MrBen

...which sounds like sex to me. Are you saying that sex is inherently more decadent than drink/drugs? And what I meant was the luxury of simple pleasures...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sourdough bakeries. > > Louisa. You forgot pizza, Waitrose and pointless middle class gift shops

Facebook. Why expose all of my personal information, family photographs, contact details online to..... the world basically? It has privacy settings does it? And do you think those are respected by the authorities or secure? I think its a giant conspiracy to codify the entire global population. It's evil.

The point is it's an afternoon pint on a weekday when everyone else is at work. You feel like you've won the pools.

....simple really. Sitting in The Great Exhibition with a beer. At 4pm on a Tuesday. Eight hours sleep sometime would be really nice but one step at a time...

This is the time of year that gym subscriptions rise and people start making minor diet adjustments (which don't last) in a bid to atone for Decembers gluttony. This week people in our office who normally head to Nando's have started coming back at lunchtime with salad. Subconsciously I did the same. Working my way through the box of shredded vegetables was a joyless experience and it was so difficult that half way through I had to go back out and buy a big bag of crisps to go with it. Why do we do this? And besides...I'm guessing that eating salad for a month doesn't compensate for several years of red meat, booze and fried stuff. Anyone else care to own up?

I'm sure that as long as people can bring booze in and buy it cheap in Sainsbos there will always be a crowd who will. But there's probably also a large section of people who would buy it in the ground if it was a decent price and readily available. Do the profits from the bar benefit the club directly? If so the aim must surely be to maximise bar revenue. 200 pints at half time with a ?2 margin would easily cover staff costs and turn a profit? The buyers are there...just needs tweaking. What about a bar outside as Jah says but rather than specialty ales have a "Quick Beer" queue serving just one lager and a second queue selling ales. That way those who want their rare pint of bishops sock can wait for it and the large number who aren't too choosey in that situation can get a quick pint of Stella. Add a big sign by the bar that says "Buying your beer here directly benefits your club" and you're onto something.

Hard when the bar isn't geared up for serving 700 or so people in 15 minutes. One idea would be a pre poured "quick queue" selling just one beer...Stella or whatever with one person pouring and one taking cash plus a few poured beforehand to save time. It won't go flat that quickly.. .

http://www.bigjoelouis.com/

You'd look at Big Joe Louis and think "hipster" but he's had that look for 25 years. The real deal.

I saw Big Joe Louis by the small Sainsburys on LL around Christmas time. For me that sighting is worth ten Jimmy Nesbits and five Tracy Barlows. One totally sharply dressed dude and bluesman royalty.

I'm writing a piece "In search of the Raider" in which I attempt to track down the famous local blogger and his half life chum at a Hamlets game purely from his silhouette Twitter pic. All we know is that he's hairy, likes job centres and garden centres...and rollies.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there a full moon tonight?... > > http://timberwolfhq.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01 > /howlingwolf-150x150.jpg Read the runes RD. Not him. Think much loved forum straight shooter...

I hate to state the obvious. But if a sleeping cell of IS guys armed with semi automatic weapons and rocket launchers is able to reside and strike in.a city like Paris as it has done then it's a near certainty the same exists over here in London.

Every time I'm in there Iceland on LL is busy. It would be interesting to see just how profitable it is....

I've met El Pipe, Quids and Otta in real life. All good people. Since we're sharing...I also met the prolific serial poster Sean Macghabhan about twice at the drinks. Nice guy but...how can I put this....funny eyes.... Eyes that freaked me out a bit.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think there are some valid reasons for name > changing, particularly if you previously used your > real name (or part of it). I regret registering > with my real name for a number of reasons, but > can't be arsed to re-register. Me too. My name's not Ben. It's just a plain daft user name. I'd be really disappointed if *Bob*'s real name was something like "Darren" or "Alan". I'm not sure why.

I did my second shop of the week in super friendly Iceland yesterday and was looking out for you Lou. Might have had to hide my Hops Burns and Black carrier bag on the way out tho.

I really wanted a fish on The Gowlett walls but alas...It had a yellow dot on it.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MrBen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > But you're in East Dulwich and Keith is in > Penge? > > I live in Peckham now! > > Who is this "Keith" you speak of? If you think "Bellenden Village" is Peckham cool credentials then think again Jeremy! No idea who Keith is sorry...

You know what I meant. You don't have to be wealthy to buy art.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If there is a "clique" - and I interpret that as a > group of long-term members who tend to be on the > same side in most arguments - it contains at most > three people. Only one of which still lives in > London. But you're in East Dulwich and Keith is in Penge? :-)

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ARGOS, Rye Lane. Nothing a super strength bourbon hot chocolate from Lerryns cafe can't sort out HMB. London generally keeps me on edge. The concentration of millions of very different people in one place and potential for confrontation in public places keeps my "fight or flight" thingy on Amber ...versus say living in Oban, Scotland.

Don't know about you lot but I'm really excited about that.

according to today's papers 2015 will be all about double denim....