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Get off the thread Flappers or it will be lounged. Oh - we are in the lounge :-$

I'm a Man - Spencer Davis Group

You're drunk, aren't you, Flappers. I'm psychic, me.

Climate change, banks in meltdown, credit crunch (whatever that means) - are we all going to hell in a handcart? Or have I just had too much wine after a hard day at work? :)

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had a bad experience with a Blow-Up Doll once(6) > Wined and Dined her. Complimented her. Eventually > we went to bed together where at some stage bit > her and she flew out of the window. > Ungrateful *****:X xxxxx At least it wasn't up the chimney :) Edited to say: Erm, think there was some ancient Tom Sharpe thing going round my head there :-S

flappers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > je nais comprende pas :) xxxxxx It's ne

You got a publisher, Ted Max?? :)

I haven't read this thread apart from the title, but I'd just like to say that in my opinion having grandkids is the best thing ever - all the cuteness and none of the sleepless nights :))

Hey the Goose has a Hallowe'en night - e'en, even - at Hoopers the previous Friday :) Not that I'm taking any opportunity to promote our events, at all :) Siobhan Parr (aka Shivers) and Ain - both brilliant. And to get back on topic - for once, the Goose at Hoopers doesn't clash with the forum drinks, hurrah!!!!

You bored at all, f??? ??? Edited to say, I mean ???? :))

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're ever in The Cut/Lower Marsh near > Waterloo in the week or on saturdays try Marie's > cafe, a greasy spoon cafe run by Thais for at > least 20 yrs and they have, wait for it, a handful > of Thai dishes available also, none take more than > a few mins to prepare and serve and although > cramped it's a good little cafe. > Just thought of this when someone mentioned Thai > owners of greasy cafes or something. xxxxx Yeh I love Marie's, they once took me into the kitchen to demonstrate their rice steaming equipment - a revelation :) Edited to say: I've lived in ED on and off for seventeen years (aaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!) and the TCC has been quite variable since it opened - good, then bad (I stopped going after a dish which tasted of watered-down Bovril) then better again. Edited again to say: I believe Marie's only has Thai food in the evenings - during the day they're a "normal" greasy spoon.

:)):)):)) Woof woof !!

Which stopped for what seemed like hours at East Dulwich Station whilst awaiting police to evict a fare evader who refused to get off the bus ..... We got off/on/off/on whilst other (full) buses sailed past ...... or stopped to let a zillionth of the people on "our" bus on ..... Eventually a police van and car arrived, lights flashing, sirens screaming, hurtling down Dog Kennel Hill and screeching to a halt by the bus .... No wonder the response time isn't great if they send so many to one minor incident :-S And from a sod's law point of view, I'd got up early to get an early start at work, too :))

I had liver and bacon there a few weeks back, as I hadn't had it for zillions of years. Absolutely delicious but, er, contained no bacon :) When I asked where the bacon was, after a bit of a wait, someone came and plonked down a side plate containing two rashers of bacon - no explanation, no apology :)) Couldn't be arsed to point out that liver and bacon is a dish in which the liver is cooked with the bacon ..... thereby imparting a tasty flavour to both ..... But shame the chef has left nonetheless, as it was very nice and I would have definitely eaten there again (have been less impressed with the roast in the past however - but maybe a different chef than the one who cooked Aced Out's roast .....).

Don't know the Montpelier, but Hoopers is good :)

Pull yourself together Flappers :))

Don't even mention the posh private members club at the EDT, many four letter words spring to my lips (6)

I work with tree people in another council, and I'm sure the trees wouldn't have been cut down without an extremely good reason. Council people who work with trees usually do so because they love trees..... :) Hasn't anybody asked why they were cut down??

Yeh agree, Thai food in London is nothing like as good as Thai food in Thailand......

Just gone to the CPT on the way back from a pleasant afternoon at the Magnolia. No beer at all??? Not on any of the pumps???? Not one???? And no apology, just "no, no ale". Erm, OK, shan't be going back there in a hurry then :-S Shame - they used to do Broadside once :-S

Just been to the Magnolia for the first time, it was/is lovely :) Great relaxed vibe, great wine, great beer, thanks Rose :)

I considered putting it on the previous thread, but that was specifically about card cloning, and this point would have been off-topic. I can see that maybe I could have omitted the word "again", but rather too late now :)

BlueOne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In that case why would you inform a public forum > read by local people about "what could have been > an innocent mistake"? > >xxxxxx Because a) It might not have been an innocent mistake and b) If it was, then the person who made such a basic mistake as not giving somebody their cashback could well make that basic mistake with another customer. I therefore thought it worth sharing. For God's sake - I haven't identified the assistant in any way whatsoever, I haven't got a vendetta against Somerfield's, I am not suggesting everybody who works in a shop is a thieving working class dreg of society, I am merely suggesting that people be more careful than usual when getting cashback just in case they don't get given it, as that happened to me recently. Why didn't all these people come out and say similar things on the other very long thread on this forum where Somerfields was a leading player?? Edited to say I use the term working class because another poster did.

BlueOne Wrote: > Maybe I feel so strongly about it becauase I am > from a working class background, I still have > friends and family who work in shops and can > identify more with the shop workers than with you. > Again, sorry. I guess we will never agree on this > one. xxxxxx Excuse me ?!?!?! How do you know what my background is? I have also worked in shops! :-S

It's only "inflammatory" because some people have chosen to interpret it as such. I have reread my original post and think it is perfectly reasonable. I have already said, why would I speak to the manager or the police about what could have been an innocent mistake? The post does not identify anybody - going to the manager or the police would direct suspicion on a particular person. You think that would be better? I think it's more appropriate to suggest to people to be careful - whether a genuine mistake or not, the outcome is the same, you don't get your money.