The annual City Beers 'pre-Le Mans' drinks - 27 May 2010
The annual City Beers 'pre-Le Mans' drinks - 27 May 2010
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V8mate

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45,899 posts

219 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Second only to the Christmas bash, May's City Beers has to be one of the year's social highlights for PHers living/working within travelling distance of London.

On the last Thursday of every month, at Dirty Dicks pub, PHers travel from far and wide to raise a glass or two and partake in a little banter without fear of a spell in the sinbin. But these meetings are mere 'practice' for the May event: the official pre-Le Mans Drinks.

It's widely known that a large number of PHers make the annual pilgrimage to Le Mans for the 24hour racing. Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to join them out there, so the annual 'pre-Le Mans' drinks have grown into something of a cult event, for all PHers to wish our road warriors well as they prepare to make steady progress towards the les rues et les boulevards de Sarthe.

So, whether a trip out to Le Mans is a reality for you this year or remains on your 'things to do' list, getting yourself along to the pre-Le Mans drinks is an essential date for your diary.

But the special nature of this annual event doesn't stop at the theme for the festivities. It also means that we make our occasional stray away from Dirty Dicks and take a short walk along Bishopsgate to The Light Bar in Shoreditch High Street. The Light Bar was the location for the first ever 'pre-Le Mans' drinks and remains its spiritual (in so many ways) home. For those not familiar with the area, it really is just a couple of hundred yards from Liverpool St - no danger of not finding it.

So, if you're:
1. Going to Le Mans, or
2. Not going to Le Mans, and
3. Are a Dirty Dicks regular, or
4. Have been promising yourself a trip into town to enjoy an evening with fellow PHers

this really should be the event you make the effort to get yourself along to.

And if you've never met a PHer in real life before, don't worry, as we'll make sure you find us and don't spend the evening asking strange men if they're looking to meet guys from the internet.

I've started the thread earlier in the month than usual, so you can arrange days off from work, or overnight accommodation in plenty of time. (Even Garlick and Stuart have enough time to sort their diaries for this one!)

Summary:
Date: Thursday 27th May
Time: 18:00
Location: The Light Bar, 233 Shoreditch High St, London, E1 6PJ


Now get your names down!


1. V8mate
2.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

279 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Are you trying to sell it?

James P

3,037 posts

267 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

219 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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sleep envy said:
Are you trying to sell it?
An evening out with you needs selling.

tony_666

3,160 posts

288 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666

Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

260 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

257 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Cock Womble 7 said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
V8 - are you on bloody commission? I've never know you to be so effusive.

Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

260 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Rocksteadyeddie said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
V8 - are you on bloody commission? I've never know you to be so effusive.
Do you mean effusive, or effin useless?

V8mate

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45,899 posts

219 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Cock Womble 7 said:
Rocksteadyeddie said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
V8 - are you on bloody commission? I've never know you to be so effusive.
Do you mean effusive, or effin useless?
How's the shoe shopping going?

Cara van Man

29,977 posts

281 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)

Dupont666

22,938 posts

222 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
8. Dupont666 (If Im in the country)


On a side note I believe HF has a nice deal going with a girly joint but he wont say were so it could be the after show party if HF spills the beans

James P

3,037 posts

267 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
8. Dupont666 (If Im in the country)
9. Lanky Martin miss this one and you'll need to have a thirst one at LM wink


Emsman

7,388 posts

220 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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James P said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
8. Dupont666 (If Im in the country)
9. Lanky Martin miss this one and you'll need to have a thirst one at LM wink
10. Emsman- I ought to come and say hello.

V8mate

Original Poster:

45,899 posts

219 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Cara van Man said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
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Dupont666

22,938 posts

222 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Emsman said:
James P said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
8. Dupont666 (If Im in the country)
9. Lanky Martin miss this one and you'll need to have a thirst one at LM wink
10. Emsman- I ought to come and say hello.
Who's sorting out the A&E trip in advance... can they do that kind of thing and we book the trolley ready for you?

Emsman

7,388 posts

220 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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I've recently been declared 'cured'
balance back to normal, pretty much pain free these days. Deafness remains but no huge problem, even the lungs are better.
Be good to meet a few folk and have a beer prior to Le mans

Cara van Man

29,977 posts

281 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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V8mate said:
Cara van Man said:
1. V8mate
2. James P
3. Tony_666
4. CW7
5. Rocksteadyeddie
6. Swerni
7. Cara Van Man (pre-desert drinks for the condemned man)
clap
Luckily, this function being in May allows me a month to;

a) Recover
b) Get back home
c) Post bail
d) Be released on remand
e) Go directly to Brize Norton
f) Get a dishonourable discharge

Leave booked. thumbup

Permission from Mrs CVM granted. thumbup


sleep envy

62,260 posts

279 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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g) blankie packed

Cara van Man

29,977 posts

281 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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swerni said:
sleep envy said:
g) blankie packed
but what to put in the tobacco tin? wink
Ric. Don't say a fking word.

Cock Womble 7

29,908 posts

260 months

Tuesday 4th May 2010
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V8mate said:
How's the shoe shopping going?
Oh, you wouldn't believe the trouble I've had getting hold of a pair of Jimmy Choo's with safety toe-caps.