Will London Mefiites be at the Fitzroy this coming Saturday?

March 20, 2005 3:16 AM

Will London Mefiites be at the Fitzroy this coming Saturday or will they all be at home watching the new Doctor Who?
posted by dodgygeezer to MetaFilter Gatherings at 3:16 AM (20 comments total)

Good question. BitTorrent of Doctor Who here.

Do people want to reschedule?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:22 AM on March 20, 2005

I have VCR.
posted by dash_slot- at 5:55 AM on March 20, 2005

Hmm, yes - I knew I should've left the Doctor Who bit out.

Me and Mrs Geezer will be at the Fitzroy from about 5pm that day. I was just wondering if anyone else was coming.
posted by dodgygeezer at 8:44 AM on March 20, 2005

Unfortunately - Dr Who.
posted by seanyboy at 8:48 AM on March 20, 2005

I'll come if the turnout looks OK.
posted by cillit bang at 10:30 AM on March 20, 2005

CILLIT BANG
posted by Pretty_Generic at 12:04 PM on March 20, 2005

I'll be there, obviously.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 12:07 PM on March 20, 2005

thanks pretty--that was really good!

Go to the meetup, all of you--are you going to let London just be a pale shadow of our contingents in NY and SF and everywhere else? VCR, torrent--you can see Dr. Who the next day.
posted by amberglow at 12:14 PM on March 20, 2005

Whoever goes, someone take a bloomin' camera. DaShiv can't keep his elegant monopoly on quality reportage for long.

Having been visiting people in the smoke for the past few days during the faboo weather, I gotta say - you chose the wrong weekend, guys! Hope it picks up again in time to coax people out of their cells.



[on preview] a Brit talking about the weather - would you ever believe such a thing?
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:15 AM on March 21, 2005

Don't you people know it's a super soccer Saturday?
posted by ascullion at 8:10 AM on March 21, 2005

What is a "soccer"?


I'm fairly sure I'll be able to make it, and I'll try to bring a few Monkeys along with me...
posted by flashboy at 10:32 AM on March 21, 2005

Great, flashboy. No poo-flinging though! Any flashing likely? (",)
posted by dash_slot- at 12:05 PM on March 21, 2005

So how do we recognise each other then? Red carnations in the lapel? Carrying a copy of the Daily Mail? Scrawl MeFi across our heads in green biro?
posted by dodgygeezer at 1:16 PM on March 21, 2005

Well, that's easy. You look dodgy, P_G looks pretty, i'll look dashing, and flashboy...he'll have a chaperone. The whole bar will be looking in our direction, so stragglers will spot us straightaway.
posted by dash_slot- at 1:44 PM on March 21, 2005

err, probably not the place to ask, but... when i click on the doctor who thing that bittorrent produced, i get two pictures playing side by side in windows media player, both grainy and purple/green. it's not meant to be like that, is it? what do i need to do?

i wouldn't have bothered asking, only i'm a dirty old man and someone mentioned billy piper.
posted by andrew cooke at 2:55 PM on March 21, 2005

dash kinda looks like the old Doctor Who ; >

right-click and download it, andrew..do you have the bittorrent program?
posted by amberglow at 4:10 PM on March 21, 2005

Dammit. I just left London yesterday. Stayed on Euston. Walked past the Fitzroy. A couple times, probably.

Next time.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:10 PM on March 21, 2005

andrew - download DivX maybe? I haven't tested that torrent, but it's unlikely to be faulty.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:18 PM on March 21, 2005

ah. i have divx already installed. and it works! thanks.
posted by andrew cooke at 4:25 PM on March 21, 2005

you know you're old when dr who looks young. :o(
posted by andrew cooke at 4:30 PM on March 21, 2005