MrBen

Brief but incisive interventions from *Bob* in the course of each year almost make this forum worth putting up with.

Simone. You may not call him Fox as this is a sign of disrespect. However you may call him either Sir Duke Fox or Lord Fox depending on the occasion.

My view: Scotland will get independence in the long term anyway. Shorter term we already know greater devolution is on the cards. That being so, is this not the best get out Labour have ever had to reinvent and reposition itself? Labour is now finished in Scotland anyway as a younger generation of voters emerge. Strategically, it has to do something.

Perhaps I should expand. Everyone talks about how lovely Dulwich Park is....it is but personally I find it all a bit too "formal" and lacking in stroller / buggy diversity. It's busier now too and the days of having a sneaky smoke in the American Garden are long gone..at least at weekends. Peckham rye is just a bit more untamed.

Now that the sun's out...this came up the other day day and led to some debate. What's you're favourite local park or patch of green space and why? In Dulwich and also immediate surrounds....

More affordable homes, raising the minimum wage to ?8.70, a 50% tax for the highest earners and a mansion tax. Take out their policy push for independence and SNP policies actually look decidedly like the old Labour many voters with Labour values want a return to.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I poked ma nose in on Saturday. Looks good. Im not > a member, ooze charm me! I'm a longtime Ritzy fan and a PH member in Brixton but I don't have your special "gift" of getting into just about anywhere HMB? so I was reduced to peering through the windows at the founder members inside. Level playing field from Thursday though?and I plan to be one of 4000 parent/baby combos trying for one of the 25 tickets for the Big Scream Club

At first the rabble were massively out numbered. At 2pm several hundred visiting fans had taken over the club house and the East terrace leading to their first song which was ironically "What's it like to have a crowd?" Where were they? In The Gowlett, The EDT, Ivy House and The Vale of course. And by 3pm it hit 3000 capacity and the ground was jumping. Beautiful blue skies, 800 friendly Maidstone fans, DHFC fans congratulating and singing to Maidstone fans at the end when they bagged the league... and Jah Lush looking sharp and dancing on top of a wall. It was all a bit like football in another, better world. Great day.

Ashamed to say I've never been to Birmingham. Is it worth visiting in its own right?

Relax. It wasn't a serious comment. Yours was funny tho. I love the new cinema and in an entirely unrelated piece of insightful decision making I'll also be voting for Jamie B too.

I agree 100% with you Blah Blah on policies for SMEs. Entrepreneurs Relief is very generous and looks likely to remain whichever party swings it...that said further business level tax concessions would be valuable...especially for the tech sector. Small businesses account for 99% of all private sector businesses in the UK and employ something like 15M people. I've always had a lifelong preference for Labours values but I doubt their economic and leadership credibility enough this time round to vote elsewhere.

I hope they had a mop for that guy.

I spoke to an estate agent who, after jizzing on the checkerboard mosaics, told me houses within a 10 min radius are now worth ?5M. Many thanks To James Barber for this.

It seems that this weekends opening will involve a protest on April 18th re. London living wage. Looking ahead it might get a mention on this thread....so a reminder that if you want to vent more about it use this thread instead: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1357998,page=9

They need to do "Dad, Beer and Baby" sessions. A brilliant idea for which I'm lobbying hard. Mums can't have it all their own way.....

This place is looking good. Nice refurb.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > HMB - c'mon....you can do better than that. > > I'm thinking your tales from Bar Story alone could > dominate this thread! I'm guessing he's carefully saving them all for the book.

Lots of edits so far I see. No bragging found here. It's the thread of shame and disaster.

There was a spate of these a while back. We definitely need MORE chip reviews.

There seems to be a common theme here. Stories not involving alcohol and/or prostitutes also welcome....Have you ever alienated an entire wedding in Crawley with a gag about how much of a dump it is? Or joined the mile high club with an on duty Malaysian Air hostess whilst your new girlfriend is sitting back in economy? Just two hypothetical examples. *coughs*

With a house getting rolled in East Dulwich every few days, Neighbourhood Watch is a good concept but it surely now needs updating and a serious rebrand. Those faded yellow and blue signs and cartoons of curtain twitching pensioners wont be scaring anyone anytime soon.

Saturday flashback whilst driving through Wandsworth... 23 years old. Off to a house party with two housemates. Before leaving we gave one cash to get some six packs in. He came back with a large bottle of absinthe which we started drinking in a cab into town. At this point the memory gets a little hazy but I'm told only two of us arrived at the party where we both fell asleep on the lounge floor. It was 9pm. Then, hours later I wake up in a mini cab who is dropping me off at my house in Wandsworth. But I've never lived in Wandsworth and was flatsharing in Tooting at the time. I also found that I had no money. I remember the cabbie grabbing me to look for a wallet. Inexplicably, I punched him in the face and pegged it. My legs became jelly and I face planted somewhere on Clapham Common. Then I managed to stand up and have a full on fist fight with this Jamaican driver that would have ended one way if a passing milkman hadn't managed to intervene. I am ashamed to this day and wholeheartedly apologise to all concerned. This was not my finest hour. What was yours? ps. Quids is lurking...trying to tempt him out for the Barstow thing.

Also. The Euro is in your favour. Almost 20% cheaper than previously.

I found that Rome hotels are expensive generally. It's such a destination that hotels have high occupancy rates and tariffs reflect that. To find somewhere that fits your brief for as low as 120 Euros a night is good! We paid less but couldn't recommend where we stayed. Great place though...have a good trip.

At the first rays of weekend sun chances are someone you know will announce they want to "head down to the coast" to "get out London". Having learned to avoid the worst of this annual phenomenon - the train to Brighton on any bank holiday - I'm liking exploring other less obvious seaside towns and coastal areas. So East Mersea and Ramsgate are on my list this summer...but anyone with any other trips to escape London cabin fever - post them here?