the following week?

It's my birthday mid-week next week so I think I'll be a bit busy. Thursday 13th isn't bad for me.

My parents get here next Thurs so before that would be good for me, i.e. Tues? If dl can do it, of course

can't do tuesday because i'm in ibiza (!)

i could do later that week although i will probably be a shell of a man

http://www.doodle.com/ is handy for this sort of thing

Yes! I love that thing. Will make an event up, people put in which days they can make and we'll go with the majority. (Unless I can't make it in which case tough shit).

http://www.doodle.com/ainte6dtqxtty299

^^^ Here you go, just tick in whichever days you can make and stick yer ILX name in there and we'll work out a date.

http://whenshouldwe.com/ is what i use!

I've ticked Tuesday 11th but I'm doing an exciting journalistic interview (my first official one!) in the early eve - should be able to make it down after (roughly 8 o'clock I think).

ticked; though 5 oct is pending how long i need to stay at tory conference

19th is totes winning

damn i look like mr no commitments billy no mates. i got plenty of stuff i could be doing, plenty.

Wednesday 19th is looking excellent so far...

Looks like we choose between Lex and Stevie T
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Oh well, no contest then <---- joke

having university business in evenings is a reet pain. what kind of time are you all thinking for these?

They tend to go from 'just after work' until 'when people fall over'.

So... no Friday option? (Not that I'm likely to come anyway, what with working several evenings and childcare commitments)

Great idea Matt. Tuesday and Wednesday preferable despite the likelihood of a CL clash.

I can probably do the 19th with sufficient notice.

They tend to go from 'just after work' until 'when people fall over'.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:05 (37 minutes ago

i can get with that. i probably wouldn't be able to make it until somewhere between 9 and 10 on that wednesday where everyone's free, but some hasty strong drinks to catch me up would see me fine for the remainder of the night i'm sure.

wednesday 19th looks totally go - we may need to book a pub. is stevem still around to book ahead?

phone ahead

They tend to go from 'just after work' until 'when people fall over'.

i have always hated the "just after work" aspect of these. i still can't believe anyone a) leaves work as early as 5pm b) goes straight to the pub. TOO EARLY, SO WRONG, MAKES IT FEEL LIKE WORK DRINKS. i cannot be in a pub for evening weekday drinking earlier than 8pm.

I'm down for this and free as of 7:30ish any day of the week (and on weekends I'm free as of 6:30ish).

I leave work at 5.30 and don't live in London so personally I'm prob be wherever it is we're meeting fairly early on.

As a long time lurker/occasional poster, I'd like to come along, but am off to see Active Child on the 19th in somewhere near Euston. Could probably make it along for a drink before the gig though

i have always hated the "just after work" aspect of these. i still can't believe anyone a) leaves work as early as 5pm b) goes straight to the pub. TOO EARLY, SO WRONG, MAKES IT FEEL LIKE WORK DRINKS. i cannot be in a pub for evening weekday drinking earlier than 8pm.

― lex pretend, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:41 (Yesterday) Bookmark

ilx drinking is pretty much work drinks

i mean you spend most of your working hours on ilx afterall

I with lex - I mean, i gotta eat and no i don't mean dirty chicken

That said, on a nice day....

can always check the london restaurants thread for inspiration

damn i look like mr no commitments billy no mates. i got plenty of stuff i could be doing, plenty.

― ledge, Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:56 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pretty sure you already invited me to something on 17th oct...

i have always hated the "just after work" aspect of these. i still can't believe anyone a) leaves work as early as 5pm b) goes straight to the pub. TOO EARLY, SO WRONG, MAKES IT FEEL LIKE WORK DRINKS. i cannot be in a pub for evening weekday drinking earlier than 8pm

Good reasons for this:

- Going home and back after work is a pain in the arse for a lot of people
- Also pointless
- Some people have to head home early so want to arrive early
- People might want to hang out with those people who need to leave early

Also I love how your post implies no problem with the falling over bit.

I'm unlikely to be in the pub before 6.30 or so at any rate. Although I might favour a pub that serves food.

pub in the Euston-ish area, Weds 19th, then?

pretty spoilt for choice - the Euston Tap might be too little, but there's the bree louise (beer!), the exmouth arms (universal jukebox!), the square tavern (estate pub!), the doric arch (um)...

Or do we want to be classic and go for a Sam Smith's (of which none nr euston iirc), in which case maybe somewhere like the Yorkshire Grey or the Fitzroy Tavern?

xxxp god my calendar management skills are so poor

If you're stuck for a point of difference for the Doric I would suggest 'view over the bus station' and 'annoying code thing on the toilet doors'. No thanks.

oh, that view over the bus station! what sight brings us closer to our shared humanity than strangers queuing for the 30 to hackney wick?

Some people go early to a pub

Some people go late.

Some people go early and stay all night...

what about the norfolk arms? food there was great last time i went

when i fapped in ldn starry and gar3th put me on a bus in the wrong direction

Haha S- said you said I put you on the wrong bus! tbh I put myself on the wrong bus all the time, so I believed it

that was fun, sorry i didn't get to meet everyone. Bubble and squeak is going to be my new thing now, too.

Would M+T Fap again.

bah v sorry i missed this :(

That was good! I may have been a little effusive. It's the booze, it does that to a fella.

Pinefox outed himself as the Paul Whitehouse of ILX

I did not get lost on my way home! Result.

stet is in london, now?

It was quite good, yes. It was good to see all those people. I found this slightly moving. I liked to see Colette for instance who surprisingly said she had moved back to England. I met Dog Latin. Three ILB specialists were present which made for an entertaining sort of fap within the fap, it appeared.

The beer was good, expensive and almost all unusually strong.

A great book called THE FOOTBALL MAN was examined and its author's provenance read out loud and then investigated online. Arsenal and Tottenham fans enjoyed their new reconciliation and mutual respect.

I liked to see Geeta and hope to see her again soon. She announced a gig that Mike said he would like to go to.

I asked Mike to name his 5 museum exhibits for the exibition after Postmodernism. They included

an old camera
Peter Eastoe, 1981
Ever Decreasing Circles

That's only 3. I don't recall if there were two more.

The l0u1s jagg3r fellow showed up late which I thought was a good effort. We managed 8 accents from around the British Isles on our way through the East London Line. Then we wound up on a late bus through New Cross. It is odd to encounter such places with other human beings. Maybe we will go to see a Charlton Athletic home match.

I is
XP damn I missed j4gg3r? Boo

The beer was good, expensive and almost all unusually strong.

Yes. I want to die right now.

I did not enjoy the weekly fire alarm test at 10:30 :(

This was great and we should do it again soon. Attempting to explain "bubble and squeak", "toad in the hole" and "scotch eggs" to Geeta was very entertaining, seeing as there was a lot of lolbritish food on the menu. Best ingredient in B&S is clearly the duck egg though.

That was probably the least steady I have ever seen Steady Mike as well.

Mike stated that Everton would finish in the top 8.

Not sure if he now counts that as 'effusive'.

yeah that was lots of fun, fantastic to meet geeta at last! mmm quail eggs duck eggs all the eggs.

i drank a lot of wine but am oddly unfragile and in fact think i may go for a RUN now.

I got absurdly lost on the way home and ended up springing for a cab. The driver was adept at following 'the scenic route' designated for non-locals. Great time though!

I was very proud that I managed to get home with no problems at all, and not being swayed by Colonel Poo's shortcut advice ;-)

So we're all going to see (ILMer) Milton Parker at Cafe Oto tonight, right?

I would love to go to that but, alas, the pull of putting the kids to bed is actually stronger. Can't do two nights out in a row.

I'm in. Meet somewhere first?

Yes, great to see Geeta again.

Had to duck out of Cafe Oto unfortunately. Was fun the one time I saw Milton so have a gd time!

yo dudes i'm back in london soon! i'll be in town for just a few days, starting october 25.

fancy a pint on sunday october 27?

yes!

let's do this!!

I'm in!

yay!

how do we get the thread title changed so that it no longer says 'mason and taylor nov 8'?

Done! (though it doesn't change in bookmarks annoyingly)

dude!!

i should be around for this.

i'd like to come if it's cool

Got a weekend pass for the Rest Is Noise thing @ the Southbank, so will have to check my schedules, but should make it at some point

I'd be up for this - you think Sunday evening here?

oh excellent, had feared this is the weekend i'm out of london but it's not, hopefully will make this

revive!!

As someone who has had many a drink w/geeta, I highly recommend her as a drinking companion!

haha thanks for the endorsement!

also if anyone can host me for a few days in london, let me know...

Raise an honorary glass to the concert if Britten music I'll be singing in that day

Hey Geeta, don't know if anyone got back to you but you're more than welcome to stay with Madchen and me in Peckham if you like!

Looks like I may be in London on Sunday...is there a venue for this here thing?

other than the one in the title? 8)

apologies - bookmark was from last year and stated mason and taylor!

(2011)

TOMORROW!!

where should we meet? what time?!

stevem suggests:

The Lexington tomorrow, 5 pm?

does that work for everyone?

(also thanks stet for the offer of a place to stay! just saw that)

The Lexington! Excellent, can walk to pub.

I've got a Mauricio Kagel film to watch - well, I don't have to watch it but feel that my position as a pretentious obscurantist are demands it - so I will try to come later

By coincidence I'll be at the Lexington this afternoon anyway (gig upstairs) so will say hello for a bit.

That was pretty good fun, with an excellent Dele Fadele cameo appearance! I doubt there will be a better Lou Reed obit than the Lexington sourced one tonight.