SCR Christmas Party Poll

moonio

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

greg66_tri_v2.0

moonio wrote:

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

Perhaps you should seek medical advice about that.

I'm on for the Christmas stuff. But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

symo

Jen J wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Littigator wrote:

I'm in but am out of the country from the 10th December. Would it be a usual Morpeth Arms jobbie

Yes or somewhere in the locality.

Where exactly is the legendary Morpeth Arms anyway?

+1 I would like to know too. So I can scout it out whilst visiting the GF this weekend.

itboffin

I think civvies would be best after all to drink and ride would be irresponsible em! cough cough.

The Morpeth Arms would be a good meeting place then on to somewhere local.

linsen

Somewhere local sounds good.

How about Southampton

Only joking. If I can make the date you decide I may well make the effort Londonward.

Even though I am slightly frightened of you all.......

Bassjunkieuk

I'm glad you suggested this as the wife mentioned that her forum board are doing a secret santa and I was going to toss that idea in the air!

Just imagine the fun of

:P Silly Commuter Racing Secret Santa :P

I'd suggest a budget of £10 and a lucky dip approach?

Anyhow as you might have already guessed I'm defo up for drinks and food if possible!

Jen J

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

I'm glad you suggested this as the wife mentioned that her forum board are doing a secret santa and I was going to toss that idea in the air!

Just imagine the fun of

:P Silly Commuter Racing Secret Santa :P

I'd suggest a budget of £10 and a lucky dip approach?

Anyhow as you might have already guessed I'm defo up for drinks and food if possible!

My running site is doing a secret santa. I'm discreetly not taking part this year, as last year I received a box of really cheap and nasty make up. :evil:

redvee

Is there somewhere to lock the bikes up at the Morpeth Arms?

Who will rescue L-i-T, or any other female BR member, from Don-Don if he corners them in the pub?

linsen

A valid concern....(the latter rather than the former - I'm not riding up from Southampton!)

don_don

redvee wrote:

Is there somewhere to lock the bikes up at the Morpeth Arms?

Who will rescue L-i-T, or any other female BR member, from Don-Don if he corners them in the pub?

Just keep shtum about the location, date and time and I won't be able to come..

ah..

Anyway, I'm getting so many hits from woomewithromcom.com that I'll be busy for the next 4 or 5 years :shock:

Have a fab time though and somebody please give LiT a big hug from me

snooks

Greg66 wrote:

But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

TART!

itboffin

Now now this is not the roadie thread I have no doubt don_don is a perfect gentleman as all the men in the "commuting" thread are and is more than welcome to join the team for food+many+many drinks, but I do warn you all don't bring your bike this time, as we do tend to share the old shandy or 5 normally and I'm guessing Christmas could get a little messy

By the way ACE call on the secret Santa - strict rules should apply, under £10 must be bike related although at one company I worked for one person got pencil top Jesus and another eye masks with "fek off in sleeping" - brilliant, I wont tell you what I got 8)

itboffin

If might add what kind of idiot man would try and buy a non-related woman (ie. not the wife, mother or daughter) a meaningful present, amateur! you are treading on dangerous ground.

Bassjunkieuk

In regards to the SCRSS (another bl00dy acronym!) I was going to suggest that the pressie would have to be cycling related.....wouldn't be much point otherwise!

As for locking up bikes if anyone is planning n riding there are plenty of railings and lamp-posts in the vicinity. We have had several bikes all chained up there before, although G66 did put his one across the road so it didn't see all the ugly bikes

So start @ Morpeth then round to Millbank Spice again or does anyone have another suggestion?

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

moonio wrote:

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

Perhaps you should seek medical advice about that.

I'm on for the Christmas stuff. But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

Definitely kit for me, I'm not going on the effing tube unless I really have to. Grumble grumble tube.

I'm not going away in December, can do pretty much any time at the minute, but book early to avod disappointment!!

Clever Pun

snooks wrote:

Not the weekend of the 5th of December please...Off to New York with my GF

Morpeth is here
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub446.html

ditto but I'm going to butlins in Minehead

Bassjunkieuk

Just a suggestion, if we are planning on drinks and food would it be advisable to book a table somewhere? I know this is dependant on us agreeing a date and rough numbers!

Failling that we could all end up walking/cycling around trying to find somewhere to feed ourselves!

lost_in_thought

lost_in_thought wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

moonio wrote:

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

Perhaps you should seek medical advice about that.

I'm on for the Christmas stuff. But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

Definitely kit for me, I'm not going on the effing tube unless I really have to. Grumble grumble tube.

I'm not going away in December, can do pretty much any time at the minute, but book early to avod disappointment!!

Also you should all bear in mind that Jashburnham won't talk to you unless you've brought a bike!

Bassjunkieuk

lost_in_thought wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

moonio wrote:

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

Perhaps you should seek medical advice about that.

I'm on for the Christmas stuff. But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

Definitely kit for me, I'm not going on the effing tube unless I really have to. Grumble grumble tube.

I'm not going away in December, can do pretty much any time at the minute, but book early to avod disappointment!!

Also you should all bear in mind that Jashburnham won't talk to you unless you've brought a bike!

Don't be so harsh, I was bikeless for the first 2 meetups and he spoke to me just fine :-)
Although I did feel rather overdressed in "proper" clothing when surrounded by so many people in lycra!

lost_in_thought

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

moonio wrote:

I voted yes..even though u guys are electric bikists'sstssts

But have you every tried pedalling hard up a hill, with 26kilos between your legs and doing it intermittently for 26 miles per day, 5 days a week??

eh?

eh?

Perhaps you should seek medical advice about that.

I'm on for the Christmas stuff. But are we going to come in civvies or kit?

Definitely kit for me, I'm not going on the effing tube unless I really have to. Grumble grumble tube.

I'm not going away in December, can do pretty much any time at the minute, but book early to avod disappointment!!

Also you should all bear in mind that Jashburnham won't talk to you unless you've brought a bike!

Don't be so harsh, I was bikeless for the first 2 meetups and he spoke to me just fine :-)
Although I did feel rather overdressed in "proper" clothing when surrounded by so many people in lycra!

I'm joking...

But yeah, I think everyone was beginning to wonder if you actually had a bike....

Littigator

don_don wrote:

Anyway, I'm getting so many hits from woomewithromcom.com that I'll be busy for the next 4 or 5 years :shock:

Tell me you're joking, really you have GOT to be kidding me!?

As for beers, cuzzah, late Nov, SCRSS etc etc yes to all the above...errr I mean yes to all to the left anyway...no hang on I've typed over onto another line so it is above now!

AHEM!! Concentrate LITTs fss.

AAAAaaaaanyway, I think we should all be in lycra regardless of whether you bring your bike or not. Apparently there has been talk of an upstairs room at the Morpeth or we can try and get them to book us a couple of tables depending on numbers.

Sewinman

Going on previous experience from other forums these sorts of arrangements are pretty academic unless someone just names a date and its tough if people can’t make it. Otherwise you get 18 pages of people saying ‘yes I can make it then but only for five minutes’…’no, I am having my breast augmentation that day’ etc.

ITBoffin – name a date!

Bassjunkieuk

Well looking at my possible work locales for the next 2 months pretty much any Friday in November should be good, along with the first one in December (which I think has already been ruled out......) The 2 after that and I suspect I'll be way down in Thames Ditton for one (although the ride to Morpeth could be fun!) and the following one is mine and the 2nd eldest bday (we share!)

il_principe

Sewinman wrote:

I am having my breast augmentation that day. !

Oh good luck with that. :shock:

Littigator

Right, taking the bull by the horns...

Friday 28th November at the Morpeth Arms from 6pm, then onto Millbank Spice for about 8. Bring a £10 cycling related Secret Santa gift with you.

As for numbers let's finalise that week?

lost_in_thought

Littigator wrote:

Right, taking the bull by the horns...

Friday 28th November at the Morpeth Arms from 6pm, then onto Millbank Spice for about 8. Bring a £10 cycling related Secret Santa gift with you.

As for numbers let's finalise that week?

Works for me!

Bassjunkieuk

Littigator wrote:

Right, taking the bull by the horns...

Friday 28th November at the Morpeth Arms from 6pm, then onto Millbank Spice for about 8. Bring a £10 cycling related Secret Santa gift with you.

As for numbers let's finalise that week?

Sounds good :-)

Jen J

Littigator wrote:

Right, taking the bull by the horns...

Friday 28th November at the Morpeth Arms from 6pm, then onto Millbank Spice for about 8. Bring a £10 cycling related Secret Santa gift with you.

As for numbers let's finalise that week?

I was going to write a very similar post myself for that same date. But do we really have to do the secret santa bit?

And I will be getting the tube, not biking there. I am a wuss :oops:

Totalnewbie

I agree that you do just have to suggest a date and get on with it or else it never happens.
I could do that date although am not sure how well the Secret Santa thing would work...

Will decide closer the time about bike/tube. Probably bike.

il_principe

28th suits me just fine.

Not being a grinch or anything but I'm really not a fan of secret santa! I will come by bike of course and I'll do my best to converse with any bikeless folk, but know that I will be judging you on your inability to MTFU...

... of course I live 5 mins from the pub so it's easy for me to talk!