luddite

went to the delightful alexandras nursery yesterday wow ..lunch shopping and plants ...two hours of pure delight

highly recommend

i would recommend andreas delecatessen in lordship lane for lentils peppers aubergines tomatoes couscous etc etc ....nice bread ...herbs friendlyish service ...olives are good in there too

i believe the man who has a pop up in grace and favour also sells lovely rusty chairs on the market on a saturday too

try appley hoare in the pimlico road and i think you'll find this might be a cheap 19th century chair ...try driving back from the south of france with chairs and the price of diesel i imagine might be adding to the end price

personally i find that trainers made in korea selling under a brand name costling just a couple of pounds but selling for about 90 far more offensive

and there is freedom of choice no one makes anyone buy anything .......do they ?

hello

think tom in grace and favour started the whip round with fresh flower co ..tom at the stall gathered it together and people were very kind ...it was pie in the sky who was mugged zandra ...best day shed ever had ...ran after boys in the snow ..they had yanked and broken her bag off her shoulder x

my goodness me , is the administrator on holiday ? chav gay ? dreary reading any way you take it .......

i agree with blueOne

never a truer word spoken on ye old forum ........

and jeeeez you all need to get off 'tha' keyboard and get out into this fine city of ours

and if we bemoan the loss of certain local shops pubs and the like dont we need to support them .most of us have no idea of the costs involved in opening or indeed running a pub shop etc

colours on lordship lane pubs ......i use the term pub loosely

purple edt

black gloss black cherry

matt black bishop

tasteful green palmerston

funky concrete licorish

majolica tiles franklins

farrow and ballsy beige le chandelier

dark brown magdala

blueish/black plough

the yellow was maybe to jolly ? you should see the colour they're painting the new green and blue .......very tasteful

i believe its to be another baby and childrens shop ....yawn

however just to be pedantic i believe the true pioneers of ncr and maybe east dulwich ? were the blue mountain ...followed by the grace and favour which used to be a cafe and a shop . then came willow ,then thai corner ,then anterior trading and then ED when ncr was up and running as a popular street..we used to have red chilli pizza and a key cutting shop where stella b and fresh flower are .in my opinion at never hit the spot they never changed their stock or displays thought im sure there were people who loved it .i just felt it was rather dated .the rents can never be put up beyond market retail per square footage rates in any given area .there is always the right to appeal .lordship lane used to be far less intersting than ncr something which has rapidly changed ,with green and blue moo too le chandelier and the 'chains '

im of the opinion its all good

can someone tell kyle monroe he might have more fun in clapham .................?

mmmmm well yes is east dulwich just a parallel universe ? kyle if mr monroe is you im sure youll be a hit with the laydees in ED so youll sooon have a 'crib'

laters dude :}

his asian wife or sheila his english wife but .......im not allowed to say that am i ?

my main worry wouldnt be stds those are another impportant issue , but the fact that everybody could end up sadder than they were before , also going back always has more onus on the one who has finished it not to hurt the other once more ....yet as keef says , unlikely that people change ..in the same dynamicat least . other people/new partners allow us to behave differently for a while at least SO SOMETIMES WE DO . hes trying to be better in this new relationship>

LIZZYWOTSIT * sic you may be one of those caring doers who take over and make people feel in adequate i am guilty of the same its to do with my childhood where i had to be a coper at an early age , its often worth looking at your self first and not others and learning to recognise repeated patterns of behaviour which may not be good for you in the long run

yes they are i have mentioned them already as the people behind the stall in nx road the black bird bakery the guy is called eammon a very nice chap he is too

the minmum wage is about 5.55 per hour something like that which is about eleven or twelve dollars

hey do some reading down and out in london and paris by george orwell

or 'on the road' jack kerouac these will give you no practical advice but are required reading for youngsters like your self ...erm india would make your dollars go much further by the way and theres a rough guide to india which will answer all your questions

:} not that we dont want you in in east dulwich you understand ..........

kyle monrose finally makes it to ed to find the cpt desserted with tumble weed

ok ok i know thats how it always looks :}

must be all the expensive bread they're eating :}

go louisiana go !!

or samuel pepys time when we had coomunal ovens this lasted right up to the fifties in some areas of london :]

couch surf means staying on mates sofas and never getting your own place usually kiwis or aussies do this ........? generalising there ! :}

ps when i first went to denmark in 1981 bread cost the equivalent of ?2 then god only knows breads probably ?38 nowadays :} mind you it was porganic , crikey my typos just given me an idea

like freegans a new movement poorganics ..good food on the cheap see above recipe .right im over toired off to bed for me

YOU MAY HAVE to couch surf with all this lot until your life gets organised . how do you propose to save up ?and why change your life so drastically ? you could do a life swap with me and we' ll see if we want to make the big move more permanent ? um i could be joking :}

SOME PLUM COMMENTS THEN IT ALL WENT PEAR SHAPED

beer .....2.80 to 3 pounds a pint

cigarettes about a fiver ........

a mars bar etc around the 45 to 50 p mark

covent garden soup carrot and coriander for example 1.85

buy the expensive bread if you love it what we like is what we like ....I LIKE chocolate that costs a fortune my choice

and NOW TO RECOUP THE money squandered on bread make your own carrot and coriander soup

method

take one onion some celery a large potato ...wash chop and put into a large saucepan with a drop of olive oil or veg oil if broke . add one clove of garlic squashed fry this all gently until the onions are cooking but not browning

wash and chop about ten carrots add these .now add one litre of water /preferably stock . if no stock add one maggi veggie stock cube . or similar . a bay leaf is good and coriander seeds crushed if you have them and black pepper but NO salt as soups reduce slightly and salt intensifies

a dash of soy sauce is also good cook this lot up on a medium heat for about 40 minutes BLEND then taste. IF ITS TOO THICK ADD A LITTLE WATER NOW add salt if you feel it needs it sprinkle with as much fresh coriander as you like eat with very EXPENSIVE bread and butter X

PS this is enough soup for about six people or two to three gluttons

lizzy youre just obsessed with exxxxxs

we could start a problem page .......

a bit like moral dilemmasthing column in the times

so any way ive been dating this alien for three years now and the other day he asked me to.............so im wondering if ...

;-)wgaf ? see above help please translate im rubbish at acronyms

dear

'dizzy got lizzy'

find a new love , your message has conflicting information in it 'he's in quite a serious relationship ' he was checking me out ' 'so he cant be that serious about her ' {sic}

when did you split up ? have you met anyone you like since ? how old are your children ? do you work ?a part time job can be a good way to meet people not just lovers but new friends.

do you have the money or time/energy or time for hobbies. group stuff like skating bowls and reading groups

ie the forums own booksharing group .

i totally undersatnd the lonliness and the lack of sex can be frustrating . am i right in thinking you finished with the ex ? i identify with this feeling BUT i can assure you if you ever made this guy feel inadequate then this wi=ould rear up and haunt you both he MAY still be the same bloke you got bored and disillusioned with just your circumstances are casting him in a new light . for your sake i hope him or his bird arent reading this forum ..........:}