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Alexandre Bergel-2

Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

Hi!

I do not remember if I asked already.
I just moved to the country of Guiness.
Is there any of you in Ireland ?

Cheers,
Alexandre
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Simon Michael

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

Hi Alexandre,

I am from there and go back to visit once or twice a year.

Hope you find more squeakers!

-Simon

Cees De Groot

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Alexandre Bergel-2

On 2/2/06, Alexandre Bergel <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I do not remember if I asked already.
> I just moved to the country of Guiness.
> Is there any of you in Ireland ?
>
No, but if you organize a Smalltalk party in Dublin I'll be happy to
come over :-)

Peter Crowther-2

RE: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Alexandre Bergel-2

[Sent to the list as this might provide the opportunity for a more
general English/Irish get-together - anyone else interested?]

> From: [...] Alexandre Bergel
> I just moved to the country of Guiness.
> Is there any of you in Ireland ?

Ah, 'tis the Emerald Isle, to be sure. Trinity's a lovely place, but I
suggest getting out of Dublin and sampling some of the countryside. Ask
the locals, but I'll mention Powerscourt, Newgrange in the Boyne Valley
(and Knowth and Dowth - you get a better picture if you see all three).
Go a bit further and you get the Irish midlands (peat-fired power
stations eg. at Shannonbridge), the Shannon itself, Clonmacnoise... and
some quiet pubs with three locals who look like they've been hewn out of
the peat themselves, drinking Guinness and glaring at you suspiciously
from under the flat caps as you walk in.

I'm actually nearer to you than you are to the South of Ireland... I'm
just over the Irish Sea in Manchester, England :-). If you ever want a
break in a much less civilised country, walk-on fares to the HSS
(operates out of Dun Laoghaire, the DART will get you there) or the good
ol' vehicle ferry from the North Wall of Dublin harbour are pretty
cheap. That gets you to Holyhead (right on the north-west tip of
Wales), from which Crewe, Chester, Liverpool and Manchester are all
easily reachable by coach or train, and the rest of mainland Britain
isn't too much further.

Feel free to contact me if you want to meet up. Gigs permitting, I'll
happily buy you a pint or three of decent English bitter :-). I'd love
to come back over to Ireland, but personal circumstances don't really
permit that at the moment. Maybe next year...

- Peter

Cees De Groot

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

On 2/4/06, Peter Crowther <[hidden email]> wrote:
> [...] decent English bitter [...]

<cough>

Well, if Alexandre brings some stout, I might even consider exposing
myself to the harsh life in the UK for a meeting :P

Peter Crowther-2

RE: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Alexandre Bergel-2

> From: [...] Cees De Groot
> On 2/4/06, Peter Crowther <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > [...] decent English bitter [...]
> <cough>

Well, for some value of 'decent' :-). I contend that there are some
good English beers. Sounds like any meeting in Manchester should visit
the Beer House or Marble Arch at some point in order to test this
theory.

Besides, the English Guinness brewery has closed, so the lightly
fermented Liffey water is now shipped over directly from the main
brewery in Dublin - and tastes much better as a result.

> Well, if Alexandre brings some stout, I might even consider exposing
> myself to the harsh life in the UK for a meeting :P

That's promising. Anyone else? Alexandre included?

- Peter

Alexandre Bergel-2

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Peter Crowther-2

Thanks for this sweet description. Unfortunately, I haven't found the
time to visit much. I have been quite busy in looking for a flat.

I do not Manchester, therefore I have to visit it. I need a bit of
time to settle here, then I will travel around in ireland and uk...

Cheers,
Alexandre

Am Feb 3, 2006 um 11:18 PM schrieb Peter Crowther:

> [Sent to the list as this might provide the opportunity for a more
> general English/Irish get-together - anyone else interested?]
>
>> From: [...] Alexandre Bergel
>> I just moved to the country of Guiness.
>> Is there any of you in Ireland ?
>
> Ah, 'tis the Emerald Isle, to be sure. Trinity's a lovely place,
> but I
> suggest getting out of Dublin and sampling some of the
> countryside. Ask
> the locals, but I'll mention Powerscourt, Newgrange in the Boyne
> Valley
> (and Knowth and Dowth - you get a better picture if you see all
> three).
> Go a bit further and you get the Irish midlands (peat-fired power
> stations eg. at Shannonbridge), the Shannon itself, Clonmacnoise...
> and
> some quiet pubs with three locals who look like they've been hewn
> out of
> the peat themselves, drinking Guinness and glaring at you suspiciously
> from under the flat caps as you walk in.
>
> I'm actually nearer to you than you are to the South of Ireland... I'm
> just over the Irish Sea in Manchester, England :-). If you ever
> want a
> break in a much less civilised country, walk-on fares to the HSS
> (operates out of Dun Laoghaire, the DART will get you there) or the
> good
> ol' vehicle ferry from the North Wall of Dublin harbour are pretty
> cheap. That gets you to Holyhead (right on the north-west tip of
> Wales), from which Crewe, Chester, Liverpool and Manchester are all
> easily reachable by coach or train, and the rest of mainland Britain
> isn't too much further.
>
> Feel free to contact me if you want to meet up. Gigs permitting, I'll
> happily buy you a pint or three of decent English bitter :-). I'd
> love
> to come back over to Ireland, but personal circumstances don't really
> permit that at the moment. Maybe next year...
>
> - Peter
>
>

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Alexandre Bergel-2

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Peter Crowther-2

Of course I will organize something here as soon as I feel there are
enough people interested in that.
Manchester sounds like to be an interesting place to start something...

Alexandre

Am Feb 4, 2006 um 6:45 PM schrieb Peter Crowther:

>> From: [...] Cees De Groot
>> On 2/4/06, Peter Crowther <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> [...] decent English bitter [...]
>> <cough>
>
> Well, for some value of 'decent' :-). I contend that there are some
> good English beers. Sounds like any meeting in Manchester should
> visit
> the Beer House or Marble Arch at some point in order to test this
> theory.
>
> Besides, the English Guinness brewery has closed, so the lightly
> fermented Liffey water is now shipped over directly from the main
> brewery in Dublin - and tastes much better as a result.
>
>> Well, if Alexandre brings some stout, I might even consider exposing
>> myself to the harsh life in the UK for a meeting :P
>
> That's promising. Anyone else? Alexandre included?
>
> - Peter
>
>

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Bryce Kampjes

RE: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Peter Crowther-2

Peter Crowther writes:
> > From: [...] Cees De Groot
> > On 2/4/06, Peter Crowther <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > [...] decent English bitter [...]
> > <cough>
>
> Well, for some value of 'decent' :-). I contend that there are some
> good English beers. Sounds like any meeting in Manchester should visit
> the Beer House or Marble Arch at some point in order to test this
> theory.

I might be able to make it as well. And I do drink bitter.

Bryce

Bijan Parsia-2

Re: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Alexandre Bergel-2

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Alexandre Bergel wrote:

> Of course I will organize something here as soon as I feel there are enough
> people interested in that.
> Manchester sounds like to be an interesting place to start something...
[snip]

I'll be starting a lecturer position in CS at U. Manchester in May and
would love to hang out. I hope this news makes Manchester a *more*
interesting place to start something :)

Cheers,
Bijan.

Peter Crowther-2

RE: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

In reply to this post by Alexandre Bergel-2

> From: [...] Bijan Parsia
> I'll be starting a lecturer position in CS at U. Manchester
> in May and
> would love to hang out. I hope this news makes Manchester a *more*
> interesting place to start something :)

Cool. Yell once you're here if you want (yet another excuse for) a beer
- I work 20 mins walk from Manchester CS.

Is this via Ian Horrocks' group? And does that mean you can book one of
the Atlas rooms for a meet? ;-)

- Peter

Bijan Parsia-2

RE: Any Squeaker/Smalltalker in Dublin?

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Peter Crowther wrote:

>> From: [...] Bijan Parsia
>> I'll be starting a lecturer position in CS at U. Manchester
>> in May and
>> would love to hang out. I hope this news makes Manchester a *more*
>> interesting place to start something :)
>
> Cool. Yell once you're here if you want (yet another excuse for) a beer
> - I work 20 mins walk from Manchester CS.

Oh neat!

> Is this via Ian Horrocks' group?

Yep.

> And does that mean you can book one of
> the Atlas rooms for a meet? ;-)

I don't know :) What's an Atlas room?

Cheers,
Bijan.