How does one upload photos?
(awif:) Answer: Fixed it now, got to Image Galleries from the left menu, then use the upload images feature. awwwwrrrriiiite, maa shaa' Allaah !
Please shrink to 800x600
How does one shrink images?
McMood: If you have Adobe Photoshop, record the process of making it smaller (image size...). Then batch the folder of images with that process and voila.
awif: under linux: mogrify -geometry 800x600 *.jpg
McMood: Class, so do that then for the images i uploaded please!!!!!!! They are on aqsa server i guess!
awif: sorry dude, the wiki stored them inside MySQL - not on the filesystem, so can't do that.
Sajid: What if (and I now you will find this quite unbelieveable in your own minds) we are not all a dorky bunch of linux geeks, what is the best way then to reduce the image sizes?
How can one edit/modify images?
awif: I'll have to delete them all as admin - shall I do that ?
McMood: Not yet..let me modify the images first when i have time.
Arif: I've got 150+ images to upload, I can't practically do it through the upload section, is there another way?
awif: umm, dunno of another way ... just choose the best ones and upload them ?
Suggestions for next time
Sajid: Being the totally sensible dude that I am, I think while things are relatively fresh in our minds lets list the things we need to do to improve things for the next trip.
My first suggestion is to make sure we bring Humus and olives to go with our hot Naan
that would make for a class brekkie.
Review
Sajid: That was a cool weekend and I say lets have suggestions about when we might have another one. Dates, Place, a bit more trekking??? Also anyone who has any decent snaps then put them up on the wiki gallery
awif: Jazaakum Allaahu khair to everyone for coming and making this such an enjoyable trip - and for bearing my occasional caustic wrath ;) I second Saj's suggestion of organising a second trip - perhaps later on in Summer ? Late May early June ? Will we all be innovators and coose a place other than Brecon ? Is that a possibly a bid'ah hasanah ? Are we all capable of buying enough meat to surpass what we had this time ? Will Jampot hide his estate volvo in the name of an A-class merc again ? Tune in soon to have the answers to all this and more ...
SS: Don't worry about it guys, cos next time we are gonna go in class....S class...I happen to have ...ahem...."bought" a new car — a mercedes as it happens...
Hey, Masha Allah, thats great to hear. What reg is it? and what is its colour? (Nuff respect)
Mcmood: Oh man, where can we buy the tickets for this sequel? Is kasim and his "bag" sorry tent going to star again? Will, we ever get to know what happened to the man whose Mercedes keys were stolen? SS: Which guy? what are you talking about? Mercedes? What's that?
McMood: I think the picture of Kasim looking at that mountain is just an iconic moment. It needs to be the front cover of Arif's blazing meteorite. Classic. Thanks Kasim for acting like a monkey infront of my camera, I could never have captured that iconic moment without you. Teach you not to intentionally block my award winning photographic shots.
SS: I sent the keys to Brecon Police station (that was a couple of days ago)... so it up to the law to handle the situation.
(awif: I can't believe this paki ! He made me unpack my tent and search my bags while he had the blinkin' keys all along ! What a paksterrrr ! May Allaah accept your umrah BTW ;)
Also Uthman, for some reason, gave me 20 squids for the camping trip...so please take that into account when deciding who owes what. I shall inshallah see you all when I get back from Umrah...'twas good to bond once more before I go. Astawdi'kumu allaha deenakum wa amaanatakum wa khawaateema 'amalikum.
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Expenses:
SS: I just have to say that you guys a bunch of Pakis...I told everyone to bring some cash on the day we set out, so we could sort out monies immediately and avoid all this hastle, but nooooooooo you wouldn't listen to me would you noooooooo just old shafsy yapping on again...well now look at you all here there and everywhere, all over the blinking shop aren't you...well aren't you! Not that i'm not one to say I told you so or anything...
FINAL REMINDER FOR PAYMENTS
Sajid: For a start Tahir has not put in his Petrol costs
(Arif, the organiser/boss/etc): Brothers, can you please send your payments to Squibby as soon as possible
McMood: So what is your address Squibby, I will be sure to send you something.
awif: I'll pay shafs 10 quid, so thats me and shafs settled. Shahid is done too. Can Atiq and Ahmad pay Sajid 10 quid each. Can Shahzad pay McMood 8 quid, Kasim pay him 12 quid and Jameel pay him 20. Can shafiq pass Uthman's 20 to McMood too. That makes 60, so we're all done. Hope the bros don't mind the small imbalances here and there.
So thats :
awif pays shafters 10 quid
atiq & ahmad pay sajid 10 quid each
to McMood: 20 from Jameel & Uthman (which shafters has), 12 from Kasim and 8 from Shahzad.
There ya go, sorted ! alhamdulillaah.
McMood: Ermmm, forgive me for being a paki, but that would mean I would have to pat 5 quid more than the going rate. Can you not be a lazy paki and everyone pay you £19 and then you resdistribute as necessary as Ahmed suggested before! Please.
McMood: Plus I don't really want to be chasing 3 to 4 ppl up for money. Just pestering u!!!!!!!
If you could keep an idea of how much your expenses have been for the trip (food, petrol etc) we'll just add it up a little while before we leave and split the costs. — But what of skanks like McMood who are trying to make us pay for his equipment (we're onto you Bengali Boy) McMood: Pay up scumbags! I should charge for valeting my car as well ;)
McMood (Total: £84)
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1 Single Stove (£13)
8 Gas canisters (£6)
1 Tent (3-man) (£25)
Fuel Expense (£40)
Shafiq (Total: £29)
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4 x portable BBQs (£9)
2 x 5kg BBQ coal (£5)
4 x BBQ lighter sticks (£2)
2kgs chicken breast + veggies (£13)
Ahmed (Total £10)
Awif (Total: £10) <---McMood: Now that is what I call a total freeloading scamster - He wants 10 quid for buying nothing!!!!! Are you one of those muslims who owns a 10 bedroom house, bmw etc etc, and yet live on Benefits? At least I was honest enough to tell you all what you are buying for me
(awif: Please regurgitate my chops right this very instant you ingrate !
McMood: Ermm, it has come out, but not from the front end - AND BEFORE we divert this convo, HE STILL has not mentioned what he wants the £10 for! Typical benefit snatching immigrant, question them about their benefits and boom! they start villifying and attacking the questioner!
awif: You are SUCH A TICKOOOOOOO !
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Shahid (Total £18.00)
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Kasim (Total £7)
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Chicken £7
Privalage of seeing the marvel of engineering one-man tent £15 (Sajid) You cannot be serious, why on earth would we pay for that junk. (Kasim) It is the 8th Wonder of the World, thats why. (Shaz) Perhaps in your small one-tent world it is, but not from where I'm standing! To me it looks like you've been duped into buying an overpriced, overhyped dustbin bag. (Kasim) ok, ok, i'll be generous and allow you to have seen it for free - but i want royalties for that photo with me in it!)
Atiq (Total £9.50)
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Kebab meat £9.50
Sajid (Total £45.00)
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Chicken sheikh Kebabs £9.98
Fuel £35
Shahzad (Total £12.08)
Grand Total
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So far : £ 224.58
Thus, Per head = £18.7 (updated: 26-04-06 09:00)
Ahmed: £19 per head seems pretty cheap masha'Allah! - has everyone added their expenses? How are we going to sort the expenses? At the end all the people who have paid too little should send the money to one person - he can then forward the relevant refunds to everyone who has paid too much relative to everyone else. There are only 12 of us in total so it should not be that complicated insha'Allah and seems the most straight forward way of doing things to me (and no....I am not volunteering)
Squibby: Bro's, as I skanked at the last minute, I would like to make my contribution towards this trip. I volunteer my services for the above task. So could everyone please forward the money to me and I'll make sure it goes to the one who deserves it. No need to thank me
OK then, I think we can settle for 21-23 April . Any last minute nays, then ... errrm ... tough cheddars ;)
Right then, we must now divert resources towards ... ummm .. resources. Please see further down and add your communal stuff to the list.
PS: Can someone prepare a useful dars so that we might get some barakah from this trip. I volunteer Uthman SS: Good idea! Lets all volunteer him.
Ahmed: What's happening with the dars? is the minibus sorted? is all the food sorted? - oh... and does anyone have a spare sleeping bag as my brother took mine!! How come we're meeting at Mahmud's - I reckon we should meet in Leyton (no bias in that comment obviously) (Squibby) Lawal, you can borrow my sleeping bag if you want. See? I'm not biased at all. (McMood) We ez meeting at my yard, cos we ez asiaaaan. But we ain't racist, you can borrow Squibbies bag, if he gonna let a nigerian sleep in his bag that's upto him. - we love you reallly
(Squibby)McMud, you bleedin racialist.. I can see why people are worried about the BNP gaining support. Well, I for one, am not racialist.. in fact, some of my best mates are b....
Ahmed: I will be taking this matter up with the CRE -especially about the guy who's best mates are b....!
Squibby: I wouldn't bother mate - that Trevor Philips is a sell-out. I doubt he'd give a b... person the time of day. And I said SOME not ALL my best mates are b..., so don't push it. By the way, I want my sleeping bag thoroughly washed when you return it.. um.. just hygene reasons
McMood: Jazakallah Khayr to all the brothers and those who organised the camp, it was thoroughly enjoying and alhamdullilah a nice break from city life. When we all going again?
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Ya, this is one seriously user-unfriendly 'thing'...Anyway, I inshallah will be coming as I don't get to light a campfire that often....at least not since I burnt down the neighbour'sshed.
I'll be bringing Zaf and AK...so we is going to ruck it up...the sack that is....if you catch my drift.
(awif: who wrote this ? who EZ you ?)
JK: AK, lets try and bring a bit of lurve into this trip. Squibby - c'mon man, you know you'll make the w/e one to remember.
Hey..I've forgotten what the logon for this site is so that I can edit it. Read the top of the page.
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People coming:
If you are Fully confirmed - YES/NO as below please.
YES 1) Shafters (Imperial, IT, abusafia at gmail.com)
YES 2) McMud (Imperial, Aero Engg, mahmud at islaam.net)
YES 3) Gassy (Imperial, Aero Engg/IT, kasim at islaam.net) <-- whats with the nickname? does this guy fart?
YES 4) Saj (Telecoms, sajid at islaam.net) That issue at work has been resolved so I coming woho!!
YES 5) Rifter (Imperial, IT, ahs at lintrix.net)
YES 6) Jimmy/Jampot (Oracle, Imperial, jameel at khan.cc)
YES 7) Tixy McGee (St Georges, Doctor, abooaaishah at hotmail.com)
YES 8) Ozzie Osmond (Imperial, Doctor)
NO 9) Squibby (Imperial, IT, rahim_mirza at hotmail.com) (sorry, something has come up. But i'll still join in the banter) JK: No Squibby you have to!SS: Squibby, if you wish to skank, that is perfectly fine, but you have to pay the forfeit — that is to be presented to each of us and beaten until you no longer wish to skank...ok? Squibby: Ok Shafiq, I'm willing to do that. But you will not break my resolve! SS: I'm not sure you understand — the forfeit is to be beaten until you no longer wish to skank.
YES 10) Shahid Sardar (Hospital Management, shahidsnow at hotmail.com)(SS yes we are leaving in the evening)
YES 11) Adibayo (Doctor, ahmedlawal at doctors.org.uk) - cant you spell you joker (AdEbayo) <- Ha ha ha.. brilliant.. who came up with that one? hahaha..
YES 12) Sharon Cohen (Imperial, IT, shahzadc at gmail.com)
Making their own way on the Saturday : JK: Guys why don't you come out on the Friday?
YES 13) TBird (brain) (SAP, Imperial, STOPPED COUNTING MY AGE, tahir_mughal at excite.com)
YES 14) Zafster (IT, Imperial, LOST COUNT OF AGE, zafar at o2.co.uk)
MAYBE 15) AK: (Tit, Dropout)JK: AK, turn that maybe into YES! AK: well the maybe not just became a maybe yes cause of you jimmy
AK:Someone was talking about growing up? LoL, I wouldnt edit it out - cause it doesnt bother me.
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Logistics:
AK: ^^ WTH ? lol you guys are pakis
Communal stuff:
Tents:
1 Tent (4-man) (Shafiq)
1 Tent (4-man) (Shafiq) (sans pegs — must go and buy some) (we could drop one of these 4 man tents and make a squeeze)
1 Tent (3-man) (Arif - found it in Shaf's flat ;)
1 Tent (2-man) (Shahzad -)
1 Tent (3-man) (McMood) (£25)
1 Tent (2 man) (Jameel)
14 (18) spaces - 15 ppl - I guess we can squeeze, any snorers can be vanquished to the forest please (McMood)
Stoves:
1 Single Stove (McMood) plus 8 Gas canisters
1 Large Stove (Sajid)
Individual stuff:
Ruck sack
Boots
Sleeping bag
Ground mat
Torch
Water proofs
Mug (for soup+drink)
(you know the score)
BUY MIDGY REPELLANT JUST INCASE!!!!!!!
Bottles of drinking water
Istinga bottle might be handy too
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Food (Pick one (or add one) that you know your wife can cook well
):
4 disposable bbq's (Shafiq)
1 sack of easy light coal (Shafiq)
Unfortunately we have had to resort to forcible volunteering on the food front
Friday night:
Lamb Chops (Arif) <-- ah well, I suppose that has become a bit of a ritual now ...
Chicken/Lamb pieces on a stick with peppers, onions, baby tomatoes, mushrooms (Shafiq)
<1 more meat idea of your choice> (Gassy)
Saturday night:
Chicken breast and leg Bozzie style (Tbird and crew will bring it on the Saturday)
Mince kebabs (frozen on Friday) (Atiq) Atiq: yeah ok wifeys on the case iA
<1 more meat idea of your choice> (Saj)
Both nights:
Corn on the cob (Shahid)
Baked potatoes (in the dying embers) (Shahid)
Butter (Shahid)
Pitta bread (Shahzad)
Fizzy Drinks (Shahzad)
Juices (Lawal) - okay I've seen this and will do insha'Allah - by the way Shafs how much juice do you want me to get?
Water (Everyone get their own)
Knorr soup (I'm sure if it's cold this will do wonders for morale!!!) (Shahzad)
JK: Want me to arrange for anything? <-- Yes, the Feta cheese that you smuggled in would be nice.
Breakfast(Saturday and Sunday):
Milk (UHT) (Mahmud) (Sajid: I already have about 5 cartons so don't get too many)
Cereal (Crunchy Nut Cornflakes - by popular opinion) (Shahzad)
Cant believe you paki's forgot TEA BAGS for TEA (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Lunch (Saturday):
SS: Depending on how much meat we bring, we may just end up eating cold meat for lunch, which doesnt sound too bad.
Anyhow I reckon people should sort out their own lunch on an individual basis
SS: Since we are now have 5 days to go to Friday could we please get the meat situation in hand. What we need is people to opt to go out and buy the meat, marinade it and the optionally freeze it, so that by Friday it is well frozen. Charge whatever you buy below. Look here for ideas if you wish http://barbeque.allrecipes.com/
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Itinerary:
StreetmapURL
Friday:
Arrive at the south side of the Neuadd Reservoirs (the lower resevoir) and park the cars.
Walk to the North end of the upper reservoir.
Check out the island in the middle of the north reservoir; the reservoir level has significantly lowered of late and last time we went the island was accessible from the north end of the reservoir.
Set up camp on the island.
Have a BBQ!
SS: Beware guys Tbird has taken to pronoucing the Neuadd reservior, the Nude reservior, so I don't know what sick ideas he has planned
Shaz: Tbird - "Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance"
Saturday:
Whoever wants to can take a day walk up the cliffs to the east, tie up Squibby and leave him for the wolves at night, and then proceed north to the three brecon peaks and then south again back to camp.
At night have another BBQ!
Sunday:
Chill
Beat McMood up and dump his body in the lake
Kick Kasim's leg if there's time PS: Go on I dare you to laugh/take the mick of moi! Muhahaha! Past events speak for themselves ;). (Squibby) Its ok now. The curse has been lifted and I can make fun of who I want without being instantly punished (McMood) Well you seem very certain about that, almost tempting fate...
Go home
If thats not relaxed then I dont know what is!
If anyone has any good ideas of what else we can do, please add it.
p.s If the island cannot be accessed or someone else has got there before us, there is a second fairly good camp site between the two rivers to the north west of the reservoir.
p.p.s Make dua the weather is good, but it's the company that is really important
(Squibby) - I'm praying for the weather now...
People who want to go for a walk on saturday
Ahmed
Shaz
Shafs
Saj
Arif
McMood
Jameel
AK: AH AH AH shadap ?
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Weather Check
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp
UPDATE:
(McMood) Arrrright, looking good for a nice BBQ on Saturday, temparatures and sunshine of 14 degrees C.
(Cool, i can work on my tan)
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Travel:
<cars available + capacity>
McMood Honda Civic = Seats 4 carries 3 rucksacks at back max.
Saj's Peugeot 306 = 2 at the front and 2 or 3 at the back depending on size (McMood) Maybe there should be a weight allowance, excess weight to be charged penalties for excessive fuel use.
Jameel A Class Merc - should seat 3 and their luggage.
(Shahzad Suzuki - Seats 3 carries 3 rucksacks max) <-- hahaha.. Suzuki? You Boy Racer you...
People travelling: 12
car capacity: 11
looks like we wont need the suzuki Shaz. (Shaz: Ok I'm not bringing the suzuki.Are you sure all the baggage will fit in the cars?)
UPDATE 2:
City University will lend us a Mini Bus but we need to wait till Tuesday to see if that is available. So Purrrfect, if they can Insha'Allah. Otherwise as ShazLad said, we need another Car - I am sure all the brothers apart from Kasim can drive and own cars! (McMood)
SS: 'llow the bus — fuel for 3 cars will be what 120 squids — you aint getting a minibus+fuel for that.
McMood: City uni getting back to me in a couple of hours, rental is about 30 quid plus fuel...so this is the cheapest options!!!!!!!!!! If it works...
SS: Just out of interest, how are we able to skank the city uni minibus?
McMood: Dont Worry! Be Happy! - Latest - Uni is closed, so did not get any word today. So waiting till tomorrow - neverthless cars should be the back up.
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Meeting Point:
What is the best meeting place, whose house? (Volunteers)
Note: We will probably be leaving late as dictated by past experiences.
Mahmud's house is a good option.
(McMood) Hmmmm, i guess someone decided then
Ok, my house streetmap:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=512897&Y=174639&A=Y&Z=1
Number 32, Avondale Gardens. Plenty of parking down this road. DO NOT park on pavement.
I am near Heathrow airport, off the M4 or at the end of M3 for those coming from down south.
Atiq: listen isnt meeting and parking in london always issues, aren't we eventually gonna get clamped? Or is it ok down ur end Mahmud?
Meeting time: 7pm
Departure time: 8pm (pray maghrib and make like a tree)
SS: I think this is a wee tad late. we are gonna end up leaving at 11 and getting there for Fajr. Lets plan to leave earlier. Lets at least plan to leave after maghrib and make the meeting ~ 7pm. I want a BBQ on Friday, but that doesnt preclude having snackeroonies at your place.
Snackeroonies are notorious for causing delays. As someone has gone to the trouble of designing a 15 course supper on the Friday night, lets get out there asap and snackroony to our hearts content at the destination.
SS: Fair enuff
McMood: So food at my place it is.... JK: Is not, from what I gather. McMood: Oh so no food! Coool
Rules:
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My family will be at home, they go to sleep pretty early. Some of whom are coming back from On-Call - so main rules are, not to be too late (cos i will get grief for leaving too late) and noise levels to be a minimum.
We must aim to leave before 10pm.
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Extra Equipment:
If you guys have anything extra, then just list it here, so people don't have to go out and buy stuff they don't need to.
Anyone who wants to borrow any item, merely place your name against it preceeded by <borrowed by>.
Boots (size 9) (Shafiq) Atiq: I will take that
Torch (large) (Shafiq) Atiq: I will take that as well haha
Fleece (Someone slimmer than I currently am) (Shafiq) (awif: is this the one you never washed for 3 years or something ? (SS: and what if it is?) (Squibby) You can talk arf - your blue nike jumper has been 'running' for 10 years.
40 Litre Alpine Lowe bag (McMood) <- haha.. you idiot. its Lowe Alpine..haha.. what a spaz
Water-proof coat+trouser (Shahzad)
Large Poncho (Shahzad) Atiq: Don't mind if I do take that squire. Shaz: Ok that's fine, I'll bring it along tonight.
37 litre Lowe Alpine bag (Shahzad) Atiq: turns out my bag is rucksack is badly ripped, will need this Shazza me ol chum
I have a spare sleeping bag and ground mat (Atiq) Ahmed: As Squibby isn't coming can I'll have this sleeping bag (got a ground mat already)
(awif:) Answer: Fixed it now, got to Image Galleries from the left menu, then use the upload images feature. awwwwrrrriiiite, maa shaa' Allaah !
Please shrink to 800x600
How does one shrink images?
McMood: If you have Adobe Photoshop, record the process of making it smaller (image size...). Then batch the folder of images with that process and voila.
awif: under linux: mogrify -geometry 800x600 *.jpg
McMood: Class, so do that then for the images i uploaded please!!!!!!! They are on aqsa server i guess!
awif: sorry dude, the wiki stored them inside MySQL - not on the filesystem, so can't do that.
Sajid: What if (and I now you will find this quite unbelieveable in your own minds) we are not all a dorky bunch of linux geeks, what is the best way then to reduce the image sizes?
How can one edit/modify images?
awif: I'll have to delete them all as admin - shall I do that ?
McMood: Not yet..let me modify the images first when i have time.
Arif: I've got 150+ images to upload, I can't practically do it through the upload section, is there another way?
awif: umm, dunno of another way ... just choose the best ones and upload them ?
Suggestions for next time
Sajid: Being the totally sensible dude that I am, I think while things are relatively fresh in our minds lets list the things we need to do to improve things for the next trip.
My first suggestion is to make sure we bring Humus and olives to go with our hot Naan
that would make for a class brekkie.Review
Sajid: That was a cool weekend and I say lets have suggestions about when we might have another one. Dates, Place, a bit more trekking??? Also anyone who has any decent snaps then put them up on the wiki gallery
awif: Jazaakum Allaahu khair to everyone for coming and making this such an enjoyable trip - and for bearing my occasional caustic wrath ;) I second Saj's suggestion of organising a second trip - perhaps later on in Summer ? Late May early June ? Will we all be innovators and coose a place other than Brecon ? Is that a possibly a bid'ah hasanah ? Are we all capable of buying enough meat to surpass what we had this time ? Will Jampot hide his estate volvo in the name of an A-class merc again ? Tune in soon to have the answers to all this and more ...
SS: Don't worry about it guys, cos next time we are gonna go in class....S class...I happen to have ...ahem...."bought" a new car — a mercedes as it happens...
Hey, Masha Allah, thats great to hear. What reg is it? and what is its colour? (Nuff respect)
Mcmood: Oh man, where can we buy the tickets for this sequel? Is kasim and his "bag" sorry tent going to star again? Will, we ever get to know what happened to the man whose Mercedes keys were stolen? SS: Which guy? what are you talking about? Mercedes? What's that?
McMood: I think the picture of Kasim looking at that mountain is just an iconic moment. It needs to be the front cover of Arif's blazing meteorite. Classic. Thanks Kasim for acting like a monkey infront of my camera, I could never have captured that iconic moment without you. Teach you not to intentionally block my award winning photographic shots.
SS: I sent the keys to Brecon Police station (that was a couple of days ago)... so it up to the law to handle the situation.
(awif: I can't believe this paki ! He made me unpack my tent and search my bags while he had the blinkin' keys all along ! What a paksterrrr ! May Allaah accept your umrah BTW ;)
Also Uthman, for some reason, gave me 20 squids for the camping trip...so please take that into account when deciding who owes what. I shall inshallah see you all when I get back from Umrah...'twas good to bond once more before I go. Astawdi'kumu allaha deenakum wa amaanatakum wa khawaateema 'amalikum.
Expenses:
SS: I just have to say that you guys a bunch of Pakis...I told everyone to bring some cash on the day we set out, so we could sort out monies immediately and avoid all this hastle, but nooooooooo you wouldn't listen to me would you noooooooo just old shafsy yapping on again...well now look at you all here there and everywhere, all over the blinking shop aren't you...well aren't you! Not that i'm not one to say I told you so or anything...
FINAL REMINDER FOR PAYMENTS
Sajid: For a start Tahir has not put in his Petrol costs
(Arif, the organiser/boss/etc): Brothers, can you please send your payments to Squibby as soon as possible
McMood: So what is your address Squibby, I will be sure to send you something.
awif: I'll pay shafs 10 quid, so thats me and shafs settled. Shahid is done too. Can Atiq and Ahmad pay Sajid 10 quid each. Can Shahzad pay McMood 8 quid, Kasim pay him 12 quid and Jameel pay him 20. Can shafiq pass Uthman's 20 to McMood too. That makes 60, so we're all done. Hope the bros don't mind the small imbalances here and there.
So thats :
awif pays shafters 10 quid
atiq & ahmad pay sajid 10 quid each
to McMood: 20 from Jameel & Uthman (which shafters has), 12 from Kasim and 8 from Shahzad.
There ya go, sorted ! alhamdulillaah.
McMood: Ermmm, forgive me for being a paki, but that would mean I would have to pat 5 quid more than the going rate. Can you not be a lazy paki and everyone pay you £19 and then you resdistribute as necessary as Ahmed suggested before! Please.
McMood: Plus I don't really want to be chasing 3 to 4 ppl up for money. Just pestering u!!!!!!!
If you could keep an idea of how much your expenses have been for the trip (food, petrol etc) we'll just add it up a little while before we leave and split the costs. — But what of skanks like McMood who are trying to make us pay for his equipment (we're onto you Bengali Boy) McMood: Pay up scumbags! I should charge for valeting my car as well ;)
McMood (Total: £84)
1 Single Stove (£13)
8 Gas canisters (£6)
1 Tent (3-man) (£25)
Fuel Expense (£40)
Shafiq (Total: £29)
4 x portable BBQs (£9)
2 x 5kg BBQ coal (£5)
4 x BBQ lighter sticks (£2)
2kgs chicken breast + veggies (£13)
Ahmed (Total £10)
Awif (Total: £10) <---McMood: Now that is what I call a total freeloading scamster - He wants 10 quid for buying nothing!!!!! Are you one of those muslims who owns a 10 bedroom house, bmw etc etc, and yet live on Benefits? At least I was honest enough to tell you all what you are buying for me
(awif: Please regurgitate my chops right this very instant you ingrate !
McMood: Ermm, it has come out, but not from the front end - AND BEFORE we divert this convo, HE STILL has not mentioned what he wants the £10 for! Typical benefit snatching immigrant, question them about their benefits and boom! they start villifying and attacking the questioner!awif: You are SUCH A TICKOOOOOOO !
Shahid (Total £18.00)
Kasim (Total £7)
Chicken £7
Privalage of seeing the marvel of engineering one-man tent £15 (Sajid) You cannot be serious, why on earth would we pay for that junk. (Kasim) It is the 8th Wonder of the World, thats why. (Shaz) Perhaps in your small one-tent world it is, but not from where I'm standing! To me it looks like you've been duped into buying an overpriced, overhyped dustbin bag.
(Kasim) ok, ok, i'll be generous and allow you to have seen it for free - but i want royalties for that photo with me in it!)Atiq (Total £9.50)
Kebab meat £9.50
Sajid (Total £45.00)
Chicken sheikh Kebabs £9.98
Fuel £35
Shahzad (Total £12.08)
Grand Total
So far : £ 224.58
Thus, Per head = £18.7 (updated: 26-04-06 09:00)
Ahmed: £19 per head seems pretty cheap masha'Allah! - has everyone added their expenses? How are we going to sort the expenses? At the end all the people who have paid too little should send the money to one person - he can then forward the relevant refunds to everyone who has paid too much relative to everyone else. There are only 12 of us in total so it should not be that complicated insha'Allah and seems the most straight forward way of doing things to me (and no....I am not volunteering)
Squibby: Bro's, as I skanked at the last minute, I would like to make my contribution towards this trip. I volunteer my services for the above task. So could everyone please forward the money to me and I'll make sure it goes to the one who deserves it. No need to thank me
OK then, I think we can settle for 21-23 April . Any last minute nays, then ... errrm ... tough cheddars ;)
Right then, we must now divert resources towards ... ummm .. resources. Please see further down and add your communal stuff to the list.
PS: Can someone prepare a useful dars so that we might get some barakah from this trip. I volunteer Uthman SS: Good idea! Lets all volunteer him.
Ahmed: What's happening with the dars? is the minibus sorted? is all the food sorted? - oh... and does anyone have a spare sleeping bag as my brother took mine!! How come we're meeting at Mahmud's - I reckon we should meet in Leyton
(no bias in that comment obviously) (Squibby) Lawal, you can borrow my sleeping bag if you want. See? I'm not biased at all. (McMood) We ez meeting at my yard, cos we ez asiaaaan. But we ain't racist, you can borrow Squibbies bag, if he gonna let a nigerian sleep in his bag that's upto him. - we love you reallly (Squibby)McMud, you bleedin racialist.. I can see why people are worried about the BNP gaining support. Well, I for one, am not racialist.. in fact, some of my best mates are b....
Ahmed: I will be taking this matter up with the CRE -especially about the guy who's best mates are b....!
Squibby: I wouldn't bother mate - that Trevor Philips is a sell-out. I doubt he'd give a b... person the time of day. And I said SOME not ALL my best mates are b..., so don't push it. By the way, I want my sleeping bag thoroughly washed when you return it.. um.. just hygene reasons
McMood: Jazakallah Khayr to all the brothers and those who organised the camp, it was thoroughly enjoying and alhamdullilah a nice break from city life. When we all going again?
Ya, this is one seriously user-unfriendly 'thing'...Anyway, I inshallah will be coming as I don't get to light a campfire that often....at least not since I burnt down the neighbour'sshed.
I'll be bringing Zaf and AK...so we is going to ruck it up...the sack that is....if you catch my drift.
(awif: who wrote this ? who EZ you ?)
JK: AK, lets try and bring a bit of lurve into this trip. Squibby - c'mon man, you know you'll make the w/e one to remember.
Hey..I've forgotten what the logon for this site is so that I can edit it. Read the top of the page.
People coming:
If you are Fully confirmed - YES/NO as below please.
YES 1) Shafters (Imperial, IT, abusafia at gmail.com)
YES 2) McMud (Imperial, Aero Engg, mahmud at islaam.net)
YES 3) Gassy (Imperial, Aero Engg/IT, kasim at islaam.net) <-- whats with the nickname? does this guy fart?
YES 4) Saj (Telecoms, sajid at islaam.net) That issue at work has been resolved so I coming woho!!
YES 5) Rifter (Imperial, IT, ahs at lintrix.net)
YES 6) Jimmy/Jampot (Oracle, Imperial, jameel at khan.cc)
YES 7) Tixy McGee (St Georges, Doctor, abooaaishah at hotmail.com)
YES 8) Ozzie Osmond (Imperial, Doctor)
NO 9) Squibby (Imperial, IT, rahim_mirza at hotmail.com) (sorry, something has come up. But i'll still join in the banter) JK: No Squibby you have to!SS: Squibby, if you wish to skank, that is perfectly fine, but you have to pay the forfeit — that is to be presented to each of us and beaten until you no longer wish to skank...ok? Squibby: Ok Shafiq, I'm willing to do that. But you will not break my resolve! SS: I'm not sure you understand — the forfeit is to be beaten until you no longer wish to skank.
- Bring on the GAME CHAIR ! ***
YES 10) Shahid Sardar (Hospital Management, shahidsnow at hotmail.com)(SS yes we are leaving in the evening)
YES 11) Adibayo (Doctor, ahmedlawal at doctors.org.uk) - cant you spell you joker (AdEbayo) <- Ha ha ha.. brilliant.. who came up with that one? hahaha..
YES 12) Sharon Cohen (Imperial, IT, shahzadc at gmail.com)
Making their own way on the Saturday : JK: Guys why don't you come out on the Friday?
YES 13) TBird (brain) (SAP, Imperial, STOPPED COUNTING MY AGE, tahir_mughal at excite.com)
YES 14) Zafster (IT, Imperial, LOST COUNT OF AGE, zafar at o2.co.uk)
MAYBE 15) AK: (Tit, Dropout)JK: AK, turn that maybe into YES! AK: well the maybe not just became a maybe yes cause of you jimmy
AK:Someone was talking about growing up? LoL, I wouldnt edit it out - cause it doesnt bother me.
Logistics:
AK: ^^ WTH ? lol you guys are pakis
Communal stuff:
Tents:
1 Tent (4-man) (Shafiq)
1 Tent (4-man) (Shafiq) (sans pegs — must go and buy some) (we could drop one of these 4 man tents and make a squeeze)
1 Tent (3-man) (Arif - found it in Shaf's flat ;)
1 Tent (2-man) (Shahzad -)
1 Tent (3-man) (McMood) (£25)
1 Tent (2 man) (Jameel)
14 (18) spaces - 15 ppl - I guess we can squeeze, any snorers can be vanquished to the forest please (McMood)
Stoves:
1 Single Stove (McMood) plus 8 Gas canisters
1 Large Stove (Sajid)
Individual stuff:
Ruck sack
Boots
Sleeping bag
Ground mat
Torch
Water proofs
Mug (for soup+drink)
(you know the score)
BUY MIDGY REPELLANT JUST INCASE!!!!!!!
Bottles of drinking water
Istinga bottle might be handy too
Food (Pick one (or add one) that you know your wife can cook well
):4 disposable bbq's (Shafiq)
1 sack of easy light coal (Shafiq)
Unfortunately we have had to resort to forcible volunteering on the food front
Friday night:
Lamb Chops (Arif) <-- ah well, I suppose that has become a bit of a ritual now ...
Chicken/Lamb pieces on a stick with peppers, onions, baby tomatoes, mushrooms (Shafiq)
<1 more meat idea of your choice> (Gassy)
Saturday night:
Chicken breast and leg Bozzie style (Tbird and crew will bring it on the Saturday)
Mince kebabs (frozen on Friday) (Atiq) Atiq: yeah ok wifeys on the case iA
<1 more meat idea of your choice> (Saj)
Both nights:
Corn on the cob (Shahid)
Baked potatoes (in the dying embers) (Shahid)
Butter (Shahid)
Pitta bread (Shahzad)
Fizzy Drinks (Shahzad)
Juices (Lawal) - okay I've seen this and will do insha'Allah - by the way Shafs how much juice do you want me to get?
Water (Everyone get their own)
Knorr soup (I'm sure if it's cold this will do wonders for morale!!!) (Shahzad)
JK: Want me to arrange for anything? <-- Yes, the Feta cheese that you smuggled in would be nice.
Breakfast(Saturday and Sunday):
Milk (UHT) (Mahmud) (Sajid: I already have about 5 cartons so don't get too many)
Cereal (Crunchy Nut Cornflakes - by popular opinion) (Shahzad)
Cant believe you paki's forgot TEA BAGS for TEA (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Lunch (Saturday):
SS: Depending on how much meat we bring, we may just end up eating cold meat for lunch, which doesnt sound too bad.
Anyhow I reckon people should sort out their own lunch on an individual basis
SS: Since we are now have 5 days to go to Friday could we please get the meat situation in hand. What we need is people to opt to go out and buy the meat, marinade it and the optionally freeze it, so that by Friday it is well frozen. Charge whatever you buy below. Look here for ideas if you wish http://barbeque.allrecipes.com/
Itinerary:
StreetmapURL
Friday:
Arrive at the south side of the Neuadd Reservoirs (the lower resevoir) and park the cars.
Walk to the North end of the upper reservoir.
Check out the island in the middle of the north reservoir; the reservoir level has significantly lowered of late and last time we went the island was accessible from the north end of the reservoir.
- EXSQUEEZE ME T: But what is to happen if the reservoir is to fill overnight thus reislanding the island? (perhaps we should bring an inflatable dighy or learn how to build a raft with twigs and mud) SS: Erm...use you as a raft?
Set up camp on the island.
Have a BBQ!
SS: Beware guys Tbird has taken to pronoucing the Neuadd reservior, the Nude reservior, so I don't know what sick ideas he has planned
Shaz: Tbird - "Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance"
Saturday:
Whoever wants to can take a day walk up the cliffs to the east, tie up Squibby and leave him for the wolves at night, and then proceed north to the three brecon peaks and then south again back to camp.
At night have another BBQ!
Sunday:
Chill
Beat McMood up and dump his body in the lake
Kick Kasim's leg if there's time PS: Go on I dare you to laugh/take the mick of moi! Muhahaha! Past events speak for themselves ;). (Squibby) Its ok now. The curse has been lifted and I can make fun of who I want without being instantly punished (McMood) Well you seem very certain about that, almost tempting fate...
Go home
If thats not relaxed then I dont know what is!
If anyone has any good ideas of what else we can do, please add it.
p.s If the island cannot be accessed or someone else has got there before us, there is a second fairly good camp site between the two rivers to the north west of the reservoir.
p.p.s Make dua the weather is good, but it's the company that is really important
(Squibby) - I'm praying for the weather now...
People who want to go for a walk on saturday
Ahmed
Shaz
Shafs
Saj
Arif
McMood
Jameel
AK: AH AH AH shadap ?
Weather Check
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp
UPDATE:
(McMood) Arrrright, looking good for a nice BBQ on Saturday, temparatures and sunshine of 14 degrees C.
(Cool, i can work on my tan)
Travel:
<cars available + capacity>
McMood Honda Civic = Seats 4 carries 3 rucksacks at back max.
Saj's Peugeot 306 = 2 at the front and 2 or 3 at the back depending on size
(McMood) Maybe there should be a weight allowance, excess weight to be charged penalties for excessive fuel use.Jameel A Class Merc - should seat 3 and their luggage.
(Shahzad Suzuki - Seats 3 carries 3 rucksacks max) <-- hahaha.. Suzuki? You Boy Racer you...
People travelling: 12
car capacity: 11
looks like we wont need the suzuki Shaz. (Shaz: Ok I'm not bringing the suzuki.Are you sure all the baggage will fit in the cars?)
UPDATE 2:
City University will lend us a Mini Bus but we need to wait till Tuesday to see if that is available. So Purrrfect, if they can Insha'Allah. Otherwise as ShazLad said, we need another Car - I am sure all the brothers apart from Kasim can drive and own cars! (McMood)
SS: 'llow the bus — fuel for 3 cars will be what 120 squids — you aint getting a minibus+fuel for that.
McMood: City uni getting back to me in a couple of hours, rental is about 30 quid plus fuel...so this is the cheapest options!!!!!!!!!! If it works...
SS: Just out of interest, how are we able to skank the city uni minibus?
McMood: Dont Worry! Be Happy! - Latest - Uni is closed, so did not get any word today. So waiting till tomorrow - neverthless cars should be the back up.
Meeting Point:
What is the best meeting place, whose house? (Volunteers)
Note: We will probably be leaving late as dictated by past experiences.
Mahmud's house is a good option.
(McMood) Hmmmm, i guess someone decided then
Ok, my house streetmap:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=512897&Y=174639&A=Y&Z=1
Number 32, Avondale Gardens. Plenty of parking down this road. DO NOT park on pavement.
I am near Heathrow airport, off the M4 or at the end of M3 for those coming from down south.
Atiq: listen isnt meeting and parking in london always issues, aren't we eventually gonna get clamped? Or is it ok down ur end Mahmud?
Meeting time: 7pm
Departure time: 8pm (pray maghrib and make like a tree)
SS: I think this is a wee tad late. we are gonna end up leaving at 11 and getting there for Fajr. Lets plan to leave earlier. Lets at least plan to leave after maghrib and make the meeting ~ 7pm. I want a BBQ on Friday, but that doesnt preclude having snackeroonies at your place.
Snackeroonies are notorious for causing delays. As someone has gone to the trouble of designing a 15 course supper on the Friday night, lets get out there asap and snackroony to our hearts content at the destination.
SS: Fair enuff
McMood: So food at my place it is.... JK: Is not, from what I gather. McMood: Oh so no food! Coool
Rules:
My family will be at home, they go to sleep pretty early. Some of whom are coming back from On-Call - so main rules are, not to be too late (cos i will get grief for leaving too late) and noise levels to be a minimum.
We must aim to leave before 10pm.
Extra Equipment:
If you guys have anything extra, then just list it here, so people don't have to go out and buy stuff they don't need to.
Anyone who wants to borrow any item, merely place your name against it preceeded by <borrowed by>.
Boots (size 9) (Shafiq) Atiq: I will take that
Torch (large) (Shafiq) Atiq: I will take that as well haha
Fleece (Someone slimmer than I currently am) (Shafiq) (awif: is this the one you never washed for 3 years or something ?
(SS: and what if it is?) (Squibby) You can talk arf - your blue nike jumper has been 'running' for 10 years.40 Litre Alpine Lowe bag (McMood) <- haha.. you idiot. its Lowe Alpine..haha.. what a spaz
Water-proof coat+trouser (Shahzad)
Large Poncho (Shahzad) Atiq: Don't mind if I do take that squire. Shaz: Ok that's fine, I'll bring it along tonight.
37 litre Lowe Alpine bag (Shahzad) Atiq: turns out my bag is rucksack is badly ripped, will need this Shazza me ol chum
I have a spare sleeping bag and ground mat (Atiq) Ahmed: As Squibby isn't coming can I'll have this sleeping bag (got a ground mat already)
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