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It will be when I knock you into it, ho ho!

Yes, are we going on the train or are you driving us there?

I'm bored at work, so I've actually started considering making plans for this. As I see it.

1) "Going out" will be in Manchester itself, and will consist of matters as yet undefined
2) Lots of people will try and squeeze their way into Abalone Kraut's flat afterwards
3) Other people will stay in Manchester in a hotel of some description.

Is this right?

Awesome.

I'm going to get totally shit faced and make a twat of myself, so I think the train or you driving would be best.

Yeah.

There will be a KLEEEK and Sub Kleek divide at some point. The main party will revolve around me, natch.

Is there a Mr Dave available?

Will the Leek Kleek be in attendance?

I guess so, but I wouldn't want to split the group up, really.

Well that's a given. Last train home or hotel or what?

There's a very strong chance I'll be living in manchester by then, so might have crashage available.

We're doing this in February, right?

/\1ß1/\$|<1∂z gaff.

Top and tail on his poof.

I TOLD YOU ALL THERE WAS A REASON FOR DOING IT SO FAR IN THE FUTURE.

Let me know if you find a hotel. Get one with a car park nearby

Oooh Dogging!

Yeah. We only like to watch, though.

park round the back of argos

How about we stay out as late as humanly possible (8pm in my case), then all pile back to someone's hotel room for a bit, then anyone who wants to stay up a bit longer or wants to sleep and hasn't booked a hotel can come back to Alberto's?

I'll be heading back on the airport coach at 2am (probably). Unless MrsP decides to come, in which case I might be hotelling it

I HAVE TOLD THE NICE WOMAN I WOULD LIKE HER HOUSE IN JANUARY AND WILL COMPLETE THE FORM THIS EVENING WEEK BY NEW YEAR. PROBABLY.

No wankies?

You'd think I'd be more excited about that. In the end I only rang because of having increasingly strong second thoughts about the whole thing.

Well I don't know, you tell me! This is the meet you've organised the tits off, remember! Also, I'm getting the impression that Um Bongo's place is 4'x8' and there's about 20 people signed up to come so far.

Myp, what is the confirmed headcount for attendence?

Surely someone as organised as myp would have placed this vital information into the first post of the thread?

In other news, the missus is getting cold feet about coming, as she might not want to spend her birthday surrounded by geeks she barely knows. However, if Riles and his wife can be persuaded to come then she's up for it.

That's what I was thinking, but I looked and it wasn't there. I assume this is just an oversight.

Myp, can I please see a floorplan of TheFlidKid's place, and a seating plan for the formal dinner? I assume this will be black tie?

Still can't come. Poor.

What if you sold all those games you haven't played yet and some of the ones you have maxed out?

I'd get trade in.

In reckon, between a double bed, a double-ish sofa bed and floor there is room for 7 at mine as a minimum. If you don't mind putting your sleeping bag down in the kitchen or hallway or something weird then we could probably push it up to double figures.

But yes, it would split the group up somewhat, which is not ideal. My place is really aimed at those who are too cheap/skint to afford hotel costs and/or those who want to come down early on the Saturday or stay and cock around on the Sunday in a way which might not fit in with the "you can't come in yet" and "everyone out now!" policies of hotel checkout protocol.

Also, I should flag up to people that my gaff is actually in Stockport, so a 15-20 minute train ride into Manchester if you come to mine first to ditch stuff, and a decent sized taxi journey back after (cost not an issue with a full cab). If those factors put you off begging for crash space, then thank fucking God for that.

No one's RSVPed the invites I sent out, so I cancelled this, soz.

Or, I'll put up a list of attendees up soon.

What's a sleeping bag?

The logical answer is a block booking of rooms in the Premiere Inn at Stockport then, surely?

It's AN answer, certainly. There's a danger you might encounter actual denizens of Stockport though, which would really be a blow. Probably quite literally.

That's very generous of you, Doc.

If we come, chances are we'll hotel it up and stay on the Friday night also, possibly stopping by some posh restaurant for din-dins.

Curio fails at being a scutty geek from the inderneds.

Ooh. That's a good idea.

Dimrill you are going to this. OK? Good.

For the price of a posh meal in London, you can buy a restaurant in Manchester.

For the price of a hot meal you can buy my company for 3hrs.

How much does it cost to not see you at all?

Blindfold eh? You kinky dwarf
I'll want pudding too for that.

Doing something like this could maybe pursuade me to come.

I can almost taste you.

Yes, let's do that, then. I don't mind booking it, but if they want a deposit I'll need your cash up front.

Last few times I used them there was no deposit but they wanted a card at booking time (to charge you if you didn't show up). Probably best to let people do their own bookings.

We'd need to decide between one of the Stockport ones and one in Manchester itself. The former would work better if people might go back to Albert0's place between pub(s) and sleepytime. Which of them is closest to his gaff?

Michael Caines at the Abode is tempting me...

*drools*

You got my postcode already

Undoubtedly the Stockport one though. But if you're doing it en masse and planning on making it party central then really Manchester would be the better bet for you all and sack all thought of Stockport off completely (obv super-cheapskates and cool dudes still welcome before/after/during)