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Parsley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > out of > 5 journeys home, 2 have been severely disrupted. > One by a trespasser on the line (held things up > for nearly an hour) and today, there was a points > failure. I was about 40 minutes late home. Is > this usual? > xxxxxxx I think you've just been unlucky - trespassers on the line and points failures are not normal things ....

Oh no. I used to read a greatly missed (by me anyway) comic called Oink in the eighties (edited by pigs) and Frank and Little Frank were among the highlights ......

Vick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just two, industrial strengh fireworks, in June. > What's that all about? xxxxxxx Birthday? Some other celebration?

sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sometime my appointment > has taken 2 mins, sometimes 20 mins so there's no > way of timing everything perfectly at a doctors. xxxxxxx Yes - exactly :-S

Seems a bit harsh to judge/stop using a whole shop because of the actions of one assistant. They're volunteers, anyway, aren't they?

So next time you're ill, you'd like the GP to turn you out of their room bang on the time of the next person's appointment, regardless of whether the examination/investigation of your symptoms has finished? Yes?

Oh please no, that's just round the corner from mine :-S

MrsMc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Used to give to mind but after the breastfeeding > debacle less inclined to give there. xxxxxxxx What breastfeeding debacle? I give all my unwanted stuff to the Mind shop.

Well I thought it was a great idea. If a bit confusing when people started swapping them around after a few drinks :)) ETA: Katie, :))

I know some people didn't like doing it, but I preferred it when we wore sticky name labels - I have a terrible memory for names and faces and therefore can often appear rude when I don't recognise people :-$ Also easier perhaps for people going for the first time.

American Pie - Don McLean

tarafitness Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone eaten at the Thai Restaurant on the > corner of North Cross Road? It always looks so > busy! xxxxxxx The Thai Corner Cafe is relatively cheap, and you can take your own wine or beer in which makes it even cheaper. However (in my experience) the food isn't that great and the portions are so small it's the only place I've ever eaten where I came out still hungry after a starter and a main course! I've lived in ED since it opened, and I've been there many times over the years, but I've given up on it now, sadly.

genwilliams Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I haven't seen any yet, though I keep looking out > for them. Brilliant birds. xxxxxx Go to either Peckham Rye park or the woods up by the Harvester and you'll be very unlucky not to see at least one. You'll certainly hear them! Though they're more easy to spot when the trees don't have leaves on :)

Who was caring for who? Or is that a question better not asked? :))

So do I.

> KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Flappers xxxxxxx Flappers :))

I Like It - Gerry and The Pacemakers :))

Ah! Yes, it's past the Aerodrome Hotel but on the same side of the road as it. Thanks! Link to map below for anyone else who's confused :) Google map of Roundshaw Park

The newsagents in Lordship Lane in the row of shops between Iceland and the Soup Dragon has a photocopier. There's also a printers in Bellenden Road which I'm pretty sure does photocopying, it definitely does laminating.

eater81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> By all accounts it seems like this particular > piece of filth does not have long for this world. > Good riddance. xxxxxxxxx I'd sooner have this girl for a neighbour than somebody like you, eater81. What a very nasty person you come across as being.

Thanks - nowhere near Norwood Lake then :) I'm confused about the reference to Ikea and the A23 though? But then I never did have any sense of direction, and as I go to Ikea via Crystal Palace/Thornton Heath maybe Norwood isn't on my radar as being near it ....

Nor me, hence my question .... Thanks for the info. The vibe did seem to have changed.

Or the Dull Bitch Witches :) Sorry, it's late and I've been drinking :-$

Forgive me if this is a sore point, or alternatively if I've missed a load of threads, but are there no forum drinks any more?

tarafitness Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I also love Turkish/Lebanese/North African food... > are there any places that offer anything like that > nearby? Love a bit of Mezze, lots of smaller > sharing dishes really suit me down to the ground. > xxxxxxx Try Hisar on Lordship Lane, they have a great value thing whose name escapes me (I'm senile and it's late) but you get loads of little dishes (meat, fish or veggie options) for a reasonable amount of dosh, and it's all delicious :)