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At last the local authorities do something right.
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KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread is a wind-up. No-one would seriously > raise a thread about someone singing outside a > train station. We all have iritations to/from > work. Jeezuz I hope nothing serious ever befalls > you, believe me there's a lot more heavy sh!t than > street singers going down. You're blessed if > that's he cross you have to bear. He's right - there are serial bloody whistlers as well.
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Cassius Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Wine and beer is much much cheaper in > most Western European countries - in Germany you > can get a good bottle of Riesling for ?4.00 and a > crate of 24 beers for about ?16.00 and although > drinking is going on in these ccunties I've not > seen the excesses that I see here. A cut&paste production from Deutsche Welle... Germany is one of the heaviest alcohol-drinking nations in Europe, placed fifth after Luxembourg, Hungary, Czech Republic and Ireland. Alcoholism is a significant problem in Germany, according to Peter Lang, head of drug prevention and abuse at the German Center for Health Education. "It's difficult to say what is causing this, because alcohol is more or less an accepted drug in a lot of circumstances, like for parties or other social occasions," Lang said. "If you compare Germany to countries like the US, there is drinking in public that is different and more accepted. Consuming alcohol during the day is really more accepted here in Germany," he added. Most recent data shows that that 1.7 million Germans are dependent on alcohol and need treatment, whilst, 2.7 million use alcohol in a harmful way. ETA: (in the interests of cultural balance - a French report from 2005) The French government has been urged in a report to "snap out of its state of national denial" and take urgent steps to "denormalise drinking". Herv? Chabalier, a leading journalist and former alcoholic who wrote the report, said: "In this country we have always, culturally, looked at alcohol through a magnifying glass: we just see the good side, never the fact that ... drink is the third greatest cause of avoidable deaths in France." Mr Chabalier presented his report, Alcoholism - The Simple Truth, to health minister Xavier Bertrand yesterday. He said alcohol was directly responsible for 23,000 deaths a year in France, and indirectly responsible for a further 22,000.
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Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used to love the jelly moulds you could get when > I was little... When I was little I was told never to pick at scabs but back to the thread... I have always been partial to the jelly you get when you boil a pig's head for a long, long time.
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Really depends how she handles your deposit.
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O'Hagans (when they were in Greenwich - they are apparently in Chchester now)... -and spicy chipolatas from Sillfield Farm, Borough Mkt. (also sometimes have a good wild boar sausage). Closer to home Guy Sparkes often has some fine sausages but they sell out quickly (NthX Rd mkt.)
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Not sure about lunch places but if you're still there in the evening I would recommend this if you want something different to do. They have a show tomorrow at the Astor Theatre, Stanhope rd.
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katie1997 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maxxi Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > As for a UK drinking culture - there are parts > of > > the former USSR and E. Europe where the > > ridiculously cheap price of vodka means > > alchoholism is widespread and people drink it > for > > breakfast. > > I've had vanilla vodka for breakfast before, > swigged straight from the bottle. Was staying in > a caravan with my younger brother in the Outer > Hebrides at the time. This is near enough to the Baltic to count, mano girtas degtinė-pusryčiai girtavimas ponia draugas!
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when? (come on, I had to). Re ManC fans - I took a friend (a Man City supporter - from Manchester) to Upton Pk when they got promoted in 2000. He was unwise enough to celebrate (surrounded by claret and blue) when they went ahead but good natured enough to sit and take the flack as the Irons went on to win 4-1 - as were the rest of the away mob (blue moon etc) so I don't begrudge the real fans a bit tub thumping.
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One thing I noticed when I moved to London was the lack of Mild in most pubs. In the midlands a pint of mild (3 to 3.4%) was a pub staple along with mixed pints like mild&bitter, brown&bitter, light&bitter, black&tan, 60/40, mickey mouse, etc. But these were drinks designed to be sipped not bolted. They were also often watered down a little while bottled lagers were warm or served from that 'cold' shelf that was usually an inch of tepid water in a trough under the till and when it was working meant a frozen half inch at the bottom of a warm bottle. The invasion of the 'cool' foreign 5% lager was to get young people drunk drinking (Remember Colt45? Sold in tins which it made it impossible to water down so it was a club favourite along with pernod and black). As for a UK drinking culture - there are parts of the former USSR and E. Europe where the ridiculously cheap price of vodka means alchoholism is widespread and people drink it for breakfast. The only answer is to bring back the party seven. No amount of careful whacking with a screwdriver could prevent most of the contents spraying the room or ending up soaking the thirsty reveller. It was also difficult to hide in the pocket of a parka.
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I preferred his turquoise period.
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I went on the rickety old one in Barcelona (from the port up to Montjuic Hill) - quite buttock tightening. Maybe the plan is to scare the shit out of rich tourists and fleece them as they exit and before their disrupted synapses can reconnect.
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GSJ57 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah I know - Just wondered what he/she (and > others) get out of it. Attention.
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Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
maxxi replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
There is evidence that single sex marriage was accepted and practiced in Ancient Greece and Rome until the Christian Church took over and made it a sin punishable by death. -
Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am almost certain that "jelly" is a troll of > some kind. A Trolley?
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Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of people > earn far too much for pissing about on here all > day. It's not without its risks... http://johnsonmatel.com/2011/Snow/Warning.jpg
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Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
maxxi replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I suspect there are > many in the wings who would like a say whether the > meaning of marriage is changed, rather than have > it forced on them. What rot. The meaning of marriage hasn't changed - it has been redefined as it has been constantly since it was first introduced. As for the involvement of religion - people were getting married for hundreds of years before the church decided to get involved and threaten anyone who didn't have their marriage sanctified. The 'meaning' of love has also been redefined for many in recent memory because we now acknowledge and celebrate what was - until recently - called 'the love that dare not speak its name' and was illegal. Or do you think you should have been consulted on that too? -
red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The fans cheering the Citeh goals may well have > been Chelsea/Utd haters, but they also might have > been Arsenal/Spurs fans wanting Chelsea to lose > more than Citeh winning, because of the Champs > League situation. Don't think so - there was little/no reaction when the Arsenal and Spurs latest scores came on screen and the ManC cheers had definite joy in them rather than schadenfreude (it's all in the "Yuuuuueeeessss!!!!!") - they all seemed pretty happy about Tevez's set-up too ("He's back! He's back!!").
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the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > and 2000 retired Race Horses cannot be traced. yum > Yum There are many more than 2000 horses taken fron the USA to slaughter in Mexico and Canada every year (to avoid US Govt. guidelines) and these are predominantly non-racehorses. The same thing happens in Japan. It's not a racehorse thing - just a horse thing. (And yes they are mainly a food product - those that aren't eaten by humans are made into pet food).
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Judging by the cheer that greeted both ManC goals in The Actress tonight there are more City fans in ED than I ever realised - or more Chelsea/ManU haters.
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Surely this is moot as the usual procedure for this kind of thing is a big bomb a couple of weeks before; just to make sure most prospective visitors stay away.
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You do know she will have a party?
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The draws against Palace, Watford, Doncaster and Leeds are more worrying than tonight's against Boro but - I know it's lame but they weren't losses and I think that makes a difference psychologically. If Maynard and Vaz Te get their act(s) together things will work out - still feel we're lacking in the goal-scoring dept. though. Reading lost (the end of a 10 match unbeaten run) now they have a tough game against Blackpool then they come to Upton Park - those two games could decide it. Southampton have Blackpool, a Portsmouth derby and Reading coming up. It's all in the wash.
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Quids gathers all the religions of ED to excommunicate all the Guardian readers... http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/60589/1313406137m_SPLASH.jpg
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Members of the ED Red Headed League demonstrate the ancient art of 'lopping-off-a-length' to any itinerant Iowans who are passing... http://www.theprezzyshop.co.uk/camberwick_green/camberwick_green_images/cgs11.jpg
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