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eddie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Remember that next time you go to the local ballot > box. Or..."remember that next time you decide to drive in the bus lane."?

Invisible cyclists - Darwinism at work.

As steveo said, the owner enjoyed the "high life" and while he certainly lived it to the full, he did have a great business in the early days until stock became harder to find and more expensive.

Maybe the council were spurred into action by episodes like this? Raymond Blanc's lamb's liver off menu after poisonings (BBC)

Perhaps if people had a less grovelling and awestruck attitude to the royal family, a few more questions might have been asked - like "Can I have your name, please madam?".

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We also need to bear in mind > (as others have said) that morally, there is a > world of difference between consensual sex with a > 15 year old, and assault of a helpless young > child. That might be, but legally they are both crimes - that's why people are being (belatedly) questioned and arrested. Having (heterosexual) sex with someone under 16 has been illegal since 1885 in England.

dulwichtoo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well maybe because after all these years there is > no physical evidence and post Savile some ageing > rich playboys maybe seen as ATM's by some who may > have had consensual sex way back. Legally, there is no such thing as "consensual sex" with a minor. That's true now and was true then.

The Great Exhibition has live music.

I can't think of an easier sauce than this one - burro e salvia. Very tasty, especially with a fresh ravioli.

I would definitely not recommend CleanQueens for an EOT clean.

Thanks for the suggestion SCSB79 - I'll give them a call. All other ideas still welcome...

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Any recommendations for a good restaurant for New Year's Eve? We're looking to go for an earlyish meal and then go on somewhere else, so we're not in search of a place with a NYE "package" - just somewhere with good (not very expensive) meal with atmosphere. Most styles of cooking are fine and anywhere in the City or central/north London would be convenient. Thanks...

Perhaps surprisingly, I find the staff in the Sainsbury's Local at the Plough are great. Friendly, helpful and engaging.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The market in Brixton is almost as vile as the > indoor one in Peckham (maybe slightly less > smelly). Brixton is a grimey, old, victorian > neighbourhood that is in desperate need of > knocking down and being rebuilt (like most of > inner south London). The shopping centre is a > shadow of it's former self it just happens to be > on a tube line and so attracts the wannabe 'edgy > student' brigade who cant afford to live in a nice > part of north London on a tube line (Islington, > Camden et al)... Louisa, "my love" - why don't you go to Brixton market anymore? A couple of years ago you seemed so keen on it...

I agree, Tony - there are lots of other dangerous roads/junctions in ED. The junction of Underhill/Dunstan's is another. Barry Road is particularly bad because of the ridiculous speeding that goes on there.

There was a bad accident by that junction a couple of months back - a speeding driver lost control, crossed onto the wrong side of the road and hit three parked cars (two were written off, as was the driver's). He was driving so fast that the parked cars were shunted 6 feet along the road. Many drivers drive terribly down Barry Road. They speed, overtake when unsafe and generally treat it like a racetrack. (It's not helped by drivers who poke their cars out too far when trying to cross Barry Road.) I'm sure that a couple of speed cameras or some traffic calming measures would help reduce the accident rate.

Can you hang the bikes from the ceiling or wall? makes for a lot more room and a nice way to store the bikes indoors and out of the way- may have to talk a landlord into securing hooks...

Apologies - something's come up and I can't make it. Hope you all have a great time.

Is there room for one more?

Q: What links Delia Smith and The Rolling Stones? A: She made the cake on the cover of their "Let It Bleed" LP.

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Name the only place on the London Underground > which has 2 totally seperate Stations with the > same name. > > A= Shepherds Bush. Edgware Road.

I wonder if the changes in Brixton (opposite Morley's) have had an effect on the number of accidents? The metal barriers have been removed from the pavements and the middle of the road and the area - IMO - looks and feels much better as a result.

I went there this weekend and will definitely be back - very soon. Really good food, at excellent prices. FatherJack - I think it's open until 10pm on Sundays.

I've shopped there (very infrequently) over the past 10 years or so - never noticed I needed to pay, never paid, never got a ticket. Must be lucky, I guess.