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Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What if the proud Englishman is left-handed? I suspect he would struggle on using the cutlery in the proper fashion and a stiff upper lip.

A sugar tax. Kind of surprised by this. Going to be used to fund a longer school day (and all schools to become academies). Better start stock piling kit kats.

So far.. reduction to corporation tax, cuts to disability budget, two new tax allowances for landlords. Growth forecasts slashed. Apparently the 1% paying 28% of income tax and this is a sign that we're all in it together (rather than a sign that inequality is running away unchecked).

Sorry, I didn't actually read much of this thread and think I may have missed your point Bob.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't understand why anyone would pay ?12 for a > bog-standard 'curry' on Lordship Lane - when you > can cook something much more interesting and nicer > at home for a quarter of the price, but people do. > Beats me. Seriously! Because I have young children, a stressful job and I don't get enough sleep. Sometimes it's nice not to have to cook.

The truth is that the whole of London has gone completely loco. ED is nice enough and Penge probably is too (I don't know it that well). But these aren't notably beautiful, exciting, or remarkable places. The fact that small terraced houses sell for huge amounts of money here is absurd and deep down we all know it. I suspect that a lot of the naval gazing about what's 'great', or otherwise about our local areas, is the result of the inevitable dissonance caused by spending ridiculous sums to live in fairly unexceptional places. It's an attempt at rationalising what in many ways is an irrational situation.

Rosie's is very nice.

That's articles just a very long winded truism - people shouldn't behave badly. No sheet.

Who the hell decided this was a good use of council time and money?

This made me chuckle http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/right-wing-dad-fails-to-see-irony-of-top-gear-cenotaph-stunt-20160315107152 "Estate agent and father-of-two Hobbs felt that American Matt LeBlanc driving near the Cenotaph was ?a step too far?, despite loving it when Clarkson went to foreign countries in big cars and antagonised them as much as legally possible.....?I blame that American ? when celebrities travel they should take time to learn about local culture and history before attempting to make so-called ?jokes? that could hurt people?s feelings.? Hobbs, who laughed like a drain when Top Gear pissed off Mexicans, Romanians and Argentinians, added: ?This kind of crass, insensitive stunt is not funny and panders to utter morons. That LeBlanc is just a cocky millionaire posing as a maverick outsider.?

Probably the most 'shocking' thing about this, is that such programmes still have an audience.

They drove down Whitehall that's all. Yes, they were driving like Tw8ts but apparently that's what people who watch Top Gear get exctited about. The fact that they passed a war memorial doesn't seem like reason to get upset to me. It wasn't as though the cenotaph was the focus of the 'stunt', it was incidental. There is so much more about this incident which is in bad taste. For example, the more general issue of making an 'entertainment' programme that glorifies hooning it round the streets of London doing donuts.

Crawley looks lovely in that picture. Peckham's a funny one. Everyone moans about how it's becoming so gentrified, but frankly, if Rye Lane is a symbol of gentrification, you have to wonder what people consider 'run down'.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fuss about nothing... two American presenters were > driving round London and creating a racket for a > TV show. They'd probably never even heard of the > Cenotaph. Apologies have been made and the footage > won't get used. End of. Agreed. I don't see what the fuss is about. They drove a car through central London. That said, it's a tedious show. People who obsess about their car seem weird to me.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > from the residents' point of view imagine if > you couldn't get into your own house after say > being shopping/school run etc? From Shell's mother's point of view imagine not being able to park close to your destination and there being an empty bay which you're entitled to use, but which someone mistakenly thinks is their's. So you have to park further away and struggle. I think the person who left the note is entirely wrong personally. The space is not theirs and there is nothing to suggest that their need is necessarily greater than Shell's mother.

That's it then. It's only a matter of time before the whole of Soutwark has it's roads privatised. Maybe a good time to become a traffic warden?

Thanks for the advice, really appreciate it.

Glad to hear I'm 'notorious'. 😂

rabbitears Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >a regular bus service connecting ED to Brixton > tube > > You mean the 37? 2-4 buses an hour is not a frequent bus service. It's not particularly reliable / regular either. You can easily end up waiting half an hour.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The UK doesn't have the best healthcare in the > world - despite all the sentimentality. > > As for the best government in the world? Now I > know you're taking the piss... Arguably we have one of the best value healthcare systems in the world.

Hello. We have booked an Air BnB in Breville, Cognac. We're travelling with two children, age 5 and 6 and are struggling to decide on how best to get there. Options are to either drive and have a stop off on the way, maybe a day or two somewhere, or else to fly into Bordeaux and get a car hire. If anyone has any experience of this part of France, we'd really appreciate your thoughts, either on how best to get there, or for nice places to stop off, or visit near by. Thanks

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dbboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Dumb and dumber - sums up the yanks and USA > > totally. Personally i'd deport the lot of them > and > > ban all american imports, products and services. > > > > > Starting with McDonalds and KFC. > > Donald Trump gets to stand for president, and yet > I'm banned from the main section. The world we > live in I'm afraid dbboy! > > Louisa. Exactly, make me proud to be British

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