European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.

Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X]

by LEP
Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 05:13:50 AM EST

We had a wonderful dinner on Friday at the Assiette du Fromage on the rue Mouffetard.

Rafi 77630 (son of LEP), Bob, Crazy Horse, Frank S., Melanchthon.

Rafi, Fran, Frank, someone.

someone, In Wales, Metatone

Bob, Crazy Horse, Fran, dvx, Helen.

Metavision, Solveig

Metavision, Solveig, Chris Cook, Sam

Trond Ove and girlfriend (Annette?)

Helen, Linca and Mme. Linca

Christopher, Colman and Sam.

Sam, Colman, nose of the stormy present

In Wales, metatone, afew, Helen

Melanchthon

What About Bob

someone

Helen

Facing us: Frank, someone, dvx

Metavision

linca

metatone, afew, Izzy (blocked)

SATURDAY LUNCHEON HOSTED BY JEROME.

Mrs. Cyrille and Cyrille at the far left of the table.

Christopher and estHer.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT CHEZ PRADEL

someone and Bernard

SUNDAY NOON AT GEEZER'S BOAT

Geezer

Jerome, Izzy and Yours truly, LEP

Jerome looking "disgustedly" at his "Big Mac."

(Grammar corrected by Ted Welch. Glad to see him recovering enough to be his old grouchy self) :-)

. Home
. About
. Contact
. New User Guide
. FAQ
. ET Editorial Guidelines
. Search
. Search (Google)

Username:
Password:

. Make a new account
. Reset password

Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X] | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 15)

Thats an unreasonable ammount of people unfairly enjoying themselves.

*Stomps foot with Jealousy*

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 05:46:39 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 6)

Absolutely seconded...

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 08:07:33 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (none / 1)

Don't worry, we were very reasonable. In fact, we didn't have much fun at all.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:15:27 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 3)

Well, reading the Paulson plan (and how section 8 was not even reported in most MSM articles) did chill things a bit, I must say.

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 05:47:41 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 4)

Definitely no fun at all...not even when LEP was showing InWales his 'little elf'...
; )

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

by Sam on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:17:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 3)

Now that I really don't want to know

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:35:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 5)

And how about some captions for those people that go unrekognised? (Unless they wish their identities to remain secret).

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 05:48:35 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening (4.00 / 5)

I'll label them tonight!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 06:30:02 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening at Mouffetard (4.00 / 7)

Hey Lenny! Got back to Switzerland very late last night - and already these are up - super!!! I really enjoyed Rue de Mufftard a lot, so thank you for organizing that for us!! And, it was great seeing Rafi again and meeting EstHer - your kids are great people!! And the photos are awesome - thank you!!

Cheers!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 06:23:33 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening at Mouffetard (4.00 / 4)

You were there!!!

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 08:07:02 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening at Mouffetard (4.00 / 4)

Yep. I was there! Lucky me, a great interesting weird friendly smart group of people, the EuroTribe. Your name came up kcurie, and you were missed! Cheers!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 09:25:10 AM EST
[ Parent ]

T'was billiant!. (4.00 / 5)

Thanks Lep! A fine time was had by all - and what an extraordinary bunch of people they are!

Vote McCain for war without gain

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 09:45:55 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening at Mouffetard (4.00 / 2)

Looks like fun! Sometime, maybe, we'll be able to get over.

No one could have predicted

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 21st, 2008 at 11:45:16 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET meetup Friday evening at Mouffetard (none / 1)

Ditto!

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer at eurotrib.com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:25:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED] (4.00 / 5)

Thanks to Jerome for the Saturday brunch! The weather was so beautiful in Paris - really a nice time for a meetup! We lucked out!!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 05:24:36 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED] (4.00 / 5)

Thanks to LEP and Jerome!

It was wonderful.

And a big sorry to Geezer in Paris for not having time to visit the boat.

by Trond Ove on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 08:56:21 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED] (4.00 / 4)

So thats who that is and that, but who is that other person sitting there?

Thanks for the captions LEP, a couple who I didnt suspect to be who they turned out to be, and a couple who have artfully hidden from the cameras.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 10:21:06 AM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X (4.00 / 4)

It was a great weekend! So many new faces and yes some people will just have to remain unidentified...but for those of us who got to meet those unidentifieds it was a pleasure!
Colman mostly took photos on film (yes...he actually took REAL photos!!) so it will take a while to get those developed, scanned and uploaded.

It's so cold here (oh...and grey!) that we have the heating on and Christopher is asleep in his cot in a fleece sleep suit...oh how I miss Paris...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

by Sam on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:14:51 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X (4.00 / 2)

I see our smallest member was enjoying himself. did he manage to escape with the hat?

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:43:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X (4.00 / 2)

No, but I think he's eyeing up the ET daughters for future reference...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

by Sam on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:45:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

LEP (none / 1)

Good job!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 12:58:18 PM EST

Re: LEP (4.00 / 3)

Thanks Sven. A few more photos are coming.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 01:51:49 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern of Caol Ila (3.71 / 7)

Too bad you weren't in Paris, Sven! It was a great moment for Caol Ila worshippers...
(hint: 1 bottle of Adelphi 13 years old cask strength and 1 bottle of 18 years old...)

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:16:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]

You nasty man! (4.00 / 7)

I have to troll rate such willful and vexatious upsetting of poor Sven!

Vote McCain for war without gain

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:22:38 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: You nasty man! (4.00 / 3)

Frank, I'm used to it ;-)

It's what you have to suffer for being a dilettante

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:43:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (4.00 / 3)

thats the sort of thing to drag bycicle bourn madmen across the moors and cause loud knocking on your door at an unearthly hour of the morning.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:38:49 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (4.00 / 2)

..not to mention a Co-op milk bottle with a rag stuffed in the neck for some reason.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:46:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

Not untill we've 'Rescued' his stock comrade. then you can get the milkbottle out.

p.s. don't forget waterproof matches, he claims its damp and drizly there.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:53:14 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

Praise Marx and pass the Caol!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:58:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

You know that was why the next volume of Kapital was never published. Karl was talking of taking the Caol from the hands of the bosses.

That was one revolutionary sentiment theyd never stand for.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:04:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

Was that Marxian Glass Theory? The oprobium of the masses?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:29:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (4.00 / 2)

its all in chairman Cao's little red book.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 04:35:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

Ah ! ça Ila, ça Ila, ça Ila !
Les aristocrates à la lanterne.
Ah ! ça Ila, ça Ila, ça Ila !
Les aristocrates on les pendra.
Si on n' les pend pas
On les rompra
Si on n' les rompt pas
On les brûlera.
Ah ! ça Ila, ça Ila, ça Ila !

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 05:27:14 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 1)

ah the song of the Sans-bouteille

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 05:34:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (none / 0)

Tu ne manques pas de goulot !

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 05:41:05 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Elucidated Bretheren and Schwestern (4.00 / 2)

For really I think that the poorest he that is in England have a life to live, as the greatest he: and therefore truly, sir, I think it's clear, that every man that is to live under a bottle ought first by his own consent to put himself under that bottle.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 06:24:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X (4.00 / 4)

This was my first meet-up and the opportunity to meet people I have come to know and appreciate online for years.
Thanks a bunch to Jerome & LEP for the logistics.
Too bad I couldn't stay longer; I'm already looking forward to the next time!

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:36:09 PM EST

hotos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X] (4.00 / 2)

McDonald's and a New York Yankees cap. Hmm.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 04:11:30 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups (4.00 / 4)

We had a great time (new concept; a bad time in Paris - discuss), tho I was pretty frazzled by the time we got to the sunday evening at Les Ondes. Too much happiness (and a smidge of alcohol)

If you think I look tired in the shots at Chez Pradel you'd be right. I fell asleep on the metro back and was saved by Fran nudging me awake.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 04:12:38 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups (none / 1)

Don't worry Helen, you never lost your bearings.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 04:20:58 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups (none / 1)

well with the way you were making sure Fran was drinking properly from the pictures, she properly owed you the help.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 04:37:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups (4.00 / 7)

[Priceless bottom photo]

Er - Royale avec fromage, surely?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 06:23:23 PM EST

Re: Photos, ET weekend meetups (4.00 / 6)

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I saw that photograph.

Priceless indeed.

No one could have predicted

by ATinNM on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 06:31:49 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Jerome entertains Christopher (4.00 / 6)

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 02:05:25 PM EST

Re: Jerome entertains Christopher (none / 1)

Hey! Weren't you about to do a diary of your own on this?

(If not, I suggest so, this one is already bandwidth-heavy)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 02:08:47 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Jerome entertains Christopher (4.00 / 3)

I will do, still downloading my photos. I thought this one was fairly priceless though, so I put it up first.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 02:10:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Jerome entertains Christopher (4.00 / 2)

Ah! It is, indeed. Should one day the dangre arise that WSJ or a Murdoch rag starting a defamation campaign against Jérôme, this picture must be hidden :-)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 02:40:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Jerome entertains Christopher (4.00 / 7)

That was where he explained the Paulson proposal to him.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 03:59:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Photos, ET meetups [Photos UPDATED (none / 0)

I LOVE YOUR SMILES, I LOVE YOUR FACES!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 at 05:26:33 PM EST

Photos, ET weekend meetups [Photos UPDATED 3X] | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Go to: [ European Tribune Homepage : Top of page : Top of comments ]