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There were loads of food stalls there, and the fireworks were great. It was all very well organised apart from one of the gates being closed at the end for safety reasons but no announcement made about it. Or are you saying there was not enough food for the numbers expected? We went but didn't eat there - how could they know how many people would want to eat?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Not everyone wants > to hear people bragging about there side return > extension, or how they spent a fortune on some > organic veggies at a local farmers market. And where exactly do you go that you hear people doing this? And at what point does somebody talking become "bragging"?

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like Jenny and Lee, in Hull. Are they the best friends in the caravan?

They have free leaflets as well.

Xoco sounds good! I too was put off by the misleading name and strange menu, but going on the above I will deffo try it, slates or not :)

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------ > Its between middle Siddiqui man and Giles for > wittiest person on the show imo - oh and the girl > who sits on the right of her mum and dad, she's > very funny. Agreed. Hasn't the girl gone on to be in another telly programme, or did I imagine that? I

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just say no thanks. Same here. Though my ex used to ask them in for a cup of tea and ask them questions they couldn't answer. They didn't come back (well, not the same ones, anyway!)

Apparently yes they do, civilservant :(

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > in ED! at the top of Crystal Palace Road, next to > the leisure centre... I always think of that end as the bottom of Crystal Palace Road!

Giles on Poldark: " He sets pulses racing, even though it's a second series" :))

Sorry to hear this, but you can start a neighbourhood watch scheme yourself ....

I have seen Lord Heseltine's garden twice recently on t'telly, and frankly if most of it was eaten by squirrels I don't think it would be any great loss. They could start with the hideous fountain, carry on to the "kiosks", then gnaw through the aviary to let the birds free. Maybe leave the arboretum and some of the borders..... ETA: Oh and if they were in particularly good gnawing mode, they could gnaw away at the two massive marble elephants which Lady Hezza brought back from a furniture tour of India, then found they were too big for the house. Too big for the effing massive house which appears to take up half of Northamptonshire. And the garden takes up the other half. Grrrrrr.

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They disguised alcohol so it looked like jam?! Good luck with that :)) Unless it was cassis - oh, wrong thread :))

Just watched a recording of Gardener's World of 21 October and there was a part about a mini makeover of a small garden in Dulwich. I didn't recognise the street. Anyone know where it was?

Damn haven't got a gig but got something else I can't get out of that night :( Would have liked to try out Xoco, too. What date is the December meal?

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I'll bet that had two fellas been chatting at > the > > bar over a pint on the last night it was open, > and > > one had said "by the time this place reopens, > > Donald Trump could well be president of the > USA". > > He'd have been told he'd had enough and should > > probably be moving on. > > Possibly with "Alright son, whatever you say - I > suppose Bob Dylan's gonna be Nobel Laureate > an'all?" :)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The P12 sometimes attacks the 343 > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-174153 > 55 > > (no-one got hurt) Except the bus :(

Maybe people used to eat more jam!

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Otta Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > When is a jam jar a beer glass? > > > > In 2012 I think > > > > MeatLiquor or that Diner thing they did way > back > > in the day had them, there after it's just > wankery > > and need knocking on the head. > > > Only place I've had it (being as I don't visit > anywhere remotely trendy) was The Communion Bar in > Camberwell, when I went to see a friend play some > music. Nice bar, I liked the surroundings, but the > offerings from the bar were a load of @#$%& served > in bottles, or dirty looking jars if you asked for > a glass. Jam jars are nice to put flowers in, but why you would want to drink from one, God knows. What really amuses me is that now, in places like Wilko, you can get glasses made to look like jam jars, complete with metal lids and holes punched in the lids for a straw :))

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Hubby volunteers in a charity shop and is incensed > when people try to haggle with him wanting a ?2 > item of clothing for 10p - tells them all the > money goes to the charity and if they wanted > something that cheap he suggests that they look > around for jumble sales. At the same time he > laughs at the things people donate - out of date > packets of food, worn pants and bras, dirty > kitchen utensils, packets of tampex (unopened) Well it would be worrying if the packets of Tampax contained used items ...... ! If I'm not sure if a charity shop will accept items, I ask. I once took in some unopened cleaning products (I think it was) as part of a load of items following a clearout of a relative's flat when she died. They said they couldn't sell them in the shop but that some of the volunteers might be glad of them. I guess it would be the same with the (unopened!) packets of Tampax? Better somebody can make use of something than it goes to landfill, surely? Donating dirty items, that's a different matter, bleurgh.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I would ask you to cease your campaign of > > pointless rude insults against me (and many > others > > who find you equally tiresome) but actually I > find > > them extremely amusing, keep 'em coming. > > If that's the case, any chance you and Grok can > carry on with your spats via private messages?... I think it's better kept on here. We can all see Grok's nastiness then. Having said on another thread that I don't make personal attacks on other posters, I'll make an exception in his case. He appears to be a thoroughly unpleasant person.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Andonwegowithsuesendlesstrialandpedantictribulatio > nsbubbleandsqueekoorlaintandfolkmusicitalljustmelt > sintoonedrippingmetathreadofsueness If you don't like my posts don't read them! At least I have never made a personal attack on another poster, so far as I know.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A glass made out of glass is a glass.. > > An ashtray made out of glass is an ashtray not a > glass. > So when does an ashtray become a glass.. > > Take a table and cut an inch off each leg.. it is > still a table.. > Cut off another 2 inches .. it is still a table.. > > Keep going.. When does a table become a tray. ? > It's all about function, Fox .....

Ok we went. Walk through woods lovely. Wood House greatly improved. Staff all lovely. But I'd forgotten it was a Young's pub. Roast was just about ok except for the potatoes which were not even slightly crispy. Would go back for a pint or two (though not the Youngs) but wouldn't make a special trip. And I wouldn't eat there again. Probably.