Chillaxed

"Reeva?s irrelevance to the main event was confirmed by a tabloid headline. ?Blade Slays Blonde?" So a tabloid headline is confirmation of fact these days is it? God help us.

david_carnell Wrote: > You're probably right but I've tried not to list > private residences and only municipal or office > buildings. Otherwise it turns into a sort of perod > property bukkake where we all jizz on anyone > living in a new build. Gold!

I think LL means Australia. And I very much doubt his/her assertion that he/she is a Kiwi. Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lane lover Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The main issue with NZ are the locals. > > > > From experience, the West Island is far better > in > > terms of job and lifestyle - and the people far > > more accommodating. > > Err - I thought it was North & South Island - > where's the West Island?

Here's my vote: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=google+maps+grove+vale&ll=51.461641,-0.079994&spn=0.000027,0.019248&hnear=Grove+Vale&gl=uk&safe=on&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.461692,-0.080103&panoid=e1D_InfXvuik-qvCaJ43gg&cbp=12,22.23,,0,-24.97 El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > streetview links people, pur-leeeease!!!

This is really just an excuse to express my dislike of the block of flats opposite the ED railway station (and above Keatings). I am still waiting for them to begin cladding the exterior. Anyone have another building in mind?

Another recommendation for the Afternoon Tea by Baked by Belle. I booked it as a treat for my wife and it earned me several brownie points. And I got to pretend I was Lord of the Manor for an hour or two (I found it impossible not to hold the tea cup betwix my thumb and index finger with my little finger akimbo). Scones were the best I've had. And Belle made some dairy-free sandwiches for my toddler son, and even fashioned a wee edible elephant for him. Really good.

Well put Bouncy. I am 100% OK with attending a church celebration if requested by friends or family. Or my wife. None of them for a second thought I was buying in to the religous aspects of it, and none gave a monkey's. I'm tempted to include the priest/reverend/pastor in 'them'. I tend to either let my mind wander or try and find a more generic, agnostic meaning in the words spoken. Or I think of Satan and Saddam a la South Park.

Ouch. Not mates anymore I take it?! Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta wrote: > > Christening s for people who don't really > bother > > with church are just another excuse to make > them > > centre of attention and get more presents out > of > > people! > > COMPLETELY agree. We were invited to a > christening for a friends kids (then aged 3 and 1) > at a church in Redhill. They are not religious, > never go to church, and that was obvious > throughout the whole cringeworthy service. She > had dressed the girls in matching outfits to rival > My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. Other than an excuse > to have a party I don't understand at all why they > did it. > > The fact that our kids aren't christened is a > contentious issue with my in-laws (one of many > issues if I'm honest). I would feel like a > complete fraud.

maxxi Wrote: > Me either - and it's the times when they make sure > I have no choice in the matter that really ticks > me off about this pair of @#$%& nuts. Yup.

What Pickle said. The Bay of Plenty is beautiful but quite isolated. Roto-vegas, well, if a town earns the suffix 'vegas' it's usually not because it's like Vegas. There are ski fields in the North Island, but the South Island is where it's at. One thing to consider carefully is climate, as it varies wildly from the top of the North Island (warm) to the bottom of the South (cold), with various micro-climates in between. If in doubt, go to Dunedin 'cause that's where I'm from and I've a mate who's a copper there.

OK maybe I'm just trying to ramp up the 'heated debate' factor on a slow Friday, and I hate people commenting in ignorance on others parenting, but 'you've been so good, don't spoil it now' doesn't rank up there with the worst comments I've heard or heard of. I doubt very much that these ladies were conscious of your interpretation of their use of the word 'good'. Who hasn't described a baby as a 'good boy/girl'? ------------------------------------------------------- > hmmm not sure its heated enough (or at all) > BUT... > re the lack of tolerance for children in British > society, I was in a department store cafe earlier > this week where I headed in order to have a cup of > tea and feed my 4 month old. I bought said cup of > tea and I wheeled the buggy into a space between 2 > tables. At the next table were two women that I > would estimate were in their early 70s. > They looked at me and my daughter as though we had > just pooed on their table. > Not sure what possessed me but I apologised (?!?) > and assured them that we would not disturb their > lunch. Why??? Why did I do that?!? It was a > department store cafe on a weekday afternoon. > Anyway, to cut a short story long, 40 minutes > later my daughter became excited and squealed a > couple of times. At this point one of the women > turned and said "Oh but you've been so good. Don't > spoil it now." Did I mention that my daughter is > 4 months old? She wasn't being good or bad, she > was being A BABY...! > Anyway, my point is that I have only relatively > recently joined the ranks of parenthood and I am > by no means of the opinion that babies/ buggies > etc entitle me to some sort of privileged > treatment but this is only the latest experience > that I have had that suggests that in this country > some people have strange expectations of how > babies should behave. > Weird. > Is this really only a British "thing"?

You're joking, right? LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Because you're women, doing women things, > shattering the illusion that we somehow get out of > bed already made up and ready for the men in our > lives. > > And the fact we are blatantly not made up, not > ready for the men, but don't give a shit, well how > appalling is that? > > If you were obviously the kind of frump who > doesn't bother to wear make up, then that wouldn't > be so bad, but no, you clearly do bother, but not > for us!!!

OK, you're right.

Thanks James, appreciate the update.

I'd guess a large number of the particpants and readers are just in it for sh*ts and giggles. Others like near neighbours are directly affected. A few like or loathe M&S for what it is percieved to stand for. But most probably have a genuine interest in which supermarket is on their high street, and their interest in the EDF is limited to these sorts of issues (i.e. they don't log in to debate the meaning of life, just to find out what's going on in their 'hood). In short they've got a life, but outside the EDF. DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are so many people so 'Obsessed' with the M&S > issue. ? > > Have they nothing more important to worry about. > ? > > Please get a life... > > Fox

Hi James, Don't suppose you know the latest on the uplighters outside ED station? Recall late last year there was work to replace/fix them, which seems to have stalled. Maybe the same contractor who 'installed' the departure board outside the station is involved? Thanks, Chillaxed

Easy now H. My point was that your theory (which does appeal) explains why drivers get angry at cyclists (or forum members get angry at other forum members) but it doesn't justify a driver getting out and nutting a cyclist. I?ve already clarified why I made this point, which was that I (mis)interpreted your post as justification for forum ?bullying?. I?m strictly a working hours forumite so you?ve 12 minutes to respond if we?re to thrash this out [winky face]

How about you all confess to how many times you've chosen your own convenience over the collective good e.g. let's send LO to nursery in a polo neck jumper and hope the staff don?t notice the chicken pox/impetigo/other infectious disease that LO has but is not unduly affected by?

OK, just read like it to me [winky face] Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nonsense, I wasn't trying to justify anything. > > The forum is self regulating. If I peed off, it > wouldn't change the forum.

I fancy your 'live and let live' attitude would be sorely tested if a stray toenail clipping flew into your morning coffee or indeed within 3 feet of you. *Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I try not to go on public transport too much. > > It's full of people who secretly hate their own > lives - and manifest their secret hatred by > getting disproportionately annoyed by the > relatively inconsequential actions of others.

I've no issue with the return the trolley guy; struck me as a good idea.

Not on as it stinks and irritates. As does a man or woman with too much perfume. Which you can't really call someone out on. Tricky. Worst I saw (or initially heard) was the rythmic 'click, click' of a nail clipper on the top deck of a bus. I turned toward the sound hoping that at least it was fingernails. It wasn't; dude had his shoes and socks off and was clipping his toenails. I walked over to him and just stared at him with the best look of contempt I could muster. He stopped.

Not mutually exclusive H. You perceive them to be 'free riders', so you 'bully' them. The theory explains the reaction, it doesn't justify it. Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now, put that in context with the oft > misinterpreted attention that particular > individuals receive on the forum... > > Is it that they are 'bullied', or is it that the > transgression upon etiquette (rules?) is perceived > to devalue the currency of a common resource?

Like punching her in the head I hope!

and Tracey Emin as an artist...