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Birmingham Forum Meet - September 22nd 2012

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Looks like you all had a fab time 🙂
 
Was a good afternoon for me. Maybe next year I will be able to get the day off of work and be there longer. Still, was nice meeting those people who I did meey.

Thank you Alan for organising a great day.
 
Thanks to everyone there for your company!

We had a long table again and the pub was very busy which makes it a bit difficult to mingle as easily as you might. So apologies to anyone I didn't talk to !

And esp thank you to Ypauly's nurse, who gave a swift - and very accurate as proven by my meter later - assessment of the carbs in my lunch. I'm not in the habit of eating wraps but just fancied Chicken Caesar so ordered that - then when it came I realised I hadn't a clue. Spot on Jeanette! - I'd love to say we have a spare bedroom if you ever get sick of him, but sadly that's a fib. (One bedroom detached ground floor flat - aka bungalow!)

I punished myself on the way to the station by doing a detour via Rackham's shoe dep't. I was good though, I only looked and drooled. Just like I did with Rex Johnson's window earler .... nice little ladies Omega, pre-owned, snip at ?2,750 .....

TG I don't work in town any more, used to spend a fortune in shoe shops!
 
Hi, had a great time, lovely to see everyone again. Hope everyone gets/got home safely 🙂
 
Carol and I got home about half an hour ago.
We had a good time too. But maybe we shouldn't have left quite so early. I spent a fortune on clothes 😱
It was lovely catching up with everyone. I'm glad you came Amanda 🙂
 
Looks like a great day had by all....gret piccys to karen
 
Grr! Left my specs in the pub! 😡 Ah well, I need new ones anyway! Having to read the forum on 200% zoom currently though! 🙄
 
Sorry, a bit late replying, busy day all in all yesterday. Yes, lovely meeting more of you. A big thank you to Trophywench for coming out of her way to meet me. No sense of direction, so very grateful for the chaperone!

Is it worth popping to a chemist Alan and buying some over the counter cheapie reading glasses to tide you over for a few days?
 
Tina63 said:
Sorry, a bit late replying, busy day all in all yesterday. Yes, lovely meeting more of you. A big thank you to Trophywench for coming out of her way to meet me. No sense of direction, so very grateful for the chaperone!

Is it worth popping to a chemist Alan and buying some over the counter cheapie reading glasses to tide you over for a few days?
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Yes, that's what I'll do Tina - hadn't realised until now how much I need them - I keep reaching for them!
 
Sorry I'm a bit late reporting in. I had a nightmare journey home, my train from Birmingham was 43 minutes late, which meant I missed my connection at Cheltenham, was advised by staff at cheltenham to catch next train into Bristol,if I had known that I could have stayed on the train I was on, anyway train from Bristol to my destination was at 10.25 pm but was 20 minutes late. I got home at 11.15 pm. But it was worth every minute just to have the lovely Monica come sit with me and chat 😉 and not forgetting all the others who were good company, nice to meet some new faces. As always it was an enjoyable day. Thanks to the guys that kept me company to the station and looked after me.

John.
 
Sorry to hear you had such a difficult journey home John, and a shame the staff on the train from Brum couldn't have recommended staying on the train to Bristol. Glad to hear you made it home without having to sleep in the station! Great to see you again - hope you wil be able to make Oxford in January! 🙂
 
ukjohn said:
Sorry I'm a bit late reporting in. I had a nightmare journey home, my train from Birmingham was 43 minutes late, which meant I missed my connection at Cheltenham, was advised by staff at cheltenham to catch next train into Bristol,if I had known that I could have stayed on the train I was on, anyway train from Bristol to my destination was at 10.25 pm but was 20 minutes late. I got home at 11.15 pm. But it was worth every minute just to have the lovely Monica come sit with me and chat 😉 and not forgetting all the others who were good company, nice to meet some new faces. As always it was an enjoyable day. Thanks to the guys that kept me company to the station and looked after me.

John.
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Oh no, John. Your predictions came true!!!😱
Thank you for calling me lovely (blush, blush)
 
Northerner said:
Grr! Left my specs in the pub! 😡 Ah well, I need new ones anyway! Having to read the forum on 200% zoom currently though! 🙄
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Sorry to hear about your glasses. I've got in the habit of keeping mine on my head so that I don't lose them....lapart from when I can'find them because I've forgotten that they're on my head🙄
 
Abject apologies for not signing in ealier .

Good journies home - back home for just before 9, in bed bed by 10, and not long up, slept for 26 hours straight through.

Trying now to gee myself into getiing ready to go out.

Karen, loving that phto of the 2 of us - could your husband send it to my mobile, I will PM you the number.

Great day - love seeing everyone
 
Aww it was great seeing everyone again I had a fab day. Sorry about your glasses Northy - could you ring and ask if they've found them and if so I will go and get them for you another day and put them in the post? I wouldn't mind at all if it's going to help. Sorry about your journey home John - sounds awful. Hazel I will sort out a photo and pop in the post to you. It was taken on my camera not on mobile - in fact Paul doesn't have a camera or the internet or anything on his mobile lol - he says it's a waste of money - all he needs is a phone - and he goes round bragging about how cheap it was!! Leave it with me but if I forget remind me, I won't mind.
 
I can always pop in to collect your glasses alan if they have been handed in.


Late sign in from me too as yesterday was very busy. I rushed off for the last bowling game of the season onto a green I have never played before and without any practice in the hardest number 12 position, you can all guess what happened. I lost 21-6:( worst result of the season lol.

Still there is always next year.:D


It was great seeing all you fantastice people all again:D
 
Hi Karen and Paul, thanks for the offer re:the glasses, but it's not necessary - they were a cheap pair I've had 6 years and weren't really good enough for me any more so will just get some new ones 🙂

Glad to hear you didn't end up in Aberdeen Hazel 😉
 
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