Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:12:39 +0100 From: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> To: manchester@bsdgroups.org.uk, freeBSD Users <freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org>, freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org Subject: The Manchester BSD UG Thing Message-ID: <4FBAB71B-14D1-44D0-915E-6CAA66A680B7@iconoplex.co.uk>
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A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. -- Emily Dickinson 'tis true that a little madness in the spring is wholesome unless by =20 "madness" you mean "install Vista". There has been some consternation suggesting that my recent posts =20 announcing the Manchester BSD UG meetings have been lacking in: a) Sufficient poetry b) Sufficient humour c) Sufficient information To this, I reply that poetry and humour are not right, but =20 privileges, bestowed upon ladies and gentlemen of the finest =20 character. In recent months I have noticed a shocking decline in said =20= character of group, e.g.: a) Not enough people wearing flowers in their buttonholes b) I saw several people arrive *without a gentleman's hat* the other =20 month. c) Unpolished shoes. Enough said, I fear. You are therefore undeserving of poetry and humour and I shall now =20 act merely as custodian of records and guardian of your moral =20 decline. Sounds like fun, no? However, there is no excuse for a lack of information about these =20 little events: What? ----- The Manchester BSD User Group started in 2002 at the Lass O'Gowrie =20 pub as a means to getting Unix users of a certain character and =20 ability into the same physical space on a regular basis in order to =20 share information, stories and guidance. Since then it has become a night in the pub populated by sys admins, =20 developers and various tech/geek types of different hues. We no =20 longer laugh quite so hard when somebody mentions Linux or the GPL, =20 and secretly we all want to run Ubuntu on Apple laptops. A few months ago I proposed a logo for the group which consisted of a =20= unicorn prancing under a rainbow. This was received with much =20 support. It'll either be that, or the source code of 'xargs' =20 manipulated somehow into a fractal image: we are a mass of =20 contradiction and confusion, if nothing else. The meetings are an informal, relaxed, friendly chat down the pub. =20 There are no talks, no agendas (at least not written down - I have a =20 secret plan to rob everybody, but don't tell them), no schedules or =20 mission statements. It therefore resembles an unorganised rabble, and =20= we're proud of it. When? ----- We always meet on the first Tuesday of each calendar month. The next =20 meeting occurs on the 3rd of April. Likely dates for the next 3 =20 months after that are: 1st May 5th June 3rd July We typically meet around 7:30pm. Sometimes people turn up earlier, =20 sometimes people don't get there until much later. People drift on =20 when they feel they want to, and in recent months that has been =20 around 9-10pm. Where? ------ One of the public rooms around the back of the bar in: The Briton's Protection Pub 50 Great Bridgewater Street Castlefield Manchester M1 5LE +53.475072, -2.247262 Or, in old money: +53=B0 28' 30.26", -2=B0 14' 50.14" Or in Crown Copyright money: SJ83599765 If you can't find it with that lot, mail me off-list and you can have =20= my number and I will come and find you somehow.=
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