UK Gather - who's going

[Ian]

Now we have both place & dates (York, 8th-10th September), it's time for peeps to stand up & be counted! I need as many names as possible as soon as possible, so I can give the hotel a good idea of how many are coming (large numbers could mean group discount). So if you know you can come, say so here, if you're pretty sure you can come, say so here, even if you hope you can come, say so here. But please, if you know for certain you can't come, don't say so here; it'll be a lot easier to add up the total if I know that the only ones who have posted will be those who will be or may be coming. :)

Obviously the 4 of us will be there (2 days after getting back from D*C!), and quite probably WG too, so that's 5 to start with!

The list:
Ian
LL
BM
H
WG
c_ris
Oldrider
Apo
Gromit
MusicFiend
Jax
Songbreeze
kc
Simon HoneyBear
Kerianth
j_merc
Jayson (or possibly Alter )
Another mystery person (& even I don't know who this one is)
Amy B
Dancer
Just Bob
Korin
Korin's mum
Korin's sis
Pinkellie
Bertrand
Malvace

[C_ris]

I SHOULD be able to come! :D

[Apocalypse]

We should be there too - Oldrider, Apo, Gromit & MusicFiend... with 1 possible extra.

[Ian]

I'll just put the 4 of you down for now, can always add the other later once you're more sure if he/she can come or not. :)

[Lali]

*waves weakly*

Yesh, I should be able to come this year too. SHOULD being the operative word there.

I guess that makes me a hopeful. ^_^

[KC.]

Don't forget me Ian :D

[C_ris]

We should be there too - Oldrider, Apo, Gromit & MusicFiend... with 1 possible extra.

*guesses who the 'extra' is* ;) :evil:

[Apocalypse]

Crispy, I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about! :angel:

[Simon HoneyBear]

Me me me me!

I'll be there.... I'll deserve a weekend off work at the end of the summer!

Simon

[Lady Legira]

:blush: *looks down* I'm wearing red! I must be a Werewolf. :D

[Kerianth]

HANG HER!!!!!

:D :D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :D :D

[Ian]

She burped earlier too ;)

[Kerianth]

*shakes head* Will she never learn? :wink:

[Lady Legira]

Nope :D

*burp!*

:devil: :redfruit:

[Kerianth]

*grabs desk as earth shudders*

That was some burp! :eek2:

:redfruit: :D

[Mayhem]

I _SHOULD_ be able to make it.
May have Steve with me too if I can't afford the train fare.

[j_mercuryuk]

I should be there as it's over a weekend, but I'm not sure where I'll be that time next year. When do you need confromation by?

[Simon HoneyBear]

I should be there as it's over a weekend, but I'm not sure where I'll be that time next year. When do you need confromation by?

You'd better be there missy! What if I need a Shight this year :P I'm thinking it'd be your turn!

Simon!

[Ian]

Final confirmation isn't urgent, what I'm after now is an idea of how many people are likely to be there. There'll always be one or two who say they can come & then find they can't at the last minute, just as there'll be some who find that they can come near the time.

[-H-]

You'd better be there missy! What if I need a Shight this year :P I'm thinking it'd be your turn!

Simon!

that could very easily be mis-interpreted :eek:

[Apocalypse]

that could very easily be mis-interpreted :eek:

Precisely what I was thinking! :runaway:

[Simon HoneyBear]

that could very easily be mis-interpreted :eek:

Not if you know what the comment refers too!

:p

Simon

[Kerianth]

Well, I don't know, and I confess it confused me too! :eek2:

:D

[Simon HoneyBear]

Well, I don't know, and I confess it confused me too! :eek2:

:D


Well come to the gather and I'm sure you'll find out!!

Simon

[Kerianth]

I'll do my best! Depends on persuading my husband that he can look after the kids for one weekend ...... :erm:

[JayEgo]

As things stand, there's no reaosn why I shouldn't be in York for the gather... Shame about C_ris being there though! I'm sure that'll put a lot of folk off!

:evil:

Oh, I might send Jayson as my representative so only count us once!

:erm:

And there's always the possibility of us staying at M'utha's...!!

°Alter xx

[C_ris]

As things stand, there's no reaosn why I shouldn't be in York for the gather... Shame about C_ris being there though! I'm sure that'll put a lot of folk off!

:evil:



It's not gonna put you off? Darn.

:darkside:

[Ian]

You stayed at Mutha's last time, & we hardly ever saw you!

[j_mercuryuk]

Well I'm likely to be there. I'm not sure that I would have started uni by then, but I don't think so. Put me down.

Well come to the gather and I'm sure you'll find out!!

:yeah: and what excatly dose that mean?

[Simon HoneyBear]

Well I'm likely to be there. I'm not sure that I would have started uni by then, but I don't think so. Put me down.



:yeah: and what excatly dose that mean?


Weeeellllllll I could be alluding to the fact that last time we 'gathered' in York some of us drank a little to much...... But then again I might just be trying to make the event sound interesting (which it is by the way folks) so more people come and make it even more of a sucess!

Simon

[Ian]

Unis don't usually start until late September/early October, so you shouldn't have started that early in September.

(Makes note to tell the hotel to stock up on Baileys & Southern Comfort...)

[Simon HoneyBear]

El snippo

(Makes note to tell the hotel to stock up on Baileys & Southern Comfort...)

And ammeretto please!

[Kerianth]

:D And gin! Please!

[C_ris]

Just so long as they have lots of alcohol! :D

[Mayhem]

PLEASE! NO Tequila *Urp*

[Simon HoneyBear]

PLEASE! NO Tequila *Urp*


One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Twquila, FLOOR :D

Last party we had at a pub where I worked we locked the Tequila in the time lock safe so we couldn't get at it during the party..... :eek2:

Simon

[C_ris]

whats a Twquila?! ;)

[Simon HoneyBear]

whats a Twquila?! ;)

Is the drink most people move on to after two Tequilas, silly :P

Simon

[C_ris]

Presumably it's what they SAY they drink after two tequilas! :p

[JayEgo]

You stayed at Mutha's last time, & we hardly ever saw you!:erm:

We came, we drank, we gathered... But t'was M'utha's birthday and we kinda got wrapped up in that!!

:sorry:

At least we were there for the evening... We joined in and we only heckled a little from the back!! :darkside:

I shall have to see if I can convince Syber to make an appearance too...!

°Alter xx

[JayEgo]

It's not gonna put you off? Darn.

:darkside:Oh, it put me off but I figured I may be able to avoid too much physical contact! Depends on whether you throw yourself at me or not!! :evil:

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Actually, I'm very shy in crowds! you'd hardly notice my being there... Ask any gatherer who's met me... :erm:

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Are there T-Shirts?

°Alter xx

[Mayhem]

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Twquila, FLOOR :D

Last party we had at a pub where I worked we locked the Tequila in the time lock safe so we couldn't get at it during the party..... :eek2:

Simon
Last party I went to, me and my sis polished off a bottle between us *Urp*
Then got another 6 people to join us in a tequila shot contest *Urp again*

Also can't drink martini and lemonade or bacardi and lemonade thanks to that party.
*Shudder*

I THINK I may be able to finally try taboo and lemonade... been three years since I overdid on that one too...

[Ian]

There will be T-shirts, but whether they'll be a totally new design or just an updated version of the last one (and I don't just mean changing the date!) I haven't decided yet ;)

[Apocalypse]

Ohhhh t-shirts! :drool:

[Bamy]

I SHOULD be able to come! :Dsame here:)

[Bamy]

Ohhhh t-shirts! :drool:Cewl!:D :cool:

[C_ris]

Oh, it put me off but I figured I may be able to avoid too much physical contact! Depends on whether you throw yourself at me or not!! :evil:


Surely it would be whether you can prevent yourself from throwing yourself at ME! :roll:

[Apocalypse]

Surely it would be whether you can prevent yourself from throwing yourself at ME! :roll:

It'll be a supreme effort, but I'm sure most of us will manage NOT to throw ourselves at you....

Throwing YOU (out the window, perhaps), might be harder to resist! :evil:

[Ian]

Since there are a lot of new peeps who haven't seen it, this (http://www.imsmultimedia.co.uk/Images/GatherLogo2003.jpg) is the 2003 T-shirt artwork. Since I've got better software now I could make a better job of it, & put a few extra bits in, as well as lowering the hill that Clifford's Tower is on (which is nowhere near that height in RL)

[Apocalypse]

Cool :fiend: son!

[JayEgo]

Surely it would be whether you can prevent yourself from throwing yourself at ME! :roll:Do you know, Strangely, despite your handsome perosnality, I think I may well be able to restrain myself! :roll:

I also think I should be able to maintain a degree of sarcasm in my posts!

:evil:

°Alter xx

[C_ris]

It'll be a supreme effort, but I'm sure most of us will manage NOT to throw ourselves at you....

Throwing YOU (out the window, perhaps), might be harder to resist! :evil:

:razz:

[Sassie]

I am going to move heaven and earth to get to York so count me in!
And if any wild horses wander in this direction they will be deaded!!!

[Ian]

Added you Sassie :)

That's 20 on the list already, which is more than we had at the London gather in 2004, though still only half of what we had at the last York gather! Still, this many this early bodes well for final numbers :)

[Dancer]

I am definitly up for this and I am willing to help with organisation. Meant to ask if any of you Northerners wanted to go for a drink over new year but did not get my act together. ROFL
Janetta

[Kerianth]

Love the T-shirt, Ian! :good: It's going to be fun coming back to York, I bet a lot has changed since I lived there.

Umm, that assumes I'll be able to make it .... still working on 'convincing' my husband that he can manage without me for the weekend! ;)

[-H-]

Love the T-shirt, Ian! :good: It's going to be fun coming back to York, I bet a lot has changed since I lived there.

Umm, that assumes I'll be able to make it .... still working on 'convincing' my husband that he can manage without me for the weekend! ;)


Just don't tell him your going :evil: ... let him know when your en-route :devil:

[Kerianth]

Just don't tell him your going :evil: ... let him know when your en-route :devil:


Mwahahahahaha! I like that idea! :devil:

[Mayhem]

I am definitly up for this and I am willing to help with organisation. Meant to ask if any of you Northerners wanted to go for a drink over new year but did not get my act together. ROFL
Janetta

If ya don't mind me asking, where in the UK are you?
*Northener here, or should that be North Easter?!*

[-H-]

If ya don't mind me asking, where in the UK are you?
*Northener here, or should that be North Easter?!*

its only january, no where near easter time yet :evil: ... Mmmm choccy eggs ... *drools*

[j_mercuryuk]

Will it be in the sam ehote as last time, or a different one?

[Ian]

Hopefully the same one, but I'm not going to contact any hotels until I get a better idea of numbers. We'll see how many we've got signed up by the end of next month, which is when we started looking for hotels last time.

[Mayhem]

its only january, no where near easter time yet :evil: ... Mmmm choccy eggs ... *drools*
Tell that to Kwik Save.

*Is resisting the urge to buy one of their Cadbury's Cream Egg easter eggs*

Mmmmmmmmm Cream Egg... :drool:

[Dancer]

Since there are a lot of new peeps who haven't seen it, this (http://www.imsmultimedia.co.uk/Images/GatherLogo2003.jpg) is the 2003 T-shirt artwork. Since I've got better software now I could make a better job of it, & put a few extra bits in, as well as lowering the hill that Clifford's Tower is on (which is nowhere near that height in RL)

He he I still have that teeshirt!
Dancer

[j_mercuryuk]

Tell that to Kwik Save.

*Is resisting the urge to buy one of their Cadbury's Cream Egg easter eggs*

Mmmmmmmmm Cream Egg... :drool:


I found the eggs back in December. Now that's early.

[Just Bob]

Count me in provisionally although, to be honest, I might not have gone to the last annual Gather that was in York if I'd known how much it would cost me.
I would, of course, presumably be in a two-bed room with j_merc.

[Korin]

I may try and convince both my Mom and Sis to come, as I may need their financial backing to make it...

I know Mom was disappointed to miss the 2003 gather at York... so I constantly play my 2003 gather DVD for her, to wind her up :evil:

I'll know more nearer the time but my fingers are seriously crossed for now...

[Korin]

PS... How about I bring my Xbox and Panzer Dragoon Orta so peeps can try flying a dragon of sorts?? :D

:frolic:

[pinkellie]

Should I bring the gathermobile?

[pinkellie]

Not 100% sure if I can yet btw though, I am just about to buy my very own hair salon, so not sure if I will even know my ar*e from my elbow in September (its hard enough at the moment!) but I promise I will try my very best to make the time to go, Im feeling very enthusiastic about returning to york, as I enjoyed it very much last time!! :ok: :D

[Korin]

Is the Gathermobile still in one piece?? :eek:

Gadgets don't have as long a lifespan as that where I'm concerned... :blush:

[Just Bob]

I think I'll set aside a bit of cash right now, just to be safe...

[pinkellie]

Is the Gathermobile still in one piece?? :eek:

Gadgets don't have as long a lifespan as that where I'm concerned... :blush:


Yes, the gathermobile is still going!! (minus the wingmirrors, and a few scratches tho...):ok:

[maygirl]

It'll be a supreme effort, but I'm sure most of us will manage NOT to throw ourselves at you....

Throwing YOU (out the window, perhaps), might be harder to resist! :evil:
Ooooooooooh defenestration............What fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil: :D

[Ian]

Fun indeed (as long as you're not the one doing the falling ;) ), but that doesn't say whether you're coming or not ;)

[Just Bob]

Unis don't usually start until late September/early October, so you shouldn't have started that early in September.
Erm, I have a horrible inkling it may be the weekend at the start of Freshers' Week.:erm:
Not that it'll be a problem for me, this time around.

[C_ris]

Erm, I have a horrible inkling it may be the weekend at the start of Freshers' Week.:erm:
Not that it'll be a problem for me, this time around.

8-10th SEPTEMBER is your Freshers Week? Damn, you start early! Ours is about that time in OCTOBER!

[Bamy]

Ours starts the day after my birthday...

[Dancer]

I am planning to come. live in Leeds and work in York on Saturdays so can help out if you want.
dancer

[Ian]

You're already on the list, you posted on the first page!!

[JayEgo]

Alter booked time off w**k already but we're still arguing over who gets to attend!

:darkside:

Ja¥son xx

[Dragonrat]

Ooh, just seen this. York's fairly local to me, so I might be able to, but won't know until literally on the day, as it depends on whether the old diabetes is playing up or not.

[pinkellie]

Woo!! T-shirts!!!
Can you do some girly t's? Or some black t-shirts?
No matter if you cant, just a suggestion! :D

[Ian]

Since I use iron-on transfers for the T-shirts, Black probably wouldn't work very well :(

[JayEgo]

Only 26 names? Surely folk have missed the fact I'm on the list, otherwise they'd be falling over themselves for hotel space :roll:

*mental note - Ask / bribe Sy!!*

Ja¥son xx

[pinkellie]

Whoa!!!! Jayson!!!!! I want your avatar!!!!!!! :eek: :ok: :bow:

[JayEgo]

Whoa!!!! Jayson!!!!! I want your avatar!!!!!!! :eek: :ok: :bow::shhh: Don't encourage him :roll:

Although, we could always consider a theme for the up and coming gather...

Pink or purple?

:evil:

°Alter xx

Pink, of course!

[pinkellie]

What a GREAT idea!!!
The evening gather should have a pink or purple theme!!!!
:ok: :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat :bouncy:

[C_ris]

Pink, of course!
but it's purple!

[Just Bob]

8-10th SEPTEMBER is your Freshers Week? Damn, you start early! Ours is about that time in OCTOBER!
I think Freshers' Week registration tends to be 11th-16th September, sprawling into the weekends at either end. Lectures then start on the 19th. Admittedly, I could be mistaken, but I am absolutely sure we have been well into lectures by the end of the first week in October, when my birthday is.
If I'm right, 8th-10th is the big move weekend when a large proportion of the students travel from home to uni. Could be awkward.

[Bamy]

our freshers week is mid september so no problems for me there.

[Jor]

It doesn't look like I'm going to make it to the gather this year (alas), but I saw the mention of t-shirts and thought I'd put in that I'm currently working in a place that does t-shirt printing. Something along the lines of the 2003 t-shirt would probably cost about £15 (including the shirt), but bulk orders get discounts. T-shirts of all colours, shapes, and sizes are available.

Don't know if anyone would be interested in this, but I thought I'd mention it.

[Ian]

If I remember rightly the shirts I did for the 2003 gather cost me about £2-3 each from Asda, & I sold them for about £5, to cover the cost of ink & transfer sheets too...

:( that you can't come Jor, we'll miss the Evil Scottish Munchkin ;)

[JayEgo]

I did similar with t-shirt printing for a w**k event... I didn't charge any perosnal labour costs... Maybe should've done :roll:

If you've got the time and the notion, home printing onto cheap t-shirts works great :ok: and remains in everyones budget! Not that we don't appreciate other offers ;)

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Any more thoughts on the theme? :evil:

°Alter xx

[Bobbsy]

What a GREAT idea!!!
The evening gather should have a pink or purple theme!!!!
:ok: :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat :bouncy:

Been done...I dyed my beard (the one I no longer have!) purple for the FIRST York gather....

Bobbsy

[pinkellie]

Just gotta get everyone else to dye their beards purple now!! ;)

:good:

[C_ris]

I'd have to grow one first!

[-H-]

Just gotta get everyone else to dye their beards purple now!! ;)

:good:

shouldn't you put a disclaimer up in your salon type place first? ...

"The Management Reserves the right to dye all Beards and Facial Hair a Nice Purple Hue!"

:eek: :redfruit: ;)

[pinkellie]

Good idea!! :good:
Wouldnt want to get into trouble now would I?? :eek2:

[pinkellie]

I really think a theme for the evening do would be a great idea.... :ok:

[Korin]

I have a decent length of goatee which I would allow you to dye purple AT the gather if I make it...

PS... Sis has secured the gather weekend as one of her annual holidays...

[Just Bob]

I don't think I've ever had facial hair long enough to dye. Anybody got a comedy beard?

[Mayhem]

Don't think I will be able to make it. Saving for it anyways, but won't know till shortly before the weekend itself.

Will keep ya posted.

[JayEgo]

I don't think I've ever had facial hair long enough to dye. Anybody got a comedy beard?We've got a comedy Afro... Might look a bit strange but you could try it... :erm:Just gotta get everyone else to dye their beards purple now!!Treachery! :irked: How dare you suggest that awful colour! And you being you should know better! I'm diaspointed :(

:evil:

Ja¥son xx

[KC.]

Don't think I will be able to make it. Saving for it anyways, but won't know till shortly before the weekend itself.

Will keep ya posted.

Isn't that the case for everyone. All Ian needs now is a list of people who intend going - so he has an idea of numbers for hotel quotes. You don't have to commit until absolutely necessary.

BTW as this thread appears to have been hijacked by the pink and purple brigade :roll: should we start another one?

[pinkellie]

Treachery! :irked: How dare you suggest that awful colour! And you being you should know better! I'm diaspointed :(

:evil:

Ja¥son xx[/COLOR]

There was a certain degree of sarcasm that was obviously hard to detect in said statement about peeps purple short and curlies...... :roll: as if... :noface:

PINK ROCKS!!!

[pinkellie]

Woops, sorry KC!! :O :blush:
I had a pink flush then....

Well, it is valentines day!! :serenade: :HapVDay2: :wub: :HapVDay:

[JayEgo]

BTW as this thread appears to have been hijacked by the pink and purple brigade :roll: should we start another one?No intentions to hijack, merely to keep the thread alive ;)

It was a semi-discussion about theming the gather, which is valid isn't it...? Not necessarily Pink / Purple but some theme might be nice? Or is Anne McCaffrey our theme? :erm:

°Alter xx

[Bertrand]

All Ian needs now is a list of people who intend going - so he has an idea of numbers for hotel quotes.

In that case, put my name down.

Unless something really bad happens (like the Channel Tunnel collapsing), I should be able to make it.

[Ian]

Consider yourself put ;)

[-H-]

In that case, put my name down.

Unless something really bad happens (like the Channel Tunnel collapsing), I should be able to make it.

Don't worry :evil: scientists revealed today a brand new revoltionary way to cross stretches of water ... they are calling it the "Boat" ... :darkside:

[Just Bob]

Don't worry :evil: scientists revealed today a brand new revoltionary way to cross stretches of water ... they are calling it the "Boat" ... :darkside:
It'll never catch on. The British Empire wasn't founded on our mastery of these 'boats'...

[C_ris]

Nah, they called em 'ships'!

[JayEgo]

As Ian has denoted this the gather discussion thread (See Lounge Sticky!), shall we perhaps discuss what else we'd like to do at the gather...? That way, the other thread can be left clear for those attending to register their intent!

°Alter xx

[C_ris]

Item number 1: Drinking. :pint: :wine:

[Korin]

How about a dragon-flying display by me, courtesy of an Xbox and the game "Panzer Dragoon Orta" ??? :fiend:

[Ian]

There will, of course, be the usual things, like gather gifts, the bookswap table, & trivia if anyone volunteers to do some ;)

[Just Bob]

Item number 1: Drinking. :pint: :wine:
Specifically Bailey's, at least one round.

[C_ris]

Specifically Bailey's, at least one round.

I haven't actually ever drunk Bailey's! :eek:

[Ian]

Baileys is a UK gather tradition, even at mini-gathers. Other things are also drunk (and that includes most of the gatherers ;) ), but as Bob says, there's always at least one round of Baileys.

[C_ris]

Then I'm looking forward to it! :ok: :D

[Bardmaiden]

Baileys is a UK gather tradition, even at mini-gathers. Other things are also drunk (and that includes most of the gatherers ;) ), but as Bob says, there's always at least one round of Baileys.

And having had the hangovers from some of those being drunks :banghead: One of these days I may learn not to drink too much but I don't think so :evil:

[pinkellie]

oooh- benedictine!!!:heartbeat

[KC.]

Baileys is a UK gather tradition, even at mini-gathers. Other things are also drunk (and that includes most of the gatherers ;) ), but as Bob says, there's always at least one round of Baileys.

And can even be drunk with coffee ;) - a nice alternative to Klah ...... :coffee:

hic!!!

[KC.]

oooh- benedictine!!!:heartbeat


Is that PINK, pinkellie ???

[pinkellie]

Hmmm.... I dont think its pink, I kinda drank it too quick to notice lol!!!

I think its kinda browny orange, and clears your sinuses beautifully!!:ok:

Golder bought rosemary a bottle at york last time, It was good stuff!! :heartbeat :heartbeat

[JayEgo]

I haven't actually ever drunk Bailey's! :eek::weirdo:

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Drinking
Trivia (if written)
Drinking
Bookswap
Drinking
Gather Gifts
Hic Burp
Baileys Virgins striptease?
Swig gulp
Gather costumes
Flying display
Glug Glug
Pass out!

Sounds good so far!

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Anyone planning on doing a reading? Singing? Dancing?

°Alter xx

[Just Bob]

:weirdo:
Baileys Virgins striptease?
Shouldn't this have commas between the words? Or maybe '+' and '='...

Don't forget some time during the day to wander around York, and one or more meals at some point.

[JayEgo]

Shouldn't this have commas between the words? Or maybe '+' and '='...

Don't forget some time during the day to wander around York, and one or more meals at some point.I was thinking more of subjecting c_ris to utter embarassment but whichever way you prefer...

Walking? :erm: Eating? :crazy:

That uses up valuable drinking time surely?

°Alter xx

[Just Bob]

I tend to prefer drinking without the consequences (or at least with as few consequences as possible) and that means starting on a moderately full stomach.:)

[j_mercuryuk]

Baileys is a UK gather tradition, even at mini-gathers. Other things are also drunk (and that includes most of the gatherers ;) ), but as Bob says, there's always at least one round of Baileys.

Maybe I should bring my bottle then. :shhh:

[Mayhem]

Think there will be anything on during the day?
May only be able to make it down for one daytime. Steve's B'day is on the 12th and I think he may be up mine that weekend, so can either stay over at the gather one night and bum a lift back home from him, or I can come down in the morning and stay till afternoon.
No use me being there at night cos I can't drink no more *Sniff*

[Bamy]

Specifically Bailey's, at least one round.:drool: Mmmmmm...bailies! (BMW's are beter tho - BMW's of the Bailies Malibu and Whiskey variety that is!)

[Bamy]

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Anyone planning on doing a reading? Singing? Dancing?

°Alter xxI am a crap public speaker, I can sing the crawlers out of the rafters and you really don't want to see me dance :evil:

[j_mercuryuk]

But then we could do a duo, everyone would hate us afterwards though.

[pinkellie]

I may take all my hairdressing stuff to do a few haircuts to pay for the weekend!! :good:

[C_ris]

I was thinking more of subjecting c_ris to utter embarassment but whichever way you prefer...

Walking? :erm: Eating? :crazy:

That uses up valuable drinking time surely?

°Alter xx

:razz:

[Ian]

Just a reminder that there are only 2 weeks left for peeps to say they're coming! After that we'll be looking at hotels & will be reserving rooms based on the numbers we have at that point.

[Mayhem]

Make the theme for the Gather St Trinians :laugh:
I have enough hair for pigtails...

[pinkellie]

I could just about do one blue pigtail i think.... lol:ok:

[Just Bob]

I was chatting with a flatmate about York, and she recommended the Ghost Train (or whatever it's called). Apparently it's really pretty interesting and historical, but it begins after dusk so I (we?) would have to set aside some time for it...

[pinkellie]

Sign me up! That sounds really interesting!
I love anything to do with ghosts, and was dissapointed that the "ghost tours" clashed with dinner at the hotel last time we were in York.

[Ian]

There are several ghost walks in York, and as far as I know they run every night, not just Saturday, so you could catch one on Friday night.

[Bamy]

I lve the ghost walks...they were soo fun. I MUST visit Dig too when I am next up.

[j_mercuryuk]

Maybe we should all meet up at the hotel on the friday and then go on one together, we may as well if enough want to go.

[Simon HoneyBear]

Baileys isn't the only alcohol nessacary for a proper gather... Surely it wouldn't be a gather with out a certain bourban based liqueur.

:shhh: Southern Comfort that is :shhh:


:drool: Mmmmmm...bailies! (BMW's are beter tho - BMW's of the Bailies Malibu and Whiskey variety that is!)

I was drinking BMW's at my mothers wedding..... strange things happened that night...

Simon

[Bamy]

:yeah: Do tell?

[JayEgo]

Strange things happen around alcohol in general! I think it's got magical powers...

:erm:

Jayson xx

[Bamy]

yup...one of my lesbian friends (and has been lesbian since before she can remember) got pregnant under the affluence.

[Simon HoneyBear]

yup...one of my lesbian friends (and has been lesbian since before she can remember) got pregnant under the affluence.

Well that trumps my 'strange' experience - though it would be impressive if I got preggers!

At my mums wedding there was this funky balloon arch behind the top table... The same balloon arch I woke up underneath the next morning - in my best mates living room! The strange things is I vividly remember the taxi ride home and I'm certain the balloons were not in the taxi with us!

I just have this vision of our taxi crusing through Leighton Buzzard with a stream of balloons following it!

Simon

[Ian]

Whichever hotel we end up in this year. I'll tell them what I told the last one: Make sure you stock up on Baileys & Southern Comfort ;) SC is WG's favourite tipple too (and there's a cocktail called a Vibrator which is made from both drinks)

[Bamy]

Well that trumps my 'strange' experience - though it would be impressive if I got preggers!

At my mums wedding there was this funky balloon arch behind the top table... The same balloon arch I woke up underneath the next morning - in my best mates living room! The strange things is I vividly remember the taxi ride home and I'm certain the balloons were not in the taxi with us!

I just have this vision of our taxi crusing through Leighton Buzzard with a stream of balloons following it!

Simon:laugh: That would have been a sight!

[j_mercuryuk]

Well that trumps my 'strange' experience - though it would be impressive if I got preggers!

At my mums wedding there was this funky balloon arch behind the top table... The same balloon arch I woke up underneath the next morning - in my best mates living room! The strange things is I vividly remember the taxi ride home and I'm certain the balloons were not in the taxi with us!

I just have this vision of our taxi crusing through Leighton Buzzard with a stream of balloons following it!

Simon

I'd love to find out how that happened.

[C_ris]

Strange things happen around alcohol in general! I think it's got magical powers...

:erm:

Jayson xx

Yup, definately magical powers. :pint:

[JayEgo]

yup...one of my lesbian friends (and has been lesbian since before she can remember) got pregnant under the affluence.I think that's what happened to me!

:evil:

Alter xx

[Simon HoneyBear]

I'd love to find out how that happened.

Maybe I could write to the office where they record all the CCTV images from Leighton Buzzard town center!

Simon

[j_mercuryuk]

Maybe I could write to the office where they record all the CCTV images from Leighton Buzzard town center!

Simon


;) Better get writing then, cause there are a lot of curious people. :D

[JayEgo]

;) Better get writing then, cause there are a lot of curious people. :DI'd have to say, where lesbians are involved, i'm really not that curious :roll:

:evil:

Alter xx

[Simon HoneyBear]

I'd have to say, where lesbians are involved, i'm really not that curious :roll:

:evil:

Alter xx

Hmmmm....... now mixing these two tales together I have a rather interesting image of lesbians wearing balloons!

Maybe that could be the theme for the gather :devil:

Simon ;)

[Ian]

Hmmmm....... now mixing these two tales together I have a rather interesting image of lesbians wearing balloons!

Maybe that could be the theme for the gather :devil:

Simon ;)

And just how many lesbians are you expecting to be at the gather? Or do bi girls count? ;)

[Simon HoneyBear]

And just how many lesbians are you expecting to be at the gather? Or do bi girls count? ;)

Well..... isn't that your department?

Simon

[Ian]

:angel:

I only know of one bi girl for certain (though there may well be others), & looking down the list I can't see anyone I know is a lesbian. I guess we won't need many balloons ;)

I must admit I like the St. Trinian's idea though :D

[Malvace]

:confused: Now all this talk of Lesbians and Balloons :balloons: and Alcohol has got me flustered and confused! :confused:

I was told there was somewhere here that I could info on something called 'A Gather'?

I'm afraid I'm rather new to all this and more than a little innocent when it comes to oddities like Lesbians, Balloons and Alcohol! Could someone please explain (in plain english) so that I might be better prepared when I finally get to attend one of these 'Gathers'.

I thank you! :evil:

[Simon HoneyBear]

:angel:

I only know of one bi girl for certain (though there may well be others), & looking down the list I can't see anyone I know is a lesbian. I guess we won't need many balloons ;)

I must admit I like the St. Trinian's idea though :D

**Mental note... take back the bumper pack of balloons!**


:confused: Now all this talk of Lesbians and Balloons :balloons: and Alcohol has got me flustered and confused! :confused:

I was told there was somewhere here that I could info on something called 'A Gather'?

I'm afraid I'm rather new to all this and more than a little innocent when it comes to oddities like Lesbians, Balloons and Alcohol! Could someone please explain (in plain english) so that I might be better prepared when I finally get to attend one of these 'Gathers'.

I thank you! :evil:


I think it would be better if you just came along and learnt for your self!!!

Simon ;)

[Malvace]

Well, having just read Ian's opening post, I now know where and when!
Dependant on cost, I'll be there!
After all, someone needs to keep Alter under control and I could do with a bar full of Baileys!:evil: :fiend:

[Ian]

Consider yourself added ;)

[KC.]

Well, having just read Ian's opening post, I now know where and when!
Dependant on cost, I'll be there!
After all, someone needs to keep Alter under control and I could do with a bar full of Baileys!:evil: :fiend:


:D :group: :eek2: :roll:

[Lali]

:eek2: Oka-ay, I think I'll not be letting my mum see what you've got planned... :shhh:

I refuse flat out to dye my hair purple.

Green, maybe...

:D

[Ian]

You look good in green ;) (Remembering the London gather)

[JayEgo]

After all, someone needs to keep Alter under control... Oh sure! You'll be capable of that after the first two bottles...

:evil:

Alter xx

[pinkellie]

WOO!!

I might have a Sat-Nav thingy for my birthday, so I wont get lost this year!!:ok:

I got to york ok last time, but kinda got lost on the way out!! :erm: :shhh:

[JayEgo]

AS Ian has noted there's a race meeting the weekend we've booked, I suspect there may be other travel problems afoot pinkellie but we can hope! Would love a sat nav thingy myself... As those who read my blog will know ;)

hint hint, plug, plug!

Jayson xx

[Ian]

As long as you avoid the designated race route (assuming they run the same system as for Ascot & Ebor), then there shouldn't be any real problem. Most peeps tend to arrive for gathers on Friday afternoon & evening, & by then everyone will already be at the racecourse, or if it's evening & they're on their way home, then they'll be going out of York, not coming in. Btw, the "race" route from the outer ring road is up past Copmanthorpe & along Bishopthorpe Road, if I remember rightly, so the best way in from the south would be to go along the ring road to the A59 junction & in along Poppleton Road/Holgate Road.

One hotel that might be a solution is the Premier Travel Inn on Blossom Street (about 50 yards outside the walls & 2 minutes' walk from the station). Their rooms are about £67 per night (per room, not per person), but don't include breakfast, & I think they have a meeting room we could probably use on the Saturday night. We'll check that one out, & another one that looks promising too, if not already booked up by racegoers.

I knew I nominated Scarborough for a reason ;)

[JayEgo]

:erm: I certainly won't be able to afford £67 / night! :eek: :faint: if that's the only option, I'm sure it'll rule a lot of other folk out too! I was thinking perhaps £100 all in for the weekend, to include two nights accomodation and breakfast with pennies for lunch & dinner too?

I do appreciate that finding somewhere is going to be a challenge though!

Alter xx

[C_ris]

£67 is per room, not per person, so you could share.

[JayEgo]

£67 is per room, not per person, so you could share.Share? I have to inhabit the same body as Jayson... I'm not going to want to share physical space too!!

Actually, I'm a kinda private person. I'd be quite unnerved sharing with someone I didn't know hubby ain't keen on the idea of me sharing with other guys anyway...

I shall think on it. I'm not ruling it out entirely but I'd be gratefull of a cheaper alternative! I was simply hoping for somewhere that I could snatch up a single room in for the weekend Fri - Sun! I could of course stay with M'utha but that'd put me out of the action somewhat!?

Alter xx

[KC.]

One hotel that might be a solution is the Premier Travel Inn on Blossom Street (about 50 yards outside the walls & 2 minutes' walk from the station). Their rooms are about £67 per night (per room, not per person), but don't include breakfast, & I think they have a meeting room we could probably use on the Saturday night. We'll check that one out, & another one that looks promising too, if not already booked up by racegoers.

I knew I nominated Scarborough for a reason ;)

Is that the one near the pub/opposite the Bar Convent? If so I know where it is :roll:

At least I could get there by bus (even if it does get stuck in traffic!!)

Good job I'm starting to know York a little bit now.

[Ian]

Yes, that's the one, but LL got some info from another one today which is smaller (so we wouldn't have as many non-KT peeps to scare ;) ). That one quoted £70 per room B&B (so would be cheaper in real terms than the Travel Inn), but didn't mention singles. We'll have to quiz them about that. This one's on Marygate, just outside the walls & opposite the Museum Gardens, with the river just a couple of minutes' walk away & the station only about 5.

Their website is here (http://www.jorvikhotel.co.uk), and they even show the current menu (though considering the prices they show on the site are up to April 2004 I'm not sure how current the menu is!). This is one we considered last time, but ruled out because they couldn't take the numbers we had that year, but they told LL today that they can handle 28.

Oh, and they want £15 deposit per person (not per room). We'll see what other info we can get out of them tomorrow, but to be honest it looks like a good bet, & finding somewhere that can take our numbers & won't charge the Earth (bearing in mind that a lot of places hike their prices for race meetings), is going to get harder by the day.

Hmm, just realised that the guy who designed the website is one of my regular customers at w**k!

[JayEgo]

Can you get us a 'I know him' discount then Ian?

Marygate is really nice! We stayed around there a while back, at a smaller B&B... Name escapes me but it was very nice!

Would appreciate any info on 'single' room costs! ;) I know you're doing your best though! I remember trying to find the venue for the Leicester gather :crazy:

Alter xx

[Ian]

According to the prices on the website (which don't seem to have changed much, if at all, in the last 2 years), a single room is £45 a night (as usual the poor singles get penalised :( )

[JayEgo]

Look on the bright side! It's £22 cheaper than the first option! ;)

(And I can always share with Alter and split the cost! :erm: )

Jayson xx

[pinkellie]

Yup, I think its the same price as last time in York, us single room peeps always get stung :( - Maybe I should take my tent!! :ok:

[Ian]

Hmm, we have a slight problem here. LL rang the hotel today to confirm the single room price, which is £45 as I thought. However, there is apparently only one single room available :eek: There are 23 twin/double ones though.

It's a nuisance, I know, but the alternatives are all a lot more expensive :(

[JayEgo]

:erm:

When are you going to confirm hotel choice...?

---

Seriously, if they're that limit on singles, is this going to put many folk off attending? Would it be worth pm'ing those on the 'coming' list to ask their opinion as I'm not convinced everyone stops by the thread that often! :roll:

Alter xx

[Malvace]

Er...Like my dear bro, I'm a private personage but I really can't afford £70 a night! :faint: Might just manage £45 at a push and drink water all weekend! :eek:
I could be persuaded to share if it means the cost will be lower though, but I'll need references and credentials and a full security check through Interpol first!!!!! :evil: :fiend:

[Ian]

I'm going to have to have a poke around over the weekend & see if there's anywhere else with more singles & without more price! The problem with York is that the hotels are either big (& expensive) or small B&Bs with half a dozen rooms. There's not a lot in the middle, at least not at reasonable prices, but I'll see what I can do.

[JayEgo]

Cheers Ian! I know it's tough... Meeting the demands of a fickle crowd :roll:

And before anyone even dares suggest it, I am NOT sharing with Malvace! :crazy:

Alter xx

[Ian]

I wasn't even going to suggest it, I thought you'd have shared with c_ris :evil:

[C_ris]

Hey! :irked:

[JayEgo]

I wasn't even going to suggest it, I thought you'd have shared with c_ris :evil:I'd be too afraid he might try to molest me overnight! :erm:

These Torys are a bunch of repressed homosexuals you know!

:evil:

Alter xx

[C_ris]

You WISH! :razz:

[JayEgo]

You WISH! :razz::erm: Nope, thinking about it, I can't think of a single repressed homosexual Tory that I would 'do'!

Of course, all the best Gay Torys (of which there was one) did finally come to his sense and leave the party!

Ivan Massow is a hottie!

:erm:

Sorry... This is getting way :ot:

Bad Jayson! :sorry:

Jayson xx

[Ian]

Well, the hotel we were in last time has no rooms at all that weekend, so we can take that one off the list :roll:

Like I said I'll see what I can find over the weekend, but if the worst comes to the worst there are (if I remember rightly) a few B&Bs in & around Marygate that may have singles available. I know it's not ideal, but then again at Blackpool & the first York one we had some peeps in nearby hotels for B&B, then joining us for the rest of the day, Hopefully it won't come to that, but when some hotels are fully booked for that weekend 5 months in advance...

[Malvace]

Cheers Ian! I know it's tough... Meeting the demands of a fickle crowd :roll:

And before anyone even dares suggest it, I am NOT sharing with Malvace! :crazy:

Alter xx
And what makes you think I'd wanna be sharin a room with you :eek2: :redfruit: :redfruit:
And don't even dare suggest sharing with you know who..... *looks harshly at his Lil Bro....*

[Ian]

Looking at the list of who's going, the majority seem to be singles, & there's no way we could find anywhere with that many single rooms without going to one of the big (& expensive) hotels, which are almost certainly booked up for that weekend now anyway (since most of them are in the vicinity of the racecourse).

However, there's a smaller hotel about 100 yards along from the Jorvik & similarly priced, which may be worth getting in touch with for those who aren't willing to share. Their website is here (http://www.coachhousehotel-york.com). They only have 11 rooms, so wouldn't be big enough for all of us, but their single prices are actually slightly lower than the Jorvik.

No joy finding anywhere else, I'm afraid :(

And on the subject of sharing, I'm going to start a sharing thread, so those who are willing to share can sort out roomies :)

[Mayhem]

OK
May be missing summat, but is there a decided hotel for sharees?
Preferab;y one that goes by room per night rather than person per night
Sorry if I missed the obvious, but I need to make sure before I commit to a share I can't aggord.

[pinkellie]

Yah, can do a share if I know the details a bit better...

[Malvace]

Hey, Ian :)
Er...does the 'jorvik' do triple rooms?
Is there somewhere I can go to see the place? Do we know how much yet? Am I being thick? Have I missed anything? Oh, Can someone please remind me of the dates? *doh* Sorry! :D

[Ian]

We've hit a major snag :eek: . When LL rang the Jorvik yesterday they told her that rooms were filling up fast, as of yesterday they only had 4 twins & 2 doubles available, & doing a quick search around the net earlier today it seems almost every hotel in York is already fully booked that weekend. See my new thread for possible solutions!

[JayEgo]

Now we've got a firm location, rooms being filled and all, should we start planning what we're gonna do?

I'm thinking basking in the tropical waters of Scarborough in September mightn't work :erm:

Do we need (another) new thread for gather events?

Alter xx

[Ian]

We'll have one, let's just get all the rooms sorted out first :)

[JayEgo]

We'll have one, let's just get all the rooms sorted out first :)That's just too organised :roll:

:evil:

Jayson xx

[Just Bob]

I'm thinking basking in the tropical waters of Scarborough in September mightn't work :erm:
Ah yes, the warm, clear expanse of the North Sea is reknowned for its clemency, especially during the sun-kissed month of September. :rofl2:

[Ian]

That's just too organised :roll:

:evil:

Jayson xx

Someone around here needs to be organised!

[Lali]

Someone around here needs to be organised!

Ahem. *points at Ian's custom title thingy* Not in charge, eh?

[Ian]

That refers to the site, not the gather :p

Anyway, you can still be organised even if you're not in charge ;)

[Apocalypse]

Just make sure there are no swimming events at all - unless we're moving the location to Trinidad? ;) :brrr:

[JayEgo]

Can't we even swim in Baileys...?

:evil:

Jayson xx

[Apocalypse]

Well, if you really want to.... but who'll lick it off? :evil:

[Korin]

if they have swimming events, there better be prizes for most blue of the skin...

C'milo'll win just from Smurf consumption LOL

[JayEgo]

Well, if you really want to.... but who'll lick it off? :evil::eek: I shudder to think! Who's the most serious alcoholic in our gathering party...?
*Cough* Crispy *Cough*
Jayson xx

[Apocalypse]

Well, not me! :crazy: Who suggested the Baileys on the first place and who has the hots for you? :drool:

[Korin]

Not I...

Dunno if there is anyone going to the gather that I'd lick Baileys off of...

Plat maybe, but she'd probably slap me purple for suggesting it LOL

[JayEgo]

Well, not me! :crazy: Who suggested the Baileys on the first place and who has the hots for you? :drool:I know which person secretly has the hots for me... The same one I'd say is likely to be the alcoholic... Nothing better to do with his poorly-politically-chosen time!

Jayson xx

[Apocalypse]

So, do you want us to chain him up then, or fill the pool so you can go skinny-dipping! :darkside:

[JayEgo]

So, do you want us to chain him up then, or fill the pool so you can go skinny-dipping! :darkside:We'll have to wait until the official gather-itinerary thread to decide that!

:darkside:

Jayson xx

[C_ris]

:erm:

[Malvace]

Er... what's going on????? Who's being covered in Baileys and having it licked off????? Alcoholics? That would be me! er...I'm confused! *meep*
I want my Baileys now! Thanks....glug...glug....glug....*thud*

[Apocalypse]

Well, the question is: do you want to lick Baileys off Jayson? If the answer is yes, Jayson's going swimming! :evil: :drool:

[Bamy]

:eek: I shudder to think! Who's the most serious alcoholic in our gathering party...?
*Cough* Crispy *Cough*
Jayson xx
I believe that would be Crispy :evil:

[Bamy]

Not I...

Dunno if there is anyone going to the gather that I'd lick Baileys off of...

Plat maybe, but she'd probably slap me purple for suggesting it LOL:laugh:

[Bamy]

Well, the question is: do you want to lick Baileys off Jayson? If the answer is yes, Jayson's going swimming! :evil: :drool::devil:

[Malvace]

Well, the question is: do you want to lick Baileys off Jayson? If the answer is yes, Jayson's going swimming! :evil: :drool:
EUW! He's my bruvver!!!!! Gross or what! :puke:
Wouldn't fancy going swimmin' either, too bloomin' cold!

[JayEgo]

Well, the question is: do you want to lick Baileys off Jayson? If the answer is yes, I'm looking for a new roomie! :erm:

Jayson xx

[Apocalypse]

:rofl2: Well, who else wants to lick Baileys off Jayson? I just want to see him going swimming in Scarborough in Sept! :evil:

[Kitsch]

Couldn't I just drink the Baileys? :evil:

[JayEgo]

You could store it in your colostomy bag Kitty? Nice to have it to hand!

:evil:

Jayson xx

[Kitsch]

Are you sure you won't need it for your stoma bag? :evil:

[Ian]

I still need to hear from Korin, his mum & sis, Simon, & Dancer, & since we have 8 peeps left, & only 4 rooms to put them in, sharing is definitely the order of the day (though there's still a bed left in the girlie room, which would mean one person could have a twin room to themselves).

[Korin]

I'll chase up the other members of my family group this weekend, Ian and try to get the confirmations you need...

Sis seems to be NOT getting any updates from the Yahoo group but I don't know why...

[JayEgo]

:erm:

Forgot about the Yahoo group :blush:

I stopped using my yahoo mail account when I switched to gmail... Have I missed much? :sorry:

Jayson xx

[Ian]

Not really, everything that goes in there goes in here too, the Yahoo group is really for people who don't come in here often (if at all).

Korin, I've fixed your sis' problem, she was set just to get special notices, rather than individual emails, so now she should get everything. I'll send a message out now, which she should get :)

[Korin]

Glad it was something fixable, Ian... I just hope any problems at our end are fixable too... I missed WAY too many gathers since my inaugeral (sp) one in 2003

[Jax]

I still need to hear from Korin, his mum & sis, Simon, & Dancer, & since we have 8 peeps left, & only 4 rooms to put them in, sharing is definitely the order of the day (though there's still a bed left in the girlie room, which would mean one person could have a twin room to themselves).
I have it on good authority that Bert wants to squidge into the girlie room :whistle:

[Ian]

I think the girlies might have something to say about that! Anyway, I'd have thought Simon would be first in line ;)

[Lali]

*blink* *squeak* :erm:

Can I at least meet them first? :D I'll be barricading myself in the bathroom otherwise... ^_^

[Mayhem]

IF (VERY big if) I can make it down there on short notice, any chance someone will be willing to sneak me into their room so I can kip on the floor? :evil:

I have my own sleeping bag!

[Kitsch]

Who's Bert??!?! :eek2: :runaway:

[JayEgo]

IF (VERY big if) I can make it down there on short notice, any chance someone will be willing to sneak me into their room so I can kip on the floor? :evil:

I have my own sleeping bag!Tent on the beach...?

:evil:

Jayson xx

[JayEgo]

Who's Bert??!?! :eek2: :runaway:That's your drag name isn't it?

Jayson xx

[Kitsch]

That's your drag name isn't it?

Jayson xx

That's enough out of you Foofoo McGuava.

[Ian]

Bert = Bertrand, who hasn't said anything to me about being in the girlie room, methinks Jaxie is being naughty...

[JayEgo]

Bert = Bertrand, who hasn't said anything to me about being in the girlie room, methinks Jaxie is being naughty...Or she's revealing a secret lust...?

Jayson xx

[Jax]

Moi!?? :eek: :angel:

[Bertrand]

Actually, I gave Jax full authority for making my accomodation arrangements in chat. Since she is elder and is a woman, I must respect her decisions. :evil:

[Lily]

:rofl: Well said Bert. How trusting of you!!!!

[Ian]

Bert obviously doesn't know Jax very well ;)

I've allocated everyone a room now, just so I have a full list to give the hotel when we go up there tomorrow. That's not to say we can't move peeps around later if we need to :)