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Rah rah come on Arston Villar. I'll send my man over with my application form. Technically Downing Street being in South London. Dave -------------------- Monster, wicked. I once played a concert at Crystal Palace Park, therefore I can join as well. Nige K --------------- My team's cowin rubbish. Can I join too? Jasper

Being away for a few days I was generally oblivious about the news beyond things kicking off in the Ukraine, and our good performance in the Winter Olympics. So I turn on the goggle box to catch-up on Newsnight to see a rabid interviewer with a single issue "Harriet Harman, you are clearly a piedophile'. This wasn't a Paxman, start off slowly, then turn the screw. This was straight to the jugular. Now without going through the debate, a civil liberties organisation will have to represent a wide spectrum of opinions and it is right to debate how far the state controls the right of the individual, no matter how abhorrent we may now find the opinions/practices of some. And of course anyone with half a brain cell knows how hypocratical the DM is in espousing public values whilst promoting tittilation. No doubt HH could have defended herself better, and been more proactive in distancing herself from the PIE and perhaps the mistakes of her organisation 35 years ago. But the BBC failed in objective reporting, and the interviewer (shame on the web for not giving her name) should go back to college and retrain.

Ah, the best ever football song (to a sea shanty tune): The Holte End they sing and the Holte End they Shout They sing about things about things they know FA about [then it goes a bit nineteen seventies, so I will lose most of you] Chim-chiminee-chim-chimmine-chim chim charoo. Yippee yiyay

Not sure what this thread is about but agree that Rye Lane is far more interesting than LL.

Sorry for jumping on the pavement this morning to get round stationary traffic - and thanks to the pedestrian who pointed out that I should have been on the road. It helps if pedestrians do give us grief (in a firm rather offensive way). BTW I am being serious here.

I've sold tickets outside of gigs and events at face value, sometimes well below (50p for a England test match at Trent Bridge once to a programme seller, a chap walks in later who'd then paid near face value for it). Just the odd spare that became available. I see events as things you want to to to rather than a commodity. I've also hung around looking for tickets including mayhem at the World Cup in Germany, where at one point after kick off for Ghana vs Czech Republic the Scouse touts started to put the prices up (no, the match has started idiots). I got pissed in the local pub instead. I saw the Producers at Drury Lane and made a speculative offer when I overheard a conversation with people trying to get rid of a spare. Again the touts were asking me how much I was prepared to pay (ie times two, where I was asking for 1/2). Also bought a few times on e-bay when clearly the touts had got the demand wrong and were off-loading. Tended to be for concerts at the Academy where someone like New Order wanted ?40 and were just abouts worth the ?7 I paid. Morrisey was another, as he'd put a gig on which would sell out in ten minutes, resale prices would go through the roof, and then he'd do another two gigs and kill the demand. Scarlet Mist only seemed to have tickets for shows that proved unpopular. But the concept was right. Fun, but don't think it is worth spending my days doing this.

Before I resort to the Lonley Planet and Trip Advisor it would be nice to hear your recommendations of where to stay (mid range, modest guest house type of place, convenient), and the highlights. Well some are quite obvious of course. It would be nice for some serious suggestions please.

Reason they are on for ?175 is because people will pay that much. That is capitalism for you; clearly we need a revolution and a centrally controlled economy. Bet it doesn't happen in North Korea. Having said that I hate Seatwave as they get round some of the anti-touting controls, more than I hate some of the bedroom e-bay touts (some admire these as enterprising young people). Back to Albarn, very talented and not half a tossa as that bloke with the cheese. Saw him in the Albarn show, aka The Good the Bad and the Queen, aka 'look at me I have the Clash in my band', the last but one night of the Hammersmith Palais. It was OK but full of trendies who were too busy looking at each other. The Fall rightly closed the Palais down the next evening. Certainly no posers there. Rivoli Ballroom would be the star of the show. For those disappointed at not seeing Albern, come along to to the Ivy (not THE Ivy of the Cheese man fame) on Saturday 8 March to see Dave Formula and the Finks PS I was one of the few private individuals who contributed to the Select Commitee investigation into ticket resale. This concluded that the secondary market is a good thing. I don't concur.

Vermin. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/33015?category=35011

Disclaimer, this post is for amusement purposes only, please don't take it seriously. So, I read that sombies are now invading most of London. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/hideous-londoners-forced-to-travel-above-ground-2014020583280 Note, before I am corrected, troglodytes are not the same as zombies. Pretty similar though. Warning, for those of you with no sense of humour, please do not follow this thread as you will be confused, perhaps uncomfortable and feel the necessity to correct me, or even launch a counter-attack. That includes the staff at Lordship Lane Carpets.

Where the hell are you playing? All our boys matches (various Dulwich pitches) have been postponed since the New Year and we are training in standing water. No sign of it improving before spring. If you know of a good local pitch it would be great to know!

No, he is clearly mad, in a nice way, and plays this very well. The show comes across as 'ad libbed' but as with every good comedy act it is very well rehearsed. Very entertaining. Him and Atilla had a dance mat if I remember correctly. There are some even better clips on Youtube of him doing "Beware of the Flowers" (B side to Really Free) live, with both him and WWB so hairy in those days.

Do I really need to spell this out? It was a tongue in cheek post about people not looking out for cyclists, numerous young cyclists without lights, and selfish parkers.

Hope many of you saw the fine John Otway gig on Friday. For those of you who didn't, do check him out, more of a cabaret performer than rock artist. I saw Mr O afterwards and reminded him of the fantastic gig on a snowy February in 1991 at the New Cross Venue. Billy Bragg and the wonderfully named Atilla the Stockbroker were supporting an anti-war gig. Then came on a band that I had never heard of - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine and the place went mad. I reminded Otway that he played with Atilla that night, but he couldn't remember and I may have just confused this with a number of other gigs I saw at the time. T'internet hasn't helped. They were often performing together at the time. Here's a more recent event Was anyone else in New Cross that evening almost 23 years ago?

Please take heed of this important message and take great care when in Rye Lane. I have noticed a plague of zombies. Most on foot, you can tell as they look gormless as they walk into the bike lane without looking. Not quite arms in the air, but quite brain dead believe you me. Some of the younger ones have a small pocket computer that they are either looking at, have plugged into their ear or are tapping on the screen. I assume that these ones are taking orders from the zombie general. A few have appropriated hybrid pushbikes. You can tell the difference from other cyclists as the bikes are normally in black, the zombies similarly dressed in black, and the bikes/riders have no illimuniation when it is the evening. As zombies are not living they don't fear collisons with other road users or pedestrians. I am not sure whether some also have cars. There are always loads parked on the double yellow lines, but this may just be normal human behaviour - I am sure both humans and zombies may not understand the highway code.

Good point for Liverpool today, And "regards" to all the Bluenoses I spoke to yesterday in my brief visit to said city and thanks for their well wishes. Sorry we didn't quite return the favour.

I noticed that all the mothers interviewed outside the school were on the large size. What do our yummy mummies think? I was encouraged to drink Ribena, then marketed as an health drink rather than containing 30% extra suger. And my teeth are mainly full of mercury.

I sprayed with an enamel aerosol. perfectly fine. Plasticote is a common brand. You could also use hammerite smoothrite.

Full of Brummie overspill and you have the odd mix of a slightly East Midlands accent with Brummie. Full of new housing estates - very cheap compared to here. A conference team who were in Division 2 at one point. Lots of speed traps and the A5 and M42 nearby. Excellent train links both locally and nationally and in some respect better connected than Brum. Large retail parks with KFCs McBollox etc and wacky warehouse Bernie inn places. You cockney winkers will need to pronounce your constanants as well - it is B I R M I N G H A M not Birminum Not particularly ethnically diverse but no doubt you will be told all about how dreadful romanies/Eastern Europeans are. So with all my middle class tosser prejudices I once spent an afternoon campaigning against UCI's now dropped development plans for the Crystal Palace site. Oddly I found families going to the afternoon films perfectly polite and friendly. Oh Julian Cope is from there so that can't be a bad thing

Disappointed. I assumed that this was a thread for middle class tossers like me to congregate. Obviously we have lots of middle class tosser venues to meet up in on and off Lordship Lane. Perhaps we could have our own social networking site so we wouldn't have to mix with some of you oinks. Or alternatively just relable this site as .middleclasstosser.co.uk - I am sure most of us will fit the bill Just checked, nobody has that domain name yet.

Try here - he does insurance jobs and insurance write-offs. And it will also put 'Sun in the Sands' on your map, ie the place that the traffic jams always seem to start on the A2 http://www.192.com/atoz/business/london-se3/car-body-repairers/blackheath-sun-lane-garage/1dbd4cd4929fb9195c18af582a1e38c4fc19ff98/ml/

You can make your own mind up about this http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no-taxpayer-funding-for-margaret-thatcher-memorial-museum-library

I've been to three matches over the festive season, and seen a few more over the last few weeks on telly. Some real crackers but the two stinkers were the Arse/Chel (on telly) and today Arse/Cardiff, as well as getting wet as the roof is rubbish. Is the quality of the Arse overated? or was that just an anomoly, perhaps in part due to the weather which was awful on both days A second Arse question is as there are always thousands of empty (paid for tickets), a waiting list for season tickets, and they can in theory attract more than the ?60k capacity, why don't those not attending because they can't be arsed to leave their mansion in Herts to see a less attractive match on a rainy day, pass on their ticket to someone who does want to make the effort. I am not talking full price on Seatwave I hasten to add -better is used than wasted. Oh and a fun anacdote now I will no longer be suprised by the ManU score as I was trying to watch it 'live' on MOTD, at WHL the only cheer on Boxing Day from the Spuds was when it was announced that WHU had gone one-nil up. Funnily enough they didn't announce 1-1, 1-2, 1-3. All credit to the Bluebird fans today for the noise they made BTW.

What makes a good outing with colleagues at Xmas? To be honnest I've probably enjoyed as many as I haven't. Too old now to get seriously drunk and be embarrassing, but it can't just be down to age. I generally enjoy my colleagues company so it isn't a personal thing. I'd be interested in others' experiences at this time of year.

On my cycle home quite late tonight I saw a number of cars with deffective lights, (one was quite spectacuar with one headlight too high and one too low), a number who couldn't be bothered to signal, a number of bikes with good lights, some rubbish (eg too high, too low, or those daft small single trendy lights) and only one with no lights but that was because bike traffic was quite low. I happily cycled through the lights at the Rye, because there was absolutely no traffic there (wont do this at normal times of the day). A normal day really. What am I trying to say? I always post that most cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers are reasonable/decent. We aren't going to get a lot of enforcement from the authorities to change the behaviour of others, so I suppose should continue to make the right noises, and not get involved in petty verbal fights as is too often seen on this site. Sorry this does sound a bit pompous. But I went to a dull Xmas party, a crown fell out and I can't even be criticised for drinking too much.