Far away! But far away enough I have no plans, so fine for me.
― mardheamac (gyac), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 10:58 (two years ago) link
Still on for the 5th?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
I can do this
― gyac, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'm in.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 10:25 (two years ago) link
Is this still on? Where?
― gyac, Monday, 2 May 2022 09:50 (two years ago) link
This Thursday at the Royal Oak.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 10:02 (two years ago) link
I'm 75% sure I'll make it but won't be there until a little later than usual.
― Tim, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:20 (two years ago) link
Would be good to see you :)
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:25 (two years ago) link
Which Royal Oak, what time? Probably can't make this Thursday as my partner's working late and I have to do nursery pickup that day. But I'll try if I can!
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:44 (two years ago) link
I'm unlikely to be there, health does not permit.
― Was Hitler a Hobbit? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link
Sorry to hear this Tom, get well soon
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link
Chuck - Royal Oak in Tabard street, near Borough
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 12:52 (two years ago) link
Obv no worries we will do another FAP late summer. Do shout about dates that are good for you when it's being organised too.
Tom D - get well soon.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 12:53 (two years ago) link
How do you find each other and do you only allow certain people in? Do you have to wear a badge? (These are hypothetical questions.)
― youn, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
I think most of the people who go to ilb faps are the same crowd who know each other? The last one I went to I knew about half the people going so I just showed up and hoped that one of the people I knew would turn up. Then others came and then we all froze to death.
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
All ilx people allowed (non-ilx allowed too but they might not be able to follow some of the conversation, or even get to it, how would they know of it).
If a new ilx person who has never been to one of these turns up we can have a book on the table.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
In or outside btw?
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
Royal Oak is an inside pub.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
Have you ever had a FAP in one of your wonderful parks and how late in summer would such an event be seasonable?
― youn, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:44 (two years ago) link
Do they serve beer in parks?
― Was Hitler a Hobbit? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
We could get cans, but these FAPs have always been in pubs.
Youn if you come maybe we could put this radical ideas into action. Are you in London sometime this summer?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
The questions were hypothetical. If the hypothesis were to be tested, it would be in September.
― youn, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
Itβd be excellent to see you, Youn - goodness knows how long itβs been. I might even be tempted out of the ale house and into some park.
― Tim, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
I'm just gonna ask, since I can't puzzle it out: what does FAP stand for?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
Fancy a pint
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
Ah, thanks. Given the context, I figured "pint" was in there.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
FAC in the Park
― Was Hitler a Hobbit? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link
The other problem with parks is you have to sit on the ground.
xpost - that's where I gather all the old action happened ...
I still remember the glasses and the half pint glasses.
cup?
wear jeans or white trousers worthy of grass stains?
― youn, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
The other problem with parks is you have to sit on the _ground._
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
big bag of cans blanket πππ
― gyac, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
I'm a frequent FACker in the park during the summer, which is fine as long as I don't bump into Duncan the LOUD window-cleaner or the mentally ill guy who keeps giving me updates on his legal situation after throwing someone's phone into the road during a heated argument about dog shit.
― calzino, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:15 (two years ago) link
tbf this is the main topic on ILB also (the dogshit is some book i will never read)
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 21:02 (two years ago) link
lol i am drunk after the residents assocn AGM ignore me as per
― mark s, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
Looking to get to pub at 630 or so.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 5 May 2022 08:45 (two years ago) link
Ok. I am in town this afternoon as I have a half day so if anyone is going earlier let me know.
― gyac, Thursday, 5 May 2022 08:52 (two years ago) link
Gyac if you have time to kill you could catch the Gursky exhibition on Bermondsey Street, it's only a 10 minute walk away and open til 6.
I reckon 7.30-8 si realistic for me.
― Tim, Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:36 (two years ago) link
The following are in our outbox, free to any FAPpers who want them, just let me know and I'll bring them along
William Heinesen - The Lost MusiciansEbba Haslund - Nothing Happened Lucy Ellmann - Things Are Against UsJames Hogg - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerKenzaburo Oe: Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness (four short novels)Patrick Modiano: Suspended SentencesDasa Drndic - TriesteFiona Mosley - ElmetArturo Perez-Reverte - The Seville Communion Haruki Murakami - The Wind-up Bird ChronicleElif Batuman -The IdiotSabhattin Ali - Madonna in a Fur CoatBirgit Vanderbeke - You Would Have Missed MeCarlos Labbe: Navidad & MatanzaPeter Benson - A Lesser DependencyGeorges Perec: "53 Days"Willa Cather: Lucy GayheartPeter Stamm: The Sweet Indifference of the World (tr Michael Hoffmann, which might tempt someone) David Keenan: This IS Memorial DeviceVladimir Nabokov - LolitaIngvar Ambjornsen - Beyond the Great IndoorsRobert Graves - The White GoddessJulian Ayesta - Helena, or The Sea In SummerNaoko Takahashi: Not So Too Much of EverythingDenton Welch: A Voice Through CloudNancy Mitford: Love In A Cold ClimateAshley Hickson-Lovence: The 392
― Tim, Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:46 (two years ago) link
David Keenan: This IS Memorial Device π
(this is not a bid)
― mark s, Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:52 (two years ago) link
my meet-up w/my sister has been postponed so i can be there 5-530ish
― mark s, Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:53 (two years ago) link
Dasa Drndic - TriestePeter Stamm: The Sweet Indifference of the World (tr Michael Hoffmann, which might tempt someone)
Yes to both. I love Stamm but haven't read that one!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 5 May 2022 09:54 (two years ago) link
Tim: I think I'd like the Perec from you if possible.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 5 May 2022 11:14 (two years ago) link
Very good choices!
― Tim, Thursday, 5 May 2022 11:58 (two years ago) link
Feel like the ILB jury was split on This IS Memorial Device, but I liked (what I read of) it.
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 May 2022 13:37 (two years ago) link
π
― mark s, Thursday, 5 May 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
OTM
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 May 2022 14:01 (two years ago) link
I liked quite a lot of the books on that list; TIMD wasn't one of those.
― Tim, Thursday, 5 May 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
No Bobby Gillespie memoir, no credibility.
― Was Hitler a Hobbit? (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 May 2022 14:46 (two years ago) link
That was a keeper, obv.
― Tim, Thursday, 5 May 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link