It's OK. Faced with the rising number of attendees (and you'd all better show up you bums), I've just reserved the long table in the library for sixish.

For newbies, the "library" is a bit down the corridor to the left of the bar (which in turn is right in front of you as you come in the door off the Esplanade).

If you ask for Novo's table you'll get a puzzled look.

I hope nobody minds but one of our software suppliers at work is a pleasent Geordie chap in his early 40's. He works off Bay Street so I have told him to swing by.

A Geordie, eh? Not so sure. They're shifty bastards.

Lots of room.

I was semi-reluctant to have two in the same room.

Three. The Mrs. is an honorary Geordie.

I shall be zipping the pocket with my wallet in.

I think you're confusing Geordies with Scousers.

Is there going to be chicken wings, sweet potatoes fires and flange? I fear I'm going to miss out top stylie. Bah humbug to Vancouver.

It's going to be a quiet one from me. I have to head to the burbs to play golf early the next morning (which mildly irks me). I committed before I found out the Tee off Time.

How regular/often are these meet ups? I get back from the UK on July 23, so I will miss the June one :-(

Would love to have faces to go with some of the errrmmmm colourful unique people on the forum :-)

I would say more than likely there will be another in the fall.

The faces will probably give you nightmares......it's mainly a table of bald or balding men and a fellow who reminds me of Christopher Lee's Gandalf.

You paint a bonnie picture

<wracks brain>

<remembers Gandalf had a beard>

<seethes>

<looks up spell to turn James into a toad>

How will I recognise you all on Friday? do always sit in a certain corner or part of the bar? Is there some sort of secret code I need to utter to the bar staff for them to point you all out to me?

Hate going into pubs on my own, when I dont know anyone

I'm the same in not knowing anyone so tempted to wear my union jack shorts so they notice me

Then again, if some strange guy walked into a pub with a half scouse/half Wigan accent wearing a pair of union Jack shorts everyone would likely ignore him !