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From: roach@earthling.netz (Michael "The Roach" Janßen) Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [F] Amsterdam 2.0 walk report Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 20:56:52 +0100 Message-ID: <MPG.f7f8aca35b749a49896ad@news.lspace.org> On the 21st day of March, 1998, a small selection of afpeople and atmdrummers convened in Amsterdam. Participants were: Alan Bellinghman Colette Reap Leo Breebaart Eelco Giele Patrick Dersjeant Jeroen Burger CyberCat Jos Dingjan Kimberley Verburg Arnout Grootveld Jeroen Metselaar Marc Oldenhof Jeremy Stark and yours truly, The Roach. There was a pre-meet event, with most people meeting going to the science museum and being entertained there, while other people still were on their way to Amsterdam, having had to work that day, or for various other reasons. The meeting place was supposed to be the Café Americain, and most people showed up there, but it was quickly decided that the Café was not the right venue to start the meet in. The price level was way beyond what most of us were prepared to endure, and upon seeing us, the management of said place also decided that all seats were taken. So, we migrated to another pub on the Leidseplein, Koopmans, while a small welcoming committee waited on and for latecomers. Koopmans, unfortunately, was also rather busy, so we were forced to sit outside for the better part of an hour, which was not considered funny considering the temperature was barely above freezing. After a while, however, a corner got empty and we quickly moved into the building. When 1900 came around, we proceeded to a pancake bakery from there, to partake in that glorious "Dutch specialty" (Sorry, but I have eaten more pancakes in Germany than in the Netherlands so far, and I have to say the German ones are great as well...). After the pancakes, we embarked upon the search for a pub where to continue our drink and merriment. This should, however, prove to be harder than anticipated, as most pubs we entered were filled to capacity even before we got there. Finally, after a lengthy walk in the streets of Amsterdam, we _did_ find one, and there continued warming up. (ObXFiles: The pub's name was Mulder) Topics mentioned: cats & frogs Psion repair / replacement prices for Psions accents dictionaries Palm Pilots / Olivetti subnotebooks Leathermen v/s Swiss Army Knifes pancakes general food stuffs Brussels Hell's Angels Brussels Photos coats "Name that arm" was played atmd/afp/asr Kimberley as Dutch tutor for UKers and English tutor for NLers Leo stopped reading afp/atmd altogether accents (American !Noo Yohk' v/s British 'New York') Spelling (e.g., is there one or are there two 'm's in lemon? Usenet cocoa, tea, coffee coffee cookies (i.e., cookies given with coffee in NL) languages Guns 'n Roses trains in Brussels, France and London ISPs email addresses geeking was committed while walking when passing computer stores DWCon preparations X-Files Theater wintersports on furniture Quotes: Jos: "You cannot be intimate with more than four people simultaneously" Re: how to make room in a pub: "Send the Germans in" (Colette) Leo: There was supposed to be a real mystery guest - Cybercat: ... so secret not even Leo knows who it was Leo: It's irritating to see Mike Knell using pen & paper Patrick counts people: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D..." Eelco: Where are the nekkid women you promised us? - Leo: Oh, Kimberley, I completely forgot to ask you something... Kimberley: You're not getting any of mine! Jos: I had it in Amsterdam, I had it in New York, I had it in Boston. Jeremy (?): Jos has mastered the art of writing in UUencoded. -- Michael "The Roach" Janszen (AFP NLMeet reporter) The Official Michelena Riosa Testosterone Brigade Peerless Leader of the Post-Apocapalyptic Forces Charter Member AFP Blame Society Spammer trap - when replying by e-mail, drop the last letter of the address...
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