Anyone up for a London Poly meet, somewhere between the 3rd and the 9th of August?

[Ecthy]

Az - let's have some vodka and tequila shots instead... let the brits drink the equally priced but less effective beer

[Ecthy]

yeah, almost sorted now... way out on the 8th in the morning, arriving at stansted at 10:30... way back on monday the 18th, leaving at stansted at 18:55. the time between that is my summer holiday of 2003

[Az]

That's the spirit, Ecthelion.

Don't get me wrong, I like beer. But on a night out, to me, it seems inappropriate in large quantities. You need a shot to get you going. You need a couple of more to keep you going. That's sounds better.

[Ecthy]

[*End Is Forever*]

Spirits cost a fortune in bars here. You're better off with beer.

[lightblue]

Yeah but you'll pay at least £2 per 25ml shot (although the chain pubs do deals, not sure if they go in Central London though) which unit for unit is more expensive than a good beer. And the problem with shots is that you either have nothing to drink for 20 minutes whilst you wait for the others to finish and get the next round in, or you end up propping up the bar because you drink a shot once every 10 minutes for the first 2 hours and then fall over...

I like the

an abundance of women

quote in the Chandos review

[Ecthy]

oh no... how much does a pint cost?

[Provost Harrison]

No, you don't appreciate how expensive vodka and tequila are. Now when we get up north we can afford to drink and stuff there, but central London is a no-no really for high extravagance...

[*End Is Forever*]

The only place you might be able to get away with drinking shots is Wetherspoons where they're always considerably cheaper.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
oh no... how much does a pint cost?

Depends on what you drink...in London...£2.50?

[Ecthy]

then let's go to a whetherspoon's, goddammit

how much do pints cost anyway? in pounds? £

[Ecthy]

jeez-us... you pay the same number in euros over here, well a bit more maybe... laughably expensive!

not getting drunk at the meeting then... unmless I smuggle some stuff in or get drunk before!

there a chance we might enter a shop before going to the pub?

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
Az and me will be labelled the official lightweights of Apolyton after that night

I'd weigh absolutely nothing then...

[Ecthy]

nice

though the flights in sum cost 60 euro only, I have to pay like another 20 in taxes and fees for each, ending up with almost 100 euros for the flights alone... now add all the money for beer and shots and trains and so on, and it's still a pretty cheap vacation, given I'm accomodated for free :-p

[lightblue]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


Depends on what you drink...in London...£2.50?

I pay £2.60-2.80 for a pint of Kronenbourg or similar 5% lager in your average Cambridge pub, so I am assuming the prices in London will be similar.

I remember, back in 1996, in Manchester pints costing £1.47. Those were the days :sigh: