Next National Meet

[hollygolightly]

You should have seen already that we have a Poll running for a meet in Manchester in April 2004. :D

We also need to do some forward planning for another major meet (probably July 2004) - please pick which place you are more likely to be able to attend.

I am going to hold off voting until you all get voting :D .

If you feel very strongly that a city is not listed and you feel it should be, please send me a PM so that I can include it in the Poll choices. :)

[Beth]

dont forget to vote!

plenty of time till the summer but dont leave it too late!

the last offical meeting was in Leeds, so if any one south of Watford Gap wants a say...... :lol: nows your chance to have it!!

we will try to be there where ever it is!

[JOHN.S]

Hi

I voted for Bath. Lovely place and not that far away!

[Beth]

Oooo gone quiet here again!!

get those ticks in those boxes chaps and chapess'! :lol:

[Blue Cow]

Beth - it's looking a bit spread out, all over England at the mo.

Have you considered a roadshow??! :D :D

[Blue Cow]

Yes - he can drive the mini bus

And don't forget he's getting the drinks in too :beer:

[Blue Cow]

Okay - that can be a secret for now.

[hollygolightly]

Please keep this Poll alive by voting :D .

I shall refrain from voting until the very last minute.

If it's a toss up between Leeds and another venue, I shall vote for the other one. It doesn't seem fair to have Leeds twice. :)

It's up to all of you! :D

[hollygolightly]

Well Leeds is in first place again :rolleyes: .

Joint second choice for venue: Liverpool or Bedford.

Have YOU voted yet?

If not, please cast your vote!!! :D

[Matthew]

Originally posted by hollygolightly@Nov 16 2003, 3:13 PM
Have YOU voted yet?
Ooooh, yes I've voted! :lol:

Come on, get those mice clicking and vote! :D

[hollygolightly]

Come on folks :D.

We've had more votes in the Poll about whether you like Christmas than where you'd like the next national meet to be :lol: .

[hollygolightly]

Would any of our newer members like to cast a vote on this Poll? :unsure: :D

[Klaxon man]

Cast my vote :) what goes on at these meets then?

[hollygolightly]

It's just an opportunity to get together and meet other members. :)

At the last meet, we just had some drinks and a chat - it was nice to be able to talk to members face to face. :D [I think there was a bit of dancing too towards the end of the night :blush: :rolleyes: ]

In the future, we are hoping to have more "structured" meets, but at the moment they are just nice little get-togethers. :)

[Milly]

Must admit April talked me into Leeds meet I just didn,t want to go .On arriving in leeds we went to pub to meet up and as we walked in i said to April wot they look like.Don,t really know she replied one of them has flame red hair.So theres me in massive pub looking for girl with red hair"saph by the way".I went back to the bar and said to April this is bl**dy stupid.When i noticed a group of people staring about at people.What about that lot i said, no said April and it turned out to be Beth,Saph and Holly .the day turned out to be a really good one and everone had agood time plenty of chat beer and laughs

[Beth]

yes the Leeds eeting was fun!! :thumbs: :happyparty:

[Maria2]

Schukkkkkssss

Just tried voting twice and it won't let me :lol:

[Matthew]

Originally posted by Maria2@Jan 18 2004, 10:52 PM
Schukkkkkssss

Just tried voting twice and it won't let me** :lol:
Tsk. :lol: There's no cheating on the votes you know. :P Keeping a beady eye on you now. :D :P :P

[-P-]

It has to be Newcastle for me.

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

has this event happened yet?

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Aw can't it be Brighton!! We can all play sandcastles and have fish n chips on the beach!! Suppose for me it will have to be London :wow: Miles from me but nearer than Leeds. Aw - Would love to all meet!! When it is all happening???????????? I am all exicted!!!!!!!!!! Happy LPxxxxx P>S> can I please bring the dog Too?xxxxx

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i can do brighton ;)

[Beth]

Originally posted by Lady Penelope@22nd August 2004 - 7:30 PM
:lol: Aw can't it be Brighton!! We can all play sandcastles and have fish n chips on the beach!!

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could of sworn last time I poped down to Brighton it was pebbles!! :lol: :lol:

[Lady Penelope]

:thumbs: Yeah!!!!!!!

Bonkers do you still have Pink hair? Oh Brill I could recognise you :lol: Brighton yes please - I can do B & B for 6 any orders? LPxxx Dogs welcome too!! Yes it is very pebblie!! :lol: Can fix tents in garden too acommodate up to 80 :wow:
Whose coming?

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

yep, LP, i reckon you'd recognise me :hihi:

[Neighboured]

I would suggest Birmingham as: It is my home city! (Biased, natch! ;) ) and also it is central to the motorway and the rail network.

There's also a hotel called the Briar Rose which is part of the Wetherspoons Weatherlodge chain which does cheap hotel rooms and great booze and food. It also has rooms which can be rented for private meetings, too. :)

The Briar Rose is also very central as it is only a maximum 5 minute walk from New Street Station.

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i can do birmingham if i fit it in with a trip to wales ;)

[Lady Penelope]

:rolleyes: When is the proposed date then? (In Brighton!! :bigeyes: with pebbles - good for the garden rockery Ribbits - did you know?)LPxx

[Neighboured]

i can do birmingham if i fit it in with a trip to wales
Great train service to Wales, from Brum! North and Mid Wales direct and South Wales, if you go the Birmingham/Shrewbury then Shrewsbury/Cardiff route. ;)

[Mr Ribbit]

Is there a proposed date for this national meeting? :unsure:

mr ribbit B)

[JJ]

would love to meet.........i voted Brum.only as it seems central............

hey you could all come to the trial of my n'sfh on oct 18th and combine both..........lol. I already know one of you are coming........




jo

[Lady Penelope]

:rolleyes: I would be up to that Fuj!! I will have to bring Chicken legs too of course
:bigeyes: LPxxx

[Mr Ribbit]

Brum would be good for us too. As Neighboured says, it's central with good links. I haven't voted on a location yet as I'm waiting to see who can make it to where (just in case :unsure: :D ).

Dead exciting! :)

mr ribbit B)

[JJ]

well just for the record...we will be there......wherever oyu guys decide to hold the event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



jo

[Mr Ribbit]

Hi everyone, :)

London is in the lead at the moment, followed by Leeds, then Birmingham but would it make better sense to have a show of hands to see who's intending to meet and then work out a middle ground from everyone's point of view based on where would be most accessible by all parties?

Also, who usually decides 'That's it then!' and sets up a venue and a date? :)

I don't mean to be controversial or anything. :blush:

mr ribbit B)

[Eeyore]

I'd love to go, but gotta admit London is a long way from here, and (dare I say it) expensive by train, which being a 6 hour drive, it'd have to be :rolleyes:

Venue permitting though (closer to me!) I'll be there! :lol:

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

well i'm really up for going and will try to make it wherever its held ;)

if for some reason i cant make it, i'll pop down to lady P's and meet her instead :D

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Ditto that BM....if not we can play beach castles on the beach and have fish n chips too! :P LPxxx

[Neighboured]

Well, speaking logistically, Birmingham would make a lot of sense.

Centre of England, geographically speaking. Also centre of motorway network and rail network.

Lots of places to go and things to see and do. More miles of canals than Venice, a fantastic art gallary (see the Burn-Jones items! :) ) and lots of decent pubs, too.

[Ribbit]

Oooh, I love Birmingham art gallery... the Pre-Raphaelite collection is fantastic. There was an exhibition there some years ago and I was flicking through the book I bought there just yesterday... luverly piccies :thumbs: Nice Egyptian room too.

I used to like the science museum, with the train that moved about six inches every now and then. The tram was my favourite thing... used to collect tram tickets.

Oooh, I've waffled a bit. Go on, make it Brum so I can go back and see the piccies. Go on. :thumbs: :thumbs:

ribbit :curly:

[Mr Ribbit]

Originally posted by ribbit@7th September 2004 - 1:49 AM
Oooh, I love Birmingham art gallery... the Pre-Raphaelite collection is fantastic. There was an exhibition there some years ago and I was flicking through the book I bought there just yesterday... luverly piccies :thumbs: Nice Egyptian room too.

I used to like the science museum, with the train that moved about six inches every now and then. The tram was my favourite thing... used to collect tram tickets.

Oooh, I've waffled a bit. Go on, make it Brum so I can go back and see the piccies. Go on.** :thumbs:** :thumbs:

ribbit :curly:

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Ditto to all of the above. I used to love the Science museum - lots of buttons to press everywhere - that's the most important thing to an 11 year old boy with his first bus pass you know! :lol:

It is central to most places too!

mr ribbit B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

ive only ever been to 1 pub in birmingham, was just outside new street station. only ever see the station on the way to wales ;) it is central and easy to get to from london. anyway, like i said, i'll try to go wherever its held.

[sapphirelily10]

Originally posted by Neighboured@7th September 2004 - 1:32 AM
Centre of England, geographically speaking.
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Where's centre of the UK though ? ;) :lol:

Sapph :D

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

Where's centre of the UK though ?****

Sapph**

i asked jeeves that last night, he didnt seem to know :hihi:

[Beth]

you guys can always hold mini meets you know if you like, to be honest last years was not to easy to sort :lol: so smaller localised meets would make more sense :) a bigger meet in the future after we win the lottery and we can oragnise the NCB for us all :lol:

I have met a few of the members here and its nice to meet face to face, even though we were all staring at each other ages trying to work who was who and if they were in our group!! :lol:

if you do meet up let us know how it goes!


edit: Matthew and I have been talking about this this evening and to be totally honest with you guys we really cant organise a big meet this year :( this is due to work commitments and of course the site/forum up grade. we are really sorry that we cant do this this year, time is a precious thing and theres never enough of it!!
if any of you want to do it please do, dont worry you will not be stepping on anyones toes here! in fact you will be helping us out!
I do think that local meets are a great place to start

[Mr Ribbit]

Mini-meets it is then! :thumbs:

Us ribbits are up for meets in Birmingham, Hampshire and Brighton ;) (I know the last two aren't on the list but never mind :hihi: ).

If anyone else is game, shall we set dates within the next 4, 6 or 8 weeks. Whadya think :wow:!!

the ribbits :curly: B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i'll see you in brighton then ;) just let me know when and i'll be there :D

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Sounds good to me too.....Brighton it is.....just name the day! LPxxxx :)

[Neighboured]

Where's centre of the UK though?
interesting question! I'll see if I can find out. :)

[Neighboured]

Accoding to the BBC it is on Brennand Farm, near the Lancashire village of Dunsop Bridge.

It isn't really close to any major town or city, sadly... :(

[Mr Ribbit]

Originally posted by Bonkers Mad&#33;&#33;&#33;+10th September 2004 - 8:45 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bonkers Mad&#33;&#33;&#33; &#064; 10th September 2004 - 8:45 AM)</div>
i&#39;ll see you in brighton then** ;)**** just let me know when and i&#39;ll be there** :D

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<!--QuoteBegin-Lady Penelope@10th September 2004 - 10:54 AM
:lol: Sounds good to me too.....Brighton it is.....just name the day&#33; LPxxxx :)

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Done&#33; :wow: :clap2: :jump:

How does Saturday October 23rd sound?

Can anyone suggest a venue please :unsure: since we&#39;ve never been to Brighton before? Can we have the venue PM&#39;d between us as we&#39;d rather Ron and Gassy didn&#39;t come along with their pet bin :blink: :lol: .

Thanks. Wahoo&#33; :hihi:

mr ribbit B)

[Beth]

anyone that would like to meet in Brighton, please pm or email a Ribbit&#33;

make sure you have a birthday drink for us please as we will not be able to make it that far :D yes the 24th October is NFHiB birthday&#33; :lol: a good meet then people&#33; we want to hear you singing happy birthday in yorkshire&#33;&#33;

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

LP, its over to you for the venue ;)
i&#39;m all excited about it now :D

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Whoppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee&#33;&#33;

Okay then, Saturday 24th October is good for me too..............Venue :wow:
Let me get my thinking cap on....I will pm you all.......guess you are arriving by train or car? I&#39;ll come by train...... :bigeyes: I&#39;m all excited too :thumbs: Give me till tomorrow.......mmmmm overlooking the sea or the Marina? :bigeyes: Will be busy on a saturday but what the heck..........who else is coming to Brighton? I&#39;ll pm all by Sunday eve. Okay?

LPxxx

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Nope Beth we won&#39;t forget you in Yorkshire either.....sad you won&#39;t be with us :( we will have a cake with candles on and sing happy birthday NFHiB&#33;&#33; and post later in the evening&#33;&#33;
LPxxx

[Mr Ribbit]

Originally posted by Bonkers Mad&#33;&#33;&#33;+11th September 2004 - 5:54 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bonkers Mad&#33;&#33;&#33; &#064; 11th September 2004 - 5:54 PM)</div>
i&#39;m all excited about it now** :D[/b]
Us too&#33; :wow:

<!--QuoteBegin-Lady Penelope@11th September 2004 - 6:07 PM
:lol: Whoppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee&#33;&#33;

Okay then, Saturday 24th October is good for me too..............Venue :wow:
Let me get my thinking cap on....I will pm you all.......guess you are arriving by train or car?** I&#39;ll come by train...... :bigeyes: I&#39;m all excited too :thumbs: Give me till tomorrow.......mmmmm overlooking the sea or the Marina? :bigeyes:**** Will be busy on a saturday but what the heck..........who else is coming to Brighton?** I&#39;ll pm** all by Sunday eve.** Okay?

LPxxx

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LP, we can do Sunday 24th instead if it&#39;s easier for you and if BM is OK with it too. :)

the ribbits :curly: B)

[Lady Penelope]

:) Hi Mr Ribbit - both days are easy for me....makes no difference...I am soo excited....leave it up to BM.....I am only 8 miles from Brighton....it is such a nice place to visit and the atmosphere is brilliant too... we&#39;ll have so much fun :thumbs:
LPxxx

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i&#39;m happy with either day too, might even be on the same train as LP. at least u should be able to recognise me, mind u, brighton is full of pink haired people :hihi:

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Okay then, shall we stick with Satruday 24th then?...over to you Mr R....

[Beth]

the 24th October, as well as being NFHiB Birthday is a Sunday&#33; :lol:
this could be confusing if you turn up on different days&#33; :lol:

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Aw flip sorry......typical LP....I meant Saturday 23rd then...wadda say? :wow:

[Mr Ribbit]

Right then, Saturday the 23rd it is then :thumbs:

We&#39;ll do the rest (venue and times) by PM then :ph34r: . Woohoo, dead exciting ain&#39;t it. :hihi:

mr ribbit B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i cant wait :thumbs: u lot feel like family now and i share my despair with nobody else. i hope u all look like your avators else i&#39;ll never recognise u :blink: :hihi:

[Mr Ribbit]

You won&#39;t have problems recognising us BM, we&#39;re both green and an inch tall and our favourite pub is the slug and lettuce. :lol:

[Mr Ribbit]

Thanks HN :lol: ,


The bar will be designed by Fusion, which is responsible for Momo, Hush, Cafe Lazeez and The China House, in London.

A Slug and Lettuce spokesman said: "Fusion&#39;s quirky but unpretentious style will respond to Brighton&#39;s energetic vibe and reflect its characteristics in the design."
Oooerrr modom, sounds a bit happenin&#39; for us. :P I think we&#39;re more hot choccie ("extra choc sprinkle please, modom") and choc chip cookie or hobnobs type of people. :blush: :rolleyes:

mr ribbit B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

I think we&#39;re more hot choccie ("extra choc sprinkle please, modom") and choc chip cookie or hobnobs type of people

me too, &#39;cept not the hobnobs on account of the hole in my gum :hihi:

good job its brighton, nobody will bat an eyelid at our appearance, might get some looks for our names tho&#39;, and lady p&#39;s string might draw some attention :hihi:

[Mr Ribbit]

Originally posted by Bonkers Mad&#33;&#33;&#33;@12th September 2004 - 12:20 AM
and lady p&#39;s string might draw some attention :hihi:

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:lol: @ BM

ribbit&#39;s a bit of a gardener and she reckons that string would come in handy for the runner beans - mind you, Lady P would be hopping for a week or two&#33; :blink: :lol:

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

WHOA&#33;&#33;&#33;, i just went orange :D :P :thumbs:

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Lol....what are you all like??? :hihi: :hihi:
I will be wearing my Shooting hat and donning bright green string okay&#33;&#33; Ribbit can have the string later for her beans, don&#39;t worry parker can drive me home as I will be headless, armless and legless&#33;&#33; :bigeyes:

Okay then before I pm....just two things....so you fancy Marina or right on beach? I know Bonkers is coming by train, are you driving you Ribbety folk or coming by train? I am soo happy and excited to be able to meet you all....we will have so much fun meeting up....:wow:
LPxxxx :thumbs:

[JJ]

oooo have you decided where and when???????????

please can someone enlighten me???????

jo

[Mr Ribbit]

Hi FUJ,

The Brighton mini-meet is on the 23rd October. :salut: The more members that can come the better&#33;

Anyone who wants to go should PM ribbit or myself and we&#39;ll dish out the details :ph34r: ;) .

Now the Brighton mini-meet is being sorted, what about the other ones around the country? Is anyone meeting up elsewhere? Birmingham, Leeds, London, Timbuktoo? :lol:

mr ribbit B)

[Beth]

so anyone wanting to arrange any more mini meets??

if you all have them on the 23rd October at the same time it will be like a big meet, but split up&#33; :lol:

you can all be with each other in spirit.....both kinds if you want&#33; :lol:

[John Doe]

I voted for leeds, i was wondering what goes on at a meet ?

:blush:

[hollygolightly]

I think this year, there are some mini-meets being arranged by members. It&#39;s just an opportunity to meet up with people, that&#39;s all. To be as supportive and friendly in person as we all are online.

:)

[Mr Ribbit]

Originally posted by mr ribbit@13th September 2004 - 12:30 PM
Now the Brighton mini-meet is being sorted, what about the other ones around the country? Is anyone meeting up elsewhere? Birmingham, Leeds, London, Timbuktoo?** :lol:

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It&#39;s quiet in here... could hear a pin drop. :)

Are there any other meets planned around the country or is anyone else coming to Brighton? We won&#39;t bite you know. :blush: :D

We&#39;re up for meets in Hampshire and Birmingham as well (not on the same day though :P ).

mr ribbit B)

[Mr Ribbit]

A mini meet in Mobyville sounds good to us&#33; :thumbs: Woohoo, ginger beer, here we come. :D

We&#39;re on a mission and once the ribbits get on a mission, we&#39;re unstoppable&#33; :bigeyes:

[Mr Ribbit]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder - it&#39;s three weeks to go before the Brighton mini-meet - if anyone want to come, let us know. :thumbs:

No pressure of course :blush:

Sign up now before all the choc chip cookies and hob-nobs are accounted for&#33;

mr ribbit B)

[hollygolightly]

Would love to join you all in Brighton (and go and have a look at "The Block" whilst I was there ;) ) but sadly it&#39;s too far away.

If there&#39;s any one who would like to meet up around the Leeds area, please say so and we&#39;ll see what we can organise. :)

[JJ]

Mr ribbit

Would love to come but alas like holly its too far for us fed ups.

Manchester/leeds/liverpool..................... i&#39;ll be there&#33;

jo

[Mr Ribbit]

Sorry everyone, :blush: didn&#39;t mean to imply everyone should go to Brighton (although it would be nice)&#33; :o :)

I was just putting a reminder on, just in case anyone near Brighton wanted to attend that mini-meet and hadn&#39;t spotted the thread yet.

We&#39;d love to go to other mini-meets like Winchester, Newbury and Birmingham - unfortunately Leeds would be too far for us at the moment (although we&#39;re near Manchester on the 18th Oct).

It&#39;d also be good to see if any other meetings are happening around the country too as long as someone promises to bring back the &#39;goss&#39; for alll to hear after the events&#33; ;)

mr ribbit B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i&#39;m happy to go to other mini-meets too, anywhere i can do in a day. ;)

[rockbank]

I&#39;m up for the Brighton mini meet. Date 23rd Oct.

Time and location??

[Mr Ribbit]

Hi Rockbank, :D

I&#39;ll PM the details&#33; :thumbs:

mr ribbit B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

rockbank :thumbs:

[Lady Penelope]

:D Yo&#33;&#33;&#33; Rockband :thumbs:

[Mr Ribbit]

:bigeyes: :lol:

Three and a half days to go before the Brighton mini-meet on the 23rd October. If anyone else is interested in meeting up, just PM ribbit or myself&#33; :thumbs: :lol:

[JJ]

me wishes so much................................I was coming on 23rd...please have a drink on me..........

jox

[Domestic Goddess]

I wish I could go...but I don&#39;t drive and Mr Carrieuk will be away working so I&#39;ll have to be at home with the Littlemissescarrieuk. But I do hope you have a lovely time&#33;&#33;
By the way, I&#39;m curious to know how you&#39;ll recognise each other?&#33; A secret handshake or will you be wearing pink carnations?&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Lady Penelope]

:blush: Shame you can&#39;t come Jo and Carrie.

:ph34r: secret signs

:lol:

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

i&#39;m sure i will recognise a couple of frogs and a puppet in a pink car :rolleyes:

[Mr Ribbit]

Two and a half days to go and I haven&#39;t a thing to wear&#33; :lol: :hihi: :lol: ;)

mr ribbit B)

[Lady Penelope]

:D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: It will be sooooooooooo much fun&#33;&#33; i want to scream....

Now see here Mr R.......your not coming nude :bigeyes:

Will have to put Chicken Legs in blinkers if that is the case...cos he is coming too&#33;&#33; :wow:

[Lady Penelope]

:) I bet you, we will cry a little bit, cos we have shared so many of our darkest moments :blush: Shared so much too....really looking forward to it too :lol:
pm you all the night before okay?

LP for president :hihi: xxxxxxxxx(Ribbit darling, sort Mr R out with some clothing cos I think he may well be in a web foot flap :lol: )

:thumbs:

[Eeyore]

Just wanted to say to everyone meeting up, hope you have a great time, and the sun shines for you :D

Sorry I can&#39;t be there :(

[rockbank]

Sorry but I doubt I&#39;ll be able to make it as something has come up demanding my atention.

If I CAN get along I will though.

:sad: :sad:

[Lady Penelope]

:( Aw shame Rockbank,

No worries.....if you can it would be great&#33;&#33; :thumbs: If not another time hey :blush:

I&#39;ll be there... :D

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

me 2 :thumbs:

[Lady Penelope]

:) Just leaving...post you all later this evening to tell you what fun we ad :D

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Back in one piece&#33;&#33;

What a fabulous day.....We did it&#33;&#33; Met up with BM at station (shes lovely :) )with the most gorgeous red hair and wicked smile.

Son and Chickenlegs in tow we chatted and walked down toward the sea to meet the Ribberty folk :thumbs: :sad: I took BM in wrong direction :withstupid: But we finally made it and met up the most wonderful warm couple you could ever meet&#33;&#33; :lol: A most attractive couple I must say&#33;&#33;

Walked across the road to the beach and walked down and found a nice little restaurant overlooking the sea which let Kevin (my son donned with his baseball cap) and even little Chicken Legs in and gave him a bowl of water too :)

There we sat with Hot Chocolate and coffee and chatted way to our heart content,had such giggle. :lol:

Such a lovely day....it all went too quickly of course and the Ribbits had another long journey home. :( BM is probably just home now as I type...so she will post soon and then Ribberty folk with the gorgeous Mr Ribbit driving :drive: might post much later on.

Was so very nice to meet in person....our posts reflect our personalities quite accurately..I wasn&#39;t disappointed either :blush: Just a wonderful wonderful day.

LPxxx

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

HN was quite right to be worried, there are some very strange folk out there :hihi:

only kidding ;) i had a brilliant day too :thumbs:

it&#39;s nice to put names to faces, i have to agree with LP, the ribbits are lovely&#33;&#33;&#33; (i think we all knew they would be) but not green :blink: . LP definately suits her user name (but no strings :blink: ) her "kevin" is a very likeable young chap too and chicken legs is adorable and very well behaved :thumbs:

all in all it was a very nice day at the seaside and i&#39;m very glad i went.

we all agreed that this place and you lot have been a much appreciated lifeline in times of need, we thank you :notworthy: :salut:
after todays meeting, i&#39;m even more glad i joined :cheers:

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: BM...glad you didn&#39;t mention my driving darling&#33;&#33; :wow:

Ditto your last words BM :blush:

LPxxx

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

:bigeyes: LP&#33;&#33;&#33; :hihi: would i??? ;)

[Beth]

glad it went well :)

[Mr Ribbit]

We agree with LP and BM about their comments for each other :notworthy: and blush considerably about their comments about us&#33; :blush: :blush: We think they may have got us confused with another couple from another meet. :lol: ;)

We had the honour of meeting two of the most genuine, kind, brave, charming people with wonderfully strong personalities, very much as they are on the forum - just the way we like it&#33; :notworthy: :flowers: It was amazing - the meeting was like an extention of the forum but without typing. :thumbs:

It&#39;s a credit to this board that it creates such an open and honest environment that when we met, it was very natural and we soon fell into talking about things that we would do on the board anyway. We were all very grateful for the advice and suggestions given by others throughout our time on the forum and also were grateful to HN for her safety suggestions prior to the meet :flowers: - it all added to the experience and made it that much more fulfilling. :notworthy: :thumbs:

Sir LP is a fine young gentleman and a credit to his Mom. And Chicken Legs... well, ribbit wanted to take him home - what a cutie. :D

We will definitely do this again&#33; :thumbs:

the ribbity folk :curly: B)

[Matthew]

Excellent, glad you all had a great time&#33; :) :thumbs:

[Neighboured]

That&#39;s cool&#33; Glad you had a good time&#33; :D

[JJ]

Does anyone want to have a meeting in Manchester in the next month or so??

Reading all the good stuff about The mini meet in Brighton ,thought it might be fun to do it&#39;&#39;up north&#39;&#39;


let me know


jo

[Mr Ribbit]

We hope you do have a mini-meet in Manchester JJ. :salut: It was a real success in Brighton. :thumbs:

We think it helps to have some basic ground rules before going though - we found that rather than stifle the mini-meet, it made for a very fulfilling experience. :yes: Little things like keeping our screen names was fun (hearing LP shout &#39;Mr Ribbit&#39; on the sea front was great :blush: ) and also meant it felt like a natural extention of the board, which in turn meant there seemed to be a natural safety in chatting as well, just like on the board. :thumbs:

I personally think that not consuming alcohol when meeting was a good idea too - we all share very deep and emotive experiences and I think alcohol may charge certain subjects if they ever came up.

We can&#39;t travel as far as Manchester at the moment but hope to come to another Manchester mini-meet one day. :flowers:

If anyone is planning is a mini-meet in Birmingham or the West Midlands in general, we can make it that far at the moment. :)

the ribbits :cold: B)

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

Little things like keeping our screen names was fun (hearing LP shout &#39;Mr Ribbit&#39; on the sea front was great** )

yep :thumbs: made me grin every time LP called me BM and she just was, well....LP :hihi:

actually, LP gave me a lift back to the station (i know, i know, you shouldn&#39;t accept lifts from strangers, but she really wasn&#39;t that strange ;) ) and we talked about "The Ribbits". it really was like being on the board and i didnt feel a second of discomfort or any feeling of being with strangers. i&#39;d love to go to another :thumbs: