Dublin Dopers, is it about that time?

[Iteki]

Was wondering if there are any DublinDopes coming up, will be over for a week at the start of Sept, and wouldn't mind going out for a bite/jar. Are there any meet-ups planned?

[curly chick]

Well, there will be now that we have an excuse!
What are your dates?

[jjimm]

There is now!

[jjimm]

Iteki, let me at this point also point you to the NADS (http://pub75.ezboard.com/bnads) message board for UK/Irish dopers - feel free to register and post about your trip there too.

[yojimbo]

Start of Sept. is grand by me.

Post here or at NADS with more details.

Looking forward to putting a face to the name.

[jjimm]

I already know what Iteki looks like: iteki.jpg (http://www.ikw.ne.jp/kqw/web/q08274/images/iteki.jpg).

[Iteki]

Well, thanks for scaring the crap out of me there jjimm!
Have to book my tickets (and renew my passport) but the dates I am looking at are 7-13 Sep. I have no specific plans made, so I am at yer mercy.

[TwistofFate]

I'll be back from Glasgow on the 7th, so I'll be able to make it :)

[hibernicus]

Can't make it on the 12th as I'll be in Galway for a wedding. But any of the other dates would be good!

[micilin]

No 11th, 12th, 13th or 14th for me. I've got to go to two weddings -one of which is in Italy.

Beat THAT hibernicus! :)

[curly chick]

When you have all finished flouting your matrimonials - do we have a date?
A venue?
Anything at all, at all, at all?

[curly chick]

Actually - there is nothing to stop me suggesting one is there?

Based on what I see here, no one has yet kyboshed the dates between the 7th and the 10th.
Any of these are fine for me.
Eeny meeny miney mo - Tuesday 9th.

Will that do?

[utkik]

Tuesday 9th sounds good to me!
But now, for the real clincher, where do we go???

I've no real preference, as long as beer is present in abundance...

[TwistofFate]

I don't think we've been to that bar beside Doyles nearly enough. :)

[Iteki]

9th sounds great, I don't know where is nice these days, but at my age I prioritise comfy seats and not too loud. :P

[yojimbo]

I was in a new place around the corner from Hogans last week. The MarketPlace or some such name. Barn of a place(converted Market) with lots of space and comfy seats. However the 9th is a Tues so anywhere is good re: seats.

Long Hall
Grogans
Mulligans
Corner Stone
Conways(Across from the Rotunda)
SoSueMe
The Bank (New on Dame St. I want to see the greeter I've heard so much about ;) )

and many more.

Now come on somebody make a decision as I find it impossible :)

[jjimm]

Ooooh, the greeter in The Bank on Dame street.

Good God, what a RACK!!!!! :D :D :D

Might distract us gentlemen from the job in hand, though.

[curly chick]

Well, far be it from me to deny the boys a chance to go and ogle at this.....er.... well racked lady.

Shall we say there, then?

[yojimbo]

Oh and I'm off work the 9th for a week and a half so that date couldn't be more perfect ;)

[manwithaplan]

Are we seriously suggesting a fucking Tuesday. What's wrong with 11 or 12 September? I like hib and I don't completely detest micilin (;)) but I'd rather be shit-faced without them than going home at 10 pm.

Yes, I know, I'm a veritable Kofi Annan when it comes to diplomacy.

[manwithaplan]

I was wondering why you were so enthusiastic you self-serving git.

Did someone say something about pots and kettles?

[curly chick]

A fucking tuesday, eh, manwithaplan.
Interesting concept, is that what you had in mind, Iteki?

If so, we might need a few more girlies, as the greeter in The Bank might get a bit tired.

(I'lll be holding the coats)

[yojimbo]

I've no problem with a wkend night either BTW.

And a break from my hetro life partner (micilin) would be nice.

curly chick everyday is for fucking as far as MWAP is concerned didn't he tell you this?

[jjimm]

I am suffering with a ghastly "oops I drank on a schoolnight" hangover today, so my feelings are similar to mwap's here. Maybe I'll change my mind tomorrow.

[utkik]

so are people saying Tues 9th in The Bank on Dame Street then? Or am I way off the mark?

Just out of curiosity too, have there been many Dublin Dopes? Do ye guys know each other well already?

cheers,
utkik

[jjimm]

I've been to about three - there aren't that many of us but we can put the drink away.

I think the only Dub Dopers I haven't met are you, Irishgirl, glass onion and mogiaw (where's mogiaw these days?). Oh, and I know UDS is Irish, but I don't know if s/he is in Dublin.

[ruadh]

What about Balor?

[utkik]

I have to say I'm looking forward to reducing myself to a state of dribbling idiocy with ye guys! utkik no work good beer without.

[yojimbo]

Originally posted by utkik
Just out of curiosity too, have there been many Dublin Dopes? Do ye guys know each other well already
Some of us knew each other before here. I did a bit of recruiting when I found this place.

jjimm:- About 5-7 years
manwithaplan:- All my life
micilin:- 15-17 years
were all friends of mine before the board. I've met most of the others a few times apart for the few jjimm mentioned.

Looking forward to meeting you utkik. We could do a week day and a wkend piss up. I'd be up for that anyway.

[jjimm]

Originally posted by ruadh
What about Balor? I don't know Balor.

I missed out Tarantula too... ;)

[manwithaplan]

Good to see we're back to the stage of having no idea what we're doing. Another good day's work on my part.

To completely break with character and be constructive, may I suggest 12/9 in the shithole beside Doyle's. Apart from curly chick and possibly jjimm, none of us are posh enough for The Bank on a Friday night and it's only up the road if anyone wants to pop up for a quick sconce at Dame Street's premier tourist attractions.

originally posted by yojimbo
manwithaplan:- All my life

I'm getting a bit weepy. Can I have a hug?

[Iteki]

Grr... was waiting for my tax-return to pay for my flight.
By the time tax-return came, flight was about 1200 euros....
mrsIteki then decided to spend both our tax-returns on driving lessons.
Mammy however said she would buy me a ticket (but this is the last time, you hear?!) god love her.
So yet again, I have whored myself to Ryanair. Pray for me.

Getting in evening the 6th, and flying out again on the 12th.
What's the plan?

[Iteki]

Oooh, btw, utkik, your nick intrigues me? Is it what it seems to be?

[glass onion]

Hi Dublin Friends,

I always reply these DublinDope threads...but never seem to make it. I will deffo try this time...and any nite seems fine to me...as I don't start work til 10.30 any morn...apart from saturday morn, when I don't go in at all...so fri nite would be more than perfect.

I look forward to meetin up with you guys eventually...maybe this time will be the time.

I am very shy tho...which is what has been holding me back in the past.

[Anahita]

Ok, this is it. You all do this on purpose.

I will be up in Co. Derry for the week of the 8th but will be in Dublin the 15, 16 and 17th of September, possibly without husband and child. I'm hankering for a downtown hotel instead of clear out in Lusk, so let the party start.

On the other hand, if my maternal instinct wins, I shall be staying at my in-laws in Dublin 6W without the benefit of babysitting, since they'll be minding her all day.

So, um...that's it.

[utkik]

okay, right, erm .... okay, so let me get this straight ..... the Dublin Dope is gonna beeee .......... aw crap, no, I lost it again.

coffee machine broken in work this morning, so utkik isnt firing on all cylinders.

And Iteki, "what it seems to be" really depends on what it is! I used to know what it was, but then they changed it. And now what I think is it isnt it, and what it is seems strange and frightening to me......
christ I need coffee

[utkik]

ooops ... hit post before I meant to there. I'm really out of it today.

Anyways Iteki youre probably right on the nickname guess, seeing as where youre from and all. I got it from 'The Last Grain Race', a book on the final clipper ship grain run from Belfast to Australia and back on the Moshulu.

[manwithaplan]

So 12/9 is out due to Iteki's mother's refusal to spring for a more expensive weekend flight, the inconsiderate witch;). We'll assume that 6/9 is out as well, given the possibility of a late flight and the probable need of Iteki to keep his Ma sweet by at least saying hello to her before going on the piss.

11/9 anyone?

originally posted by glass onion
I will deffo try this time
It's deffo so, my transparent, bulbous friend. It'll be rapid.

[utkik]

11th sounds sooper-dooper to me. shine on

[jjimm]

11/9 sounds so innocuous that way round, doesn't it?

Anyway, 11th is good with me, though I think micilin will be at a wedding that w/e.

[yojimbo]

11/9 is good for me too.

Looks like we may be on to a winner here.

MWAP a hug would be good but a ....... ah fuck it I'm too hung over to make jokes.

The shithole beside Doyles is a grand shithole. Now excuse me while I crawl into a corner and die. I really shouldn't have had those taco chips after that much Guinness. *bletch*

[jjimm]

Perhaps 50 Cent can provide the humour that you are lacking here, yojimbo. I'm picturing mwap saying this to you:You can find me in the club,
bottle full of bub,
look mami i got the Ex if you into takin' drugs,
im in there having sex i ain't into makin' love,
so come give me a hug, if you're into gettin' roughI

[utkik]

mmmmm ...... post beer taco & chips

I'm gonna be in town tonight and I'll actually be in Doyles, so I pop in to the shithole, to see where the hell it is (and memorise the route Abrakebabra for the bleary post pub feast)

In the meantime yojimbo dont think about runny eggs, rusty arse water, or eating the contents of an ashtray. They always make me feel worse when I'm in ribbons the next day....

[yojimbo]

There's a big dirty fry on in the canteen today. 15min's to go and I'm gonna dive into one.

Thx for the lovely advice utkik. Git :)

[jjimm]

The pub next to Doyle's is actually part of Doyle's - Doyle's has expanded like the fungal Mercantile to absorb everything around it. I can't remember the feckin name of it though. It's on the side opposite Trinity.

[utkik]

cool, thanks jjimm, bet I still dont find it though.
and yojimbo youre welcome dude! :D

[manwithaplan]

O'Donoghue's I think. Not to be confused with the tourist infested beardy bollixville on Merrion Row.

[jjimm]

I think it's called O'Donoghue's. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

[curly chick]

You will know it by the cheery greeting given to you by the delightful barmaid who will, with every word and gesture welcome you into the bosom of her hostelry and cater to your every imbiming whim with a smile and all the inviting, homely warmth you usually only find in the derelict, rat infested, typhoid ridden crack houses of down town Basra.

She is a charming lady.

PS 11th sounds fine to me.

[utkik]

sounds like my kind of place - I see I'm gonna fit right in there. Now if they sell Buckfast or Devil's Bit Cider on draught I'll be sorted

[Iteki]

Right so, 11th it :)
And utkik, I thought you might be a Swede, your nick means "lookout". Would have been gas if there was a Swede-living-in-Dublin Doper.

[hibernicus]

Originally posted by utkik
I have to say I'm looking forward to reducing myself to a state of dribbling idiocy with ye guys! utkik no work good beer without.

Hold on, there's going to be beer involved? Nobody told me about the beer!

11th? Crap! I have to drive up from Moneypoint and then go to Galway the next day!

[yojimbo]

Originally posted by curly chick
You will know it by the cheery greeting given to you by the delightful barmaid who will, with every word and gesture welcome you into the bosom of her hostelry and cater to your every imbiming whim with a smile and all the inviting, homely warmth you usually only find in the derelict, rat infested, typhoid ridden crack houses of down town Basra.

She is a charming lady.
Myself and micilin had a couple of late in O'Donoghue's on Fri. night. Said bar woman was there and she was an absolute gem. Seriously she said Hi when we came in. Joked and stuff and was generally a nice human being (nice ass aswell ;) ) She was obviously off her game when we were there before as she was grand the Fri night.

There was also a very very drunk Fin there who could barely speak English who we had mighty craic with indeed. Oh well see y'all on the 11th.

[Iteki]

At the risk of being an awful eejit, what time roughly? And by what sign shall ye be known? And was it Doyles? Where is that, on Dame street is it?

// Clueless eejit

[curly chick]

Iteki, it ain't Dame St, it is the third part of the holy triangle of Westmoreland St, and D'Olier St.
Pearse St? College Green?

Doyle's is one of two or three pubs all next door to each other, which are really all the same pub. If you are stood looking at the doors, with your back to TCD, then it is the leftest one, a tiny little place with only about six tables in it and the bar along the back wall.

I can be there by 9pm.

Is it term time again? Are the students back? If so, you will know us because we will be the oldest people in the place.
The dead giveaway, though is that jjimm may very well have his wedding ring up his nose.

[curly chick]

O'bloody Donoghue's, not Doyle's

Sorry about that.

(The smilies aren't wroking for me today, otherwise I'd put in the one where the little yelow man is smacking himself in th head)

[jjimm]

Most of us wear glasses.

Except the ones who don't.

And yojimbo will be in his now-legendary pink tutu.

We'll be older than all the others, as curly said.

What time?!

[yojimbo]

You can mail me at the address in my profile and I'll send you my mobile no. so you can ring if you get lost ;)

[yojimbo]

Originally posted by curly chick


(The smilies aren't wroking for me today, otherwise I'd put in the one where the little yelow man is smacking himself in th head)

:smack:

And here's me trying to use smiles all day :p

[jjimm]

Mail me too, Iteki, with "Iteki" in the subject line.

(This request also at NADS (http://pub75.ezboard.com/bnads).)

[Anahita]

Can you all meet up one night, either the 15th, 16th or 17th? I'll be in Dublin for work.

I'm staying out at Templeogue at the in-laws so maybe those of us wroking in Dublin can meet up for lunch one of the days!

[ruadh]

Hey! Lunch is good. I can do lunch.

[yojimbo]

Lunch sounds good to me too.

[jjimm]

I'm city centre and up for a bit of lunch too.

[ruadh]

Er ... as long as it's cheap, I should add.

[jjimm]

I'll cancel the booking at Patrick Gibauld then.

[mogiaw]

that the place beside the Irish Yeast Co. ??? i might be along but it might be a bit strange. i don't know any of ye people to see etc. maybe someone could wear a novelty hat? or a mask?
mogi

[jjimm]

Yeah, right next to the yeast store.

It is a bit strange for the first 5-10 minutes, but then it's a bit of craic. You'll know us because some of us will be a bit older than the Trinity crowd there.

[curly chick]

Anahita, as I work out here in the sticks, I won't be able to make lunch with you and the urbanites.

However, I am available on the nights of 16th and 17th, if a soiree is in the offing.

[manwithaplan]

I'm up for lunch.

[TwistofFate]

Lunch certainly.

Thursday night at 9. We'll be easy to identify. We won't be students.

[hibernicus]

I sometimes work in Dublin! Not next week though, unless just possibly we could meet on Monday and I could head down after lunch? Other than that I have to count myself out I'm afraid.

[manwithaplan]

Originally posted by jjimm
Yeah, right next to the yeast store.

I'll be bringing my own;).

[jjimm]

I recommend Canesten, mwap.

I only work round the corner, so I'm able to be there earlier, if anyone's interested.

[yojimbo]

I'll be around earlier as well. Not in work(in a internet cafe) so ring me if you want me. I think I'm meeting up with Jimbo around 19:30.

[mogiaw]

probably won't be able to make it tonight, but just in case i do i'll be the tall, rotund chap with glasses, looking puzzled. have a good one and i'll hopefully see ye at the next soirée.

mogi

[jjimm]

BTW for anyone who needs to recognise us, I'm wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt with red trim, and blue jeans.

[ruadh]

Photos of some of the above are on OpalCat's site, here (http://fff.fathom.org/photorama/index.cgi?mode=album&album=/Parties%20and%20Gatherings/2002%20%2d%20DubDope).

[Anahita]

So, Wednesday is out as I'm attending a luncheon of the Architects of Ireland and I have to 'network.'

Haha.

So, Tuesday is good. Or Monday. I am 'shadowing' this really annoying guy so I'll welcome the break. I'll text around on Monday morning once venue, time and date are decided.

Ask Twisty for my new mobile number.

[hibernicus]

Monday is the only possibility for me - on Tuesday I'll be having lunch in a grim canteen 180 miles away.

About the time, it's a good idea to try to beat the rush and aim for 12:40 or so if possible. Can anyone think of a place where you can sit and chat at lunchtime, not too pricey?

[Iteki]

Thanks to everyone for a lovely evening :)
Nice to be able to put some faces to the names!

[ruadh]

Sorry I missed you, Iteki. Come back when I've got myself out from under this pile o' debt.

As for lunch, anahita told me this morning she can only do Tuesday. Her suggestion was Zaytoon, the Persian place on Parliament Street, for about 12.30. How's that work for everyone?

[hibernicus]

Sounds like fun; sorry I can't make it. Have a good time!

[jjimm]

Originally posted by ruadh
As for lunch, anahita told me this morning she can only do Tuesday. Her suggestion was Zaytoon, the Persian place on Parliament Street, for about 12.30. How's that work for everyone? Sounds good to me. Never had a kebab for lunch...

[manwithaplan]

Zaytoon is fine for me too but I won't be able to make it until about 12.45.

[jjimm]

I've spoken to Annie, and she's confirmed this arrangement. If it's booked up, we can always head somewhere else in the vicinity.

[ruadh]

Apologies for my non-appearance folks. Unfortunately, the boss is in so rarely these days that when he does turn up I pretty much have to schedule my work day around him.