ATS Meetup/Convention

a reply to: nonspecific

Wetherspoons, at least one in every town, no music, and cheap pints.
...just gotta pick which town

originally posted by: corblimeyguvnor

originally posted by: nonspecific

originally posted by: Ericthedoubter
a reply to: TheElectricPriest

If EVERYONE decided to meet up, it would have to be a very, very large venue.😃

You say that but even though there are about 350,000 members only so many are regulars and die hards.

I tried to set one up in the UK at Avebury last year but it did not really get much interest.

If you wear the same clothes as your Avatar i'm up for it in 2016 / 2017

My avatar is a cat am I suppose to dress up like a cat with the pointed ears and a swishing tail?

originally posted by: mamabeth
My avatar is a cat am I suppose to dress up like a cat with the pointed ears and a swishing tail?

That is for the UK get together. The US one is sans apparel.

originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: nonspecific

Wetherspoons, at least one in every town, no music, and cheap pints.
...just gotta pick which town

Yep and if we choose the right day we can get a burger and a pint for a fiver.

I recon since it ATS was born in Swindon then we should do it there out of respect, I could be there in about 15 minutes...

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I assume that means no clothes? Trust me,the world is not ready to see me
with no clothes! I don't even look into the mirror myself.I will wear the
cat ears and tail.

originally posted by: nonspecific
Yep and if we choose the right day we can get a burger and a pint for a fiver.

I recon since it ATS was born in Swindon then we should do it there out of respect, I could be there in about 15 minutes...

Sounds good, I assume your 'spoons does Thursday Curry Club as well?
And Swindon being the birthplace of ATS, well, that certainly would provide me with my first reason or intention to ever visit the town!

originally posted by: grainofsand

originally posted by: nonspecific
Yep and if we choose the right day we can get a burger and a pint for a fiver.

I recon since it ATS was born in Swindon then we should do it there out of respect, I could be there in about 15 minutes...

Sounds good, I assume your 'spoons does Thursday Curry Club as well?
And Swindon being the birthplace of ATS, well, that certainly would provide me with my first reason or intention to ever visit the town!

i imagine so mate, only ever go in there if I'm in town shopping and fancy a sneaky pint

There is no other reason to visit the dump mate, there is a book that someone published called "crap places to live" and they had to release a revised edition because so many people from Swindon complained that they were no in the book!

Surrounding areas are pretty cool though, Avebury, west Kennet long barrow, Waylands Smithy ect.

a reply to: nonspecific

Hahaha!

It's gotta be Swindon then! Birthplace of ATS, got a Wetherspoons pub for a cheap pint, plus that crazy 'magic roundabout' with loads of roundabouts making it up like a Satanic road symbol...would be fun to drive that for my first time.

Mainline train station, sort of central for southern Wales and England members, just a bit further for our northern and Scottish members. Would be good to meet all the Brits over a pint...probably end up in a brawl and we'd all get banned from the pub, but # it for the laugh...not like any of us are likely to visit Swindon for any other reason in the future!

originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: nonspecific

Hahaha!

It's gotta be Swindon then! Birthplace of ATS, got a Wetherspoons pub for a cheap pint, plus that crazy 'magic roundabout' with loads of roundabouts making it up like a Satanic road symbol...would be fun to drive that for my first time.

Mainline train station, sort of central for southern Wales and England members, just a bit further for our northern and Scottish members. Would be good to meet all the Brits over a pint...probably end up in a brawl and we'd all get banned from the pub, but # it for the laugh...not like any of us are likely to visit Swindon for any other reason in the future!

yeah maybe a quick pint in Swindon to see it for all it's glory and a quick once or twice round the magic roundabout and then head up to the Red lion at Avebury, A haunted pub opposite an ancient stone circle sounds appropriate does it not?

a reply to: nonspecific

Sounds perfect, haven't been to Avebury for a few years
What are police like up there these days? Could just get a # load of beer from Tesco's, a few pound shop BBQ's, then get hammered watching out for UFO's and crazy naked hippy types?
Would be a laugh for sure.

originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: nonspecific

Sounds perfect, haven't been to Avebury for a few years

What are police like up there these days? Could just get a # load of beer from Tesco's, a few pound shop BBQ's, then get hammered watching out for UFO's and crazy naked hippy types?
Would be a laugh for sure.

As long as it's not solstace or samhain not too bad but been a couple of years since I last stayed up there, If you go on the ridgeway there is free camping and usually a few people up there but the national trust and police like to come and say that they are "encouraging people to move on" so we just thank them for there encouragement and stay lol.

A cheap option if people do not want to stay in a hotel.

a reply to: nonspecific

...it'll happen one day mate, beers, smoke, chilled...should message site owners and stress the important historical influence of Swindon (of all places) in the creation of ATS.
Could even pay a local farmer to let us make a symbolic crop circle!

originally posted by: grainofsand
Could even pay a local farmer to let us make a symbolic crop circle!

Screw that. Just get drunk and do it on your own.

Make sure you record it.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Screw that. Just get drunk and do it on your own.

Make sure you record it.

Sounds good to me, it would be a crap crop circle though as I would for sure be pretty intoxicated during any ATS meet-up.
Would have to be just to tolerate some members

originally posted by: grainofsand
Would have to be just to tolerate some members

I hear you, particularly with what's-his-name, Nonspecific, or whatever he is called.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Ah just spike his drink and get him loved up...you'll be BFF's in no time.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: grainofsand
Would have to be just to tolerate some members

I hear you, particularly with what's-his-name, Nonspecific, or whatever he is called.

that might not be that far from the truth in real life after a few beers, maybe we should make sure there are a few moderators to break up the scuffles and send people to the naughty step?

originally posted by: grainofsand
Ah just spike his drink and get him loved up...you'll be BFF's in no time.

My typical bar MO anyway, not a stretch for me.

a reply to: nonspecific

Nah, we'd all be fine, even me and Solo, or me and Truebrit or Blupblup for that matter!
Nobody wants the involvement of hospitals and police, so it would be bitching handbags at dawn then we'd realise what we don't want to discuss...just like a local pub...loads of folk I'll play a game of pool with just avoid topics of conversation.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: grainofsand
Ah just spike his drink and get him loved up...you'll be BFF's in no time.

My typical bar MO anyway, not a stretch for me.

Cool, count you in for Swindon and Avebury then