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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

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Tax Disc was always a constant reminder your > Tax was due... and responsible drivers paid up on > time. > > Now responsible drivers are being hit with hefty > fines for late payment... Just a DVLA ploy to make > money. > > We are a nation of Fines... and Taxation... > > DulwichFox The voice of reason. End of the tax disc saved a little money to you as tax payer. Most outward facing HMG websites and applications very good. The internal ones are shite, but that probably doesn't bother you and to do with the mantra that everything needs to be outsourced and changed every other year, at the cheapest price. Anyway I digress. Good that there are more positive. And the sun is shining,

Bricklayers Arms down to Tower Bridge?

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 1. get the train from Peckham Rye to St Mary Cray, > around 25 minutes every 20 minutes > > 2. get rid of the diesel, unless you're doing +10k > miles a year Hmmm, well sensible advice but not what was being asked. Here is more informed advice. - recommendation of a good mobile mechanic - done (see further rec below) - crap in the system, but a relatively new car so I am surprised - Air pollution light. If you Google you will find that this confuses everyone. Peugeot have dubious electronics and diagnostics (the only thing that I agree with Clarkson on). This could apply to the need to replace or regenerate your particulate filer so I suppose that this could be related to crud in the tank increasing soot. Always good to get a good recommendation of a mechanic. Here's mine A W Electrics 25 Scrooby St, London SE6 4JB 020 8690 7584

Why have none of you picked up on the point of my thread. Is East Dulwich unbelievably stupid? So - good place to move to because of improved connectivity and relatively cheaper prices. Yes I get that Opportunities to make smaller places into family houses, so cheaper to trade up (and avoid estate agent fees, stamp duty, the hassle of moving). Yes I get that. But the size of some of the projects? OK perhaps you are expecting to have a massive family, have your parents move in etc. Some of this must surely be for investment purposes. I'd rather people post and say "yes, I don't care about affordable housing, I want to make a good return, you are just envious Malumbu". I may not like it but at least it is honest. Not some of the piffle above. Not good debate. Come back when you have thought properly about it with an objective view.

Are you lot on a parallel universe? If you want to digress into cafes and breakfasts then start a new thread and let this one run its course.

There is an irony that there is a glut of extensions whilst not enough housing, in particular affordable housing. And people view this area as a place to invest. In my single party state we'd all have a maximum space allocation in our people's utopian palacre

Loft extensions on left of me basements on the right Here I am, stuck in the middle of it (to the tune of Stuck in the Middle with you, by Stealers Wheel) Understand why owners, particularly with families, need more space. But building has gone mad at the moments which seems to be driven more by investment return than physical need. Just surreal when there is a shortage of housing in London. I am not going to be King Canute and try and stop the tide but interested in others' views including you capitalist barstool sons and daughters of Thatcher who think all this is great. Please take these comments in jest

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've noticed a few threads on EDF recently putting > down other areas of London, I just wonder if the > authors have stopped to consider that some may > consider Peckham to be a shithole, and East > Dulwich, not to their taste? I've never been to > Crawley, but went to school in Peckham in the late > 60's and early 70's and had a shop in Peckham for > nine years. Then and now, I always thought Peckham > was shite, and East Dulwich has never been to my > taste. But would I really want to start a thread > on the subject? East Dulwich isn't a shit hole, it's just up its own arse! Ho ho ho. Please take with a pinch of salt and indulge me. I avoided Peckham like the plague until about 15 years ago. Then I realised it was OK. Dunno why our country cousins need to compare their dull modern town with our far more interesting neighbours. Here are some better ones, Grantham, Grimsby, Reditch, Kirkby, Warrington. Mostly places I know, some I have lived near, and all grim.

I sold a few on e-bay a few years ago and made sleeves up with heavy duty corrigated cardboard from a box, taped up with parcel tape. Worked fine, sent one to Sweden.

The only thing worth talking about is where four goals in two games from Connor wickham came from. Who cares about teams outside of SE London

I went on TPS yonks ago. The calls from Anglia Windows before East Enders stopped. I haven't watched East Enders for ten years and this was a time when we still used our landlines. Now I get most of the calls through my mobile. There is a difference between those overseas are many of the home based ones is that the latter make out you are a good mate of theirs, that you already have a relationship, call you by your first name, which catches you out for a few seconds. Now I may have had PPI, there is clearly money our there to be claimed, so whilst I get annoyed I do understand. It did amuse me when a British call centre made our that I was stupid as of course i must have taken out PPI even though I knew that I hadn't. But any claim would still be done through the normal procedures. I couldn't fabricate a claim. Unlike the fabricated accident.