To many it is simply a file format... More specifically a 'Portable Document Format' created by Adobe Systems. I can't argue with that... After all, I work in IT sales so I sell Adobe products & receive, view & send PDF documents every day!
But to me PDF bears no reference to computer documents, for me PDF refers to ' Pay Day Friday' :-)
Of course, it's always good to see pay day, whatever day of the week it falls on... Pay Day Friday however takes it to the next level!
PDF is a monthly night out with my work colleagues, many of which I don't have day to day contact with. It occurs on the first Friday AFTER pay day - this can sometimes mean it occurs well into the first week of the next month but makes way more sense than trying to stick to the calendar month & having everyone venture out with limited funds or worse, not show up at all!
Mostly we head out straight from work, 5pm onwards on the given Friday - the location is a bar called Bluu http://www.bluu.co.uk/ (we head there every Friday but only usually for a couple of drinks on non PDF's), we like to think of it as OUR bar on a Friday & to be honest, we are usually the dominating presence... In fact, the amount of money we've put behind the bar since it opened in 2008, I'm convinced we should own shares!
Sometimes we have themed nights, these have historically proven to be very successful & often draw a few more colleagues out of the woodwork, particularly as priorities in life change & some people can't commit to attending every month... The hardcore PDFers amongst us find it hard to believe that ANYTHING could take priority over PDF but that's just different strokes I guess!
Hallowe'en PDF Oct 2008
Pirate PDF July 2010
A typical round at Bluu... Hic!
Roll on September PDF! :-)
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