<div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>We now have two great talks planned for September</div><div><br></div><div>* Ju Liu will be talking to use about "The Functional Alternative"</div><div>* Paul Battley is taking us down memory lane with "Back in my day..."</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to join this illustrious lineup, there is still room for one more talk in september (and more space for october, november, december etc.). <a href="mailto:talks@lrug.org">talks@lrug.org</a> awaits your email as ever</div><div><br></div><div><div>Full details of these talks on <a href="https://lrug.org/meetings/2023/september/">https://lrug.org/meetings/2023/september/</a> and as ever, please register on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-september-2023-meeting-tickets-699976768357?" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-ruby-user-group-september-2023-meeting-tickets-699976768357?</a> if your fancy has been tickled.</div><div><br></div></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Fred</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 12:11 PM Frederick Cheung <<a href="mailto:frederick.cheung@gmail.com">frederick.cheung@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="display:flex;float:none;height:80px;padding:0px 16px;min-width:40px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div><img id="m_-3896818103151114682gmail-:pa_4-e" name="m_-3896818103151114682_:pa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AAcHTtdBjXdqkcrVpUKo5NItb86EXulDCLXpy4uy9WOnt5661hE=s80-p" aria-hidden="true" style="width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%; display: block; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1272px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:20px 0px 0px"><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-size:0.875rem;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"><tr style="display:flex;height:auto"><td style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:1047.45px;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:1047.45px"><tbody><tr><td style="display:flex"><h3 style="overflow:hidden;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><span role="gridcell"><span name="Frederick Cheung" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top">Frederick Cheung</span></span> <span></span><span style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(94,94,94)"><span aria-hidden="true"><</span><a href="mailto:frederick.cheung@gmail.com" target="_blank">frederick.cheung@gmail.com</a><span aria-hidden="true">></span></span></span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div style="padding:0px;display:flex"><span id="m_-3896818103151114682gmail-:2x1" title="Jul 17, 2023, 3:10 PM" alt="Jul 17, 2023, 3:10 PM" role="gridcell" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0px;font-size:0.75rem;color:rgb(94,94,94);display:block;line-height:20px">Mon, Jul 17, 3:10 PM</span><div aria-label="Not starred" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false" style="display:inline-block;height:20px;margin-left:20px;outline:0px"><span style="display:inline-flex;height:20px;text-align:center;width:20px;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:none;outline:none"></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:flex"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;display:block;max-height:20px"><div role="button" aria-label="Reply" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:2px 0px 0px 2px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img role="button" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: 20px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 20px; opacity: 1; display: inline-block; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="m_-3896818103151114682gmail-:2y3" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-label="More" style="display:inline-flex;border-radius:0px 2px 2px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;text-align:center;margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;height:20px;line-height:18px;min-width:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:none"><img role="menu" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" style="background: url("") 50% 50% / 20px no-repeat; height: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