From neilward at ... Sun Apr 22 12:17:23 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:17:23 -0000 Subject: Welcome! Message-ID: <9bui4j+buns@...> LOL! Three members in the door already and I only created it minutes ago! Hi to John, Dinah and Simon... Neil From bludger_witch at ... Sun Apr 22 12:34:46 2001 From: bludger_witch at ... (Dinah) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:34:46 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Welcome! References: <9bui4j+buns@...> Message-ID: <000701c0cb28$9ea64100$c62b07d5@oemcomputer> Yup! I'd never miss a chance to meet y'all. Good thing, that I love weekend trips. I've been to London only once, March 2000, and that was a bus trip with my Mum. We left here at 23:00 Friday, arrived after a terrible night in the bus in London at 8:00h, spent the day roaming around the city (my mother always complaining because I insisted on walking while she wanted to try out the Cabbies , later on crammed in the U, my nose between a flirting gay couple, I felt so guilty for disturbing them - I hate public transport, lol), then flopping into bed, returning the next day in the evening. And of course the wind was blowing like crazy when we went back over the canal - not very pleasant if you haven't slept much (at least I didn't loose my breakfast). ~ Dinah ~ (babbling again) ICQ: 10 44 52 471 YM: bludger_witch The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. ~ Antoine de Saint Exupery _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.com From hamster8 at ... Mon Apr 23 10:35:01 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:35:01 -0000 Subject: Heathrow Airport. Message-ID: <9c10gl+no25@...> Just a note to say; if people are flying into London, esp. list-Americans, then when I'm at home (not at university) I am perfectly positioned to do an airport run, which may save money on transfers and such. Gatwick is trickier, but not impossible. I am *not* driving to Luton or Stanstead to pick up anyone We could get little cards printed with the new HP4GU logo on them to wave at the arrivals gate ... a reception committee or something. Probably can't manage a red carpet, run Old Glory up the flagpole and play the Star Spangled Banner ... there is a limit. Just a thought ... I'll go away now. Al *where schnoogling happens a lot, and we think Nancy Stouffer is hot* From ldenell at ... Mon Apr 23 14:46:56 2001 From: ldenell at ... (ldenell at ...) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:46:56 -0000 Subject: Heathrow Airport. In-Reply-To: <9c10gl+no25@...> Message-ID: <9c1f90+e2t8@...> Hi all - I'm on several of the other HPFGU lists but am strictly a lurker there -- mainly because there is so much action that I have trouble keeping up, let alone thinking of anything original or clever to add. My husband, 10-year-old son, and I will be making our first-ever trip to London and Bath at the end of May. If we could meet up with any of you to talk over things Potter and get an insiders perspective on the city it would be great. We'll be in London 20-27 May. Back to lurkdom I go... - Linda (aka shylibrarian) --- In HPFGU-London at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote: > Just a note to say; if people are flying into London, esp. > list-Americans, then when I'm at home (not at university) I am > perfectly positioned to do an airport run, which may save money on > transfers and such. Gatwick is trickier, but not impossible. I am > *not* driving to Luton or Stanstead to pick up anyone > > We could get little cards printed with the new HP4GU logo on them to > wave at the arrivals gate ... a reception committee or > something. Probably can't manage a red carpet, run Old Glory up the > flagpole and play the Star Spangled Banner ... there is a limit. > > Just a thought ... I'll go away now. > > Al > *where schnoogling happens a lot, and we think Nancy Stouffer is hot* From catherine at ... Mon Apr 23 17:15:49 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:15:49 -0000 Subject: Gatwick airport Message-ID: <9c1o05+hr26@...> I only live about an hour's drive away from Gatwick, so I guess I could do that run. It depends when it is though, because our car was stolen a couple of weeks ago and my husband is being very slow at getting a replacement. Catherine From michelleapostolides at ... Mon Apr 23 19:10:13 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (michelleapostolides at ...) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:10:13 -0000 Subject: Geographical locations pt..... Message-ID: <9c1uml+g1pi@...> Hi Just joined the list. I'm in sunny ( ! ) Essex. Happy to meet up anywhere now I'm mobile ( vbg ) Michelle P.s, - Sorry this is such a short message. Can't think of much to say... From nick at ... Mon Apr 23 20:47:42 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:47:42 -0000 Subject: Heathrow Airport. In-Reply-To: <9c10gl+no25@...> Message-ID: <9c24de+10kma@...> Hi all... I'm not far from Heathrow, and Gatwick is possible as well, the run down the M25 then M23 isn't that bad as long as it's not rushhour time. Nick - in sunney Surrey, From nick at ... Mon Apr 23 20:50:15 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:50:15 -0000 Subject: Heathrow Airport. In-Reply-To: <9c1f90+e2t8@...> Message-ID: <9c24i7+cb8k@...> >We'll be in London 20-27 May. As it happens, I'm off work that week... so if anyone wants to meet up in London, or any other Potter venue for that matter, let me know. Otherwise, I might go up to Edinburgh again, I like that place! Nick From insanus_scottus at ... Mon Apr 23 21:15:25 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:15:25 -0000 Subject: Airports etc. Message-ID: <9c261d+t9di@...> Hi all! I'm glad Neil started this list as I imagine that I'm going to have lots of travel questions before departing for the U.K. in June. *various groans from other list members* At least I've been to the U.K. before, even if it wasn't for long. :-) As for airports I am, against my own wish, willfully flying into Gatwick. Then again I've never been to Heathrow, but...Gatwick is far enough from London in the morning traffic, and from Oxford... (How far is it, about two hours?) The only reason I chose Gatwick was because I can get a direct flight from RDU, and I much perfer those over long layovers. Thanks for the offer of picking up us yanks, but this yank already has transportation. Unlucky for me (I want to meet you guys) but lucky for you (I'd be terribly dull)! Scott From neilward at ... Tue Apr 24 01:32:24 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 02:32:24 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Airports etc. References: <9c261d+t9di@...> Message-ID: <004001c0cc5e$6a8ea7e0$673370c2@c5s910j> Hi to everyone and welcome to the list, Some of you are quite far from London and others are rather closer to home (hi Catherine!). I don't have a car, so I can't offer to pick people up from the various London airports. However, I don't mind standing at Arrivals, dressed as a wizard, holding a placard. Er, on second thoughts.... Since two people have mentioned 20th -27th May, shall we try for a meeting then? If we choose a weekend day, we could visit Greenwich Market, perhaps. Some of you may shudder at the thought of doing something south of the river, so we could do something in the North or the West End (centre) instead... Suggestions? Evening of 25th May and 26th daytime would be good for me. Scott, for later reference, there is a Gatwick Express train into London (it may not have been running when you last visited), so your journey to Oxford shouldn't be too arduous! Neil From annabean77 at ... Tue Apr 24 06:01:29 2001 From: annabean77 at ... (Anna) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 06:01:29 -0000 Subject: London Meeting In-Reply-To: <004001c0cc5e$6a8ea7e0$673370c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9c34rp+jesv@...> Hello to all~ Most of you don't know me as I have primarily lurked on most HP lists in the past, but strangely enough, I have the bizarre feeling I know many of you from everything I have read :) I am so excited to read about a London meeting! I am going to be there most of this summer and would love to sit and talk up HP with some other fanatics. The dates in May mentioned previously would be delightful, or any other time before August. Now that this list has been established, I will also probably be frantically messaging as I try to get things together for my trip. School has been so chaotic lately, I haven't even thought about this summer and it is less than three weeks away! Speaking of school..it is one in the morning and I have a class in 6 1/2 hours. time to stop babbling. Good night! ~Anna From dwe199 at ... Tue Apr 24 06:10:11 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 06:10:11 -0000 Subject: London Meeting In-Reply-To: <004001c0cc5e$6a8ea7e0$673370c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9c35c3+idbv@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Neil Ward" wrote: > Since two people have mentioned 20th -27th May, shall we try for a meeting > then? If we choose a weekend day, we could visit Greenwich Market, perhaps. > Some of you may shudder at the thought of doing something south of the > river, so we could do something in the North or the West End (centre) > instead... Suggestions? > > Evening of 25th May and 26th daytime would be good for me. Gah! My end of year exams start on the 28th. You'll have to count me out of this one. Dai From simon at ... Tue Apr 24 10:28:29 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:28:29 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] London Meeting In-Reply-To: <9c35c3+idbv@...> Message-ID: Neil: <<< Since two people have mentioned 20th -27th May, shall we try for a meeting then? If we choose a weekend day, we could visit Greenwich Market, perhaps. Some of you may shudder at the thought of doing something south of the river, so we could do something in the North or the West End (centre) instead... Suggestions? Evening of 25th May and 26th daytime would be good for me.>>> Dai: <<>> Ditto. I will be too busy. My exams kick off on the 29th. Simon (in rainy Oxford) From catherine at ... Tue Apr 24 11:34:26 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:34:26 -0000 Subject: Airports etc. In-Reply-To: <004001c0cc5e$6a8ea7e0$673370c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9c3oc2+g2en@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Neil Ward" wrote: > Hi to everyone and welcome to the list, > > Some of you are quite far from London and others are rather closer to home > (hi Catherine!). I don't have a car, so I can't offer to pick people up > from the various London airports. However, I don't mind standing at > Arrivals, dressed as a wizard, holding a placard. Er, on second > thoughts.... > > Since two people have mentioned 20th -27th May, shall we try for a meeting > then? If we choose a weekend day, we could visit Greenwich Market, perhaps. > Some of you may shudder at the thought of doing something south of the > river, so we could do something in the North or the West End (centre) > instead... Suggestions? > > Evening of 25th May and 26th daytime would be good for me. Being basically quite lazy, Greenwich Market sounds great for me. However, I know how badly the South of the River snobbery syndrome can effect people, so I won't hold my breath. I can't make the weekend of 19/20 May, but can do the following Saturday. Greenwich has also got some quite nice pubs - anyone been to the Trafalgar Tavern or the Cutty Sark (during the day - too cattle market at night) - Neil?? (Just thought - don't most Londoners on this list live south of the river???) Catherine From hamster8 at ... Tue Apr 24 12:49:48 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:49:48 -0000 Subject: Airports etc. In-Reply-To: <9c3oc2+g2en@...> Message-ID: <9c3spc+k8k0@...> Catherine ... 'Evening of 25th May and 26th daytime would be good for me. Being basically quite lazy, Greenwich Market sounds great for me. However, I know how badly the South of the River snobbery syndrome can effect people, so I won't hold my breath. I can't make the weekend of 19/20 May, but can do the following Saturday. Greenwich has also got some quite nice pubs - anyone been to the Trafalgar Tavern or the Cutty Sark (during the day - too cattle market at night) - Neil?? (Just thought - don't most Londoners on this list live south of the river???)' Saturday 26th. Sounds fine. Unlike *some* people *hides from Simon and Dai* I have only one exam, it's on the 22nd of June at 6pm ... and I'm basically free of university commitments from May 18th onwards, so I'll be coming up to town quite a lot. Of course, if we get a sunny day, and anybody wants to hit Brighton ... I'm in Thames Ditton when I'm at home, so I'm also very handy for Hampton Court Palace *calculates in head - train to Waterloo, Jubilee Extension to Greenwich - can do* Cutty Sark is lovely, IMO. Pub's good too :-) What's with this north south snobbery ... I've never understood it myself? Al *where schnoogling happens a lot, and we think Nancy Stouffer is hot* From catherine at ... Tue Apr 24 13:15:41 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:15:41 -0000 Subject: Airports etc. In-Reply-To: <9c3spc+k8k0@...> Message-ID: <9c3u9t+lp8u@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote: > I'm in Thames Ditton when I'm at home, so I'm also very handy for > Hampton Court Palace *calculates in head - train to Waterloo, Jubilee > Extension to Greenwich - can do* Second attempt at replying - last one got eaten, I think... I spent last bank holiday Monday at Hampton Court with the stepkids. They were bored - kept deliberately touching things so a one of the guards would tell them off (GRRRR!). Handy hint - do not deliberately get lost in maze, if there is any chance of rain. Otherwise, what starts as a rather pleasant pastime can end up being quite uncomfortable and frustrating. > What's with this north south snobbery ... I've never understood it > myself? > > Al It drives me mad. We have friends in Kensington, Chelsea etc (they aren't fabulously rich - just ex-pats with generous housing allowances) who shudder at the mere suggestion of travelling southwards. One family of QPR supporters came over last year when Charlton were in the 1st division - and moaned about the fact that they had to drive through Deptford and Peckham to get here. They felt "threatened" and had to keep the doors of the car locked. Honestly! It 's also a lack of tube thing. North Londoners, in my experience, are very wary of going anywhere which isn't on the tube line. Overland trains are therefore an alien concept to them. Yet they expect us to go and visit them at the drop of a hat. Oh well, this is site for arrangements, not rants. Sorry everyone! Catherine From neilward at ... Tue Apr 24 18:15:36 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:15:36 -0000 Subject: Greenwich (Re: Airports etc.) In-Reply-To: <9c3oc2+g2en@...> Message-ID: <9c4fs8+4m1e@...> Catherine said, in response to my suggestion: > Being basically quite lazy, Greenwich Market sounds great for me. > However, I know how badly the South of the River snobbery syndrome > can effect people, so I won't hold my breath. I can't make the > weekend of 19/20 May, but can do the following Saturday. > Greenwich has also got some quite nice pubs - anyone been to the > Trafalgar Tavern or the Cutty Sark (during the day - too cattle > market at night) - Neil?? I was thinking that if we had any US visitors, Greenwich has some lovely historical sights, including the Cutty Sark, Maritime Museum, (old) Observatory, Park etc. Some of the pubs along the river are really old, and we could also walk through the tunnel and visit Docklands... Perhaps 26th May? Neil From ldenell at ... Tue Apr 24 18:56:34 2001 From: ldenell at ... (ldenell at ...) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:56:34 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Greenwich (Re: Airports etc.) Message-ID: Hi Neil and all - Being one of the aforementioned US visitors, Greenwich on 26 May sounds lovely. Thanks for being so generous with your time. What a great group of people :) To Dai and Simon and the other students - best wishes on your exams. I'll be looking forward to meeting you the next time we have the opportunity to visit England. - Linda I was thinking that if we had any US visitors, Greenwich has some lovely historical sights, including the Cutty Sark, Maritime Museum, (old) Observatory, Park etc. Some of the pubs along the river are really old, and we could also walk through the tunnel and visit Docklands... Perhaps 26th May? Neil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at ... Wed Apr 25 20:02:23 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:02:23 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Greenwich (Re: Airports etc.) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Linda: <<>> Hope you enjoy the visit. Thanks for the good wishes for the exams. I am sure I will be able to make some meeting in the future. Simon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yael_pou at ... Sun Apr 29 19:26:54 2001 From: yael_pou at ... (yael_pou at ...) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:26:54 -0000 Subject: What to see? Message-ID: <9chptu+7k3n@...> Hi, I'll be in the UK with the entire family from somewhere in mid May for as long as three weeks. We're going to be i London, Scotland and Yorkshire (where I've wanted to be since I've read James Herriot, over 15 years ago). What else should we put into the trip? We'll try to put our time in London at the time of the Meeting. Thanks, yael From bludger_witch at ... Sun Apr 29 20:06:05 2001 From: bludger_witch at ... (Dinah) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:06:05 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] What to see? References: <9chptu+7k3n@...> Message-ID: <007701c0d0e7$dcf15480$be2e07d5@oemcomputer> > We'll try to put our time in London at the time of the Meeting. > Thanks, yael I'll try to make it, too...or at least at the later date. Not sure, though, depends if I get a cheap flight or not. I'd say the caves of Exeter, Stonehenge and Cornwall are worth a visit... Tintagel, maybe, if you like castle-ruins. Ack, it's the medieval nut speaking, sorry ~ Dinah ~ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.com From hamster8 at ... Mon Apr 30 10:35:00 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:35:00 -0000 Subject: What to see? In-Reply-To: <9chptu+7k3n@...> Message-ID: <9cjf4k+gqq3@...> Yael ... "I'll be in the UK with the entire family from somewhere in mid May for as long as three weeks. We're going to be i London, Scotland and Yorkshire (where I've wanted to be since I've read James Herriot, over 15 years ago)." Yay *glomps Yael most heartily* Castles and such? Windsor is nice, if about twenty feet under the incoming flightpath to Heathrow. Hampton Court is in my neck of the woods. Just go everywhere - three weeks is plenty of time. Madame Taussaud's probably isn't worth the queueing. Ooh, just remembered, London Eye. Al *very pleased now* From catherine at ... Mon Apr 30 11:21:23 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:21:23 -0000 Subject: What to see? In-Reply-To: <9chptu+7k3n@...> Message-ID: <9cjhrj+bac6@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., yael_pou at h... wrote: > Hi, > > I'll be in the UK with the entire family from somewhere in mid May for as long as three > weeks. We're going to be i London, Scotland and Yorkshire (where I've wanted to be since > I've read James Herriot, over 15 years ago). > > What else should we put into the trip? > > We'll try to put our time in London at the time of the Meeting. > > Thanks, yael If you are going to Yorkshire, are you going to visit York? It is a beautiful place - with Roman ruins, castles, a wall surrounding the main part of the city, medieval/Tudor buildings (the Shambles), great places for afternoon tea, some wonderful museums... Al suggests the London Eye. Well, I went on Friday evening, and despite the fact that it was quite overcast, the view was spectacular. Well worth it. There are too many wonderful places in the UK to list here - I could write all day about good places to visit. Are you hiring a car, or using public transport to travel? If the former, the possibilities are endless... Catherine From yael_pou at ... Mon Apr 30 19:17:15 2001 From: yael_pou at ... (yael_pou at ...) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:17:15 -0000 Subject: What to see? In-Reply-To: <9cjhrj+bac6@...> Message-ID: <9ckdnr+td6p@...> Thanks to everyone who answered. More suggestions are welcome. :) --- In HPFGU-London at y..., catherine at c... wrote: > If you are going to Yorkshire, are you going to visit York? It is a > beautiful place - with Roman ruins, castles, a wall surrounding the > main part of the city, medieval/Tudor buildings (the Shambles), great > places for afternoon tea, some wonderful museums... We're definitely going to York. > Al suggests the London Eye. Well, I went on Friday evening, and > despite the fact that it was quite overcast, the view was > spectacular. Well worth it. All right, one London Eye. Check. > There are too many wonderful places in the UK to list here - I could > write all day about good places to visit. Are you hiring a car, or > using public transport to travel? If the former, the possibilities > are endless... Oh, we're hiring a car. Only way to go with two little girls. We fly to and from London. We thought about two options: Option one:We drive to Scotland throught York, and stop for anything interesting on the way. Then drive back to London throught the west coast. Does this make sense? Option two: Same as the first, but we'll take a train to scotland, hire a car there and drive back in "zigzags". Will that fill 17-20 days? And is there a reasonable route that won't cause us to miss on important things? Oh, and don't sit in front of the computer, typing, for a whole day, but a few pointers will win you a serious schnoogle ;). thanks, yael From nick at ... Tue May 1 22:20:26 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 22:20:26 -0000 Subject: Update of my plans for May Message-ID: <9cncra+oenn@...> Hi all My plans for May have now been changed, unfortunately - so I may not be able to meet up with you as I had expected. Currently (if nothing else changes) I could meet up with anyone who is visiting the London area on: Saturday 19th May, Sunday 20th May, Friday 25th May May be possible to meet up also on: Tuesday 15th May, Wednesday 16th May, Thus 17th May Friday 18th May, Thusday 24th May BUT, would need to be Morning - rather than an afternoon/evening. If anyone is visiting the UK on any of those dates, and is around the London, or Windor areas, then please do get in touch. Nick. From annabean77 at ... Mon Apr 30 14:28:20 2001 From: annabean77 at ... (Anna Weber) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:28:20 -0500 Subject: London suggestions Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From insanus_scottus at ... Sat May 5 02:40:36 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 02:40:36 -0000 Subject: What to see? Message-ID: <9cvp74+95ko@...> No Yael don't listen to all these, these- natives! If you are visiting England you must do touristy things...(i.e. make a fool of yourself) Anyway.... 1)Feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square! I think that they may have stopped this (maybe I saw it on the news?) but you really must if you can. Allow them to land on your head and arms...fun fun fun! (And while you're at it it's very fun to do Brass Rubbings in the crypt of St. Martin's in the Fields right across the street.) 2)Visit every church in town! Neil has assured us that many/most Christians in England are sort of apathetic. (Unless I was mistaken and he didn't say this at all in which case I digress...) Seriously though the churches are nice but we saw so many, and well by the twenty or thirtieth one they all seem the same. (Pick either Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's.) 3)Make a call from those infamous red phone booths! Ok you've GOT to do this, and even if you don't at least have your picture taken in one (I did). 4)Ride the good ol' public tranportation! Yes I'm talking about the tube (mind the gap!) but also those red public double decker buses. WARNING FOR BUSES: If all the young people in a group want to get to the top and get on before the adults and then go on to leave them all behind, and are standing up not really sure what to do and one girl says "Scott sit down, you're too clumsy don't stand!" and you respond "No YOU can sit." to which they give you an admonishing look; the bus flies to a halt and you (read: me, I, yes *I* did this) fell forward and landed in a strange British man's lap- well be careful!! (I know that was a run-on sentence!) *very embarassed look* I don't suppose that was you Neil? There are really many wonderful things to do in London. Try the museums if you don't have kids that are to young to concentrate. It's a beautiful city. Have fun. Scott aka The Tourist From neilward at ... Sat May 5 13:31:55 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 14:31:55 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] What to see? (incredibly long) References: <9cvp74+95ko@...> Message-ID: <025701c0d567$dad95d80$4c3670c2@c5s910j> I'll concentrate on London, but I'd agree that there are loads of places to visit in Britain outside the London (Bath, Stratford, Norwich, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Liverpool etc etc, not to mention the small towns and villages). If I had more time to spare, I'd look up the links for these references below, but I hope you'll forgive an off-the-cuff ramble: - ART GALLERIES/MUSEUMS/SIGHTS My personal choice in any foreign city is the art galleries or museums, but that's not everyone's cup of tea (especially with kids in two!). In London, the Tate Britain and Tate Modern are both worth a visit if you are interested in British art or Modern Art, respectively. The Tate Modern is quite new and the building itself is a converted power station. Other galleries worth seeing include The National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery, both off Trafalgar Square. Then there is the Royal Academy of Arts, in Piccadilly, which usually has a major exhibition of some kind and the South Bank complex, which includes the National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall and National Film Theatre and is right next to The Thames. The Barbican Centre is a multi-arts centre, but it's rather hard to find, so make sure you get your bearings! Madam Tussaud's and The Planetarium are next to each other in Marylebone (the road of that name). Yes, they are overpriced... touristy... a rip off, but they are also quite fun for the kids. Other 'fun' museums are the Science Museum and The Museum of the Moving Image. The Natural History Museum is also fascinating (to me, anyway). I also give the thumbs up to The London Eye. You get a wonderful view of London and it is a feat of technology in itself - the largest cantilevered ferris wheel in the world. It's worth purchasing tickets ahead of time if you can, and when you arrive, you may have to queue for a while to collect the tickets and then queue again to get on the wheel (again, queues and kids do not mix). There's a Salvador Dali exhibition space right near the wheel, if you like that sort of thing. A trip on the river might be cool. I've never done it, but I've heard it's fun. We're planning to meet in Greenwich on the 26th, which gives onto the river, and it's possible to take boat trips to Westminster from there (it's worth seeing the Houses of Parliament from an architectural point of view). Also, thinking of water, the Docklands area is worth a visit if you like the idea of contrasting the very latest architecture with the older buildings in London. The Tower of London is probably a must (although I've never been there and I've lived in London for 18 years). MARKETS/EATING OUT CHEAPLY Markets: Covent Garden and the surrounding area are a bit touristy and geared towards crafts (on the market) and rather chi-chi shops (in the area around), but there are some bargains to be had. There's a transport museum there. You'll also experience street theatre and music (busking). Portobello Road Market (bric a brac and antiques), Petticoat Lane Market (cheap clothes and other stuff?), Brick Lane (flowers, bicycles (often stolen), clothes, very cheap Indian cafe-style restaurants). There are other markets. I need to check the latest and get back to you, as I don't visit them very often. Cheap food: I'm not too familiar with the Kensington area, but in the West End, you can get a decent plate of pasta for under 5 in no-frills Italian places like Centrale (nr Cambridge Circus) or an all you can eat buffet in some Indian or Chinese restaurants (they usually tell you this in the window). Some of these places aren't licensed for alcohol, but you can BYOB, and you may have to share a table with strangers. In other areas, the local chip shop or takeaway will do something edible but cheap, but don't usually have seating. Govinda's, the Hare Krishna restaurant on the border of Soho serves very cheap veggie food in huge portions. I can probably come up with a list of places, given more time. There are some very good 'gastro' pubs in London (geared towards eating as well as drinking), some of which aren't too expensive, but much pub food is truly ghastly, so it's worth checking the menu. SHOPPING Shopping areas. Oxford Street: The main shopping street: very busy and touristy, but full of department stores, clothes shops and regular High Street stores. Try some of the smaller side streets, such as St Christopher 's Place or wander a bit further to the Marylebone High Street area for some more sophisticated shopping. Regent Street: Very grand shops, but Hamley's toyshop is there, and there are some chic department stores, such as Liberty and Dickins & Jones. Carnaby Street is just off Regent Street, but it's lost much of its 60s charm in favour of more touristy shops. Kensington High Street/King's Road: Similar, but more upmarket shopping (designer stores) - probably to be avoided unless you enjoy that kind of torture. Charing Cross Road - lots of bookshops; Tottenham Court Road - lots of electrical goods; Islington High Street - some shops mixed in with eateries and a covered antiques market. Harrods and Selfridges seems to be popular with tourists, but they basically over-priced department stores. Several areas of London have large shopping areas with a High Street feel, and there are many shopping malls (to use the US terminology), so you don't have to go to the main areas. Brixton and Hackney - culturally diverse focal areas of South and North London, but very interesting for food shopping (West Indian/modern British and Turkish, respectively). Brixton is quite a trendy area, popular with young people. Blackheath and Hampstead - more upmarket, genteel areas of South and North London, with historical interest and fairly expensive shops (and steep hills). NIGHTLIFE Nightlife areas: Essentially, the West End is the big entertainment area, but if you hate the hubbub, stick the one of the other parts of town and visit a local pub, restaurant or cinema. West End haunts: - Soho and Chinatown: fairly bohemian mix of gay, chinese community, red light and clubbing; Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus: the really big, tourist-oriented areas - overpriced shops, clubs and restaurants, huge cinemas. Between these areas is theatreland - Shaftesbury Avenue (The Strand also boasts several theatres), and there are loads of cinemas in the area. Islington/Upper Street: rather too many trendy restaurants and The Screen on The Green cinema - nice buzz. King's Cross is now the main red light district - best avoided at night. SEASIDE Take a trip to a small seaside town to get a combination of olde worlde charm and tacky tourism. Blackpool is cool, but if you are visiting London, Brighton is a lovely place to spend the day and it's only an hour or so on the train (I think Al can tell us more about Brighton?). LISTINGS/GUIDES London is huge. I recommend that you pick up a copy of "Time Out" as soon as you arrive. This is a weekly listings magazine that covers every aspect of life and entertainment (and I think it still does a section on "Kids"). Also, a small, cheap street guide will be invaluable (either A-Z or Nicholson's) and includes a tube map (make sure you buy a current edition). Remember "town" is the West End (where all the shops and entertainment are) and "The City" is the business district. Neil (supposed to be working all weekend, but I thought I should say something here, since I set the list up!!) From neilward at ... Sat May 5 14:06:20 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:06:20 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] What to see? (churches etc) References: <9cvp74+95ko@...> Message-ID: <026601c0d56c$904e2ac0$4c3670c2@c5s910j> Responding to Scott's tourist's-eye view of London: <<2)Visit every church in town! Neil has assured us that many/most Christians in England are sort of apathetic. (Unless I was mistaken and he didn't say this at all in which case I digress...) Seriously though the churches are nice but we saw so many, and well by the twenty or thirtieth one they all seem the same. (Pick either Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's.)>> Leaving aside the fact that London is very multicultural, I imagine I meant that most *people* here, not most Christians, are apathetic about religion (or at least indifferent to it on a day to day basis). For example, I've read that only around 5% of the population who might attend a church attend one on a regular basis - that doesn't mean people are necessarily non-believers, of course, but it is a very different situation to that in the US. My view is that people won't automatically declare themselves "Christian" unless they are active as such. When completing forms, I used to say I was "C of E (Church of England)," but now I just leave it blank or mark "None". I don't think I am too unusual in that. I agree with Scott about the beauty of the churches here. If you visit any cathedral cities (Canterbury, Salisbury...etc), these are worth a visit. In London, there are many lovely churches, plus the big attractions Scott mentioned. Outside London, I recently visited St Alban's Abbey with a friend of mine (who is a Christian) and that was really stunning, and very calming. Scott also said: <.one girl says "Scott sit down, you're too clumsy don't stand!" and you respond "No YOU can sit." to which they give you an admonishing look; the bus flies to a halt and you (read: me, I, yes *I* did this) fell forward and landed in a strange British man's lap- well be careful!! > I don't suppose that was you Neil?>> LOL - I guess not! I *am* a strange British man, but gone are the days when young men would fall into my lap... Neil From neilward at ... Sat May 5 14:23:41 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:23:41 +0100 Subject: Greenwich on Saturday 26th References: <9cvp74+95ko@...> <026601c0d56c$904e2ac0$4c3670c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <000a01c0d56e$fdffea20$e03670c2@c5s910j> Assuming that I haven't lost the plot, we are still planning to meet up in Greenwich on the 26th May. The link below shows details of the Trafalgar Tavern, an historic Greenwich pub that might be worth a look, but if you click on the "Map" icon on the left of the page, there is a nice map of the area, showing Greenwich Park, the markets, the Cutty Sark, the river etc, etc. I suggest that we meet by the Cutty Sark at 1pm. It's easy to spot - it's a big wooden ship with masts. We can walk in the park, visit the markets, stare at the river, adjourn to the pub...whatever. Catherine - do you have any recommendations? http://www.pubs.com/trafse10.htm Could anyone who is planning to be there, please confirm, so we can get an idea of the numbers and who we have to wait for... For those of you coming from abroad (or not familiar with London), Greenwich is on British Rail (overground) and Dockland's Light Railway (linked to the Underground system), so it's easy to reach: approx 20-30 mins from central London. Neil From michelleapostolides at ... Sat May 5 14:26:30 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:26:30 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Greenwich on Saturday 26th References: <9cvp74+95ko@...> <026601c0d56c$904e2ac0$4c3670c2@c5s910j> <000a01c0d56e$fdffea20$e03670c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <004101c0d56f$62cd9420$e554063e@tmeltcds> Count me in. It's OK - I don't think I'll drive !! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yael_pou at ... Tue Jun 5 18:24:29 2001 From: yael_pou at ... (yael-pou) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:24:29 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Greenwich on Saturday 26th References: <9cvp74+95ko@...> <026601c0d56c$904e2ac0$4c3670c2@c5s910j> <000a01c0d56e$fdffea20$e03670c2@c5s910j> <004101c0d56f$62cd9420$e554063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: *sob* So close, and yet so far away... We're going to be around London on June 1st-4th. Those dates are extremely inflexible. My husband is going to the states on a business trip. He'll be landing in London on his way back. The girls and I will join him there on May 20th (which doesn't suit most people). We'll go on a tour around north England and Scotland and be back to London for four days on June 1st (Friday). I'm terribly disappointed that we'll miss the gathering. If anyone can meet us June 1st to June 4th (or May 20th), it'll make me very happy. I don't have the flight schedules yet. I'll mail the absolute final dates when I have them. Thanks, Yael ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Their clothes were cut off the edge of the latest fashion, which was currently inclining towards wide hats, padded shoulders, narrow waists and pointed shoes and gave its followers the appearance of being very well-dressed nails." - Terry Pratchett, Pyramids. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine at ... Sat May 5 19:14:49 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:14:49 -0000 Subject: Greenwich on Saturday 26th In-Reply-To: <000a01c0d56e$fdffea20$e03670c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9d1jf9+hceq@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Neil Ward" wrote: Catherine - do you have > any recommendations? > Neil I have to say that the Trafalgar Tavern is one of my favourites - an ex boyfriend used to play in a jazz trio there a few years ago, so it holds some happy memories. However, unless it's a nice day and you can go outside, last time I went in there it was a bit on the dingy side. If you walk further along the river, away from Greenwich, you come to the Cutty Sark pub, which is better. It has seating outside, overlooking the river, is quite an old, picturesque, traditional looking pub, and during the day it isn't as busy as those in the middle of Greenwich, as they are always packed full of tourists and market-goers. (It is confusing that this is the pub called the Cutty Sark, when it is nowhere near - the nearest pub to the Cutty Sark is the Gypsy Moth, which is OK but a bit plastic.) So, the Cutty Sark is the one I would arrange for a relatively civilised and peaceful drink. It isn't far at all from the centre of Greenwich, and the walk to it along the river is quite pleasant. Catherine BTW: You want us to confirm - I'll be there! From hamster8 at ... Thu May 10 12:25:31 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:25:31 -0000 Subject: Greenwich on Saturday 26th In-Reply-To: <9d1jf9+hceq@...> Message-ID: <9de1br+cht7@...> I will be there ... a quelle heure? Someone mentioned Brighton as a good get-away from London. It's certainly the nearest resort - forty minutes or so by fast train from Victoria ... about an hour fifteen (or thereabouts) on a stopper from Kings Cross City Thameslink via East Croydon, Gatwick, Haywards Heath then Brighton - if you find the right train, the wizarding one takes ten minutes and goes from Platform 10 5/8 (between Platforms 11 and 12) - and driving is usually a doddle, unless you're coming in at the weekend during the summer, when it gets hellish. I'll be in London for the 26th, obviously, but if there are moves afoot for any Americans in the area to head out to the beach for a day, then I'm in Brighton until June 29th ... and as long as nobody bothers me between June 16th and 22nd (exam revision) then I'm free. A thought just occured to me, if Yael's tour fancies heading down here on one of the London days - the pier is great for small children and little beachside cafes abound. It's a thought, and an embryonic one at that, and there is plenty to see and do in London without taking time to head out of the city. Anyway, a thought, maybe. Al From neilward at ... Thu May 10 12:33:20 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:33:20 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Greenwich on Saturday 26th References: <9de1br+cht7@...> Message-ID: <000601c0d94d$83bbb540$0b3770c2@c5s910j> > I will be there ... a quelle heure? I think I suggested 1pm at the Cutty Sark (the ship not the pub). Is that okay for everyone? Say if it isn't. Neil From ldenell at ... Thu May 10 17:00:17 2001 From: ldenell at ... (ldenell at ...) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:00:17 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Greenwich on Saturday 26th Message-ID: The Cutty Sark at 1 pm sounds great. Excitement over the trip is about to reach a fever pitch at our house, with seven days of work and school yet to slog through -- May 19th (our departure date) can't arrive too soon. The 26th will be a highlight of the trip :) - Linda -----Original Message----- From: Neil Ward [mailto:neilward at ...] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:33 AM To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [HPFGU-London] Re: Greenwich on Saturday 26th > I will be there ... a quelle heure? I think I suggested 1pm at the Cutty Sark (the ship not the pub). Is that okay for everyone? Say if it isn't. Neil Yahoo! Groups Sponsor www.debticated.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebonyink at ... Fri May 11 04:30:47 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 04:30:47 -0000 Subject: Eb in England--Update Message-ID: <9dfptn+dcem@...> Two good things have happened in the past 24 hours... My spring/summer financial aid statement arrived in the mail. Looks like my university thinks summering in England's a grand idea. And I've just booked and purchased my plane ticket! Here's my itinerary in brief: 30 June 2001 Leave US (Chicago O'Hare), 5 p.m. Central Time (6 EST) 1 July 2001 Arrive UK (London Heathrow), 7 a.m. GMT Once I get to London, my luggage and I must get to Oxford. The program coordinators are giving us TOO much information... the only thing they told us not to do was to take a cab! I quote from our latest memo: "From Heathrow there are scheduled buses (airport link X80 or X70-- about 9 pounds sterling) to Oxford (about an hour). If times are inconvenient, you may take the subway into Victoria Station in London and proceed to the VICTORIA COACH STATION three blocks away to catch an Express bus to Oxford (#190), about an hour and a quarter ride. If both of these routes are inconvenient for some reason, you can take a bus to Reading (pronounced "Redding"), one about every 30 minutes, that takes you to the Reading Train depot where you can catch a quick train to Oxford. Any of these trips will cost about twelve pounds sterling." WHAT? (Very Important Note: The first rule of giving Stupid American Tourists directions is this. DON'T GIVE US TOO MUCH INFORMATION! My body is going to feel like it's 2 a.m. when I get there as it is--I'm not a night person--I want the no-brainer route. And then there's my luggage to think of!) I need suggestions, bit-by-bit details, etc. Help, please. After that, I'll be in residence at Corpus Christi College for six weeks. Lectures in the mornings, afternoons will be used for class- related travel and study, and most evenings and weekends will be free. On the first Saturday I'm there (7 July) I've opted to take an "Ancient Britain" tour with my group--we're going to see Stonehenge and a couple other really old places. Wednesdays are our group travel days. We're going to London twice, Stratford twice, Bath once, and Warwick Castle once. Depending upon how I feel, I may opt for the 28 July (Sat) group trip to Hampton Court Palace as well. According to our listserv, several group members are planning weekend side trips to Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam... some alumni of the Detroit/Oakland Corpus Christi program made it all the way to Rome and back last year before class resumed on Monday. My funds are not limitless, so I'm not sure if I can afford to do much traveling outside of the UK. I trust God will let me see Paris and Amsterdam in His time... it's not all that pressing. Other than that, my time is my own. So these are my questions: 1) Where can I get my hair braided? I know I asked this a couple of months ago, but now I really need to know. I can't go six weeks without doing my hair. 2) I've read Neil's advice re: cheap eats. I need to know the cheapest way to buy *everything*... we're on our own on the weekends as far as food is concerned, I'm on a budget, and I have a zillion souvenirs I must bring back for family and friends. In addition, I'll need to purchase texts and odds and ends like washing powder. And your pound seems to beat the stuffing out of our poor dollar... I was horrified when I realized that it currently takes $1.60 to make a single pound! Too bad you guys don't have the equivalent of our big discount superstores... I could sure use one this summer. 3) Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of you! I'll post other stuff as I think of it. Meanwhile, I'm putting this e-group on individual e-mails. Thanks in advance, Ebony From dwe199 at ... Fri May 11 13:15:24 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 13:15:24 -0000 Subject: Eb in England--Update In-Reply-To: <9dfptn+dcem@...> Message-ID: <9dgolc+q8fv@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Ebony AKA AngieJ" wrote: > (Very Important Note: The first rule of giving Stupid American > Tourists directions is this. DON'T GIVE US TOO MUCH INFORMATION! My > body is going to feel like it's 2 a.m. when I get there as it is-- I'm > not a night person--I want the no-brainer route. And then there's my > luggage to think of!) > > I need suggestions, bit-by-bit details, etc. Help, please. Just go to the railtrack website trains enquiry page (http://212.87.65.227/bin/query.exe/en) and tap in the details of you journey (Starting Station London, Heathrow - Destination station, Oxford, date (dd/mm/yy) and time of travel and it'll come up with a few options for you. There are trains from Heathrow to Oxford with 1 change at Reading, takes about 2 hours. You can buy a ticket at the station at Heathrow, just ask for "a single to Oxford" which'll take you all the way, and they'll do the business for you. > 2) I've read Neil's advice re: cheap eats. I need to know the > cheapest way to buy *everything*... we're on our own on the weekends > as far as food is concerned, I'm on a budget, and I have a zillion > souvenirs I must bring back for family and friends. In addition, > I'll need to purchase texts and odds and ends like washing powder. > And your pound seems to beat the stuffing out of our poor dollar... I > was horrified when I realized that it currently takes $1.60 to make a > single pound! > > Too bad you guys don't have the equivalent of our big discount > superstores... I could sure use one this summer. Asda's the cheapest, it's owned by Walmart and has saved many student lives. I dunno if there's one in Oxford, I'm sure Simon can help you out there. > 3) Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite > plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of > you! I'm sure we can all have a meet up at some point in July. I have no commitments aside from the daily grind of cash amassment. Dai From simon at ... Fri May 11 14:16:57 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 15:16:57 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Eb in England--Update In-Reply-To: <9dgolc+q8fv@...> Message-ID: Eb: <<<(Very Important Note: The first rule of giving Stupid American Tourists directions is this. DON'T GIVE US TOO MUCH INFORMATION! My body is going to feel like it's 2 a.m. when I get there as it is--I'm not a night person--I want the no-brainer route. And then there's my luggage to think of!) I need suggestions, bit-by-bit details, etc. Help, please.>>> Dai: <<>> NO! Do not try and use the train. Buses between Oxford and London or Heathrow are very good and are a much better option than the train. I am not sure which terminal you will arrive at but the bus picks up from both terminal 4 and the main Heathrow bus station. Buses leave every 30 minutes. On the hour and half hour from the main bus station (between terminals 1,2 and 3) and 10 minutes after this from terminal 4 bus stop. Using the bus you will not have to change. The cost of this is ?11 for a single and ?14 for an open-ended return. If you are going directly to CCC (Corpus Christi College) and are happy with a few hundred-metre walk then get off on the high street (the driver *should* tell you when you are there). Else go all the way to the bus station and get a taxi back to CCC. It all depends on how much luggage you have. http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/maps/mainmap.shtml is a map of central Oxford. If my memory serves me correctly then the bus stops just outside the number 34 (which is the high street). Eb: <<>> Dai: <<>> Central Oxford is crap for supermarkets. There is a small Sainsbury's in the Westgate Centre (next to the church that is next to Pembroke College (centre bottom of the map mentioned above)). There is also the covered market, which sells food and other stuff for comparable prices to the supermarket (but the cafes and sandwich shops in there are quite expensive (even if they do serve really good food and drink)). The covered market is a few minutes walk from CCC and is findable between the High Street, Market Street, Turl Street and Cornmarket Street. I rarely eat out in Oxford so do not really know about any of the restaurants. Several of the pubs do good food. Good drink as well ;) Eb: <<< Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of you!>>> Dai: <<>> July sounds fine to me. I will be job hunting (or possibly about to start a job - if things go well) so can find time to visit the city where I have spent so much time recently. Eb: <<>> I went to Warwick Castle last weekend. A very nice place. Avoiding going to Bath this weekend. Revision is a very good reason not to do something that you do not want to do. Just keep asking the questions and I will try to answer. With the exception of the hair question, which I have no answer for (or at least no acceptable answers). Simon (an appropriate quote in the circumstances) -- Dominus Illuminatio Mea ... "The Lord is my light, and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" Psalm 27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dwe199 at ... Fri May 11 14:51:41 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:51:41 -0000 Subject: Eb in England--Update In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9dgu9t+brpk@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Simon" wrote: > NO! Do not try and use the train. Buses between Oxford and London or Heathrow > are very good and are a much better option than the train. I'd have to disagree. Taking the bus means navigating either London or the M25 traffic. The train just goes straight through. The trains have been bad in the last year, but that's almost completely sorted out now. Especially busy tracks like the ones we're descussing. Occasionally you get the odd disruption (like my experience on the HP4GU london meet in March), but they are few and far between. I'd definately say take the train. Dai From simon at ... Fri May 11 15:23:12 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:23:12 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Eb in England--Update In-Reply-To: <9dgu9t+brpk@...> Message-ID: Me: <<>> Dai: <<< I'd have to disagree. Taking the bus means navigating either London or the M25 traffic. The train just goes straight through. The trains have been bad in the last year, but that's almost completely sorted out now. Especially busy tracks like the ones we're descussing. Occasionally you get the odd disruption (like my experience on the HP4GU london meet in March), but they are few and far between. I'd definately say take the train.>>> To take the train from Heathrow to Oxford involves changing at Reading and a two-hour journey. To take the bus involves no changes and a 1-1/2 hour journey (possibly rising to 2 hours in the rush hour). If I were doing the journey, especially with lots of luggage, I would take the bus. The drivers on the bus are more helpful with loading and unloading your stuff. Also there are usually free papers on the bus. The rush hour traffic is not that bad and getting through it does not take too long (also you are not having to do anything on the bus - you just get on at one end and off at the other). Simon -- "I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did." - Terry Pratchett --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From michelleapostolides at ... Fri May 11 17:44:49 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 18:44:49 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Eb in England--Update References: <9dfptn+dcem@...> Message-ID: <00ba01c0da42$145cd9e0$1c3c7bd5@tmeltcds> "From Heathrow there are scheduled buses (airport link X80 or X70-- about 9 pounds sterling) to Oxford (about an hour). If times are inconvenient, WHAT? I agree with the boys, take the coach from the airport. On the first Saturday I'm there (7 July) I've opted to take an "Ancient Britain" tour with my group--we're going to see Stonehenge and a couple other really old places. OOh wow. Not seen Stonehenge myself. According to our listserv, several group members are planning weekend side trips to Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam... I trust God will let me see Paris and Amsterdam in His time... it's not all that pressing. Dublin is the best of those, to my mind. Other than that, my time is my own. So these are my questions: 1) Where can I get my hair braided? I know I asked this a couple of months ago, but now I really need to know. I can't go six weeks without doing my hair. I have no ides. Will ask around but I'm not promising. Too bad you guys don't have the equivalent of our big discount superstores... I could sure use one this summer. 3) Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of you! Just tell me when and I'll be there. Have a nippy little Micra...will travel !! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From insanus_scottus at ... Sat May 12 02:52:52 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 02:52:52 -0000 Subject: Ebony (and Scott) in England In-Reply-To: <9dfptn+dcem@...> Message-ID: <9di8i4+8cjp@...> Hi everybody! I'm so excited for you Ebony! Here's my itinerary in brief: "30 June 2001 Leave US (Chicago O'Hare), 5 p.m. Central Time (6 EST) 1 July 2001 Arrive UK (London Heathrow), 7 a.m. GMT" --I fly into the UK (Gatwick) at 7ish (in the am) on June 30th, and depart July 29th. Since I'm a minor I'm a bit more restricted than Eb, but still want to meet. I just need a responsible adult to sign me out of the programme I'm in. (Responsible adults in this group? Hmmm...) ;-) Anyways I can probably work something out without having to try and burden anyone. I'll be staying at either Corpus Christi, Pembroke, or St. Peter's but will not find that out until early June. I also know that there will probably be trips to various museums in London and Oxford etc., and I know we're supposed to visit Lord Saye and Sele (I think. Is that name familar anyone?) for dinner(?). I won't get an exact schedule until I get there though. "According to our listserv, several group members are planning weekend side trips to Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam... some alumni of the Detroit/Oakland Corpus Christi program made it all the way to Rome and back last year before class resumed on Monday. My funds are not limitless, so I'm not sure if I can afford to do much traveling outside of the UK. I trust God will let me see Paris and Amsterdam in His time... it's not all that pressing." --Have I ever mentioned I didn't like Paris? (I'm sure I have) I don't think it's that long a trip if you take the chunnel. By all means though if you can get to Italy take me too! (Hey! I threw a coin in the Trevi fountain...) I fell in love with the place when I was there last year. I understand that it's a bit of a stretch (funds and time) to go to Italy for the weekend but it sure is fun. "In addition, I'll need to purchase texts and odds and ends like washing powder. And your pound seems to beat the stuffing out of our poor dollar... I was horrified when I realized that it currently takes $1.60 to make a single pound!" --I don't care how much I travel in the future I don't think I'll ever get used to foreign currency. It's so confusing. It's probably easier if you don't even try to understand it. (Hey Britons! Was it that hard you coming to the US?) 3) Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of you! --Like I said I'm up for whatever. Just let me know! Scott From hamster8 at ... Sat May 12 14:14:17 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 14:14:17 -0000 Subject: Ebony (and Scott) in England In-Reply-To: <9di8i4+8cjp@...> Message-ID: <9djgfp+f9k0@...> "30 June 2001 Leave US (Chicago O'Hare), 5 p.m. Central Time (6 EST) 1 July 2001 Arrive UK (London Heathrow), 7 a.m. GMT" I would say get the bus ... without question. You will be jet- lagged ... you will NOT be feeling up to changing trains. Trust me on this, when I flew home from Toronto last summer it was awful, and I only live 10 miles or so from Heathrow. "According to our listserv, several group members are planning weekend side trips to Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam... some alumni of the Detroit/Oakland Corpus Christi program made it all the way to Rome and back last year before class resumed on Monday. My funds are not limitless, so I'm not sure if I can afford to do much traveling outside of the UK. I trust God will let me see Paris and Amsterdam in His time... it's not all that pressing." Made it to Rome?? Best option for weekenders to Europe would be a bus down to Heathrow, and airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet (cheap, no-frills, no-food) will get you there for around ?49.00 - which I think is somewhere in the region of 90 bucks at the minute. Eb - it's important for you to resist the temptation to see *absolutely* everything. Coming from such an impossibly vast country as you do, many Americans over here think nothing of swinging through five countries in as many days, ending up with the vague impression that the Eiffel Tower is somewhere in the neighbourhood of St Peters or la Sagrada Familia (which, by US standards, they are) and suffer some sort of national monument overload. The UK packs 58 million people (approx 1/4 of the States) into an area about the size of Florida - with attractions and things to see and do for *all* these people. There is a lot to do - you will certainly not get bored. And living as I do, five minutes walk from Hampton Court Palace, I must recommend you see it. Incredible gardens (which I can get into free, with a local resident's pass *vbeg*). I'd recommend you try out Paris if you get the urge - but don't feel pressured. Amsterdam is a different matter entirely. Whatever you do, avoid the following like the plague - Brussels (dull dull dull) Malaga (you won't get this far ... but it's a complete dump) Gibraltar (ditto Malaga) Slough Milton Keynes (this is a new city, built in the 1960s to be a well- planned, clean, safe, leafy and generally pleasant place to live. For some reason, many Britons find this amusing. Has the worst shopping mall in Europe ... allegedly, though is possibly outclassed by The Pavillions Centre in Uxbridge) Scott said Paris isn't that far by Chunnel ... true, it's only 3 hours by Eurostar from Waterloo International ... but to get there from Oxford would require you to negotiate the London Underground. "In addition, I'll need to purchase texts and odds and ends like washing powder. And your pound seems to beat the stuffing out of our poor dollar... I was horrified when I realized that it currently takes $1.60 to make a single pound!" You'll be fine *g* Scott hinted ... "I don't care how much I travel in the future I don't think I'll ever get used to foreign currency. It's so confusing. It's probably easier if you don't even try to understand it. (Hey Britons! Was it that hard you coming to the US?)" 100 pennies to a pound ... 100 cents to a dollar ... exactly where is the confusion occuring here? Or am I missing something? Coming to the US, it was easy ... just worked in dollars the moment I got off the plane. Try not to think about what it's costing you in dollars - pretend you are actually working with dollars (don't work with dollars, cos shopkeepers won't thank you for it). This is only my advice, however, I have legendarily bad financial acumen, and obviously it works differently for Brits going Stateside (how d'you guys keep it so *cheap*) and I should probably be ignored. "Any chance of meeting any UK listies? It's time to make definite plans... I've met Penny already, so it's time to meet some more of you!" Like we'd let you stay here for six weeks and *not* meet up??? Al *One Tokyo shopping bag displayed a disturbing, though strangely comforting lack of geographical precision. A picture of yachts sailing on a clear blue sea was accompanied by the legend, 'Switzerland: Seaside City.'* From insanus_scottus at ... Sat May 12 15:48:30 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 15:48:30 -0000 Subject: Foot and Mouth Message-ID: <9djm0e+a1df@...> Luggage in tow and ready to go! Well not quite :-), but as exciting as the prospect of summer in England is I've been wondering if the the Foot and Mouth outbreak is still running rampant throughout the country as it has been for the past serveral months. There's not really any reason for me to believe its been put under control except it hasn't garnered as much US news time recently. There was a report about increased precautions at a local international airport where passengers flying in from London weren't being disinfected at all(!), but otherwise news has been scant. Is travel still being restricted? It certainly won't change my mind about going, but I am curious. Scott From michelleapostolides at ... Sat May 12 17:23:43 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:23:43 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Foot and Mouth References: <9djm0e+a1df@...> Message-ID: <003d01c0db08$4bab1b20$d35d063e@tmeltcds> Is travel still being restricted? It certainly won't change my mind about going, but I am curious. No, everyting is fine for tourists. There are only a few places not open. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebonyink at ... Sun May 13 17:18:31 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:18:31 -0000 Subject: From Heathrow to Oxford--An Update Message-ID: <9dmfl7+frua@...> Thanks for all the advice, everyone! Dai, Simon, Michelle, and Al-- you all gave excellent suggestions, and I want to thank you for being so cool about offering them. :-) It turns out that my mom's youngest brother decided yesterday that I should take a cab... which will be astronomically expensive, but he says he's perfectly willing to defray the cost. He lives in Chicago anyway, which is where I'll be taking off from. As my uncle's an exec for a web company and speaks fluent French and Arabic, his work necesitates travels abroad quite a bit. He vetoed the idea of me doing either the bus or the train with luggage for six weeks. (I'm notorious in our family for bringing everything but the kitchen sink whenever I leave town... including a bag full of books I cannot live without.) "You can take the bus on your way back home, because then you'll be a bit more oriented," he said. My aunt agreed: "Take the path of least resistance, hon... the faster you get there, the faster you can recover and sleep." Then again, I hear traffic in greater London is horrible... and I'll be arriving just before the morning rush hour, right? :-( As far as the hair thing is concerned, don't worry about it anymore. Once I get there, I can do my own research... and I just learned that the better African-American hair mags actually have addresses and phone numbers of salons abroad. Woo-hoo! And if that won't suffice, I can always shave my head bald as an egg and start a new trend when I return home. If I think of anything else soon, I'll let you guys know. --Ebony (whose uncle told her a lot of other funny stuff about his travels in Europe and North Africa, and made her feel a lot less anxious) From hamster8 at ... Mon May 14 11:20:44 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 11:20:44 -0000 Subject: Foot and Mouth In-Reply-To: <9djm0e+a1df@...> Message-ID: <9dof2c+pd7g@...> Scott - everything is fine. There never really *were* any general travel restrictions - it was footpaths and countryside attractions that were closed down. As I understand it, most of these things are now open again. My belief is that the media, both here and abroad blew the whole thing out of proportion. As in the States, we see nary a report about it anymore, suggesting they've gotten bored with it. Anyway, we've got a general election coming up, so all the news teams are out on the campaign trail. *eep, politics - veers back ontopic* And the only way you can possibly catch it is if you're planning to spend your summer heaving dead cows into burial pits - which I somehow doubt. Al From catherine at ... Thu May 24 19:55:56 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 19:55:56 -0000 Subject: Saturday 26th May. Message-ID: <9ejp0c+odeq@...> Hi everyone, Is the meet on Saturday still on?? Just checking... Catherine From michelleapostolides at ... Sun Jun 24 23:51:24 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:51:24 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Saturday 26th May. References: <9ejp0c+odeq@...> Message-ID: <02c201c0fd08$947f24a0$7e55063e@tmeltcds> Yes, it's still on as far as I'm aware. Neil ? What time where ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neilward at ... Fri May 25 02:39:39 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 03:39:39 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Saturday 26th May. References: <9ejp0c+odeq@...> <02c201c0fd08$947f24a0$7e55063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <028301c0e4c3$f24f1ac0$913670c2@c5s910j> Hi everyone! Yes.... the meeting at Greewich is still on, and the plan was to meet next to The Cutty Sark (the actual ship, not the pub) at 1 o'clock on Saturday. Plans are fairly open, but I have checked that the official attractions are open, in case we want to go that route. It's possible to purchase an entry ticket, for about 12 (concessions available and kids go free, apart from the Cutty Sark), that covers the Cutty Sark, Maritime Museum, Old Observatory (that hill! It's a bit of a killer) and Queen's House. We could also just sit in the park, look at the markets (I think they're open on Saturdays), stare at the river, walk through the tunnel, and so on. Going to the pub that Catherine suggested might be nice, too. As it will be lunchtime, we could also think of getting something to eat and sitting in the park with it. As to who is coming to this meeting, I have:- US friends: *Linda, husband and 10-year old son *Anna (I think... Anna could you confirm whether or not you will be there?) UK people: *Michelle *Catherine *Al *Myself I'll post an Announcement to see if there are any later takers... I guess I'll be wearing something vaguely HP (a t-shirt), as an identifier, but there are pictures of me in the files section of the main club (and one with Michelle in it as well). Ignore the one of me as Snape - I don't really look like that and don't intend to use the Polyjuice Potion.. Michelle is the only person I've met before, so it would be helpful to have some pictures or descriptions of the rest of you posted here, if you have time before Saturday (I've left this request a bit late, eh?). IIRC, Linda won't have access to the list at the moment, and the same may be true for Anna. Al may be chewing a pencil in the exam room... I guess we'll spot each other though... we'll be the people in purple robes and pointed hats. Click on the "map" at this link to get your bearings, if needs be: http://www.pubs.com/trafse10.htm See you there! Neil ********** Michelle said: Yes, it's still on as far as I'm aware. Neil ? What time where ? From hamster8 at ... Fri May 25 14:11:00 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 14:11:00 -0000 Subject: Saturday 26th May. In-Reply-To: <028301c0e4c3$f24f1ac0$913670c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9elp5k+4bf4@...> Chewing a pencil in the exam room ... ha ... not till June 22nd for me. One exam, two hours long ... it's lovely being a lazy arts student, y'know. Descriptions ... ack, I've had my hair cut the other week, and I realised too late I left my glasses in Brighton (am back home @ the mo) so won't look much like Harry anymore - short bloke ... short dark hair ... that's me. I was going to get some sort of identifier ... but I guess I'll just look out for the purple robes, as Neil said. Do overground trains go from Waterloo East to Greenwich? Al *The cookie shall consist of two round cakes with a layer of filling between them. The weight of the cookie shall be not less than 21.5 grams and filling weight not less than 6.4 grams. The base cakes shall be uniformly baked with a color ranging from not lighter than chip 27885 or not darker than chip 13711 ... The color comparisons shall be made under north sky daylight with the objects held in such a way as to avoid specular refractance ... Pentagon Department of Food Procurement, spec. for a 'regulation Type 2 sandwich cookie.'* From catherine at ... Fri May 25 15:14:57 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:14:57 -0000 Subject: Saturday 26th May. In-Reply-To: <9elp5k+4bf4@...> Message-ID: <9elsth+akki@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote: > Do overground trains go from Waterloo East to Greenwich? > > Al > Yes, they do - only as it's a Saturday, you'd be wise to check - as there are often engineering works which means one or other of the lines are affected. If they aren't running, you can get a train to Lewisham, and either get on docklands to Greenwich, or get a 180 or 199 bus from the bus station down the hill from the railway station (there's also a cabrank if you're feeling flush!) As for descriptions: Myself: About 5'6", very curly brown hair, no real distinguishing features... well that narrows it down, doesn't it?! I guess I'm just going to have to rely on recognising Neil from the photos I've just looked up... Catherine From simon at ... Fri May 25 19:18:09 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:18:09 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Saturday 26th May. In-Reply-To: <9elp5k+4bf4@...> Message-ID: Al: <<>> Not being a lazy arts student (am lazy, just don't study an arts subject) I have to get some work done. It would have been cool to meet you all, but alas this time it is not to be. Hope you all have fun in London. Simon -- "When you don't know what to do, get moving. Make a mistake if you must; just move! If you make a mistake you can correct it, but you'll never get anywhere if you don't start." Arikan - Emerald House Rising by Peg Kerr --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From michelleapostolides at ... Tue Jun 26 21:05:36 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:05:36 +0100 Subject: Had a great time today Message-ID: <003a01c0fe83$c0d613c0$af357bd5@tmeltcds> Just to say a big THANKS to Neil, Catherine, Al and Linda. Had a great time meeting you all today and hope I wasn't too slow walking up the hill to he Observatory. Ebs and Scott - please keep us informed as to your schedule. can't wait to see you in Oxford !! Michelle From neilward at ... Sun May 27 05:14:25 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 06:14:25 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Had a great time today References: <003a01c0fe83$c0d613c0$af357bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <002901c0e66b$e676ac00$953670c2@c5s910j> Michelle said: > Just to say a big THANKS to Neil, Catherine, Al and Linda. Had a great > time meeting you all today and hope I wasn't too slow walking up the > hill to he Observatory. > > Ebs and Scott - please keep us informed as to your schedule. can't wait > to see you in Oxford !! > > Michelle I doubt that anyone wanted to move more quickly up that hill than we did, Michelle! Thanks to all from me, too. I enjoyed meeting up with everyone and seeing the some of the museums of Greenwich(despite the fact that I've lived a couple of miles from there for the last 18 years, I'd never been before). I particularly liked the timepieces in the Observatory and the South Pole exhibition at the Maritime Museum. It's a pity the weather was *so* good - it was the wrong sort of day for looking around museums, really! Linda, I hope you managed to find somewhere to eat in Greenwich that evening, and that you all had a safe journey back to the US. Neil From catherine at ... Sun May 27 13:05:28 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 13:05:28 -0000 Subject: Had a great time today In-Reply-To: <003a01c0fe83$c0d613c0$af357bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9equ2o+dhhd@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" wrote: > Just to say a big THANKS to Neil, Catherine, Al and Linda. Had a great > time meeting you all today and hope I wasn't too slow walking up the > hill to he Observatory. > > Ebs and Scott - please keep us informed as to your schedule. can't wait > to see you in Oxford !! > > Michelle I would also like to add my thanks - especially as Michelle, Al and Linda had so much further to travel than Neil and I. It was great to put some faces (and voices) to what I read. Michelle - of course you weren't too slow walking up to the Observatory - it was good to take it nice and easy - that way no one collapses by the time they get to the top (which my husband does nearly every week!). Sorry I had to rush off - would have been nice to stick around a bit longer. Never mind, there's always next time! Catherine From annabean77 at ... Mon May 28 13:21:36 2001 From: annabean77 at ... (Anna Weber) Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:21:36 -0500 Subject: meeting Message-ID: Hello to all- Glad to hear that Sat. was fun, sorry I could not join you! I had to pick a friend up from Heathrow and introduce her to the sights of London and the tube system...I am also sorry I did not get back to you earlier, still suffering from my immediate lack of internet access and too lazy and broke to regularly trek down to the nearest cafe. My first two weeks (as of wednesday, ahh!!)in London have definately been a whirlwind but I am having a terrific time. If there are other meetings planned during the summer, I will do my best to make it! Anna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From insanus_scottus at ... Wed Jun 6 18:26:43 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 18:26:43 -0000 Subject: Scott in England & July meeting Message-ID: <9flsl3+ho8a@...> Before I know it I'll be in merry Olde England! (hehehe...) So here's what I know. I arrive at Gatwick on June the 30th at 6:55 am. The program I'm attending, The Oxford Tradition (http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com if anyone's interested), will pick me up and transport me to Oxford via private coach. So I'll actually arrive sometime in the afternoon. I'm going to be staying at Pembroke college. I know that we want to meet sometime in July, and as far as I know I should be able to come, but I won't get the final calender until I arrive, and then as far as I know I won't have e-mail access except for using an internet cafe. This is obviously not great for me, but I think that if we go ahead and decide on a date I'll try to make sure it works into the schedule. I don't think there will be a problem unless if it's the same day as a trip to London, or a guest lecturer or something. Well that's about it, but I will let you guys know of any more updates. Scott From ebonyink at ... Wed Jun 6 20:40:13 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony Elizabeth Thomas) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:40:13 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Scott in England & July meeting Message-ID: Hi, Scott-- I'll be at Corpus Christi--you'll be right up the street from me! I'll arrive on July 1, sometime in the morning. I'm not sure how structured your program is... other than mandatory class attendance, our time is our own. We also have 24 hour computer lab access (Internet included), so I'll be able to keep in touch. When do you leave? I fly home on August 11... --Ebony AKA AngieJ >From: "Scott" >Reply-To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com >To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com >Subject: [HPFGU-London] Scott in England & July meeting >Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 18:26:43 -0000 > >Before I know it I'll be in merry Olde England! (hehehe...) So here's >what I know. I arrive at Gatwick on June the 30th at 6:55 am. The >program I'm attending, The Oxford Tradition >(http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com if anyone's interested), will pick >me up and transport me to Oxford via private coach. So I'll actually >arrive sometime in the afternoon. I'm going to be staying at Pembroke >college. > >I know that we want to meet sometime in July, and as far as I know I >should be able to come, but I won't get the final calender until I >arrive, and then as far as I know I won't have e-mail access except >for using an internet cafe. This is obviously not great for me, but I >think that if we go ahead and decide on a date I'll try to make sure >it works into the schedule. I don't think there will be a problem >unless if it's the same day as a trip to London, or a guest lecturer >or something. > >Well that's about it, but I will let you guys know of any more >updates. > >Scott > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From hamster8 at ... Thu Jun 7 10:58:56 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:58:56 -0000 Subject: Scott in England & July meeting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9fnmpg+pani@...> A couple of pointers ... 'Merry Olde England' is definitely out. Don't go around saying 'welle here y ame inne ye olde pubbe' because ... well ... just because. Likewise, no comments about being able to 'eat' our accents *vbg* >From Tuesday July 10th to Tuesday July 17th I will be enjoying the craic in Dublin with some schoolfriends. I would assume we're going for a weekend meeting here, as it'd be easier on those of us who work. So - basically, any weekend other than the 14th and 15th of July, I'm more than happy with - and now I have to convince Sainsbury's to give me Saturdays off. Which could well be hard. Am I right in assuming this'd be an Oxford meet? The easiest place for me would be a Hampton Court Palace meet ... but I rather suspect *that* won't happen. I may well have the use of a car, incidentally. Looking forward already! Al From neilward at ... Thu Jun 7 17:00:21 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:00:21 -0000 Subject: Scott in England & July meeting In-Reply-To: <9fnmpg+pani@...> Message-ID: <9fobv5+aaeb@...> Al said: <> I'm likely to be abroad at the beginning and end of July, so I'd prefer something in the middle. I propose the weekend of 21st/22nd July, but perhaps 7th/8th is a possibility. <> I reckon so, although I imagine Ebony and Scott would enjoy a meeting in Merrye Olde Londinium as well. I think I should be forced to travel somewhere outside London next time, since I've wangled meetings near my office and my flat, respectively, on the last two occasions. Neil From ldenell at ... Thu Jun 7 18:34:48 2001 From: ldenell at ... (ldenell at ...) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:34:48 -0000 Subject: back in Wisconsin Message-ID: <9fohg8+lqbu@...> Hello everyone - We made it back to the States with no trouble, save that we all wanted to extend the holiday :) Somewhere in the horror that was my e-mail inbox after 2+ weeks of neglect I spotted messages from the group members who met us in Greenwich the last Saturday in May. What a lovely group of people. Mike, Noah, and especially I had a wonderful time meeting you. It was difficult, though, because I wanted to chat about all things Potter but am too much the eager tourist that I didn't want to miss the sights. A bit of advice to Ebony and Scott and any others who are visiting this summer -- plan much more time than you might currently expect to spend with our UK friends. You'll be glad for the opportunity. Thanks to Neil, Catherine, Michelle, and Alex for a terrific afternoon. Hope we can do it again in the not-too-distant future. - Linda P.S. to Neil - we found a great Indian restaurant for dinner that night. I'd tell you the name if I could only remember it... :) From yael_pou at ... Thu Jun 7 20:53:01 2001 From: yael_pou at ... (yael-pou) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:53:01 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] back in Wisconsin References: <9fohg8+lqbu@...> Message-ID: Well, back in Israel. I'm so sorry to have missed you all, but the beautiful things we saw instead *almost* make up for it. I hope I'll have a chance to be back in Britain some time soon, and maybe be able to attend another gathering. Chances are slim, though. If any one of you thinks about coming over to Israel... Give me a call. Thanks, Yael ----- Original Message ----- From: ldenell at ... Hello everyone - We made it back to the States with no trouble, save that we all wanted to extend the holiday :) Somewhere in the horror that was my e-mail inbox after 2+ weeks of neglect I spotted messages from the group members who met us in Greenwich the last Saturday in May. What a lovely group of people. Mike, Noah, and especially I had a wonderful time meeting you. It was difficult, though, because I wanted to chat about all things Potter but am too much the eager tourist that I didn't want to miss the sights. A bit of advice to Ebony and Scott and any others who are visiting this summer -- plan much more time than you might currently expect to spend with our UK friends. You'll be glad for the opportunity. Thanks to Neil, Catherine, Michelle, and Alex for a terrific afternoon. Hope we can do it again in the not-too-distant future. - Linda P.S. to Neil - we found a great Indian restaurant for dinner that night. 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Either date is good for me, so I guess you guys can make that decision. Let me know. Scott From dwe199 at ... Wed Jun 20 20:52:58 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:52:58 -0000 Subject: July meeting In-Reply-To: <9gqo22+229f@...> Message-ID: <9gr2fa+vqbj@...> I'd prefer 7th or 8th. I won't be able to make the 21st/22nd, 'cause I'll be in the US visiting Sinead. So, shall we have a show of hands? Dai --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Scott" wrote: > The July meeting is coming up soon. Are we trying to decide between > the 7th and 8th, or the 21st and 22nd? Either date is good for me, so > I guess you guys can make that decision. > > Let me know. > > Scott From dwe199 at ... Wed Jun 20 20:52:59 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:52:59 -0000 Subject: July meeting In-Reply-To: <9gqo22+229f@...> Message-ID: <9gr2fb+g8p3@...> I'd prefer 7th or 8th. I won't be able to make the 21st/22nd, 'cause I'll be in the US visiting Sinead. So, shall we have a show of hands? Dai --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Scott" wrote: > The July meeting is coming up soon. Are we trying to decide between > the 7th and 8th, or the 21st and 22nd? Either date is good for me, so > I guess you guys can make that decision. > > Let me know. > > Scott From michelleapostolides at ... Wed Jun 20 21:05:03 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:05:03 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting References: <9gr2fa+vqbj@...> Message-ID: <00ba01c0f9cc$aef1ca20$fd287bd5@tmeltcds> I'd prefer 7th or 8th. I won't be able to make the 21st/22nd, 'cause I'll be in the US visiting Sinead. So, shall we have a show of hands? Just let me know soon. I have other things to work around our meeting. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebonyink at ... Wed Jun 20 23:24:57 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony Elizabeth Thomas) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 23:24:57 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting Message-ID: Hello-- The 7th is bad for me, as I'll be on tour with my group that day. I am okay with Sunday the 8th if we are meeting in Oxford or vicinity. I'd much rather the weekend of the 21st-22nd if we must go to London. Take care, Ebony >From: "Dai Evans" >Reply-To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com >To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com >Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting >Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:52:59 -0000 > >I'd prefer 7th or 8th. I won't be able to make the 21st/22nd, 'cause >I'll be in the US visiting Sinead. So, shall we have a show of hands? > > >Dai > > >--- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Scott" wrote: > > The July meeting is coming up soon. Are we trying to decide between > > the 7th and 8th, or the 21st and 22nd? Either date is good for me, >so > > I guess you guys can make that decision. > > > > Let me know. > > > > Scott > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From insanus_scottus at ... Thu Jun 21 01:47:10 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:47:10 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010621014710.47212.qmail@...> --- Ebony wrote: "The 7th is bad for me, as I'll be on tour with my group that day. I am okay with Sunday the 8th if we are meeting in Oxford or vicinity; I'd much rather the weekend of the 21st-22nd if we must go to London" --Sundays would be better than saturdays for me, so the 8th would be ok for an Oxford meet. If we are opting for the London meet, and it would be ok with me if Ebony doesn't mind signing me out of the program, then I'd say the 21st-22nd as well. I'll work either weekend into my schedule the best I can, but Oxford *would* be easier. Scott ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From neilward at ... Thu Jun 21 03:55:00 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 04:55:00 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting References: <20010621014710.47212.qmail@...> Message-ID: <002501c0fa05$f27f8dc0$c33570c2@c5s910j> I'd prefer 21st/22nd, but I could make Sunday 8th in Oxford. Neil From hamster8 at ... Thu Jun 21 09:45:59 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:45:59 -0000 Subject: July meeting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9gsfon+inpq@...> Eb ... "The 7th is bad for me, as I'll be on tour with my group that day. I am okay with Sunday the 8th if we are meeting in Oxford or vicinity. I'd much rather the weekend of the 21st-22nd if we must go to London." Shall we say Sunday 8th, then. We will have to move quickly, as I'll be getting my work hours from Sainsbury's before very much longer, so will need to change stuff around if they make me work Sunday (I can get off of work, I just need to give them warning) ... if not then 21st or 22nd is fine too. Basically, any weekend save the weekend of the 14th or 15th, when I'll be in Dublin, are brilliant! For the record, I will have the use of a car (yippeee! ... haven't driven in *months*) so getting to Oxford shouldn't be a problem, though given I am deeply scared of driving on motorways, I just might have to go by bus. How do buses to Oxford look on Sundays??? But can we reach a consensus *soonish*? Ta! Looking forward already ... Al From ebonyink at ... Thu Jun 21 16:50:03 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:50:03 -0000 Subject: July meeting In-Reply-To: <9gsfon+inpq@...> Message-ID: <9gt8jr+p8tv@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., hamster8 at h... wrote: > > > Shall we say Sunday 8th, then. We will have to move quickly, as I'll > be getting my work hours from Sainsbury's before very much longer, so > will need to change stuff around if they make me work Sunday (I can > get off of work, I just need to give them warning) ... if not then > 21st or 22nd is fine too. Basically, any weekend save the weekend of > the 14th or 15th, when I'll be in Dublin, are brilliant! The 8th is definitely best for me... I can't guarantee I'll be available the 21st/22nd, as I do plan to visit Edinburgh sometime in July during one weekend around that time and must travel to London for braids during another. Besides, the earlier in my sojourn we meet up the better--not only am I looking eagerly forward to the meet, you can clue us in on the ropes to skip and the ropes to know as far as tourist things are concerned. Now, for a time and place... I vote early afternoon. I can't recommend a place, but I do have my Oxford guide... any suggestions? (Actually, Simon would probably be the best one to suggest, right?) --Ebony AKA AngieJ From neilward at ... Thu Jun 21 17:04:30 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:04:30 -0000 Subject: July meeting In-Reply-To: <9gt8jr+p8tv@...> Message-ID: <9gt9eu+e1e7@...> It looks like Sunday 8th July is the day, since everyone, so far, can make that date, surrogate parents or Sainsbury's allowing. How about meeting at 2pm, somewhere central (which Simon might suggest)? If we are agreed on this date and time, we can publicise the event to the rest of the list. Neil From simon at ... Thu Jun 21 17:09:16 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:09:16 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting In-Reply-To: <9gt9eu+e1e7@...> Message-ID: What sort of place would people like to meet in? Pub, cafe, park, ice cream? That date sounds fine to me. I can sort out directions and maps from bus and train station (plus from Eb and Scott colleges), but not until we finalise ideas. Simon -----Original Message----- From: Neil Ward [mailto:neilward at ...] Sent: 21 June 2001 18:05 To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting It looks like Sunday 8th July is the day, since everyone, so far, can make that date, surrogate parents or Sainsbury's allowing. How about meeting at 2pm, somewhere central (which Simon might suggest)? If we are agreed on this date and time, we can publicise the event to the rest of the list. Neil To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From michelleapostolides at ... Thu Jun 21 17:19:18 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:19:18 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: July meeting References: Message-ID: <002401c0fa76$4f792c00$a7427bd5@tmeltcds> What sort of place would people like to meet in? Pub, cafe, park, ice cream? That date sounds fine to me. I can sort out directions and maps from bus and train station (plus from Eb and Scott colleges), but not until we finalise ideas. Hi Sorry my last message was a bit curt. Yes I'll be there on the 8th, no probs. Simon, Can you suggest a suitable place to park please ? Since I've only just passed my test, a) I find it a hassle to find somewhere to park,so inside info would be welcome and b) I never drove to Oxford myself even though I was a student at Oxford Brookes for three out of four years, so know Oxford town centre quite well, but have no memory of it as a driver. Perhaps the park and ride, if it operates on a Sunday ? Al and Neil, if you want a lift, there is space in my car. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at ... Thu Jun 21 22:08:27 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:08:27 +0100 Subject: Oxford Meeting Message-ID: Hello Seemingly we have decided to meet in central Oxford at 2 pm on the 8th. I am still thinking about the best place to meet. Probably one of the 'tourist trap' pubs will be easiest for everyone to find. Central Oxford is about 15 minutes from the train station and 5 from the bus station (I think this is about right - I am a very quick walker if by myself). Depending on how late people are planning on staying I would guess dinner is also on the agenda. If so what type of things would people eat? Map of central Oxford: http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/maps/oxford.html Info about getting to Oxford: http://www.oxford.gov.uk/oxford/tourism.nsf/pages/GettingtoOxford.html Getting to Oxford (assuming you are starting in London): Driving in the centre of Oxford is difficult and there are few places to park. If you do manage to find on street parking then there is a fair chance it will be a fairly long walk from the city centre. The park and ride info is at: http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/ and map at: http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/P&Rmap.jpg. Thornhill has buses going to it until 9:30 pm at night. This is the latest that the park and ride operates on a Sunday. Cost is 1.50 return and 50 pence for parking. I have always found the bus to be easier than the train. There are two companies that do this route go 24 hours a day. http://www.stagecoach-oxford.co.uk/tube/ http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/london.html The two companies pick up from a variety of places (Victoria, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush (Kensington Hilton), Hillingdon (Batnard's Lodge Hotel)), with buses leaving about every 20 minutes during the middle of the day. A day return costs 8 (I think). Simon PS: I think the biggest problem I have at the moment is that I need to work out how to do the journey myself. From insanus_scottus at ... Fri Jun 22 00:43:56 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (Scott) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:43:56 -0000 Subject: Oxford Meeting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9gu4cc+ppia@...> Simon wrote: "Seemingly we have decided to meet in central Oxford at 2 pm on the 8th. I am still thinking about the best place to meet. Probably one of the 'tourist trap' pubs will be easiest for everyone to find." --This date and time is good for me too. (jots it down in calender) Great. I'm excited. As for where to meet, the easier the better! I'd like to think I have a good sense of direction (as long as there's a map handy), but I'd rather not get lost trying to put it to the test. ;-) "Depending on how late people are planning on staying I would guess dinner is also on the agenda. If so what type of things would people eat?" --I've got an arranged meal plan for dinner, but I'm fairly sure I can work it out as to have dinner with you guys that night. I'm lacto- ovo vegetarian (Neil is too, right?), but otherwise I'll try anything. I'll have e-mail access, though limited while in England, but this list is the only one that won't be on web-view, so we can continue to plan then. Scott Who now gives people condescending looks when they say "Oh you're off to Merry Olde England!". thanks Al. :-) From dwe199 at ... Fri Jun 22 16:12:55 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:12:55 -0000 Subject: Oxford Message-ID: <9gvqq7+luu6@...> OK, it's all coming together. Simon, is there a Weatherspoons in Oxford? Food, plus a good range of real ale... hmmm. If there is I would suggest that as a venue. Dai From michelleapostolides at ... Fri Jun 22 17:33:23 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:33:23 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford Meeting References: Message-ID: <001601c0fb41$71cbc6c0$0d48063e@tmeltcds> Hello Depending on how late people are planning on staying I would guess dinner is also on the agenda. If so what type of things would people eat? Don't want to stay too late - want to hit the motorway before it gets dark. The park and ride info is at: http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/ and map at: http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/P&Rmap.jpg. Thornhill has buses going to it until 9:30 pm at night. This is the latest that the park and ride operates on a Sunday. Cost is ?1.50 return and 50 pence for parking. Yup. I've had a look at this. Is Thornhill near Brookes ? ( Just so I can orient myself ). Dai, are you driving ? If you are, could we meet at the same park and ride ? Just a thought Michelle I have always found the bus to be easier than the train. There are two companies that do this route go 24 hours a day. http://www.stagecoach-oxford.co.uk/tube/ http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/london.html The two companies pick up from a variety of places (Victoria, Marble Arch, Notting Hill Gate, Shepherd's Bush (Kensington Hilton), Hillingdon (Batnard's Lodge Hotel)), with buses leaving about every 20 minutes during the middle of the day. A day return costs ?8 (I think). Simon PS: I think the biggest problem I have at the moment is that I need to work out how to do the journey myself. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwe199 at ... Fri Jun 22 17:44:43 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:44:43 -0000 Subject: Oxford Meeting In-Reply-To: <001601c0fb41$71cbc6c0$0d48063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9h006b+rggq@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" wrote: > Yup. I've had a look at this. Is Thornhill near Brookes ? ( Just so I can orient myself ). Dai, are you driving ? If you are, could we meet at the same park and ride ? I doubt I'll be driving, more likely train. I might be able to steal a car from work, but I don't know. It depends how full the carpark is, and if they'd notice. And if there's only Puntos, or Micras, or Fiestas available I'd rather take the train anyway. Dai From michelleapostolides at ... Fri Jun 22 17:46:19 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:46:19 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford Meeting References: <9h006b+rggq@...> Message-ID: <003f01c0fb43$3ed80920$0d48063e@tmeltcds> And if there's only....Micras...I'd rather take the train anyway. Hey !! There's nothing wrong with Micras, especially when I'm the driver !! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwe199 at ... Fri Jun 22 22:25:47 2001 From: dwe199 at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:25:47 -0000 Subject: Oxford Meeting In-Reply-To: <003f01c0fb43$3ed80920$0d48063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9h0glc+7d32@...> *cough* Things wrong with Micras... let me compile a short list... 1. They're too small, the seat doesn't go back far enough for me to stretch my legs out. 2. They're gutless. You can hold them in first 'till about 30 with your foot to the floor and all that happens is the rear end becomes unstable. There's just no acceleration, anywhere in the rev range. 3. The steering wheel is too big. 4. The gearbox leans to the right, so you keep chucking it into third when you're aiming for first and stall the bitch. 5. The clutch is clunky and all comes on above half way up. This makes them easy to stall, especially if you've mistakenly selected third. 6. Pulling away from a T-junction into a space in traffic fast enough to keep up with said traffic invariably leads to wheelspin on the inner side of the turn. 7. It's impossible to wheelspin in second. 8. It doesn't have air conditioning anywhere across the range. I wouldn't mind, but the windows are manual across the range as well. 9. The tyres are too thin. It slides in the wet, front end first. This is not a good handling characteristic. 10. It's a Nissan, hence the fuel filler is on the wrong side. 11. The arial is too long. This means that instead of the carwash just bending it when you forget to take it off, it can rip the damn thing out of the roof as well, mountings and all. 12. The switches are clicky 13. The dash is an expanse of plastic 14. People laugh at you when you drive them. And you can't shut them up by dropping it into second and hoofing it, 'cause you'll probably get fourth, and even if you do get second, nothing will happen except the engine screaming for dear life. 15. OK, I'll leave it at that. It's one saving grace is that it has a typical Nissan tight handbrake. Which is fun. As the flatspots on the rear tyres of the Micras at work will testify. Dai --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" wrote: > And if there's only....Micras...I'd rather take the train anyway. > Hey !! There's nothing wrong with Micras, especially when I'm the driver !! > > Michelle From simon at ... Sun Jun 24 23:50:57 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:50:57 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford Meeting In-Reply-To: <001601c0fb41$71cbc6c0$0d48063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: Michelle: <<>> I will probably be going by train, but have a car drive when I get back in to Dorset. Hence I will probably have to leave before 7 pm to be able to get home anytime before 11 pm. Michelle: <<>> In that general direction. I am not sure exactly where Brooks is. I am still thinking on venues. I have only been back in Dorset for about 24 hours and am still trying to understand about what has happened at ff.net with Cass. Also I want to check my student guide to Oxford before saying much on venues, but first I need to unpack it (and first work out which box it is in). Simon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine at ... Mon Jun 25 17:04:36 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:04:36 -0000 Subject: Oxford meeting Message-ID: <9h7qv4+88fo@...> I'm joining this a little late, as I've been away for the past week. I quite fancy the idea of an afternoon in Oxford, and that date should be OK for me. Question for Neil - if I have the car back (yes, still relying on rentals) , do you want a lift? Otherwise I'll probably get the train. Catherine From ebonyink at ... Wed Jun 27 03:46:30 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 03:46:30 -0000 Subject: Oxford meeting... Message-ID: <9hbkum+gomp@...> Hi-- Leaving Detroit in less than 2 days... can we get a final time and venue for the meet on Sunday, July 8th? Also, the Warner Brothers store here is having a tremendous sale--is anyone attending a merchandise collector? If so, would you like me to pick something up and bring it to the meet? Speaking of which, I've a few Detroit/Michigan/USA (VERY small) souvenirs that I'm bringing for all of you guys... but I need to know how many people are coming, so I don't leave anyone out. Finally, I've got the coolest outfit for the meet--hopefully, the place will be formal enough for t-shirts, jeans, and gym shoes, because I'd really like to wear my red Gryffindor Quidditch jersey and Detroit Red Wings hat for the meet. (Sure, I'll quietly be screaming "tourist" in appearance, but to the trained eye I'll scream "tourist from inner-city Detroit, with a sense of hip-hop style". ;-)) --Ebony From hamster8 at ... Wed Jun 27 10:42:43 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:42:43 -0000 Subject: Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: <9hbkum+gomp@...> Message-ID: <9hcdb3+perv@...> Eb ... "Finally, I've got the coolest outfit for the meet--hopefully, the place will be formal enough for t-shirts, jeans, and gym shoes, because I'd really like to wear my red Gryffindor Quidditch jersey and Detroit Red Wings hat for the meet. (Sure, I'll quietly be screaming "tourist" in appearance, but to the trained eye I'll scream "tourist from inner-city Detroit, with a sense of hip-hop style". ;-))" Ooh, I'm hoping to get my hands on a fanfic based T-shirt of some description ;-). If I succeed in my quest, you will all see it :-) I'm easy on times, I'm assuming we're still going with the 8th. I'm probably going to get a coach up there, but I still need to check times, as I still remember vividly only catching by the skin of my teeth the last Greyhound of the evening from Niagara to Toronto last summer ... I have a morbid fear of missing buses. All who are driving up from London, keep seats in cars free just in case! Our WB store is lousy with merchandise. Oh, and if anybody has a supplier of those little Enesco figurines, I have a Ron (he was my mascot for my exam on Friday) and would like a Harry to go with him. I saw actual Goblets of Fire in WH Smiths yesterday *g* but all the T-shirts are kids' sizes ... gnaargh! Al *where schnoogling happens a lot, and we think Nancy Stouffer is hot* From simon at ... Wed Jun 27 21:18:00 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:18:00 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: <9hbkum+gomp@...> Message-ID: Sorry for no comments for a few days. Things have been a little busy. Eb: <<>> We have decided on meeting at 2 pm. I think it would be best if we meet in The King's Arms. This is a centrally located pub. It is easy to find (and is also well known - in case you need to ask for directions), has reasonable selection of drinks and serves reasonable food (if we decide to stay there for food instead of moving elsewhere). Hopefully it will be fairly empty on a Sunday afternoon out of term time. The all-important directions (map: http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/maps/oxford.html): The KA is situated on the cross roads at the ends of Broad Street, Parks Road, Holywell Street and Catte Street. Specifically being on the corner of Parks and Holywell. For those coming from the Thornhill Park and Ride I believe you can get off the bus on the High Street (I need to check this detail). From there you walk a short distance in the direction the bus was going. You will come to a crossing, outside The Old Bank Hotel. Use the crossing and then walk straight on, this takes you on Catte Street. The pub is just up ahead on your right. While walking up Catte Street you will see the Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre on your left. All Souls and Hertford (including the Bridge of Sighs) will be found to your right. At this point tour-guide!Simon gives up. >From the train station: Walk towards the main road. Turn left. Continue straight on from here, taking you down Hythe Bridge Street, George Street (mind the big hole in the road) and Broad Street. >From the bus station: Walk to the main road. This is George Street. Follow the above from George Street. If you are coming from London on the bus then you can get off on the High Street, as per the instructions for the Thornhill Park and Ride. >From Corpus: Walk out of the main gate and straight on, Oriel Street, until you reach the High Street. Turn right and walk along until you reach the crossing. This is the above mentioned crossing. >From Pembroke: Walk out of the main gate, turn right and you come to St. Aldates (the road in this case - you have just passed the church). Turn left and walk up to the crossroads. Take the crossing and walk along the high street until you come to the Old Bank Hotel. This is by the above mentioned crossing. Eb: <<>> We should advertise it to the group in the next couple of days. Eb: <<>> This is going to be odd for me. I am going to be going around the centre of Oxford with tourists. I have spent 4 years getting annoyed at the tourists. Simon PS: If people need directions that make better sense, or directions from somewhere else then let me know. PPS: If people need more information when this is advertised to the group then feel free to put my e-mail down as a contact. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.com From insanus_scottus at ... Wed Jun 27 21:18:53 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:18:53 +0100 (BST) Subject: Merchandise In-Reply-To: <9hcdb3+perv@...> Message-ID: <20010627211853.99880.qmail@...> "Oh, and if anybody has a supplier of those little Enesco figurines, I have a Ron (he was my mascot for my exam on Friday) and would like a Harry to go with him. I saw actual Goblets of Fire in WH Smiths yesterday *g* but all the T-shirts are kids' sizes ... gnaargh!" Al, I have one of those Enesco Harry figures. It's been sitting on my desk for a while but if you want it (in good condition minus packaging) I'll be glad to bring it, and it won't cost you a thing. ;-) (I don't want it) That's nice to offer to buy HP merchandise Eb! But unless I'm mistaken, or your store is far more prosperous than mine, the final day is June 27th- today. I know they are closing and the sign said "All WB stores will close June 27th", but then I suppose yours could be open longer. Regardless if anyone wants merchandise e-mail Eb fast! I'd offer too, but I won't be back in Raleigh until Friday, and then I've got a plane to catch so I'm not planning on visiting the mall. However if there's anything else anybody wants, American HP books, etc...E-mail me and I'll do my best. July the 8th at 2pm. Right? Have we decided on a meeting place yet? Can we do that asap, and preferably before I leave. Scott ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From michelleapostolides at ... Wed Jun 27 21:56:39 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:56:39 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford meeting... References: Message-ID: <020501c0ff54$0c7f9f00$44407bd5@tmeltcds> For those coming from the Thornhill Park and Ride I believe you can get off the bus on the High Street (I need to check this detail). From there you walk a short distance in the direction the bus was going. You will come to a crossing, outside The Old Bank Hotel. Use the crossing and then walk straight on, this takes you on Catte Street. The pub is just up ahead on your right. Thanks for that. Do we still all have each other's mobiles in our respective phones memories from last time. Just in case, I hasten to add. ( I'm notorious for getting lost ) While walking up Catte Street you will see the Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre on your left. All Souls and Hertford (including the Bridge of Sighs) will be found to your right. At this point tour-guide!Simon gives up. This is going to be odd for me. I am going to be going around the centre of Oxford with tourists. I have spent 4 years getting annoyed at the tourists. I did the same thing back in the early 90's. This will be an interesting thing for me to do too. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebonyink at ... Fri Jun 29 02:33:27 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 02:33:27 -0000 Subject: Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: <020501c0ff54$0c7f9f00$44407bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9hgpdn+bgt7@...> --- Simon wrote: > This is going to be odd for me. I am going to be going around the centre of > Oxford with tourists. I have spent 4 years getting annoyed at the tourists. Michelle wrote: > I did the same thing back in the early 90's. This will be an interesting thing for me to do too. You know, someone told me yesterday that the #1 way to stand out in England as an obvious tourist is to wear whites and bright colors. Which sounded weird to all of us--here, summer is the time to wear bright colors and lightweight fabrics. Is this true? The friend I'm flying out of the U.S. with and I talked about it... we were trying to figure out if this meant we should bring greys, blues, and black clothing only. During the first orientation back in February, someone asked the professors in charge how people could tell that we were Americans. The reply: "They can tell by your shoes... your shoes are just different." Which I translated as--we're going to be marked as tourists no matter what we do. Our Americanisms are in our speech, our dress, our mannerisms, everything. So I hope you guys won't be *too* annoyed by me and Scott. We're really excited about this... ;-) --Ebony From neilward at ... Fri Jun 29 05:51:28 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 06:51:28 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting... References: <9hgpdn+bgt7@...> Message-ID: <007801c1005f$9f254ec0$e63570c2@c5s910j> Ebony said: <> That's hilarious! Just bring a selection of those sombre Chairman Mao outfits and you'll fit in just fine! Really, people over here vary considerably in what they wear. Most people will wear light or brightly-coloured clothes in summer, but quite a few will stick to darker colours (I usually wear black, or something dark, I must confess). Having said that, it can be relatively easy to spot tourists from certain countries... it's more the style of dress than the colour. I think, it's more and more difficult to pick out younger-generation Americans. Middle-aged and elderly Americans are different - they so often wear clothes that their British counterparts wouldn't (trainers, caps, beige combos), so they are easier. I'm generalising , of course. There are no rules - honestly. <> Now that I agree with; there is something about the shoes. There is a type of men's shoe that is a slip-on, with a thread of leather laced around the rim... that's very American, IMO. Again, I think the lines are blurring - there is not a hard and fast rule. I used to be good at telling the nationalities of people by their appearance only. For example, Germans who wear glasses usually wear funny, modern, angular ones. Dutch women are invariably tall and wear a sort of neckerchief wrapped loosely round the neck. Italian men of a certain type often wear decorated silk shirts in darker colours and have mullet-style hair. Often it's just the general 'look'. <> Annoyed? No! I'm really looking forward to it. Neil From insanus_scottus at ... Fri Jun 29 13:19:12 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:19:12 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: <007801c1005f$9f254ec0$e63570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <20010629131912.29318.qmail@...> Ebony said: You know, someone told me yesterday that the #1 way to stand out in England as an obvious tourist is to wear whites and bright colors. Which sounded weird to all of us--here, summer is the time to wear bright colors and lightweight fabrics. Is this true?" --Hmmm...I'm on the internet doing a few last minute things before I leave, and had to respond to this. *Thinks back to packed suitcase and bright blue Chinos, a lime green shirt, and numerous other 'loud' (but hopefully tasteful) items*. I'll blend right in! ;-) At first I was determined that I wouldn't look like tourist this time, but now I'm resigned to the fact. Besides we aren't tourists, we're summer students who also *happen* to be tourist. (Perhaps the camera gives it away.) Neil "Having said that, it can be relatively easy to spot tourists from certain countries... it's more the style of dress than the colour. I think, it's more and more difficult to pick out younger-generation Americans." --Is this a compliment? ;-) Neil: "Now that I agree with; there is something about the shoes. There is a type of men's shoe that is a slip-on, with a thread of leather laced around the rim... that's very American, IMO." --A uh...sandal? I don't even know what you're talking about. Ebony: "So I hope you guys won't be *too* annoyed by me and Scott. We're really excited about this... ;-)" Neil: "Annoyed? No! I'm really looking forward to it." --You haven't met me yet. (wicked laugh commences) ;-) ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From annabean77 at ... Sun Jul 1 12:28:12 2001 From: annabean77 at ... (Anna Weber) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 07:28:12 -0500 Subject: American tourists, etc. Message-ID: Hello all~ On the subject of tourists- I have been here about two months and made some discoveries about traveling..First off, my friends and I spent our first two weeks trying hard not to be tourists and missing out on quite a bit of fun. After time we loosened up and figured we were not going to spend all this money just to worry the whole time about blending in. Now that I have been here a while, I definately get annoyed by tourists but it is usually just those who are inconsiderate or don't make any effort to respect culture differences- and those include people from all over the world. Make sense? Now, if I want to stop and take a picture of something really bad, I swallow my pride and take it because I know I will be very happy a year from now as I go through my scrapbook. On the subject of Oxford- I would absolutely love to join your group on Sunday (is that the right day? I need to go back and check) if that is a-okay. I have a cousin who is going to be studying there so I will probably go hang out with him and then meet you. I was upset I had to miss the London meeting. As I said before, I know I don't talk much on the lists but I read them so religiously I feel like I know you all!! Cheers~ Anna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From heymynameisabird at ... Sun Jul 1 13:25:56 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 13:25:56 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting... Message-ID: Hi I'm Helen. I'm a lurker on HP4GU, and vague poster on HP_fanfiction, and a semi-regular poster on HP_Paradise. I live near Oxford, and have been told about your plans to meet, and would very much like to come. However, I shouldn't technically be an HG4GU member, as I'm only 16 years old. I don't know how you all feel about me coming to this meeting what with me being quite a bit younger than most of you - I don't want you to feel like you have to babysit me! So basically,how do you all feel about me joining you? I'd love to meet you all, but I totally understand if you'd rather I didn't. Love Helen --------------------------------------------------------------- Helmione Nightingranger - 87% obsessed with Harry Potter --------------------------------------------------------------- "... here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)..." ~ E. E. Cummings --------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. From michelleapostolides at ... Sun Jul 1 13:48:01 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 14:48:01 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting... References: Message-ID: <021001c10234$72b1e2a0$0d7401d5@tmeltcds> Hi I'm Helen. I'm a lurker on HP4GU, and vague poster on HP_fanfiction, and a semi-regular poster on HP_Paradise. I live near Oxford, and have been told about your plans to meet, and would very much like to come. However, I shouldn't technically be an HG4GU member, as I'm only 16 years old. Oh Helen, you are naughty for joining our lists !! No, seriously or should I say Siriusly, as far as I'm concerned the more the merrier. Where will you be coming from ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neilward at ... Sun Jul 1 14:43:11 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:43:11 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting...(Helen) References: Message-ID: <001501c1023c$27a06180$e03570c2@c5s910j> <> We'd love you to come Helen! Firstly, you won't be the only teenager there, and, secondly, part of the fun is meeting people of all ages and backgrounds who love Harry Potter. I don't think the rest of us are really *that* ancient, though. Incidentally, the idea of HPfGU is that's it's aimed at adult readers of HP; but that's not meant to discourage teenagers under 18 who want to join. Let's face it: some 13 year olds are adults and some 40 year olds are kids ;-) I hope that's not why you're a lurker there. Neil From neilward at ... Sun Jul 1 15:00:29 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 16:00:29 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] American tourists, etc./details of meeting References: Message-ID: <002801c1023e$a65809e0$e03570c2@c5s910j> Anna said: < Now, if I want to stop and take a picture of something really bad, I swallow my pride and take it because I know I will be very happy a year from now as I go through my scrapbook.>> Everyone should just be themselves, in my opinion. I agree with you that blending in is not so important if you are a visitor to another country. Have respect for local values and culture, of course, but stay true to yourself and have the best time you can. As for taking photographs, it's worth remembering that British people can easily be tourists in their own country. I have only been to Oxford twice before, so I will definitely be a tourist there, and might be tempted to get the camera out... Anna also said: <> It's a party!!! We'll see you there then. It is Sunday the 8th at 2pm. I am repeating Simon's instructions below, for those who missed them. Neil **************** We have decided on meeting at 2 pm. I think it would be best if we meet in The King's Arms. This is a centrally located pub. It is easy to find (and is also well known - in case you need to ask for directions), has reasonable selection of drinks and serves reasonable food (if we decide to stay there for food instead of moving elsewhere). Hopefully it will be fairly empty on a Sunday afternoon out of term time. The all-important directions (map: http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/maps/oxford.html): The KA is situated on the cross roads at the ends of Broad Street, Parks Road, Holywell Street and Catte Street. Specifically being on the corner of Parks and Holywell. For those coming from the Thornhill Park and Ride I believe you can get off the bus on the High Street (I need to check this detail). From there you walk a short distance in the direction the bus was going. You will come to a crossing, outside The Old Bank Hotel. Use the crossing and then walk straight on, this takes you on Catte Street. The pub is just up ahead on your right. While walking up Catte Street you will see the Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre on your left. All Souls and Hertford (including the Bridge of Sighs) will be found to your right. At this point tour-guide!Simon gives up. >From the train station: Walk towards the main road. Turn left. Continue straight on from here, taking you down Hythe Bridge Street, George Street (mind the big hole in the road) and Broad Street. >From the bus station: Walk to the main road. This is George Street. Follow the above from George Street. If you are coming from London on the bus then you can get off on the High Street, as per the instructions for the Thornhill Park and Ride. >From Corpus: Walk out of the main gate and straight on, Oriel Street, until you reach the High Street. Turn right and walk along until you reach the crossing. This is the above mentioned crossing. >From Pembroke: Walk out of the main gate, turn right and you come to St. Aldates (the road in this case - you have just passed the church). Turn left and walk up to the crossroads. Take the crossing and walk along the high street until you come to the Old Bank Hotel. This is by the above mentioned crossing From neilward at ... Sun Jul 1 15:32:48 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 16:32:48 +0100 Subject: Oxford meeting...pubs/drinking age (for information) References: <001501c1023c$27a06180$e03570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <004401c10243$15bc2240$e03570c2@c5s910j> As there are some younger people in our group, and some non-British people, I thought I would clarify the relevant drinking age laws in the UK: You have to be aged 18 to buy alcoholic beverages or consume them in the bar of licensed premises. Persons aged 16 or 17 can buy beer, cider, porter or perry for consumption with a meal not served in the bar (for example, in a restaurant area). Persons under 14 are not allowed in the bar of licensed premises during permitted hours unless a Children's Certificate is in force. In short, as we are all aged 14 or over, there will be no problem meeting up in a pub. Neil From insanus_scottus at ... Sun Jul 1 19:04:34 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 20:04:34 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010701190434.86446.qmail@...> Hi! Don't feel bad Helen, I'm only seventeen. But I'm here from America so there's no way they're leaving me out. I just wanted to drop a note to say I'm here I'm fine...Not that anyone cares but- Eb's here too, but we haven't met as of now... See you guys sunday! scott ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From heymynameisabird at ... Sun Jul 1 20:29:14 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 20:29:14 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Oxford meeting...(Helen) Message-ID: Hi all! Neil: We'd love you to come Helen! Firstly, you won't be the only teenager there, and, secondly, part of the fun is meeting people of all ages and backgrounds who love Harry Potter. I don't think the rest of us are really *that* ancient, though Michelle: Oh Helen, you are naughty for joining our lists !! No, seriously or should I say Siriusly, as far as I'm concerned the more the merrier. Where will you be coming from ? Scott:Hi! Don't feel bad Helen, I'm only seventeen. But I'm here from America so there's no way they're leaving me out. OK. Thanks everyone, and I guess I'll see you sunday! If I can find it. I've lived very near to Oxford for 16 years and I go shopping there regularly - you'd think I'd know my way around, but I'm extremely good at getting lost...(It's a gift!) Love Helen --------------------------------------------------------------- Helmione Nightingranger - 87% obsessed with Harry Potter --------------------------------------------------------------- "... here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)..." ~ E. E. Cummings --------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. From neilward at ... Mon Jul 2 19:35:57 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 19:35:57 -0000 Subject: Oxford meeting... In-Reply-To: <20010701190434.86446.qmail@...> Message-ID: <9hqiet+gmvd@...> > I just wanted to drop a note to say I'm here I'm > fine...Not that anyone cares but- > > Eb's here too, but we haven't met as of now... We care! Glad you are both safely here. Neil From ebonyink at ... Mon Jul 2 22:48:23 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 22:48:23 -0000 Subject: I'm here... and... Message-ID: <9hqtnn+3b8t@...> I LOVE THIS PLACE! Okay, okay... I'm calm now. :) (BTW, why do all the pubs here close at 11? Three of my friends and I were having the most FASCINATING conversation with three British guys and two Italians. So different than an American bar...) (Scott--I got your message... look for me in private e-mail, but let's try to meet up on Thursday afternoon if you're available. ;-)) Honestly, I've been in the UK for less than 48 hours and I haven't got a single complaint. I can only speak in superlatives. FOOD--I've invariably heard horrible things about British food in America. Since arriving, I've been to four pubs and eaten here at college 5 times, and everything has been quite good. I also love the 5-meal-a-day plan... smaller portions, eating more often. Perhaps we Americans ought to adopt a similar plan. It seems to curtail the excessive overeating we do at our dinnertimes, and you definitely don't alternate between starvation and gorging like we do in America. DRINK--Never have I imbibed so much caffeine and alcohol in a 24-hour period in my life. Haven't had a soft drink since I left the US... no one's really offered anything like that, and I refuse to enter an American fast food chain... didn't come 4000 miles to eat McDonald's. JET LAG--After a two-hour nap and three brisk walks around central Oxford yesterday (and three today), I recovered fully. People in my exchange program were giving me dirty looks over my bright and cheerful demeanor in the morning. I think I was the quickest to adjust to the time difference. ;-) HARRY POTTER--A lot of people in the program are *huge* fans! It's so cool to sit in the hall at Corpus and overhear comments like, "Wow! Doesn't it feel like you're in the Great Hall at Hogwarts!" or "We're actually having tea in our common room... how neat!" I've also received compliments on my HP keychain from Brits and Americans already, and an American professor who was touring Corpus raved over my Gryffindor robe. FIRST IMPRESSION OF OXFORD--The part of it I've seen definitely can't be the real world. Far too idyllic. My accomodations are out of this world--large room with a private bath, full DSL connection, maid service, a sitting area, and a fully modernized bath... but you can tell it was built long before anything in my natal city was even conceived of! COURSEWORK--I'm glad I'm taking the education course first session (drama second), for we'll be visiting a good number of British schools in various areas of Oxfordshire... according to our tutor, some less than ideal. His specialization is special needs education... and after our overview of the British system, I'm starting to understand how JKR conceived Hogwarts. It could *not* have come from an American writer's pen... we think of education quite differently. I cannot wait to begin my research... this afternoon I spent my first hour in the campus library. THE PUBS--I'm addicted. I've enjoyed great food and drink at four, and visited twice that many... and I got here at 7 a.m. yesterday! GENERAL FIRST IMPRESSION--Okay, at this point I'm ready to revoke my citizenship and stay here forever. (j/k) Only problem is, I hear teachers here only make 150 pounds a week--which, after converting to dollars, sounds ridiculous to me. Question--I have one friend from the program who is definitely interested in meeting on Sunday, and perhaps several more will want to join us. Is this all right with everyone? Please let me know... Sorry to ramble on so... but what an experience! I'm fully connected here in my room, so I'll be checking messages on at least a daily basis. Take care--cannot wait until Sunday! --Ebony From neilward at ... Mon Jul 2 23:32:46 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 00:32:46 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] I'm here... and... References: <9hqtnn+3b8t@...> Message-ID: <00e701c1034f$4ced3bc0$2f3670c2@c5s910j> I'm glad you're having such a good time already, Ebony! A mad pub crawl barely hours into the visit..? Looks like you're blending in very well indeed ;-) Oxford is idyllic, I guess, compared to London. I'm looking forward to relaxing at the weekend... Looks like we have quite a turnout on Sunday. Maybe a dozen people? I'm going to post a list later... to check. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ebony AKA AngieJ" To: Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:48 PM Subject: [HPFGU-London] I'm here... and... > I LOVE THIS PLACE! > > Okay, okay... I'm calm now. :) > > (BTW, why do all the pubs here close at 11? Three of my friends and > I were having the most FASCINATING conversation with three British > guys and two Italians. So different than an American bar...) > > (Scott--I got your message... look for me in private e-mail, but > let's try to meet up on Thursday afternoon if you're available. ;-)) > > Honestly, I've been in the UK for less than 48 hours and I haven't > got a single complaint. I can only speak in superlatives. > > FOOD--I've invariably heard horrible things about British food in > America. Since arriving, I've been to four pubs and eaten here at > college 5 times, and everything has been quite good. I also love the > 5-meal-a-day plan... smaller portions, eating more often. Perhaps we > Americans ought to adopt a similar plan. It seems to curtail the > excessive overeating we do at our dinnertimes, and you definitely > don't alternate between starvation and gorging like we do in America. > > DRINK--Never have I imbibed so much caffeine and alcohol in a 24-hour > period in my life. Haven't had a soft drink since I left the US... > no one's really offered anything like that, and I refuse to enter an > American fast food chain... didn't come 4000 miles to eat McDonald's. > > JET LAG--After a two-hour nap and three brisk walks around central > Oxford yesterday (and three today), I recovered fully. People in my > exchange program were giving me dirty looks over my bright and > cheerful demeanor in the morning. I think I was the quickest to > adjust to the time difference. ;-) > > HARRY POTTER--A lot of people in the program are *huge* fans! It's > so cool to sit in the hall at Corpus and overhear comments > like, "Wow! Doesn't it feel like you're in the Great Hall at > Hogwarts!" or "We're actually having tea in our common room... how > neat!" I've also received compliments on my HP keychain from Brits > and Americans already, and an American professor who was touring > Corpus raved over my Gryffindor robe. > > FIRST IMPRESSION OF OXFORD--The part of it I've seen definitely can't > be the real world. Far too idyllic. My accomodations are out of > this world--large room with a private bath, full DSL connection, maid > service, a sitting area, and a fully modernized bath... but you can > tell it was built long before anything in my natal city was even > conceived of! > > COURSEWORK--I'm glad I'm taking the education course first session > (drama second), for we'll be visiting a good number of British > schools in various areas of Oxfordshire... according to our tutor, > some less than ideal. His specialization is special needs > education... and after our overview of the British system, I'm > starting to understand how JKR conceived Hogwarts. It could *not* > have come from an American writer's pen... we think of education > quite differently. I cannot wait to begin my research... this > afternoon I spent my first hour in the campus library. > > THE PUBS--I'm addicted. I've enjoyed great food and drink at four, > and visited twice that many... and I got here at 7 a.m. yesterday! > > GENERAL FIRST IMPRESSION--Okay, at this point I'm ready to revoke my > citizenship and stay here forever. (j/k) Only problem is, I hear > teachers here only make 150 pounds a week--which, after converting to > dollars, sounds ridiculous to me. > > Question--I have one friend from the program who is definitely > interested in meeting on Sunday, and perhaps several more will want > to join us. Is this all right with everyone? Please let me know... > > Sorry to ramble on so... but what an experience! I'm fully connected > here in my room, so I'll be checking messages on at least a daily > basis. > > Take care--cannot wait until Sunday! > > --Ebony > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From simon at ... Mon Jul 2 23:35:23 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 00:35:23 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] I'm here... and... In-Reply-To: <9hqtnn+3b8t@...> Message-ID: Eb: <<>> It is a very pretty place. Eb: <<>> Which pub food have you had? Which pubs have you visited? The 5-meal-a-day thing is interesting, but I also like it and found it easier to cater for when I was doing that type of thing. It is however rare and some of us only go with two meals a day. Eb: <<<...didn't come 4000 miles to eat McDonald's.>>> Do not bother - they are crap. Eb: <<>> Oxford student-like already. Sometimes this condition is referred to as the inability to realise that there may be life outside of a couple of square miles in the city centre. Many Oxford students suffer from this. The place is not the real world. Eb: <<>> That internet connection is great. The UK academic system is good for that. And those sorts of rooms are so Oxbrdige and nowhere else. Eb: <<>> Possibly the teachers on your program do earn that little. They are paid only a small amount as part of their salary goes towards accommodation and other living costs. A UK teacher's salary is about ?20,000 a year ($30,000). Eb: <<>> Fine by me. Hopefully we will not run out of room in the pub. I believe we are into double figures now. Simon PS: Welcome to this country and the same to Scott as well. PPS: See you on Sunday _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.com From insanus_scottus at ... Tue Jul 3 19:16:30 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:16:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] I'm here... and... In-Reply-To: <9hqtnn+3b8t@...> Message-ID: <20010703191630.856.qmail@...> I agree with Eb on everything. This place is great. I got loads of thoughts on Oxford but I don't have time to collect them and post them now. Argh! I'm going to Stratford on thursday so that won't work. I'll just see you guys on Sunday and then we can decide about meeting again Eb. On of my classes meets in the old library at the church of st. Mary so I was walking and found the Kings Arms rather by accident. It wasn't open at the time, but at least I can find it. See you Sunday! Scott ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From neilward at ... Sat Jul 7 12:33:41 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:33:41 +0100 Subject: Who will be there on Sunday...summary Message-ID: <005501c106e1$0eab4c40$5b3770c2@c5s910j> People attending the Oxford meeting (2pm, 8th July, King's Arms pub): Ebony Scott Dai Michelle Helen Catherine Al Simon Anna Neil ...plus (possibly) some friends of the above. Have I forgotten anyone? My mobile number is 07957 423 185 See you all there! From nick at ... Sat Jul 7 17:47:46 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:47:46 -0000 Subject: Who will be there on Sunday...summary In-Reply-To: <005501c106e1$0eab4c40$5b3770c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9i7i02+pbld@...> Neil (and all) How long will you be in Oxford for? I finish work at 4.30, could be in Oxford for around 6 to 6.30. Will you still be there then? > My mobile number is 07957 423 185 Will memorise that number, as you are unlikely to be in the same pub come 6.30 if you are still there at all. Nick From neilward at ... Sat Jul 7 18:14:52 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:14:52 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Who will be there on Sunday...summary References: <9i7i02+pbld@...> Message-ID: <011401c10710$b82ccee0$5b3770c2@c5s910j> Hi Nick, I'm not sure how late we'll all be there, but I guess we might still be there at 6-6.30... give me a ring before you set off, as we'll have a better idea of plans once we're there. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Mitchell" To: Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 6:47 PM Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Who will be there on Sunday...summary > Neil (and all) > > How long will you be in Oxford for? I finish work at 4.30, could be > in Oxford for around 6 to 6.30. Will you still be there then? > > > My mobile number is 07957 423 185 > > Will memorise that number, as you are unlikely to be in the same pub > come 6.30 if you are still there at all. > > Nick > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From catherine at ... Mon Jul 9 19:01:45 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:01:45 -0000 Subject: Yesterday and future meetings.... Message-ID: <9icv2p+llo4@...> Hi everyone, Just wanted to let those who weren't in chat last night know that I had a great time yesterday. Thanks especially to Neil for being such a good passenger (I'm not counting Al, as he was asleep). It was a nice change from my husband who is a very nervous passenger, screams abuse at me regularly and doesn't like me to drive above 80mph! (And I noted your comment about women drivers, thanks Dai!) Anyway, it was tentatively discussed in the Park and Ride carpark last night that a London meeting might be a good idea before Ebony and Scott go back, and I did suggest an afternoon barbacue/meal/drinks whatever round at my place, in Blackheath. I have now checked with husband, who is amenable to the idea, so if everyone has the time and is willing, perhaps we could arrange something. So the offer is there. Any takers? Catherine (BTW: Eb: do you have somewhere in mind to get your hair done? If you don't, I have a very good friend who would know the best places to go - her hair always looks great.) From ebonyink at ... Mon Jul 9 19:02:22 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:02:22 -0000 Subject: Thanks... Message-ID: <9icv3u+ush1@...> I was waiting to see if anyone would write up an event report for OT- Chatter or another. It's just really hard for me to put the experience in words. It was beyond cool to meet everyone in person. I had a lot of fun and sent my mom the pics. All I want to say at this point is "thanks"! --Ebony From neilward at ... Mon Jul 9 19:24:06 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:24:06 -0000 Subject: Yesterday and future meetings.... In-Reply-To: <9icv2p+llo4@...> Message-ID: <9id0cm+92sd@...> Catherine said: <> Don't thank me for being a flaccid lump in your passenger seat. I should be thanking you for ferrying me around so gracefully and speedily all day, and for listening to my blathering. It was a lovely day and I enjoyed myself, despite being a bit frazzled from the night before. <> That sounds great. Did you tell Micky that we would all sing the Hogwarts' School Song and come dressed in cloaks and pointed hats? On second thoughts, don't mention that - it'll be a nice surprise. Ebony's right - one of us should report back on the meeting. I wonder what we all *really* thought of each other? Was Scott being polite about the pizza? Neil From ebonyink at ... Mon Jul 9 19:17:05 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: Yesterday and future meetings.... In-Reply-To: <9icv2p+llo4@...> Message-ID: <9icvvh+pgjc@...> This is so hilarious! Catherine--we must have been posting at the same time... --- In HPFGU-London at y..., catherine at c... wrote: > > Anyway, it was tentatively discussed in the Park and Ride carpark > last night that a London meeting might be a good idea before Ebony > and Scott go back, and I did suggest an afternoon > barbacue/meal/drinks whatever round at my place, in Blackheath. I > have now checked with husband, who is amenable to the idea, so if > everyone has the time and is willing, perhaps we could arrange > something. > > So the offer is there. Any takers? Yes, definitely! As I said before, London is really very scary when you are a tourist. Getting lost on the Underground makes one want to cry. So it'll be nice actually having a real destination, not just "King's Cross Station", etc. Hope others are up to the reprise. Next weekend's out for me as I'm in Paris for Bastille Day (anyway, it's probably too soon to coordinate it) and the 28th I'll be at Hampton Court Place with 1000 other tourists, so either day of the weekend of July 21 or August 4 is good for me, or I could do Sunday 29th July... I'd prefer the 21st weekend so I could coordinate this with my hair appointment, but if it is 4 August I'll just do my best with my hair until then. (sigh and grin) I think both Scott and Anna are leaving at the end of the month, too... so a July meet might be best. If push comes to shove and the 28th is the only possible date, I'll forego the Hampton Court Palace day trip with my group (haven't paid yet anyway) and go on my own some other time. I definitely want to meet again, though. I'll rearrange my schedule accordingly. > (BTW: Eb: do you have somewhere in mind to get your hair done? If > you don't, I have a very good friend who would know the best places > to go - her hair always looks great.) Oh, *please* ask her, Catherine! I have a London African-Caribbean hair guide here with me, but all the numbers are long distance so I don't want to do lots of calling around. Asking another woman whose hair you like is the best way to find a great salon anyway... please give her my e-mail address and tell her I wear individual box braids (that is what we call them in the States). Or if it's not too much trouble, you can just give me the name of the salon and somehow I'll contact them... I'll be in London on Wednesday for shopping and a play, so I could call then. --Eb (P.S. Everyone at home *loves* the pics! Thanks to Dai and Nick... it was nice not having to wait to get them developed at home.) From michelleapostolides at ... Mon Jul 9 21:54:24 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 22:54:24 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Yesterday and future meetings.... References: <9icv2p+llo4@...> Message-ID: <002001c108c1$b819e660$a72e7bd5@tmeltcds> Hi everyone, Just wanted to let those who weren't in chat last night know that I had a great time yesterday. I have to say I really enjoyed it too. Thanks especially to Neil for being such a good passenger (I'm not counting Al, as he was asleep). Aww. did we wear you out Al ? (And I noted your comment about women drivers, thanks Dai!) We are both very capable, aren't we Catherine ? Had a great trip home. Only 1h 30 door to door !!! Anyway, it was tentatively discussed in the Park and Ride carpark last night that a London meeting might be a good idea before Ebony and Scott go back, and I did suggest an afternoon barbacue/meal/drinks whatever round at my place, in Blackheath. I have now checked with husband, who is amenable to the idea, so if everyone has the time and is willing, perhaps we could arrange something. Yup, that's great. If we make a quick descision, it'll give me a chance to set up more wedding shopping trips ( don't ask !! ) So the offer is there. Any takers? Let me know if you need any help !! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at ... Mon Jul 9 22:01:39 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:01:39 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Yesterday and future meetings.... In-Reply-To: <9icv2p+llo4@...> Message-ID: It was good to meet all of you who made it up to Oxford yesterday. I had a good fun afternoon talking and hope the same was true for all the rest of you. Catherine: <<>> Sounds like a good idea. I am unsure as yet if I will be able to make it, but we will see nearer the time. Simon From dai.evans at ... Mon Jul 9 23:11:17 2001 From: dai.evans at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 23:11:17 -0000 Subject: Yesterday and future meetings.... Message-ID: <9iddml+6ldg@...> This sounds good. The weekend of the 28/29 and Saturday 4th are both fine for me. I hope we can work something out. Dai -----Original Message----- From: catherine at ... [mailto:catherine at cator- manor.demon.co.uk] Sent: 09 July 2001 20:02 To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-London] Yesterday and future meetings.... Anyway, it was tentatively discussed in the Park and Ride carpark last night that a London meeting might be a good idea before Ebony and Scott go back, and I did suggest an afternoon barbacue/meal/drinks whatever round at my place, in Blackheath. I have now checked with husband, who is amenable to the idea, so if everyone has the time and is willing, perhaps we could arrange something. From heymynameisabird at ... Tue Jul 10 16:59:31 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:59:31 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford and future meetings Message-ID: OK, so I'm going to do some serious band-wagon jumping, and say I too had a great time. It's really weird, like I mentioned to Eb in chat, I can now hear your voices reading out what you've typed. I would very much like to meet up again, though if it's after the 28th, I'll be in the USA. Love Helen --------------------------------------------------------------- Helmione Nightingranger: 87% obsessed with Harry Potter Sorted into Gryffindor Most like Hermione (the phrase "duh" springs to mind!) Still looking for a wand... --------------------------------------------------------------- "The books' US editor, Arthur Levine, translated for the benefit of benighted Americans British words...he even translated the first title, from 'philosopher's stone' to 'sorcerer's stone', apparently on the assumption that Americans have never heard of alchemy and should be encouraged, instead, to think of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia." - Wendy Doniger, writing about Harry Potter in the London Review of Books --------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. From catherine at ... Wed Jul 11 11:39:25 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:39:25 -0000 Subject: A few things... Message-ID: <9ihdtd+bgk3@...> Hi all, Well, looking at the dates everyone has suggested, it seems that we could do either 21/22 July or 28/29 July. If it's Sunday 29th, Helen won't be able to make it, which would be a shame, and it looks as though Dai can't make 21/22. I was thinking Sunday would be better, but how would everyone feel about Saturday 28th? I know that would mean Ebony missing Hampton Court, but she did say that she wouldn't mind doing so. What does everyone think. Either of the above weekends are OK for me at the moment, so I'm flexible. Ebony - I'll call my friend Veda about her hairdresser and let you know what she says. Neil - of course Scott was being polite! The pizza wasn't too good actually - I wish I'd had pasta. Catherine From heymynameisabird at ... Wed Jul 11 18:33:12 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:33:12 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] A few things... Message-ID: Catherine said: If it's Sunday 29th, Helen won't be able to make it, which would be a shame, and it looks as though Dai can't make 21/22. I was thinking Sunday would be better, but how would everyone feel about Saturday 28th? When I said after the 28th, I was actually including the 28th, so that won't work for me. It's ever so nice of you to try and work things out for eveybody, but I don't mind too much about missing this meeting. I hope you all have a great time, though, and maybe I'll be able to come to a meeting if you have one later in the summer...? Love Helen --------------------------------------------------------------- Helmione Nightingranger: 87% obsessed with Harry Potter Sorted into Gryffindor Most like Hermione (the phrase "duh" springs to mind!) Still looking for a wand... --------------------------------------------------------------- "The books' US editor, Arthur Levine, translated for the benefit of benighted Americans British words...he even translated the first title, from 'philosopher's stone' to 'sorcerer's stone', apparently on the assumption that Americans have never heard of alchemy and should be encouraged, instead, to think of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia." - Wendy Doniger, writing about Harry Potter in the London Review of Books --------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. From insanus_scottus at ... Thu Jul 12 08:51:02 2001 From: insanus_scottus at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Sorrell?=) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:51:02 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Oxford and future meetings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010712085102.29736.qmail@...> Hi! Thanks everyone, I really enjoyed the meeting. I don't think I'll be able to make it to another one, I'm leaving the 29th. I really enjoyed it! I've got to get to class so this is short! Scott ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From neilward at ... Fri Jul 13 17:45:56 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:45:56 -0000 Subject: Murder at Cator Manor Message-ID: <9inc4k+ld6m@...> ... actually, I gather a barbecue is in the offing, but 'Barbecue at Cator Manor' doesn't have quite the same ring to it. This is my rather bizarre way of saying that I can make it on the 28th. It's been a long week: don't ask! Neil From selenestars_night at ... Sat Jul 14 00:29:32 2001 From: selenestars_night at ... (Ana Isabella) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 00:29:32 -0000 Subject: New person wanting to know about dates Message-ID: <9io3pc+fin8@...> Hello everyone!!! I've just joined now and I've already got tickets to go to London on Friday the 20th in the morning and to Ireland on the 25th till the 9th of August, which means that I could go to meetings round London from the 22nd to the 24th of July and from the 10th to the 20th of August without cunting the 16th because it's my aunt's birthday and the 19th because it's my birthday; apart from that I also happen to be staying in Surrey in my Gran's house which is between Thames Ditton station and Hampton Court so the meetings around there would be the ones to which I will most likely be able to go. So if anyone can help me and send me some dates and places I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Ana Isabella From hamster8 at ... Sat Jul 14 10:06:57 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 10:06:57 -0000 Subject: Dates for BBQ and new people. In-Reply-To: <9io3pc+fin8@...> Message-ID: <9ip5k1+k80m@...> I'm easy for any dates over those weekends. Absolutely nothing planned whatsoever, so go ahead and organise away. Ana ... "I also happen to be staying in Surrey in my Gran's house which is between Thames Ditton station and Hampton Court so the meetings around there would be the ones to which I will most likely be able to go. So if anyone can help me and send me some dates and places I'd be very grateful." I know this is a personal question, but she doesn't live on Thistledene, does she? That's my road :-D. Al From selenestars_night at ... Sat Jul 14 11:41:01 2001 From: selenestars_night at ... (=?iso-8859-1?q?Ana=20Isabella=20Byrne?=) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:41:01 +0100 (BST) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Dates for BBQ and new people. In-Reply-To: <9ip5k1+k80m@...> Message-ID: <20010714114101.29637.qmail@...> Hi Al! :) No, she doesn't live on Thistledene. She lives on Orchard Lane, next to the Venture (home for mentally disabelled boys) as she used to work there, it's right next to the Common. Is that quite near your house? Best wishes, Ana Isabella --- hamster8 at ... wrote:
I'm easy for any dates over those weekends. Absolutely nothing
planned whatsoever, so go ahead and organise away.

Ana ... "I also happen to be staying in Surrey in my Gran's house
which is between Thames Ditton station and Hampton Court so the
meetings around there would be the ones to which I will most likely
be able to go. So if anyone can help me and send me some dates and
places I'd be very grateful."

I know this is a personal question, but she doesn't live on
Thistledene, does she? That's my road :-D.

Al
____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From ebonyink at ... Mon Jul 16 20:07:11 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:07:11 -0000 Subject: Final date for second summer meet? Message-ID: <9ivhhf+tvoj@...> Hi, everyone-- 1) Did we decide on a date for the meet yet? Perhaps we should make it the day that Ana's around... seems like the 28th is good for most... is that OK, Catherine? 2) BTW, Catherine, did your friend ever get back to you? If not, that's OK since I do have a hair guide... I just wanted to know so I can plan from this end. Hope this turns out good... can't wait! --Ebony From daievn at ... Mon Jul 16 20:19:37 2001 From: daievn at ... (daievn at ...) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:19:37 EDT Subject: Final date for second summer meet? Message-ID: <24.162ca39a.2884a659@...> Hi all, Are we decided on the 28th (Catherine, it's your decision)? I could do with knowing now, so that I will still have time to book a car before I go to the US. I come back on the 27th, and I won't be popular at the office if I ask for a car the next day without pre-booking. Hope to see y'all (well, those of you that can make it) then. Dai -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine at ... Mon Jul 16 20:49:17 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:49:17 -0000 Subject: Final date - 28th July Message-ID: <9ivk0d+g9td@...> Hi everyone, As far as I'm concerned, 28th is fine. Can everyone confirm that is OK? If it needs to be changed, I can't do the 29th, but I could possibly do the week after. Catherine (Eb - she hasn't got back to me - I'll chase her again tomorrow.) From neilward at ... Mon Jul 16 21:03:15 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:03:15 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Final date - 28th July References: <9ivk0d+g9td@...> Message-ID: <000801c10e3a$bbc00460$eb3670c2@c5s910j> 28th is good for me. My brother is trying to fix a family event on the 29th or 4th/5th, so there might be a clash with any of those dates. Catherine - if I can help with preparations on the day, let me know. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:49 PM Subject: [HPFGU-London] Final date - 28th July > Hi everyone, > As far as I'm concerned, 28th is fine. Can everyone confirm that is > OK? If it needs to be changed, I can't do the 29th, but I could > possibly do the week after. > > Catherine > > (Eb - she hasn't got back to me - I'll chase her again tomorrow.) > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From michelleapostolides at ... Mon Jul 16 21:07:59 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:07:59 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Final date - 28th July References: <9ivk0d+g9td@...> Message-ID: <007801c10e3b$93f43900$b17c01d5@tmeltcds> Hi everyone, As far as I'm concerned, 28th is fine. Can everyone confirm that is OK? If it needs to be changed, I can't do the 29th, but I could possibly do the week after. Hiya Meant to reply earlier but Real Life has got in the way..... 28th is a yes and will be bringing some supplies - drink ! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine at ... Tue Jul 17 07:23:27 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:23:27 -0000 Subject: Final date - 28th July Message-ID: <9j0p5f+o691@...> OK, 28th it is. I'll think about if I need any help a bit closer to the time, but at the moment it would be useful to know what everyone eats. Neil, you're vegetarian, aren't you? Does anyone else have any food likes/dislikes/allergies etc? Catherine From selenestars_night at ... Tue Jul 17 19:42:42 2001 From: selenestars_night at ... (Ana Isabella) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:42:42 -0000 Subject: the 28th Message-ID: <9j24fi+idbh@...> Hello everyone! It seems like I'll be the only one who can't make it the 28th :(, I'll in Ireland that day, from the 25th of this month to the 9th of August I'll be there and I'll stay at Surrey or London from that date to the 21st of August when I'm going back to Barcelona. I know that Ebony (hi Eb! ::waves::) will leave England the 11th, so I'd like to be able to see you before that, the 10th is Friday... It's incredible ME making plans so far ahead that aren't a flight or something like that (well I don't plan flights anyway). Well the fact is that I'll still like to go to a meeting at least. Well, bye for now. Best wishes, Ana Isabella From hamster8 at ... Tue Jul 17 22:39:52 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:39:52 -0000 Subject: Confirming July 28th Message-ID: <9j2ero+vh8b@...> ... will be there. Aren't I the lucky one. I'm going to a big bbq on the 29th as well. Yummy Catherine, bombard me with annoying emails to remember your brolly, otherwise it's ten to one I'll forget to bring it! Cheers Al From simon at ... Tue Jul 17 23:23:03 2001 From: simon at ... (Simon) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:23:03 +0100 Subject: 28th In-Reply-To: <995372963.555.77787.l10@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Catherine: <<>> I am away on holiday next week, so I will not be able to make this meeting. Hope you all have a good time and I am looking forward to any future UK meets. Simon From annabean77 at ... Wed Jul 18 22:00:32 2001 From: annabean77 at ... (Anna Weber) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:00:32 -0500 Subject: Meeting Message-ID: Hello Everyone~ I am afraid I am not going to make it to the meeting this time. I am going to Italy for around a week and then heading home. I have loved England but I miss my friends and family very much and will be Very glad to see them!! I know you will have a wonderful time, Oxford is definately a highlight of my summer! Cheers- Anna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From ebonyink at ... Thu Jul 19 15:54:24 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:54:24 -0000 Subject: the 28th... Message-ID: <9j6vrg+5j4d@...> I'll be there--what time are we looking at starting? I need to know when to get the bus from Oxford. On a sadder note, I am sorry we will not see Simon, Anna Weber, the Ana from Spain or Scott! (sob) That's OK--someday soon we will have *the* definitive HP fandom conference, even if I have to bribe Heidi (who is awesome at organizing things like that) into helping me orchestrate it. --Ebony From catherine at ... Wed Jul 25 07:44:33 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:44:33 -0000 Subject: Saturday 28th July Message-ID: <9jltd2+i9n2@...> Hi everyone, Neil - if you could bring vegetarian stuff, that would be great, because I was wracking my brains to figure out what to do on the barbecue for you. I don't know if anyone else is - I know for sure that Ebony isn't, but as for everyone else - not sure. I was thinking that early afternoon would be about right. I told Al and Ebony in chat that anytime would be OK - so any time after about midday would be fine. Instructions on how to get here: The address is: Cator Manor, South Row, Blackheath. And my telephone no is 0208 297 9563 just in case anyone gets lost. If you are coming by train, the best stop is Blackheath. If you are coming out of the station, turn left and walk along until you come to a traffic island which has two pelican crossings and a zebra crossing. Cross both the pelican crossings and continue to turn left up the road (it is up hill) until the shops end - there is a newsagents on the corner. Continue up the road past the Clarendon Hotel. After this is a pub called the Princess of Wales. Turn right into Pond Road at the pub (there is a pond on the left hand side). Continue down South Row, past Pond Road and my house is just after that. It has white railings at the front, a large open porch, and coats of arms on the wall - very difficult to miss. Ebony - if you are getting the coach into Victoria, you can get a train directly to Blackheath from the Victoria train station. If for some reason they are not running, the easiest thing to do would be to get the tube to Embankment, which is very close to Charing Cross and get a train from there. If there are problems getting direct trains to Blackheath (which sometimes happens at the weekend) you can get a train to Lewisham. A cab from there costs about ?3-4 - most of the drivers know South Row, but you may have to remind them that it is just off the Princess of Wales. Alternatively, if you call I'll be able to drive down and pick you up - it's only 5 minutes away (and I don't speed in London!) Driving instructions: I don't know which route Dai will be taking, but Michelle - the easiest thing to do is to take the Blackwall tunnel, southbound, and come off at the exit for Lewisham/Central London/A2. Turn right at the roundabout when exiting, then left at the first set of traffic lights. You will be in Kidbrooke Park Road. Take the first right into Westbrook Gardens - cross two mini roundabouts and you will be in South Row. On your right you will see a large crescent of houses - the Paragon. My house is immediately after this. I hope these are clear enough - if anyone has any problems, needs clarification about anything - e-mail or call. See you then! Catherine From michelleapostolides at ... Wed Jul 25 20:54:29 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:54:29 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Saturday 28th July References: <9jltd2+i9n2@...> Message-ID: <01f501c1154c$025afde0$f451063e@tmeltcds> Hi everyone, Driving instructions: I don't know which route Dai will be taking, but Michelle - the easiest thing to do is to take the Blackwall tunnel, southbound, and come off at the exit for Lewisham/Central London/A2. Turn right at the roundabout when exiting, then left at the first set of traffic lights. You will be in Kidbrooke Park Road. Take the first right into Westbrook Gardens - cross two mini roundabouts and you will be in South Row. On your right you will see a large crescent of houses - the Paragon. My house is immediately after this. Just wanted to say thanks for the instructions and that I'm looking forward to Saturday. Michelle Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelleapostolides at ... Sat Jul 28 22:38:22 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 23:38:22 +0100 Subject: Hi everyone References: <9jltd2+i9n2@...> Message-ID: <002401c117b6$03601600$484d063e@tmeltcds> Hello all Just to say I had a great time today and it was good fun as ever. Catherine and Mickey - you were fantastic ! To think that if this had taken place before April it would have been far more difficult for me to get to Blackheath and now I can come and go as I please. But when I got home about ten minutes ago I found that my parking space ( we have numbered bays according to flat number with 2 visitors spaces. ) had a car in it. So I blocked it in - all the other flats' spaces are empty and there's one visitor's space free. But there's a bush on one side. So you know what I did ? I blocked it in !!! And to boot it's a white Mercedes four door with a go faster tailfin on it !!! Dai I have no idea what type of Merc it is but if some prick is foolish enough to go parking in my space ( which I pay for ) then I am not going to use a visitor's space or block someone else's space, Whoever owns the car can wait for me to be ready to move it tomorrow. Cruel aren't I ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebonyink at ... Fri Aug 3 11:24:42 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:24:42 -0000 Subject: Saturday August 4 (tomorrow) Message-ID: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> Hi, everyone! I had a great time at the barbecue this weekend... thanks to Catherine and Mickey for being such great hosts. I'm going to be in London at least one more time before I go home next Saturday (I can't BELIEVE I only have 8 more days here!). Tomorrow I think I'll catch the Oxford tube first thing in the morning, hit the British Museum and the Imperial War Museum, walk around the Shepherd's Bush area and go up to Portobello Market, then go in for dinner and one more show (I'm thinking of seeing either The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) or the Barbara Jones show) before I head back in to Oxford late that night. I do want to see Hampton Court Palace, but perhaps not this time around... it would require another purposeful day trip down to London, and I've thought about doing it either next Tuesday or Thursday afternoon (waves to Al). So who knows? The problem is that everyone in my program this weekend is either 1) in Ibiza, 2) in Dublin, or 3) working on their final paper. I fell into category #3--but now I think I have my paper well in hand (mine is due Tuesday) and would like to get up to London one more time... I've fallen completely and totally in love with the city and think I'd cover more ground if I was going solo rather than with a bunch of other jaded Americans. But I would like to have someone to chat with during a meal if I can. Would anyone like to meet for either lunch or dinner tomorrow somewhere in the city, if you don't have any other plans? Just let me know what time and place would be good for you and I'll meet you there. I would like to see at least one or two of you guys once more before I head back home on the 11th... but understand if everyone is busy or time/place is inconvenient. BTW, Catherine--I saw *The Winter's Tale* last night and cannot wait to chat with you about it... IM me, please! :-) Best, Ebony From michelleapostolides at ... Fri Aug 3 16:49:05 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 17:49:05 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Saturday August 4 (tomorrow) References: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> Message-ID: <000201c11c41$425e1ac0$30347bd5@tmeltcds> Hi Ebs Have snipped your original message for space but am around tomorrow but don't know the City that well. Anyone else around ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hamster8 at ... Fri Aug 3 19:13:47 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:13:47 -0000 Subject: Saturday August 4 (tomorrow) In-Reply-To: <000201c11c41$425e1ac0$30347bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9ket5b+j622@...> "Have snipped your original message for space but am around tomorrow but don't know the City that well." Will be around but as am still recovering from someone's birthday party, may not feel like coming up to town. Still, post back, and we'll see. It'd certainly be nice to have yet another *last shout* ... and I *do* need to let you berate me in person for my new diabolical plot, Eb. As far as Hampton Court goes, next Thursday is not good, as I won't be in the country (heading out to France) but there's still time to organise. Al --- 'Correction. Last week's column mistakenly identified a source. The European Commission President is Romano Prodi, not Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Second Hand regrets this error.' -Prague Post, Czech Republic. --- From neilward at ... Fri Aug 3 21:42:26 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:42:26 +0100 Subject: Ebony/future meetings References: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> Message-ID: <003601c11c65$30ab6ca0$623570c2@c5s910j> Ebony, I'm afraid I can't meet up tomorrow :-( Assuming I won't see you before you go, I wish you a wonderful last week in the UK and a safe jouney back home. It was great to meet you in person! I'll be off the States myself before you (next Friday) and not back in the UK until the 24th. I won't be going near Detroit, but I will be closer to it than I am now. Obviously. Everyone - does anyone have any thoughts on planning a mass outing to the cinema some time in November (he said vaguely)? Is anyone working for Warner Brothers or sleeping with the manager of a West End cinema? Neil From michelleapostolides at ... Fri Aug 3 21:44:41 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:44:41 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Ebony/future meetings References: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> <003601c11c65$30ab6ca0$623570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <01c601c11c65$81677440$30347bd5@tmeltcds> Everyone - does anyone have any thoughts on planning a mass outing to the cinema some time in November (he said vaguely)? Is anyone working for Warner Brothers or sleeping with the manager of a West End cinema? My cousin is an assitant manager at swiss Cottage or somewhere like that. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neilward at ... Fri Aug 3 21:54:49 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:54:49 +0100 Subject: Cinemas (was Ebony/future meetings) References: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> <003601c11c65$30ab6ca0$623570c2@c5s910j> <01c601c11c65$81677440$30347bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <005501c11c66$eb420960$623570c2@c5s910j> Actually, now I think of it, my brother's partner works front of house at The Renoir*. Yes... I can just see the HP movie playing at The Renoir (not!). *London cinema specialising in Arthouse and Noir movies. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Apostolides To: HPFGU-London at yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [HPFGU-London] Ebony/future meetings Everyone - does anyone have any thoughts on planning a mass outing to the cinema some time in November (he said vaguely)? Is anyone working for Warner Brothers or sleeping with the manager of a West End cinema? My cousin is an assitant manager at swiss Cottage or somewhere like that. Michelle To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. From michelleapostolides at ... Fri Aug 3 21:56:01 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:56:01 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Cinemas (was Ebony/future meetings) References: <9ke1lq+tehh@...> <003601c11c65$30ab6ca0$623570c2@c5s910j> <01c601c11c65$81677440$30347bd5@tmeltcds> <005501c11c66$eb420960$623570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <01df01c11c67$16ab0340$30347bd5@tmeltcds> > Actually, now I think of it, my brother's partner works front of house at > The Renoir*. Yes... I can just see the HP movie playing at The Renoir > (not!). Well you might get them to screen an special adults only showing where we dress up like the characters a la Rocky Horror. Michelle From ebonyink at ... Mon Aug 6 15:02:02 2001 From: ebonyink at ... (Ebony AKA AngieJ) Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 15:02:02 -0000 Subject: Ebony/future meetings In-Reply-To: <003601c11c65$30ab6ca0$623570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9kmbha+c480@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Neil Ward" wrote: > Ebony, I'm afraid I can't meet up tomorrow :-( Assuming I won't see you > before you go, I wish you a wonderful last week in the UK and a safe jouney > back home. It was great to meet you in person! I'll be off the States > myself before you (next Friday) and not back in the UK until the 24th. I > won't be going near Detroit, but I will be closer to it than I am now. > Obviously. > Hey, Neil! Sorry you couldn't make it on Saturday. I really enjoyed meeting you and will miss you and all the rest. Thanks for making my time here that much more brighter. I'll be back! --Ebony From Aberforths_Goat at ... Wed Aug 8 08:40:25 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat / Mike Gray) Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 08:40:25 -0000 Subject: Look out! Message-ID: <9kqttp+n4eh@...> Hi folks! Well, I've made up my mind: I'm coming for opening night. I just checked EasyJet's website and discovered that I can fly London - Z?rich for less than 100 USD--and at that price, I can't see why not. (Err, they're not expecting me to help push the jet down the runway, are they?) I'll probably come early on the 15th, "do London," meet up with y'all on the 16th, "do London" again on the 17th and leave in the evening. Do you have a general idea of where you'll meet up? London? Oxford? I'll pick out a hostel in the general vicinity ... Mike London-or-Bust Gray (who is really psyched about this--at the ripe old age of 28, I'd nearly forgotten what it's like to gallavent irresponsibly off into the blue with a rucksack, a cheap ticket and the address of a youth hostel in my pocket. I just hope they let goats through customs ... ) From Aberforths_Goat at ... Wed Aug 8 08:56:15 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat / Mike Gray) Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 08:56:15 -0000 Subject: Look out! In-Reply-To: <9kqttp+n4eh@...> Message-ID: <9kqurf+j1v6@...> Err, me again! One other question: are there any other people planning to fly (or chug) in for opening night? Once upon a time we started an HP-Tour group to plan precisely that ... The film certainly seems like a chance to meet up. Getting together to celebrate a new HP book would be a little boring, with everyone crawling off into a corner to read. Mike Gray (who also seems to have forgotten what it's like to spell gallivant correctly.) From dfrankiswork at ... Thu Aug 9 21:21:07 2001 From: dfrankiswork at ... (dfrankiswork at ...) Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 21:21:07 -0000 Subject: Look out! In-Reply-To: <9kqttp+n4eh@...> Message-ID: <9kuus3+2rl4@...> Aberforths_Goat wrote: > I'll probably come early on the 15th, "do London," meet up with y'all > on the 16th, "do London" again on the 17th and leave in the evening. I know this seems a stupid question but... if a movie premieres on the 16th November, does that mean that ordinary people can actually get to watch it in a cimema near them on that date? Or do you have to disguise yourself as a star of the movie, put on a tux (or backless dress), or wave a press pass or something to get in? David, never tried to catch a movie at the earliest possible moment From Aberforths_Goat at ... Fri Aug 10 06:12:43 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:12:43 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Look out! References: <9kuus3+2rl4@...> Message-ID: <007f01c12163$77e09390$e500a8c0@shasta> David wrote, > I know this seems a stupid question but... > > if a movie premieres on the 16th November, does that mean that > ordinary people can actually get to watch it in a cimema near them on > that date? Or do you have to disguise yourself as a star of the > movie, put on a tux (or backless dress), or wave a press pass or > something to get in? > > David, never tried to catch a movie at the earliest possible moment To be honest, that's the one reason I haven't actually made my reservations yet. I'd rather not spend the evening being one of the miserable groupies who can't actually get inside the cinema. I really would prefer to get a movie for my troubles ... Maybe I could get information at WB's website. (?) Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, who hasn't eve been a groupie before either!) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From joym999 at ... Thu Aug 30 06:09:03 2001 From: joym999 at ... (Joy M) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 06:09:03 -0000 Subject: Hello London Message-ID: <9mkl9v+o52l@...> Hi all. I have just joined this group because I am vaguelly thinking of taking a trip to London sometime this fall. Any and all travel suggestions are more than welcome. --Joywitch, who seems to have developed a travel bug From selenestars_night at ... Fri Aug 31 19:20:14 2001 From: selenestars_night at ... (Ana Isabella) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:20:14 -0000 Subject: I've returned Message-ID: <9moo1e+8r0j@...> Hello everyone!!! Well, I came back to Barcelona the 21st of August in the night and I enjoyed myself in London/Surrey and Ireland a lot even if I didn't have the chance to meet all you people, I'll try next year... I'll be 16/17 then (I'm NOW 16). I'd like to know what's been going on since July 28th, suppose I'll spend hours on internet checking posts... ;-) Last thing, HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY EB!!! I sent u a birthday e-card, hope u got it... Best wishes, Ana Isabella From Aberforths_Goat at ... Sat Sep 8 19:13:13 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat / Mike Gray) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 19:13:13 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! Message-ID: <9ndqk9+9rci@...> Hi guys! Help - I've got to make up my mind! So far, I haven't seen a huge amount of discussion about an opening night get together - and I don't really want to fly to an unknown London to (hopefully) watch a film all by my self. If we can make this happen, I'd really like to be in on it, but I need to make a reservation *soon* before EasyJet's ticket prices go up. Any thoughts? Mike Gray / Ab's Goat From neilward at ... Sat Sep 8 20:07:53 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:07:53 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <9ndqk9+9rci@...> Message-ID: <01b601c138a2$162a1a80$213570c2@c5s910j> Mike said: > Help - I've got to make up my mind! So far, I haven't seen a huge > amount of discussion about an opening night get together - and I > don't really want to fly to an unknown London to (hopefully) watch a > film all by my self. If we can make this happen, I'd really like to > be in on it, but I need to make a reservation *soon* before EasyJet's > ticket prices go up. You're right, we need to get our posteriors into gear on this. *****Facts: There will be an outing of this group to see the movie on opening night. The opening night is Friday 16th Nov. *****Uncertainties: ---Where is it on, on opening night? Dunno, yet. I'm checking. I've signed up to receive a notice when booking is available for three large Odeon cinemas, and will also check on UCI cinemas. ---Where shall we see it? I suggest the Odeon, Leicester Square or Odeon Marble Arch (the largest screens) or another big West End cinema (UCI Empire?). ----Should we book in advance? I imagine that will be necessary. I'm happy to book tickets if we can get exact numbers. ----Can we book in advance? I'll check this. I can't find any cinemas booking this far ahead. -Who wants to come? (add your name below and repost to the list if you are *definitely* going with this group, but put it in brackets if there is some uncertainty Neil (Mike) -Shall we make a day of it? Naturally. I'm taking that whole week off, so I'll be fanning my face and ready to go off like a pressure cooker by the time we get to see it. Something chilled out might calm me down. Any ideas? Neil From nick at ... Sat Sep 8 20:25:18 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 20:25:18 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <01b601c138a2$162a1a80$213570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <9ndure+j1u7@...> > -Who wants to come? (add your name below and repost to the list if you are *definitely* going with this group, but put it in brackets if there is some uncertainty Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! I also plan to go and stand outside at the premiere on 4th Nov, if I can get the time off work, as I suspect the premiere may be during the day - anyone know for sure? Anyone one else want to come? Nick. From michelleapostolides at ... Sat Sep 8 20:24:59 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:24:59 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <9ndure+j1u7@...> Message-ID: <02f101c138a4$58a53aa0$4b58063e@tmeltcds> > -Who wants to come? (add your name below and repost to the list if you are *definitely* going with this group, but put it in brackets if there is some uncertainty Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle I also plan to go and stand outside at the premiere on 4th Nov, if I can get the time off work, as I suspect the premiere may be during the day - anyone know for sure? Depends if I am around that Day. Will probably know about two weeks prior to the day. Is that enough notice ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick at ... Sat Sep 8 20:30:39 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 20:30:39 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <02f101c138a4$58a53aa0$4b58063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <9ndv5f+rc4s@...> >>I also plan to go and stand outside at the premiere on 4th Nov, if I can get the time off work, as I suspect the premiere may be during the day - anyone know for sure? >Depends if I am around that Day. Will probably know about two weeks prior to the day. Is that enough notice ? Sounds fine Michelle. I'm trying to book lots of time off work at present... keeping my fingers crossed that I get the time I'm putting in for. Nick. From Aberforths_Goat at ... Sat Sep 8 20:50:20 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 22:50:20 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <9ndqk9+9rci@...> <01b601c138a2$162a1a80$213570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <01bf01c138a7$dfd0edf0$e500a8c0@shasta> Great! That's more what I was hoping for. I'd naturally be all for making a day of it. I'll make reservations over EasyJet's website tomorrow. But Nick hit me with a real curveball (or whatever that translates to in Cricketspeak): the Premiere?? On the 4th??? I hadn't heard about that. Is that by invitation only, or can you line up the day before? (Not that it really matters. My skinny posterior is supposed to be standing in church cancel on the 4th., not lounging in a cinema) Anyway, I expect to have the brackets off by tomorrow afternoon. Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From dfrankiswork at ... Sat Sep 8 21:32:48 2001 From: dfrankiswork at ... (dfrankiswork at ...) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 21:32:48 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <01bf01c138a7$dfd0edf0$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <9ne2q0+hued@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" wrote: > But Nick hit me with a real curveball (or whatever that translates to in > Cricketspeak) That would be a googly : the Premiere?? On the 4th??? I hadn't heard about that. Is > that by invitation only, or can you line up the day before? (Not that it > really matters. My skinny posterior is supposed to be standing in church > cancel on the 4th., not lounging in a cinema) > BK DeLong mentioned it on the main list. Go to the BBC news website (news.bbc.co.uk) and search on 'Harry Potter' in the window at the top right. I think it's a glitzy, invitation-only affair and it will be covered on TV, especially as it's the world premiere (even UK premieres of Hollywood blockbusters get that). BTW, I won't join you as I intend to go with my family, some time after opening night. David From john at ... Sat Sep 8 22:55:26 2001 From: john at ... (John Walton) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:55:26 -0400 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <02f101c138a4$58a53aa0$4b58063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: Michelle Apostolides said: Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John I'll definitely be hopping down from Scotland at some point. Any chance of kipping on someone's sofa for the night of the movie? --John ________________________________ John Walton -- john at ... "It's raining men! Hallelujah!" --The Weather Girls ________________________________ From dai_evans at ... Sun Sep 9 09:21:02 2001 From: dai_evans at ... (David Evans) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 02:21:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010909092102.37637.qmail@...> Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai I can't miss this one __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com From catherine at ... Sun Sep 9 09:32:47 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 09:32:47 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <20010909092102.37637.qmail@...> Message-ID: <9nfcvv+7ase@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., David Evans wrote: > > > Neil > (Mike) > (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! > Michelle > John > Dai Catherine - but only if everyone promises not to laugh at me if I cry. From michelleapostolides at ... Sun Sep 9 09:28:47 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 10:28:47 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <20010909092102.37637.qmail@...> Message-ID: <006701c13911$d8e99ae0$7e267bd5@tmeltcds> Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai Please, don't tell me I'm going to be the ONLY girl there......? OK with three brothers it won't bother me but would be nice to have a girly chat with someone about the costumes ! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelleapostolides at ... Sun Sep 9 09:32:38 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 10:32:38 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <9nfcvv+7ase@...> Message-ID: <006f01c13912$5dfde740$7e267bd5@tmeltcds> > Neil > (Mike) > (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! > Michelle > John > Dai Catherine - but only if everyone promises not to laugh at me if I cry. If you do think you'll cry, i'll just sit next to you with a box of tissues..... Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hamster8 at ... Sun Sep 9 21:39:28 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 21:39:28 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <9nfcvv+7ase@...> Message-ID: <9ngnig+soh9@...> Neil (Mike) (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai Catherine - but only if everyone promises not to laugh at me if I cry. Al - depending on my university schedule, I might be able to make any kind of daytime meet too. And if I have lectures that Friday, I guess I'll just bunk them. John - there might be a sofa or a mattress of some description ... depends on whether I go home home or back down to Brighton. Al -Who is already excited beyond belief. From Aberforths_Goat at ... Mon Sep 10 20:36:07 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at ... (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:36:07 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night - Please Advise! References: <9nfcvv+7ase@...> <006f01c13912$5dfde740$7e267bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <00b801c13a38$3881ba10$e500a8c0@shasta> Well, here's the latest: Neil Mike (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai Catherine No more brackets around my name - I just made reservations. I'll hit Luton on the 14th and head out on the 17th. I'm still hoping that these Easyjet people really have an airplane that can fly all the way to London and back for the 65 GBP they ask ... A question: Anyone have a good knowledge of the youth hostel scene in London? There seem to be quite a few of them ... Or any other tips on finding cheap, friendly lodging in town? I spent 8-9 months in Welwyn Garden City as boy, but I've lost track of the people I once knew out there. Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From catdavey at ... Tue Sep 11 16:14:08 2001 From: catdavey at ... (Catriona) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:14:08 -0000 Subject: Opening Night - Please Advise! In-Reply-To: <00b801c13a38$3881ba10$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <9nld8g+csqj@...> Well, here's the latest: Neil Mike (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai Catherine Catriona x2(one for myself and one for 'Matthew the other half') I know I haven't actually met any of you but the opening would be a great way of getting to know you. We're both rabid HP fans (especially me) Cheerio Cat From heymynameisabird at ... Sun Sep 16 11:23:06 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 11:23:06 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Opening Night Message-ID: Well, here's the latest: Neil Mike (Nick) - subject to getting time off work! Michelle John Dai Catherine Catriona x2(one for myself and one for 'Matthew the other half') ((Helen)) - I'd very much like to come, but I'm extremely unsure as to whether or not I'd be allowed - where would we see it, and what sort of time would it finish? Do we know yet? Love Helen _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From neilward at ... Thu Sep 20 17:56:16 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:56:16 -0000 Subject: Opening Night In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9odak0+bon5@...> Helen said: << I'd very much like to come, but I'm extremely unsure as to whether or not I'd be allowed - where would we see it, and what sort of time would it finish? Do we know yet? >> It's not really decided, Helen, but I imagine some people will be working during the day and that an evening performance will be favourite. That makes it difficult for you, I realise. As for being allowed to attend, perhaps there is an older relative who would be prepared to come with you? That's the only practical solution I can imagine any parent supporting. I'm planning to take the whole week off, so an afternoon viewing would not be impossible if others were up for that. Or... we could see it twice! I guess we should take a rough poll on that: any thoughts? Neil From dai_evans at ... Thu Sep 20 20:09:31 2001 From: dai_evans at ... (David Evans) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:09:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night In-Reply-To: <9odak0+bon5@...> Message-ID: <20010920200931.58789.qmail@...> --- Neil Ward wrote: > I imagine some > people will be > working during the day and that an evening > performance will be > favourite. > I guess we should take a rough poll on that: any > thoughts? I would favour an afternoon viewing. Reasons being; we will get to see it before most of the rest of main list, who will be in later timezones (childish, I know), and, more importantly I'll be living in in the countryside 12 miles outside of cardiff without a car, and public transport is virtually non-existant late in the evening. Dai __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ From catherine at ... Thu Sep 20 20:56:10 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:56:10 -0000 Subject: Opening Night Message-ID: <9odl5a+i93c@...> OK, seeing as this is getting more official now....I was hoping to see the film at the first available opportunity, and in this I wholeheartedly agree with Dai's (childish!) observation. I know, I can be as petty as the next person! Anyway, for those who are not living in the London area and want somewhere to stay (John, did you ask?), I have a spare room and a reasonably comfortable sofa for anyone who wants to use it. First come, first served basis. Helen, if your parents spoke to one of us, and someone met you at the station, would they be OK with that? Catherine BTW: has anyone got any further with finding out whether we can actually get tickets on November 16th? From hamster8 at ... Thu Sep 20 22:15:18 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:15:18 -0000 Subject: Opening Night In-Reply-To: <9odl5a+i93c@...> Message-ID: <9odppm+3di6@...> The afternoon sounds fine to me. I'm just hoping against hope now that I won't have any lectures or seminars that day. Chances are that, after I had a free Friday (3 day weekend) for two terms out of three last year, they won't be so kind to me. In which case I just won't bother going. Really, honestly speaking, an evening meet would be so much better for me, but if we go with an afternoon, I can probably make it, and if we can't get tickets for Friday, we can, I suppose, schedule for Saturday? I dunno. I'll wait and see. Al *head explodes* From heymynameisabird at ... Sat Sep 22 10:15:21 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:15:21 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] parents Message-ID: Catherine said: Helen, if your parents spoke to one of us, and someone met you at the station, would they be OK with that? OK, thanks for the offer. I'll speak to them about that and see how they feel. Love Helen xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance." --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Love me or hate me but spare me your indifference." - Libbie Fudim. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour --------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From john at ... Thu Sep 27 00:44:05 2001 From: john at ... (John Walton) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 01:44:05 +0100 Subject: Opening Night Message-ID: Catherine said, > Anyway, for those who are not living in the London area and want > somewhere to stay (John, did you ask?), I have a spare room and a > reasonably comfortable sofa for anyone who wants to use it. First > come, first served basis. Ooh! Superb. Can I snaffle the spare room? ::grin:: Assuming, of course, that I can worm my way out of my 2pm Friday lecture (glarg!)...which I think I might be able to do. Does someone want to look into actually getting hold of tickets? (Has someone done so already?) --John ____________________________________________ There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them. --'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' by JK Rowling John Walton -- john at ... ____________________________________________ From dai_evans at ... Thu Sep 27 16:03:13 2001 From: dai_evans at ... (Dai Evans) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:03:13 -0000 Subject: Opening Night In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9ovik1+gqqg@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., John Walton wrote: > Does someone want to look into actually getting hold of tickets? (Has > someone done so already?) Tickets are not yet available. We should try to finalise exactly who is coming and decide who (Neil?) is going to actually book the tickets, so that that can be done the moment they are available. Otherwise we won't get seats together, or at all. Dai From catherine at ... Thu Sep 27 16:13:29 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:13:29 -0000 Subject: Opening Night In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9ovj79+gsrt@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., John Walton wrote: > Ooh! Superb. Can I snaffle the spare room? It's yours. Catherine From neilward at ... Thu Sep 27 22:40:58 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 23:40:58 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night References: <9ovik1+gqqg@...> Message-ID: <001c01c147a5$7a914040$ee3570c2@c5s910j> Dai said: > Tickets are not yet available. We should try to finalise exactly who > is coming and decide who (Neil?) is going to actually book the > tickets, so that that can be done the moment they are available. > Otherwise we won't get seats together, or at all. I'm planning to book the tickets and I've signed up to receive notification when various cinemas start selling them (mid Oct, apparently). I'll probably try phoning a bit before then, to get ahead of the game. Realistically, will need to finalise the numbers by end of next week... N From michelleapostolides at ... Thu Sep 27 22:39:00 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 23:39:00 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Opening Night References: <9ovik1+gqqg@...> <001c01c147a5$7a914040$ee3570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <02a901c147a5$3404f2c0$5040063e@tmeltcds> I'm planning to book the tickets and I've signed up to receive notification when various cinemas start selling them (mid Oct, apparently). I'll probably try phoning a bit before then, to get ahead of the game. Realistically, will need to finalise the numbers by end of next week... Depemds if we're talking aftrnoon or evening.... M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hamster8 at ... Tue Oct 9 12:49:34 2001 From: hamster8 at ... (hamster8 at ...) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 12:49:34 -0000 Subject: Al's Timetable. Message-ID: <9purou+peqe@...> I will have a seminar Fridays this term from 11.30 to 1.20 - this includes the 16th - so an evening meet up looks increasingly better for me. Al From catherine at ... Thu Oct 11 17:30:12 2001 From: catherine at ... (catherine at ...) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:30:12 -0000 Subject: Tickets available? Message-ID: <9q4kv4+kukc@...> Hi all, Has anyone noticed Julie Balfour's message on the main list saying that she already has tickets for a showing on November 16 in Leeds? Does that mean that tickets here are available as well????? Anyone checked yet? I am prepared to phone around tomorrow, starting with WB West End, if no one else has heard anything. Catherine From neilward at ... Thu Oct 11 18:35:29 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:35:29 -0000 Subject: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <9q4kv4+kukc@...> Message-ID: <9q4oph+203l@...> Catherine said: > Hi all, > Has anyone noticed Julie Balfour's message on the main list saying > that she already has tickets for a showing on November 16 in Leeds? > > Does that mean that tickets here are available as well????? Anyone checked yet? I am prepared to phone around tomorrow, starting with WB West End, if no one else has heard anything. *** I've been 95% off the scene for a few days, but I did see Julie's message and immediately checked the UCI and Odeon cinemas online. I had signed up to get e-mailed when the HP movie tickets were on sale and haven't heard from them yet. I can't remember if I tried Warner though. Odeon is plugging the film as a "coming soon", but it's not listed in the website area for booking tickets (not that I would book them over the internet). When I phoned them before they told me that tickets usually go on sale a month before opening, but I rang them today and they said "as soon as possible" and then "7-10 days" - so take your pick! Apparently, the Odeon, Leics Square will not sell tickets on advance booking until the running time and certificate of the film are confirmed. Yeah, so Leeds just fancied raking in some advance cash? Catherine, let us know what Warner said. Re the showing we want to go for, we have to make a decision on one thing or the other, so I suggest we plump for the early evening show, that would be somewhere around 6pm or 7pm. If Dai really wants to go to the first sitting, he coulg go twice [:-)]. I'm assuming a late slot would be out for most people. I'm just about to leave the office, but will do a tot up of numbers when I get home. Neil From michelleapostolides at ... Thu Oct 11 18:43:26 2001 From: michelleapostolides at ... (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:43:26 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Tickets available? References: <9q4kv4+kukc@...> Message-ID: <001401c15284$a5ce3580$0247063e@tmeltcds> Hi all, Has anyone noticed Julie Balfour's message on the main list saying that she already has tickets for a showing on November 16 in Leeds? Does that mean that tickets here are available as well????? Anyone checked yet? I am prepared to phone around tomorrow, starting with WB West End, if no one else has heard anything. This crossed my mind too. Do we have a final list of how many of us can make it ? I am willing to help out if there is a limit to ticket booking numbers. Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine at ... Thu Oct 11 20:10:08 2001 From: catherine at ... (Catherine Coleman) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:10:08 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <9q4oph+203l@...> References: <9q4kv4+kukc@...> <9q4oph+203l@...> Message-ID: > > Hi all, > > Has anyone noticed Julie Balfour's message on the main list > saying > > that she already has tickets for a showing on November 16 in > Leeds? > > > > Does that mean that tickets here are available as well????? > Anyone checked yet? I am prepared to phone around tomorrow, > starting > with WB West End, if no one else has heard anything. > > *** > > I've been 95% off the scene for a few days, but I did see Julie's > message and immediately checked the UCI and Odeon cinemas online. > I > had signed up to get e-mailed when the HP movie tickets were on > sale > and haven't heard from them yet. I can't remember if I tried > Warner > though. > It seems that all the cinema chains have different policies. I phoned Bluewater, as I'll probably see it there as well, and they aren't releasing tickets until 13 November. They are expecting huge queues as they are getting several calls a day already. If Dai wants to go to an earlier showing, I am quite prepared to do that one as well - I am sure I'll want to see it many, many times. Catherine From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 04:02:32 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 05:02:32 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? References: <9q4oph+203l@...> Message-ID: <002c01c152d2$b87268c0$213570c2@c5s910j> Okay, if we go with an afternoon AND and early evening showing, we should keep everyone happy. I have all day off that day, so I'd watch it twice... and plan to watch it with other people on other days (some of my friends were nagging to come on the 16th, but I told them "no", since they haven't even read the books! I'll go with them another day, in case they make silly remarks... which they will). Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or maybes, please. Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. Thanks AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil EVENING SHOWING Neil From dai_evans at dai_evans.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 07:58:26 2001 From: dai_evans at dai_evans.yahoo.invalid (David Evans) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 00:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <002c01c152d2$b87268c0$213570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <20011012075826.74183.qmail@...> --- Neil Ward wrote: > Can we go through the list again? This time, no > brackets or maybes, please. > Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or > both. AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai EVENING SHOWING Neil __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com From Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 10:23:00 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:23:00 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? References: <20011012075826.74183.qmail@...> Message-ID: <00ad01c15307$dece8f00$e500a8c0@shasta> --- Neil Ward wrote: Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or maybes, please. Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai Mike EVENING SHOWING Neil Mike From hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 11:40:34 2001 From: hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid (hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:40:34 -0000 Subject: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <00ad01c15307$dece8f00$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <9q6kri+lsu4@...> Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or maybes, please. Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai Mike EVENING SHOWING Neil Mike Al From nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 13:02:06 2001 From: nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid (Nick Mitchell) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:02:06 -0000 Subject: Tickets Availabile? Message-ID: <9q6pke+q601@...> Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or maybes, please. Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai Mike EVENING SHOWING Neil Mike Al Nick From nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 13:06:37 2001 From: nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid (Nick Mitchell) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:06:37 -0000 Subject: 4th November Message-ID: <9q6pst+t60s@...> Does anyone know any more details about the Premier? I'm planning on going up to London on the 4th November to see what I can see happening up there... if anyone else is around that day, let me know. Nick Home Email: NicMituk at ... Work Email: nick at ... From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 17:23:21 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:23:21 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? References: <9q6kri+lsu4@...> Message-ID: <001601c15342$97cfa7c0$cf58063e@tmeltcds> Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or maybes, please. Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai Mike EVENING SHOWING Neil Mike Al Michelle Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From heymynameisabird at heymynameisabird.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 12 19:38:28 2001 From: heymynameisabird at heymynameisabird.yahoo.invalid (Helen N) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:38:28 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] timing Message-ID: Neil: I suggest we plump for the early evening show, that would be somewhere around 6pm or 7pm. If Dai really wants to go to the first sitting, he coulg go twice [:-)]. I'm assuming a late slot would be out for most people. I'm not sure how long the show is...when do we think we'd be out if we end up at this early evening showing? 'Cause that's going to change whether or not I'm allowed. Love Helen xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance." --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Love me or hate me but spare me your indifference." - Libbie Fudim. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour --------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From catherine at ... Fri Oct 12 07:42:04 2001 From: catherine at ... (Catherine Coleman) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:42:04 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <002c01c152d2$b87268c0$213570c2@c5s910j> References: <9q4oph+203l@...> <002c01c152d2$b87268c0$213570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: I'm planning to see it over the weekend with Mickey's grandkids, but I am confident that I can see it a few times. Therefore.... In message <002c01c152d2$b87268c0$213570c2 at c5s910j>, Neil Ward writes > Okay, if we go with an afternoon AND and early evening showing, we > should > keep everyone happy. > > I have all day off that day, so I'd watch it twice... and plan to > watch it > with other people on other days (some of my friends were nagging to > come on > the 16th, but I told them "no", since they haven't even read the > books! > I'll go with them another day, in case they make silly remarks... > which they > will). > > Can we go through the list again? This time, no brackets or > maybes, please. > Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or both. > > Thanks > > AFTERNOON SHOWING > Neil Catherine > > > > EVENING SHOWING > Neil Catherine > > From neilward at ... Fri Oct 12 21:31:05 2001 From: neilward at ... (Neil Ward) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:31:05 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] timing References: Message-ID: <000201c15367$7e4d0c00$6f3670c2@c5s910j> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen N" To: Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 8:38 PM Subject: [HPFGU-London] timing > Neil: I suggest we plump for the early evening show, > that would be somewhere around 6pm or 7pm. If Dai really wants to go > to the first sitting, he coulg go twice [:-)]. I'm assuming a late > slot would be out for most people. > > I'm not sure how long the show is...when do we think we'd be out if we end > up at this early evening showing? 'Cause that's going to change whether or > not I'm allowed. > > Love > Helen > xx Helen, At the moment I think we're planning to go twice: once in the afternoon and once in the early evening. I think Catherine said she would go to both showings, so you if you went in afternoon you wouldn't be left with a bunch of scary blokes ... and me . I'm guessing the early showing could be any time after 2pm and the early evening one any time after 6.30pm (so it would end any time from 9pm). I am guessing, but based on the times these cinemas usually show at. We'd probably all meet up somewhere in between the shows, assuming they didn't end up being consecutive. Does that help? Neil From catherine at ... Sat Oct 13 13:42:59 2001 From: catherine at ... (Catherine Coleman) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:42:59 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? In-Reply-To: <001601c15342$97cfa7c0$cf58063e@tmeltcds> References: <9q6kri+lsu4@...> <001601c15342$97cfa7c0$cf58063e@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <6EgrsFAjTEy7Iw6q@...> In message <001601c15342$97cfa7c0$cf58063e at tmeltcds>, Michelle Apostolides writes > Can we go through the list again? This time, no > brackets or maybes, please. > Only sign up if you're definitely coming to one or > both. > > > AFTERNOON SHOWING > Neil > Dai > Mike Catherine > > > EVENING SHOWING > Neil > Mike > Al > Michelle Catherine > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > -- Catherine Coleman From heymynameisabird at ... Sun Oct 14 17:19:03 2001 From: heymynameisabird at ... (Helen N) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 17:19:03 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Digest Number 63 Message-ID: Neil said:I'm guessing the early showing could be any time after 2pm and the early evening one any time after 6.30pm (so it would end any time from 9pm). I am guessing, but based on the times these cinemas usually show at. Right. In that case I think it's extremely unlikely I'll be able to come. I can't make the afternoon showing unless I bunk off college, and I'm a good girl, I don't do stuff like that ;-). The evening showing sounds too late - I'd have to get back home 'cause I'm working on Saturdays now. (Urgh. I just started yesterday and already I'm sick of it - I hate being 16 and exploitable!) If anyone has any definite times and they start after five but end before eight, let me know and I'll reconsider. (Unlikely, maybe, but I can hope...) Love Helen xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance." --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Love me or hate me but spare me your indifference." - Libbie Fudim. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour --------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From nick at ... Mon Oct 15 20:37:33 2001 From: nick at ... (Nick Mitchell) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:37:33 -0000 Subject: MOVIE NEWS Message-ID: <9qfhed+fgp9@...> Hi all Here is the lastest news I have regarding the movie release. -= UK Movie Premiere =- Venue: Odeon, Leicester Square Date: Sunday 4th November Time: 4.30pm (Subject to chang) The showing is an invite only event (obviously). If you would like to be in the crowd outside watching who goes to this premiere, let me know and we can arrange to meet up there. -= UK Movie, Previews =- Venue: Warner Brother Village Cinemas, exact locations TBC Date: 10th, 11th November Time: TBC These are advance ticket previews... tickets will be available from Warner Brothers from Friday 19th October, Tel: 08702 40 60 20 Nick. From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Mon Oct 15 22:40:48 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:40:48 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] MOVIE NEWS References: <9qfhed+fgp9@...> Message-ID: <004e01c155ca$6fb87980$e342063e@tmeltcds> -= UK Movie, Previews =- Venue: Warner Brother Village Cinemas, exact locations TBC Date: 10th, 11th November Time: TBC These are advance ticket previews... tickets will be available from Warner Brothers from Friday 19th October, Tel: 08702 40 60 20 Anyone else up for this ? Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid Tue Oct 16 13:49:50 2001 From: sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid (Simon) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:49:50 +0100 Subject: advance showings In-Reply-To: <1003197271.1191.38345.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Nick: <<< -= UK Movie, Previews =- Venue: Warner Brother Village Cinemas, exact locations TBC Date: 10th, 11th November Time: TBC These are advance ticket previews... tickets will be available from Warner Brothers from Friday 19th October, Tel: 08702 40 60 20>>> Pingu: <<>> It is very unlikely that I will be able to make either of these days. I am orienteering in the Forest of Dean (BOKTrot) on the 11th and will not be up for travelling the couple of hours to get to a WB cinema on the day before. I am not yet able to confirm whether I can make London on the 16th. I will look into the possibility, but I fear I will not be able to confirm far enough in advance for a ticket to be booked for me. For the time being it would probably be best to assume that I cannot make it and then hope that situations change before then. Simon PS: did anyone else catch Classic FM? They are playing parts of the film soundtrack at just after 8am each morning this week. Definitely John Williams (and I will leave each of you to decide if this is good or bad!). -- "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain." Arthur Weasley - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Jo Rowling --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Wed Oct 17 00:15:27 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:15:27 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Tickets available? References: <9q6kri+lsu4@...> <001601c15342$97cfa7c0$cf58063e@tmeltcds> <6EgrsFAjTEy7Iw6q@...> Message-ID: <009c01c156a0$d3536aa0$033570c2@c5s910j> I'm going to be away until Monday (abroad). I haven't heard anything from the Odeon and UCI cinemas yet - I signed up to get an e-mail when it was possible to book advance tickets. I'll check with them tomorrow before I leave, but it would be helpful if someone could check again later in the week. With any luck, the tickets will be available early next week and I can book them then. Neil From john at johnwaltonvu.yahoo.invalid Wed Oct 17 21:05:48 2001 From: john at johnwaltonvu.yahoo.invalid (John Walton) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:05:48 +0100 Subject: Who wants to go to the Edinburgh PREMIERE? Message-ID: Heidi just forwarded this to me. Unfortunately I'll be in Somerset at the time, but is anyone interested? Premiere in Edinburgh on November 6th. ::thinking about cancelling holiday in the South-West for this: http://www.qxl.com/cgi-bin/qxlhome.cgi/EN/QXL/PR/U1008986871/_20290685 --John ____________________________________________ "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup." -Anon. John Walton -- john at ... ____________________________________________ From chris at lurkwarbler.yahoo.invalid Wed Oct 17 21:51:31 2001 From: chris at lurkwarbler.yahoo.invalid (Chris M. Dickson) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:51:31 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Who wants to go to the Edinburgh PREMIERE? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In message , John Walton writes >Heidi just forwarded this to me. Unfortunately I'll be in Somerset at the >time, but is anyone interested? Premiere in Edinburgh on November 6th. >::thinking about cancelling holiday in the South-West for this: I'm severely tempted, but fear I won't be able to afford it. If you look at the page, you can either place a bid for a ticket or buy one outright for (a charity donation of) GBP 250. None of the dozen tickets on offer have been bought outright yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if all twelve went this way well before the end-of-Sunday/start-of-Monday deadline. The "Wizard Details" section isn't especially clearly written. Are there just three preview screenings in the whole of the UK (world?) or just three in Edinburgh with others elsewhere? By the way, you almost certainly don't know me. This is because I lurk on HPFGU - and, up until now, this newsgroup - though I do post to one of the fanfic ones (HP_Psych). Certainly Edinburgh is about as accessible as London for someone in my neck of the woods... Off to think *very* seriously about my cash situation, Chris (never normally tempted to find money just to be "the first on the block") -- Chris M. Dickson, Middlesbrough, England. chris at ... From chris at lurkwarbler.yahoo.invalid Thu Oct 18 13:37:55 2001 From: chris at lurkwarbler.yahoo.invalid (Chris M. Dickson) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:37:55 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Who wants to go to the Edinburgh PREMIERE? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In message , John Walton writes >Heidi just forwarded this to me. Unfortunately I'll be in Somerset at the >time, but is anyone interested? Premiere in Edinburgh on November 6th. >::thinking about cancelling holiday in the South-West for this: I slept on it, thought "sod it" (excuse my French) and have just used the "Buy Now" option to buy a ticket for, gasp, GBP 250. There are ten more tickets left; snap them up using "Buy Now" for GBP 250 or bid for them. Current minimum bid GBP 75, but I wouldn't be too surprised if all ten got "Buy Now"-ed up within the next 36 hours. I suspect we'll probably get a lot of information about the film from the critics and reviewers on November 4th/5th, but is there some policy about spoilers based on the November 6th showing? You're only young once and credit cards are your friend, Chris (DEARLY hoping that things don't get screwed up anywhere along the line) -- Chris M. Dickson, Middlesbrough, Great Britain; chris at ... Sport Editor, Flagship PBM mag: http://www.antsnest.demon.co.uk/flagship/ Labyrinth Games: puzzle and game consultancy http://www.qwertyuiop.co.uk/ MSO Worldwide -*- Bringing Brains Together -*- http://www.msoworld.com/ From hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid Fri Oct 19 15:10:23 2001 From: hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid (hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:10:23 -0000 Subject: Tickets available? If it's not too late In-Reply-To: <6EgrsFAjTEy7Iw6q@...> Message-ID: <9qpfov+kups@...> Can I be put in for the afternoon showing as well? So now it reads ... AFTERNOON SHOWING Neil Dai Mike Catherine Al EVENING SHOWING Neil Mike Al Michelle Catherine And is there any word on the advance previews??? Al From nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid Sun Oct 21 15:20:25 2001 From: nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid (Nick Mitchell) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:20:25 -0000 Subject: HP Tickets Message-ID: <9qup3p+gobe@...> Hi all What's the latest situation regarding tickets to see movie? Warner Village Cinemas - www.warnervillage.co.uk are now accepting bookings. Odeon are accepting bookings, but only on their OrderLine at present. Is the plan still to meet up in London somewhere on 16th Nov, or is everyone going to the previews now? Anyone coming along on the 4th November, to watch who goes in to the premier? Nick From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Sun Oct 21 23:36:00 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:36:00 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] HP Tickets References: <9qup3p+gobe@...> Message-ID: <01fd01c15a89$249a5cc0$3f3570c2@c5s910j> > Hi all > > What's the latest situation regarding tickets to see movie? I'm going to book the tickets tomorrow - trying Odeon Leics Square first. I think we have 5 people for the afternoon and 7 for the evening (some of them are people going twice). Neil > > Warner Village Cinemas - www.warnervillage.co.uk > are now accepting bookings. > > Odeon are accepting bookings, but only on their OrderLine at present. > > > Is the plan still to meet up in London somewhere on 16th Nov, or is > everyone going to the previews now? > > Anyone coming along on the 4th November, to watch who goes in to the > premier? > > Nick > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From john at johnwaltonvu.yahoo.invalid Sun Oct 21 23:40:48 2001 From: john at johnwaltonvu.yahoo.invalid (John Walton) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:40:48 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] HP Tickets In-Reply-To: <01fd01c15a89$249a5cc0$3f3570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: Bleh. I was waiting to see if my seminar was cancelled, but unfortunately, since I have to present a seminar on Friday afternoon at five. There's no way I'll be able to get down in time. ::cries:: --John From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Mon Oct 22 12:29:43 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:29:43 -0000 Subject: Gasp! I've booked the tickets!!! Message-ID: <9r13fn+lvlk@...> Phew! I had the horrors that it would be booked out, but it's okay for the early afternoon and the evening showing on Fri 16th Nov (the one at 5.05pm was sold out). I ended up buying six tickets for each showing, so there's a spare for the afternoon showing. **Cinema: Odeon, Leicester Square **First Viewing 1.30pm, seats D25-D30 (front circle); ?6.50 each. Neil, Mike, Dai, Catherine, Al, ?? **Second Viewing 8.35pm, seats Q6-8 and R6-8 (I'm afraid couldn't get them in one row in a central location... these are in a group towards the back of the mid circle); ?11 each. Neil, Mike, Michelle, Catherine, Al, Nick ******************************** I suggest we arrange to eat somewhere between the showings, and welcome suggestions if anyone has a preference. I'll check out some ideas. Neil From Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid Mon Oct 22 14:41:56 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:41:56 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Gasp! I've booked the tickets!!! References: <9r13fn+lvlk@...> Message-ID: <002f01c15b07$b2e36430$e500a8c0@shasta> Great news, Neil! I'm overwhelmed with work just now and can hardly even claim to be lurking - but I still can't wait to see that film - and you all, too ... Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Mon Oct 22 18:53:04 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:53:04 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Gasp! I've booked the tickets!!! References: <9r13fn+lvlk@...> Message-ID: <022d01c15b2a$de713640$985f063e@tmeltcds> Phew! I had the horrors that it would be booked out, but it's okay for the early afternoon and the evening showing on Fri 16th Nov (the one at 5.05pm was sold out). I ended up buying six tickets for each showing, so there's a spare for the afternoon showing. **Cinema: Odeon, Leicester Square **First Viewing 1.30pm, seats D25-D30 (front circle); ?6.50 each. Neil, Mike, Dai, Catherine, Al, ?? Hi If I have that afternoon free, mibht come up for the afternoon ( if Catherine is still ok with me meeting at her place ?) Michelle Yahoo! 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I had the horrors that it would be booked out, but it's okay > for the early afternoon and the evening showing on Fri 16th Nov (the > one at 5.05pm was sold out). > > I ended up buying six tickets for each showing, so there's a spare > for the afternoon showing. > > **Cinema: Odeon, Leicester Square > > **First Viewing > > 1.30pm, seats D25-D30 (front circle); ?6.50 each. > > Neil, Mike, Dai, Catherine, Al, ?? > Pingu: >If I have that afternoon free, mibht come up for the afternoon ( if >Catherine is still ok with me meeting at her place ?) Damn - I am a bit late on this. I was just about to say that there is a good possiblity that I could now make it. Oh well. Will try to meet up with people at some event in the future. Simon From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Tue Oct 23 18:03:54 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:03:54 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Gasp! I've booked the tickets!!! References: <9r254l+solt@...> Message-ID: <000b01c15bed$151bba40$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> Damn - I am a bit late on this. I was just about to say that there is a good possiblity that I could now make it. Oh well. Will try to meet up with people at some event in the future. Nooo ! You have to be there. Which cinema is it ? Could try and book extras ! Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Tue Oct 23 19:05:05 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:05:05 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Gasp! I've booked the tickets!!! References: <9r254l+solt@...> <000b01c15bed$151bba40$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <00a001c15bf5$aa198980$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> Nooo ! You have to be there. Which cinema is it ? Could try and book extras ! We now have an extra ticket. Michelle Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Tue Oct 23 20:14:38 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:14:38 +0100 Subject: The spare ticket... more tickets? References: <9r254l+solt@...> <000b01c15bed$151bba40$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> <00a001c15bf5$aa198980$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> Message-ID: <004001c15bff$581d7c40$f73770c2@c5s910j> Michelle said, about Simon: <> Michelle: are you saying that you bought another ticket for Simon, or are you referring to the spare afternoon ticket we already had? Of course, there may still be tickets available for the same shows, if not in the same seating area. (btw, I didn't see your PM until tonight...) Re the spare 'afternoon' ticket I have, Michelle was the first to lay claim to it, then Simon (if he could make the afternoon showing) and then Nick (who contacted me offline, today). It will go to Michelle, unless she says she can't go... If anyone wants me to try to get more tickets for the 16th on my flexible friend, let me know. I have a feeling it will sell out soon, if it hasn't already. Neil From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Tue Oct 23 20:18:39 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:18:39 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] The spare ticket... more tickets? References: <9r254l+solt@...> <000b01c15bed$151bba40$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> <00a001c15bf5$aa198980$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> <004001c15bff$581d7c40$f73770c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <00e301c15bff$f60cb2e0$a03b7bd5@tmeltcds> | Michelle: are you saying that you bought another ticket for Simon, or are | you referring to the spare afternoon ticket we already had? Yes, I got a ticket for Simon. Of course, | | Re the spare 'afternoon' ticket I have, Michelle was the first to lay claim | to it, then Simon (if he could make the afternoon showing) and then Nick | (who contacted me offline, today). It will go to Michelle, unless she says | she can't go... I got a ticket for the afternoon showing. Will be at evening one come hell or high water ! Michelle From catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid Sun Nov 4 22:52:15 2001 From: catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid (catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid) Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 22:52:15 -0000 Subject: 16th November meet. Message-ID: <9s4gqv+rocp@...> Hi everyone. As some kind of consensus was reached in chat this evening, I thought I'd better post what was decided. We've agreed to meet at 12.30 outside the cinema, for convenience sake, which gives us a chance to grab a snack before the film. If this is inconvenient to anyone, let us know, and we can change it, plan a later rendezvous as well. Catherine From sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid Tue Nov 6 20:00:25 2001 From: sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid (Simon) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:00:25 -0000 Subject: 16th In-Reply-To: <1004995667.621.29924.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Catherine did write: > As some kind of consensus was reached in chat this evening, > I thought I'd better post what was decided. > > We've agreed to meet at 12.30 outside the cinema, for > convenience sake, which gives us a chance to grab a snack > before the film. > > If this is inconvenient to anyone, let us know, and we can > change it, plan a later rendezvous as well. Sounds fine by me, but I seem to remember I said that in the chat on Sunday. I no longer need directions for once I get to London. I have found a London A-Z and worked out a route from that. As I am likely to arrive fairly early in London (the friend I am staying with goes into 'work' at around 9am, so I will probably get a bus not long after that) and I will probably walk from Marble Arch (assuming the weather to be good). Do the plans include some sort of evening meal later in the day? Simon -- The Ashes - The only sporting competition where you get The Consolation Cup for winning. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid Fri Nov 9 20:26:27 2001 From: nick at babynick34.yahoo.invalid (Nick Mitchell) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 20:26:27 -0000 Subject: 16th Message-ID: <9she5j+etk3@...> What is the latest regarding the meet up on the 16th? Neil - did you get me a ticket for the evening showing, or lunchtime, or both? I've got confused! Meet up, from messages on list appears to be at lunchtime... but what about those only attending the evening showing... should they meet at the same place, and if so, at what time? Nick. (Note, quickest reply address if anyone wants to mail me off list ever is nicmituk at ... or use AOL Messenger, or Windows (MSN) Messenger with the @... address) From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Sun Nov 11 05:01:19 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 05:01:19 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: 16th References: <9she5j+etk3@...> Message-ID: <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> Nick said: > What is the latest regarding the meet up on the 16th? For the evening show, I suggest we gather outside the cinema at 7.30pm, but we will be doinf something between showings, so it might be an option to meet earlier for food. We still have to decide what to do and where to go between showings, so keep your eye on this board. > Neil - did you get me a ticket for the evening showing, or lunchtime, > or both? I've got confused! Only for the evening show, I'm afraid. Michelle claimed the spare ticket I had for the afternoon show. Incidentally, quite a few of us have now seen the film. I saw a preview last night with Michelle, Catherine (and husband, Mickey) and Al, and I noticed that Dai and Nick had both seen it too. Let's be clear that we don't want to spoil the film for anyone who hasn't seen it, so let's talk about the weather when we meet up (not literally, of course). Neil From Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid Sun Nov 11 18:29:15 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 19:29:15 +0100 Subject: 16t - also 15th & 17th, Cinema, Photo, etc. References: <9she5j+etk3@...> <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> Neil mentioned, > Incidentally, quite a few of us have now seen the film. I saw a preview > last night with Michelle, Catherine (and husband, Mickey) and Al, and I > noticed that Dai and Nick had both seen it too. Let's be clear that we > don't want to spoil the film for anyone who hasn't seen it, so let's talk > about the weather when we meet up (not literally, of course). Ho ho? How did you pull *that* off??? I'd be all for meeting up a bit early to grab a bite with anyone who has some spare time on their hands. For that matter I'll have whole days in London on Thursday and Saturday as well - so if anyone is feeling particularly board, just drop me a line and we can meet up. (Anytime, anywhere within striking distance of the city.) Otherwise, I'll just enjoy grazing my way through London ... Another question: where are we meeting up, anyway? I'm pretty good with maps (when I don't walk into lamp poles while reading them ... ), but I've forgotten the name of the cinema. And finally, to give you all a better chance of actually finding me, I've uploaded a recent mugshot to this group. The following URL ought to get you there. (If not, try http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-London/lst.) http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfgu-london/vwp?.dir=/&.src=gr&.dnm=mi ke2.jpg. (Chances are, I'll be wearing an orange and blue fleece jacket. And I've pretty much decided to leave the wieners home.) Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, who has been exercising his iron will power by refusing to read any reviews, watch any previews or even think about joining the movie group - all in hopes of taking the film with a clean palate.) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid Sun Nov 11 19:34:09 2001 From: catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid (Catherine Coleman) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 19:34:09 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] 16t - also 15th & 17th, Cinema, Photo, etc. In-Reply-To: <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> References: <9she5j+etk3@...> <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: In message <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0 at shasta>, Aberforth's Goat < > Ho ho? How did you pull *that* off??? Kind of my fault - I found out about the advance previews and broadcast it. > I'd be all for meeting up a bit early to grab a bite with anyone > who has > some spare time on their hands. For that matter I'll have whole > days in > London on Thursday and Saturday as well - so if anyone is feeling > particularly board, just drop me a line and we can meet up. > (Anytime, > anywhere within striking distance of the city.) > I am around most of the time. Studying by correspondence at home means I have more free time than I should allow myself. In other words, a distraction from the tax would be wonderful, so if you want to do anything on Thursday, or merely want someone to go sightseeing with, let me know. > Otherwise, I'll just enjoy grazing my way through London ... > > Another question: where are we meeting up, anyway? I'm pretty good > with maps > (when I don't walk into lamp poles while reading them ... ), but > I've > forgotten the name of the cinema. The Odeon, Leicester Square - can't miss it, as it's the one with all the HP billboards, and has loads of people dressed as wizards hanging around outside. Catherine From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Sun Nov 11 20:10:43 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 20:10:43 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] 16t - also 15th & 17th, Cinema, Photo, etc. References: <9she5j+etk3@...> <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <002601c16aec$f2402240$bd3470c2@c5s910j> Mike said: > Another question: where are we meeting up, anyway? I'm pretty good with maps > (when I don't walk into lamp poles while reading them ... ), but I've > forgotten the name of the cinema. It's at the Odeon, Leicester Square, and we planned to be outside at 12.30... and to get a bite to eat then. Should we meet a bit earlier - at noon - so we have a chance to to chat (about the weather...naturally)? > And finally, to give you all a better chance of actually finding me, I've > uploaded a recent mugshot to this group. I'm glad you explained what it was you were toasting over the fire... my mind was playing tricks on me! Neil From Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid Mon Nov 12 22:14:45 2001 From: Aberforths_Goat at aberforths_goat.yahoo.invalid (Aberforth's Goat) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:14:45 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-London] 16t - also 15th & 17th, Cinema, Photo, etc. References: <9she5j+etk3@...> <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> <002601c16aec$f2402240$bd3470c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <012e01c16bc7$6fb436f0$e500a8c0@shasta> Neil kindly pointed out, > It's at the Odeon, Leicester Square, and we planned to be outside at > 12.30... and to get a bite to eat then. Should we meet a bit earlier - at > noon - so we have a chance to to chat (about the weather...naturally)? Grand. One last, dumb American question: just in case I should have to ask direction - how the heck do I pronounce the name of that particular Square? (Lester?) Baaaaaa! Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray) _______________________ "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery...." From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Mon Nov 12 22:23:44 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:23:44 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] 16t - also 15th & 17th, Cinema, Photo, etc. References: <9she5j+etk3@...> <00c101c16a6e$00920180$213770c2@c5s910j> <001b01c16ade$c514e750$e500a8c0@shasta> <002601c16aec$f2402240$bd3470c2@c5s910j> <012e01c16bc7$6fb436f0$e500a8c0@shasta> Message-ID: <023301c16bc8$b4014d60$584a7bd5@tmeltcds> Grand. One last, dumb American question: just in case I should have to ask direction - how the heck do I pronounce the name of that particular Square? (Lester?) Yes Michelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid Tue Nov 13 18:27:04 2001 From: sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid (Simon) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:27:04 -0000 Subject: Piffle In-Reply-To: <1005553606.686.28003.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Neil: <<>> I am up for meeting earlier if people are available. I hope to arrive in London before midday and will slowly make my way to Leicester Square. If no one is around when I get to the cinema then I guess I will just wonder around some shops for a while. I am hoping that at least a couple of you that will be there on Friday already have my mobile number. I am out for most of tomorrow, but will check my e-mail before going to bed. After that I am not sure if I will be able to check it again before we meet up. The friend I am staying with was meant to be getting his room connected to the university telephone system (so he can have e-mail access) but this may not have happened yet. Simon From dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid Thu Nov 15 17:48:18 2001 From: dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid (David) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:48:18 -0000 Subject: Enjoy the film! Message-ID: <9t0v52+vc5i@...> Hope you have a good time, all moviegoers. I'll see you sometime, I'm sure. David From michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid Thu Nov 15 19:32:11 2001 From: michelleapostolides at michelleapostolides.yahoo.invalid (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:32:11 -0000 Subject: Tomorrow Message-ID: <001301c16e0c$64282520$5f3e7bd5@tmeltcds> Hey !So we're al meeting outside the Odeon at Leicester Square at 12.30, right ? Just checking in ! Michelle From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Thu Nov 15 19:42:53 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:42:53 -0000 Subject: Enjoy the film!/+ Confirming details/ideas for killing time References: <9t0v52+vc5i@...> Message-ID: <001d01c16e0d$b845d8e0$9d3570c2@c5s910j> David: > Hope you have a good time, all moviegoers. > > I'll see you sometime, I'm sure. I hope so! I expect the next big meeting after this film will be the one where we "find out what David looks like". **** Just confirming details for tomorrow now. My mobile number is 07957 423 185. I have tickets for Mike and Dai for the 13.30 showing and for Mike and Nick for the 20.35 showing. I've already given Al, Catherine and Michelle their tickets and Michelle has a ticket for Simon for the afternoon (?) showing. The plan is to meet up outside the Odeon, Leicester Square at noon for the first showing. For the later showing, we said we'd meet at 19.30 outside the cinema. Between showings, we have three to four hours to kill... Immediately after the first showing, we could go to the National Portrait Gallery, just round the corner, which is open until 18.00 (http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp) or the National Gallery, also open until 18.00 (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/default.htm) if anyone's up for that. Another possibility - although it's a fair walk from the cinema - is to visit Australia House (http://www.australia.org.uk/ahc/html/building.html) at the far end of The Strand, since part of the Exhibition Hall doubled as Gringotts in the film. I'm not sure whether we'd be able to get in, but I'll try to find out. Covent Garden will be fairly busy with shoppers, but it's fairly close to Leicester Square, if we wanted to wander around for a bit and see some street performers (or visit the Transport Museum). We could look at some of the bookshops in Charing Cross Rd (close to Diagon Alley, we think) and get a coffee at the same time. Essentially, we'll be right in the middle of the West End, so we can shop or hang out where we like, as a group, or not. Mike (and others) might be interested in visiting St Martins-in-the-fields church, right on Trafalgar Square. I suggest that we grab something to eat at about 18.00 to beat the crush. I don't know what individual tastes are like, but we could try Wagamama (Japanese), just off Leicester Square (http://www.wagamama.com/wayto/index.php) or one of the many Chinese restaurants in nearby China Town. I also know a couple of really cheap places in Soho that might not be so busy around 6pm : The Stockpot and Centrale - they don't sell alcohol and we'd have to cram onto cramped tables with strangers, but the food is filling and very inexpensive. If we want to hang out in a pub, we could try the modern place we went to last Saturday (The Piano and Pitcher was it?), or The Glassblower, just off Regent St, which is very nice, and more traditional. After 5pm these places will be full of suits, but earlier we'd easily get a table to ourselves, I think. I'll bring these ideas with me, as some of you won't be able to read this. Neil From catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid Fri Nov 16 08:51:34 2001 From: catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid (Catherine Coleman) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:51:34 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Enjoy the film! In-Reply-To: <9t0v52+vc5i@...> References: <9t0v52+vc5i@...> Message-ID: In message <9t0v52+vc5i at ...>, David writes > Hope you have a good time, all moviegoers. > > I'll see you sometime, I'm sure. > > David > I hope so! I am also amazed that you have given in and got tickets for Sunday. Is this you not being able to wait - have you coerced the rest of the family into going? Hope you're in chat to talk about it Sunday night. Catherine -- Catherine Coleman From catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid Fri Nov 16 08:55:23 2001 From: catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid (Catherine Coleman) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:55:23 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: Enjoy the film!/+ Confirming details/ideas for killing time In-Reply-To: <001d01c16e0d$b845d8e0$9d3570c2@c5s910j> References: <9t0v52+vc5i@...> <001d01c16e0d$b845d8e0$9d3570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: <7N57+LA7RN97IwS4@...> In message <001d01c16e0d$b845d8e0$9d3570c2 at c5s910j>, Neil Ward writes > We could look > at some of > the bookshops in Charing Cross Rd (close to Diagon Alley, we think) > and get > a coffee at the same time. Already did this with Mike yesterday, and got him to buy a pile of books on my recommendation (so am hoping he enjoys them). > If we want to hang out in a pub, we could try the modern place we > went to > last Saturday (The Piano and Pitcher was it?), This will be a bit of a no-no. From late afternoon on Friday you can't move in there for all the office workers - it is standing room only, and very, very smoky, so it wouldn't be that congenial, I'm afraid. >or The Glassblower, > just off > Regent St, which is very nice, and more traditional. After 5pm > these places > will be full of suits, but earlier we'd easily get a table to > ourselves, I > think. > > I'll bring these ideas with me, as some of you won't be able to > read this. > > Neil > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT > http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=215002.1711356.3237013.1261774/D=egroupmail/S=1705047754:HM/A=847665/rand=630213784 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > HPFGU-London-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > . -- Catherine Coleman From dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid Fri Nov 16 10:24:20 2001 From: dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid (David) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:24:20 -0000 Subject: Enjoy the film! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9t2pgk+v2v3@...> Catherine wrote: >I am also amazed that you have given in and got tickets for > Sunday. Is this you not being able to wait - have you coerced the rest > of the family into going? > > Hope you're in chat to talk about it Sunday night. > No, they coerced me - because the film was on last weekend, some schoolfriends have already seen it. Somehow HP has suddenly become cool (In the summer Ben was very scathing about the trading cards, preferring Pokemon, now he's bought himself a wand (really tacky), has got me rereading PS to him, and got PoA out of the school library although he knows we have it at home), so it's important to get there soon. We're going to a 5:20 showing, so if I'm in chat it'll be late, once supper is over and they are packed off to bed. David From sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid Mon Nov 19 02:14:24 2001 From: sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid (Sinead Clements) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 02:14:24 -0000 Subject: Get together in January Message-ID: <9t9pu0+rhqb@...> Hi all... I can make a get together on January 7th, which is a Monday. Monday night is most likely. I can't wait to meet you London guys and meet the ones I've met before again! Sinead From dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid Mon Nov 19 12:08:56 2001 From: dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid (David) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:08:56 -0000 Subject: Get together in January In-Reply-To: <9t9pu0+rhqb@...> Message-ID: <9tasoo+8msr@...> Sinead wrote: > Hi all... > > I can make a get together on January 7th, which is a Monday. Monday > night is most likely. > Sounds plausible to me. In short, a wizard wheese. By then, who knows, we will have a firm date for OoP? (I'm still betting that JKR has forced Bloomsbury (Scholastic? who are they?) to lower expectations, because she wants to avoid the big build-up of hype that preceded GOF, and then will ambush us with a short-notice date in February or early March.) David From sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid Tue Nov 20 18:05:12 2001 From: sjbranford at sjbranford.yahoo.invalid (Simon) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:05:12 -0000 Subject: meet up/book 5 In-Reply-To: <1006247628.3998.56353.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: David: > By then, who > knows, we will have a firm date for OoP? (I'm still betting that JKR > has forced Bloomsbury (Scholastic? who are they?) to lower > expectations, because she wants to avoid the big build-up of hype > that preceded GOF, and then will ambush us with a short-notice date > in February or early March.) Interesting idea but I was beginning to think that maybe she has decided to have a release date similar to the other books again, just delayed by one year. So under this idea we would expect the 5th book sometime in July I will look into being able to make a meet up at the beginning of January, but fear that I am busy on the 6th and so will not be able to get to London the following day. Simon From hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid Wed Nov 21 09:52:14 2001 From: hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid (hamster8 at al_ffn.yahoo.invalid) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:52:14 -0000 Subject: meet up/book 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9tftge+t82r@...> Simon ... "I will look into being able to make a meet up at the beginning of January, but fear that I am busy on the 6th and so will not be able to get to London the following day." Likewise, I have a sinking feeling that that is the Monday I will need to be back at university, so unless anybody fancies a Brighton meet up (I know many good pubs and an excellent restaurant on the seafront *vbg*) then I probably won't be able to make it. I'll look into the matter, as I'd love to be there, but it might be difficult for me to wrangle time up in London. Al From sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid Sun Dec 9 22:11:18 2001 From: sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid (sineadsiobhan) Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 22:11:18 -0000 Subject: Get-together Message-ID: <9v0ni6+2qqa@...> If there is a get-together on the Monday 7th January, Dai and I arrive in London around 5:30-6pm at the Paddington Station. We should try to meet sometime that evening. Sinead From dracos_boyfriend at dracos_boyfriend.yahoo.invalid Wed Dec 12 22:03:21 2001 From: dracos_boyfriend at dracos_boyfriend.yahoo.invalid (dracos_boyfriend) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:03:21 -0000 Subject: Get-together In-Reply-To: <9v0ni6+2qqa@...> Message-ID: <9v8k79+mnfg@...> --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "sineadsiobhan" wrote: > If there is a get-together on the Monday 7th January, Dai and I arrive > in London around 5:30-6pm at the Paddington Station. We should try to > meet sometime that evening. > > Sinead Oh, if it's in the evening, I can almost certainly make it, although it might be a bit tight. You guys should've said you were planning an evening meet! Al From dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid Fri Dec 14 16:36:17 2001 From: dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid (davewitley) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:36:17 -0000 Subject: Get-together In-Reply-To: <9v8k79+mnfg@...> Message-ID: <9vd9q1+f1l4@...> Sinead: > > If there is a get-together on the Monday 7th January, Dai and I > arrive > > in London around 5:30-6pm at the Paddington Station. We should try > to > > meet sometime that evening. Al: > Oh, if it's in the evening, I can almost certainly make it, although > it might be a bit tight. You guys should've said you were planning > an evening meet! I can do evening, from about 7 at the earliest, I'd say. Do you need to get back to Paddington that evening, Sinead? I will be coming from and going to Waterloo. David From sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid Fri Dec 14 16:57:56 2001 From: sinead at sineadsiobhan.yahoo.invalid (sineadsiobhan) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:57:56 -0000 Subject: Get-together In-Reply-To: <9vd9q1+f1l4@...> Message-ID: <9vdb2k+4n9v@...> > I can do evening, from about 7 at the earliest, I'd say. Do you need > to get back to Paddington that evening, Sinead? I will be coming > from and going to Waterloo. > > David No, I don't need to go back to Paddington, for that I'll be staying with my family in London. They're staying at a hotel very close to Gloucester Road stop, which isn't far from the Paddington stop. Where should we meet? I haven't been to London in a while (give or take two years) so I was wondering if we could meet at one of the stops? Sinead, whose excitement is building up; can't wait to go to London! From dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid Fri Dec 21 09:04:25 2001 From: dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid (davewitley) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:04:25 -0000 Subject: So, January 7th...? Message-ID: <9vutup+hiia@...> Crimbo is a-coming and we will soon all be locked up with relatives or alcoholically speech-impaired for a week, or at any rate, deprived of high bandwidth workplace/uni internet connections. Who's up for it? Where? It's ages since I've done anything sociable in London. Covent Garden? David From dai_evans at dai_evans.yahoo.invalid Sat Dec 22 22:21:03 2001 From: dai_evans at dai_evans.yahoo.invalid (dai_evans) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:21:03 -0000 Subject: So, January 7th...? In-Reply-To: <9vutup+hiia@...> Message-ID: Could one of the London Lot (Neil, Catherine, Michelle) suggest a venue (real ale, quiet) for say.. 7 or 8? the exact location doesn't matter that much, although one easy to find from the tube would be a bonus. Dai --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "davewitley" wrote: > Where? It's ages since I've done anything sociable in London. Covent > Garden? From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Sun Dec 23 17:54:13 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (Neil Ward) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:54:13 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-London] Re: So, January 7th...? References: Message-ID: <003201c18bda$d5b00aa0$153570c2@c5s910j> Dai said: > Could one of the London Lot (Neil, Catherine, Michelle) suggest a > venue (real ale, quiet) for say.. 7 or 8? the exact location doesn't > matter that much, although one easy to find from the tube would be a > bonus. Will get back to you on this... Neil From catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid Mon Dec 31 11:57:52 2001 From: catherine at catorman.yahoo.invalid (catorman) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:57:52 -0000 Subject: So, January 7th...? In-Reply-To: <003201c18bda$d5b00aa0$153570c2@c5s910j> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-London at y..., "Neil Ward" wrote: > Dai said: > > > Could one of the London Lot (Neil, Catherine, Michelle) suggest a > > venue (real ale, quiet) for say.. 7 or 8? the exact location doesn't > > matter that much, although one easy to find from the tube would be a > > bonus. > > Will get back to you on this... > > Neil So will I...! Catherine From neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid Mon Dec 31 14:26:42 2001 From: neilward at flyingfordanglia.yahoo.invalid (flyingfordanglia) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:26:42 -0000 Subject: Jan 7th - meeting place suggestions/headcount Message-ID: Hi everyone, I have two suggestions for pubs serving ale (see below), as a meeting place for 7th January. They both serve food, but the Leicester Arms sounds the more interesting on that front. The Moon & Sixpence sounds like a better bet in terms of having space and no music, if we plan to stay there a while. Both these places are reasonably close to Covent Garden if we're planning to have a wander over there (cold weather allowing). Shall we meet up from 6pm, once we've agreed on the venue? If no one has a preference, I'll just choose one of the pubs and aim to be there from 6pm myself. Can we get an idea who is coming on the 7th? I'm pretty sure of these people: Neil Dai Sinead Catherine Can the rest of you add your names and circulate the list? Thanks Neil PUBS..................... (1) The Moon & Sixpence (Wardour Street/Soho) Listed here: http://alt.venus.co.uk/vpub/w1area.htm Map and details here: http://www.pubfoodguide.co.uk/pubs/london-moon-sixpence.htm (2) Leicester Arms (Glasshouse Street/Piccadilly) Profile and map here: http://www.londontown.com/directory/pubdetails.phtml? id=CC0109&location=no_info&titlegif=&bar=&fac=&msite=1