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JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

I was going to ask, sxc666.

Will miss you here, but you're gonna have such a ball in Tassie from what you described.

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

A huge welcome to Hughie 1983, who snuck in so quietly.

I just had a look at your profile and found...

Woo hoo, you're coming all the way to Aussie Land from beautiful Dublin, Ireland!!!

Or are you maybe already on our shores?!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Hang on...It IS called "The Festival City" !

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Nah, Steve. I wasn't serious about the term being coined by Italians!

We probably should call it the City of Parks, or these days, well and truly, "The City of Festivals"!!!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

I live in Maylands, and yes, the Alma is a good pub, but it's insane on a Saturday night. Flocked by 21 yr olds, and again...REALLY LOUD.

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Yes, The Stag is on the cnr East Tce and Rundle Street, that area coined as The East End. It really buzzes every night, especially Saturday night. The bRichmond is on the other end, on Rundle Mall, and people keep go off to Rundle Street, paces down, after, or wherever.

Anyhoo, MBR, is that you wearing your cutie pie sailor suit?????

I wouldn've recognised ya!!!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Well, dunno about a pub crawl, but don't worry, we will find somewhere where we can hear each other for the first few minutes, where we can swear and then say yer new to Adealide and just trying to fit in...

Otherwise, it's the banks of the Torrens, or Tent City in Victoria Square!!!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

I'm sure the term city of churches was originally coined by Italians!

When I was growing up, I often heard my parents' male friends as saying they had gone to 'Church', and we all knew what they meant...the PUB'!!!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Yes, swish looking, but it's actually used by many youngsters also for eg their 21st, where they seek a bit more style. My son and his friends have gone there regularly enough, so it's not the kind of swish that is pretentious and exclusive. Just really nice surroundings.

My opinion is that we should avoid the general pub setting for a Saturday night, cos frankly, it will be absolutely mayhem to hear yourself talk. Given it will be the first time that most of us will meet, it would be nuts not to be able to hear the pearls of wisdom we will no doubt espouse...for the first 5 minutes at least!!!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

P.S. ...MBR, by 'cater' I mean, to be able to fit us in comfortably. Not menu organising OK?

On that note, they serve what they call 'lounge food', which is great, so if you're feeling peckish, you're saved!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Hey kizzy and bj, too. Both definite maybes, how fabulous!

Well, in that case, it's almost a done deal then. When I read the two of you might be hitting town, I thought immediately that we need to step it up a notch. Bring on the bling!

Check out hotelrichmond.com.au

I'm waiting on a call from the lassie to whom I recently sold my investment unit. She is a function organiser at the Hotel Richmond.
It will give us a touch of class(natch!), and the possibility of lower decibel talking environment! Plus, it should allow us to cater for 20+ people(who knows what the '+' will be???:)

Check out their wwebsite, cos it looks like IT could be the one. Centrally located, walk to the casino later, yadda yadda...

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Hi MBR. Thanks for passing some comment. Oh, yes. KISS is the way to go. I never for one moment wanted to start 'organising an event for 5,000' when it could just be 10-20. Of-course, as I said earlier on this thread, it might just be the people that we have signed up up to now, and no more, we'll still have a good time. Still, I'm not much of a dictator, so I do seek everyone's opinion first. An easy thing for me to do, don't ya think?

Well, if I hear nothing more from anyone else, then yeppers, I will select a place that sill allow for any growing numbers.

I've never been to Young and Jackson's. As for somewhere that has some quiet for us to get to chit chat first, yes, I thought of that, and well...a quiet area on a Saturday night??? Hmmm...fat chance, but will try!!!

Again, thanks though..

RE: Going to Meet.......

Hiya, missus.

Enjoy the rest of your time there. Two more weeks, you say? Blimey, massive mopping up operations when you finally leave!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Hi Larf,

You had kindly offered to help, and I thank you.

Except that I just tried to email you, but I'm blocked.

Then I tried to send you a flower. Blocked.

Now is as good a time as any, so I will say this to everyone here:

If there is anything you need me to do for the June Get together, please let me know. I volunteered to get this Event thread up and running. That done, I will take more of a back seat for a while,( lest yet someone else accuses me of doing this for attention. )

I do want to share this with you all, however:

Yesterday, I was placed in the very awkward position of reporting 'remember60'. He had started emailing CS'ers on this thread (and it got back to me), telling them that in the past I had continued to block him, despite his many attempts at being friendly towards me. I ended up emailing him to stop such communications, that I don't know him from Adam, and that I would send a copy to CS for their records.

Looking back, I think his sole purpose for entering the thread, was to stir the pot because of some grudge he held against me, of which I was totally oblivious. It's a reminder that this is just not simply cyberspace, that real people, a few with possibly disturbed thoughts, are out there. I'm sorry to say that this person was a local.

A pal of mine here, told me I should have left the man alone, and not 'pounce' on him on the thread. I disagreed, as I certainly had not 'pounced' until I found that he ignored all my posts that tried to make light of his concerns for the get together, instead he revealed some personal agenda against me instead. In the end, I found it unncessarily embarrassing at many levels, personally, and for others here trying to enjoy some chill out time together.

I had not wanted to jump ship, once the thread was started. In fact, truth be known, once the banter got going, it really helped to distract me from the personal/work issues that had led me to want to take a break from CS for a while, so I am really grateful that you all helped me to achieve that. Anyway. thanks for ploughing through all this. It's been a cathartic start to my morning.

I posted a few examples of venues, and what they offered. I did this a couple of days ago, but there have been no comments made so far. When you get a chance, please do read the info, and let your comments here, so that a venue can be firmed up.

Thanks. Blimey, it's 6.33am already. Time for my cuppa and some OJ.

Ooroo for now.

RE: RULES FOR BEING HUMAN.

Danger...danger...it does not compute.

Danger...danger...it does not compute.

Danger...danger...danger...danger...danger...


***taken from "RULES FOR BEING HUMANOID"

RE: I'm a female artist looking for female inspiration

You mean, if a bloke had written that he was looking for male inspiration?

RE: I'm a female artist looking for female inspiration

Oh, Boban, how do you do it?

You always have such a funny, witty comment at the ready.

It's wonderful!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

My son's father was dressed in pink girly babywear for the first 12mths of his life. Not that he'd have had a clue, of-course, but poor guy, looking back at his photos!

His mother had used the ol' ring on the string, 'pendulum' trick, that convinced her beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the the baby was gonna be a girl.

Looking back now, the poor guy never had a chance with parents like his!

RE: RULES FOR BEING HUMAN.

I guess that ...

"To be human, is to err"


Or, in the words by Bob Hawke:

"Errrrrrrrrr...."

RE: What are you Listening to right now?? Vol-4

The hum of my laptop

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

P.S. My Irish mates here roar with laughter when I tell them these temps! It's a heat wave for them. Shorts and tees weather!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

We're not talking Alaska, kizzy. This is Adelaide!

Here is some info, now that you've scared everyone s@#%less!

"The mean maximum temperature recorded at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) for June 2009 was 16.5°C, which is 0.4°C above the long-term mean maximum temperature. Last year, in contrast, was 0.9°C above the long-term June mean maximum temperature.

The hottest maximum temperature recorded in the Adelaide metropolitan and hills area was 19.3°C on the 29th at both Adelaide (Kent Town) and Noarlunga."


Quite pleasant in anyone's books, dontcha think? But agree...great drinking weather

Ginger beer tastes fabulous then!

RE: My Mum

So sorry to hear that, kizzy.

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Oh, no Lou. You will welcome him just the same. How exciting.

Boy, it brings me back a few years to when I found out bubs' gender, a boy. Suddenly I felt such a HUGE responsibility bringing a son into the world. Ya know, to make sure he treats women with respect, and learn to cook etc!

Enjoy every moment, starting from now.

RE: What`s the WORST job you`ve ever had?

About 15 years ago, my brother had a pub in the city. The cleaners didn't turn up one weekend, so being the great sister that I am, I offered to clean the place, including toilets.

You have not seen toilets until you witness male toilets after a Friday night binge! I din't know where to start. Some patrons had even left catheter tubes lying around in the cubicles!
It was vile!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

I missed this, Lou.

What a cutie pie she will be!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

That will be a most memorable to time for all, no doubt.

I look forward to Melbourne again, maybe later this year. Love South Yarra!

Enjoy!

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Getting on track about venues:

I've been looking at some options, give a certain person bailed out of helping with this task, dammit. If I present everyone with some options as examples of what we can have, keeping in mind, we have to avoid places that require booking fees etc., it will get discussion going and firm something up.

Also, do we want to have a meal at said venue, you know, where we each order our own.

Use search engine to look at :

1. Stag Hotel Rundle Street, in the East End, right in the city. There is live music on the Saturday night, I think some kind of night clubby thing. I will check it out, maybe call them.
The EAst End buzzes on Saturday night.

2. Arkaba Hotel, cnr Glen Osmond and Greenhill Rds - It is 5 min from the city, and just off the freeway when you drive in from Melbourne, for our interstaters. Lots of cheap accommodation along that strip. It's a huge venue, with lots of different sections, plus enormous dance floor with live band Saturday night.

3. Lion Hotel, Melbourne Street, Nth Adelaide for drinks plus live band. A meal can be had for those who want to eat. Outdoor areas within the premises and on the street, with heating undercover.

These are just examples, but it's something for us to work with.

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

A quick note, triggered by earlier Lou's email to me:

Lou suggested there might be CS'ers who might need to get in touch with me for any info relating to the upcoming get together.

I have reinstated my mail previous preferences after Lou's email. If you are inadvertently 'blocked', please send the email anyway, as I will now make a point of looking in the filter box. Also, you can just drop me a note here on this thread, and I will email you, hopefully I won't miss your post. Sorry if it may cause some difficulty for anyone. It's not intended.

I will check in now and again.

JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

Hi Lou, I've gone back and adjusted the settings to allow for "In a relationship", "Separated", "Not looking..." blah. Just for you, and just for now. OK?

But I will go back to my preferred settings as I couldn't bear the thought of well, ya know...



P.S. Congratulations, little lady. I thought I read you are having a baby!!!