Re: INTRODUCING Virtual P*o*e*t*s

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Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:32:28 GMT

In article <bntk6p$545$1@lore.csc.com>, Nic Clews <sendspamhere@[127.0.0.1]> writes:
>VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>> In article <3fa21998$0$239$636a55ce@news.free.fr>, Didier Morandi <no@spam.com> writes:
>> >Today is Friday.
>> >At DEC we use(d?) to have a beer or something together each Friday evening in a
>> >bar in Maynard, Nashua and probably elsewhere.
>> >The meeting was named p*o*e*t*s.
>> >Is it still alive?
>>
>> I know that p*o*e*t*s gatherings are popular in UK pubs; I wasn't aware that
>> they were held here in the states too! ;) Perhaps, you'd care to enlighten
>> those that do not know the significance of this acronym.
>
>p***
>off
>early
>tomorrow's
>Saturday
>
>I wish.
>
>Actually I was in early this morning (0700) so I can leave at 3 (1500),
>follow the sun support has benefits. Of course this brings an issue,
>while in the UK it's a little after midday, in Oz (NSW) they'll have
>downed enough schooners; that the next thing they'll remember is that
>they must have arrived home on a beer scooter.
>
>How early does your typical west coast US resident take an alcoholic
>beverage on the last day of the working week?

Dunno. I am on the east coast. Having Guinness on tap in my home,
I've made it a rule to not imbibe until after 5:00pm on any weekday.
Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. Hmmm... It's nearly
noon. I might have to join the poets society for lunch now that all
of the discussion has ensued. 

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