JUNE 11-14- Get-together in ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA ( This Event is Past) (724)

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!

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!

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!

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.

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..

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...