Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-26 Thread Isabell Long
Hi there, Having just looked at the doodle poll again after a few days, a suitable date is most likely to be Saturday 17th April 2010, as that seems to be the date most people can come, so far! I do of course apologise to the people who sadly cannot make it on that day! Although this is all p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-22 Thread jim.cameron
Sean Miller : > I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at > Olympia 2 a few years back and it was a nightmare... had to > change at Guildford and then again at Clapham Jn. and the > train stopped at about 300 stations in between (places like > Cobham and whatever) so I somehow don't t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-22 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Sean Miller : > I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at Olympia 2 a > few years back and it was a nightmare... had to change at Guildford > and then again at Clapham Jn. and the train stopped at about 300 > stations in between (places like Cobham and whatever) so I somehow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Miller
I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at Olympia 2 a few years back and it was a nightmare... had to change at Guildford and then again at Clapham Jn. and the train stopped at about 300 stations in between (places like Cobham and whatever) so I somehow don't think I'll follow that pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-22 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Sean Miller : > I've posted a message to the LUGoG list, so we shall see what response > we get -- it may be there are several interested, it may be that > nobody is so we'll see. > > I shall let you know. > > Sean No problem, if all else fails I guess those of who are interested in goi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-22 Thread Sean Miller
I've posted a message to the LUGoG list, so we shall see what response we get -- it may be there are several interested, it may be that nobody is so we'll see. I shall let you know. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Rob Beard
Isabell Long wrote: > Okay, Doodle poll created, please indicate when you will be available! > http://doodle.com/46hbbd6gz4s5kmtr > > Thanks, > I've just added my name to the poll. Saturdays are probably best for me, although I could possibly make a Sunday. I'd rather not do a weekday unl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Isabell Long
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:28:51PM +, Alan Bell wrote: > Isabell Long wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the > > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them > > that their website did in fact say that th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Alan Bell
Isabell Long wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them > that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours, > then they gave me another number to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Isabell Long
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:16:23PM +, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 20:00 +, Isabell Long wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the > > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them > > that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 20:00 +, Isabell Long wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them > that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours, >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Isabell Long
Hi, I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours, then they gave me another number to ring and that went to message s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Sean Miller : > Presumably if you got a coach together you'd be coming fairly close to > the Linux User Group of Glastonbury area -- perhaps people in my LUG > would be interested in coming too and (this is pure speculation, but > worth exploring as a possibility) there could be two or thr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-21 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Dianne Reuby : > Rob Beard wrote: >> Personally I'd like to go to a trip to the Museum Of Computing in >> Swindon :-) > > You're always welcome! Bring your friends :) We'll be celebrating > PacMan's 30th birthday on the Big Screen in May. Not sure if the > Science Museum are having an even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
Rob Beard wrote: > Personally I'd like to go to a trip to the Museum Of Computing in > Swindon :-) You're always welcome! Bring your friends :) We'll be celebrating PacMan's 30th birthday on the Big Screen in May. Not sure if the Science Museum are having an event at Wroughton this year, but if t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Joe
> I would like to hear your views on this, the general consensus was that it > was a good idea from what I caught up on of last night's meeting... if anyone > feels the need to > elaborate on what I've said or contribute some more ideas/information, please > of course feel free to do so! Obviou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 09:23 +, Isabell Long wrote: > 2010/1/19 Dave Morley : > > You might like to get onto the museum before going much further and > > enquire about rate for guided tours, lunches etc. > > Yep, I was planning to later! :) > > > > I partial organised a trip to the computer mus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Isabell Long
2010/1/19 Dave Morley : > You might like to get onto the museum before going much further and > enquire about rate for guided tours, lunches etc. Yep, I was planning to later! :) > > I partial organised a trip to the computer museum and the guided tour > brought the whole thing to life. they also

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 08:16 +, Isabell Long wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:45:19PM +, Alan Bell wrote: > > well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter > > holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll > > would reveal a good date for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Sean Miller
Presumably if you got a coach together you'd be coming fairly close to the Linux User Group of Glastonbury area -- perhaps people in my LUG would be interested in coming too and (this is pure speculation, but worth exploring as a possibility) there could be two or three "pick up points" along the w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 18/01/10 21:47, Isabell Long wrote: > Hello there, > > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea > of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter. > > So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up > with Science Muse

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-19 Thread Isabell Long
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:45:19PM +, Alan Bell wrote: > well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter > holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll > would reveal a good date for everyone. They are indeed. Yep, I will do a doodle poll late

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Isabell, 2010/1/18 Isabell Long : > I would like to hear your views on this, the general consensus was that it > was a good idea from what I caught up on of last night's meeting... if anyone > feels the need to > elaborate on what I've said or contribute some more ideas/information, please >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Josh Holland
http://xkcd.com/320/ is a handy one too. -- Josh "dutchie" Holland http://www.joshh.co.uk/ http://twitter.com/jshholland http://identi.ca/jshholland -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread YaManicKill
Can I suggest http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720 if you need more hours in the day? ymk On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > I would but there's not enough hours in the day, I'm thinking of putting > up a petition to have days extended to 40 hours :-) > > Rob > -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Josh Holland
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:07:49PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > What I would like to arrange is a trip down to Goonhilly in Cornwall, I > went a couple of years back when I went to Cornwall on holiday. Not > sure if it's still open though, I heard rumors that it was closing. > Saying that though,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Rob Beard
James Thomas wrote: > > > 2010/1/18 Rob Beard mailto:r...@esdelle.co.uk>> > > Isabell Long wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list > about my idea of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at > Easter. > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread James Thomas
2010/1/18 Rob Beard > Isabell Long wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my > idea of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter. > > > > So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and > came up with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Rob Beard
Isabell Long wrote: > Hello there, > > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea > of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter. > > So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up > with Science Museum! As there is fr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Alan Bell
well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll would reveal a good date for everyone. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 21:47 +, Isabell Long wrote: > Hello there, > > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea > of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter. > > So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up >

[ubuntu-uk] Science Museum visit, Easter.

2010-01-18 Thread Isabell Long
Hello there, As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter. So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up with Science Museum! As there is free entry to museums in London at