Quote: Moonstone @ December 3 2008, 5:36 PM GMTBut at least then you'd have a rough idea of what Jewish boys have to go through
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Quote: Moonstone @ December 3 2008, 5:36 PM GMTBut at least then you'd have a rough idea of what Jewish boys have to go through
Ouch. 
Quote: JuliaC @ December 3 2008, 5:37 PM GMT
Oh, hello. 
Quote: Nil Putters @ December 3 2008, 5:34 PM GMT
That Doctors obviously pays to much.
Not to me 
Quote: Nil Putters @ December 3 2008, 5:44 PM GMTOh, hello.
Hello! 
Quote: JuliaC @ December 3 2008, 5:53 PM GMTHello!
No hug! 
Quote: Nil Putters @ December 3 2008, 6:03 PM GMT
Quote: JuliaC @ December 3 2008, 6:24 PM GMT
I'm glad I had posted a photo of me, before the meet, 'cos when I got there, I went in the first front door I encountered & asked where BSG had reserved space. The staff in the coffee bar (?) looked perplexed, but friendly & one bloke walked me through the maze that is the Anchor, taking the longest route (?). We went one floor too high & then down some other steps into the terrace room. It was about 4pm. I've never met any of the BSG members in the flesh before!
In the Terrace room, to my horror I saw a long table with "Reserved for BSG" on it but EMPTY.
" Oh Noooo" I thought "it has all gone wrong". I looked over the other tables with (to my eyes at that stage) bunches of right evil looking people on each, without recognising anyone from their photos.
I'm hopeless at recognising people from a single photograph: Ellie does look like her avatar, but for some odd reason that avatar had given me the impression that Ellie was 'petite' so I was looking for the wrong size girl and Ellie is actually an average size woman (all all woman too 
and lovely). I didn't see Aaron as he was sort of hiding behind a young woman, whom I later learned was Zooo.
Anyway I was dithering there like a pavlovian donkey (dog?) wondering whether to speak to the groups or ask the staff, when someone in the corner called "Bill!" and I walked over to welcome arms, hooray! Then I saw that there was another "reserved" notice on that table too, amid all the glasses and special Christmas Cards. Ellie said "I'm Ellie" and introduced the others, though I didn't catch all the names first time around.
A short while later Finck arrived with one of the other members. I hadn't really any pre-concieved idea of what Finck might loook like, but it turned out she IS petite und ist auch Sehr schöne. I'm so glad that she managed to get over her bout of flu & make it to the Meet. I had a nice chat with Finck later, but was too tongue-tied to say any thing in my rusty German.
Since you have been talking about speaking accents above, I'll mention that one of my favourite sentences of the evening was Ellie looking perplexed at me and saying: " I can't make out your accent?"
Heh, heh, that's because it is a reet mixture.. Native of South Wales, but brought up as an Army Brat in Egypt, Germany, Blackpool, Cyprus and 'Sarfend', with a mix of childhood friends from all over Britain of course.
Quote: Nil Putters @ December 3 2008, 6:29 PM GMT
A little Finck heart is close to overheating.
Quote: billwill @ December 3 2008, 6:33 PM GMTwhen someone in the corner called "Bill!"
That was my big mouth.
I'm now ignroing this thread because I'm *so* disappointed that I was ill and had to miss the meet.
Quote: Finck @ December 3 2008, 6:35 PM GMTA little Finck heart is close to overheating.
Quote: Ben @ December 3 2008, 6:37 PM GMTThat was my big mouth.
We only found everyone because we recognised you, Ben!
I think I look a bit like Ken Livingstone without my beard, which is why I hastily grew it back aqfter the one occasion I shaved it off.
I seem to have had the same 'serious' nerdy look as Aaron when I was about his age. 