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HMG should include implants under the NHS for middle aged patients to reflect the dreadful drill and fill attitude of dentists in my youth. It was beneficial to intervene rahther than promote prevention perhaps as late as the 1980s so you have a whole generation with fragile molars. Jealous of all of you under 30 with far better dental hygeiene when you were growing up. Hats of to Kings BTW for a lovely restoration of my daughter's teeth, that were overcrowded and to my own dentist for saving at least two of my teeth, when others would have extracted leaving the decision of a gap, a far from acceptable bridge, or the expensive but only proper alternative of dental implants. Drill and fill is not an urban myth; the state once paid for dentists to have a very lucrative lifestyle by carrying out unecessary treatment, they get this from private patients now but at least there is a choice rather than coming out of our taxes. And the other thing that is not an urban myth is successive governments not wanting to grasp the nettle and push all water companies to put flouride in the water. The most easily avoided public health issue.

Why has this thread been hijacked by a discussion on race. I was going to simply add "only one? (offensive woman)" to make a totally hilarious point about the change in demographics on LL. I can see you are all laughing so loud that you are spitting out your brunches. But not on a LL pavement cafe today as the weather is horrid

Thought I'd actually look at the definition as I expect many confuse dildos and vibrators. Still reminds me of silly conversations when I was in my early teens at school and a fave silly joke about the lady who had a 'strapadictomy' operation. Interesting to hear that dildos are banned in some Southern US states. So wiki defines this as A dildo is a device designed for vaginal or anal penetration, usually solid and phallic in shape. Some expand this definition to include vibrators. Others exclude penis prosthetic aids, which are known as "extensions". Some include penis-shaped items clearly designed with vaginal penetration in mind even if they are not true approximations of a penis. Some people include devices designed for anal penetration (butt plugs) while others do not. These devices are often used by people of all genders and sexual orientations, for masturbation or for other sexual activity. Well thers you go.

Bricklayers Arms. Forest Hill Tavern was of course once the Royal Oak. My fave is the Sun in the Sands, as on the radio when they report on traffic congestion the Blackwall Tunnel is always backed up to there. And then one day I found there was a pub called the Sun in the Sands (think it may now be shut); how excited was I. Anyone for pub cricket?

You are still all missing the point. There is a total oversupply. They clog up streets. They polute. Politicians kowtow to their lobby. A tory government, a tory mayor. Pro-market. Yet black cabs are not a market working well. They may be wonderful drivers, going through numerous hopes and great company. But still too many of them. I knew some great tool makers. A desirable white collar job. No tool makers any more as technology and loss of manufacturing industry makes them almost redundant. And print workers. And film developers. And wheeltappers and shunters.

Sad news in deed, but some good alternatives in the area including our own Ivy, and the Amersham Arms. I used to enjoy the 'South of the River' and 'Off the Tube' cabaret at the EDT, when it was a rough old Millwall pub downstairs before many of you lot moved into the area! Half of the Radio 4 luvvies crowd used to do a mid week impro session - always joked that Stephen Frost (bless) was the unfunny one on 'Whose Line is it Anyway'. Strange, but despite all the good stuff at the Hob, I've never particularly liked the place (nor the Pie and Kilderkin before that). Better pubs in the area. I liked some of the Edinburgh warm ups when you'd get six in the audience, four or which were with the act. Saw Paul Nichol to the excellent 'Naked Racist' where he had to do a retake of the last bit when he got his kit off. Surreal. I had a thread on this on SE23.com but the fascist who runs the site took it off as he didn't understand that I was talking about a comedy act. RRRRssss

Good posts but missed one of my main points. They spend much of the day idle. When they have a punter it must be pretty lucrative. If this was any other area of business it would have gone bust. I use a black cab about once every five years. Perhaps a mini cab once or twice a year. The latter is more comfortable and half of the price. I have plenty of choice of reputable companies in the area. We shouldn't have a delivery system by design, the market should provide. Sparkies and gas fitters are qualified and registered up to their eyeballs due to the safety implications. You don's see groups of electricians parked up waiting for business they are out doing work. If they charge too much someone will undercut them ie competitive forces.

Wow. I was going to put something subtle but you have said it all. Wow again. OK my subtle comment was about me cycling with successive children on the back, neither of us with helmets. We just didnt in those not so far off days. We all survived. Now if this was now some of you would be posting about me cycling with a kid on the back with no helmet, calling childline, and writing to the Prime Minister. Mr/Ms cyclists I will be quoting your much more articulate views. Thanks. I think this thread is now dead. I'll talk about me dangling my baby out of a balcony another time, and allowing my toddler to pet a crocodile on another thread.

Right, I never studied economics at school. I didn't understand about the free market and competition. And then many years later, under a labour government, I got a job which was all about making markets work. The most efficient way to supply goods and services (which is the definition of economics) is healthy competition, choice and good information. Yay I got it. Regulation and protectionism was bad and was the last resort. OK so the banking crisis showed the flaws but I still sort of get it. So why, with a Tory establishment, where we have a Tory mayor, he protects the cabbies, in part through regulation. Why do they have disproportionate influence. Whilst swathes of the eonomy were sacrificed when it was considered that this was not in the public's interests. Yet bally black cabs? They are polluting. They are inefficient. The market is inefficient. There are barriers to entry (the knowledge and restrictions on the number of plates). There is no direct price competition. Their rates are set favourably. They drive around much of the day looking for business, wasting fuel and polluting the air. They sit in ranks, wasting more fuel and polluting because the few clients they have prove very lucrative. They phone-in daytime chat programmes to give their bigoted views. Their professional association spouts nonsense about cyclists, Uber, Boris Johnson (funny he appears to be their savour) and the mag seems to be written by Richard Littlejohn (not celebrating the good, but criticising the rest of the world). So we have mini cabs, lightly regulated and yay providing competition. And we have Uber, yay, more competition. And now I hear my Big Job (BJ) himself wants to cut minicab numbers. Why? Please enlighten me dear reader.

The Grauniad's readers' question last week was a along the line: My friend has invited us to his wedding but not our young kids, should I ask him to pay for child care. There should have been a one liner: It's their wedding, they can do what they like. But of course most responses were waffly with many of them being outraged. Mine,not publishes, was to ask whether the friend could take over the running of one of my many local pubs cum creches.

Well done Mr Cameron. Hooray.

I half listen to the archers, and whilst I am predominantly hetro (and a bloke) I find the gay character on that has a very sexy voice. My guilty pleasure is of course the lesbian snog of Beth Jordache and Margaret from Brookie in around 96, which they deleted from the omnibus. I was cyling with a gay lady friend a few months after and we both enjoyed that. Fast forward twenty years and the world is a better place in many respects. But watching a coule of old editions of the New Statesman and Black Adder 2 and was surprised by some of the homophobic dialogue, and of course these were were right-on alternative comedians. Just a meida product of the age not really a slur against Rick and Rowan

Too many posts to follow. Some crumb of comforts. Went into work on Friday and was surprised to see virtually everyone was in a sombre mood. I'd made assumptions that some of the younger generation would be cock a hoop. Saved myself money by not getting drunk nor having a hangover, as per election night party in 92. I'd already planned for a bad result, but not quite this one. I work closer with government than any time in my career and can now say with evidence that there are a number of poohs at the top. Not all I hasten to add (watching out for my security clearance, Big Brother). Separately, on both sides of the coalition, there were several I quite liked working with. Anyway the point of my post is that Heaven 17 should rewrite the lyrics to Facsist Groove Thang. Not saying that the new government is a fascist one, but it would cheer me up.

Ethnic cleansing. Look at the change in demographics. It's happened around here. Elephant will be next. It was quite exciting when I lived just up the road from Loughborough Junction (still a well dodgy area). PS you can all clear off back to Clapham/Shoreditch. I'll let you judge whether I am saying this in jest (not sure myself).

Younger readers will not recall the dirty tricks employed by the then Evening Standard to stop the Maxwell paper gettng a foothold. Younger readers will also be stunned by Londoners actually paying for an evening paper. Still odd that a relatively cosmopolilitan capital would buy a rabid evening paper. Those of you buying the Times, Telegraph etc are probably that way leaning but wouldn't generally get the Guardian or Indie.

You expect it of the Mail and the Telegraph. Probably the Times to. And of course the Sun for the last 30 years. The Indie and Guardian clearly have more liberal views, and the Mirror being an inferior comic to the Sun, will maintain its labour views for generations. But why with around a third of voters likely to vote Conservative, and perhaps only ever maxing out at 40%, are our most of our daily papers so rabidly Tory. I peeped at the Telegraph letters the other day and was not surprised that many were very pro-Tory; but let's face it there is little doubt who most Telegraph readers will vote for. However in a lefty leaning metropolis, well at least this side of Penge, WTF is the Standard so pro-Tory?

I had hoped that there would be an alternative petition to keep Clarkson sacked. Along the lines that John Lydon's brother campaigned to keep Hugh Strangler in Pentonville when he had been put away for a short time for possession of a class A drug. Anyway, not an astute observation but in the same way that Frasier, Roseanne, Happy Days and no doubt other US comedies, Top Gear became forumlaic long ago. Yes entertaining, and nowt wrong with a guilty pleasure or two, but you knew the plot before it started.

Straddling the Forest Hill/Sydenham border. Extract below is from a longer job description. I volunteer there already. Happy to share more by PM. Growing Lives is a Therapeutic Market Garden project based on a one acre site right in the heart of Lewisham - a London borough with one of the highest rates of mental ill health. Drawing on our 12 years of experience we will help over 30 people suffering from mental ill health and improve their confidence, well-being, self-esteem and career prospects as they pass through the programme each year. We will also give our clients (co-workers) the opportunity to work towards Open College Network qualifications which will further increase confidence, self-esteem and employability. As well as improving community links through our workshops, open days and community workdays, we also hope to help make it easier for people to eat a healthy diet by supplying fresh and naturally grown produce to local markets and through a veg box scheme. Contact [email protected]

Sadly all the pubs have gone in Logiebrogie Junction One Youngs place was Evening Standard pub of the year, long since coverted to flats There used to be loads with the Mambo Inn of course a fave. The bars on the offie always got me. Never had any hassle there and get my car serviced under the arches. I used to go to the Cambria when I lived a street away (I'd call this Ruskin Park to be posh). A great back street boozer but now all chrome,glass and craft ale so will be perfect for you lot.

Place on Brockley Rise near South Circ is OK You can Google and get a deal which will take you to Halfords in Lower Sydnum next to Sainsburys/Sava Centre You can get a deal (which took me to Halfords, despite my reservations) on this: http://www.asdatyres.co.uk/?cmpid For motorbike tyres we all went to Watling Tyres in Catford Not sure what it is like for cars Never felt comfortable at Kwikfit although have used them occasionally

Ah, used to buy lots of stuff from the nice lady on NCR but now do kids footy on Saturday mornings. Perhaps should start using it again as long as not persuaded to impulse buy from the Cheese Block and spend all my money.

Been a veggie for a long long time. Occasionally you want to get something out of the freezer or fridge and simply put it under the grill/in the oven. It seems like all the main supermarkets have colluded to sell stuff that is either bland, totally over flavoured, or in one case just bizarre. Sure that there used to be some stuff that was half reasonable. I used to buy some Quorn products, not because I wanted a meat substitute, but it had a bit of texture. They seeemed to have reformulated it a couple of years ago into some slime (yes I know it is a distant relative of athletes foot). The Linda McCartney stuff was always horrid. I've just chucked some pretty tasteless stuff away. Without telling me how to cook(because I can) any suggestions out there?

This is what I most dislike about this forum, start a serious conversation about a subject and it gets hijacked. Worse still giving some opportunity for someone to express vitriol about cyclists (yawn). I'll start a thread on Rye Lane should I get anything interesting back from Southwark.

I used to make emulsion once. Peas easy. Mind you you have to get hold of a ball mill to grind down the pigment to the correct size, said pigment and resin. Generally you get what you pay for. More dosh = a better pigment. I've also made fireworks, but don't recommend that as it is illegal without a Home Office license. IT was a long time ago. You can play "What's my Line"

If someone comes cold calling at your door and tells you that they are carrying out a survey and asks you to take your clothes off, beware. Chances are that they are not really carrying out a survey, but simply want to see you naked. I was almost caught out once. And I didn't even have to go to my 27 year old copy of Viz for that good bit of advice!