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oooh! takes one to know one is all that I'll say

And then the council punitively hacks back fully grown trees - see Barry Road - to prevent tree-related subsidence and leaf-fall. It sounds as if they need better horticulturalists.

Hopefully, people will stop saying 'hopefully...' when they mean 'I hope that...'

I too am from the past and proud of it. I was brought up to say diss-ect as in dis-respect. But I've noticed that some people - particularly medics - say dye-SECT. And they pronounce cervical "cerv-EYE-cal" instead of "SER-vical". My own bugbear is people who say 'har-ASS-ment' instead of 'HAR-assment'.

Does this mean that the site is going to be vacant after Iceland vacates the store? That is not good news. I would have expected better and more socially responsible management of this whole issue from an outfit like M&S.

I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in Exeter ;0)

Saffron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > El Pibe Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ffs, it has nothing to do with him being gay, > it's > > about how getting into a stranger's car is a > > massively unkonwn quantity where you > effectively > > lose control of the situation. > > Can be risky as an adult, it's an unthinkable > step > > to allow a child to take. > > > > Agreed. seconded Loz, I appreciate the point about Faraday cages, but there are also all kinds of risks that need to be weighed up here. Very very few children or young people end up suffering a fatal outcome (terrible phrasing i know and I apologise in advance to anyone who might be offended), but there are thousands who encounter predators in the way that Monkey and El Pibe have bravely admitted to. These are very traumatic events and children end up blaming themselves and suffering needlessly as a result. BTW was I the only one who was completely gobsmacked to hear Michael Grade and David Hepworth dismissing the Jimmy Savile allegations on Ch 4 news the other day?

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > El Pibe Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than > > anywhere else, or something weird like that? > > > Tin Tin - prolific serial killer and Poirot's too > thick to see it. Poirot probably got a headache from the honking of all those saxophones ED has ukuleles, but they were invented somewhere else, I think

Sue and I, we've been down this road before - http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,816118,page=8 http://www.davidshrigley.com/photo_htmpgs/drink_me.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%27s_Shit ET clarify what I was talking about

Yes it could happen to any of our children, and that's why it's scary. I'm entirely in agreement with Saffron that blaming the child is not the way to go. Children are always keen to please their elders and any child will be flattered by adult attention - and of course children aren't always able to distinguish between what's appropriate and what's not. Adults on the other hand do and have a duty to think carefully about how they engage with children. I might think that as a fine upstanding citizen, I can offer a drenched child a safe ride in my car, and pah to the carping Aunt Sallys. But I'd need to remember that if I did that, I'd be undermining every safety lesson from that child's parents. Not so simple after all...

Pengians? Penguins? why MUST we always rate a place by the quality of its beer? at that rate Belgium would be close to paradise (or so I'm told)

how old is the daughter? and how does she know that this man is exactly 51 years old? not that it really matters, but the information would provide some context

Gidget and Carpgirl, I like your advice. After weeks of sitting on the forum's sidelines harping on about botox and other absurdities, loads of people to agree with at last! omg I'm in danger of turning into a nice person!

I presume that someone is clearing the bottles away, given that we aren't awash with them. Actually I've never seen one of these bottles myself, even though I live near where they are alleged to proliferate. And no-one in densely populated ED has seen anyone putting them there. I'm wondering if this is not all an elaborate leg-pull.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the best bar or restaurant that East > Dulwich has to offer is B+ at best. I still like > it here but there's no great place I could name if you look at beer, maybe But the best cups of coffee I have had in recent months have been on LL (at Ho of Tippler and Franklins, since you ask). The coffee in Soho and the West End doesn't even come close.

ahem, Jeremy, your apostrophe's showing

George Clooney's first-ever big screen outing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn_%28film%29 - although it's often left out of his filmography

Buffy I find Montalbano a bit tedious - typical shallow Italian telly. The books have depth, the series has 'atmosphere'. As for 24, you can watch it once. The second time, the thrill is totally gone.

I dislike beer but like words, so: re draught/draft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draught_and_draft#Miscellaneous_spelling_differences British English usually uses draft for all senses as the verb - for a preliminary version of a document,for an order of payment (bank draft), and for military conscription (although this last meaning is not as common as in American English). It uses draught for drink from a cask (draught beer); for animals used for pulling heavy loads (draught horse); for a current of air; for a ship's minimum depth of water to float; and for the game draughts, known as checkers in America. It uses either draught or draft for a plan or sketch (but almost always draughtsman in this sense; a draftsman drafts legal documents). American English uses draft in all these cases, including draftsman (male or female) (although in regard to drinks, draught is sometimes found). Canada uses both systems In Australia, draft is used for technical drawings, is accepted for the "current of air" meaning, and is preferred by professionals in the nautical sense. The pronunciation is always the same for all meanings within a dialect (RP /ˈdrɑːft/, General American /ˈdr?ft/). The spelling draught is older; draft appeared first in the late 16th century.

I'm with Rosie, sunlover00 and bonniebird on this Very sorry about the poor cat's fate, but the response needs to be proportionate.

as I understand it: you get someone to try it via a free sample repeat until they're hooked, then reel them in they become an assured source of income - until they drop dead this is a classic marketing technique, that's also used to sell soap powder as well as heroin, although it's easier to change your mind later about the soap powder it also works with cigarettes. Until quite recently, people started smoking as a result of marketing plus social pressure. Society finally changed its mind about smoking because of kill-joy campaigners who were initially dismissed as lunatics. So the social pressure has eased off and the marketing is kept within tight bounds. But the same has yet to happen with botox, collagen injections, cosmetic surgery, skin lighteners and all the rest of the toxic 'beauty' industry, before they join foot-binding and tight-lacing in the attic of history. It's also worth thinking about what's happening with smoking i.e. the feminisation of smoking. New smokers and regular young smokers are now more likely to be girls than boys. I've often come across schoolgirls lighting up, very likely because social/peer pressures in this group focus on 'cool'ness and body image, and are the same as the ones that lead them in time to take up cosmetic interventions.

and FARE-dodge, sometimes even flying over the turnstiles with their mates

thanks, MM! (un-furrows non-botoxed brow)

because girls and women form >50% of the demographic as for gay guys, well - wasn't it rumoured to be 1 in ten? Anyway, no one still knows for sure. Which is why it's being touted as the ultimate anti-perspirant for men, gay/straight/whatever. the clever thing about Botox is that once you've got 'em hooked, they feel that they HAVE to come back for more at pretty regular intervals. So you get a captive market. As I've said before and I will repeat now and ad nauseam, very similar marketing techniques are used for heroin and tobacco. I like the formaldehyde suggestion. The problem is that you've got to keep the lid on or it evaporates. And then thre's a kind of pickling effect, and the smell... On second thought, maxxi, you'll have to think again

Hear hear, ITATM and UncleGlen