[GLLUG] Social

[Damion Yates]

On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM Polarian via GLLUG <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I apologise for the late response to this thread, I have been having
> personal issues so never found the time to sit down and write a
> response.
>

No worries, it has only been a handful of days, possibly less than I took
also replying!


> > I'll be in London for a month or so.  Does the group ever meet up?
>
> I am happy to as long as there are other people, 1 on 1 is a little
> awkward.
>

So far I count ~6 which is perfect and probably the capacity I can
organise for


> > I'm happy to go for a curry with drinks in Kings Cross, as it's the
> > most connected station and my local curry house treats people well.
> >
> > I'm typically free Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday after ~18:45
> >
> > If people send me an email reply to this with a +1 for the next
> > fortnight I'll tot up names and send out a doodle poll.
>
> Also happy to meet up, however I am unsure because I am young and shy
> so not sure if it would be a good idea (by young I mean 18 < age < 25),
> aka old enough to drink beer, a requirement for hacking :P
>

Well technically 16 is the legal limit most people go by
https://www.gov.uk/alcohol-young-people-law

This should be fine, I think we'll have a spread of ages and it'll be
interesting to see how this works out!  It's been a heck of a long time
AFAICT but it;s about time this happens.

I'll halt submissions, the list quietened anyway and send a doddle
later.


> I would like to put a disclaimer out there I am primarily a BSD user,
> but still use Linux, more than happy to discuss my reasoning for it :D
>

This will not be an issue, it's a small group and many likely also used
various BSD systems.  I used SunOS (same genealogy) before Solaris
and used FreeBSD for at least a year even playing with hacking KLDs
(kernel modules).

I;m mainly just a fan of ^windows and X11 which includes some quite
odd environments.

> I have not had curry in a few years.  Kings X will work for me.  Any
> > nice pubs there?
>
> I pass through Kings cross a lot, but usually drink at Highbury and
> Islington because its slightly cheaper, if I remember correctly there
> is a spoons next to Euston (5 min walk, or 1 min on victoria line),
> never actually been in there though so I am not sure about the pricing
> there.
>

There is a spoons which is kinda busy as it's attached to St Pancras
but this is a good location.  The Parcel Yard would be far quieter but
perhaps more costly.  I don't think this is an issue though, for this
session
I suggest a curry and chat and drink, and my local Kingscross Tandoori
is not expensive and they know me so I'm sure I can sort something too.


> Oh I have drank around Euston before, cant remember the pub name, all I
> know is during rush hour it gets rammed there. If you want a nice quiet
> pint, I don't think Kings cross will be a good idea, oh and expensive
> £££ but its London so no shocker there.
>
> > Kings Cross has changed a lot in the last few years, so if you
> > haven't been in a while, that should be excuse enough to see what
> > they have done with the place.
>
> Changed? Still seems same old same old to me, maybe I pass it so often
> the change doesn't sink in, then again I only pass through, not hang
> out around there, and when I catch eurostar from St Pancras to attend
> European conferences I usually get the first or second train out of St
> Pancras, and get the last one back in, so everything is closed usually
> when I hang around.
>
> Would be curious to know what has changed though :)
>

KX has changed massively north of Euston road, completely revamping
it in ways which I'm both okay with and against.  If we're bored of linux
chatter I'll happily oblige as work in the Google offices.

 - Damion

PS sorry if the formatting breaks, it's a bit of added friction to attach
my
pine session up and I was in a hurry to get to bed (as you can tell from
when I'm sending this!).

-- 
Damion Yates - damion.yates at gmail.com
London, England
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