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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.

I passed by the Dog in the car the other day and there seemed to be loads of people sitting outside, so I thought it may have reopened? I'm right in thinking it hasn't though?

Anyone else playing this? The rules seem a bit harder than Snakes and Ladders :))

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, Sue, as I said "IT'S A SHOP". > My book didn't count in their scheme because it > was a hardback, and so, obviously, not a book. > Perhaps this makes it a small coffee table or door > step. One of my other two books was a hardback, and they seemed to think that was included in the sale. I now have an urge to make it into a (very very) small coffee table :))

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > "I really enjoy torturing small helpless fluffy > animals", oh dear. > > OMG YOU KILLED TUFTY DIDN'T YOU . > :))

DovertheRoad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > :)) > > > > Looking forward to a walk through the woods and > a > > drink in the Wood House, pleased to hear it is > now > > worth going to, its last incarnation was > > horrendous . . > > What could possibly go wrong? :-) Depends if they have a book sale on :))

Also! Apart from the fact that they don't recognise a gardening book when they see one (despite Royal Horticultural Society being on the front in large letters)they don't seem to understand their own pricing strategy. When I had two books (which fitted in with their esoteric classification obv) it wasn't the case that I could "get another one free". It was the case that I could get the two existing books plus the extra one for a pound. So bizarrely, if I had bought a book I didn't want, I could have got that "free", got the other two half price, then given them back the book I didn't want! Oh and re the swearing. I said Jesus at one point before the end, and you would have thought I had said something like "I really enjoy torturing small helpless fluffy animals", oh dear. As for whether I should just have paid up and bitten my tongue _ yes I could have done. I could also have given them a tenner and said keep the change. I could have said I'll go home immediately and rewrite my will in your favour. I don't do that in Tesco so why should I do it in a charity shop? It's a shop. I give to charity directly as well, I'm not trying to do them out of money, it's the principle. Also, they clearly see themselves as a normal shop. When the charge came in for carrier bags I was in the larger shop when an assistant insisted on charging a very upset customer for what appeared to be a very old and well used plastic carrier because "all shops have to do that now."

God I'm so gullible

We had lunch there today, again really good. But surprised it was almost empty on a Saturday lunchtime! Oh and we sat in the window. And saw a friend going by on a bus, so that was fun, especially as he saw us too and waved. Oh damn I forgot, we are supposed to sit in the window so as to look cool, must do better. At least I had my contact lenses in and clean hair this time :))

:)) Looking forward to a walk through the woods and a drink in the Wood House, pleased to hear it is now worth going to, its last incarnation was horrendous . .

OK I can laugh about it now :)

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't believe it, this is probably the first > genuine irrational rage rant and you go and stick > it in a new rational rage thread!... :) :) :) I think you'll find there's a "maybe" in the heading :))

Bob Buzzard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Try ?500 Bob. The 'fee' may have gone up. > > > Great, where is Camber Tennis Club? Is it in ED? South Circular opposite the old Harvester. Next to the cricket club.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You think he is? Not about the bribe, but maybe about the allotment. Benefit of the doubt and all that :))