[SWLUG] Proposed change of Cardiff venue

[peter]

Ystrifennodd Geraint Edwards wrote:

>Ysgrifennodd Pete Prior <swlug at nermal.org> said
>		(on Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:09:29AM +0100):
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>>Shot In The Dark, paid ?2.60 for a bottle of beer
>>after waiting 10 minutes to get served, 
>>walked upstairs to a hot smokey room and started sweating profusely.
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>*nod*
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>>[Wetherspoons has] several advantages over Shot In The Dark:
>>* No music so easier to hear people talk
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>As someone who has only ever been to one (Cardiff) meet, these
>are high among the reasons I haven't rushed back.
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>I didn't really know anyone, and Shot in the Dark didn't strike me
>as conducive to make small-talk (didn't like the atmosphere: too
>hot, too noisy, too planted-in-a-large-chair with no room to mingle
>or overhear/get-involved-in other conversations).
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Reflects my experience too (and my number of visits).  The smoke put me 
off most.  The social problems were probably of my own making, to be 
fair: just not helped by the room.

Cheers

Peter