PeckhamRose

Writer and actor and (to actually earn money) I work from home in copyright law. Just about to have a play of mine produced in a small but professional London theatre. Dead excited, me. I'll post a flier when the time's right....

Peckham Rye East is the SE15 side. I love this: Peckham Rye is an area of London. It's also a park and a common. And two roads either side of that park and common are called Peckham Rye. The East Dulwich (west) side is SE22 Peckham Rye East is the Nunhead side, SE15. I should charge a fee for the amount of lost cab drivers I've given directions to! Stay with me. Doncha love it. Peckham Rye railway station used to be called Peckham but the station now called Queens Road was also called Peckham originally so they changed the one we know as Peckham Rye, to Peckham Rye. I think way more people should have been asked their opinions on this cycle scheme. All of those surrounding all of Peckham Rye Park and Common, for starters. > > Hi - what/where does Peckham Rye East mean ?

"Screw The Roses, Send Me The Thorns."

I agree with so much of Domiti anus (hoho) said on 1st page. And it's not the words that are used it's the intention behind their useage. Chris Rock said what the word "nigger" can mean, and that to some it is a swear word. I would not dream of using it even to those who Chris Rock describes as being worthy of the term! It saddens me greatly how the word "gay" is being used as a negative term, but maybe something will come along in its place. I love how kids have new words for things, like "got a touch of the reds" to mean someone (usually a woman) is angry and emotional. That's pretty inventive! But as for religiously offensive words, bring it on. I don't believe in Gods or religions - and so any religious terms that offend - well it's an easy target I suppose. Shouting "Jesus H Christ and ALL her children" can be fun, stand back and watch the fireworks. My favourite swear word is C*&T though, and it is great fun watching people's reactions when I suddenly use it. I remember years ago during a stand up routine Mark Thomas said Vagina Vagina Vagina for about 10 minutes and made the point beautifully. It's just words. If we all use them they lose their meaning and you can't be hurt by them. Kids think they're being really offensive by using the F word all the time but if everyone reacted as if they were saying the word Pepper, or Sofa, the words (and the kids) would lose the power immediately. I blame the parents. Cu&ts.

When I wrote It's A Beautiful Life, I meant It's A Wonderful Life. Cried. Buckets. Love Story gets me too. She dies, you know. Sorry, did I spoil it? Spinal Tap - cried laughing. Does that count?

When Bambi's Mum is shot. Oh gawd here we go....

But where does one put the batteries? Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My Kind of Spanner

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, there are usually lots of things a sexually > content woman will do for a man by the way, incase > you think it's all one sided! Yep, sometimes I'll even do the washing up...

This is a very interesting subject, some women who keep going to abusers - just SOME of them - are actually submissive in nature wanting Dominants. This is a huge subject, and a brave one to start. Oh wait - I have a play coming up touching on this very subject soon, so will advertise it here when there's a flier to post. But really, in my extensive research on the matter - some of the women who are in happy fulfilling consensual Dom/sub relationships floundered around before finding them by being attracted to abusers. Meanwhile, of course, there are also those men who prefer to be the submissive to the Dominant female. > of my old girl-friends in the past, stuck in an > exitless Hangar Lane Gyratory of varyingly > pathetic, bad, or often abusive relationships. As for Mr Paleologus - who wroteth - "Those of us with a face like a bag of spanners have had to work hard for whatever attention we get." I am sure we are not just talking ordinary spanners, but (lowers voice to sexy slow voice) a perfectly made, ordered by five, delivered by ten, ScrewFix Direct bag of spanners... > It's a self-image thing. I hate to sound like an > 2-bit American chat show host, but get some > respect for oneself and happiness can be found > with someone who respects err .. one.

Ggggrrrrrrrr traffic lights. How do traffic lights REDUCE the volume? We've seen this problem with Forest Hill Road! A roundabout surely would be better. > The council want it to open with traffic lights to > reduce the volume of traffic.

It's a Beautiful Life. I cry for how life could be. The Glenn Miller Story. The actress who played his wife, June Allyson, when she hears he's disappeared, and the flypast, I'm welling up as I write.

I say there's another issue. What about those of us - men AND women - who have no desire to have children and indeed have none - but how does that affect the mating needs / instincts when we never want kids. Still want sex tho. I remember talking to a mate years ago who said he wanted a family, and when we boiled him down to the basics, he admitted he never liked kids and that he was saying those things to please his bullying Dad, and actually marriage appealed only because it was assumed he would get regular sex. Instincts have a lot to answer for! I look forward to reading folks' thoughts on the original posting.

A Soldier's Poem. Muse. Sniff...

Yes, a bike shop. I assume you mean motorbike shop, right? :) I went up Marylebone High Street the other day and realise what Lordship Lane DESPARATELY needs is a White Company shop, it would fit right in. And something like a poncy "Stitches and Daughters" type shop. I totally agree with the poster above who said about cheap kitchen items not lasting long. Definitely buy expensive well made classic stuff from the likes of Peter Jones and it will last a lifetime, the same can be said of good clothes. Mine, anyway..... I LOATHE shopping! Alan Dale mentioned Boots. Yes I quite like Boots certainly over Superdrug but the some of the staff in the Peckham branches of both could not BE ruder IMHO. And freecycle is wonderful - I just got a fax machine off it for free and gave away lots too. Hell, what with that and ebay do we really need shops at all? Oh wait, yeah - when the post strikes happen!

It's in me diary. Across the park from me. Work allowing, I look forward to meeting you all.

Had it anything to do with fireworks in the bins going off too?

We're trying to eat less red meat also, so fish and chicken is main thing. PASTA TUNA THING This evening found a recipe in an old Dairy Diary Recipe Book and here it is with my additions. Drink some gin and tonic. Then - fry an onion - pour half pint of veg stock in and enough peas and/or sweetcorn for 4 people in the pan, have another swig of gin and some chocolate maybe, then bung a tablespoon of cornflour mixed with half pint of milk and bung it all in the same pan with a small can of drained tuna. Drink gin. Heat and Stir the whole lot well till thick and creamy. Then bung in the now cooked pasta which you had put on at the beginning of the exercise to cook for 10 or so minutes. Stir the whole lot and it makes enough for about 3 or four, top with grated cheese. I thank you. Hic.

What the blinking flip does "Peckham trouble" mean? Oh wait, sorry - everyone who lives in Peckham is all the same bad lot? NO-ONE ever did anything wrong who lives in ED? Isn't there another topic of this forum talking about kids bullying/hassling/threatening in ED? Explain. Not sure we want such snobs living here.... As for feeling safe - isn't that a state of mind attitude? Trust me - it can be just as threatening and frightening in the nicest parts of Chelsea and Eton Square. (I remember a documentary on TV interviewing lots of women driving their 4x4s being asked why they chose those cars and they said they felt "safer". What - did Cortinas never have locks?) The perception of fear of being attacked and mugged is ruling people's minds and hearts. If you look frightened you're more of a target. I hope you find a wonderful new home wherever you choose to live (and don't see it just as a potential money-earner). > What does everyone think of that area? Does it > have Peckham trouble?

The problem with deciding on going to a pub that has a large outside area for smokers is that you will divide the group possibly. I mean, maybe it will just be everyone outside except, who gets ill around smoke. I recommended the Clockhouse above, their food - to quote a character in a Peckhambased TV series - "just keeps getting better and better". :)

So when and where's the next one? Hope I can go to it. I vote Clock house.

To get you fit and not fat, you could cycle ALL the way to Nunhead for your fish at Sopers and your bread and cakes at Ayres. I HATE the idea of these chain stores (stores that sell chains? Back to the sex shop thread again?) like M&S and John Lewis and the like coming to ED. That's what you have busses for, to take you to Central London. Anyway, you can always buy on line and support the post office at the same time; they need the business....

Level 42 The song about saying goodbye and leaving, gets me. Can't remember the title. Cat Stevens Wild World And when I was a baby I always cried when Mum played a song bby the Andrew Sisters called I'll be with you in Apple Blossom Time. When Spinal Tap came out Chris Guest explained that Lick My Love Pump was written in A minor, quite the saddest key. That makes sense. I think Apple Blossom Time is in A minor. Could be wrong tho. Maybe it made me cry as a baby because my Mum held me in her arms and squeezed me as SHE cried. XTC Dictionary Song Billy Joel Honesty Muse - poem for soldiers sniff sniff

Youngs Double Chocolate Stout (bottle) Dogbolter (RIP Firkin Brewery) Mackeson Stout Mmmmmmmmmmmmm beeerrrrrrr

I agree about USA - they hear the accent and come over to me in the shops or restaurants and just want to hear you - assume we're all highly intelligent educated people. And many times specially in the west people come up and beg me to believe that they hate Bush and did not vote him in and disagree with the war. Complete strangers being so friendly and wanting to tell you this. New Zealand is incredibly friendly too. Such a laid back culture. Interesting to read your thoughts on our European cousins though too.

Oh there are plenty of other examples, I was just starting a ball rolling but it's hit another traffic angering roadhump! (They dont calm traffic!) Of COURSE one can rip the plastic bits out of envelopes, and I do. But they're more expensive and they put stickers on top of the envelopes a lot of the time anyway. And we do need to attract good talent in a competitive market but the quality of some of the staffe beggars belief. Sheer stupidity seems to be a necessary quality to get jobs there. One of the housing officers at Bournemouth Road recently told me that Kim Humphries has changed things so that a qualified experienced housing officer now can't even raise repairs on anything. And none of the workers are allowed to personalise their offices. I had to go to registry office recently and the officers aren't allowed to put pictures on the walls or photos on their desks. It's awful. Why would anyone want to work in those circumstances. So those that put up with it deserve respect of course. But so many of their colleagues are really - well - incompetant. Yeah - Southwark Life! There's even a magazine called SE15 - what a waste. So untruthful. But like Notting Hill the film was about Notting Hill. Totally unrealistic about Notting Hill!! Back to bed.. back to reality. Who wrote that?