malumbu

Wow. So no industrial decline from the 50s onwards? Motorcycle industry was dead before joining the then EEC and cars we made (and have driven many of them) pathetic. Read a history book. There have been good times and bad. Even at our height the Germans and US were knocking at our door with, quite often, superior production and technology. And that is not even going into the way we used trade barriers, embargos, tarifs and colonisation. Definitely the most Little England comment I've seen for a long time. Can anyone beat that?

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > However the cost of the Australian toilet will > > have rocketted since I bought mine due to the > week > > pound, perhaps I should have bouught a job lot. > > > Sorry for digressing. wc/sink not we/sink > which > > sounds like a combined urinal sink. > > I was so intrigued by this concept, which I'd > never heard of, that I Googled it - what a great > concept, one can even get them at B&Q now and at a > very reasonable price: > http://www.diy.com/departments/cooke-lewis-duetto- > close-coupled-toilet-with-integrated-basin-with-so > ft-close-seat/160720_BQ.prd Just remember I was the trend setter! More importantly they have proper full height urinals in the Blythe, a prerequisite for a good pub and subject of another thread of mine. When I fitte it I tested it without the tap in place and got a jet of water in my face when the toilet was flushed. Funny! I'd better upload a photo.

Sadly many of us have been burgled. It tends to be random and I hope that not a lot was taken. Do get advice from the police about home security and ask for that smart water as we have been given up the road from you by the Met.

I'm with Heseltine. Never imagined that I would say that. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/23/lord-and-lady-heseltine-gardening-squirrels-thenford-brexit Havind said that one got trapped in a bird feeder once and I was unable to dispatch it.

As someone who has a professional interest in this sort of thing it would be good to hear from those who have bought, thinking of buying, or decided not to buy a SUV vehicle. This is not an opportunity to slag off Chelsea tractor drivers. We can all do this. But those who chose (or not as is the case) to buy one due to practicality or whatever. I wont offer any criticim and it would be great if others act similarly. Including not commenting on use, occupancy, school runs or whatever. My flag of truce is up. I'll explain more later but there is no hidden agenda here (beyond a better understanding of purchasing decisions). There is already data and researcg out there. Also any objective views are welcome from interested observers. Leave talk of bikes, car clubs, publc transport, congestion and obsesity to another thread.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cor that looks good (The Blythe) - never even > heard of it yet alone been there, shall rectify > soon! Is there any way of accessing the garden to > lock a bike up rather than leaving it on the > street? Always leave mine strapped up outside but ask and Con will let you take it through, tell him the tall biker said it would be fine. Do check out and report back and ignore any snidy comments

Gowlett is a decent pub, I am probably too old for it once the DJs start spinning their tunes. A small yard where you can take kids (which are allowed in during the day). Better than many alternatives. Owner also had the Old Nuns Head (or at least did)

I first drunk there 30 years ago. It was one of my favourite pubs irrespective of the then grumpy landlord and lady. I've given it a go on every refurb and like most of the Youngs Estate it is now horrid. And such a lovely location. You are welcome to it! Good pubs get plenty of comments on various sites such as this. Only one sad person appears to have had any views in the last 18 months. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/41/4129/Dulwich_Woodhouse/Sydenham Here's a real pub http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/29/2991/Blythe_Hill_Tavern/Forest_Hill No food but they allow you to bring a takeaway. What's not too like? And you can combine it with a nice walk too. Interesting to compare whether (DW) it is as bad as the Herne. In terms of building and beer worse, but perhaps for controlling ankle biters better. My daughter first visited the Blythe when she was a few days old. I am sure that she enjoyed it.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do love seeing very stupid people trying to be > clever and funny, excellent. As Dr.Johnson had > occasion to remark in a different context, "like a > dog's walking on its hind legs, it is not done > well, but one is surprised to see it done at > all." > > Rendel Harris is my real name, unlike certain > cowardly, bullying, inadequate people (you) I do > not require an alias behind which to hide as I > don't say anything on internet forums to which I > would be ashamed to admit - much of what you say > on here is either so stupid, aggressive or > downright offensive I'm not surprised you require > a nom de plume. I have never taught at a Harris > academy so, if I may put it rather less elegantly > than the good doctor, your attempted highly > laboured joke falls on its arse. > > You're has an apostrophe in it, by the way, I'll > give you that one for free. I've been posting a mixture of advice, serious views and the odd facetious comment. Unlike a previous chat room I was on I've tried not to get embroilded in the politics. If I take the piss out of the middle classes then I am being (at least in part) self deprecting. I know a couple OF you have trolled me at times but I wouldn't remember the names off the top of my head. I also spot others who seem to be trolling or just plain unpleasant. The only one I would name is Grok, due to some particularly rubbish attempt at humour on my "What to buy for a 50th birthday" thread. Pehaps he or she may take a look at themselves (as I do to when perhaps my posts are mistinterpretted). Right, now I have the moral highground I can sleep nicely and smuggly/self satisfied tonight.

It's a charity for gawd's sake. Cut them some slack. Take a deep breath and move on. Think about Yemen or Syria. In deed this would make a good comedy sketch. Alternativey write to the Grauniad's consumer problems page. They are getting pretty desparate. For those who get all upity about my posts this is said in good humour.

Wander around - a great place Eat well during the day when they do fixed price meals, some places will do formula on the wine (ie a fixed mark up) Buy beer from the state off license and then hide behind a tree (very tight on public drinking) Watch out for weak beer sold in the supermarkets. See a footy match Go around the archipeligo by boat. Go to the viking museum/boat - Vasa. Plenty to do.

I asked I Ludicrous to play at my wedding party thingy. They had a lame excuse of being out of practice or something. Got to see them at the Hope and Anchor in more recent times. I've posted there footy related tracks elsewhere on this forum. Of course John was a clerk for most of his working life and when we saw them about ten years ago it looked like they had both come from the office. I'll probably see John at a 60th in a few weeks time. Wow, what a rock and roll life I lead.

In my younger days I used to go to quite a lot of radio shows. Started doing this again a few years ago (the Now Show, News Quiz and on one lucky occasion - obviously telly - Later with Jools Holland). In the last two years I have had zero success for anything (all popular programmes). I similarly had no success for the Euros both in France and Poland and very lousy for the London Olympics. Yet Wimbledon always come up trumps. Is it truly totally random? A poll of contacts who went for Euro 2016 showed that none of us within the M25 were successful. Is this a conspiracy?! Interested to know of others' experiences. Hopefully this is a tame question to ask.

Fascinaing reading, and has got my head out of the sand, briefly. So perhaps most agree we have gone from a relatively stable and reasonably strong position to short, medium and probably long term instability. And it may take a generation to sort out and realise benefits?? When if I am still alive I can sit back in my bath chair and observe. I'm probably stating the obvious. Right, head going back in the sand "nah nah nan I'm not listening, not listening. Please don't respond to this post, leave it for the more informed discussion.

Endsleigh. Used them for about 15 years. In another life Direct Line were quite difficult. They probably all come with 24 hour emergency support - although the Endsleigh one seemed to have become more restrictive. Also used Aon once but they cancelled my contract after a dispute over work not done on a claim. Obviously this is one person's experience.

Sense of humour failure my dear friends. Just pointing out a bit of an over-reaction by the media. Obviously the point had been made before. Brawl refers to loosely equally matched groups where no real harm is done. If you want some a real story when the London clubs came down about a 100 of them would stand in their Pringles/Stay prest/etc then start chanting and get chased, led onto the pitch, and receive a warm round of applause from the away end as they were marched round to join them. It got a bit silly after Man U got relegated in 74 when they suddenly got the reputation of trouble and picked up more fans. Glory hunters were Leeds and Liverpool before that. When they came back in 75 there were pitch invasions every away match when they came back up. Rember one at Derby but it was almost dancing with 18 year olds with long hair, short jumpers and baggies trying to kick each other. Then the Man U fan who fell through the roof at Carrow Road. Of course there was far more unsavoury stuff and generally glad it has gone. Always had to be careful at Upton Park even in modern times.

Google it. http://www.cchargelondon.co.uk/coverage.html It is the boundary so you are OK. Boris got rid of the Western extension. For some reason. Got caught once driving on 24 December - a working day of course! Essentially never drive in central London on work days.

Just wanted to say you modern football types are a load of softies. Now whilst I don't condone of trouble at footy matches it was pretty common in all my early days and I first witnessed a brawl when I was 11. It was all exciting and nobody got hurt. Obviously there was less savory stuff Last night's events were so predictable but seemed to be one group trying to have a go at another and vice versa. If you were surprised at that go and watch a posher sport.

Good. Customer service is vital in my opinon. My preference is not to go to LL. You are quite content so that is fine. Horses for courses.

Wow, what stereotyping and some nastiness thrown in too. There is some nonsense on another thread about Beckenham. Probably similar in social status and education to around here. Yet more rabid when it comes to politics. I occasionally go to Liddle and always come out with far more than I expected because it is a treasure trpve. Main issue is that it takes so long to get served. Please all keep your patronising stereotypes to yourselves. But as I can't help but comment, I spent some time with some professional people on the coast yesterday to a special work project. All blokes, all educated, but the casual xenophobic, sexist and homophobic banter took me back to the 80s and 90s. Bet most of them voted out.

NickT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seabag there is a very good carpet shop in > Beckenham, we just had our stairs done in a nice > stripey number. > But there's a good one on Lordship Lane or has it > gone? I've used Hayes Carpets a number of times. The first one was when the staff in LL Carpets snubbed me (this is a true story). I would have used them again recently but they didn't stock the stair carpet (stripy by coincidence) so we went to EJ carpets in Forest Hill. But this is starting to sound like a where to buy, or not as the case may be, carpets thread (parcularly where the old ones are thread bare) rather than some pointless twaddle.

Don't pick on our Lenny. If you want to pick on someone make it David Jason who was miles off a Peckham accent - which in any case was filmed in Bristol. Or the classic John Nettles where they decided that he should have a SW accent even though they sound nothing like that in Jersey (Begerac). Or Dick Van Dyke. Or some of the mish mash in East Enders where they can't even get the ethnicity right (oh you have brown skin, you can be a generic South Asian).

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Why have you hijacked my thread. This thread is how Ryanair try to extract money by pretty devious means. So the couter-argument is buyer beware, they've have managed to open up the market, we can now fly to many more places and they put pressure on the traditional cariers. Both Brussels and our own Office of Fair Trading tried to take them to taks about transparency to mixed results. And then hey presto, they worked out that it wasn't nice to be unpopular, improved their web site, were more honest about prices and even allowed you to have normal sized hang baggage. But now they are trying to frighten you about seat allocation, reducing the advanced check in time for people like me who don't want to pay ?16 for allocated seats for an hour flight. Please try to stick to the point my dear readers.

Just go away. I think you all know my views.