A meet for Forum posters?

29 Mar 2010

Another recent thread has made me think. Would it be a good thing if there was a Social event where regular posters to the Forum could meet and "put a face to the name". I did try this with another site that I belonged to some years ago and the main problem was that those involved were from all parts of the country (and on that site some overseas) so the idea was abandoned.
At the moment, I'm about 60/40 against meeting up, sometimes it's better to imagine people by their virtual persona, but if enough were interested I might change my mind. How do you regular posters feel if something was organised in say Central England?
Plim confused

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PS I tried to add a Poll to this thread, but the system rejected it. Plim :twisted:

29 Mar 2010

somewhere here.

lp

29 Mar 2010

Quote by brucie
I'd consider it if it was in London and within crawling distance of the Northern Line.

Hardly central England Brucie, whatever Londoners might think!
I'd love to meet other forumites. Please make it after the end of August though, cos I can't travel far until then (my bail conditions preclude it lol

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29 Mar 2010

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lp

29 Mar 2010

In a word no.
There is only about six people on here I would like to meet, the rest I would not answer my front door to them. lol

Let alone go out of my way.
Have much more important things to do like....clean my bike wheels.

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Kaznkev
I'd consider it if it was in London and within crawling distance of the Northern Line.

Hardly central England Brucie, whatever Londoners might think!
I'd love to meet other forumites. Please make it after the end of August though, cos I can't travel far until then (my bail conditions preclude it lol

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well if you come to my birthday bash i can guarantee at least 1 forumite,maybe more,early september work for you?
Sh1t! I'd have loved to have come Kaz but we'll only be in UK during May!
What a shame!
damn damn damn damn

29 Mar 2010

It would certainly be interesting and I'd like to do it, time and place allowing. It would be good to meet other posters, even ones I don't normally see eye to eye with here in the forum and discover how like or unlike my perceptions of them are. We may all be pleasantly surprised!

29 Mar 2010

I agree with Max.

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Max777
It would certainly be interesting and I'd like to do it, time and place allowing. It would be good to meet other posters, even ones I don't normally see eye to eye with here in the forum and discover how like or unlike my perceptions of them are. We may all be pleasantly surprised!

I doubt it Max. wink

29 Mar 2010

In theory, if location and timing allowed then yes, I may be up for such an event.
But then I like actually meeting folk, even the ones who I think I may not like. wink

29 Mar 2010

Quote by __random_orbit__
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lp

You should have left your original picture on Random.

29 Mar 2010

Quote by kentswingers777
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lp

You should have left your original picture on Random.
beg you pardon?
I did have a picture (after this was posted) of a unicycle, that was removed however as it has a child in the image. The bale of straw is still in its original position.
if you wish I can post anther:
it went here...

Quote by kentswingers777
In a word no.
There is only about six people on here I would like to meet, the rest I would not answer my front door to them. Let alone go out of my way.
Have much more important things to do like....clean my bike wheels.

lp

29 Mar 2010

Just I found the original picture rather funny.............that's all. lol

29 Mar 2010

shhh... rulz is rulz
lp

29 Mar 2010

I/we might be persuaded to sit in a corner drinking and snapping at passersby

29 Mar 2010

I have met a lot of people in the Mids chatroom at socials but lots on forum I havent met and that would be interesting to as well. So in theory if easy to get to then yes I would.

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
I/we might be persuaded to sit in a corner drinking and snapping at passersby

:bounce: Now that would make my day!

29 Mar 2010

Cant stay out overnight and am allergic to not drinking so unless its in Bristol then no :sad:

29 Mar 2010

Quote by kentswingers777
In a word no.
There is only about six people on here I would like to meet, the rest I would not answer my front door to them. Let alone go out of my way.
Have much more important things to do like....clean my bike wheels.

Maybe they would not knock your door? wink

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Bluefish2009
In a word no.
There is only about six people on here I would like to meet, the rest I would not answer my front door to them. Let alone go out of my way.
Have much more important things to do like....clean my bike wheels.

Maybe they would not knock your door? wink

I bloody hope they would not.

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Kaznkev
I/we might be persuaded to sit in a corner drinking and snapping at passersby

that settles it , you are all invited to my birthday bash,even Kent lol

Oh I do hope we can make it, only I have made plans to knock on Kentys door, thought we could do a wheel each dunno

29 Mar 2010

Thanks to all those who have posted so far. Some of the usual one liners and slightly more in favour of a meet than I would have expected - still see how it concludes.
Plim wink

29 Mar 2010

Quote by fluff_n_stuff
I'd consider it if it was in London and within crawling distance of the Northern Line.

Hardly central England Brucie, whatever Londoners might think!
I'd love to meet other forumites. Please make it after the end of August though, cos I can't travel far until then (my bail conditions preclude it lol

)
I had to smile at this one - ideas at the other site I mentioned about where Central England was gravitated to London in the end!
Plim :lol:

29 Mar 2010

Quote by Plimboy
I'd consider it if it was in London and within crawling distance of the Northern Line.

Hardly central England Brucie, whatever Londoners might think!
I'd love to meet other forumites. Please make it after the end of August though, cos I can't travel far until then (my bail conditions preclude it lol

)
I had to smile at this one - ideas at the other site I mentioned about where Central England was gravitated to London in the end!
Plim :lol:
Just goes to show how selfish people can be, everybody knows central England is in Dorset :lol:

29 Mar 2010

I would love to meet up with peeps from here....
many years ago I was on a site that had forums (a friendship site) and they had socials all of the uk - at the time I was living up in scotland and travelled down to London for a social.... just cos I wanted to put faces to names.... was the best time smile

29 Mar 2010

I thought thats what Munches were for dunno

Or am I missing summat (apart from the obvious) :lol2:

29 Mar 2010

... "Forum Posters"... slightly more specific.
lp

29 Mar 2010

Quote by __random_orbit__
... "Forum Posters"... slightly more specific.
lp

Well anyone that ads their name to a munch list is in effect a forum poster
/pedant

29 Mar 2010

yep

29 Mar 2010

I was going to say something similar earlier Steve, but I'm guessing what Plimboy meant is that it would be a social event specifically for regular forum posters. I'm guessing (again!) that there would be a specification which stated that attendees posted regularly on one of the 'social' forums (e.g. The Cafe, Just for Fun or Current Affairs)
dunno