bignumber5

if you mean the sand track, 1.007 miles around the outer... www.mapmyrun.com for all your distance estimating needs!

painful. just painful. Brave show, some decent opportunities, some taken some not. the bok tries demonstrated that they were the better side, lions heart took them a long way. my MOTM agrees with the official one - I thought Simon Shaw gave it absolutely everything. Another nail in the coffin for the continuation of the lions tours. And I can see the whitewash coming...

No top means your sweat will evaporate faster in the sun, leaving you dehydrated with mega heat stroke, as well as burnt to a crisp with melanoma since any sun protection gets sweated off. Guessing since you're picking the week of the heat-wave weather warnings to "get a tan" means that the genuine health risks associated with doing so are not that high on your list of concerns...

what mick mac said, essentially. a physically bolstered pack would cover a less hefty scrum half, and for almost the entire second half last week phillips was pedestrian at best. even with the big boys being called in up front, there's obviously a huge amount of pressure in the pack as well as very quickly organising bok defence: quick service is a must.

*drinking from suspicious can with labels in Greek, floats past on "humourous" inflatable pool crocodile, zinc on nose and radioactively pink shoulders* Gotta make the most of the summer - it'll go brown, y'know...

disappointed not to see Ellis start. Pack picked to plug a fairly obvious hole: Shaw in presumably to match the physical challenge in the first half, trade for a younger, faster, lighter model in the 2nd. Painful to admit that the all welsh front row are our best option, but they are. If we can stabilise the set piece it could be a hell of a game - if that falls apart again then i'd say we're buggered...

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > -"Do you post?" > > -"Only from the east" That takes me back...

Muley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bignumber5 > > I'm afraid it was a bit of sarcasm in the face of > all this technical wizardry and general > cleverness; however, after seeing the obvious > sincerity of your reply I now feel deeply ashamed > of my churlish flippancy. > > I'm putting myself on the naughty step. It's the > only language I understand. that'll learn me for looking when tired and failing to spot the subtler elements of piss-taking. Something that your (now that I look, extremely familiar) tone should have alerted me to... will vow not to try to be helpful unless well rested and certain that it is what is required ;-)

As I understand, in academic and literary contexts, it is appropriate to use capital letters for "significant words" in a title, with significant usually referring to pretty much everything but prepositions and articles. Probably a level or 2 of geekdom above what you were looking for...

Caught a repeat of top gear last weekend with just such a moral dilemma on screen together: Jeremy Clarkson or James Blunt (?)

literally sweeping through the area? At least if we're going to get mugged it's going to be on a well maintained street. How Robin Hood of them to be so public spirited.

muley: 1) attach a file, insert image from saved location 2) post 3) read your own post, follow link to image, copy url 4) edit post - insert image url (4th from left), paste, save no idea how these clever computer types are making text float and move and what-not...

pretty tense last 10 minutes... vickery really did get butchered, didn't he? agreed on kearney, fine show, and both centres looked dangerous. I'd put a fair few probs down to a fairly pedestrian service from phillips, so no matter what the backs tried they'd always been lined up well in advance. As much as the physical boks might shove him around, i'd like to see Harry Ellis start the second test just for a bit of urgency behind the pack. i think the second test could be interesting. other than ellis, adam jones and kearney i'd leave the side how it is. And let's just take a moment to appreciate the seemingly faultless Gethin Jenkins!

sofiesofa, fair point, but new users often post new threads and they get directed to where they should look. It works ok on some threads, I think it's at least worth a go. You just quote something about the "incident" that you want to goss about. I can see why admin isn't mad-keen on another room (although The Incident Room does sound kinda cool). I've almost started a thread and then cancelled it about 5 times this morning, because a) it won't get used - those that have started their curtain twitch threads already will keep using them and b) I give it less than an hour before ????, HonaloochieB, *Bob* or the most recent incarnation of Snorky (I've lost track of his new identity) turn it into a massive pisstake and the point gets lost. Perhaps I could appeal to those that start the threads: next time you want to start one, make it more generic? Perhaps ED Neighbourhood Watch: You'll never guess what I can see happening over the road... (just to be clear, I'm completely serious)

I agree, sean, although i see not necessarily a popular view point. Strawbs, point taken - serious incidents that affect the way the area runs (LL closed to buses etc) are good to know about, but i don't really need to read about every sodding mugging that occurs in the neighbourhood because lots won't stop me from going out of my door, nor will the absence of such reports be the basis for my carrying a lot of cash and ignoring my surroundings in the small hours. But I can appreciate that victims of these things want to share and feel supported by their local online community. That is not, however, the same as "saw a copper and possibly an ambulance, what goes on?" (at least twice on the first page of the goss section). If I start doing that from work, it could all get a even more silly. So, in summary, Threads about incidents where the OP is a victim - fine. Threads where an incident results in some local disruption that we could do with knowing about - fine Threads positively identifying a blue light bulb in the area and then speculating as to why it is there - give over. Perhaps one thread, and one only (like we have one forumite birthdays thread, not a new one every time a birthday comes up) where all the curtain twitching can occur in one place, leaving the rest of the goss section uncluttered. In fact, might go and start it now...

once in a blue moon, minablue, and they say the day after something tragic is it's safest day, so welcome!

kel and theallseeingeye, i think admin is just trying to make the (very good) point that rumour mungering about something this serious isn't particularly constructive - i've seen relatives in hospital waiting rooms browsing the forum on PDAs and putting the fear into them on principle of freedom of speech isn't so helpful. Neither is knit-picking an attempt to encourage people to come forward. (edit: cross posted with above, who makes the point better) LL Buses on redirect down to Peckham Rye and then up Barry Road.

Soon to be illegal practice, I can remember the news reports (slow news month, admittedly) saying that service on bills should be addressed by simply asking the wait-staff if they see it, and doing as you suggest if they don't.

Does beg the question that with that much media interest and extreme coverage at the charging stage, how is an inpartial and fair jury to be found?

Bringing up the old thread was a bit below the belt, consider that reference retracted. But can you please say what you'd want from a school on that site that this one doesn't have? Or what it has that you'd rather it didn't?

Seriously, Mick Mac, read that back and consider the possibility that you might be a bit of a snob... Anyway, presumably your girls education will be fairly irrelevant, as I'm sure you're bringing up nice girls who won't, therefore, work...

Was in Tandoori Nights last night, and it never disappoints

Drinking in 2 places, travelling between the 2 on foot?! Outrageous behaviour. I'll have you know that my stag night organisation committee submitted a route plan with likely diversions 6 weeks before the event and allowed local residents a chance to comment. Have we done this? For shame. And what about all those people standing along public highways and at the 2 pubs just, well, banging their hands together?! Noise pollution, might wake baby. Officer, officer...

Sherwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Contrary to popular belief amongst racists, there > is no 'surge' towards the BNP whatsoever. I don't think anyone is suggesting that previously moderate people heard about the expenses row or looked at their new fixed rate and decided that the best solution all round was to become a born again racist. But, unfortunately, the disillusioned "i'm not voting for any of them, they're all as bad as each other blah blah expenses blah recession blah blah" from previous labour (and other main party) supporters allowed the BNP to acquire seats without getting any more votes than in previous years. What was the turn out: 40-something%? I believe that it is the headmaster in The Breakfast Club that brought us the phrase "Apathy is the glove into which evil slips it's hand", and we now have racist scum representing us to Europe. I assign equal blame to the BNP, it's mindless fuckwit voters, and anyone that didn't vote at all: could've stopped it and didn't.

dulwich park opens at 8am, closes (now) at about 8.30pm. Closing time changes throughout the year based on when it starts getting dark. There's a notice board just inside the court lane entrance with the times for the whole year.