I've been waiting till I got back to a company connection before I posted this, so sorry it's a bit late.

> Anyway, I turn up there with my compulsive earlyness, and wait for Beasty. I see someone come in who looks like Beasty but isn't wearing glasses (which throws me off for a moment), and he doesn't seem to recognise me (even though I'm wearing one of my usually distinctive ties), but we find each other eventually.

I wasn't particularly early, having been in work till 5:30 that day anyway, but it's a short tube ride to the pub. I came out of the tube and wandered all around it looking for this pub before finding it having almost circumnavigated the tube station. I found the cellar bar ok and as I came down the stairs I saw this guy sitting alone and wandered by. Then I thought, "Check the tie!" I did and it was him.

> We drink beer and we have a conversation that consists, for the most part, of geek talk. He's a very easy person to talk to RL, but then, we've spent a lot of time chatting while the rest of you sluggards are still fast asleep, so we already knew each other pretty well.

That we do and it was a good chat. We discussed various rinkies and their scary characteristics too. (No Names!) Oh, and furthered our plans for Sosiqui of course. ;-)

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> Anyway. I had bought a camera (because I'm going on holiday soon, and I might as well get the evidence), wich I give to one of the serving wenches (sorry - barmaids) to take our photo. I tell her that it's a legal thing. We need to prove an alibi, something like that.

She believed us, too...
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> Then we split up, because Beasty has a HOT DATE that he's probably on right now, as I type this.

It was a good Date, part of a foursome, My flatmate and his girlfriend and her friend. We saw Cats & Dogs and laughed, but I still prefer Shrek. Will things happen there? Watch this space!


> Anyway, a photo is coming, but I imagine you're going to have to wait until I come back from my holiday before I get it developed. So that's about all I have to say. No doubt Beasty will post here soon to say it's all a tissue of lies, but hey.
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> winter"2 down, loads to go"mute

Bea"Not that scary, really, not that scary at all!"sty