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Le Chandelier doesn't exist any more, does it?

So Mary123, where did you go? Hope you had a lovely tea, wherever it was!

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see you do not mention Ganapati much these days. > I suppose too many ordinary people go there these > days. Oh FFS :)) :)) :)) rupert james, I have a lovely man already, but thanks for the suggestion :))

Clayton1612 Wrote: But my garden is very shady and > the grass doesn?t grow. Apologies if you have already tried this, but you can get grass mixtures specifically for shady areas. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=416

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Wolsely. > > Our full Afternoon Tea consists of assorted > finger sandwiches, fruit scones, a selection of > pastries and choice of teas, at ?37.50 per person. > Champagne Tea at ?47.50 per person. > > I think some people must live a very different > lifestyle to my self. > If memory serves, you often eat out at local Indian restaurants. I'm guessing poppadums, a main course, a side, rice and a bottle of Cobra probably come to around ?20. Quite likely more, depending on what you have. So a one-off afternoon tea (without the champagne) at the Wolseley (sic), a very nice restaurant in central London, for a special trip out with close relatives, comes to less than you would spend in your normal daily life on two run of the mill meals at a bog standard local restaurant. Correct? We all spend our money in different ways.

stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- It's surprising also > that in bird breeding season, the council send the > tree trimmers out, and people butcher their > hedges! https://www.trees.org.uk/Help-Advice/Public/When-is-the-bird-nest-season

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Wolsely. > > Our full Afternoon Tea consists of assorted > finger sandwiches, fruit scones, a selection of > pastries and choice of teas, at ?37.50 per person. > Champagne Tea at ?47.50 per person. > > I think some people must live a very different > lifestyle to my self. Some people occasionally go out for one-off treats with close family members. That is hardly indicative of their general lifestyle :)) I believe you eat out quite often at local Indian restaurants, Dulwich Fox. What would you pay for poppadums, a main course, rice, side dish and a Cobra? Twenty quid a pop? More? So an afternoon tea at a lovely central London restaurant would be the equivalent cost of less than two run-of-the-mill meals at a bog standard local Indian restaurant. But don't let that stop you having a go at me :)) Oh, and the two hundred quid a year I'm saving by changing to a water meter more than covers the cost of the occasional treat like this :)) You spend your money how you like, and I'll spend mine how I like. Live and let live. OK? :))

bsand Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The truth is buyers are paying top dollar for > shoeboxes in ED with it's relatively poor > transport links because it has an indefinable 4 > quid latte / 5 quid loaf cachet. Some first time > buyers must be saying I can get a 3 bed house and > big garden in Bexleyheath with top state schools > for the price of a 1 bed garden flat in ED , and > it's quicker to get into the city. I have just > cashed out and made such a move couldn't be > happier. Pleased you are happy. But then why are you still looking at and posting on the East Dulwich Forum?

Rolo Tomasi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.thewolseley.com/ Probably too late as you are probably on your way, but I had afternoon tea at The Wolseley with my sisters a year or so back. It was excellent. Amazing room, good service, lots of yummy afternoon tea type food. We booked a table, but I don't know whether that's essential. Probably best to be on the safe side. Looking at their website, I didn't know that Zedel (just off Piccadilly Circus) was associated with them. Also a lovely (different) room and good service, but let down by the quality of the food in my opinion. Good value for money though. Sorry, I'm digressing from afternoon tea. The Wolseley (or similar) would definitely be nicer, and more memorable, than one of a chain which tend to be similar wherever you go. Have a lovely time wherever you go!

Great pic! Toadsporn :))

Saw two Nuthatches in the woods this afternoon, walking up a tree. Also heard a woodpecker.

Don't worry Rendel, I'm not posting on this thread any more, I am feeling quite confused :)) ETA: You have a good weekend too!

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Louisa Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > YES I was invited by StraferJack > > > to the drinks on various occasions, and as he > > > would testify I?m sure, extenuating > > circumstances > > > prevented me from attending. > > > > > > > > > So your point is ..... ?? > > > > The drinks were open to anybody, you didn't > need > > to be invited. Unless we are talking about some > > more selective forum drinks than the ones which > > were posted up on here and changed pubs from > month > > to month? > > My point is, you talk as though not attending > forum drinks or publicly displaying your real life > self on a internet forum is somehow strange? I > would have thought most people would be dubious > about doing that, it?s not a points scoring thing. > If you choose to do that, all power to you. I > choose not to, and your point is? > Sorry, you've lost me. Fine if you don't want people to know who you are, though personally I think it's nice to know who people posting on here are off the forum, as it's a local forum, but then what point were you making in saying you were invited to the forum drinks, if you didn't actually go? Wading through treacle time again :)) Are we having "a good argument", by the way? :)

That's interesting, thanks James.

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For an example of why regular posters/ beautiful > people/ in crowd may have departed, I would > suggest an objective look at the passage of this > thread as a starting point. Sort it out. "Sort it out" ?!?!?! What does it have to do with you, exactly? You don't have to read it! Leopards don't change their spots. ETA: Oh, and it's the lounge. Lounge is different. As in real life, conversations may take various directions.

Wondering what everyone is paying. I've just been quoted ?26 pcm (rounding up) by Plusnet for unlimited fibre broadband and line rental, on an 18 month contract. That's quite a bit cheaper than I'm paying at the moment (?34 pcm) but also quite a lot more than if I was a new Plusnet customer, especially if I went via Top Cashback who have ?80p cashback on Plusnet, which over the 18 months would bring the monthly cost down to around ?20pcm, if my maths is correct. It's a hard call, because I'm wary about changing from Plusnet for several reasons, partly in case anything goes wrong with the switch and I'm left without broadband for a while, and partly because Plusnet do have good customer service, in my experience. ETA: I did do some negotiating last time, but I'm not sure I've got the energy to go through all that again ....

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- If you want an animal > that really gives the bible credibility a good > shake, look up Abraham's domesticated camels... Credibility and bible are not words I would use in the same sentence ....

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- YES I was invited by StraferJack > to the drinks on various occasions, and as he > would testify I?m sure, extenuating circumstances > prevented me from attending. > So your point is ..... ?? You've never actually divulged your real identity to anybody on here, although on various occasions you could have done? :)) The drinks were open to anybody, you didn't need to be invited. Unless we are talking about some more selective forum drinks than the ones which were posted up on here and changed pubs from month to month, and which I used to occasionally go to? In which case, I was never invited to the ones for the select few :))

Louisa Wrote: > > Who the hell do you think you?re talking to? > Barely any posting history, coming here for a > fight. Bugger off! Crikey! Good arguing skills there, Louisa :))

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > womanofdulwich Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Someone recommended to me to have antique > > mirror > > > splash backs. Quite a lot of those kitchen > mags > > > have them.. > > > > > > Would that be behind the cooker, though? > > > > If I was given the wrong information, I will > think > > again! > > There are plenty of toughened mirror splashbacks > available which can resist temperatures up to 400c > (I know because we were considering one a while > back, then I realised I'd have to see my face > while cooking, a punishment nobody should suffer), > but don't use an ordinary mirror, it will crack > pretty quickly. That's interesting, because it was a splashback company which gave me that information. Maybe they just told me that because they didn't sell them!! I'm considering now having plain glass which I can put different things behind (eg pictures, collages etc) and change them from time to time but now I'm a bit worried that paper behind glass could be a fire risk. What do you reckon? (Sorry for deviating from your mirror thread, LaddyMuck)

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So OP, does who is the busiest satisy you as being > a good arguement? Once I had deciphered that, good question. I think :))

HFrost Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > You both need to get a life And your own life consists of reading this thread in the lounge on an online forum and posting your fifth post in nearly a year on it? That's funny :)) :)) :)) I'm very happy with the life I've already got, thanks. But thanks for the "advice" :)) :)) :)) ETA: That last line was sarcastic, btw :)) :)) :)) I'm really hoping that these smileys irritate you. Mean, I know :)) :)) :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry for the slow responses Sue, I?ve been really > busy. Haven?t had the time! > > Seems bizarre to me that anyone would post under > numerous different alias or identities. Too much > time on their hands etc. It still baffles me as to > why so many posters here are obsessed by ?logical > reasoning?. If that were the case, then major > institutions such as religion would also be pulled > up every 5 minutes. Logic is subjective. > Your trolling seems to becoming less subtle, Louisa. I'm not even taking the bait of "logic is subjective" :)) However, if you are so proud of having always had one forum name, maybe you could go one step further and tell us where we can find you in real life? You can find me at any Goose Is Out! gig at The Ivy House, which is where I was last night, and you can even ask for me by my forum name. Because it's the same as my real name. You can even see an (old) picture of me on our website http://www.thegooseisout.com When there were forum drinks, lots of forum members turned up in real life and told people who they were on the forum. And yes posting under more than one name is bizarre, but then some people have their reasons. ETA: And just so that you and Dulwich Fox can continue to monitor my posting habits, I'll make it easy for you and let you know that I'm off to do other things now, but I expect I may be back again later today sometime :)) :)) :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know Strafer Jack. Who had other name(s) here. > as did El Pebe. > > Lots of people with more than one name. I know loads of people on here "in real life". Yes quite a few people have had more than one name, but to the best of my knowledge all the people you mention have posted on here saying they changed their name, and saying what their old and new ones were. Most people already knew, anyway. They didn't keep it a secret particularly. Very few people however deliberately change their name so that people won't know who they are, or post under more than one name simultaneously (unless for business purposes), or create whole false new "real/unreal life" characters for themselves. Or go back and delete all their posts under one of their names under the impression that then they can't be identified (forgetting that even if they delete their own posts, they can't delete those posts of theirs which have been quoted by somebody else :)) ) And JohnL, yes, very easy to change IP address to fool admin, for example. Less easy to change your style of writing, and to keep your fake character's likes and dislikes and interests consistent over time.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AN > d9GcTpKriCJXyGqkMi1y5MJe49V9ON4tgGgXbQJzRhBDBlK9cu > KFTUWw > > Sfogliato That looks nothing like applespider has described?! Maybe there are different versions of it.