Great Western Coffee Shop

On Friday 27th April 2012, Bonapartes Bar on Platform 3 Bristol Temple Meads are holding a charity quiz and raffle.

According to the flyers I've seen in said pub, the quiz and raffle is between 1900-2000.

^1 entry per person for the quiz with proceeds from that and the raffle going to the Railway Children charity. Raffle prizes donated by local breweries and businesses. Cash prize for the winning quiz team.

So, to that end, myself and the Mod/Admin team feel this would be an appropriate opportunity to arrange a forum meet-up.

If you're free that evening come along for the quiz, a drink or two and the chance to meet fellow Coffee Shop members.

I appreciate this is relatively short notice, but if you are in the Bristol area, or can get there for 1900, then why not pop along?

This forum is not affiliated to this charity event. I just thought it was an ideal opportunity to arrange an ad-hoc meet-up.

If you're interested, do say so on this thread.

Justin.

I'll be there.  ;D

But that need not put you off.  ::)

I'm in hospital that day... But the appointment is in a Bristol Hospital and I'll be heading that way on my way home, so fingers crossed you may have the unfortunate pleasure of the unluckiest traveller of the years presence... ::) :P :D ;D  Please don't let my bad luck put anyone off though! ;) ;D

I'll be there!

Merely to 'bump' this topic, I've now added it to our calendar.  We look forward to seeing any of you who can make it on Friday!  CfN.  :)

Final bump.

Do pop along if you're free Friday evening.

 ;)

I would love to have been there but I'll be at work in London tomorrow so just couldn't make it on time.. Hope you all have fun :-)

Planning to be there

-- Graham

The Coffee Shop Irregulars - consisting of myself and grahame - only went and won the quiz!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D

29/30 on the General Knowledge and 3/7 on the Dingbat^ (http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=1Gt&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1024&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=mh4AYpgsP4w83M:&imgrefurl=http://www.quizmasters.biz/DB/Pic/Dingbats/Dingbats.html&docid=XXO88JDXREY0EM&imgurl=http://www.quizmasters.biz/DB/Pic/Dingbats/Gfx/Dingbats_15_Full.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=egabT4izJ6Kk4gTew-mpDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=91&vpy=303&dur=823&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=128&ty=135&sig=101347367579025042184&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=160&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:149) style cryptic picture puzzles. Total 32/37.

So you are not just pretty faces!!   ;D ;D ;D

Oh - we're not pretty faces:

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/irregulars.jpg)

Don't have to be pretty to win!

Oh, and if it wasn't for me confusing Gavin Hastings with Gavin Henson we'd've got a perfect score on the General Knowledge.....

As an aside, nice to see a bit of steam in Temple Meads on a Friday evening:

(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/ocbri.jpg)

...and a candid tender moment on Platform 3:

(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/britm.jpg)

 :-* ;D

Ah, brief encounter!* I've just read this, and realised it was last night. Better luck next time.

(*"I love the bit where the mother ship descends from the cloud" - D Trotter)

whos who in this pic then?

I'll do the formal introductions here, if I may: on the left in that picture, our host on this forum, 'grahame'; on the right, 'bignosemac'.  ;D

And everyone else? (Hiding?)  ;D ::)

No: unfortunately, I wasn't able to join them - having got home from work much later than expected.  :-[

Unfortunately I was also unable to join them :( After a mahoosive c**kup on transportation issues that day (I'm going to take a "railway stance" on this one and blame a third party... Which in my case was the missus trout... long story!)