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The pubs. All been ruined. You have to go to Forest Hill or Nunhead instead.

pourquoi sommes-nous si ?troit d'esprit? In honour of the 9 other people I went skiing with who wouldn't utter a word of French, but were quite happy to complain about them Malumbu "Pourquoi pensez- vous partez en vacances en France?" PS don't take me on in French, I am embarassingly poor but I do try.

Ditto

Oh yes A membership club (they settled out of court) A carpet shop (they didn't contest and paid the claim) And when I get round to it the (in my humble opion) evil Dixons Group. County Court is supposed to be a simple low cost option of seeking redress and it shouldn't be advantageous or otherwise to pay for legal representation. You have some pretty good advice. The membership club was in Leicester and if they had any sense they would have requested the hearing there. Which would have been heavily in their advantage as for the sum I was claiming it wasn't worth a day off work and the travel costs. Instead it was they who had to face these costs and therefore settled before the hearing. I'd rather not go through all the hassle and even when you are successful you still may have to enforce the claim which can be a pain, debt recovery etc.

I've obviously slept through all of this. I catch hold of the headlines on the telly and radio news and dip into the BBC website. It didn't appear to be front page headlines. I to do my own accounts and probably cock them up every year. I round some stuff up and don't know which tax year some of my investments are paying interest in - Statement in February but paid in May. I've got a trivial amount in some daft funds that a supposed ISA (he only recommended the in-house products) and a small amount in some shares that I didn't vote for (although I am not that precious to give them away) and I should imagine with some rounding errors I am up or down about a tenner. I think that this is bugger all, that this will not lead to economic recession or civil unrest and I will not face a HMRC snatch squad. I imagine that Corbyn's finances and his free time to complete his accounts are in a similar state of mine. I am sure that there are many of you out there who legally know how to minimise your tax with much larger incomes that me. Is this really a story?

I'm one of the many who will vote one way or another irrespective of the debate. I have lived and breathed Europe for most of my adult life. I dip in occasionally to threads and debates to skim the more intellectual argument and get an appreciation of the plain daft. I've not seen anyone talk about distrusting Jonny foreigner. Beyond concerns over immigration. I feel more in common with many of the Europeans that I work with, deal with professionally and just bump into in leisrure than some in this country including a few in what I would hope to be one of the more enlightened parts. Clearly I tend to mix with Europeans broadly in my same socio economic group and I am sure that there are many that I would have nothing in common with. I almost feel like apologising for some of the small minded, outdated and isolationist views of some from our bit of the British Isles. Dowtnon Abbey is a work of fiction by the way, it was not a eutopia between before the first world war and between the wars and even if it was we could never recreate this. So I like being in Europe vs I don't like Europeans and I truly believe in Julain Fellows view of Blighty. (And this is not a US love the flag of leave it conversation, I am happy to be here warts and all)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOKclIN7nZc

Black Sabbath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BseNPqhyjds Judas Priest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPhPbTbjYM0

Here's the link to the BBC4 doc on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxTOMcPax6k Met Fergal a couple of times. Me to Fergal "great to meet you, I remember listening to you in my student room on John Peel" Fergal response "you sad so and so, I was out playing in a band, and getting laid". Bless. Damian lives up the road and performs in his band the Everlasting Yeah, including a gig a couple of years ago at the Ivy http://www.theeverlastingyeah.com/

I've got a least a couple more This was a B side because the Beeb wouldn't play it. Not his greatest moment but this bloke was proabably the biggest influence on the next generation of comedians. Enjoy

I am happy to put my leaflet in the bin and I didn't see any point in having a referendum in the first place. I am surprised that Dave felt that we needed the leaflet. The Brexit camp including Lousisa and the NUFC person all come across as rabid. The Panama papers are just a silly distraction and aren't anything to do with the argument. I watched a bit of the repeat of questiontime last night http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b076zn7t and there was a brilliant view from Chris Bryant MP where through gritted teeth he supported the PM, saying that the Brexit campaign focused on process rather than substance and got a cheer from the audience. Thank ffign God for a bit or reality at last without political posturing. Embrace the bigger picture. Don't resort to cheap under the belt and totally inaccurate comments about other Europeans. And please make an effort to speak their lingo when abroad. I am so embarassed by too many of my fellow countrypeople (as one who is not a great linguist, but tries). In it and proud.

More importantly what happened to the decent pubs? You've even managed to ruin the ones on your borders. Surely there must be a backlash. I was in the Blythe tonight, what a great mix. People in to watch the footy, the trad Irish band, a young womens Gaelic football team, younger people in mixed and single gender groups having a great time. And not a hipster in sight, and no rows and rows of trendy ciders or 'craft ales' at the bar. The last place I drank in was the Crystal Palace Tavern. RIP. Well you've got what you wanted.

Why is this thread so quiet? It's the second best one after the Rock Anthems one. Yet look at some of the other ones where you lot are talking utter bollox and see the large number of postings. Right I am going to be contary and put forward an A side where the B one was the hit. Morning of our Lives by Jonathan Richman. B side was alright - Road Runner, and more poppy. But A side ruled. So good here are two versions and www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUYJfbZ-Qc&nohtml5=False Forget the Damned, the Pistols, the New York Dolls, Television, Richard Void, MC5s etc this bloke is the architect behind punk.

Trouble is as much as I want to capitlise on this, the story is coming with one hell of a slant/agenda.

A lovely building There is a liklihood that the similarly lovely Forest Hill Library will be run by volunteers. Lewisham apparently aint so good on running libraries ie serving the community rather than small sectors of the community, whereas Southwark are. Of course we are talking Lambeth on this occasion. For balance Lewisham score much better on public health services that some other LAs

Ballads vs anthems - now there is an intersting question! Here's a weird one

I didn't get them in the second ballot either, and was already peed off by the geographical spread, the inclusion of so many teams, and some of the second round draws which pit 3rd against first in the group stages which will probably be pointless. I'll stick with my memories of World Cups in Germany (Dortmund( and in Brazil (Manaus) and our much better value tickets to the ladies finals at Wimbledon. I assume that you were successful as you went for the top price tickets

Really, Fleetwood Mac did the original? Wow. Rock and Roll Part II (B side to Rock and Roll Part I) by Gary Glitter. Funnily enough I can't find and clips of this, and actually preferred the A side at the time.

Two approaches to increasing cycling - segregated, including cycle superhighways, and quiet routes. Only trouble is, with particularly the latter, Boris needs to make it more convenient/attractive to switch from the car, rather than add to congestion. Particularly counterproductive when this affects bus journeys, which shoud be seen to be complimentary to cycling and walking. The traffic quagmire that is E&C is testiment to this. Taking on the car driving lobby seems to be more important to me.

mixed views on many of the above Anything tht is is rocky and fast with some riffy stuff doesn't count in my opinion eg Jump. We are the Champions seems spot on. Good point on the Gallaghers! Crystal Ship?

22 years ago I was at the Oval when over 700 runs were scored in the Natwest Semi Final Surrey required 20 off the last four balls. Watch what happened from 12 mins 30 seconds onwards. [www.youtube.com]

Ha ha wrong thread!

22 years ago I was at the Oval when over 700 runs were scored in the Natwest Semi Final Surrey required 20 off the last four balls. Watch what happened from 12 mins 30 seconds onwards.

Having just listened to a very good Tom Robinson programme on 6 Music on listeners favourite anthems, I considered them all to be nice sing alongs, from an indie/alternative stable. Many of which I could dad dance to, but not hold my arms in the air with 20,000 others at a fesstival. Apart from Look Back in Anger which finished the programme that does meet my definition. I usually think of this genre very much as long soft rock songs, which develop, and have a climax. Not really my cuppa but Journey "Don't Stop Believing" being one example, and I expect lighters to be held up in the air as the audience goes into a trance. I looked at the track list for the "Best Rock Anthems ever" - most of this seeemed to be laddish toe stopmping stuff with a bit of Jeremy Clarkson thrown in. Just out of interest what do you reckon a rock anthem is, and better still your fave? This is a light hearted posting, and I am not inviting either serious discussion, or p taking. I hope that this is allowed.

All opening windows are sash windows. The sash is the opening pane. Box sash windows is what you are tlaking about. I blame this ignorance on the government, on the EU, immigrants, education, etc etc