General Betting Christmas Drinks/Dinner NOV 28th 2014

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty

I'll have a bash

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)

Central London... as in where?

Is this like a blind dating game?

I'm hoping to make it but won't be able to confirm until much nearer the time.


1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)

Are botters welcome?

I don't suppose it matters what your s&xual orientation is hoho

is that wot upper class gays say then ... fancy a bit of botters tonight!

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian

Nice one for organising this again, Magician!

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
oi oi oi honest al coming I rang that geezer legeng he coming

HONEST AL FKIN LEGEND IF YOU WANT TO MEET A LEGEND ALL COME FROM GENERAL FORUM FORGET MAGICIAN HONEST AL IS THE MANNNNN

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
18) Bayes

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
22) JLivermore

and they say you need to be good at maths to bet successfully...

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17)Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony

Fortunately Mrs. Better has relented on this one
1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Alexz

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Alexz
25) DeePro

HEY! should be
1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro

OK close to final calls.... as I will be booking tomorrow...

so get you names down.....



1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (possible)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)

Magician, i'm about a 75% chance to attend. Sorry I can't commit now but Mrs Gin has had an op this week so I need to make sure that she's recovered enough.


1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (probable)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (probable)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)
31) Escapee

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (probable)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)
31) Escapee
32) Dannerino (dirty arber)

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin (probable)
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)
29) Escapee
30) Dannerino (dirty arber)

Mrs Gin is recovering well so barring a turn for the worse, I am a definite.

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)
29) Escapee
30) Dannerino (dirty arber)

so when/where exactly?

OK we have about 40 people in total....


7pm onwards....
Address: Hippodrome Casino; Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7JH

7pm Drinks in "lola's" in the basement
9Pm dinner in Alma's private dinning room
11pm onwards in Lolas again.

look forward to seeing you all....

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Crete (aka moi)
12) Gin
13) Contrarian
14) Mr Magoo
15) Honest Al .com
16) st0rm0r
17) Spanish mick
18) Bayes
19) blueeyes
20) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
21) JLivermore
22) Muqbil
23) Italian tony
24) Getting better
25) Alexz
26) DeePro
27) getting better
28) catflappo (Veg)
29) Escapee
30) Dannerino (dirty arber)
31) frog's daughter (if not too late to add to list)

no problem frog....

not sure what sane Father would introduce his daughter this bunch of degenerates....

Is she frog's spawn?

Ignore that. I didn't write it. Shouldn't have left my laptop logged in.

Magician, I am unfortunately not able to make it over this time due to things that have suddenly come up. Therefore, allow me to change the list again:

1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Gin
12) Contrarian
13) Mr Magoo
14) Honest Al .com
15) st0rm0r
16) Spanish mick
17) Bayes
18) blueeyes
19) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
20) JLivermore
21) Muqbil
22) Italian tony
23) Getting better
24) Alexz
25) DeePro
26) getting better
27) catflappo (Veg)
28) Escapee
29) Dannerino (dirty arber)
30) frog's daughter?? (if not too late to add to list)

so really it is:
1) The Magician
2) Seathestars
3) Big Punter
4) Southwark Star
5) Lighty
6) pawras
7) frog
8) The Investor (Veg)
9) Amy
10) Delphinus
11) Gin
12) Contrarian
13) Mr Magoo
14) Honest Al .com
15) st0rm0r
16) Spanish mick
17) Bayes
18) blueeyes
19) Pumpkislayer (Veg but eat fish and bacon)
20) JLivermore
21) Muqbil
22) Italian tony
23) Getting better
24) Alexz
25) DeePro
26) catflappo (Veg)
27) Escapee
28) Dannerino (dirty arber)

'AccessViolationException' just auto-completed on my screen - quite apt

Once again, thanks for organising a great night Magician - much appreciated and a good turnout.

Contrarian - Shame you didn't make it. It would have been good to catch up.

Catflappo - Did you make it? I didn't see you.

Pawras - Have sent you a private message.

Cheers all.

great night yet again ty yet again to the magician for organising food was tremendous

was a great night, pity I had to go for my train at 12.

Yeah, sorry I didn't make it Gin. Hopefully you spoke to some of my 'cronies'.

Thanks so much to the Magician for a brilliant night. Sorry I did not get to say goodbye as I was asked by the bouncers to leave at 12.45, I am afraid they always pick on small people at these places.
Getting Better as was.

Proper job Magician, thankyou. And to honest al too.

No after party gossip?

Surely at least 2 forumites pulled each other.

Great evening. Thanks Magician. Not sure how I got home but found myself at my place in Brighton about 4.30am.

More thanks to the Magician for another great do!

Gin, I was there but had to leave just after dinner so didn't get chance to circulate as I would have liked.

Ah okay - shame I missed you - will hopefully catch up next time.

Incidentally - there was talk at the end of the night of maybe getting together for another evening at Windsor races in the summer (there was a "meet-up" at one of the Monday night meetings a couple of years ago).

I'd be into going to Windsor races

I'm in subject to availability

Another great night, thank you very much Magician.

Once more, many thanks to Magician for organising the evening!

Great night once again. Cheers Magician (a fellow "one boxer").

well everyone thanks for coming - and making a fun night....

GettingBetter will be excluded next year for not being able to hold his drink
the 'alleged' physics professor (god help his students) will be excluded next year for not understand maths or probability
TheInvestor2 will be invited next year as he offered to pay half the bill (due to printing cash)


a big thanks to Honest Al, for splitting the bill with me....

Many thanks also to Honest Al (dot com).

Yeah, thanks to Honest Al too!

ty honest al legend as i said

No meet up this year?

I was banned last year which as it happened was not so bad as my better half was pregnant.I am hoping to be allowed this year if there is a do. Getting Better

None of the lads have had a good year so we are thinking of meeting at the McDonalds on the Target roundabout on the A40 if any one's interested for a burger ,fries and a general catch up.............

The Target , is it still open 11kv? It must be 50 years since I was in there. We used to practice in the end room.

It sadly is now a McDonalds dunlaying,nothing is sacred....................

I would not have known it was The Target from that photo. I remember it as laying back from the main drag.
How things change!

Junctions changed over the yrs ,used to pick up the coach to QPR away games in the 70's,80's and 90's happy days............