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Do you live in the UK? North East?
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:40 pm
by onion2k
If you live in the north east of the UK (Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesborough, Durham, York, etc) could you drop me a PM if you'd consider attending an evening in the pub .. err .. I mean a North East PHP User Group .. just wondering if it'd be worthwhile.
Bare in mind I don't actually live in the North East .. but I probably will soon(ish).
If you know of one that exists already drop me a lion. Or a line. Either is good.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:07 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I grew up there but I'm working in the north west now (Manchester). My family still live there so I'm in Middlesbrough on occassion (including xmas).
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:08 pm
by redmonkey
You two need a geography lesson. The UK does not stop at Hadrian's Wall. Newcastle, Durham, Manchester etc... are nowhere near the North of the UK.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:39 am
by onion2k
redmonkey wrote:You two need a geography lesson. The UK does not stop at Hadrian's Wall. Newcastle, Durham, Manchester etc... are nowhere near the North of the UK.
Now come on, they don't even have computers in Scotland yet..

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:57 am
by redmonkey
Not true, admittedly unconfirmed, but apparently there is a guy with a Xerox Alto

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:57 am
by phpdevuk
south west UK here, wonderful place that it is
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:23 am
by JayBird
I live in York.
Where/when is the North East PHP User Group being held?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:35 am
by Skittlewidth
phpdevuk wrote:south west UK here, wonderful place that it is
I want to go back! Circumstances have now put me in the south east for the forseeable future

People don't know how to relax here....
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:29 am
by onion2k
Pimptastic wrote:I live in York.
Where/when is the North East PHP User Group being held?
Where: It's tempting just to say Newcastle, but it depends what's the most convenient for the majority. If there's more PHPers in York than anywhere else then I would suggest any meet should be held there. It also depends on people's traveling abilities.
When: Currently there's no firm plans to even have a meet. I'm just considering the possibility, finding out if it'd even be worthwhile organising one. It definitely wouldn't be for a month or three yet .. unless someone other than me were to organise it. I'm 300 and something miles away at the moment.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:28 am
by Chris Corbyn
I'd be keen to travel up for this and meet some of you guys

York would be good for me too since it's that bit closer than Newcastle -- and it's nicer than Newcastle IMHO

Not that I don't like Newcastle... I used to spend a lot of time there when I lived in Durham.
Where abouts in the North East might you be moving onion?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:38 am
by onion2k
d11wtq wrote:Where abouts in the North East might you be moving onion?
Well.. nominally Newcastle, but I'd rather live somewhere a little quieter.. perhaps along the Tyne Valley toward Hexham. The company I'm with at the moment doesn't have an office as there's only three of us and we all work from our homes .. mine being Bournemouth .. as we expand we'll need to actually talk to each other a bit more .. and clients like having somewhere to visit. It's my driving test tomorrow.. assuming that goes OK I won't have any problem getting to Newcastle, York, 'Boro, Sunderland .. hell, I could even come to some of PHP Manchester's meets. I enjoy driving. And I'll have a nice shiny car. Oh yes.