A Conversation for The Thursday Meetup - Reading May 11th 2002
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Started conversation May 11, 2002
Damn, I just spent 3 hours wondering around the reading railway station. what a wast of time and money. 
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The Fish Posted May 11, 2002
DoctorMO... 
I'm really REALLY sorry we missed you... what happened? What time did you get there? Where were you? *sniff..... feels really guilty...*
For post meetup converstaion goto: F83968?thread=183280&latest=1 
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted May 11, 2002
I had a bright orange back pack and got there for about 1:30, I thought it was OK to be a bit late. Ah well how did it go?
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The Fish Posted May 12, 2002
Really??? If you'd've asked for my number, I'd have given it to you... But never mind... 
I'm surprised we missed you actually... We were in the station by the Cornish Pasty Shop till at least half past... then the majority of them went across the road to a pub called the Forum. Whilst Bluebottle hung around at the station, and I went with Das Mouldy Sandwich to the Park. Then we all gathered at the Pub, and me and Prof C Tonks, went back to the station to look for you, Ming, and some of the possibles... But we couldn't find anyone/no one found us...
Eventually we dragged the majority of them out of the Pub, and wandered over to Caversham Park (just over Reading Bridge) where we played a softball/rounders style game... Then about half 3 to 4 we went back into Reading and lost some of them to a tiny Pub... and the rest of us wandered round the Oracle shopping thing, and we managed to break one of the lifts!!! 
There were about 12 of us in this lift, and we all started jumping! But then the lift stopped, and we didn't know WHAT was going on... so we tried all of the buttons... but nothing happened... then we tried the "alarm bell button" but still nothing happened... So eventually I decided to see if I could open the doors... And to my surprise they opened (with a little force) and we were about a foot from the ground floor! So we all bundled out and decided it was best to escape to the outside river seating area... 
Eventually we all met up in the Hogshead Pub, and stayed there till about 11...
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Ming Mang Posted May 12, 2002
Yeesh, 1:30 was the time me and mum arrived... oh dear... sorry DoctorMO! 
We seemed to miss everyone all the time...
I guess next time we'll have to say a particular place in the station. 
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The Fish Posted May 12, 2002
But "I DID"!!!.....
I KEPT repeating myself saying "Meet at the Cornish Pasty shop in Reading Station"..... It was even on the front page!
AND we went back there to check.... But noone was there....
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The Fish Posted May 12, 2002
Thankyou Ming,
But I'm just annoyed that we missed someone... that's all...
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted May 12, 2002
Ah there is just one problem, I didn't see no pasty shop, a burger king and a few coffe shops but no pasty shop.
has the shop got a name?
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Pastey Posted May 12, 2002
Yes, the (west country)(i think) pasty shop. It was right opposite Burger King, next to Costa Coffee.
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The Fish Posted May 12, 2002
Yeah, it was the "Cornish Pasty Company" and it had lots of chairs and tables outside. It was oposite Burger King.
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Ming Mang Posted May 12, 2002
Fish again then.
And DoctorMO as well.
In fact, everyone.
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted May 15, 2002
Ah damn, that was just right next door to the ticket counters and some stires going somewere and I still didn't think it was a pastry shop. Doh. So whens this summer meet? and were is it. (I'm hoping it will be a bit closer to home, IE liverpool or manchester)
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The Fish Posted May 16, 2002
The H2G2 People (Mark, Peta, Abi etc...) Usually organise a Summer and Winter meet in London. Which are usually great fun! 
There's a list of "Community Meetups" (one's organised by us) here: A435791
The next one I "think" is the Southampton meetup...
I'm still really really annoyed that we missed you... If you'd have e-mailed me, I'd have sent you a contact number, and we'd have come and found you... Bluebottle had to go off at about 6, to find GreyDesk... (eventually...took him a while though ). What did you end up doing for all that time?
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted May 17, 2002
Oh I just sat around, athough I don't think a contact number would have been much of a use. as I have no phone, although there is always a red box.
I'm OK now about it, I just don't want it to happen again if I try to go somewere.
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The Fish Posted May 20, 2002
Hence the contact number...
It made my life a "little" less panic'y, as I wans't wondering about where EVERYBODY was, just you.... 
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DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) Posted May 21, 2002
could be, hmmm... somthing tells me it would have been a good idea to write more information down, or perhaps a prepear some kind of fact sheet for people? not sure. a phone number would have helped though I'm sure. hmmm...
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- 1: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 11, 2002)
- 2: Ming Mang (May 11, 2002)
- 3: The Fish (May 11, 2002)
- 4: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 11, 2002)
- 5: The Fish (May 12, 2002)
- 6: Ming Mang (May 12, 2002)
- 7: The Fish (May 12, 2002)
- 8: Ming Mang (May 12, 2002)
- 9: The Fish (May 12, 2002)
- 10: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 12, 2002)
- 11: Pastey (May 12, 2002)
- 12: The Fish (May 12, 2002)
- 13: Ming Mang (May 12, 2002)
- 14: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 15, 2002)
- 15: The Fish (May 16, 2002)
- 16: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 17, 2002)
- 17: The Fish (May 20, 2002)
- 18: DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist) (May 21, 2002)
- 19: Ming Mang (May 22, 2002)
- 20: The Fish (May 23, 2002)
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