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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can steveo. There appears to be a dog's arse > on The Wishing Well that noone's complaining > about. xxxxxx I like the crapping dog. It's based on part of a picture in the Dulwich Picture Gallery. A somewhat obscure part of the picture, admittedly.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you're right - it has the 'skull' > markings. Lots of peeps seem to have severe > allergic reactions to their bites so don't go to > the loo in the dark! xxxxxx So what do you do if you don't have a gazunda? Bucket? Washing up bowl?? (NOO) Saucepan??? (NOOOO) Don't drink anything all day? :))

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Currently the Police are chuffed that > reported crime has gone down so much and they > think this re enforces their decision to close the > Police station and largely withdraw from the area. > The Police haven't done any research to see how > much of any such reduction is due to closing the > Police station where people often reported crime! xxxxxxx Oh dear oh dear. It would be sort of funny except that it isn't.

Mason Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I cannot understand why nobody complains about the > flights that land in City Airport they are so much > louder and the altitude is much lower. xxxxxx Probably because most people haven't got a clue what the planes are or where they are going or how high they are flying, they just know they have woken them up and/or are preventing them from sleeping!!

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, sounds more like "it's grim up north london" > to me. xxxxxxx I agree, but they couldn't fit all those words into "it's grim up North London", there'd be no room for the drawings! :)

Curmudgeon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like the street art but I find this piece > fatuous and quite boring > > Shame xxxxxxx How can you say that? This is what it says in the blurb about the artist on the link above ... "He is perhaps best known for constructing powerful narratives juxtaposing philosophy, ancient mythology and modern politics to inspire an evolved consciousness. This interpretation of reality is achieved through balanced dialogue between realism and the supernatural. MEAR ONE helps us envision the sublime spirit of our time - not by escaping reality, but by confronting it head on." See? It's helping us envision the sublime spirit of our time. Oh, and inspiring an evolved consciousness :)) Private Eye material, anyone? Pseuds' Corner?

The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Out of interest, how did you know it was an axe? xxxxxxx Presume you're talking to the OP and not to me?! You had me worried for a minute till I went back and checked the first post!

I went on an East Dulwich street art tour the other day (extremely interesting). Was very amused to see the graffiti defacing one local wall painting: "F**k Street Art Tours" :)) I do sort of sympathise with the sentiment.

It must be exceptionally good as you've registered on the forum just to share that with us, thanks! I'm not suspicious at all, not in the least!

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More likely that you've annoyed someone by letting > it grow out onto the pavement than someone has > vandalised you. Not saying it's right to do that, > but if it is the case that it it has been left to > grow, causing the pavement outside your house to > be significantly narrowed, then that would be > annoying to anyone who needs to use the pavement. xxxxxxx If it was growing a long way out, then I agree. Trying to get a double buggy past that kind of obstacle, or even a couple of kids walking holding your hands, without having to go onto the road, could be hard. Mind you, I'd have thought a polite note through your door might have been preferable to their taking matters into their own hands! But if somebody was wanting to engage in low level vandalism for the sake of it, I'd have thought there were "easier" ways than fetching an axe and chopping at a bush (I refuse to engage in low level innuendo :) )

KikiMac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LOVE the Ivy House. Sunday afternoon, fantastic > music, brilliant (unfancy but tasty) food and a > real sense of community. Kids, yes, but not > dominating. Like the idea of a child-free room, > having said that. Not a hint of flock, or gastro > thank god. Feels like pubs 'used to be' but I > suspect thats just nostalgia, and actually it is > much better. xxxxxx Totally agree, we were there on Saturday afternoon/evening and had a great time. Excellent music from a wide range of musicians, really tasty food (I had a really yummy stew which was new to the menu), and was delighted to find they've still got the Truman's Runner on!

I'm not going to post on this thread again (after this very long post) unless/until the perpetrator/s of this crime, whatever the crime turns out to have been, are found and charged. The reason is that I have previously been torn to shreds on this and a previous thread for stating things on here which are part of the police files and in the public domain but which have not (or rarely) been even mentioned in the press in this country. However, for those who only know (or base their opinions on) the spin, inaccuracies and downright lazy journalism they have read in the UK press, I wonder how - if this "planned abduction" is indeed found to have happened - Scotland Yard are going to explain how two independent British blood and cadaver dogs alerted in several places and to several items connected to Mr and Mrs McCann, and did not alert anywhere else? Just one clip: And also I wonder why Martin Smith (one of the family who saw the man going towards the beach carrying a child resembling Madeleine, who Scotland Yard are now belatedly placing so much importance on, and which Dr Amaral, the detective originally in charge of the case, was focusing on immediately before he was removed from the case) phoned the police after seeing Mr McCann come down the steps of the plane he flew back in from Portugal because he was 60 - 80% certain from the way the man was walking and the way he was carrying one of the twins from the plane that the man who he had seen was Mr McCann. OK not 100% but .... I'm also waiting with bated breath to hear why the McCanns and their holiday friends refused to return to Portugal for a detailed reconstruction. It was presumably that refusal (plus Mrs McCann's refusal to answer 48 questions), which led to the Portuguese police's shelving of the case (which did not, incidentally, "clear" the McCanns). The Crimewatch "reconstruction" (sic) scarcely went into times etc of who was where when. If you have read the original witness statements, no wonder. The Assistant Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police said ?While both or one of [the McCanns] may be innocent, there is no clear evidence that eliminates them from involvement in Madeleine's disappearance?. Maybe there is now??? It will also be interesting to hear how Scotland Yard can explain why the "abductor" which Jane Tanner "saw" - now, six years later, "found" to be a father carrying their child home from the night creche - was a) going the wrong way ie towards the creche not from it and b) coincidentally was carrying a child wearing the same pyjamas as Madeleine was that night (according to Jane Tanner's description - which changed several times btw, becoming increasingly more detailed each time). And how they can explain why a "planned abduction" apparently involved no car or quick getaway, but somebody carrying an "abducted" child (and a nearly-four-year-old is pretty heavy) around the streets on foot. I could go on .... I no longer know what to think, but I do know that many things just do not add up. There are many websites and forums devoted to the discussion of the case, including of course the McCanns' own. If you are interested in actually reading and debating facts, a starting point might be The Maddie Case Files, but I don't know if it is open to new members. There are also several places where you can read an online English translation of Dr Amaral's book "The Truth of The Lie", if you google it. I'm no longer posting on this thread because it is an emotive case and the vast majority of people reading this thread will have no knowledge of the case at all, so I will again be personally attacked and called "sick" and worse. So do feel free to tear me to shreds again behind my back :( even if you haven't looked at any of the actual first-hand statements and other evidence and only know what you've read in the papers (or of course seen on Crimewatch). And just to clarify - like every other decent person, I too would be absolutely delighted if Madeleine was found somewhere alive and well.

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Years? > > This last few months is the first I've experienced > the noise in my 40 year in the area I've never > every previously been woken by aircraft noise. xxxxxx It's been bad for longer than the last few months. Maybe your sleeping patterns have changed?

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The bright green ones were 'marrow-fat peas' where > did that come from? Xxxxxx Tinned "garden" peas were also bright green! I thought marrrow fat peas were dried then reconstituted but hey it's a long time ago and my memory is crap at the best of times ....

Sorry, not ED nature, but I found it amusing. Myself to four-year-old in Oxford, pointing to the sky: Look! There's a red kite! Four-year-old (in withering tones): That's not a kite, that's a bird.

More comments here, following the arrival of the first issue: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1176097,page=1

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > only if they come with (Bachelors) processed peas > - (N.B. NOT mushy peas) > xxxxxxx Bloody hell, do they still make processed peas? I always far preferred them to the bright green tinned garden peas ...... more subtle colour and much tastier .......

davidh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have just been told by a lordship lane > shopkeeper that mary portas may be involved in > this new venture xxxxxx Oh please God, no .....

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but the owner of your flat may still have > insurance for the flat itself- especially if they > have a mortgage on it. it is their investment and > they need to protect it. if its leaking they will > not get tenants- > check what your tenancy agreement says too. but go > to the owner of your flat directly if you can. > they will be more concerned to protect their > investment. xxxxxx My understanding is that the OP IS the owner of the flat?

gus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > that's a great idea, I'll get a note out to the > local sorting offices this week. thanks for the > tip! xxxxxx I really really hope you find it, and certainly go for the sorting office idea, but I'd be surprised if a thief would park such a distinctive looking campervan in the same area that he (I'm assuming it's a he) had stolen it?

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The building needs to be considered in the round, > including its rear. > xxxxxx I think it has a lovely rear. Why is Father Ted's "Lovely Girls Competition" springing to mind?

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > numbers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I typed '@#$%&' I think, not sure why it isn't > > coming up as &*%?@ s in the subject box. Oops. > > Thank god I didn't write anything else. > > Der, brain not engaged, pesky swear filter wins > again. I typed f - u - c - k (no spaces) > originally. Am I allowed to type that out here or > will I get banned? xxxxxxxx The title is coming up in my gmail as F-u-c-ks sake - without the hyphens :))

Oh yes, UncleGlen and GSJ57, all those - except for the rabbit, for some reason. Oh yum, condensed milk sandwiches :)) Toast and dripping - yum yum. But in those days you could toast bread - and crumpets - over the coal fire on a toasting fork. I tried that with smokeless fuel, and the toast tasted of chemicals and was completely inedible :( ETA: I'm on a roll now. "Cheesecakes" delivered in a basket to the door by Broomfields - puff pastry with some sort of filling then white icing and coconut strands on top. Proper yoghurt in glass containers (I think) which was really sharp tasting and only came in vanilla or strawberry flavours. Icecream blocks - vanilla, strawberry and pistachio. Icecream cornets where you had to roll paper off the cylinder of icecream before you could eat them. Sawdust in butchers' shops which you could scuff into little piles with your shoes. Change whizzing round above your head in little tubes from some cashier's department in the sky. Balls of wool, sixpence three farthings. Walnut cake in Fullers (?). Lyons corner shops. Home and Colonial. Oh God I'm history :(

Millhaven Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Not to mention that *some* unsolicited post is quite handy, i.e 'local electrician' etc. xxxxxxx You'd employ a local electrician who was so short of word of mouth work that he (or she) had resorted to putting flyers through doors??? Unfair maybe, could be seen as proactive and showing initiative maybe, but ........ :(

Vik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did anyone else ever have sugar sandwiches? xxxxxxxx YES! I did. White sugar on white buttered bread. My mum was not the greatest cook. And didn't have much idea of nutrition either. But hey, stuffed lamb hearts. Anyone else get them? Faggots? This was in Streatham btw, :)), not oop North. Bird's Eye mousse? Lemon or strawberry?