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I know the "wanted etc" section is popular, but nearly 5,000 new threads today? Shomething wrong Shurely :))

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Except it's not in ED. > > xxxxx Hoopers is a stone's throw from Goose Green/Lordship Lane - may not have an SE22 postcode but Ivanhoe Road is a hell of a lot nearer than many places which do! At least for those of us living in the North Cross Road area! :)-D Edited to say: And a more pleasant space to have a pint than many of them, plus more choice of ales.

blinder999 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > an article in The Guardian sums it up nicely for > me: > >> Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did > not give "credit" to God, Attenborough added: > "They always mean beautiful things like > hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I > think of a little child in east Africa with a worm > burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot > live in any other way, except by burrowing through > eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the > notion of a divine and benevolent creator xxxxxxxxxxx Yes. It's also like when people give thanks and credit to God for the good things that happen to them/others, but don't seem to think that he (sorry, He) has anything to do with the bad things. Or if someone is rescued alive from a disaster it's a miracle and due to God, especially if they prayed to be rescued, but the zillions who were killed are nothing to do with him/Him, even though it's a pretty safe bet many of them were praying to be rescued too. Weird.

Or notch even :)

Angel of the Morning - P.P.Arnold (and a zillion others .....)

How has this thread escaped the usual moving to the lounge???

trumantowers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > get down Hoopers. ?2 a pint on guest ales and is > actually the best pub in east dulwich. xxxxxxx Get down Hoopers on Friday night and you'll not only have cheap and good ale but the legendary Wizz Jones doing two sets with his son Simeon as well :)

woofmarkthedog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Grrrrr.....if you like JWS pubs ...good luck to > you pound a pint an all that.......however not > f'me.....the mutts in there don,t taste so good > when you lick 'em............grrrrr now you might > have to pay a lil' more to get a tastier bone > elsewhere on the manor...but it's usually got a > better pedigree ........wooff...snrrrr xxxxx Was it you who picked up Geoffrey my dog brooch, well more furry dog head with a safety pin attached really, on Christmas Eve? If so, can I have him back, because the people who made him aren't making any more, and I miss him :-$ I knew I shouldn't have taken him to Christingle - not that he ever got there, he fell off my jumper on the way :-S

I have lived in ED on and off since 1991. I don't like all the changes, and I can't believe some of the prices charged in some of the shops, but on the whole I would say it has changed for the better. When I first moved here there wasn't a single pub I liked to drink in, and now there are loads. The "best" restaurant was the Dulwich Tandoori, and now I haven't been in there for years because there are so many other better choices. I feel very comfortable here and I do think there is a community feel. However I also think there are various distinct and quite large communities which aren't apparent from a walk down Lordship Lane, but only when you go to a "birds of a feather" type of event :) And those communities don't all fit with the "trendy" "youngish" description above. I was brought up in South London (not here) but I hadn't lived in London for a very long time before moving to ED, so I can't compare it to other areas of London. But it must be quite rare in London to know many of your neighbours and to walk down the main street and generally meet someone you know. Which is really nice. And the music scene round here has really expanded, which is great! :)

It's My Party - Lesley Gore Oooops, showing my age :))

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wetherspoons are the f*cking pits, end of xxxxxx I say, quids, that's a bit harsh :)) Some Wetherspoons are not bad, though admittedly the food is crap.

Yep, there are now 99p store posters in the window of the Camberwell Green Woollies. The Clarks factory shop at the Elephant has also become a 99p store. I was in there last week and they had some great bargains, hurrah. Edited as stupidly mixed up Rye Lane and Camberwell, oops :-$

halicon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Be aware and stay > on busy streets! xxxxxxxx Unfortunately that's not always feasible, is it. Sounds like a very scary experience, but luckily rare I should say. I'm also somewhat surprised by the flippancy of some of the posts in response to the OP. I'm all for humour, but I wouldn't have thought it was warranted in this particular case? :-$

There has been press publicity about this in the past - they're not a bona fide charity or whatever they claim to be. And the stuff they sell is substandard rubbish.

All you need is love - Beatles

Don't think it's a tangent microbite. I agree with all you say, and it's surely relevant to the OP? I could rant on for ages about organised religion, but - erm - I won't :)) But yes - the Bible - translated, mistranslated, misheard (blessed are the cheesemakers), words and actions of, say, Jesus misunderstood and misinterpreted, bits discarded (Gospel of Thomas? Gospel of the Essenes? Don't know enough about it so I may be wrong), bits clearly relevant only to the culture of the times taken as gospel (hoho), I should post on this when I haven't had two glasses of wine at some ungodly (:))) hour of the morning. The mind always tries to explain the mystery which there's no way it can get hold of.

I think it was ?11.95, but that was for about half a plate of roast lamb, loads of roast potatoes, loads of delicious red cabbage (I don't usually like red cabbage but this changed my mind!), gravy - we thought that was it, then the waitress brough a huge dish of carrots and peas, both properly cooked ie not overcooked. Neither of us could finish it, and we're both hearty eaters :))

LegalEagle-ish Wrote: > > I challange any athiest or agnostic to complete > the Alpha course and not change their thinking. > xxxxx When I first moved to Brighton, in the nineties, I lodged with a Christian couple who were heavily involved with running the local Alpha course. However they stopped trying to persuade me to attend when they were basically unable to give me satisfactory answers to my very simple questions (such as, how their God of "Love" condemns people to hell for not believing in Jesus. Or, how "Thou shalt not kill" sits with Christians fighting in wars eg WWII, where forgive me if I am wrong, but there were army and navy etc chaplains. And, er, where Christians were killing people.) My then partner, however, on one of his weekend visits prior to moving down too, did agree to go to an Alpha meeting. They were delighted. Until he started asking searching questions at the meeting, which none of the leaders could answer. They didn't invite him back. This was years ago, and I am still in touch with the couple concerned, who are still heavily into the church. They are lovely people. But we don't discuss religion any more :)

Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PLEASE PLEASE no sports - there are plenty of > other pubs in ED, please keep the Magnolia > sport-free > > There really isn't though. The CPT is a useless > space for watching sport, which just leaves the > Vale and the EDT. We promise to leave before 7 > o'clock, honest. xxxxxx But we're often there in the afternoon - and do not want a telly interfering with our relaxation :) Doesn't Hoopers have a telly? You could have sport and an excellent range of ales as well!

Would have to look at the menu - I'll try to remember to make a note next time I'm there :) I usually get one of the chef's specials, but last time I tried one of the "bog standard" Indian dishes they have everywhere, just to compare it. I think it might have been prawn sag, but I can't remember. Might have been prawn madras. Whatever it was, it was very nice. I always find a sag dish a good test of an Indian restaurant because it's easy to muck up spinach. In the worst cases you get tinned spinach, yuk (6) Edited to say: Actually I'm not sure they do prawn, it might have been lamb. Basically, let's face it, I have a crap memory :)) Edited again to say: But not so crap I don't remember it was extremely good :)) Before anybody else makes the point :))

What a happy ending, that's really brilliant :)

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have been to curry cabin many times (and am > going again tonight) but the food could never be > described as anothing other than standard-issue. > And not great standard-issue at that xxxx Well I can only say that we must have been exceptionally lucky each time we've been then, or exceptionally lucky in our choices of dish, because compared to other Indian restaurants in ED the food we've had has been absolutely delicious, and certainly not greasy or flavourless. In fact one of the things I like most about the food I've had there is that it has actually tasted of things other than garlic and chilli - it has tasted as if each dish has had its own particular combination of spices used.

JamesG Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Tandoori Nights is good but the rest of LL is > either poor or average at best from my point of > view. Just typical curry aimed at pissed British > people which is fine just rarely my thing now. > xxxxxx Have you tried Curry Cabin though? Well above average, in fact I would say it was better than Tandoori Nights. Haven't been back to Tandoori Nights since trying Curry Cabin for the first time. I know the exterior appearance doesn't bode well, nor indeed the interior decor, but the food is wonderful. At least, we've been there about half a dozen times now and each time it has been absolutely delicious. Good service too. And nearer and cheaper than Ganapati, which still remains my first choice for an excellent Indian meal round here. Just a shame it's a longish walk from where I live and I'm a lazy git :-$

PLEASE PLEASE no sports - there are plenty of other pubs in ED, please keep the Magnolia sport-free :) (except Wimbledon :)) they can hire in a telly for that :)))

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