malumbu

I generally ignore the advertising side bars and news top bars but almost everything I click on seems to want to take me to sensational stories and pictures. The Yahoo revamp has big glossy stories when I sign in, and rather than the unusual and occasionally informative articles that it used to show, this now appears much more like the Daily Mail with how atrocious modern life is, all the celeb nonsense and to quote the great bard John Cooper Clarke the kind of pornography that is clean. I ignore it but it is getting visually annoying. Unlike Advanced Painters of Dulwich. Great to know if it just me that is bothered. I of course will write them a very strong letter!

Why are you lot being so kind? Spineless and lightweight and his foolish actions have left us with this crock of poo. To echo the 1992 Sun headline - will the last PM to leave the country please turn the light off

Sorry to spoil the homage to Prince Buster. Bit early for the weekend but this will still blow your minds There's a South East London connection too.

West Wickham is techically in London, although the locals would say it is in Kent. And that area round Leicester Square is fuggin horrid. Agree Jules-and-boo

OK then what is so exciting about West Wickham? I know that area reasonably well. I know people from there. After many many years in this neck of the woods I could never see myself living there. I genuinely do find it dull. I've been through the 'lets move out to Bromley because the schools are better' debate and pretty happy that we never did. I believe that there are other aspects of an all round education that are important. Let's see what the offspring say in ten years time. If boring = comfortable, safe and affordable then good luck to you. Not for me, and I've yet to come across anyone anyone to persuade me otherwise. I may sneer at times at the good citizens down the road in SE22 and some of you may well be up your own rrrsss. But overall I have much more in common than with BR4. And I hope that much of what I post (but not on this occasion) is taken with a pinch of salt or is seen to provoke debate.

Funny, on another thread I independently said about people moving to West Wickham and how boing it is. It is boring boring boring boring, boring, boring, boring, boring, parochial and boring. Obviously a personal experience. I am sure that West Wickham people find it very Steve Davies Interesting. I find them boring to. I was near Bexley today. That is boring. Tomorrow I go to Orpington to visit a friend in hospital, I will probably find Orpington boring too. In fact there should be a blue sign the other side of Penge warning people about the boring London Borough of Boring Bromley. West Wicham is convenient for Cudham so you can have a nice drink with Nigel Farage, when he isn't drinking in my Westminster Haunt. PS are people who live in BLBBB posting on this site? Haven't you given up the right to post on an interesting community site. Surely you have some 'interesting' ones of your own.

Obviously we are forgetting the rabid propoganda about the 'dreadful' Turks joining the EU. Now that would be an intesresting and genuine conversation to have with Faridge.

IS Kingston like West Wickham? Incredibly dull and parochial. I am sure that some of you are considering moving out there due to the 'schools'. Clearly I have a bias and I am showing it. When I do speak to peole out that way originally from South London some of the the older generation whisper that they had to move out because of 'them moving in' (immigrants) expecting me to nod. The younder lot say it is due to the schools and then ask me where I live which always amuses me. The best one that I had was Darrick Wood or one of the other places on the London/Kent border where the parents told me how the shcool was going down hill due to all the kids coming in from out of borough (I think they may even had said Southwark). Mine was an ex-secondary modern, and it was the first year of it being a comp, ie the first six formers (who has all failed the 11-plus). Not that it was a particularly great school and I don't have a lot of fondness of it. Anyway I have my agendas and what I post doesn't reflect all people who 'better themselves' nor do I have the monopoly of wisdom. But a march on Whitehall with flaming torches would be great.

Nice one Jenny - I think that there is some good merchandise out there already. Essentially we had a "do not look at him" approach but the number of people doing a double take (he was having a fag outside). it was not the Red Lion BTW. I suppose i could remind him that there will be no extra funding for the NHS should the cancer sticks have an effect..

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > In my first job a manager told me that you > needed > > stupid people to do the low quality and manual > > work. A two tier schooling system is ideal for > > this. Totally ideologically opposed. Used to > tell > > my late father that his generation had done so > > much after second world war to improve fairness > > and equality and a fairer society. Yet > subsequent > > generations were reversing this. And that was > 20 > > years ago. > > > Well if we are excluding migrants somebody's got > to :) So we should decide this when kids are 10 years old? Why don't we not bother to educate them at all? It worked in the past. Much better when people knew their place in society....

Times and language change. i was bought up with the term 'coloured' golliwogs and Robinson's Marmalade. i didn't associate this with the deep South, South Africa and the like. I understand now and don't use these terms. Unless you are over 80 no one can be excused. And that applies to Farage, Johsnson and all of the little Islanders. Not that Farage uses these terms i hasten to add.

In my first job a manager told me that you needed stupid people to do the low quality and manual work. A two tier schooling system is ideal for this. Totally ideologically opposed. Used to tell my late father that his generation had done so much after second world war to improve fairness and equality and a fairer society. Yet subsequent generations were reversing this. And that was 20 years ago.

You pay water rates. There is an approximate assessment of your usage. You have a water meter fitted and pay for what you use. This is a similar concept. What's not to like? Please tell me one way or the other. Otherwise I will have to do a poorly designed and annoying survey monkey survey. See my other thread that nobody has responded to.

Some useful, hopefully objective, background on this whole debacle http://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/uk-government-under-pressure-to-set-out-brexit-vision/ Sounds like confusion reigned in the debate yesterday with TM rejecting points based immigration and DD needing to be corrected.

Hopefully the title of this thread should have whetted you appetite. Around 1% of drivers have pay as you drive insurance, where telematics (black box) monitor your driving techniques and safer driving is rewarded by lower premiums. Always think that this is aimed at novice drivers, but perhaps it should be attractive to more more of us. Views would be great.

In a sober moment I dom't think there is an issue in asking him why he is so xy and z, and saying that it is sad the impact that he has had. A man of no doubt some intelligence and good education who has stoked up a hatred and a divided society. Perhaps ask him what he thinks of Oswold Mosley. Dennis Pennis could do it just brilliantly.

Ha ha, welcome to the real world, do I sense some snobbey here?

Ah good, a proper Midlands brewery - Mitchells and Butlers. Brew XI and a decent pint of mild. Memories of 1970s adverts with blokes with sideburns, ladies with long hair, smoky background and tankards of beer. http://www.priory-antiques.co.uk/images/uploads/EMBASSY_M_AND_D.jpg http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3851096 I am glad something good has come out of Brexit.

Wow, that?s a bit of a leap from calling someone a wonker, to murdering them. His presence does offend me and he has pedalled hatred, intolerance and total bollox, which is why he should be held to account. But how you do this appropriately and subtly is beyond me. Thanks for your posts though which have given me some nice food for thought. Particularly like the last one. I read 'nut' hin as 'knob him' - now there would be a stunt.

Here is one of my favourites https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7184/6829447248_8363cf55d4_b.jpg

Where is the foor and do you need to fill the gaps in? As it will be a floating floor no doubt houses breath in part through the floor. Will there be any sort of covering? If you do need to fill the gaps, thin slithers of wood as has been already suggested. Anything else will just be messy.

Could be a talking point. Assumed that he'd make smoking compulsory for all over 12 as it was when my father was a lad.

Freaky that this thread is now under 'Man of Kent' - I hope that this is a pub not a rally call for Farage. Should have added before you get on your high horses that all are entitled to free speech, and quiet entertainment. But big difference between taking your family out for a nice pub lunch, as opposed to having a beer with your party mates in Westminster.

He sometimes frequents it. It's not the Westminster Arms but not so far away. Serious suggestions (a) Ignore him (b) Politely tell him what I think of him © Talk loudy and facetiously about what Brexit means to me (d) offer him uptipped high tar fags and hope these will fastrack his demise. (e) Ask why he is drinking amongst the people he loathes (d) is not a serious option as untipped Capstan Full Strength or Players Navy Cut don't exist any more.

Just deleted my highly amusing but probably not very appreciated answer which included how to use a search engine, and a swope at reader#s questions in the Guardian So to save you Googling it http://clubfinder.badmintonengland.co.uk/bec/ Crossfire may have moved from Harris Girls and the hall was always a bit barren and cold. If you want to go furher South, and in political terms to the right, then Park Langley in Beckenham is one of the best clubs in SE London (it is London even though they seem to be in Kent). http://www.theparklangleyclub.co.uk/ If you are a beginner better to go to a nightschool class.