Earl Aelfheah

Is anyone else feeling rather uneasy at the trial by media which is taking place?

A long time ago, I tried to give up fags, but keep smoking weed. I had to take up tobacco again for the sake of my health. Eventually, I had to accept that the only way I'd ever give up the fags for good, was if I quit smoking altogether (which I did). It's a shame, because I still quite fancy the occasional spliff, but know it would lead me back to smoking fags all the time.

I saw a neighbour walking his 4(ish) year old out the house today with a spliff in hand. I'm generally pretty laid back about these things, but taking your kid to nursery, spliff blazing, is a little brazen.

You can park on Quorn Road, or St Francis for free.

One big chain selling predominantly processed foods, replaced by another. meh.

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Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wish the Council would ban front garden parking > spaces > > This would then put more cars parked on the > streets - with fewer passing places on narrow > streets (off street parking in effect normally > creates a passing space) - and more likelihood of > accidents/ damage/ vandalism (all of which has a > cost). It would be reasonable, however, to require > hard standing for cars to be made out of water > permeable materials, either gravel over membrane, > bricks laid over sand (bricks are water permeable, > unless specially treated) or whatever (you can get > a grid which sits over lawn and will support cars, > allowing a lawn to grow through it). It is > concrete or asphalt which cause environmental > problems, creating run-off etc. > > Of course well-tended front gardens with flowers, > shrubs etc. are 'nice' (and are still achievable, > depending on the size of space, when where cars > are parked-up) but banning parking cannot mandate > pretty front gardens - so there is no necessarily > aesthetic advantage in such a ban. I don't' agree with this. I think there is an aesthetic and even psycho-spatial argument against cars parked up in front of houses. They often involve the removal of the front wall and so the feeling of walking through a safe pedestrian space is undermined. It effectively draws the road up, over the pavement, towards the houses. It removes the feeling of separation and 'free', uncontested space.

It's definitely true that the hopper buses have a different, more friendly vibe (and everyone thanks the driver). Funny really.

...and little buggy spot opposite the double doors as the Family Room.

I like to think of the downstairs as the 'General Issues / Gossip' section and the top deck as 'The Lounge'

Tortilla would be a welcome addition to the lane. Hope that rumour's true.

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aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I think it depends where people are > getting off. I use buses regularly. If I'm doing a > longer journey or getting off at a busy stop, I'll > go upstairs to sit down. > But if it's a short journey or I'm getting off at > a stop that's hardly used, I'll stand as near the > doors as possible. Fighting my way through a crowd > to get off the bus is stressful and I always worry > about the driver closing the door and pulling away > before I've even got there. It is stressful to have to to fight your way through a crowd to exit the bus, but if you take to standing by the doors, blocking the exit, then you are creating exactly this situation for others. If you're only going a few stops then it may well be easier for you to stand, but it's also likely to inconvenience others trying to get on and off the bus. So perhaps it's best to find a seat instead of causing an unnecessary obstruction.

That is possible Blah.

The thing is though, it can't be more comfortable standing, stubbornly blocking the entrance to the bus, catching bags and elbows as people shove past you. Also, it really wasn't that hot this morning.

I need to vent. Why is it that people won't use the top deck of the bus? I had to force my way on to the bus today and push my way to the stairs. Got to the top deck and it was half empty. Getting off, again, I had to force my way to the exit. Why don't people fill up the seats before blocking all the isles, entrances and exits? People weren't able to board a half empty bus. You might assume that people just haven't realised that there is space upstairs. However, this morning the driver wouldn't leave a stop because people weren't moving down to clear the doors. Then someone near the stairs shouted, 'there are seats upstairs'. I looked at them. blinked. Said, "sorry?" Then someone else (also between the entrance and the stairs) said "there are seats upstairs if you want to climb up there". I wasn't sure what to do. So after a brief hesitation I pushed my way through to the stairs and up to a half empty top deck. People were just standing there. Any one of them could have just moved up themselves, but no, they would rather block the way on and off the bus and leave it to others to push past them. I genuinely don't know what to make of it.

I agree with that quids (happening to live up that end of the lane 😊)

Who would have imagined where this thread would lead?

That was my annual haircut. I always have a team around me.

Otta - I can't believe your first taste of curry was in 1994. All those wasted years.

Decorum on the forum.. please!

And now here we are in full swing.

Fox - don't you like real honey? You decadent sh*t - you think that's why desperate people come to this country - for real honey?

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So the Khans jar on inspection is as Fox says, BUT > we have other jars of honey bought from a well > known supermarkets, all in the ?2 range and they > definitely ARE honey. And sainsburys do a jar of > set honey for ?1.40, described as 100% honey. So > it is possible to get 100% honey in those price > ranges. Eh? Hold on.. are you saying that Khan's is selling fake honey?

I agree Louisa - although I still maintain that the public reaction to Princess Di was ludicrous.