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Newer page: version 11 Last edited on Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:55:17 pm by CraigBox
Older page: version 9 Last edited on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:41:45 pm by MattBrown Revert
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+Many years ago, PerryLorier, JonPurvis and MatthewBrowne used to organise getting all the local geeks (many of whom are WLUG members) to meet in town and go to lunch together
  
-Every Wednesday, around 12:30pm, a bunch of geeks (normally MatthewBrowne, PerryLorier, JonPurvis, DanielLawson, JamieCurtis, CraigBox, MattCairns, CraigMckenna and Mr & Mrs MatthiasDallmeier, often supported by [borland], JamesSpooner, MattBrown, GerardSharp, DavidMiller, etc) meet in town and go to lunch at the Downtown Plaza foodcourt. 
+For most of the lifespan of this event it was every Wednesday around 12:30pm, who would meet outside Datacom and walk down to the Downtown Plaza foodcourt. The geeks would wait until they found a free table (sometimes up to 6 were required); pull them together (much to the dismay of the staff) and sit and eat their recently purchased lunch on them. (That was really hard to do during the SchoolHolidays)
  
-KyleCarter turns up occasionally when he is able, alas those in the WorkForce sometimes are unable to come due to other commitments
+It was sometimes followed by a dessert shout - the basic rule being that if you accept of a shout, then you're expected to one day provide your own. Shouts used to cost between $12 and $22 depending on how big the group was. A ShoutRecord was kept
  
-We then wait till we find a free table (sometimes up to 6 are required); pull them together (much to the dismay of the staff) and sit and eat our lunch on them. This is really hard to do during the SchoolHolidays.  
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-This is normally followed by a dessert shout - the basic rule being that if you accept of a shout, then you're expected to one day provide your own. Shouts used to cost about $12-$15, now they are more like $18-$22 (unless you pick a day when the uni crew have meetings) See ShoutRecord for details of recent shouts.  
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-Sometimes some LazyStudents miss these, because of their birthright to sleep until midday. 
+WorkForce members found it hard to come every time due to other commitments; LazyStudents often missed them because of their birthright to sleep until midday. Due mostly to Perry moving back to a University job, Geek Lunch on Wednesday died mid 2003 and is another chapter in WLUG related history