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I live in a student style slum despite being Officially Old, but mostly because I am lazy and seem to be allergic to housework. :D

Ah, but no-one is allowed to smoke in my house, so if that is a requirement, then we will need to find somewhere else.

I do have a "patio", though, and a "front garden"...
 
milly molly said:
My sofa is leatherette.

Sobs.

And smoking is not allowed. Is well rubbish.

Anyway, what do you do? Just turn up?
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I could bring you. Then I have to go - cos am usually rubbish and don't turn up.
 
Guineveretoo said:
I live in a student style slum despite being Officially Old, but mostly because I am lazy and seem to be allergic to housework. :D

Ah, but no-one is allowed to smoke in my house, so if that is a requirement, then we will need to find somewhere else.

I do have a "patio", though, and a "front garden"...
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Ooh sorry, didn't mean I thought smoking necessary, is just I imagined all of you in berets with French cigarettes in hand.
 
milly molly said:
Ooh sorry, didn't mean I thought smoking necessary, is just I imagined all of you in berets with French cigarettes in hand.
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I haven't had a beret since my first year at Grammar School, when everyone had to wear one, and the second years had to pull off the little tag in the middle, to show that they were bigger than us.

Happy memories :D :D
 
In the absence of any better suggestions, I am firming up the offer of my house to host the January bookgroup meeting on Thursday 10th January.

I will make sure that I am there from 7pm, and will have cheese graters and corkscrews ready. The nearest rail station to my house is Norwood Junction, from where buses go to and from Brixton, too (the 196). There are other stations nearby, including Selhurst and East Croydon. The 468 also goes close ish.

I have a car, and could collect people from Norwood Junction (bus or train stop) if they were worried about getting lost, but I won't be able to take anyone back there, since I don't drink and drive.

My house is also on the route of the 410 bus from Crystal Palace.

Hope that helps. If anyone is up for it, PM me and I will give you my address and phone number, but I am not putting that up on here!
 
Think there are only a few smokers among us, and we're more than happy to smoke outside :)

So it's at yours then G2? Decision made. :D

And... erm... spangles, I see you're driving, and erm... only live round the corner from me...

*smiles sweetly*

:o


edit: ah.. you already made the decision ^^ :)

I'd like a PM with address please.
 
Guineveretoo said:
In the absence of any better suggestions, I am firming up the offer of my house to host the January bookgroup meeting on Thursday 10th January.

I will make sure that I am there from 7pm, and will have cheese graters and corkscrews ready. The nearest rail station to my house is Norwood Junction, from where buses go to and from Brixton, too (the 196). There are other stations nearby, including Selhurst and East Croydon. The 468 also goes close ish.

I have a car, and could collect people from Norwood Junction (bus or train stop) if they were worried about getting lost, but I won't be able to take anyone back there, since I don't drink and drive.

My house is also on the route of the 410 bus from Crystal Palace.

Hope that helps. If anyone is up for it, PM me and I will give you my address and phone number, but I am not putting that up on here!
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Aww, now that means that I have to come down to South Norwood instead of you coming here!
 
scifisam said:
Aww, now that means that I have to come down to South Norwood instead of you coming here!
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Heh that's the voice of the people for ya! Let's have a breakaway meet at your place for people who have read the book?
 
scifisam said:
Aww, now that means that I have to come down to South Norwood instead of you coming here!
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You've got to be quick round here, and I offered first and then firmed up (ooer, missus) quick, too :D

Do you want my address?
 
mango5 said:
Heh that's the voice of the people for ya! Let's have a breakaway meet at your place for people who have read the book?
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Stop confusing matters, you!

Are you coming to mine or not? :D
 
I'll have to check with my GF and see how knackered I am - I've started another job this week (that makes three now - the third one came as a surprise).

PM me your address, though, so I can TFL it.
 
Can't make this one sadly.

Have to show some commitment to my New year's resolution: Samba classes! :D Come February I'll probably be ready to skip one of them, so I'll see you all then. Have fun bookgroupies old and new. :)
 
Crispy said:
Bookgroup has been held in student-style slums (eg. nu-urban towers, and the hivemind) plenty of times. No furniture is too unwashed, no curtains too smoke-laden.
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I resent that.
 
suddenly this seems very close (i've just started chapter 3) but very far away (NW5 to Norwood Junction?!) maybe i'm not coming after all :(
 
i thought that south norwood was a million miles from me, but it's apparently only 45 mins!
 
foamy said:
suddenly this seems very close (i've just started chapter 3) but very far away (NW5 to Norwood Junction?!) maybe i'm not coming after all :(
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Trains seem to go from everywhere to East Croydon!
 
sarahluv said:
does the 75 stop nearby?
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Not sure, to be honest. I will PM you the address, and you can work it out.

Although it's looking like an exclusive meet, now that it is at my house! :eek:
 
The trains run all night from East Croydon to Victoria, if that helps. Which it may not, I dunno. I can't believe it's harder to get to North London from here than it is from Brixton?

The night buses run all night to various places, if that helps :)
 
how easy is it to get to / from yours from east croydon?

it'll take me about an hour on the over ground to east croydon and i'm not a massive fan of night time unknown navigation on the overground (on the way home especially)
 
my sister's book about Cyrano de Bergerac is published on 4th feb.

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Still in hardback so not recommending it straight away (although it is 50% off at Amazon ) but will put it forward later in the year when the paperback comes out. I've only read bits so far but it's a great story of a swash-buckling gay atheist romantic poet who also wrote the worlds first science fiction.

If we do pick it, i'm sure i can persuade her to come along and argue with us about it :)
 
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