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#293409 - 04/02/2007 07:36 European Empeg meet 2007?
kjohanss
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Registered: 24/10/2000
Posts: 65
Loc: Bjørkelangen, Norway
Any dates yet? Need to plan the summer/fall soon...
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#293410 - 04/02/2007 17:12 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: kjohanss]
schofiel
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
Don't know - anybody fancy a party, then?
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#293411 - 04/02/2007 17:47 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: schofiel]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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Don't know - anybody fancy a party, then?


I don't know for sure, but if there was a meet this year, it could actually be the year that we might be able to go.
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#293412 - 04/02/2007 18:13 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: schofiel]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
I will be in the UK if there is a meet or if there isn't a meet. I had such a great time last year that I'll be doing it again. See you then???
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#293413 - 04/02/2007 21:46 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: kjohanss]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
I'm not planning to organise anything this year, I'm saving up my ideas for a 10th anniversary bash in 2008. However this should not stop someone else putting something together!

Rob

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#293414 - 05/02/2007 06:53 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: rob]
julf
veteran

Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I'm starting to run out of weird vehicles to bring, so I guess I'd better save the 101 Vampire for the 2008 bash then...

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#293415 - 05/02/2007 08:47 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: julf]
dr_dos
member

Registered: 02/03/2002
Posts: 134
Loc: Bendorf, Germany
If there was a meet this year my wife and myself would definitively come.

Peter

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#293416 - 05/02/2007 15:57 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: dr_dos]
Cris
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
How about a plain and simple piss up?

All we need is a cheap Hotel somewhere with food nearby, a car park and maybe a small conf room to have the party / piss up in. Even better a community hall or something without a licence and we could just all bring our own booze

Cheers

Cris.

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#293417 - 05/02/2007 20:57 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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How about a plain and simple piss up?

All we need is a cheap Hotel somewhere with food nearby, a car park and maybe a small conf room to have the party / piss up in. Even better a community hall or something without a licence and we could just all bring our own booze

Cheers

Cris.


Cris and I have discussed this in the past, and I think we could probably organise something. It wouldn't be a full blown meet. But like he says more like an organised piss-up spread across several days. I think a city centre hotel in Manchester could be an ideal setting, plenty of eating and drinking establishments and opportunities for social interfacing. Big airport nearby and reasonably good road and rail access. What do you think Cris? Worth a shot?
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#293418 - 05/02/2007 21:40 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: andym]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Sounds good to me.

There is no way we could live up to a meet by Rob&Rob Co. but we could give it a shot.

What are we talking about? Friday and Sat night? Do what you want during the day?

Cheers

Cris.

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#293419 - 06/02/2007 13:32 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: andym]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
Mmm. I wonder if this could be arranged so that some/all of us could include the novelty of attending a live football/soccer match?

Cheers

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#293420 - 06/02/2007 14:15 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Mmm. I wonder if this could be arranged so that some/all of us could include the novelty of attending a live football/soccer match?


Well, if that's what you want then Manchester is the place. Manchester United is just about the biggest football team there is. I am pretty sure holding the event in a place like that, esp on a match day, will be out of the question due to cost. Someone else will have to comment on ticket prices, but it won't be cheap. Games are often mid afternoon which would leave the evening free for the piss up.

Cheers

Cris.

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#293421 - 06/02/2007 15:20 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
Quote:
Price Guide: £17-£23 for members per match ticket, £19-£25 for non-members

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#293422 - 06/02/2007 15:38 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
Cris
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Not too bad I guess, I will check with Nicola (big Utd fan ) what the seat are like.

There is no way I'll be paying that much to watch 22 guys kick a ball around a bit of grass

I like the idea of Manchester, it may be part of the UK that people may not have been to before and there is lots to do and see. Transport links are also very good as Andy says. Can we collect opinions please....

Cheers

Cris.

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#293423 - 06/02/2007 16:22 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
hmph. You should see the prices for an american football game.
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#293424 - 06/02/2007 19:11 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: JBjorgen]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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The survey found the average [NFL (American Football)] ticket will cost $62.38

16 games per season.

Quote:
The average ticket in the NBA (basketball) now costs $51.02

82 games per season

The average MLB (baseball) ticket costs $22.21. (ref)
162 games per season

£25 =~ $49


Edited by wfaulk (06/02/2007 19:16)
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#293425 - 06/02/2007 19:16 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: wfaulk]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Yeah...but the exchange rate is poor right now (for the US anyway), so the disparity is greater than it looks. If you did the price as a ratio to income, then you'd get a better picture.

(according to my calculations, about 3.8% of an average Brit's weekly income vs. 7.5% of an average American's)
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#293426 - 06/02/2007 19:25 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: JBjorgen]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Quote:
The average gross weekly household income for London, at £711 in 1999-2002, was £186 higher than the average for the UK.

(ref)
That's £525, times 52 weeks is £27300.

Quote:
Overall the mean household income in the United States according to the US Census Bureau 2004 Economic Survey was $60,528

(ref)

£25 ÷ £27300 = 0.09%
$62.38 ÷ $60,528 = 0.1%.

Hmm. Pretty close, actually.


Edited by wfaulk (06/02/2007 19:26)
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#293427 - 06/02/2007 19:36 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: wfaulk]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Quote:
income for London

Manchester is up north, cost of living is much lower than in London, but so are the wages.

So back to the point....what do people thing about Manchester as the place to hold this years euro meet ?

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#293428 - 06/02/2007 19:42 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Quote:
income for London

Manchester is up north

I subtracted out the differential from the national average.
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#293429 - 06/02/2007 19:50 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
Travelodge have very cheap rooms if you book in advance, I stayed in the Croydon central one for £26 a night, and that was only booked a couple of weeks in advance. (that one has a good rail link to london and some nice trams, but isn't in a particularly good area)

edit: Of course cost probably isn't too much of an issue with most empeggers, as long as we aren't talking Ritz prices



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#293430 - 06/02/2007 20:42 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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Quote:
income for London

Manchester is up north, cost of living is much lower than in London, but so are the wages.

So back to the point....what do people thing about Manchester as the place to hold this years euro meet ?


Just to be completely obvious about it, YES, please!

SWMBO & I were already hoping to manage a trip up the midlands this year, and if we can manage to coordinate with some kind of empegBBS gathering, then all the better!

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#293431 - 07/02/2007 06:56 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: g_attrill]
boxer
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Quote:
Travelodge have very cheap rooms if you book in advance


Travelodge pre-booking "guaranteed" rooms and then being full when you turn up owing to an over-booking policy is something that happened to me, and is a scandal that has been featured on Watchdog.

Stating, what I think is a foregone conclusion: I'm up for it!

Just a thought, most universities are keen to let bedrooms and other facilities, out of season, I don't know about Manchester, it would keep the cost down.
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#293432 - 07/02/2007 15:14 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
Quote:
Just to be completely obvious about it, YES, please!


Ok, lets not get narky now We need to get a feel for numbers so we can start looking for a venue, so anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?

Quote:
trip up the midlands


Careful, that's like calling you an American People in Manchester are proud to from "up t' north" of England!

Cheers

Cris.

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#293433 - 07/02/2007 18:02 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
July and August are generally bad (high airfare) for us folks in Canada.

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#293434 - 07/02/2007 18:25 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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for us folks in Canada.

Or anywhere else in the western hemisphere for that matter.
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#293435 - 07/02/2007 18:51 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: mlord]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
I'm thinking probably around the same time as last year. It's also a hopefully quiet period at work, we'll have either launched everything successfully or it'll have all gone tits up and I'll be out of a job, in which case I'll have loads of time to organise it all!

Cris and I probably need to get our heads together before we commit to anything too serious.
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#293436 - 07/02/2007 18:59 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
sein
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Registered: 07/01/2005
Posts: 893
Loc: Sector ZZ9pZa
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Ok, lets not get narky now We need to get a feel for numbers so we can start looking for a venue, so anyone else have an opinion? Time of Year preferance?

I'm there! As long as its not the weekend of 16-17th June, anything else goes with me.
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#293437 - 08/02/2007 02:56 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: Cris]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Manchester sounds like a great place for the meet. And a ManU game would be great, if I don't get beat to death that is (I was rather terrified walking across town at 2am with a huge backpak the night of a home game). Regardless, I won't be staying at the hostel in the south west of town; it was a tad underequiped and the beds nearly broke my back.

September was a great time to see the UK last year, though my work didn't much like me leaving at the start of the semester. Regardless, sounds like a great time.

Guys, you've got a good thing going here. Thanks!
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#293438 - 08/02/2007 07:41 Re: European Empeg meet 2007? [Re: andym]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Quote:

Cris and I probably need to get our heads together before we commit to anything too serious.


Being a man of leisure, I'm happy to back up with a fair share of the organising.
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