Where do you find like minded people?

I am a graduate with few friends, not sure how this happened as I am a nice person. Uni mates and I got on well with some but others in the group I wasn't keen on so I got the push. I met some people on myspace a while ago who wanted to make friends, they seemed nice but all they do is go clubbing on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. I'm not into clubbing and would rather go cinema, bowling, pub and weekends away. Making friends with clubbers would make me feel left out, bored and out of pocket. I left my part time job a while ago but even the friends I made there are home bodies or work late.

Anyone know where I can meet people in 'real life'?. I prefer not to go on these social networking sites now as everyone seems to know everyone and I don't want people who didn't know me from the past to ruin everything by saying 'avoid her, she doesn't talk' cos I was quiet years ago but have come out of my shell now.

I want to set up a part of TSR for the purpose of this but I dont know how.

You can meet people anywhere

Join a club e.g horse riding, film clubs, book clubs etc

Learn a language

Go rollerblading in the parks (loads of people there helping you learn fancy new moves)

I found moving out of my family home and into a cool flatshare brought me out of my close circle of friends and I started hanging out with different types

Join a touch rugby/football/roller hockey team

Think about what you would genuinely enjoy doing and either join a group or create your own