I was invited to go and make a Sinclair presence, but again, she thinks 629.81 km is too far away.
Pah! I once drove 500 miles (=800km) in one day - in a car with a 903cc engine! With 14 Apple Macs in the back! 630km in a big-engined American car is nothing! Tsk, women these days, eh?
Pah! I once drove 500 miles (=800km) in one day - in a car with a 903cc engine! With 14 Apple Macs in the back! 630km in a big-engined American car is nothing! Tsk, women these days, eh?
I need to go across next month to see my grandfather. He lives in rural Worcestershire. Perhaps I can make both trips co-incide, if you lot aren't too scary...
What's Oxford like for a place to stay for the night? Anything near the pub in question?
500 miles is nothing. I hope those who are in the U.K. find a way to go.
If you guys had won a 1 million pounds prize but it had to be collected in person in Oxford in Gasman's house, what would you do? 'Er, sorry, but I can't go. It's too far away.'. Yeah, right.
I'd think "Hmmm, a million pounds, eh? Of course! Sounds completely plausible!".
*strokes chin*
These bloody Nigerian scammers, I don't know...
Hello dear Mr Sir
My name is Dr. Kalawi Mombassi I am my village Dr and also a tribal prince therefore making me a well off man. In the last few years I invested in a big U.S. Oil company called Big U.S. Oil Company. Unnfortunately due to my linage I cannot claim my money from this corp directly, this friend is where you come in.
All you have to do is send me $30,000, yes thirty thousand dollars U.S. and I will release capital to the value of 150,000,000,0. Yes one hundred and fifty billion dollars U.S. to a bank account of your choice. $30,000 thirty thousand that is all my friend, give me it now, give!
500 miles is nothing. I hope those who are in the U.K. find a way to go.
If you guys had won a 1 million pounds prize but it had to be collected in person in Oxford in Gasman's house, what would you do? 'Er, sorry, but I can't go. It's too far away.'. Yeah, right.
if i could collect a million quid by travelling 500 miles i would, other wise travelling 500 miles would cost be a pretty penny, in train fares and hotel accomodation.
Well I'm about 130 miles away and have just booked a hotel room in Sunny Oxford. For the 20th of October. Coincidence? Perhaps.
So I'll be there for part of the event, but I'll likely go out shopping and sight-seeing with the wife for some of the day. Hey, it'll save me from getting too drunk like I did at the last meet :)
This is your week-and-a-half-or-thereabouts reminder.
Now would be a good time to persuade Significant Others that they don't have any plans on that weekend, so wouldn't it be nice to go down to Oxford, there's so much to see there, ooh look, there's a shoe shop over there, why don't you have a look in there while I, um, search for my contact lenses, I think they rolled into this pub...
Space is still available at my place for anyone needing a roof for the night (reserve your place now, and get an actual bed and everything!) so drop me a line if interested.
By my count there are 20 people down as a 'probably' or 'definitely' now, and I'm completely hyped up just reading the list of names and seeing a whole bunch of people that I'm really looking forward to meeting for the first time, and a whole other bunch of people that I have met but who haven't met each other, and clearly Exciting Stuff will happen when they do. Yep, this is going to be good. I'm half expecting us to emerge from the pub in the evening with complete plans for a Spectrum SE-powered particle accelerator. Or maybe we'll just spend the whole time swearing at Army Moves and debating who would win in a catfight between Buffy and Leela from Futurama. *shrug*
(Oh, and since I've just spotted that the Rugby World Cup final is happening on that day, I'd like to reassure everyone that the Gloucester Arms *doesn't* have a 96in projector TV and will therefore not be packed to the rafters. As far as I know.)
My name is Dr. Kalawi Mombassi I am my village Dr and also a tribal prince therefore making me a well off man. In the last few years I invested in a big U.S. Oil company called Big U.S. Oil Company. Unnfortunately due to my linage I cannot claim my money from this corp directly, this friend is where you come in.
All you have to do is send me $30,000, yes thirty thousand dollars U.S. and I will release capital to the value of 150,000,000,0. Yes one hundred and fifty billion dollars U.S. to a bank account of your choice. $30,000 thirty thousand that is all my friend, give me it now, give!
signed
Dr Kaliwa Mimbossi
Ooh, the silly man didn't give his full address. Ah well, better put the cheque book away again.
if i could collect a million quid by travelling 500 miles i would, other wise travelling 500 miles would cost be a pretty penny, in train fares and hotel accomodation.
Yep, twud be expensive for me too, even without the hotel, which I wouldn't need as I'm not an impossible distance away like some. But it would still be the third, 'Furthest away place ive ever been (tm,)' and I'm only on the coast.
Am feeling quite distraught about there being no CGE for yonks. That was fantastic, and yep, I would scrimp the pennies together to go if it were to happen again. But I just couldn't travel 500 miles. Thats like, into space, mahhhn!
Count me in.. and I'd like a bed too if theres one available. One with a leggy blond bimbo if you can manage that too. Preferably female - pulse optional.
500 miles is nothing. I hope those who are in the U.K. find a way to go.
If you guys had won a 1 million pounds prize but it had to be collected in person in Oxford in Gasman's house, what would you do? 'Er, sorry, but I can't go. It's too far away.'. Yeah, right.
Its a bit different in the US than the UK ! In the US you are used to travelling long long distances. Try paying our prices of petrol (gasoline) and it might be different !
I think if someone was going to give you a million pounds you would obviously do it ! But a 500 mile journey is a very long distance in the UK. We dont have huge 6 or 7 lane freeways, we have tons of traffic !
On the Saturday morning I'm driving from Manchester over to Scunthorpe, to the in laws. Then at about lunch time driving from there to Oxford. Then on Sunday driving back to Manchester.
However, I might not need to go to Scunny, in which case it'll be Manchester - Oxford. I say Manchester, it's more like the Greater Manchester/Cheshire border.
As I've previously mentioned, I'll be driving up on Saturday morning with Mrs.Bod, and can provide a lift if it's not too much of a detour.
I'll be heading up the A303 from Yeovil, Somerset, then turning up the A34 just after Andover, all the way up to Oxford.
Here's a Google Map which currently shows the correct route, unless Google changes its mind.
Let me know if you're interested in a lift.
As for coming home... not sure, but it'll be sometime on the Sunday - probably late afternoon.
What's the address of the pub so I can stick it into Google Maps? Are there any B&B, hotels, motels etc. within walking distance or a short taxi ride? I don't intend to be fit for driving, especially if there's real ale! (EDIT: Oh. There's a link on the first page of the thread now, never mind. Still want to know about hotels/motels/B&B etc. though, I suspect I gasman's floor is already booked by now!)
I will be staying the night in Manchester on the Friday night, and driving down there Saturday. However, I'm going back via Worcester so I'm not sure that will be much help lift-wise for anyone.
During my hotel-searches, there appeared to be loads of hotels along both Banbury and Abingdon roads, both of which lead directly into the town center. They're quite long roads, but if you put an address into google-maps it gives some indication of where it is along the road.
I only tried two hotels, the second had 1 room left (which I took), but there are plenty of places around. Just google :)
Count me in.. and I'd like a bed too if theres one available. One with a leggy blond bimbo if you can manage that too. Preferably female - pulse optional.
Certainly... no problem at all. She's been left under the stairs for a while though, you might want to bring a puncture repair kit just in case.
I suspect I gasman's floor is already booked by now!
Nope, not yet... we're probably out of actual beds by now, but there's still a sofa to creatively repurpose (and more floor space for hardcore types). Parking space might be more of an issue, but if all else fails there's Cutteslowe Park a couple of streets away which has a decent sized and mostly-empty-at-this-time-of-year car park.
As far as hotels go, I don't have a whole lot of experience to base recommendations on (seeing as I live here...) but the Westgate Hotel is pretty close (just past the train station) and my parents stayed there a couple of years back and didn't come back with any horror stories. So I guess that's a recommendation. When I organised a demoscene meetup back in January, someone managed to snaffle a bargain room at the ultra-swanky Randolph Hotel. I can't exactly remember what constitutes a bargain there - I've got a feeling it was still in the region of 100 quid - but nice place if you can get it :-)
What's the address of the pub so I can stick it into Google Maps? Are there any B&B, hotels, motels etc. within walking distance or a short taxi ride? I don't intend to be fit for driving, especially if there's real ale! (EDIT: Oh. There's a link on the first page of the thread now, never mind. Still want to know about hotels/motels/B&B etc. though, I suspect I gasman's floor is already booked by now!)
I will be staying the night in Manchester on the Friday night, and driving down there Saturday. However, I'm going back via Worcester so I'm not sure that will be much help lift-wise for anyone.
If you want real ale then we should all pop along to the turf Tavern, now thats a pub fpr Real Ale. Old too.
They can have up to 12-15 real ales on at one time.
If you want real ale then we should all pop along to the turf Tavern, now thats a pub fpr Real Ale. Old too.
They can have up to 12-15 real ales on at one time.
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Pah! I once drove 500 miles (=800km) in one day - in a car with a 903cc engine! With 14 Apple Macs in the back! 630km in a big-engined American car is nothing! Tsk, women these days, eh?
Doh...what a dumbass!
id have gone is psj was going and i could have mooched a lift of him.
So you're a burglar by trade? :p
What's Oxford like for a place to stay for the night? Anything near the pub in question?
If you guys had won a 1 million pounds prize but it had to be collected in person in Oxford in Gasman's house, what would you do? 'Er, sorry, but I can't go. It's too far away.'. Yeah, right.
I'd think "Hmmm, a million pounds, eh? Of course! Sounds completely plausible!".
*strokes chin*
These bloody Nigerian scammers, I don't know...
Hello dear Mr Sir
My name is Dr. Kalawi Mombassi I am my village Dr and also a tribal prince therefore making me a well off man. In the last few years I invested in a big U.S. Oil company called Big U.S. Oil Company. Unnfortunately due to my linage I cannot claim my money from this corp directly, this friend is where you come in.
All you have to do is send me $30,000, yes thirty thousand dollars U.S. and I will release capital to the value of 150,000,000,0. Yes one hundred and fifty billion dollars U.S. to a bank account of your choice. $30,000 thirty thousand that is all my friend, give me it now, give!
signed
Dr Kaliwa Mimbossi
if i could collect a million quid by travelling 500 miles i would, other wise travelling 500 miles would cost be a pretty penny, in train fares and hotel accomodation.
So I'll be there for part of the event, but I'll likely go out shopping and sight-seeing with the wife for some of the day. Hey, it'll save me from getting too drunk like I did at the last meet :)
This is your week-and-a-half-or-thereabouts reminder.
Now would be a good time to persuade Significant Others that they don't have any plans on that weekend, so wouldn't it be nice to go down to Oxford, there's so much to see there, ooh look, there's a shoe shop over there, why don't you have a look in there while I, um, search for my contact lenses, I think they rolled into this pub...
Space is still available at my place for anyone needing a roof for the night (reserve your place now, and get an actual bed and everything!) so drop me a line if interested.
By my count there are 20 people down as a 'probably' or 'definitely' now, and I'm completely hyped up just reading the list of names and seeing a whole bunch of people that I'm really looking forward to meeting for the first time, and a whole other bunch of people that I have met but who haven't met each other, and clearly Exciting Stuff will happen when they do. Yep, this is going to be good. I'm half expecting us to emerge from the pub in the evening with complete plans for a Spectrum SE-powered particle accelerator. Or maybe we'll just spend the whole time swearing at Army Moves and debating who would win in a catfight between Buffy and Leela from Futurama. *shrug*
(Oh, and since I've just spotted that the Rugby World Cup final is happening on that day, I'd like to reassure everyone that the Gloucester Arms *doesn't* have a 96in projector TV and will therefore not be packed to the rafters. As far as I know.)
Ooh, the silly man didn't give his full address. Ah well, better put the cheque book away again.
Yep, twud be expensive for me too, even without the hotel, which I wouldn't need as I'm not an impossible distance away like some. But it would still be the third, 'Furthest away place ive ever been (tm,)' and I'm only on the coast.
Am feeling quite distraught about there being no CGE for yonks. That was fantastic, and yep, I would scrimp the pennies together to go if it were to happen again. But I just couldn't travel 500 miles. Thats like, into space, mahhhn!
*Sits by his post box expectantly.*
Its a bit different in the US than the UK ! In the US you are used to travelling long long distances. Try paying our prices of petrol (gasoline) and it might be different !
I think if someone was going to give you a million pounds you would obviously do it ! But a 500 mile journey is a very long distance in the UK. We dont have huge 6 or 7 lane freeways, we have tons of traffic !
Looking forward to it.
On the Saturday morning I'm driving from Manchester over to Scunthorpe, to the in laws. Then at about lunch time driving from there to Oxford. Then on Sunday driving back to Manchester.
However, I might not need to go to Scunny, in which case it'll be Manchester - Oxford. I say Manchester, it's more like the Greater Manchester/Cheshire border.
I'll be heading up the A303 from Yeovil, Somerset, then turning up the A34 just after Andover, all the way up to Oxford.
Here's a Google Map which currently shows the correct route, unless Google changes its mind.
Let me know if you're interested in a lift.
As for coming home... not sure, but it'll be sometime on the Sunday - probably late afternoon.
I will be staying the night in Manchester on the Friday night, and driving down there Saturday. However, I'm going back via Worcester so I'm not sure that will be much help lift-wise for anyone.
I only tried two hotels, the second had 1 room left (which I took), but there are plenty of places around. Just google :)
Certainly... no problem at all. She's been left under the stairs for a while though, you might want to bring a puncture repair kit just in case.
Nope, not yet... we're probably out of actual beds by now, but there's still a sofa to creatively repurpose (and more floor space for hardcore types). Parking space might be more of an issue, but if all else fails there's Cutteslowe Park a couple of streets away which has a decent sized and mostly-empty-at-this-time-of-year car park.
As far as hotels go, I don't have a whole lot of experience to base recommendations on (seeing as I live here...) but the Westgate Hotel is pretty close (just past the train station) and my parents stayed there a couple of years back and didn't come back with any horror stories. So I guess that's a recommendation. When I organised a demoscene meetup back in January, someone managed to snaffle a bargain room at the ultra-swanky Randolph Hotel. I can't exactly remember what constitutes a bargain there - I've got a feeling it was still in the region of 100 quid - but nice place if you can get it :-)
If you want real ale then we should all pop along to the turf Tavern, now thats a pub fpr Real Ale. Old too.
They can have up to 12-15 real ales on at one time.
It dates back to the 13th century I beleive.
Scottie_UK
Surely it's gone flat by now then?
**Burp!** Me too. :)
Real Ale isn't supposed to be fizzy!
Very good point Winston :lol:
is it just gonig to be sat in a pub fiddling around with spectrum hardware, and talking about ram chips and rom drives?
Dunno. There seems to be a lot of us.
Need a wiki page or summat that we can add our names to.
Chris
Mmmmm ram chips....