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apbremer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So they caught two of them. Both back on the > streets within 2 years. That'll really scare > others. Pathetically soft sentences. I wouldn't steal mobiles if I thought I might get two years inside, would you? I'm not diminishing (wrong word but can't think of the right one) the crime, but it's hardly murder.

I don't necessarily want "good", (ETA: Though I see I did say "good" above!) I just want something that is browned (and by being in an oven, not by being brushed with some weird colouring) and crispy, or even just crispy in parts. Even something that has been deep fried to turn it crispy would be preferable (to me, anyway) to a pale white thing which is scarcely more than boiled :( Thanks for the suggestions, people.

I had an absolutely delicious Sunday roast yesterday. Good portion of tender beef cooked medium rare as ordered, nice gravy, properly cooked veg, etc, EXCEPT the "roast" potatoes were rubbish - scarcely past the parboiled stage and almost completely white, with no crispy bits at all. The last time I had a roast out (at a different place) , the same thing happened, but in that case I sort of expected it - in this case I didn't (and certainly not for nearly sixteen quid :( ) As the meal was mostly very good, including a very delicious pudding, I don't want to name the place. Can anybody recommend anywhere locally where the Sunday roast has consistently good roast potatoes? And preferably where you don't have to book, as usually it's a spur of the moment thing? And yes I did mention it to the waitress, but I've no idea whether it was fed back to the chef (who must surely have known???) I wonder whether it was because it was relatively early (around 1pm) and if we'd been later the potatoes would have been in the oven longer??

Maybe the best people to advise would be those who have actually managed to stay together for years?

How are we supposed to play Pokemon Go !!!!

Well said rendelharris.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As an antipodean immigrant, I must say that this > very British habit of going to a garden centre at > Christmas sounded like the most ridiculous thing > I'd ever heard when I first was made aware of it. > I thought it was a joke. It Just seemed so strange > to me, a garden centre at xmas?... Most people aren't going to be gardening in December, so if garden centres want to stay open all year they have got to make their money somehow apart from Christmas trees, I guess. Though personally I find the type of non-plant related things most garden centres sell quite horrendous. Maybe I go to the wrong ones.

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many times, my point on how to indicate on this > (or any) roundabout still stands. > > If in doubt, maybe contact a driving instructor. I am well aware of how to indicate at roundabouts, thanks. I am talking about a specific issue with this one where indicating could cause confusion to following cars.

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then one can cancel the indicator and indicate > again. > Have you actually driven round this roundabout and exited at the road in question? By the time you had indicated to turn left at it, you would have already turned!

Walk from Kew to Richmond along the river? There's a nice riverside pub in Richmond (though will probably be rammed). In fact I think there are two, but I've only been in the older one. Also some little pubs just up from the river, including one on Richmond Green. Plenty of houses to nose in windows, if that's your scene, and the riverside walk is quite leafy. ETA: There's also a pub at the Kew end of the walk - you could start in Richmond and go the other way if you wanted to end up at that one. If you wanted a longer walk, you could walk up to Twickenham - if the ferry is running there's a nice pub on that side of the river. At least, it's nice in the Summer, never been there in the Winter!

Banstead? Old Coulsdon?

Markyryan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One should indicate. > > On a roundabout, one should indicate left coming > to their exit. If turning right (not continuing > straight through) - one should indicate too. > > GG roundabout requires a minimum of one use of the > indicator, or two if taking the second exit. Yes, but the point is that there are two roads very close together so it is not obvious which one a car is turning left into.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Re signalling at the roundabout, if you want > to > > turn left towards the station, there is another > > road on the left immediately before the main > road > > (the one with the estate agent on the corner), > so > > signalling left could be confusing to others. > > > > I'm never sure quite what to do there, tbh. > > > > Normally I would signal left as soon as I was > past > > a point where there couldn't be confusion, but > > there is no space/time to do it in this case. > > I know what you mean. If I see someone signalling > left there , I assume they are either going down > Tintagel Road or through the roundabout and up > Grove Vale, and give them enough space to do > either. > > It's always safer to indicate than not to > indicate, as it shows other road users that you're > going to turn somewhere soon! Interesting. I'm not entirely sure about that in this case - I'd be interested to know what other people think.

Or Peckham Rye Park then Clock House or Ivy House depending on which end of the park you finish up?

Re signalling at the roundabout, if you want to turn left towards the station, there is another road on the left immediately before the main road (the one with the estate agent on the corner), so signalling left could be confusing to others. I'm never sure quite what to do there, tbh. Normally I would signal left as soon as I was past a point where there couldn't be confusion, but there is no space/time to do it in this case.

The OP was nearly two years ago, so I imagine it's all been done by now!

Don't know whether if was a BMW but some large shiny black car went through the red at a very high speed on the pedestrian crossing just past the top end of Underhill Road recently (near the Horniman) and I literally had to jump out of its way as I was already crossing. Shouting at it was pretty useless as by then it was well gone :(

The people who look after Peckham Rye Park. It's always a pleasure to walk through there. And the cheery Big Issue seller who is usually outside the larger hospice shop on a Saturday and tells you all about what's in the latest issue of the mag.

We may be able to do 9th.

The BBC Food site has lots of good recipes, including a brownie with salted caramel inside it which I intend to try out!

Grok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Calm down.., I did not realise you have an > obsession with MM! it's just a coincidence. > Nice try.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can this thread be lounged again? It's become > even more ridiculous than the original post. The original post was not ridiculous.

Hendrix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you, appreciate the help, if anyone has 1st > hand experience dealing with this I'm all ears on > the best process... I know this is a serious issue, and I hope you can resolve it (I too would suggest the Southwark Noise Control route) but I did have to laugh when you said you were "all ears" ....

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would not expect Sue to understand or agree with > me on any subject even if I said The Ivy House was > a great place > Sue would simply see DulwichFox and the Ivy House > and assume I was slagging it off. How ridiculous. Are you suggesting I respond to your posts without reading them? You do seem to post a lot of things I don't agree with, but I'm disagreeing with the content of your posts. It is not personal. Why do you need to turn it into something about you?