The 8th London and South East meet

[Blownupdolly]

Dec 7, 2013 14:10:28 GMT alanfinal said:

Dec 7, 2013 13:58:14 GMT Blownupdolly said:

And..... I'm out.

I am so god damn sick of bailing out its unreal. Mr Dolly woke up this morning and couldn't get out of bed! His back seems to have gone into spasm. Stupid git thought it would ease off but no. Gonna have to take him either to a doc or the hospital. I do feel sorry for him, but so, so, gutted to miss the meet of the year.

Hope you all enjoy it. Have a drink for me.

Just drug him and jump in the Dolly bus,give him enough drugs for several hours though

I would, but the 111 service has told me I have to take him to A&E god knows how long we will be there as it's a Saturday.

[alanfinal]

I've had to go back home and get a lift to a different station as the train hit and killed someone now an hour behind

[blakey]

Bloody rail replacement service from abbey wood to Woolwich
Getting home is going to be an effin nightmare

[maccafan]

Have fun peeps...

Expecting plenty of pics..

[OneDay]

[blakey]

One day sucking for all he's worth

[mart166]

Great night Alan, our thanks to you, 45 mins to home no aggro, off to bed, and nice to meet you all.

MP & Trude

[seniorphil]

Another big thanks Alan.
Great night, great crowd, unbeatable venue.

Cheers!

[remnant]

Excellent night altogether. BIG thanks to alanfinal & lovely to see everyone.

[Phoenixflame (Julie)]

Yes it was another great night. Thanks again to Alan for organising it.
Such a shame that you weren't able to come Blownupdolly I was really looking forward to seeing you again. I hope that puffingbilly is feeling much better now.

[OneDay]

[alanfinal]

Great night and as always,its not the place,its the people and what a great crowd we had to cap of our meets for 2013

[alanfinal]

Full report now I've been up a while and drunk lots of tea

I was late for the meet myself after a train struck a man on the overground,forcing me back home to get a lift from my brother to a different station/line,on arrival many had already arrived and got into the swing of things,lots of Christmas decorations had been put up around the bridge function room and it felt a nice way to see the festive season in,I never counted the full number but I didn't turn anyone down,which was good as we did have some drop out and the room seemed to take us comfortably,guests saw Lorien from ECCA,Oliver Kershaw ECF and Prof Peter Hajek all turn up,interesting to hear from someone who has studied nicotine,addiction and advised/developed nicorette with their patches etc,say how there is no problem with nicotine at all and that he would be very surprised if you could find anything wrong with e cigs,straight from the horses mouth so to speak.

No Rebecca Taylor or cloud 9 I also had our BBC friend and radio reporter Lorna invited but she was away but sent her love to everyone I shall be bothering people again soon.

The raffle saw MarkS,Ash and Mido all contribute alongside UKecig-store and we had lots of winners...SO A BIG THANKS GUYS..... (pity I never sorted out a microphone as its left my throat sore)
Everyone chipped in to the costs of the venue with buying of raffle tickets and we raised £265.00 UKecig-store made up the difference so I got my £300.00 back for all that where concerned

Once again thanks to all that came and for those that couldn't make it,you were not forgotten,as its been a great year I wont forget and I look forward to doing it all again in 2014.

Hopefully John2000 will be getting pics to me soon,heres a couple I nicked off Loriens twitter

[chrisjw]

Great night........great people.........great venue( I didn't throw up).........great guinness (copious amounts).......great burger (HOW F**K**G MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............... )............great bottom on the blonde........ ...............great accomplishment by philmepowers (managed to win YET ANOTHER raffle prize.... )...............great hangover...... .......
My apologies for not attacking anyones ears, as is my normal want.....I promise to make up for it at future events......
Thanks alanfinal for organising it all mate......

[chrisjw]

Poor old blakey looks totally bemused................serves ya right for sitting next to me (not that you had any say in the matter..... )