Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

If we met up and there was a murder do we count as known to each other? What is ''knowing''?

headlines:



Murderer befriended victim on internet: police warn of dangers of meeting people online. Other members of the virtual group, who styled themselves "nice people", commented on how friendly the murderer appeared. The murderer even claimed to have many interests in common with the victim, bizzarly including a dislike of mushrooms. Police are still trying to decode the meaning of this.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

maybe silvercar should host a meetup

I would reserve judgement until after tomorrow eve.

Anyway, I'm not coming. Its a bit like seeing the film after reading the book, you all may not turn out to be how I imagine you.

Plus I'm shy with new people. Plus OH wouldn't understand NP (the concept, not the people).

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Plus I'm shy with new people. ).

thus we are currently unknown in your eyes?

purch

thus we are currently unknown in your eyes?

That's easy to think...........until you see the knife

Then you'll know :eek:

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

Anyway, I'm not coming. Its a bit like seeing the film after reading the book, you all may not turn out to be how I imagine you.

Wheezy identified many people by photo many moons ago
:cool:

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

thus we are currently unknown in your eyes?

Until you turn up tomorrow night.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

actually, I'm not necessarily opposed to it being at my house (dh is not so gung ho), but not sure incase we inadvertantly invite he with the umbrella.

It's OK, he was proved to have a perfectly irrational explanation :A: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/11/21/opinion/100000001183275/the-umbrella-man.html

JonnyBravo

silvercar wrote: »

We have had summer parties for more than this number, but the garden makes that easy. The boys have had bigger parties (I think 200 was the max!) but banned everyone from the house and kept people in the garden and summer house; but then they didn't need to offer food.

Absolutely. Summer parties are easy. We have one every year which runs to 50ish. The only time I've done a large one in winter was last year (my 40th) and we hired a marquee and heaters to add on to the back of the house. That way we could "extend" the kitchen.
Don't think I'd ever try 200 mind. I'm not a caterer!

lostinrates wrote: »

maybe silvercar should host a meetup


actually, I'm not necessarily opposed to it being at my house (dh is not so gung ho), but not sure incase we inadvertantly invite he with the umbrella.

I'd strongly advise that first meetings should always be in a neutral venue. A pub or a restaurant etc. Whilst I'm not sure any "real nutters" would actually turn up to a mass meet you can never be sure. Nutters are unpredictable.

lostinrates

JonnyBravo wrote: »

I'd strongly advise that first meetings should always be in a neutral venue. A pub or a restaurant etc. Whilst I'm not sure any "real nutters" would actually turn up to a mass meet you can never be sure. Nutters are unpredictable.

I think you are right. But I've had a few mse'ers to my home and been to I think three others homes now. I think on a greater scale of numbers it would be inadvisable to do it at anyones home.....inevitably arranging would oen the net to someone someone else felt uncomfortable with even if others are fine with them.

vivatifosi

zagubov wrote: »

Would that be like cluedo?
Mrs LIR in the stable with a tractor part.
Professor MK in the kitchen with a syringe of chemicals
Davesnave in the conservatory with a poisoned tomato.
Zag in the dining room with a Glaswegian diet.
Silvercar in the driveway with a white car

Even zag's Cluedo has got rid of the library:(. Must be the cutbacks.