JANUARY Boards meet up!

kingtut

Firstly thank you so much to everyone who came to the Christmas meetup, I can't believe 16 people came! It made all the planning worthwhile!

Right, lets start talking about our January meetup (I have added a poll with some of the most popular activities from past experience).

I think a good time for this will be sometime between Friday 15th Jan up to the end of Jan - when everyone has returned to Cork and we have money in our pockets!!).

So with that being said please pick what interests you in the poll and if it is not there then suggest it in a post. We can pick dates closer to the time! Thanks

smileysurfer

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Count myself and Rockchik in anyway,
Our baby sister ( 21 years old :pac:) is going travelling on the 16th so we'l need the cheering up!
Any date after then we can attend!

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Trust you to only pick the drinking option smileysurfer :pac:

smileysurfer

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

kingtut wrote: »

Trust you to only pick the drinking option smileysurfer :pac:

hahaha well I could have picked bowling but the last time I went I ended up throwing the ball behind me and hitting someones leg so I think Drinking would be the safer option! ahem ...

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

smileysurfer wrote: »

hahaha well I could have picked bowling but the last time I went I ended up throwing the ball behind me and hitting someones leg so I think Drinking would be the safer option! ahem ...

and were you sober on that occasion?

smileysurfer

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

kingtut wrote: »

and were you sober on that occasion?

But of course!

Blitzkrieger

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Note to self : do not stand behind smileysurfer if bowling...

Papa_Lazarou

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

smileysurfer wrote: »

hahaha well I could have picked bowling but the last time I went I ended up throwing the ball behind me and hitting someones leg so I think Drinking would be the safer option! ahem ...

Dont worry,you aint the only person that does it

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Funny how the beers is again becoming the most likely activity. I don't mind either way. While I don't mind beers, a cinema night or something like bowling might be a healty change. Though it is possible to mix bowling and drinking (maradyke).

Hmmm

tommmy1979

I wouldn't mind going for a pizza in milano's

Papa_Lazarou

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Beers + Bowling + Karaoke(all possible in the marydyke.

Also cinema trip would have to include something else as its not exactly a place for a great chat or socialising is it now

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Note to self : do not stand behind smileysurfer if bowling...

Note to all men: smileysurfer is not good with balls (yes I know I'm such a child!)

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

7 of you have picked beers so far! alcos the whole lot of you! :eek:

smileysurfer wrote: »

But of course!

ye right :P

smileysurfer

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

kingtut wrote: »

ye right :P

For someone who doesnt actually know me yet your making an awful lot of assumptions! Jeeeeeesh :eek:

miss_shadow

I wouldnt mind doing some bowling!

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

smileysurfer wrote: »

For someone who doesnt actually know me yet your making an awful lot of assumptions! Jeeeeeesh :eek:

It's all an evil plan to ensure that you turn up to the next meetup to prove me wrong, oh wait now you know my plan! Dammit you are good, I see what you did there :mad:

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Around when in January you planning on this Kingtut?

kingtut

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Webmonkey wrote: »

Around when in January you planning on this Kingtut?

kingtut wrote: »

I think a good time for this will be sometime between Friday 15th Jan up to the end of Jan - when everyone has returned to Cork and we have money in our pockets!!).

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Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

oh yeah, should really read posts better

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kingtut

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Webmonkey wrote: »

oh yeah, should really read posts better

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Ha ha its ok, I post a lot so my convos can be hard to follow*

*dammit did I say that out loud

Tirabaralla

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Webmonkey wrote: »

oh yeah, should really read posts better

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kingtut wrote: »

Ha ha its ok, I post a lot so my convos can be hard to follow*

*dammit did I say that out loud

HAving a LOL at with both of ye

I SO wanna make this one!!!
Dear boss, I feck off to Cork, sorry...yes, yes...whateva!
^_^

nursemar88

Pool (maybe a tournament)

bowling and karoke definately!!! cinema after or in between maybe...:)

itsallaboutheL

Singing ftw...

ye soo don't want to be in a dark room with me!!

Also i plan on having no money so probably won't go.....

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

I can assure you if you heard me singing on a boards beers night out, you'd never come again.

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

nursemar88 wrote: »

bowling and karoke definately!!! cinema after or in between maybe...:)

Well it is looking like its going to be a bowling + beer night! WOOHOO! Your turn to pay right?

itsallaboutheL

Webmonkey wrote: »

I can assure you if you heard me singing on a boards beers night out, you'd never come again.

I havn't a note in my head, makes it so much more fun.

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

I havn't a note in my head, makes it so much more fun.

True. I haven't a lyric in my head either which makes it fairly boring :pac:

ReacherCreature

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I was looking at the Beers thread for Cork and probably would've went but was at home. I'll go along to one in Cork in January provided days suit.

kingtut

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ReacherCreature wrote: »

I was looking at the Beers thread for Cork and probably would've went but was at home. I'll go along to one in Cork in January provided days suit.

Ah well sure check out the January meet up thread for details of the next one! Happy Christmas!

ReacherCreature

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

kingtut wrote: »

Ah well sure check out the January meet up thread for details of the next one! Happy Christmas!

Will do. Happy Christmas to you too!

Pineapple_Boi

Pool (maybe a tournament)

crap i will be gone on the 15th

Sapsorrow

Lunch

What pub would people be thinking of going to? Money and spring exams pending I'll come along too.

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

khrystyna100 wrote: »

What pub would people be thinking of going to? Money and spring exams pending I'll come along too.

We will decide that closer to the time. All suggestions are welcome though!

Sapsorrow

Lunch

kingtut wrote: »

We will decide that closer to the time. All suggestions are welcome though!

I have to admit I'm extremely picky when it comes to what pubs I'll go to!
My suggestions would be sin e, the mutton,the high B, outside the roundy or the oval but they may not be to everyone's tastes. Dear god let it not be the brain drain though!

Pineapple_Boi

Pool (maybe a tournament)

sin e would be good. Tira wanted to go there before but ended up not going.

We always end up in this posh place where there is a black guy in the lad's jacks selling lynx by the squirt. Who let him in there?

nursemar88

Pool (maybe a tournament)

does it have to be beers?? i don't usually drink and would like to do something out of the pub environment but i suppose im out-voted...

colblimp

Dinner

nursemar88 wrote: »

does it have to be beers?? i don't usually drink and would like to do something out of the pub environment but i suppose im out-voted...

Exactly, why does everything have to be alcohol oriented?! I voted for a photowalk but, like you, I'll probably be outvoted! :rolleyes:

deRanged

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

nursemar88 wrote: »

does it have to be beers??

it doesn't have to be beers at all - to be fair there are plenty of non drinking options on the menu.

we could always have more than one event in January, I can organise a photowalk if people are up for it.

with the short evenings and all a saturday morning would probably be best for that. I find that people usually aren't into getting up Saturdays though

colblimp

Dinner

You're actually right, deRanged - there's nothing stopping peeps doing their own thing, is there? I'd be up for a photo walk - a Saturday morning would be cool.

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

I'm stopping drinking for the new year....wasting so much money.

I wouldn't mind the cinema or a bit of bowling or both.

Sapsorrow

Lunch

Could do a few nerdy things like go to a few museums or historical sites alternatively or even check out a daytime concert in the glucksman.
What do you do on a photo walk exactly? Do you have to have a camera?

nursemar88

Pool (maybe a tournament)

im glad im not the only one that doesnt just want beers...i know it was most voted for but anyway...sorry for complaining!! :rolleyes: i'd be happy with bowling or something like that...

Sapsorrow

Lunch

nursemar88 wrote: »

im glad im not the only one that doesnt just want beers...i know it was most voted for but anyway...sorry for complaining!! :rolleyes: i'd be happy with bowling or something like that...

I'm the same I'd be much more interested in doing something other than drinking especially if it were something that revolved around other peoples hobbies that I haven't had any experience of before.

deRanged

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

nursemar88 wrote: »

im glad im not the only one that doesnt just want beers...

far from it!
the "Terror and the Sublime" exhibit is still in the Crawford - I'm still on for going to see that followed by lunch say.


as far as photo walks go - you meet up, walk a pre determined course, take photos at your own pace and then have coffee or a pint afterwards. takes about an hour usually.
no mighty photographic skills needed, and I've been known to lend out cameras to people on photowalks.

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Hill walking / cross country would be another thing and photos can be done on that as well.

Sapsorrow

Lunch

deRanged wrote: »

far from it!
the "Terror and the Sublime" exhibit is still in the Crawford - I'm still on for going to see that followed by lunch say.

Ya I'm up for that, when're ya thinking? Any ideas about somewhere for lunch anyone? I'd also be well up for a photography walk or hill walking.

kingtut

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khrystyna100 wrote: »

I have to admit I'm extremely picky when it comes to what pubs I'll go to!
My suggestions would be sin e, the mutton,the high B, outside the roundy or the oval but they may not be to everyone's tastes. Dear god let it not be the brain drain though!

Well we will see closer to the time

nursemar88 wrote: »

does it have to be beers?? i don't usually drink and would like to do something out of the pub environment but i suppose im out-voted...

Only 1 out of the 8 options in the poll is for drinking. Unfortunately it is the most popular option but I see your point as I am not a big drinker either. I think the best option for the next meetup is to go bowling in the leisureplex where it is nice and quiet and not near a bar! and then anyone who wants to drink can do so afterwards.

Remember my threads are purely to get stuff organised, if there is something you want to do post it and I'm sure you will get a lot of takers! I will go bowling, ice skating, for dinner, lunch, for a photo walk, for coffee, to the cinema etc

In the past we have gone to the cinema, bowling, for photo walks, for coffee and for dinner, all were done without alcohol

No event will suit everyone but sure that's life unfortunately.

colblimp wrote: »

Exactly, why does everything have to be alcohol oriented?! I voted for a photowalk but, like you, I'll probably be outvoted! :rolleyes:

Like I said to nursemar88 only 1 out of the 8 options is for beers, you will have to ask the people who only voted for beers as to why they are not interested in anything else. I am more than happy to (and would prefer to) partake in non drinking boards things.

deRanged wrote: »

it doesn't have to be beers at all - to be fair there are plenty of non drinking options on the menu.

we could always have more than one event in January, I can organise a photowalk if people are up for it.

with the short evenings and all a saturday morning would probably be best for that. I find that people usually aren't into getting up Saturdays though

Thanks for the support deranged! I think people have to realise that if they have something they want to do they have to just post and do it, like you have done with your photo walk

colblimp wrote: »

You're actually right, deRanged - there's nothing stopping peeps doing their own thing, is there? I'd be up for a photo walk - a Saturday morning would be cool.

+1

kingtut

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

BOWLING trip in January! Are you up for it? In the Leisureplex around 8pm....we can pick the date closer to the time! If you are please let me know!

I'm up for it! It will be the 3rd boards bowling trip (the first one was so popular that we had to have it over two nights!!)

smileysurfer

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

kingtut wrote: »

BOWLING trip in January! Are you up for it? In the Leisureplex around 8pm....we can pick the date closer to the time! If you are please let me know!

I'm up for it! It will be the 3rd boards bowling trip (the first one was so popular that we had to have it over two nights!!)

Il go if the dates suit
Bring your helmets/knee pads/full body suits etc!!

akamossy

Never been to a meet up but i'd consider going

Webmonkey

Karaoke Night (just to keep itsallabouttheL happy :P)

Wouldn't mind the bowling alright. Any idea what day tut