Be Excellent to Each Other in Manchester - Sat 27th Feb 2010

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

What?! It's this year, man!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:49

Malabar Front wrote:

I'll be staying in whichever hotel we decide on. I need to figure out guy cream logistics, but I suspect it'll mainly be "Eat it all in one lump, then lock myself in the room while you kick my back door in, threatening to skill me."

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 13:31

Craster wrote:

Good grief. Is Jasmine coming? We're going to need someone who knows how to look after all these kids.

Oi! I do read this thread you know.

I haven't head-counted you lot since Shunt, look where that got me...

Does DavPaz want to play board Father then?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 13:35

Craster wrote:

:kiss:

Yes, I'll bring Jaffa cakes... :smug:

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 13:37

So, we're agreed on this one?

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/MANM ... ortland-st

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Craster wrote:

Good grief. Is Jasmine coming? We're going to need someone who knows how to look after all these kids.

I haven't head-counted you lot since Shunt, look where that got me...

An extra kid to look after? :kiss:

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

myoptikakaka wrote:

So, we're agreed on this one?

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/MANM ... ortland-st

Yup.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Craster wrote:

myoptikakaka wrote:

So, we're agreed on this one?

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/MANM ... ortland-st

Yup.

The IBIS next door is often cheaper, just so as you know.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38524

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Does DavPaz want to play board Father then?

Christ, no! I'd be terrible and impose strict bedtimes

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 13:53

Riles wrote:

Craster wrote:

myoptikakaka wrote:

So, we're agreed on this one?

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/MANM ... ortland-st

Yup.

The IBIS next door is often cheaper, just so as you know.

Just checked, £114 double room two nights at Premier Inn
£124.50 for the Ibis.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Riles wrote:

The IBIS next door is often cheaper, just so as you know.

The IBIS doesn't understand that the day starts with bacon.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Craster wrote:

Riles wrote:

The IBIS next door is often cheaper, just so as you know.

The IBIS doesn't understand that the day starts with bacon.

The Wetherspoons 50 yards away definitely understands this concept.

But yoiks, that Premier Inn does look very cheap, all things considered.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

OK. I'm booked into that Premier Inn (Portland Street).

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 14:32

People who can crawl out of bed early enough should take in to consideration stopping for the Premier Inn breakfast. It's awesomely brilliant.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 15:27

Which night(s) would I have to book it for?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

27th of Feb is the meet, I'll be going up the day before for great dinner justice.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 15:30

They seem to be out of rooms if you only want the Saturday night.
[edit]As does the Ibis...

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

The other Premier Inn is only about 100 yards away, the Central one.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 15:39

Ok. Booked Friday and Saturday nights.

So... What's the deal with Travel, London peoples. Anyone driving up on the friday?

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:09

For the record, the list of people who have spoken to me in person about or PMed about staying at my place is: Myp, Ange, Dimrill. There's room for more, but just posting speculatively about the vague notion in this thread gets you nothing.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:11

I might go up on the Friday and have a non-£100 meal.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:15

The way I understand it, everyone on the table has to have the £100 meal.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

I think he meant go to McDonalds.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:34

Craster wrote:

I think he meant go to McDonalds.

Yes. Well, some other restaurant.

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:42

Grim... wrote:

The way I understand it, everyone on the table has to have the £100 meal.

Oh, well that will be fine if you can fit 5 or 6 around the table. Count me in!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 19:44

Grim... wrote:

The way I understand it, everyone on the table has to have the £100 meal.

I think there will be two meals going on, the 'expensive' one and the one for people on normal wages in a totally different place (not McDs).

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Grim... wrote:

The way I understand it, everyone on the table has to have the £100 meal.

I think there will be two meals going on, the 'expensive' one and the one for people on normal wages in a totally different place (not McDs).

The third, of course, will be all the biscuits I can fit into my jacket.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:00

sinister agent wrote:

The third, of course, will be all the biscuits I can fit into my jacket.

Hmmm. Bring some bourbons and you might sway me.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10104

Hm. Maybe I shouldn't do the expensive meal actually, I'm already going to London/Bruges with WotR at the start of the month, and I've got to find £1200 to take tenancy on the house this month. £65 sounds a lot more now than it did before.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:26

sinister agent wrote:

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Grim... wrote:

The way I understand it, everyone on the table has to have the £100 meal.

I think there will be two meals going on, the 'expensive' one and the one for people on normal wages in a totally different place (not McDs).

The third, of course, will be all the biscuits I can fit into my jacket.

Well I'm sure that we can arrange something a little less extravagant. We could do with having a rough idea as to what's happening on the Saturday night though. If the plan is to go for a curry then, we can arrange something different* for the Friday?

*Not biscuits.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:34

I think we (Ange, Albin0, me) are going to Genghis Khan's for a meal on the Friday. Anyone who wants to mong about with us (geddit?) is more than welcome.

Also, anyone who wants to stay at Albin0's house, can you please PM either him or me to confirm (also to get directions in case you're turning up there first with ice cream - hint hint). Like it says in the first post, people turning up expecting a place to sleep without asking first will be sent packing.

Also, have we decided which pub(s) we're going to start out at before we go to FAB?

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:39

I am up in the air about coming on the Friday as I may be in the middle of moving house.
I think it will be fairer to say "no" for now.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:40

myoptikakaka wrote:

I think we (Ange, Albin0, me) are going to Genghis Khan's for a meal on the Friday. Anyone who wants to mong about with us (geddit?) is more than welcome.

I'll be around friday, and refuse to pay stupid amounts for a meal, so this sounds better. So long as it doesn't cost stupid amounts.

Oh, and considering I've booked the hotel, you can move me to the certainties in the first post.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Is PanAsia still open? I loved the food there.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:52

I'd come up on Friday, but it would mean my bottom would need to poo somewhere that wasn't my house and it'd make me sad.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 20:59

Pm sent and also, we (markg and moi) will be travelling down on Saturday.

Please save any remnants from either Friday night restaurant for my consumption on arrival.

Dimrill, I can hold you over a grid if it helps.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 21:04

myoptikakaka wrote:

I think we (Ange, Albin0, me) are going to Genghis Khan's for a meal on the Friday. Anyone who wants to mong about with us (geddit?) is more than welcome.

Now I've seen this you can ignore the PM I just sent you.

Also, can I add that please ask ME and not myp, because otherwise the left hand won't know what the right hand is doing! We're already dangerously close to capacity because my place is not large.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 21:08

If space is an issue let me know and I'll book in a hotel. Or use Dimrill as a Tauntaun.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 21:27

Yeah. I didn't want a place and Alb3423s, as I didn't want to sleep with Dimrill.

So I... err... booked a double room. By accident. Or possibly as they'd run out of singles.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Mr Dave wrote:

Yeah. I didn't want a place and Alb3423s, as I didn't want to sleep with Dimrill.

So I... err... booked a double room. By accident. Or possibly as they'd run out of singles.

Are you inviting Z to sleep with you

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 22:56

I don't think he has sleep on his mind.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 23:13

myoptikakaka wrote:

(also to get directions in case you're turning up there first with ice cream - hint hint).

I'll do it closer to the time. I'm hotelling, so I only need directions and times 118118's going to be around, and 2 months early is a bit much for such details.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 14:43

I am now booked in to the Premier Travel Inn in Manchester for the Friday and Saturday nights.

Huzzah!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10104

My rent-a-house-in-Sale plans are proceeding apace, for last minute inconvenient crashage purposes*. I should check if there's anything else I can do to speed it up, actually, after faxing the application and employer reference yesterday.

* Well, more for me to live in, really, but also for this.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 16:23

So, who is confirmed as attending the stupidly priced meal?

Gaywood
Fanny Stupid
Curiosity
Craster

Was there anyone else?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Mrs Craster.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 16:28

Craster wrote:

Mrs Craster.

Hey, you went through with the operation! What's it like?

I assume you were correcting him.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 16:29

Mrs 'Mr Dave' Craster.

TheAlbin0Kid · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 16:36

Zardoz wrote:

Mrs 'Mr Dave' Craster.

I'm my own wife now Dave...

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