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Well... after months of talking about it we finally did it, Mrs. D and I are now proud members of CAMRA!

So why are you busy posting about it? Get down the pub, you slackers!

Hoorah!
Well done Mr & Mrs D. I finally joined earlier this year after thinking about it for a very long time.

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Tempting as it is, I don't think my boss would be too happy with me!

Excuses, excuses...

CAMRA membership is slowly moving up my to-do list.

When do your pipes and cardigans arrive? I presume they post them off after you join?

I think the pipes and cardigans are only available to the Inner Circle, which I'll only be allowed to join once I have grown a massive beard and start singing rude folk songs.

Do you still get the free beard and sandles when you join? I've been thinking about joining for years... Don't know why I've not actually But... Oi! didn't see you, any of you at the Norwich beer festavil last week can report much good real ale was had by all, with the possible exception of an awful bannanna flavoured beer the Ruby Porter was a highly recommended favourate I really must endevour to go to the Cambridge beer festavil next time round, seeing as how I live here

Will Mrs D be buying you the good beard guide for christmas?
http://shop.camra.org.uk/DisplayDetail.aspx?prodid=158&secid=0

Unfortunately I was at the Nation Living History Fayre last weekend and thus couldn't do any beerfests... this gives me an idea though... next time there's a beer festival that's reasonably easy for most people to get to I think we should have a mini-meet there.

Sounds like a good plan to me; how about a mini meet for the CAmbridge beer festavil? I can put a few people up in my castle so long as people ain't afraid of the shark infested moat and can knock up food for anyone who wants to pass by the castle its one of the biggest beer festavils too I think... maybe the biggest I'm not sure We had a mini meet a few weeks.... months back remember at the Burton on trent beer festavil that was pretty darn good

Any idea when the beer festival is? The Cambridge CAMRA website is a bit lacking in info.

Not for ages; this years has already been, so I guess some time in the spring or summer? I don't think theres many beer festavils left for this year now : Cambridge one might be a good un to go for though; easy to get here from London (48 mins from Kings X on the fast straight thorugh trains),

Congrats to you and Mrs. D on being accepted for CAMRA.
Better than CAMPARI eh?

Eh up, I too joined CAMRA a few weeks back, though apparently it'll take some time to get processed (Xmas and stuff got in the way, and one would imagine that the CAMRA peeps were down the pub).

Woo! D'you reckon we should set up a real ale club here? Maybe we could call it HOORA (Hootooers for Real Ale).

That is a top idea (though I'm surprised there isn't one already). Do you know of any other potential HOORAs (apart from Le Mademoiselle Legs)?

Hmm... not sure off the top of my head.

I reckon there'll be a few in the Flat Cap & Mufflers but beyond that I'm not sure.

I'm trying to think who was drinking ale at the last meet but it all got too fuzzy too quickly.