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Hi there I'm going to a stag do and for one of the days we're being asked to dress up as wwe wrestlers because it is the groom's favourite sport/entertainment activity. My idea is to go as a referee but can't find a black and white referee shirt online or offline. Does anyone have any suggestions? There are some in the US but with postage I'm looking at ?40 which is a bit steep for a comedy outfit.

Cheers bigdavid - that's reassuring you have bought many devices from refurbished. It might seem silly but I enjoyed the experience of buying my first mac from the store and buying from refurbished takes the shine off parting with a chunk of money. However the stores are so full of teenagers playing on the devices that you can't actually get a good look at the devices or talk to an assistant. But I digress, refurbished sounds like the option ill go for - just hope that it doesn't pack in after a year! Did you take out apple care at all?

I'm in my mid/late 20s and first got into Bowie when I was about 15. I still regard Hunky Dory as one of my favourite albums and I also a fan of pretty much everything he has done - in particularly the Berlin albums. I do worry about musical heritage and how we seem to have developed a canon of music (Beatles, stones, the who, Bowie) that is revered to such an extent that modern music is not considered worthy for inclusion. Maybe the death of the album and a truly great period for music set such a high standard, as well as music becoming more diverse and more choice available. I was only about 10 when Definitley Maybe came out but I do not consider it to be a great album (sorry!). What albums of the last 10 years will stand the test of time? Also, back to Bowie, I'm yet to liste to the new album and I am sure it is good but is it actually as good as the reviews are hyping it up to be? Does all his previous success cloud our judgement just a little?

Hey I usually get the 8.04 and find it to be awful - hardly can get on. The very back is probably the best and the 8.19 is really really bad - try to avoid it. I've written an extended rant in the following post about my experience of FCC trains http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1065531

I'm sure it's been mentioned before on the forum but the First Captial Connect trains from Denmark Hill to St Pancs/ west hampstead/Luton in the mornings are terrible. They are consistently late which is perhaps not a surprise. The real problem I have is that the carriages are crammed to the max in the mornings. It's getting ridiculous now and I don't understand how FCC can continue to get away with providing a service like this. Lately I've experienced a few arguments between passengers - often about people refusing to move down or out of the way or for accidentally knocking into someone. Also, what really winds me up is when passengers have no awareness of other passengers who want to get on and don't move down the carriages. It's kind of understandable that people can get so irate when the carriages are quite full and people have little consideration for fellow passengers. What if there was a more serious incident - a fight, a crash or a breakdown on a very hot day? I'm not surprised FCC haven't done anything about it - they don't appear to care about their customers but surely us commuters can ply some pressure on them? Anyone experience the same as me?

Thanks all The bad experience was that the laptop started to slow down dramatically just after a year (and thus out of warranty). My friend just used it for a little bit of music and word files. Perhaps this was a one-off. I am tempted because with a union membership benefit I could get up to about 15% off if I went with Apple Refurbished.

The refurb seems to have been going on for yonks! As others have said the bottlenecks coming in and out of the station is simply awful. Problem is you have the dawdlers who take ages walking out of the station, and have no lane discipline (stick to the left!) and then the impatient types (such as myself) who try to overtake them. There is just not enough space for different people at the station. The main ticket hall is an utter shambles. Only one ticket machine for such a busy station, queues for the machines, ticket kiosks and coffee shop block up the route. Then you also have a tiny antiquated screen with updates of usually 3 pages - so those who want to check for their imminently departing train have to look up and wait for the right page to load. The work on the station should have been finished by September 2012 but has dragged on and it seems like it will never end! What's the hold up?? There's loads of workmen during the day but there is cripplingly slow progress. I can only suspect that there is a lack of funds to complete it. A few years ago Clapham Junction was voted the worst station ... Denmark Hill could soon replace it if work doesn't get a move on sharpish.

Cheers guys - some useful pointers I'm also buying a new laptop - how much storage should it have? Looking at some of the MacBook airs with 128gb but wondering if this is sufficient. I don't have any saved films but probably about 40-50gb of music. Is it wise to save it on the laptop or have an external passport size hardrive and back up stuff on there and load straight onto cloud? Will probably use the laptop for other bits and pieces - saving photos, writing in word/pages and a light use of photoshop and indesign.

Looking to buy a new 13" MacBook Air but baulking at paying at least ?1000. Anyone bought a laptop from Apple Refurbished? I had a friend who had a bad experience but wondered if this was a one off...

Hi there I currently subscribe to spotify which is ?10 per month - it's a good service to have on the go but can anyone suggest alternatives I could use to upload my mp3 collection of music so I can access it from different devices (iPhone, iPad, work computer)? I like spotify because I do come across stuff I don't usually come across, so might be willing to keep it if I could upload my MP3 collection into the cloud and save some selected playlists offline. What does everyone else use?

I once saw Paul Brooke aka Mr Fitzherbert (t*tspervert) from Bridget Jones Diary in Franklins.

Hi everyone I'm interested in playing some 5/6 a side football either indoors or on astroturf surface in the area. Can anyone recommend where I could go? Ideally I would like to be part of an informal group where we stay fit. I probably can't commit to playing in a league every week. Thanks M

Thanks for the replies guys. Maybe it's just the grim reality of it all! We have showered each morning and the occasional bath. Just use gas for all the usual stuff such as cooking. I was worried it was a gas leak or the upstairs neighbours were siphoning it off! Greengod: I'm paying about ?18pm for electricity with southern electric direct debit. Might buy some more jumpers for the winter...

Hi everyone Just sorting out my bills at the moment. I live with my partner in a one bed flat and we aren't excessive users of gas and electricity but the gas bills I've been receiving seem expensive but maybe I'm just being naive... Is paying ?66 in the winter months a lot for 2 people? M

Hi there, I'm keen to play some football and enquired with Lambeth parks how much it would cost to play in the all-weather courts. It costs ?30 for an hour which seems a bit steep but works out as ?3 per person, if I could get 10 people together. Is anyone interested in having a kick about once a week?

I live near Dog Kennel hill and was wondering if anyone knows if there are any 5 or 6 a side football meet ups at Ruskin Park? I just want an informal kick about once a week - does anyone know if there is something organised or semi organised already going on? I've tried contacting Lambeth council but received no reply as of yet. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Hello all, I'm on a journalism course at the moment and one of the assignments is to interview someone who has had a life changing experience or an interesting life - which could include having an unusual career or career change, an unusual event happen to them, or something out of the ordinary. If you have an interesting story to tell, I would love to have a chat with you about it as the basis for my article. Please get in touch if you would like to participate or would like to nominate someone you know or if you would like to find out more. It is not for publication (just for the purposes of my assignment) but who knows, if the article is good and you want it published we can always look into it? I look forward to hearing from you

Isn't part of the problem that the car park is managed by Euro Carparks? how much involvement does Sainsburys actually have? Who owns the car park and whose responsibility is it to ensure there is appropriate CCTV?