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anyone in the UK who does NS and actually posts fancy having a christmas drink in London?

Maaaaaaaaaaybe. I'll prolly be going down to London at some point to visit Uni friends during the hols, so I'll back this idea up initially.

Maaaaaaaaaaybe. I'll prolly be going down to London at some point to visit Uni friends during the hols, so I'll back this idea up initially.

Incidentally, how hard was it to get into Durham, I'm applying in June/July, and really need advice?

I live in London, and I'm always up for getting drunk with strangers.

Some people did something like this in Manchester a while back, btw. (I live in the USA and won't be going to Britain in the foreseeable future, so count me out for the moment.)

Yus, here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437292

Well, it'd be cool to meet up in London. There must be quite a few NSers in the there and thereabouts.

Incidentally, how hard was it to get into Durham, I'm applying in June/July, and really need advice?
Durham's not that hard, I got an offer to study maths there, and don't remember them even being one of the places that interviewed me, just have a good looking personal statement (extra curicular activities ect.), although why are you applying in June/July? Surely it needs to be in by january?

Also I'm at Imperial, so might be up for getting drunk with random people/

London-based and I'm always up for drinking, especially with blessed chris who I LOVE. Do you talk like you do on here irl as well?

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Durham's not that hard, I got an offer to study maths there, and don't remember them even being one of the places that interviewed me, just have a good looking personal statement (extra curicular activities ect.), although why are you applying in June/July? Surely it needs to be in by january?

Also I'm at Imperial, so might be up for getting drunk with random people/

I'm in Yr 12, so we start UCAS forms in summer. I really want to go to Durham though, I know Oxbridge is out of the quation now my GCSE's weren't exceptional, and to be honest Durham appeals more. How is it?

London-based and I'm always up for drinking, especially with blessed chris who I LOVE. Do you talk like you do on here irl as well?

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when I'm drunk, I speak emo when sobre:p

Yus, here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437292

yeah it was cool :D

i might - i'd be more willing to come up to london than manchester again (i swear i had no idea it was that far away!) - but i guess it depends when and who comes...

Yus, here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437292

Well, it'd be cool to meet up in London. There must be quite a few NSers in the there and thereabouts.
I'm fairly sure Myrth's a Londoner. Not too sure about anyone else though. You might be able to convince some of the other locals (read: people within a 500-mile radius) to hop on a train/bus/plane over to London.

yeah it was cool :D

i might - i'd be more willing to come up to london than manchester again (i swear i had no idea it was that far away!) - but i guess it depends when and who comes...

Did you go all the way to Manchester from the Netherlands for the meet-up?

Did you go all the way to Manchester from the Netherlands for the meet-up?
No, from Southampton, where PM lives (IIRC).

No, from Southampton, where PM lives (IIRC).

Ah, for some reason I'd got it into my head he was Dutch. My mistake.

can we continue tomorrow, I really need to sleep, and I cant live another night and day off coffee.

Night y'all

Not to hijack this thread, but how about the Atlanta, GA area, anyone from around there?

Ah, for some reason I'd got it into my head he was Dutch. My mistake.
He visited the Netherlands once or twice, and stayed there for a month or two, but he isn't Dutch.

First of all, explain how one could take a train directly from Holland to Manchester. :rolleyes: (I assume you read the thread. If not, ignore this.)

Ah, for some reason I'd got it into my head he was Dutch. My mistake.
lol i wish :p


edit: btw, czardas, nice one for remembering Southampton. you get a cookie :)

He visited the Netherlands once or twice, and stayed there for a month or two, but he isn't Dutch.

First of all, explain how one could take a train directly from Holland to Manchester. (I assume you read the thread. If not, ignore this.)

Well, I guess a series of trains, from the Netherlands to Brussels to London to Manchester. But ANYWAY, clearly I am wrong. Nevermind.

Personally, I think you should hold this convention in Manchester. No reason why, especially not that I live in the City Centre now.....

Well, there could always be another Manchester one. But London would be easier for those of us who live in, er, London.

edit: btw, czardas, nice one for remembering Southampton. you get a cookie :)
W00t, I get a cookie that may or may not exist from a person of similarly dubious status who spends all their time posting on a forum occupied primarily by depressed college students and unemployed dropouts! Life is good. :rolleyes:

W00t, I get a cookie that may or may not exist from a person of similarly dubious status who spends all their time posting on a forum occupied primarily by depressed college students and unemployed dropouts! Life is good.

My, someone's angsty tonight. (By the way, I'm writing a post for the RP as we speak. It's not much cop, though.)

W00t, I get a cookie that may or may not exist from a person of similarly dubious status who spends all their time posting on a forum occupied primarily by depressed college students and unemployed dropouts! Life is good. :rolleyes:
its double cocolate chip if that makes any difference :(

and ok it doesn't actually exist. i do have some crisps (potatochips) though :)

Well, there could always be another Manchester one. But London would be easier for those of us who live in, er, London.
ideally, the best place to meet up would be Leicester (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.649729,-1.115112&spn=0.248927,0.772339&t=h&hl=en), being right in the middle of england... but london's way cooler i'm sure :D

but it wasn't so bad going up to manchester last time... wherever this potential one is i'm definatley interested at least

Bah, I don't have enough money to go whizzing round the country on these fancy mechanical contraptions. Londinium will do fine.

PM - No, Leicester would NOT be the best place to meet. It is evil and wrong. Plus, technically the 'Heart of the Kindom' is Dunsop Bridge, near where I used to live. Although the night life would be less than average there...

Bah, I don't have enough money to go whizzing round the country on these fancy mechanical contraptions. Londinium will do fine.
woot for the student railcard ;)


another reason to choose london: tink lives closer to there than blackpool nowadays (at uni)

hmmmm and on a similar thought - its a long shot - but i wonder if TIN would come? the 3 of us (TIN, Tink and moi) had planned a meetup in london at one point anyway.... *strokes beard*


edit:PM - No, Leicester would NOT be the best place to meet. It is evil and wrong. Plus, technically the 'Heart of the Kindom' is Dunsop Bridge, near where I used to live. Although the night life would be less than average there...
well Leicester was only an educated guess made with the help of google maps... so scrap what i said then :p

you should all come down to Southampton... we'll go to the best pup in the world (the LOTR-themed Hobbit pub), and do other, uh, stuff...

I'm in Yr 12, so we start UCAS forms in summer. I really want to go to Durham though, I know Oxbridge is out of the quation now my GCSE's weren't exceptional, and to be honest Durham appeals more. How is it?

Erm, well, basically, Durham is known for a few things:

A). Oxbridge rejects.
B). A hugely disproportionate number of students to residents, with students composing about 1/8th of the population.
C). Being tiny and very, very beautiful.
D). Having one of the best Universities in the country.
E). The oldest existent LARPing Society (http://www.dur.ac.uk/treasure.trap) and one of the oldest Assassins' Societies (http://www.dur.ac.uk/assassins.society) in the world.

However, this is more or less irrelevant. As for how to get in, I really couldn't tell you - but come up, visit the department and a few of the colleges on your shortlist, and have words with their Vice-Principals or something. But nothing'll help as much as a personal statement which says you're committed to your course, but also have a life outside of academia. There's no magic formula for applying anywhere, man; just make 'em realise what a beautiful and unique snowflake you are.

And if you're planning on visiting and you want a tour guide, gimme a shout... somehow. I don't know. My nation doesn't exist anymore, so PM me at Newer Watenho.

its double cocolate chip if that makes any difference :(

and ok it doesn't actually exist. i do have some crisps (potatochips) though :)
Oh, ok. I'll have it in that case. What? Oh. :( ;)

Damn US being all spread out.

Surely there are enough of you in one of the big cities?

Surely there are enough of you in one of the big cities?

Not really, no. It's been shown that there aren't more than two or three of us in any particular place. Maybe New York. Not sure.

Surely there are enough of you in one of the big cities?
I know of several NSers who claim to be within a reasonable distance of my house alone—Sdaeriji, you're about 2-3 hours away—but I could never really meet any of them, let alone get them all to meet somewhere.

I know of several NSers who claim to be within a reasonable distance of my house alone—Sdaeriji, you're about 2-3 hours away—but I could never really meet any of them, let alone get them all to meet somewhere.

It takes four hours for me to get to NYC.

Ah well. One more reason to emigrate. Anyway, I would think most Londonites will be sleeping/having a life by now, so the discussion may have to be curtailed till the morrow.

I'll meet up for a drink in London :D

Just let me know details.

Ah well. One more reason to emigrate. Anyway, I would think most Londonites will be sleeping/having a life by now, so the discussion may have to be curtailed till the morrow.

You over-estimate us

Well, I guess a series of trains, from the Netherlands to Brussels to London to Manchester. But ANYWAY, clearly I am wrong. Nevermind.
You where thinking of Legless Pirates, who does live in Holland.

How the hell I figured that out I don't want to go into.

You where thinking of Legless Pirates, who does live in Holland.

How the hell I figured that out I don't want to go into.

No, I'm pretty sure I was thinking of PM...he'd made some oblique reference to 'shrooms in Amsterdam, or something. But, yes, I was wrong in any case.

Not really, no. It's been shown that there aren't more than two or three of us in any particular place. Maybe New York. Not sure.

Yeah, that sounds about right. I only know of a few where I am, and I know them all personally, lol.

Damn US being all spread out.
So here was my thought. And maybe it's cracked out thinking because of where I live. Actually, time zone issues just occoured to me that make this not only difficult, but kind of stupid. Heck, why let that stop me now...

We find a day, the NS Convention Day-where all the cats who are interested gather with all the NSers they are close enough to to get to. Like a NorCal Convention, and NorthEastern US Convention, etc. etc.-try and meet someplace that has wireless because someone is bound to have a laptop and we all log in on a convention megathread that day.

As I already said, not fully thought out, but anyway...

I'd be up for a drink in London. It's all I'd be able to afford considering the disgracefully high drinks prices.
I'm fairly sure Myrth's a Londoner. Not too sure about anyone else though. You might be able to convince some of the other locals (read: people within a 500-mile radius) to hop on a train/bus/plane over to London.
Erm...within 500 miles? That's everyone in the UK, plus much of the population of France and Belgium...and possibly Holland. And some of Germany.

ideally, the best place to meet up would be Leicester, being right in the middle of england... but london's way cooler i'm sure :D
This is a genius idea. I'm at uni in Leicester :) Though if you're looking for a night out, it's fairly crap. Could try Nottingham, it's easy to get to from just about everywhere by train, plus it's a fairly good night out.

I'd be up for a drink in London. It's all I'd be able to afford considering the disgracefully high drinks prices.

Erm...within 500 miles? That's everyone in the UK, plus much of the population of France and Belgium...and possibly Holland. And some of Germany.


This is a genius idea. I'm at uni in Leicester :) Though if you're looking for a night out, it's fairly crap. Could try Nottingham, it's easy to get to from just about everywhere by train, plus it's a fairly good night out.

London's easier, pure and simple. Most towns have a direct train route there, and, the Irish bars rule:)

London's easier, pure and simple. Most towns have a direct train route there, and, the Irish bars rule:)
Ok...I just don't like London. Far too big. Give me a city about the size of Nottingham any day. Wouldn't stop me from coming, though.

It takes four hours for me to get to NYC.
I don't live in NYC anymore, however. I moved out a few years ago.

However, I am still close enough to go into the city. It takes me a bit over 3 hours to get there by train.

Ok...I just don't like London. Far too big. Give me a city about the size of Nottingham any day. Wouldn't stop me from coming, though.

Its more fun in a smaller place, I know, its just London is accesible.

I think many places would be great. All I'm saying is that I'd definitely make it to a London one, but probably wouldn't be able to go anywhere else.

Erm...within 500 miles? That's everyone in the UK, plus much of the population of France and Belgium...and possibly Holland. And some of Germany.
Dammit, ever since I started RPing I invariably underestimate distances. :headbang: