Mark

JasonT, on 15 May 2013 - 08:35 AM, said:

I'm honoured to at least be worthy of a semi.

"Standing", yes, but as I recall it "up" would be a bit on the generous side.

Also, I should probably second Metanoia's "thank you" to Ade for his excellent suggestion of the tour of Bermondsey-Rotherhithe, which was fascinating and a lot of fun. I've never really thought of taking that sort of guided walking tour when visiting London, but if there are others of similar quality - which there apparently are - that's tourism schedule for my semi-frequent visits to London nicely packed for the foreseeable future.

Also, with Bilirubin and Metanoia added to the roster of StHers I've met in person, the list of those who were anything less than (a) pretty much exactly as they present themselves online and (b) absolutely lovely to spend time with has been updated to a nice round zero. Either I've been lucky or - and I choose to believe the latter - we've managed to amass a splendid selection of fine upstanding forumites around these parts.

You are aware that Rohne lives in London, aren't you?

(Actually, given that post you presumably aren't, unless you're making an uncharacteristically poor joke :-)  So, til info...Rohne lives in London, which makes it his home turf in a way that Edinburgh - where I met him with JasonT last year - isnt).

dogpoet, on 11 May 2013 - 03:06 PM, said:

Three points occur:

- A tie with a black shirt is completely acceptable. You probably want to go for a nice bold single colour for contrast, but that's not a hard and fast rule. I like to co-ordinate the tie with something else, for cohesiveness and pretention (in this case I was sporting a rather fetching shade of purple nail varnish), but that's largely down to personal preference.

- I appreciate that this isn't clear from that photo, but the shirt I was wearing wasn't actually black in any case. It was a dark blue with a light dotted pattern. The suit wasn't black either (charcoal grey, as you were clearly wondering), but it was dark so the colours aren't clear.

- Shut up. :-P


Fun times were had, good beer drunk and good food eaten. Especially nice to meet Metanoia, who is (a) a thoroughly lovely bloke and (b) a lot more talkative in person than he is online. Good to meet Rohne again too, this time on his home turf.

Oh, and Ade was there too I suppose. ;-)

Tomorrow morning is Ade's Hellblazer Tour Of London, to which I am rather looking forward. So, I should probably go to sleep now.