We need to have dinner near a station so that Alex can quickly get to the hackerspace. Let's meet for dinner at the Melbourne Central food court. There's a wide range of food to suit all tastes. I'll probably be there from 5PM for anyone who arrives early. From there it's a quick and easy journey to the LUV meeting by tram. Anyone who has trouble finding us can email me. If you don't have email access on a portable device then contact me off-list and I'll give you a mobile number. See you tomorrow! Sorry for the late arrangement. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
Let's meet for dinner at the Melbourne Central food court. There's a wide range of food to suit all tastes. I'll probably be there from 5PM for anyone who arrives early. From there it's a quick and easy journey to the LUV meeting by tram.
By this I mean the food court that's right outside the ticket machines for entering the station. There are two sections to that, we will probably be quite close to the ticket machines, but if not then look around a bit. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On 4 February 2013 17:17, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
By this I mean the food court that's right outside the ticket machines for entering the station. There are two sections to that, we will probably be quite close to the ticket machines, but if not then look around a bit.
Why not the level 2 food court? I think that one has more variety and caters better for tea. I think the lower ground food court mainly caters for lunch, and places are often selling left overs (sometimes at discount prices) at tea time. -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>
On 05/02/13 11:39, Brian May wrote:
Why not the level 2 food court? I think that one has more variety and caters better for tea. I think the lower ground food court mainly caters for lunch, and places are often selling left overs (sometimes at discount prices) at tea time.
Knowing someone who got a nasty case of suspected B. cereus food poisoning from that lower food court in the evening a while back I'd second that suggestion. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013, Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:
Why not the level 2 food court? I think that one has more variety and caters better for tea. I think the lower ground food court mainly caters for lunch, and places are often selling left overs (sometimes at discount prices) at tea time.
Knowing someone who got a nasty case of suspected B. cereus food poisoning from that lower food court in the evening a while back I'd second that suggestion.
OK, make it second floor then. I'll be wearing my Hawaiian themed LCA 2013 shirt and I'll walk around the lower floor in case someone doesn't get the message. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
I planned to arrive early but forgot to put money in the parking meter and had to go back to my car. I will be there at about 5:35. -- My blog http://etbe.coker.com.au Sent from a Galaxy S3 Android phone with K-9 Mail.
On 04/02/13 17:07, Russell Coker wrote:
We need to have dinner near a station so that Alex can quickly get to the hackerspace.
Let's meet for dinner at the Melbourne Central food court. There's a wide range of food to suit all tastes. I'll probably be there from 5PM for anyone who arrives early. From there it's a quick and easy journey to the LUV meeting by tram.
To be honest, I can't believe anyone would voluntarily select a food court for a social dinner. I know it gives a wide variety to cater for individuals' tastes, but all of it is terrible, and you're in a noisy, busy environment. That said.. I'm not planning on going so my opinion counts for nil. However I did think it worth pointing out in case other people are put off by that as well. I do understand the difficulty of picking a place for dinner; it's very easy to bike-shed the problem and get nowhere, so hey, perhaps a busy food court is the best solution? -T
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:40:21 PM Toby Corkindale wrote:
To be honest, I can't believe anyone would voluntarily select a food court for a social dinner. I know it gives a wide variety to cater for individuals' tastes, but all of it is terrible, and you're in a noisy, busy environment.
In the past when I have had to organise short notice get-togethers like this, I have had people requesting food courts, mostly because of budget. When events are organised at a cafe/restaurant, I have found people will often skip it if they can't afford those prices (and they're not comfortable with sitting there not eating/drinking anything). Also, people can take their own food along to a food court or nothing if they prefer, and not feel uncomfortable about it. faye -- Faye Coker faye@lurking-grue.org
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