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Thanks for taking the trouble to do that, you're a star :)

Hey that's brilliant Monica, well done!

Girl82 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- By the way, you should hook up > with another poster on here called Sue - I'm sure > you'd get on like a house on fire (that is, if > you're not the same person *rolls eyes*). And for > the record, I wouldn't want to have you as my > neighbour either! > xxxxxx Excuse me? No I'm not the same person. Many people know who I am off the forum, and I have only ever used my own name on here. I run http://www.thegooseisout.com with my partner. Please don't come to any of our gigs. The people who come are lovely, and - shock horror - might even include people who live in hostels.

Voyageur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I find a bit of bouillon or marmite in hot > water > > helps to stave off the hunger pangs, but you > still > > have to count the calories in. Miso is quite > high > > in calories, isn't it? > > Miso paste is around 30 calories per tablespoon - > I just use a teaspoon so it isn't too much and > easily incorporated into the 500 calories. xxxxxxx I think you're right, I'm pleasantly surprised! Just looked at the miso I have, and one kind is around 200 cals per 100g and the other kind is around 240. No idea how many tablespoons or teaspoons would make up 100g though!

I've been on it since some time in January Finding the fasting days quite hard, but have not cheated at all because I know I can eat what I want the next day. Have to leave my first meal of the day as long as possible, preferably to about 3pm if I can, then a second one at about 8pm, then have an early night with the remains of my milk allowance heated up. Sadly I'm not losing much weight because I think I'm taking the feasting days too literally :)) :)) :)) Plus I'm a lazy slob and not getting enough exercise. ETA: I've also found that the morning after a fast day I'm not hungry. Which is quite weird because I've usually gone to bed ravenous. I find a bit of bouillon or marmite in hot water helps to stave off the hunger pangs, but you still have to count the calories in. Miso is quite high in calories, isn't it?

Could you post the attachment as a doc rather than a docx, as I can't read it? Thanks. Only just seen this thread, and your last year's shopping list looks like what I live on all the time ..... :( It never occurred to me I was living below some line ..... :(

reeko Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Completely scandalous. The title should be > Gategate. xxxxxxx :)) :)) :))

Champ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really? I'd noticed it was much quieter recently, > unless I'm just getting used to it. I'm on Crystal > Palace Road between the Castle and Great > Expedition. xxxxxxx I hadn't noticed it so much recently either (though there's a plane just going over now!) I'm in the same general area.

ellabrunswick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think we need secure places for bicycles at > home. If you live in a terraced house converted to > flats, or share a terraced house with lots of > other people who want to cycle, or live in a small > flat on the fourth floor of a block ... there's > nowhere safe to leave your bike overnight. > > I think that lots of people who don't cycle at the > moment might if they had somewhere to keep a bike. xxxxxxx Agreed. That is exactly my problem. I had some cycle lessons last year, which were great and made me a lot more confident, but I have nowhere to keep a bike. Townleygreen, someone I know who has several bikes including a Brompton says folding bikes are quite unstable and weird to ride, do you not find that? Also, how long does it take you to fold and unfold it? I'm not sure I can afford one but I might consider it if I thought I would actually use it a lot.

Some years back my neighbours and I had a situation where another neighbour was shouting and swearing at the top of his voice in his flat at all times of the day and night and had his window wide open in all weathers. One set of neighbours were particularly concerned because of their young children constantly hearing the f and c words at a time when they were just learning to talk. Funny if it's not your kids ,maybe. Long story short, and it took a great deal of persistence, we got his Housing Association to deal with it. Nobody at the Housing Association wanted to take responsibility to do it, it was passed from pillar to post there, and eventually we had to write to the CEO. However, it was eventually sorted. If you can find out who the landlord is, it would be worth asking whether these people are breaking the terms of their lease. I agree it is a nonsense that the council won't deal with noise other than music.

BigED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Given the no-rare-burger-allowed policy, the Clock > House is in danger of joining my Big East Dulwich > Boycott list, but first I'd be interested to find > out if this really is company policy and if so, > why. xxxxxxx The Great Exhibition will not serve rare burgers either, only medium rare, and says they are not allowed to serve them rare.

James Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ridiculous political correctness strikes again. So > if you were buying a flat/house, whould you choose > one next to a hostel Sue? Don't think so somehow, > whatever you say here in the name of being 'right > on'. xxxxxxx Wherever I was looking to buy a flat/house, I would of course check out the neighbouring properties in case of potential problems. And of course I wouldn't deliberately choose to live somewhere where it was clear that there was going to be anti-social disruption. I wouldn't, however, assume that just because somewhere was designated as a "hostel" that there would automatically be problems, which seems to be what is being assumed here. It's not about being "right on", whatever that's supposed to mean. It's about looking at facts and evidence rather than making assumptions.

James Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Um, perhaps the fact that there might be random > scumbags having domestics all hours of the day and > night on your doorstep? xxxxxx So people who live in a hostel or "something of that sort" are likely to be scumbags and/or likely to be "having domestics" on your doorstep? And your evidence for that is - what, exactly? Let's hope your personal circumstances never change to a point where the only option for you is to live in a hostel or "something of that sort", Girl82 and James.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The website states clearly that it's not the > official TFL site, and that they charge extra. > They're hardly ripping anybody off. > > Does seem like a bit of a strange business idea > though. xxxxxxx Seems like quite a good one to me, if people actually pay them money for doing very little!

Ask the council? Wait about outside to check out the vile and horrible people who have the nerve to sully the street where you want to buy a flat by living in a hostel (or "something of that sort", whatever that is)? Seriously, what is the problem with living next door to a hostel?

There's a similar thing going for passport applications, which is also apparently quite legal. They rely on people being in a hurry, googling, and clicking on the first thing that comes up without properly checking what the website actually is and what you are actually paying for.

I went yesterday and I like it, but I apologise to everyone who had to wait whilst I took ages to work out how to use the self-serve thing for CDs - even with very patient help from one of the staff :)) One of the terminals was out of use. I don't think the Southwark Libraries website is as clear as it might be, and it seems to be out of date, eg for CD hire charges. I want to browse the whole catalogue online (music and books), and I can't see a way to do that without putting in search words. Also some of their allocations to music categories seems quite weird, so for example sorting on the genre "English Folk" only brought up five CDs, but probably that's because most of them are categorised under "Pop" or "World". ... doesn't make it easy to see what they've got ..... ETA: Just clicked on "more like this" for a Shirley Collins CD, and what came up included Shostakovich and David Bowie - EH?!?!?!

Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For a real 'pub' pub there is always the Hole in > the Wall - bit rough and ready but can be a lot of > fun.......... and very close to the station. xxxxxxx Rough and ready is an understatement, but it does have good ale :)

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?the Primrose Hill of Peckham? > > ? > > John K xxxxxxxx :)) :)) :))

I do think it would be helpful if people selling things who don't live in ED said in their thread where they live. I was interested in something until I found out I would have to go to Surrey Quays to see it :))

That's amazing. I've seen a hummingbird moth, once, in Venice (placedropping), but never even heard of this thing.

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did he say how big? xxxxxx :)) :)) :))

Toldyouso Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The local foxes seem to visit my pond for an > evening snack of frog - very brazen and they > rarely eat the whole thing - strangely the legs do > not appear to be to their taste! xxxxxxx :(

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I found that using key words like miserable, > scowly ethic scotch bastard attracted rather more > replies than anticipated oddly enough xxxxxxx That's because they thought you genuinely had a GSOH rather than that you were being honest :))

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