Nice beer, foul taste.

Slightly odd title, but I hope it makes sense when you get to the end.

I met up with Gary (formerly Perlworld) last night for a beer. He was down in London for a training course today, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to get together for a beer. And I have to say it was a real pleasure to finally meet him and put a face to the name!

Unfortunately though the evening ended on a not-so-nice note, as Gary’s mobile ‘phone and PDA were stolen from his coat. It’s amazing to think that people actually do this kind of thing - the coat was on the back of his stool (that he was sitting in), and one of the two people sitting behind us must have actually done the pilfering. I guess the loss of the devices isn’t so bad (they can be replaced, and hopefully restored from back-ups), but the thought that a person is prepared to rummage around your coat pockets looking for something to steal is quite unpleasant.

I don’t expect either device will turn up now, but the pub has CCTV so I hope they manage to identify these low-lives and do something nasty to them!