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Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you can get same day appointments at DMC > by turning up in person 10 mins before opening > time, and queueing up. xxxxxxx Yes you can. I can't think of any times when I haven't got one that way. In theory you can also phone, but in practice they don't seem to have enough lines, so by the time you get through sometimes all that day's "same day" appointments have gone. I'm staying at DMC because I'm happy with the medical care I get. ondined, I don't think a physio would deal with a suspected fracture, though I may be wrong.

moodsk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > e=endscreen&NR=1 xxxxx That's a great clip :)

Kingy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sorry sue but i never ever really felt comfortable > in folk clubs, can't define why but i don't really > want to be part of that thing, nothing to do with > the actual music, just the general scene, just not > me, brings out the bolshevik in me xxxxx Sorry Kingy but I didn't think your first post was anything to do with folk clubs? And what do you think a "folk club" is, anyway? ?????????

Kingy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can't be done - too many chin strokers and > observers - ticking off their i-spy books of music > and groups wot I have seen -nobody will let their > guard down and get involved - they're all just > pi55ing in the wind - As Will Hey said (or Moore > Mariott) Your wasting your time.. why the frick > would you try exposing your inner music to these > vacuous tw*ts in the 1st place, tried it and > failed, waste of frickin space, let them all get > back to watching Masterchef on TV xxxxxx What can't be done, Kingy? If you promote it, they will come :)

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm thinking perhaps one unit could be reserved > for a collective that pays an unspecified amount a > month for rent/ membership and swaps records, > other gear, and has all gigs and that. xxxxxx Like The Dream Machine used to ..... R.I.P. :(

Just don't on any account buy the Co-Op mulled wine at ?2.99 a bottle. Very cheap, but absolutely revolting :))

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maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or - post them back to the manufacturers with a > note saying "These were supposed to last a > lifetime you lying bastards". xxx :)) :)) :))

Move to Glastonbury, the place is full of them :) ETA: I've PMed you

richard tudor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I already in an earlier message suggested a NCP. > Carpark with shops xxxxxxx Sorry, missed it. But we seem to be on the same wavelength Lordship Lane-wise :)

i*Rate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue and LondonMix, > > Yes, I was being sarcastic and yes, the staff have > been offered jobs elsewhere at other branches > which is a reasonable deal for them in the > circumstances. > > I do feel sorry for them knowing what it was like > for me, some years ago, when I got made redundant > after 16 years in a job.I had a large mortgage (on > a house in ED) and a wife and three children to > support at the time, but I bounced back, luckily. xxxxxxxx I'm very sorry for the staff, who seemed like a well-knit and hard-working team, but very glad they've been offered other jobs. Hope they will be able to take them up without having to travel to the other side of London :( Glad things worked out for you, i*rate, and sorry I misconstrued your sarcasm :)

benmorg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The cover of > anonymity allows people to be far ruder than they > would ever be face to face xxxxxxxx Yes, but being "out" on the forum does not prevent people being very rude to you, in my experience :( But then of course that's because they may know who I am, but I don't know who they are. Cowards who as you say would not say these things to your face. Though they are welcome to come and do it if they want a straight answer :) Does anybody know whether this little boy was reunited with his parent/carer? Not surprised Dee was concerned, it's quite upsetting to witness something like this. And I can't begin to imagine how traumatic for the child and adult concerned.

Perhaps we should just pull Lordship Lane down and turn it into the South London equivalent of Bluewater... The rest of ED could be the car park. Then you could have all the shops you are yearning to see here :)) (I don't think a shop with two or three branches really counts as a "chain", does it?)

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe the answer is that with any sort of hoax > call or hidden camera show, you will need to get > the consent of the "victim" before broadcasting > it. xxxxxxx Very good point.

Just an interesting happening - and damn, I missed it, I was cooking my lunch :))

Growlybear Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Primark might be your idea of a decent, reasonably > priced clothes shop, but it isn't mine. There are > plenty of shops offering good quality clothes at > sensible prices which would probably do very well > in Lordship Lane against the dire overpriced > clothing shops that we have at the moment. And > yes, I think a M&S and stationers would add to the > area, particularly if they were to replace some of > the coffee shops that have sprung up everywhere. xxxxxxxx But Lordship Lane will then end up looking exactly the same as every other high street in the country :( A large part of its charm is that it doesn't have chain stores - whether clothes, stationers, M&S or whatever. We've already got bloody Oliver Bonas, *hite Stuff and Cafe Nero, isn't that enough??? Not to mention F*xt**s!

Great photos!

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - I think i*rate was being sarcastic and > berating the iceland knockers xxxxxx Oh dear, sorry i*rate!! BLUSH :( So does that mean it isn't true that it's closing?

That's really sad. The last time I was in there I had extraordinarily good and cheery service from the person on the till. It made a really pleasant change. She was just being lovely to everybody. And they recently had a notice in their window thanking everybody for their enquiries and concern and saying they didn't yet know what was happening. Unlike the charming i*rate, I don't think the shop is ghastly at all, and I will miss it. ETA: And to say "hurray" when people have been told just before Christmas that they are losing their jobs on 4 January, when in the present climate they will find it extremely hard to find employment, just beggars belief.

Funnily enough, I was just saving a Word document and noticed it was 12.12.12 - so now waiting with bated breath for 12.12 :)) And as there are only twelve months, no it won't happen again in our lifetimes unless medical science has a quantum leap :))

Nurse22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A poundland or 99p shop. xxxxx What, only one?

Thanks Huguenot, that's very helpful.

I've always assumed that the "family" section was actually for people with young children - although I know that's not strictly the definition of "family" - so I never go there. I can't be the only one! If Huguenot's suggestions aren't appropriate for your thread, you could try the lounge?

Growlybear Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd like to see a decent sized M&S food hall (or a > Waitrose), some decent, reasonably priced clothes > shops, and a stationers. And preferably less > restaurants and coffee shops. xxxxx So - M&S/Waitrose, Primark and WH Smith? Lovely - they'll really add to the ED atmosphere :)