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Old Dec 16th 2014, 6:13 pm
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Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly
We usually do The Scotland Yard. They have a room off to the side that's a bit more removed so it's more conducive to chatting and such, plus they do separate bills without any fuss. Decent drinks selection and a good food menu, plus seems to be accessible to pretty well everyone since it's about a 5-6 minute walk from Union... so until anyone voices any strong objections I suspect we will just keep it there!!

(The only other place I know that does separate bills for large groups without making a fuss is The Three Brewers at Yonge & Dundas... but I prefer Scotland Yard, personally!)
Scotland Yard is convenient for transit commuter and driver.

Nightmare finding parking near Hooters and the food isn't for everybody.

I did once meet LMartin and LondonMike and perhaps Oakvillian??? at the Firkin On King.

We then embarked on a short golden era where we once got drunk at Dan Keough's on the Danforth and also had a sample of us head to a curry house in Midtown around this time to.

A golden summer.
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I'll be available in Toronto to bump up the numbers!
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Scotland Yard is convenient for transit commuter and driver.

Nightmare finding parking near Hooters and the food isn't for everybody.

I did once meet LMartin and LondonMike and perhaps Oakvillian??? at the Firkin On King.

We then embarked on a short golden era where we once got drunk at Dan Keough's on the Danforth and also had a sample of us head to a curry house in Midtown around this time to.

A golden summer.
Ah yes, that lost evening sitting on the back patio of some godforsaken Plastic Paddy pub near the Danforth music hall. Some things never change: James drank beer with bits of fruit in it, and ate sweet potato fries. I have the vaguest of recollections that my journey home that night involved a taxi back from the wrong end of Burlington back to Oakville because I was blissfully snoring my way past my station on the last train out of Union...
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Ah yes, that lost evening sitting on the back patio of some godforsaken Plastic Paddy pub near the Danforth music hall. Some things never change: James drank beer with bits of fruit in it, and ate sweet potato fries. I have the vaguest of recollections that my journey home that night involved a taxi back from the wrong end of Burlington back to Oakville because I was blissfully snoring my way past my station on the last train out of Union...
Hahaha. The past few meetups have been tame in comparison - there was the one I missed back in May I think when Twitcher left her glasses bheind and I think that one was a big night, but the ones since have been rather laid back... disappointing, crew. This will need to be fixed for the next one.

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Hahaha. The past few meetups have been tame in comparison - there was the one I missed back in May I think when Twitcher left her glasses bheind and I think that one was a big night, but the ones since have been rather laid back... disappointing, crew. This will need to be fixed for the next one.

Game on.
Think I'm going to have wait a few months before I get my game on however I will be there!
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Think I'm going to have wait a few months before I get my game on however I will be there!
That's okay, you can be the proverbial bad influence, and then just egg the others on, saying "come on, you have to drink my portion!"

Then you can sit back and laugh at the debauchery.
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That's okay, you can be the proverbial bad influence, and then just egg the others on, saying "come on, you have to drink my portion!"

Then you can sit back and laugh at the debauchery.
With perfect recollection!
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When I lived in the UK and attended such large gatherings, everyone would chip in an agreed amount into a kitty and that would be used to pay for each round. It would be topped up as necessary.
I remember doing that in the uk... But when you are the one driving the rest of the group around it can work out very expensive!
I drove everybody to a restaurant, didn't drink and ordered a 20GBP ish meal... I still ended up having to pay for the petrol to run everybody around and I also contributed to their booze bill. Think I paid roughly 25GBP for a glass of tap water...
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James drank beer with bits of fruit in it, and ate sweet potato fries.
Belgian beer and North America's finest cuisine.

Mange tout Rodney, Mange tout.
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Old Dec 16th 2014, 11:25 pm
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Hahaha. The past few meetups have been tame in comparison - there was the one I missed back in May I think when Twitcher left her glasses bheind and I think that one was a big night, but the ones since have been rather laid back... disappointing, crew. This will need to be fixed for the next one.

Game on.
That was the night some crazy Canadian woman turned up and took all sorts of offence to pretty much everything I said. I remember Tiry Tory running out and leaving me sat there with her......

We did disperse a little early last time.
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That was the night some crazy Canadian woman turned up and took all sorts of offence to pretty much everything I said. I remember Tiry Tory running out and leaving me sat there with her......

We did disperse a little early last time.
Lol, she's from North Shields via Montreal.
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Lol, she's from North Shields via Montreal.
A deadly combination. But I quite liked her.
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Is the 30th still on? Am I in the right thread!
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Old Jan 9th 2015, 6:15 pm
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Is the 30th still on? Am I in the right thread!
Yes and Yes.
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Yep, all a go for the 30th! Tirytory, are you making it down for the 30th? Probably about time to do the reservation!

Me + Mr Schnooks will be there!
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