Beers Saturday April 9th

Liam McPoyle

Evening all.

TGC has not had a beers in quite some time, a couple of years ago we had them pretty regularly and they were usually a great success, I think at one in particular we had 30 to 40 attendees which for a relatively small forum like this was fantastic.

Prompted by a post in another thread where a couple of people said they had recently moved to Dublin, I think the time could be right to resurrect the beer drinking traditions of old.

I will stick up a poll to see if there is much interest and we can take it from there.

Mods, I'm on mobile so can't work the poll, ye might do the honours.

3 options I think would be grand, yes, no and interested but not 100% sure should do.

Pepe LeFrits

Atari Jaguar

I'm up for it.

Lemming

If I'm back in country I'd be up for it too. Not seen many heads from boards in quite some time.

ulinbac

Nope I am a bore

I'm in

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Hmmm... Is there a date in mind? It's it's fairly cheap to fly over I could be persuaded.

karaokeman

Atari Jaguar

I don't know the regulars here, but would still go whenever it happens.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Hmmm... Is there a date in mind? It's it's fairly cheap to fly over I could be persuaded.

Had no date in particular in mind, potentially the weekend before Paddy's day (might be a bit soon though) or the first weekend in April.

Easter is early this year so March will be a busy month for most people.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

So there is some interest anyway which is always good.

Would peoples preference be a Friday or Saturday night?

How about we put up a poll for either

Friday 1st April
Saturday 2nd April

Friday 8th April
Saturday 9th April

At least that gets Paddys day and Easter out of the way.

What about potential venues?

The more night club type places aren't conducive to chats so the more pub/old man type speakeasies tend to suit better.

Some past venues included The Duke, Cassidys on Westmoreland St and P-Macs so similar to those is probably the way to go.

Suggestions welcomed!

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Thanks to whoever amended the poll however its saying I've already voted and won't let me vote again.

Wibbs

Seems to be an issue rested to the recent Boards outage. Pawwed Rig set up the poll correctly, but it's still looking closed. Odd.

Pepe LeFrits

Atari Jaguar

I voted 'yes' to beers, and it now says I voted for 'Friday 1st of April', which has 0 votes. hmm...

Pawwed Rig

Nope I am a bore

How's that?

Polls are always a pain in the arse to set up

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

How's that?

Polls are always a pain in the arse to set up

Seems to be working now PR, cheers!

karaokeman

Atari Jaguar

Business Cat wrote: »

The more night club type places aren't conducive to chats so the more pub/old man type speakeasies tend to suit better.

Some past venues included The Duke, Cassidys on Westmoreland St and P-Macs so similar to those is probably the way to go.

Suggestions welcomed!

I vote for nightclubs to be an option for those who want to go after the pub, they can be a bit of craic if you have a good group.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

karaokeman wrote: »

I vote for nightclubs to be an option for those who want to go after the pub, they can be a bit of craic if you have a good group.

Oh absolutely no issue with that mate, Doyle's was usually the next stop on from wherever the beers were, I just ment that starting the night in places like that is a bit pointless!

LostinBlanch

Wherever we're going, can we make sure that it has some decent beers i.e. more than the usual Guinness, Smithwicks, Bud lite cr*p?

Somewhere like Sweetmans might be good.

Just my 2c.

Pepe LeFrits

Atari Jaguar

+1

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Ive no objections to Sweetmans anyway.

Though craft beer can suck my ass.

:pac:

karaokeman

Atari Jaguar

Sweetmans sounds good, its very central due to its proximity to Tara Street and streets with lots of buses going (O' Connell, Westmoreland, etc). Never been there myself, but always happy to check out new spots.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

When does the Poll close, P?

Pawwed Rig

Nope I am a bore

Never at the moment. How long do you want? Another week?

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Never at the moment. How long do you want? Another week?

Aye, say this day week?

I'd be happy enough to just call Sweetmans too, decent boozer, central and close to Doyle's.

When the date is decided I will ring them and book a table or two.

BlackWizard

Would be up for this too! Sweetmans sounds good

Dotsie~tmp

Atari Jaguar

I've wanted to drop in to one for a bit. Might drag a coupe lads too for a session.:D

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

So Sweetmans on Saturday the 10th of April it is.

Huzzah.

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Flights are looking quite cheap.

To be clear, you mean the 9th of April BC?

LostinBlanch

You're right Capaill, it's Saturday 9th . . . . on my calendar at least.

EDIT: Ah I see where the problem is. The poll has the dates wrong - Friday 9th and Saturday 10th.

Pawwed Rig

Nope I am a bore

LostinBlanch wrote: »

EDIT: Ah I see where the problem is. The poll has the dates wrong - Friday 9th and Saturday 10th.

No it doesn't

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Saturday is the 9th of April. It'd better be at least as I am seriously tempted to spring for flights and a B&B.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Saturday is the 9th of April. It'd better be at least as I am seriously tempted to spring for flights and a B&B.

Ment the Saturday alright which is the 9th!

awec

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LostinBlanch

I don't.


*may not actually be true.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

So what time would we be thinking chaps?

I will ring and book a table in the next day or two.

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Just had a bit of a nasty shock. Was looking at flights and they were coming in at £150 and upwards. They were £30ish last week. Turns out I'd set the date to the 9/3 to the 10/3.

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Right, gonna call 8 bells as kick off time.

I will ring the bar next week and book a table under my name.

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Flights booked! £100. That's what happens when you put things off....

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Afternoon all.

I've booked a couple of tables for the 9th in Sweetmans for 20:00.

Not sure where they are sticking us yet, the person who is over the bookings was off today so will call me back tomorrow to confirm.

Its booked under my name, Adrian.

Hope to see you all there!

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Hi all.

Booking confirmed, she thinks we will be on the second floor however said that there is a blackboard just inside the main door that has listings for reservations on the night on it so to check there on arrival to confirm.

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Thanks for organising this, Saul. See ye in a week and a half!

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

So this Saturday, so exciting!

I will arrive about 7:45 or so and scout out where we are being put and will post here when I sit.

Some of you know what I look like but for any newbies that are thinking about popping along feel free to PM me and Im happy to give you my number.

Everyone had to go to their first beers at some point or another and it can be pretty daunting so what Id say is dont be shy and dont be afraid to come over and sit down, we dont bite, well, I cant vouch for the Master on that but you should be ok.

:pac:

Wibbs

Oh the Master? That fcuker bites alright. Gives the evil eye too.

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Wibbs wrote: »

Oh the Master? That fcuker bites alright. Gives the evil eye too.

You're coming, right?

Wibbs

Said the actress to the bishop. Oh I am trying to sort things out so I can.

Pepe LeFrits

Atari Jaguar

Any idea yet where in Sweetman's yee'll be?

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Any idea yet where in Sweetman's yee'll be?

The girl thought it might be the second floor but couldn't confirm as they didn't have final numbers of how many people reserved seats.

ulinbac

Nope I am a bore

Saul T Nutzz wrote: »

The girl thought it might be the second floor but couldn't confirm as they didn't have final numbers of how many people reserved seats.

It better be a big floor as 4000 people voted yes

Liam McPoyle

Atari Jaguar

ulinbac wrote: »

It better be a big floor as 4000 people voted yes

I seen that alright, stupid Boards!

ancapailldorcha

Nope I am a bore

Telling the staff that I'm looking for a table under the name of "Saul T Nutzz" might not be the best idea so I'll have to try to remember your actual name.

smash

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Telling the staff that I'm looking for a table under the name of "Saul T Nutzz" might not be the best idea so I'll have to try to remember your actual name.

No real names, that's the rule and that's what you have to ask the waitress!

The Black Oil

I am hoping to go, but my health took a bit of a knock recently, so I'm not sure. It's only temporary, btw. My body will decide for me on Saturday...

LostinBlanch

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Telling the staff that I'm looking for a table under the name of "Saul T Nutzz" might not be the best idea so I'll have to try to remember your actual name.

Well back in the days of BGRH, all newbies had to bring a can of condensed milk. I can't remember why condensed milk was chosen, but it was an easy way of telling who was part of the crowd.

Of course there was a couple* who went to one without the cans and asked a group if they were from the internet and when they said they were, they joined in until they realised it wasn't BGRH but a group from swingers.ie

*True story and I'm not naming names.