Announcement Meister Meeting - 7 February 2017

[spintee]

Any one can tell me what train station to jump off at? trying to figure it now when book but maps are not my strong point

 

[spintee]

You can share my room - but we'll have to top'n'tail as I'm a married man!
I also hope you're deaf - because I snore a lot (apparently...)

KK

I put a sock in your nostrils

Where every one staying, I am stuck on to what train I get, Hotel not a problem but I terrible with trains after my last experience asking for a train to wellingborough and ending up in Edingborough, About 400 miles the differences between them to lol,

 

[spintee]

Nice, If I got from my town its like treeble that but I get lift to Northhampton and found the train for £7.50 each way, Now its the hotel, Evey where I looking its bring me up Hostels, I not sleeping in one of them or I just could not sleep and might aswell walk all night, But need somewhere near as waliking when had a beer is nether ending

Nah: Bexhill-on-sea = next to 'Astings, init!

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[dunover]

Nice, If I got from my town its like treeble that but I get lift to Northhampton and found the train for £7.50 each way, Now its the hotel, Evey where I looking its bring me up Hostels, I not sleeping in one of them or I just could not sleep and might aswell walk all night, But need somewhere near as waliking when had a beer is nether ending

I hear cells in the Police Station are cheap this time of year....

Breakfasts are a bit iffy though.

Just get tube to Leicester Square (Central Line) from where you get in at Euston m8. Hotels from 120-300 quid a night in Central London Strand Palace say.

 

[spintee]

I hear cells in the Police Station are cheap this time of year....

Breakfasts are a bit iffy though.

Joker, Saying that I get my self arrested and get £80 fine but get night sleep and free breaky

Any chance you can point me in a raesonable price hotel or guest house near as after a few beers I do not want to be travelling to far as I get lost,

Arhh better idea I might ring my cousins up but its a wekday but I ring them any way

 

[dunover]

Joker, Saying that I get my self arrested and get £80 fine but get night sleep and free breaky

Any chance you can point me in a raesonable price hotel or guest house near as after a few beers I do not want to be travelling to far as I get lost,

Arhh better idea I might ring my cousins up but its a wekday but I ring them any way

Yes, drunk and disorderly could be cheapest, say 50-80 with breakfast thrown in. OK, if that's not your first choice the Strand Palace is cheapish at about 130 a night with brekky. Travelodge Covent Garden is OK if you don't mind a 10 minute walk down Long Acre to Leicester Square it's about £5 less than Strand Palace, which is nearer. Outside those 2 you're looking at a much further distance if you want cheaper, or costly if you want very near. I can do you a shop doorway in Soho for £50 including a MacDonald's breakfast muffin lol

 

[spintee]

Yes, drunk and disorderly could be cheapest, say 50-80 with breakfast thrown in. OK, if that's not your first choice the Strand Palace is cheapish at about 130 a night with brekky. Travelodge Covent Garden is OK if you don't mind a 10 minute walk down Long Acre to Leicester Square it's about £5 less than Strand Palace, which is nearer. Outside those 2 you're looking at a much further distance if you want cheaper, or costly if you want very near. I can do you a shop doorway in Soho for £50 including a MacDonald's breakfast muffin lol

There is a hotel near huston station at about 60 notes, I been looking and every link brings me to hostel at like 12 squids than when page opens its over double, And we thought only affiliates lied

I any case I try as train fair is bargain and I have no end of family up them ends but its getting back to there place, I can get picked up and thats what I try and do,

I do want to come to meet you knobs I be stupid to let down a free bevarge, I in contact with the boys now so hopefully they pick me up, I do not know what the plan is after but If nothing go on I walk into red light soho, I need a massage

 

[KasinoKing]

I need a massage

We could all do with one of those!

I always get my hotels through Booking.com - you could look to see what they have.
But like Dunover said, it ain't going to be cheap anywhere near central London. However, remember the rip-off tube or taxi fares you might need to shell out if travelling in from further afield, not to mention the time & inconvenience...
I've booked one in Covent Garden - only 5 mins walk from the CM meeting: Cost me £139 but I'll win that back on the Blackjack table in the Hypodrome, just like I did the last two years...

KK

 

[dunover]

We could all do with one of those!

I always get my hotels through Booking.com - you could look to see what they have.
But like Dunover said, it ain't going to be cheap anywhere near central London. However, remember the rip-off tube or taxi fares you might need to shell out if travelling in from further afield, not to mention the time & inconvenience...
I've booked one in Covent Garden - only 5 mins walk from the CM meeting: Cost me £139 but I'll win that back on the Blackjack table in the Hypodrome, just like I did the last two years...

KK

Oh yeah, I wonder if the Hippodrome will have your favourite BJ shoe again this year that seems to have90% 2's and3's in it....

 

[spintee]

We could all do with one of those!

I always get my hotels through Booking.com - you could look to see what they have.
But like Dunover said, it ain't going to be cheap anywhere near central London. However, remember the rip-off tube or taxi fares you might need to shell out if travelling in from further afield, not to mention the time & inconvenience...
I've booked one in Covent Garden - only 5 mins walk from the CM meeting: Cost me £139 but I'll win that back on the Blackjack table in the Hypodrome, just like I did the last two years...

KK

Sweet, I have family all around but I want to not rely on them, I check booking and gave me bloody 6 bed 10 bed dorms. and the feking price shot up, Thats got to be aginst there own rules let alone UK feked up rules,


I know thats expensive but your expensive or mine may be lose change to others, If it is may be they can pay us

Only joking as ask no one for nothing in all my life, Not even a free spin from casino, But like you say taxi and shit will be dear and after a beer you not want to walk to far

 

[interlog]

So what happens on the night then? Do we have to have a special handshake to gain entry?

 

[goatwack]

So what happens on the night then? Do we have to have a special handshake to gain entry?

That + members are required to sign in with their username at a specially designated PC, whilst encircled by the other members

 

[Tirilej]

So what happens on the night then? Do we have to have a special handshake to gain entry?

Usually Bryan sends out a password to members here. I don't know if anyone ever have needed to use it, but it can be good to have just in case.

 

[spintee]

So what happens on the night then? Do we have to have a special handshake to gain entry?

LoL them special hand shakes are for when back at the hotel ,

The boss normally sends a password out nearer the time but its normally nothing lol,

 

[dunover]

Just a heads-up there are no tubes trains on Tuesday 7 Feb as a strike is taking place that day. So when you get to London you'll need to try buses or taxis, and taxis will be rammed full and near-impossible to get as usual when tube is down. So do some homework and research some transport from you entry point to London i.e. say Waterloo or Kings X or Euston to your hotel, and then from your hotel to Leicester Square if you're too far to walk it.

Take a look at the photos in the below news articles if you're thinking of taxis or buses, from the last 1-day strike in January.

It's a bummer but there's no point in pretending it won't be a struggle to keep to any arrangements you had in mind for the MM. I'd say bring your map and walking boots.

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[goatwack]

I thought it'd be a 5-minute jobbie by foot from London Bridge, although it appears to be a tad further than that. If anything, it looks like Piccadilly Circus Tube Station is right next to the venue, so the tube strikes may affect me after all, unless I'm mistaken and that's a duplicate Waxy's

 

[dunover]

I thought it'd be a 5-minute jobbie by foot from London Bridge, although it appears to be a tad further than that. If anything, it looks like Piccadilly Circus Tube Station is right next to the venue, so the tube strikes may affect me after all, unless I'm mistaken and that's a duplicate Waxy's

Depends which way you travel in from, PC is slightly nearer than LS tube and there is only one Waxy's.........

The walk is a nice part of it for me, quite a distance: I go from Victoria, up Buckingham Palace road (if Her Majesty's in, a quick break for tea and scones) then up the Mall, through Marble Arch into Trafalgar Square and I can either cut left to LS or go across the Traf. Square to Charing Cross road then down Long Acre to Covent Garden.

 

[chris87]

Just a heads-up there are no tubes trains on Tuesday 7 Feb as a strike is taking place that day. So when you get to London you'll need to try buses or taxis, and taxis will be rammed full and near-impossible to get as usual when tube is down. So do some homework and research some transport from you entry point to London i.e. say Waterloo or Kings X or Euston to your hotel, and then from your hotel to Leicester Square if you're too far to walk it.

Take a look at the photos in the below news articles if you're thinking of taxis or buses, from the last 1-day strike in January.

It's a bummer but there's no point in pretending it won't be a struggle to keep to any arrangements you had in mind for the MM. I'd say bring your map and walking boots.

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Thanks for the heads-up. They're still talking I think so there's a chance it may be called off, but better to be prepared. For anyone arriving at Kings Cross/St Pancras as I am, there'a the 73 or 390 bus from Stop R opposite the station every few minutes to Tottenham Court Road which is a short walk from Waxys.

Chris

 

[Webzcas]

Just a heads-up there are no tubes trains on Tuesday 7 Feb as a strike is taking place that day. So when you get to London you'll need to try buses or taxis, and taxis will be rammed full and near-impossible to get as usual when tube is down. So do some homework and research some transport from you entry point to London i.e. say Waterloo or Kings X or Euston to your hotel, and then from your hotel to Leicester Square if you're too far to walk it.

Take a look at the photos in the below news articles if you're thinking of taxis or buses, from the last 1-day strike in January.

It's a bummer but there's no point in pretending it won't be a struggle to keep to any arrangements you had in mind for the MM. I'd say bring your map and walking boots.

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Oh that sucks big time. Especially considering my hotel is near Paddington.

 

[The Dude]

Just a heads-up there are no tubes trains on Tuesday 7 Feb as a strike is taking place that day. So when you get to London you'll need to try buses or taxis, and taxis will be rammed full and near-impossible to get as usual when tube is down. So do some homework and research some transport from you entry point to London i.e. say Waterloo or Kings X or Euston to your hotel, and then from your hotel to Leicester Square if you're too far to walk it.

Take a look at the photos in the below news articles if you're thinking of taxis or buses, from the last 1-day strike in January.

It's a bummer but there's no point in pretending it won't be a struggle to keep to any arrangements you had in mind for the MM. I'd say bring your map and walking boots.

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What a bunch of assholes> how are people supposed to get from town center to the ICE and back? There was a strike a few years ago that screwed things up, but this year the ICE is out in the docklands.

 

[spintee]

You have to jump on an old Borris

 

[Tirilej]

Obviously this strike starts already Sunday evening right before I arrive to the airport. I guess the Express train will go to Paddington but it seems like I'm in for a long walk from there to my hotel

Typical me and timing. At least I'm near Waxy's on Tuesday.

 

[andyhinckley]

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just read it wrong doh

some are not striking

 

[dunover]

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just read it wrong doh

some are not striking

The small TSSA Union isn't now BUT

The ones that matter are though, the RMT is the drivers and ground level staff, they WILL be striking. It's a bit like having a car and the engine goes on strike along with the wheels. Then one starts working again but not the other....

"Members of the RMT will walk out for 16 hours from 18:00 GMT on 5 February, and then hold a 15-hour strike from 10:00 on 7 February.

A 24-hour strike by the RMT and TSSA earlier this month over the same issues led to much of the Tube network being shut.

BBC London transport correspondent Tom Edwards said the TSSA was the smaller of the two unions so the strike would still have a large impact."

 

[Tirilej]

The small TSSA Union isn't now BUT

The ones that matter are though, the RMT is the drivers and ground level staff, they WILL be striking. It's a bit like having a car and the engine goes on strike along with the wheels. Then one starts working again but not the other....

"Members of the RMT will walk out for 16 hours from 18:00 GMT on 5 February, and then hold a 15-hour strike from 10:00 on 7 February.

A 24-hour strike by the RMT and TSSA earlier this month over the same issues led to much of the Tube network being shut.

BBC London transport correspondent Tom Edwards said the TSSA was the smaller of the two unions so the strike would still have a large impact."

Well, I was happy for two hours!

It's 6 days left so there is still hope.

 

[geordiecolin]

Any one can tell me what train station to jump off at? trying to figure it now when book but maps are not my strong point

Don't jump off at Coulsdon South because it often does not stop there

 

[Deeplay]

So im due to get off at Kings Cross ... and was going to hop on the tube from what I can see its around a 2 mile hike by foot to Leicester Square ....

How bad do you think the cabs will be ? I may leave earlier to be sure and just get wrecked on my own at Waxys until the rest arrive

 

[Deeplay]

Have changed my ticket im in London at 12.50pm so plenty of time to get there. Anyone between Kings Cross and the venue who wants to meet up before hand just pm me

Really looking forward to this - finally my first Meister meet ( 8 years late )

 

[interlog]

Bleeding wanker tube drivers.

Reminds me of this:

WARNING: CONTAINS FOUL LANGUAGE!!!

 

[dunover]

Bleeding wanker tube drivers.

Reminds me of this:

WARNING: CONTAINS FOUL LANGUAGE!!!



I don't have to watch that to know what it is - London Underground to the Jam's 'Going Underground' was the first time I ever used Bluetooth phone-phone because a colleague had it on his phone at work about 12 years ago and I PMSL when I heard it...

 

[chris87]

So im due to get off at Kings Cross ... and was going to hop on the tube from what I can see its around a 2 mile hike by foot to Leicester Square ....

How bad do you think the cabs will be ? I may leave earlier to be sure and just get wrecked on my own at Waxys until the rest arrive

I'm coming into Kings Cross/St Pancras too. As I said earlier in the thread the 73 and 390 buses go from stop R across the road from the Kings Cross station to Tottenham Court Road which isn't far to walk then. The other option is to get the overground from St Pancras to City Thameslink and then walk up through Covent Garden. I may take this option and call in at The Lowlander on Drury Lane which does good Belgian beers (but not cheap!)

Not sure how the full the buses and overground will be, but mid afternoon should be ok. I arrive at St P at 2:15.

There's still time for the strike to be called off as the smaller union not striking may have an affect and they're meeting again at ACAS tomorrow I think.

Chris

 

[Deeplay]

I'm coming into Kings Cross/St Pancras too. As I said earlier in the thread the 73 and 390 buses go from stop R across the road from the Kings Cross station to Tottenham Court Road which isn't far to walk then. The other option is to get the overground from St Pancras to Thameslink and then walk up through Covent Garden. I may take this option and call in at The Lowlander on Drury Lane which does good Belgian beers (but not cheap!)

Not sure how the full the buses and overground will be, but mid afternoon should be ok. I arrive at St P at 2:15.

There's still time for the strike to be called off as the smaller union not striking may have an affect and they're meeting again at ACAS tomorrow I think.

Chris

good info thanks its around a 2 mile walk so I may well just take my time and drop into a few bars on the way if I cant get a cab or an Uber.

 

[The Dude]

I'm getting thirsty already.

 

[Deeplay]

I'm getting thirsty already.

ME too especially for as the beers on you

 

[islandmaan]

Eister meeting is what?

I have never been to a meister meeting but will be at the ICE show. What takes place at a Meister meeting?

Thanks,

Brian
Aka Islandmaan
Casinogames.com

 

[The Dude]

5-8 pm. You drink, chit chat, eat and listen to Irish musicians.

Some photos here:
Meister Meeting 2016 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2015 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2014 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2013 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2012 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2011 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2010 The Atlas Pub
Meister Meeting 2009 Waxy O'Conners
Meister Meeting 2008 The Atlas Pub

 

[dunover]

I have never been to a meister meeting but will be at the ICE show. What takes place at a Meister meeting?

Thanks,

Brian
Aka Islandmaan
Casinogames.com

Orgiastic sex, drunken brawling, gambling shouting and swearing. Best 3 hours of your life...

 

[islandmaan]

I'm in:notworthy

 

[geordiecolin]

Orgiastic sex, drunken brawling, gambling shouting and swearing. Best 3 hours of your life...

No drugs FFS

 

[MatchingVisions]

Invite only?

Hi Casinomeister Forum,

Is the Meister Meet for invited members only?

 

[The Dude]

Hi Casinomeister Forum,

Is the Meister Meet for invited members only?

If you are a member - you are invited. This thread is your invitation. Hope to see you there.

 

[Nottsogreen]

I'll be there ......

Tube strikes allowing,.... Getting in that day from oop north, so as long as i MAKE it to hotel etc...

 

[Deeplay]

Tube strikes allowing,.... Getting in that day from oop north, so as long as i MAKE it to hotel etc...

Im travelling from the bowels of Yorkshire , getting to London aint the problem (and they do have a bar in the virgin train )
but getting across London seems a nightmare. I have decided to walk the 2 miles or so. With at least 4 beer stops. I should be hanging
by the time I get to the venue

 

[goatwack]

Im travelling from the bowels of Yorkshire , getting to London aint the problem (and they do have a bar in the virgin train )
but getting across London seems a nightmare. I have decided to walk the 2 miles or so. With at least 4 beer stops. I should be hanging
by the time I get to the venue

That's one train that won't get de-laid

Ba dum tish

 

[Deeplay]

That's one train that won't get de-laid

Ba dum tish

No but I always run the risk of getting chucked out at Peterborough ... im sat in the carriage right up to where the fabled Red Bar lives....

 

[Nottsogreen]

Im travelling from the bowels of Yorkshire , getting to London aint the problem (and they do have a bar in the virgin train )
but getting across London seems a nightmare. I have decided to walk the 2 miles or so. With at least 4 beer stops. I should be hanging
by the time I get to the venue

I Assume you are getting into Kings X.

Word on the streets is that the circle line will be working, so IF you are staying anywhere near tower bridge, walk/cab/uber to FArringdon, and get on a congested tube there

That is my back up plan atm.. (I get into St Pancras, so same same.. And yes.. there is a BAR on board mine too)

 

[Deeplay]

I Assume you are getting into Kings X.

Word on the streets is that the circle line will be working, so IF you are staying anywhere near tower bridge, walk/cab/uber to FArringdon, and get on a congested tube there

That is my back up plan atm.. (I get into St Pancras, so same same.. And yes.. there is a BAR on board mine too)

Hi im not staying in London for the night. Taking a late train out of London so will be making my way straight to the bar for the meet up. And will hang around in that area ....

Lecister sq )

 

[conker]

Great news for the Meistermeet, the unions have called off their proposed Tube Strikes next week. No need to move the venue!

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[Deeplay]

Great news for the Meistermeet, the unions have called off their proposed Tube Strikes next week. No need to move the venue!

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Yup saw this ... so im in London early now as I changed tickets so anyone who wants to meet up before hand from around 1.30pm for a few drinks let me know

 

[geordiecolin]

See you there tomorrow folks