Sue

Soon everybody in East Dulwich will be following everybody else, and then our brains will all implode from information overload :))

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > effectively a new local for me, so looking forward > to checking it xxxxxx Same here - had another peer through the windows and I think it's all looking promising :)

katie1997 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ibilly99 - take your anti-Apple, foxconn > propaganda elsewhere please, or tell me about the > rabbits, George. > > Meanwhile, the CPT now has a new name.... xxxxxx Eh? Don't leave us in suspense, if this is true :))

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Baristas. Oh dear. xxxxxxxx Goodbye CPT we knew and (sometimes) loved .....

You might get more response to this if you put it in the family section of the forum?

Didn't notice those :)) I'm pleased they've painted those hideous concrete planters outside though, they look very much better than before. Not convinced about the choice of plants though (sorry, Adam ....) and I guess they probably won't be replacing those. They do screen the tables off from the road quite well, however - but I like to look out and see who is passing by! Which you can do at the Actress, because their plants are lower growing (and generally more attractive ....)

Edited because the CPR street party plans changed after I posted.

Have hauled spawn to top of tub where it is now resting on weeds just below the surface - let's hope the weather does not get even colder and it freezes :-S

Oh dear, OK I'll go and have a fish around in the tub!

I poured frogspawn (thanks lousmith) into my tub from a jar and it sank. I was expecting it to float back to the surface, but it hasn't and I can't see it in the tub (the tub is black so a bit hard to see things in it). Is it OK for it not to be at or near the surface? Do I need to put my hand in, locate it and pull it up? :-$

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Flappers: "might tattoo it to my forehead. " > > You could do, but when you're shopping or in > conversation with strangers it could cause > confusion ! > Let's stick to the sandwich board plan. xxxxxx :)) Yeh Flappers, don't do it, thin end of the wedge. Next thing it'll be DIY trepanning :)) I once read an article on somebody who did that. With a dentist's drill I think. They said it was very important to get the measurements correct so as not to drill into the brain. :)) ETA: It was some New Agey trend, I think there was a theory that it was a fast way to enlightenment (fast way to death probably, so maybe they were right :)) )

Let's hope not.

Interesting article! Don't think I'll go in for the pulping thing though :) And somebody reminded me the other night of one of our gigs (rammed) where the headliner (very famous - well, in the folk world anyway :))) stood at the back with a group of friends and talked through both the support acts. Given who he was, I didn't feel I could say anything. The person who reminded me of it said he thought I should have done, no matter who it was. In retrospect I think I probably should have done - so belated apologies to the audience .....

Oh dear, I saw a dead bee today, too.

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's quite a folkie thing though isn't it? In > folk, jazz and acoustic blues clubs it's normal > etiquette to not talk during quiet performances as > you would in a play or theatre. This is basic > respect to the performer. Different if its rock, > Cajun, Zydeco, anything that you could dance to or > on as mainly optional background music to a good > night out. xxxxxxx Yes, of course, if it had been some other kinds of music it wouldn't have mattered. But what I can't understand is, they surely must have known what kind of gig they were coming to. You don't just stick a pin in a list of London gigs on WeGotTickets and shell out your money at random? Edited for typo

Only just seen this thread. The group of tossers concerned actually came from Bournemouth to have a "night out". I know this because they told one of the people they quarrelled with in the car park where they were from (who then told me), and they told the bar manager they were on a night out. Why they decided to come to a folk night in East Dulwich for their "night out" and then proceed to talk through it, who knows. Maybe they didn't like Dave Swarbrick, so why bloody buy tickets? It wasn't a sudden decision to come - they had bought advance tickets online. I know this because we know the postcodes of purchasers, and some of them were indeed from the Bournemouth area. One of them (female) followed me into the ladies where she proceeded to insult me whilst I was otherwise engaged in the adjoining cubicle. Basically I/we took the view that the talking was less disruptive than attempting to eject them would be. Their response to being told that they were spoiling other people's enjoyment of the music was "Well they're spoiling mine by wanting me to be quiet" and "You don't expect us to not talk all evening do you?" - er, yes, we expect you to keep quiet like everybody else you see around you is doing, except during the interval and between songs ..... We already have notices around the place asking people to respect the artists and not talk during the live music. I am now going to get a very large A3 poster printed basically saying, if you can't STFU then you will be asked to leave. Does anybody know if it is legal to kick people out of a gig if they are disturbing other people and don't respond to being asked to be quiet? We've very occasionally had similar problems in the past, but never to such an extent. Usually the only trouble is the odd person trying to blag their way in without a ticket.

What happens to the spawn if the water freezes over?? Do the taddies survive?

East Dulwich was namechecked in the Guardian Money supplement on Saturday as one of the places in London where property prices are rocketing.

I'd love some if you could spare some at some point? Unless by some miracle some of my froglets have grown up and return to the tub :) The person who gave me spawn last year has seemingly done a runner (along with my housekeys (6) )

Don't think anaglypta is the same as woodchip, is it? It's just embossed wallpaper. Very popular in the seventies :)) A pain to paint.

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > > > > Eh? No my gigs are not "more expensive"! > > > They are ?11/7 advance, ?12/8 on the door. > > > How is that more expensive than ?15? > > > Somebody help me out here, am I being very > thick? > > > > How do you define "cheap"?? > > > > ETA: Defintion of Cheap > > Actually Sue, your gigs are more expensive than > the Hockney gig for those on low incomes. The > Royal Academy has a range of entrance fees. ?15 > is full price but, for example, ?6.50 (income > support & jobseekers allowance); ?10.50 (student); > ?5 (aged 12 to 18); and so on. > > My maths isn't the best but that looks like over > 50% discount for those on income support, which > compares well to your 33%. > > For those who can afford ?15 then I think it's > cheap at the price but for those who can't then > there are other options. xxxxxxx I had no idea the Royal Academy did concessions, as nobody had mentioned it :) And yes, their concessionary price for people on income support is a bigger discount than ours (but then I guess they have rather more of a financial buffer than we do :)) ) We keep our concession simple by just having one price, which is for anybody who is unwaged ie not in paid employment. But my point that to a lot of people ?15 isn't "cheap" isn't affected by the fact that concessions are available, as that comment had nothing to do with the Royal Academy prices per se.

Lots of frogspawn due then, Lousmith :))

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue. Whether something is cheap is nothing to do > with what you are earning. Your gigs are arguably > more expensive than the hockney exhibition. It's > to do with what you get for your pound, not how > many pounds you have got. XXXXXXXXXXXXXx Eh? No my gigs are not "more expensive"! They are ?11/7 advance, ?12/8 on the door. How is that more expensive than ?15? Somebody help me out here, am I being very thick? How do you define "cheap"?? ETA: Defintion of Cheap

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > they probably heard about the party at lousmith's > - seems to have been quite a do ;-) :))

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did all your froglets from last year move away, > Sue? I do hope a few stuck around! xxxxxxx They were still around at the start of the Winter, and there are places around my garden where they could have hidden/hibernated, but I haven't seen any since then :-S