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yay!

what, RIGHT NOW?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry, meant to add a ":)" to that.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh, good luck.

― leigh (leigh), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Lucy, last time I saw you in Edinburgh we were in the:

NO NOT THE CAR WASH IT SUCKS COCKS IN HELL.

― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Really? Gosh. That was a long time ago, I think. Was that the same night we went to the cafe with the black and white floor? I should come back across soon, but I think I'll be too busy for the pre-Christmas FAP.

I've just found out I'm on the shortlist for the job here too, the one I *really* want. I could walk to work in 20 minutes if I got that. IF. I hate this juggly juggly business.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Was that a long time ago? I can't remember. Also, I dunno which cafe you're talking about!

Hope all the job stuff works out.

― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

x-post Yeah the juggly juggly business when I was being interviewed for jobs in Edinburgh and Glasgow on the same day was a bit awkward, but it was fairly clear which one I'd take given the chance so no-one was surprised, shocked or offended at the juggly juggly stuff. Actually I just like writing juggly juggly because it makes me think of b00bs for some reason. Actually I think I can only afford to admit how much I hate the commute BECAUSE I don't have to do it for much longer, if I had another oo years of it I couldn't acknowledge this without losing my sanity...

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

alex, you talking about "juggly juggly" makes me think of that moment on the dancefloor at ATP three (four?) years ago, when you emerged from the vodka mist to the delicate strains of "where's your head at", performed an obscene dance with your shirt, stuck your tongue out, then disappeared for six hours before coming back to the chalet with an empty bottle of brasso and sick all over your shoes.

and, you know, i feel kinda traumatised now.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey, we're all going to ATP this year... It's S1mon McCru66en's thirtieth and he's having it there!

― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Blimey, the first year we decide not to go, everyone else does. :-(

― alext (alext), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 07:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I was planning on going until Banhart got involved.

― hmmm (hmmm), Friday, 2 December 2005 13:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Doesn't bother me really. I don't plan to see any bands. I don't know which one we're going to, but I hope it's Mudhoney, so at least you can be sure all the legal work will be completed properly.

― KeefW., Saturday, 3 December 2005 10:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Wooh! FAP ahoy! Revive.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not going to be staying that long unfortunately as i have to be in Newington by about 5.45. My brother's dog can't be left for long, apparently he chewed through his digibox yesterday.

― leigh (leigh), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link

The dog has a digibox?

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I will not be able to make Saturday I'm afraid as a friend is having an xmas party in Glasgow.

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

o, bugger and boo. tits. i was going to suggest we got pissed on the train through.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Fancy a pint ahoy!

― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link

I might be going to HERE on thursday tho.

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm on leave tomorrow and won't have internet access so can we confirm what the FAP arrangements are?

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, that would be helpful. kay's bar ... from when?

keith?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Well it was going to be 3pm -- if we want to meet earlier we could spend more time with Leigh before it becomes me, keith and grimly by the sound of it. I'm easy, I have only boring other things to do that day.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

i mentioned it to a t h o l e as well: i'll give him another call. and chris too, if nobody has any objections.

tom, perversely, is going to be in glasgow that day.

i was planning on being there for 4pm: any earlier will be a little difficult.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Dude isn't the point that ILXors aren't scared off by all yr m8s? Isn't this FIRST EVER ILX EDINBURGH meet up not 'Simon comes through to Edinburgh for the first time in 30 years' day ;-)But bring it on, I suppose. Maybe we could go on somewhere later anyway.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Well i'll aim to be there at 3. If i leave just before 5 i should be up in Newington in time to ensure that the pampered pooch isn't left on his own to chew the house to pieces.

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Cool.

Is anyone else actually coming? Oi lurkers speak up now!!!

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link

isn't the point that ILXors aren't scared off by all yr m8s

er but er if it's just you, me and keith then, umm ... well, it's more a potterrow reunion than an ILX FAP :)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh no!!

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link

I was a regular at potterrow from 91 till 94. Were you all on the committee?

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link

NO. no. no, i wasn't.

was i?

no. i was going to join but didn't.

keith was :)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I wasn't a regular. Ever. I went a bit between 95-7. Occasionally. If forced. I never staggered up drunk and unable to speak only to be let in by two committee members going 'we think he's a mate of [grimly fiendish]'s.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

We used to suffer the indignity of asking passing students to sign us in cos we were still at school. Later on we became known and used to get waved in.

I might be in here briefly tomorrow, i'm expecting a package containing this http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/books/story/0,14684,1464976,00.html
and this http://www.plexifilm.com/sheffield.html and don't want to leave it sitting in the office over the weekend. It all depends on whether or not the cooker intallers from C***t arrive. I waited in all last Friday only to find out that they had me pencilled in for this week rather than last.

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link

edingay more like

― retarded and gay (bato), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd like to come along but can't do Saturday afternoon. I've got family commitments I can't get out of.
Is everybody on this thread ex-Edinburgh Uni?
I was a student 92-95, and now I work for the University.

― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I was never a student at Edinburgh, just an indie kid townie that liked the cheap drink and the top tunes at Bubblegum/Roadrunner (or was it rollercoaster, i forget).

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Ditto, never a student but wanted cheap booze at Potter Row, and later, Chamber Street.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm 93-97, and 98-01, and starting employment at Ed Uni on 01.01.06. Hurray! Clearly I can't stay away from the place.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Just to confirm, Jamaica Street Lane is at the bottom of Howe Street, just before the opening for St Stephen Street?

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I had a boyfriend who went to Edinburgh Uni in 1995 and used to go through at the weekends and drag his non-indie ass along to Potterrow so I could dance to Bis and Pulp and stuff. Unfortunately I have the death lurgey and no money and a football match to go to in Glasgow on Saturday, or I would have been up for a wrong-end-of-the-M8 FAP.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Not the bottom of Howe St: going down Howe St, it's the first turning on the left after Howe St crosses Heriot Row. It's a bit of a (mews)maze back there but I think you take the left hand fork of Jamaica St.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

where is a nice and not overly expenseive place to have sunday lunch in edinburgh?

― barbarian cities (jaybob3005), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Hopefully i won't get too lost. Jenners do lovely roasts on a Sunday, i was in last Sunday and had a yummy plate of macaroni cheese.

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

We often go to Howies, on Howe street. But if by Sunday lunch you mean 'roast meat and veg' I have no idea.

― alext (alext), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link

mm. that looks nice. will try that, cheers.

― barbarian cities (jaybob3005), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Potterrow so I could dance to Bis and Pulp and stuff

Bis: blame Neil (hmmm).

― KeefW (kmw), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

I clearly remember when "School Disco" came out I was through in Edinburgh and we went to Potterrow and I was so stupidly excited at hearing the crappy little 7" single that I'd bought the week before actually being played in public and people were dancing to it somewhere that wasn't Glasgow.

I'd like to kid on that I was young and stupid then, but I was about 23.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

It was Roadrunner, Leigh.. I think Keiron had a brief thing called Rollercoaster around the time of the Rollercoaster concerts as I remember.

Yeah, I was at Edinburgh uni 91-95. I was on the Potterrow committee too, though not at first, though I knew them all. Can't remember when I was on it, maybe 94/95 or so.

Potter Row, and later, Chamber Street.

Let's rock!

― KeefW (kmw), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link

t0m gr0d0n and i got physically thrown out of chambers street after drinking ourselves stupid, attempting to play pool, and then deciding it would be more fun to run around hitting each other with pool cues.

a couple of weeks later, it was closed.

COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT. mwahahahah.

(actually, it was coincidence. but hey.)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link

It was closed because heavy metal is rubbish.

― KeefW (kmw), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link

keith, on saturday i am going to use my boot to unleash THE MIGHTY POWER OF ROCK in the general direction of your testicles.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

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