Some interesting statistics for the Amersfoort meet:
Total attendees: 49
Number of Fourth-time attendees: 4
Total number of beers drunk in 3/4 hour at the brewery (Friday) - 86 (28 people), approx. 2 beers/min.
Total number of beers drunk at the bar in the restaurant, before and after the meal - 148
Bottles of wine drunk with the meal - 17 (the most expensive wine in the Known Universe)
Number of Racks of pork ribs eaten - 86 (unevenly distributed across 21 rib eaters)
Number of silly toasts made at the restaurant during the meal - at least three (I think)
Sub orbital height reached by Rob S when he read the restaurant bill - approx. 22 km prior to heart failure (The Restaurant Bill From Hell)
Temperature reached in meeting room after lunch (on chilly day) - approx. 27 deg. C.
Number of new empeg owners - 1 (but he's happy enough for 10)
Amount of beer drunk at barbecue in just under 9 hours - 50 litres (approx. 25cl/glass) - barrel runs dry for second year running! Yay!
Amount of meat eaten before cooking stopped - nearly 12 kg (120 pieces). Remaining 30 pieces (2 kg) consumed next day.
Number of Sate sticks eaten - all of them, all 50!
Amount of bread eaten - 10 large French sticks, 60 hambuger buns, 3 loaves of bread
Amount of soft drinks, juice and other drinks - approx. 19 litres
Amount of red, white and rose wine drunk - 14 bottles (at about a 1/4 of the price paid at the restaurant)
Amount of other food - 3 salads, 3 pans of rice, 2 quiches (mainly eaten by the women, apparently!), 1 pan of spicy peanut sate sauce, 2 cheesecakes (by special request of Paul), 5 large bags of crisps, 4 kg of cheese, 2 large fruit salads made from bananas, strawberries, pineapples and other delicious things, 2 litres milk.
Number of empegs repaired during barbecue while pissed - 9
Number repaired the next day - 3
Number upgraded to V3 A3 - 11
Number of Nath's mini empeg player models (with remotes) sold: 9 (including special "NewFace" version for Alvin)
Number of irate neighbours complaining at 3:30 AM - at least one, we couldn't hear anyone else for the noise
Estimated expenditure during the weekend to businesses in Amersfoort - E 8,900 (based on just my knowledge of various expenditures - in reality, much higher due to the private expenditure made by attendees). Not included in this statistic - cost of travel to all participants attending (unknown).
Most amazing statistic of the weekend - we only broke
one beer glass, and before you ask - No, I didn't put it in the Dishwasher