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From: Gid@netcomuk.co.uk (Gid Holyoake) Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [F] Meet report for Coventry 1.0??? Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:35:55 -0000 Message-ID: <MPG.f510d54b40994cb9896b0@news.lspace.org> Here be a small meet report for AFPCoventry... hereby also known as AFPcarpark1.0, AFPcarpark2.0, AFPcarpark3.0 <giggle> and AFPWarwick?.? (not sure what the last AFPWarwick was...) We turned up at Frugal's, only to find that he wasn't there (good start we thought!... he must have left already) so we parked the car and wandered off to find a phone box (and a taxi)... On arrival at the Farmhouse (the designated AFPmeet venue)... it was discovered to be closed for refurbishments... so the taxi took us around to the carpark at the back, whereupon we discovered Frugal and Selina, and so we bade farewell to our chauffeur for evening the first part, and commenced AFPcarpark1.0... about 5 minutes later the only other confirmed attendee turned up (Mike Knell), and we decided we would head up the road to the Harvester, to try and find some sustenance. We merrily trundled convoy fashion until we reached the Harvester, and AFPcarpark2.0... as on wandering into the Harvester we were greeted by "You want a *table*, on *Valentine's Night* and you haven't *booked*!"... and I'd swear she was inwardly grinning as we left. She did, however, suggest we try a place just down the road (which began with a B but we can't remember what), wherein, she assured us, we would find a place that probably did some food and drink. So... back into the cars, and follow the signs to the new location... only to find at the next major roundabout the place no longer appeared on any of the signs anymore! (Maybe it was in the middle of the roundabout?)... So Frugal took an executive decision, and we headed off to Warwick (having already teased Mike with the idea that we may end up there!). And so... to AFPcarpark3.0 at Warwick uni! (and Mike *had* thought Frugal was joking!)... and thence onwards into the "Airport Lounge" in the Uni, whereupon the meet proper commenced, and much (well, by us two anyway) was drunk... (not the other three as they were driving) and chips, burgers and pizzas were eaten. Topics of discussion: Geekiness in abundance... Possibilities of disguising Gid as a student (even a mature one!)... Worky things in general... Relationships (well, it was Feb 14th)... Frugal's housemoving and related issues... More about Lusers... The future Nottingham meet... What should this meet be called?... (and if it was now officially a Warwick meet, should the next Warwick meet really be a Leamington meet?) What the drinking game at the next table was... and whether they *really* needed to make that much noise about it!... And probably lots of other stuff too, which we can't remember right now! Many thanks to Frugal for organdising all ?5? meets <giggle>, and for letting us kip the night! Gid & Suzi -- Click on http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~gidnsuzi/ for The Irrelevant Page
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