Your Apartment's like a hall of fame for things that I despise

[tempered_elan]

Well, I can at least say that I avoided drinking at The Apartment for all of eight years. Mr T 'Choir in Croydon' Little, with his social circle that's bigger than the Marvel Universe, decided to put a stop to that. It seems so difficult to attempt an evening out in Belfast without appearing to align oneself with one tribe or another, whether that

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[blokes_on_45]

To further demonstrate the stifling and incestuous nature of Belfast, I lived with Margaret in 2005 and 2006!

Are you still up for the match next week? I should be collecting the tickets on Friday or Monday.

[tempered_elan]

Indeed, if my memory serves me well, I had some measure of conversation with Ms Hagan at the Vichy Government show at the Menagerie in October or November 2005.

I am still well up for the match and should remain so even if the boys get slaughtered in Slovakia on Saturday and/or the first three days of my journalism course turn me into a nervous wreck. It would appear that Thursday is to be the only day of the week when I am not required to present myself at 9am like your common-or-garden working stooge, so I hope to lie in bed the next morning and thrill to the memory of Chris Brunt's first goal for Northern Ireland.

Currently on Brunt's Wikipedia profile: 'After scoring a number of wonder goals in the 2006-07 season, Brunt revealed he eats gummy bears at half time to energise himself for the second half.' I didn't know you could even buy gummy bears anymore; Brunt is evidently a man with his finger on the pulse.

[blokes_on_45]

That's right - we stood at the back talking about Wednesday legend David Hirst and Jamie declared that one of the Vichy songs was called 'Fade To Jim Gray'.

That all sounds good - I hope to still be unemployed the day after the game, so I can enjoy watching Eurosport and recalling Martin Paterson's hat-trick from the bench in the 87th, 88th and 90th minutes before he breaks his leg and can't play against Forest at the City Ground on the following Saturday.

More realisitcally I'll text you on Tuesday to arrange meeting up. We should enjoy a pale ale before hand. Or a dark one, it doesn't matter.

[tempered_elan]

A very sensible suggestion. Who has Budvar on tap? Or is that just the same as Budweiser?

[blokes_on_45]

It's vaguely the same as far as I know! Not sure where has it on tap.

Got the tickets today, so I'll be in touch. Let's hope Saturday doesn't dampen the expectation levels too much.