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nice one weeeeeeeeeeeegeeeeeeeeeeeee, you're a star for arranging this. :)-D

PS the Earth has always been shifting on its axis* (axial wobble) and not just for 3,000 years as stated in that link :)) * a clever bloke called Milankovitch wrote all about these cycles before Mystic Meg came along.

No wonder I didn't make that important career break-through that I was anticipating this week. Instead, I should have been wearing the lucky colour red and expecting someone from my past (with the initial 'M') to come back into my life. Damn.

Yes I have had an accident - I remember it vividly. I was 17 and perfectly able to drive (although officially a learner) when my idiot fusspot stepfather who was sitting in the passenger seat of our estate car barked instructions on how to parallel park, making me lose all concentration and trashing the indicator lights of the car in front as a result. Naturally I felt that it was all his fault except I was the one who had to pay for it (6)

So naturally I can park anything, including a tank. I just stop when I hit the kerb or another car. Simple, really.

That was all (partly) a big fat lie btw. Anyway, I'm a bloke pretending to be a woman.

Tarot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why do driving instructors, not make sure their > clients can park properly. > I have asked many people if they had sufficent > teaching in this manouvere, and they had not. > There should be more time given to the parking. No one can drive as well as me. I passed my test first time and then passed the advanced driving test with flying colours. Everyone else on the road - apart from me - is simply rubbish at driving. But I can't park anything larger than a Fiat 500.

Emerson Crane Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > david_carnell Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If anyone wonders why ???? has left the forum > you > > only need to read this thread. > > > > Jay-sus. > > > Well yes, but everyone is entitled to their > opinion, no matter how weird and wonderful. And > lets be honest this Forum is no differnt from many > others nor do the views posted on here differ > wildly from those espoused by many of the > populace. Just saying like. I agree with you David. This thread and the BBC horizon one are perfect examples of this. Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion and its a public forum blah blah but its gets really tiresome when an opinion/argument is posted ad nauseum on absolutely everything. Don't even mention the poor old Drawing room. Just saying like. The 'hide' function is good but by its very nature, distorts the conversation flow on a thread.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You will be missed Quids, but your are one of a > long line of interesting people who have dropped > away for one reason or another. > > I suspect you will be back soon though, hopefully. You'll def be missed, your posts are brilliant and you always start good threads. Even this cheerio thread is interesting :) Enjoy your break and hope you do come back soon, I can't think of many who provide a refreshingly individual view against some of the socialist worker type cr@p on here. That's my opinion anyway. Cheerio for now.

Happy birthday karter, hope you have a fab day.

What a lovely man, so glad you posted this - it's a very moving story.

start a nice thread = people complain start a nasty thread = people complain oh well ianr at least no-one is stopping you from starting a thread or two. although people might complain :)) anyway, artful dear, of course I don't believe you're a soft, shandy-drinking dog. Not at all (6)

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!! > > *Wipes bhaji from eye and takes popadom from ear* > > All of you, write the following: > > "I will not act the goat in the Curry Club thread" > - 500 times. > > You too Karter, dont think I cant see you trying > to sneak out of the back of the restaurant.... > > and Katie ... you have let me down, the club down > and most of all, yourself. Tsk. You were doing so > well. *looks innocent* messir? yessir, er ... i mean, nosir, sorrrysir. I must not act the goat in the Curry Club thread x 500

Were you wearing one of those cute little doggy raincoats?

Think of the poppadom prices.

Yay! the B52s and a happy Friday thread. A relatively quiet 176 - check. A glass of wine with my name on it at a local ED hostelry - check. Probably the beginning of the end of my 'healthy' NY aspirations - check. Who cares? I've finished work and its the weekend feeling - check. Must stop saying check. :)-D

Not forgetting our canine friends... :))

I'd like to go somewhere that dishes out freebies, say, for example, pens with the curry house logo on them. Business cards. Free 'shots'. That sort of thing. Thursdays are good.

Or thieves. Is that the time?

Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Missed it, what happened? Dunno. I had already switched channels to listen to the Arrow :))

waynetta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FOIL pick pockets by placing a freshly toasted > 'pop tart' in each pocket. Would-be thieves will > quickly rupture the fragile pastry and receive > third degree finger burns from the steaming jam > inside. Chicken soup is the hottest substance known to man. FACT. So, I'm not convinced that pop tarts are the best substance to use to foil burglars. Think about it.

She is very irritating indeed. What a missed opportunity. Uncle Tom and his sausage empire can bore off as well. Poor Henry.

I didn't mention deodorant. Okay.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How do people feel about a Waitrose or M&S TYPE > food store on Lordship Lane - do we want one or > not? Thanks for seeking views on here, I'd like to add a resounding no (for same reasons given by others previously). For all those who don't think that supermarkets affect smaller, independent shops, I disagree wholeheartedly. I used to live in a small market town and within a decade, there remains only one (excellent) butcher and bakery on the high street. The other independent bakeries, fishmonger and greengrocer all closed down and I feel that the opening of an M&S directly on the high street (mainly food with a tiny clothes section) contributed towards that. The Tesco nearby (but not immediately on the high street) always did good service for the people that would shop there anyway regardless of independents. The high street now consists of all the big coffee shop chains, Greggs Bakery and charity shops and has lost most, if not all, of its previous character as well as local businesses. Instead of a local greengrocers, we then had the "choice" of out of season asparagus, green beans and so on from as far afield as Kenya and Peru. > I feel it would help the area having an anchor > type food store BUT can see it making Lordship > Lane busier and increasing parking pressures. In what way do you feel it would help the area? I know its not your term but 'aspirational supermarket' made me cringe.

All good stuff especially the note to the tooth fairy and the injured tone of rightful impatience :)