Non-beer-related activities - anyone interested?

Is there no one out there looking for friends (male or female) to do NON-BEER things together like movies, coffee, walks, chat or even clubbing? Or is everyone happily partnered with someone, you don't want to meet and make new friends?

yes, a bunch of us over 30's went clubbing last night, in fact
did you read any of the events on the site before you posted?

Well, her post couldn't have taken eight minutes to type so I expect at least 30 seconds between joining and posting here were spent noting the calendar, the events, note-taking and schedule-shifting in order to make it to Quiz Night, curry night, Andechs, and other such eents which aren't centered around alcohol consumption.

voff.

or the bookswap this sunday
or the rugby, or the badminton, or the german practice, or the ultimate frisbee...

Maybe she already speaks fluently, has a massive book collection and doesn't play sports.

It's possible.

voff.

Nice to see the BD welcome wagon is out in full force

Lilo, it may seem that all TT events are centered around alcohol consumption but you can find some that are not.

I don't see it on the calendar at the moment but there is often a group that go to the Sneak Preview Cinema on Friday nights, perhaps that will be of interest to you.

Oh come on, Silva. This thread was started within eight minutes of joining and as I read it, slagged off the people here in a rather petulant manner. "Or... don't [you] want to meet and make new friends" indeed. That sort of phraseology rings as many alarm bells as someone starting off by asking everyone to keep an "open mind" or show some "tolerance".

voff.

The reason Editor Bob posted the following is due to the enourmous amount of information on Toytown. Just about every question a newcomer could have has already been answered on the forum.

BadDoggie, please make a valiant effort to avoid pointing out my grammatical errors and mis-spellings.

Love,
Someone who desperately needs an editor

woof...

Yeah, I'd say BD and Topsy honorably fulfilled the introduction to the culture part if Lilo hadn't read enough posts first... if you can't take a ribbing, don't post! If you can't give a ribbing (yet), here's a good place to practice...

here's a link to the Bookswap. Tomorrow at 5 pm. There is beer there, but it's non-smoking, and coffee is available too.

TT, do you still have the fish tacos and chowder on special or should that disappear from the website?

Gen,

No more fish tacos, but King Kling will make clam chowder. We also have pizza this week! I must admit the peperoni & jalapeno reminds me of home.

Yes! We have alcohol free cocktails which really means blended juices with a pretty garnish. Frozen virgin margaritas are pretty yum too.

Oh Dory, u no me. I cant re-sist. Iv'e kept quiet on ur TB threds but u r not givving me any thing 2 go on hear else i wouldve coreckted u allready.

voff.

@BadDoggie



Incidentally, what was up with your bark?

Edit saves the day again. I'm in Iceland and I'm talking the local lingo. That's how dogs bark here. I shudder at the thought of posting here from France and having to sign off with "wau wau".

voff.

Come on guys.. maybe he/she was too excited and posted hastily. First make the new comer at home and comfortable. Let us not give wrong impression that we are not tolerant.

disregard the messages u got... i think the replies u received were kind of rude...lol...no, really... anway...u did mentioning no beer..and u got replies like clubbing...which usually implies ...hello...drinking...I too have gotten such comments... u know ..like uh I´m better than u ´I really thought that some people were not that judgemental..well, I thought humor and kindness was ...relax..everyone is not out to get u. some do a good job sabatoging themselves...and if i mispelled or said anything that was not trendy...life will go on..

please Toytown folks...be nice

thanks to those who did not jump into conclusion and are kind. it's nice to know that this world has kind people but i thank God most for the erm, not-so-kind ones to spice up life a little.

i would think that if the topic is not suited to the reader, he/she will just pass it. then again, i've read many TT threads that got bitchy replies to them and mine was one of them. some people like to get worked up over small things, they can't let it go. *SHRUG*.

FYI:
- i didn't find any event for yesterday;
- i didn't find anywhere on TT that says that i can't ask if there are likeminded people who wants to do non-TT meets;
- i could be one of those people who were at (past) TT events - ultimate, curry, Stammtisch etc. - wasn't there a poll before that asked if TTers have more than one profile?
- and Andechs is definitely beer drinking, no?!
- if you have no books to swap, can i swap newspapers or (supermarket) catalogues? ah got lots of them!

@BD, i'll try and type faster (under 8 minutes) next time.

VOOF! MIAOW! POW! SLAM! (Lilo and) STITCH will save the day!

Is this where I'm supposed to smirk or blush?

I thought I was rather subtle (in a German sense), especially compared with some of my posts. More a pussycat than a BadDoggie. So apparently I didn't actually scare you off. It's a start.


The topic you wrote was suited to almost every reader. Everyone in TT wants to go out and most want to meet up for damned near any reason. TexasTornado summed it up best with her repost of the sign-up info that people tend to skip over much like EULAs.


If someone was worked up, it wasn't me. I banged out my responses in record time and was smiling through most of it. When I first read your post I just sighed. If you want to see worked up, there are a couple exemplary threads. This wasn't one of 'em.


If no event exists, suggest one. If you plan it, they will come. Unless your nick is some spice or another.


Huge area, beer is brewed there but they have non-alcholic libations.


Heh. I knocked this one off sitting in Bar 22 in Reykjavík in... (checks timer)... about 9 minutes.

Re-reading what I first wrote, I don't think I was on any attack. I wrote a sarcastic and snarky comment, sure, but it certainly wasn't a personal attack (attention mods: I've learned!!!). I took the piss from you and later from Dory. If you read through the site a bit you'll find that pedantism and I are lifelong pals and bosom buddies. What can I say? I yam what iyam.

Perhaps we'll meet up at some event once I'm back. You'll stare into my eyes, hear my hypnotic voice and swoon to my commanding manner, becoming utterly infatuated with me.

Of course, you're more likely to think to yourself, "That guy really needs a haricut."

voff.

lilo mentioned clubbing in his/her original post, which is why i mentioned it in my response

due to the limitation on the use of emoticons...


ah, yes, culture. i miss that!


(samurai sword in hand)


(OMG)


das ist richtig but hutlasbutterfly's message was well-intended.

"I was seriously tempted to hang out some more and get to know this guy, but then he made the mistake of going into graphic detail about a shit he took near a tractor one night while holding onto the horse's reins and clutching a big wad of toilet paper. Again: Graphic detail is fine as long as you don't say it out loud." - p. 235 Flaming Iguanas by Erikka Lopez

btw Lilo, you didn't say anything in your original post about looking for an event yesterday - sounded like you were only looking for events in general. The more specific your question is, the more accurate the answer will be.

The bookswap thread linked above should answer any questions you have about it.

OK, Lilo does indeed have a sense of humour and has quickly adapted to the... (ahem) culture... that this forum absolutlely drips. When I get back, the first Apfelschorle or KiBa is on me.

Just for safety's sake, I'd like to take advantage of all the space you can dedicate to a single post and point out that when I write "on me" I mean it colloquially and not literally. Just so there's no confusion.

voff.

Lilo, you will indeed think to yourself that BadDoggie needs a hair cut. He is a very handsome man who hides his good looks behind a Howard Stern looking 80's doo.

voof.

As for magazines, yippy! We have a rather large collection of gossipy stuff from People to US as well as a nice sized collection of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. You're welcome to come and take anything off our shelves, simply return it when finished and retrieve something else. We have about 50 something books in German and over 600 in English.

Welcome aboard!

*DROOLING!*


*DROOLING!*


YIPPY! I LOVE FASHION!

Hi,
I am interested in non-beer activities..could you please inform me if there are some..I am from india and doing my pHd here..PM me

Vytla

hmmm...no beer events...you could attend one of my wine tastings, definitely no beer there

Yum,yum Winegirl please tell me more about it.

@Lilo I´m definitely interested in non beer activities, PM me if you still looking.

Hi winegirl,
Thankyou for the information..Could you please tell me some more details when and where wine tasting is...

Vytla

Wibble

Thank Keydeck! The next tasting is Australian wines