Comments on: now with added new melbournites!

now with added new melbournites!

russm — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:58:46 -0800

slightly longer notice Melbourne meetup?

not only did I miss the short-notice meetup last friday, but we have new folks in town who also didn't make it along. so who's up for a few pleasant ales (or your other drinks of choice) in the next couple of weeks? I'll suggest workshop on friday the 22nd - not because I'm particularly wedded to that plan, but the haggling has to start somewhere and the venue seems to have worked well for our last couple of meetups. anyone?

By: wilful

wilful — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:10:54 -0800

jezus, are you from Melbourne or Adelaide? Everyone know Melburnites is spelt without an 'o'.

By: russm

russm — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:18:43 -0800

spent my childhood in adelaide, but I'm actually from canberra... which might explain a few things...

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:10:15 -0800

i'm gonna be in melburne next week (10th-17th May, more or less) and possibly maybe a few days of the week after that.

By: russm

russm — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:45 -0800

OK, how about the 15th or 16th then?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:16:35 -0800

friday (15th) would probably be better for me.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:54:53 -0800

Woooo, woooooo. Melbourne meetup wooooo.

Nah, sorry, can't make it.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:22:53 -0800

15th works for me, and it's just about my birthday too, so you can all buy me drinks.

Huzzah!

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:25:08 -0800

well, not mattoxic, I suppose.

Bloody piker.

By: mosessis

mosessis — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:31:41 -0800

Yes, I can almost definitely make that.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:44:28 -0800

So which date are we doing now? I'm in for the 15th!

By: russm

russm — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:12:26 -0800

15th is looking good... works for me, anyways...

By: robcorr

robcorr — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:34:45 -0800

15th is my wife's birthday, but I'll try to be there.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:41:58 -0800

Nah, I'll be there with knobs on. Can we try and scam some lucre out of Howie and pretend it's a 10th thing- and go down the pinnies instead?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:48:08 -0800

ah, i see krudd money has turned us into a nation of freeloaders.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:50:35 -0800

heh - we should all dress as sharpies! anybody know where the two authentic cardigan shops are?

By: awfurby

awfurby — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:44:52 -0800

Try any Salvos between Moorabbin and Frankston and you should be able to find one...

By: ponystyle

ponystyle — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:56:51 -0800

I always thought the proper salutation was Melburnians, cf. Ubu.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:37:16 -0800

I'll have you know, Ubu, that I was a proud member of this nation of freeloaders long before Mr Krudd came along.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:17:43 -0800

we could use multiple sockpuppets to hit matt up for extra subsidies.

By: russm

russm — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:36:17 -0800

hang about... mattoxic... you know somewhere in town with pinnies? last I saw (apart from the occasional poorly maintained pub machine) was when TimeZone shut down back whenever it was...

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:59:01 -0800

maybe sydney bought them all up...? pub pinnie competitions are as big as pub pool comps these days.

By: russm

russm — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:14:15 -0800

goddamnit - now you've given me a reason to visit sydney...

so it looks like next friday is the go... anyone got a venue suggestion other than Workshop?

By: goshling

goshling — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:02:24 -0800

I work til 8.30pm on Fridays, so not sure if I'll be up for it. Would prefer a Saturday.

By: sconbie

sconbie — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:55:22 -0800

slightly longer notice... but not long enough as I already have plans for next Friday. Have fun!

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:38:34 -0800

hang about... mattoxic... you know somewhere in town with pinnies? last I saw (apart from the occasional poorly maintained pub machine) was when TimeZone shut down back whenever it was...

Down near the bus depot on Nicholson Nth Fitzroy is the last bastion of the noble machine- and I believe they have the odd 40c job (I was last there in '96 so don't rush down). There was a place in Huntingdale- but sadly it recently burnt down.

By: russm

russm — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:54:28 -0800

how about the 15th when ubu can make it (since *everybody* stood him up last time) and then a saturday night for the 10th in another couple of months?

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:43:05 -0800

Friday the 15th would be best for me.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:38:39 -0800

yes, and you all owe me drinks for standing me up!

By: Coaticass

Coaticass — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:38:17 -0800

I'll be working. Have a good one.

By: goshling

goshling — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:11:23 -0800

In case anyone has missed the thread for the 10th

By: wilful

wilful — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:17:20 -0800

Bother, something just came up, dragging me and pompomtom away. Maybe we can start with a drink at workshop. Relatively early, possibly.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:42:45 -0800

does it open before business hours, in the morning?

By: alexei

alexei — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:57:36 -0800

Awesome. I'm in!

By: Bdave

Bdave — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:30:34 -0800

Missed the last one, I'll be at this one. So- it's at Workshop?

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:57 -0800

Do any of you have cameras?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:32:20 -0800

we have cameras!

(only, mine's at home)

By: elephantday

elephantday — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:49:49 -0800

I might make it.

By: russm

russm — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:17:33 -0800

Bdave - unless anyone's got a better suggestion, yeah workshop seems to be the go...

By: liquorice

liquorice — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:45:32 -0800

What kind of time are we looking at?

By: gooddoggy

gooddoggy — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:57:22 -0800

OK, this sounds like fun. As liquorice asked, what time should I start nervously wandering around Workshop trying to figure out who the mefites are?

By: russm

russm — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:12:48 -0800

that's good question... I was assuming pompomtom and wilful would be there from 5-ish or so, but they're otherwise occupied tomorrow... I probably won't be along until 6 or 6:30... dunno about anyone else...

By: wilful

wilful — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:07:20 -0800

these things normally start about 6ish.

Maybe, maybe not see y'all there.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:10:46 -0800

I'll be there about 6:30 but I have no idea what any of you guys look like, so er...

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:36:01 -0800

Stood up again Ubu?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:03:18 -0800

no...not yet...

By: russm

russm — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:03:35 -0800

I should be there ~6-ish... shaved head, red atari t-shirt...

By: bunglin jones

bunglin jones — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:34:55 -0800

I wonder if I have any chance of convincing my parents-in-law to swap a fancy restaurant dinner for a meetup tonight...

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:08:47 -0800

i'm sure we'd all agree to going to the fancy restaurant on their credit card, but would the workshop door bitches approve your in-laws' fashion sense?

By: mosessis

mosessis — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:10:17 -0800

but would the workshop door bitches approve your in-laws' fashion sense?

Is there a strict dress code here? Do I need to do anything special? I mean, I won't be wearing tennis shoes, but I wasn't planning on dressing up either.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:02:49 -0800

not likely to be a problem. melb doesn't have sydney's shitty dresscode attitudes, probably because everybody dresses so well here.

By: russm

russm — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:16:12 -0800

Is there a strict dress code here?

not in the slightest. I'm in jeans, some ratty old trainers, and a t-shirt.

By: Bdave

Bdave — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:30:14 -0800

i'm leaving in about 20 minutes. Be there at 7ish.

By: mosessis

mosessis — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:11:08 -0800

That was great fun. It was lovely to meet you all.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:17:50 -0800

true!

as an aside, there was surprisingly little talk about the site, compared with other meetups i've been to. at least, as far as i noticed.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:41:09 -0800

insightful

By: liquorice

liquorice — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:55:20 -0800

I had a lovely time, although the music left me screaming and somewhat dim-witted (yeah, I'm going to blame it on that).

By: gooddoggy

gooddoggy — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:49:44 -0800

Thanks everyone for making my first meetup not at all scary - I had a really great time.

By: russm

russm — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:23:05 -0800

yeah, it was a good turnout and a good night... nice to meet y'all...

but we really do need to find somewhere not quite so loud...

By: nomis

nomis — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:27:01 -0800

Sorry to have missed it ... let's have another one soon!

By: russm

russm — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:05:22 -0800

nomis - 10

By: nomis

nomis — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:16 -0800

oh look at that we are having another one soon ... thanks russ.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:19:13 -0800

russm: here was that site i was talking about - tried to fpp it but we collectively killed their server so it was deleted, not once, but twice! shame, really: much promise for fun & seriousness in equal measure.

and yeh, the noise was probably a factor in less site-talk. if you have a bunch of ppl around a table in a quiet venue, in order to find common conversational ground it often turns to "so, did everybody see when username flamed out?".

when you can only hear the person next to you, and only if they are speaking directly to you, it's probably more like regular conversation.

By: russm

russm — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:14:03 -0800

ubu: yeah, that is cool...

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:06:43 -0800

I logged in especially to say that I won't be attending this, since it's already been and gone and also I can't get there.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:43:31 -0800

oh, i thought you'd been permabanned, turgo.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:51:45 -0800

a temporary ban is like telling a person they shouldn't drink so much. it only makes them resentful.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:59:50 -0800

so you did get tempobanned, then?